1014

I know how, I’ll show you in person. its pretty easy actually. hard to explain how ever.

1015

we’ll put in some work in the lab tomorrow, i got some new shit to show you.

1016

So I already knew Bison’s juggling MP bullshit rapes Hawk whenever he leaves the ground, but last night I was playing a really good Ryu (Ken Mexicano) that proved to me over and over that Ryu’s jumping MP has the same effect (beats Hawk’s jumping LP, hawkdive, etc). What do the Timothy Hawk masters do when they are playing Ryus that posses this knowledge? Kind of throws off my “neutral jump outside of sweep range until I get a good angle to dive” strategy.

Thankfully I rarely run into Ryus that know how handy that damn MP juggle is…

1017

as tempting as jumping is, you’ll realize that putting out solid ground pressure is the way to go. bait that sweep and stuff those pokes. jump-ins are cool when you score a knockdown, preferably with a crossup, but hawk’s ground game is too sick. i win a lot more matches when i force myself not to be jump happy. you gotta make THEM feel uncomfortable being in your ground space.

1018

I have a decent ground game with hawk, but against master zoners it is really damn hard to get in without dat hawk dive or neutral jump antics.

1019

if you’re trying to dive on reaction to fireballs you gotta stay just outside of their jump arc. sounds obvious i guess. otherwise if you’re just outside of sweep range you have a lot of shit to stuff most everything they have. i throw out an occassional crouch strong for the guys that like to mash on hurricane. throwing out random ass roundhouse hurricanes seems to be a new trend.

1020

St.MP, St.RH, and psychic DP through fireball are key against Ryu and Ken.

1021

I came for this :lol:

Against shotos I also like to use st. mk as a fake and then go into sweep, though that can be applied to almost anyone.

1022

You could always substitute sweep for something a little more damaging. Like this.

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No harm intended from me posting an ST video in here fellas. I just wanted to show whats posible in match. Im also a little tippsy. I already have to pee. Few more and Im gonna want sex. Few more after that and the wife will be pissed.

edit

This video was givin to me by bmn. Full credit to him. It’s from some Jap T-Hawk players blog. Thnks big homie.

1023

Oh my god that has nasty range. Some day I’ll learn to use Hawk super effectively lol.

1024

Hahahaha too much info brotha.

1025

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I thought I would put this here since it is a T.Hawk thread. Some nasty and nice walk up supers, etc.

1026

Scary stuff. I’d probably use more sweeps when Hawk is close and use a lot less psychic SRKs. Tough match that I don’t see a lot.

Also, I’d probably try reversaling more on wake up since he tried to meaty/jump in on you like every single time you were on the ground (something you typically don’t do to sagat).

1027

Hey, I’m fairly new to T.Hawk in HD Remix, but I’m really hoping to main him after liking him so much in SF4.

I apologize for not reading the entire thread, 21 pages seemed daunting, so hopefully I don’t ask a repeat question.

From what I saw in that video, when T.Hawk jumped he did LP, is that good for stuffing Anti-airs like Dragon Punches?

How easy is it to throw somebody out of block stun, that vid had him look like he was throwing right out of block stun, but for all I know he waited a few seconds. Is there a specific poke that’s good to use to set up tick throws?

Are there any big combos for T.Hawk outside of “Body Splash > S.MP > H.TB”?

Any other random tips you can give to a newbie T.Hawk?

Thanks in advance for any advice or help, I’d like to stop getting beat down by Ryu all the time. xD

1028

if you go to this website: http://www.pedantic.org/~nate/HDR/ , you can see the hitboxes of moves, which shows you that the jump jab is very high priority.

Crouch jab is probably your best poke, he looks like he is throwing him out of blockstun because he has played hawk for a long time so he knows the timing very well

1029

No it doesn’t stuff DPs, but it’s his best jumping normal and has very good priority. Other good jumping normals are Fierce and Forward.

You can’t actually throw somebody who’s in blockstun, you have to wait a split second and time your throw so that it happens right as blockstun ends. With a little practice it’s not very hard to get the timing down. You can use any normal (or even special like Dive into throw) to setup a tick throw, but most Hawk players use crouching Jab or standing Jab.

There’s also Splash, st Forward, DP and Jump Forward, cr Jab, st Jab, DP. There are online FAQs that can give you a whole list of combos to try: HDR Combo FAQ

Good luck, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask, there are plenty of good Hawk players in this forum.

1030

Bumping. I have two questions about Hawk I hope I can be helped with.

