About the last hard trial. I can do the trial, but doing the combo consistently is a completely different issue. Are there any tips for doing this combo that will help me do