  1. How can Hawk defend against Dhalsim? I’m just sorta playing around with Hawk but it’s no fun because I get locked down hard by allmanner of stretch attacks. Even if I manage to avod them or counter, I get set on fire with his torch (up and forward both). I can’t find a strategy around him.

  2. On the opposite end, Hawks jumping jab is stuffing everything from my Chun; far standing m.k as well as h.k, medium and heavy punch, obviously Upkicks too (Deejay tripped me out of them with Medium crouch kick once!). Ah yes, it also beats jumping light kick and heavy, probably medium also. Notsure about jump punches but we’ll see…

1031

vs Dhalsim:
You can beat or trade his long range limbs with crouching Strong.
You have to advance slowly on him and block his limbs and once in a while throw out a cr Strong.
If he does fire or flame you have to quickly do the Condor Dive or jump on him with j Fierce (not the splash).
If timed right his j Fierce can beat his limbs and slides.
The goal is to get him into the corner and tick Typhoon him mercilessly.
If you are having trouble getting in on him, you have to intimidate him by doing Jab DP once in awhile, which will beat his limbs and go through the fires.
Don’t overdo the DP tho, just make him a little scared so you can get in.
A good way to start the round is walk up and do a quick sweep or jump on him with Fierce.

vs Chun:
To beat Hawk’s jump Jab, use close Forward if he’s right on top of you.
If his jump is a little farther out, use sweep. Far forward also works, but it usually trades, which is fine. Time it late.
You can beat or trade the Condor Dive with far Forward too, but time it early.
If you have Upkicks charged you can beat jump Jab and splash, but you have to time it very late, just before he lands, and always use the Short version.
His jump Jab is very good in air to air vs Chun so don’t try to use neutral jump kicks.
Instead jump back with Forward, and if you have to neutral jump use her jump Fierce.
The game plan is to force him to jump by throwing fireballs.
Once he starts jumping, stop throwing fireballs and keep him out with cr Forward, cr sweep and Lightning Legs.
Once in a while you can surprise him by walking up and throwing him or jumping on him, but do it rarely.
A good way to start the round is walk up cr Forward. If he jumps, close Forward or sweep. If he doesn’t jump, use fireballs and LL.

1032

Okay, I’ll try. Do I just psychic some cr.strongs? I can’t imagine reacting to those sneaky stretch hits.

You mentioned jumping on him with Fierce to start. What do I do about up fire? Does that beat it?

Sweep will work if he’s jumping in from far? Feels like I tried that (for example, it works on Ryu almost always but not so much on Ken). Far standing forward doesn’t seem to work on jumping jab either, nor roundhouse. Could I just be timing is wrong or something?

That definitely works, the far standing forward vs Condor Dive. Lovely trick, usually grounds decent Hawks through fear but good ones resort to jump Jab.

Upkicks has beat Spash around 2% of the time in my experience, always very shocked when it works (I stubbornly do it evey time) and not once have I seen it beat Jab. It seems to fail consistently to it, much like Blanka’s jumping light kick or whichever kick it is Vega uses when he jumps straight up in front of Chun (luckily it doesn’t work at an angle).

Haha, yeah, learned that the hardway, that her jumping light kick loses air to air. The easiest matches for me are ones where from most angles that attack wins. So neutral jump fierce? Thank you, I haven’t tried that yet. Only recently have I begun using jumping punches, very effective in some situations instead of jumping l.k, which is just force of habit for me.

Okay, thank you very much for the info! Hopefully I can apply it correctly. Sorry for some of the points I question, they just haven’t worked in my experience (maybe it’s me, or lag or something). I think I can fare better as Hawk vs Sim now, and as Chun vs Hawk. Also, sorry for the new questions.

Been a long time since I saw you on PSN! Still around? Looking forward to playing you again sometime.

1033

Yes, you have to psychic some cr Strongs.
Upflame will beat j Fierce, but if you start with sweep he will be wary of starting with Upflame, which allows you to start with j Fierce the next round.
Mix it up.

Chun’s sweep will beat j Jab but only from the farthest range, meaning Hawk has to land on the tip of Chun’s boot.
For closer jumps far Forward will sometimes beat it, sometimes trade and sometimes get stuffed.
It depends on timing and range. But it does work.
And close Forward always beats j Jab when he’s right above you.
Roundhouse never works in my experience, only if you do it super early before he even jumps.

Short Upkicks will always beat Hawk’s j Jab and splash (and Zangief’s splash) 100% of the time.
As long as he’s right on top of you, and you time it late, and you do the Short Upkick.
Short Upkick also beats Blanka’s diagonal j Short, but it’s no good vs neutral jump attacks, because like you said it doesn’t go up on an angle.

You can catch me on XBL. Good luck.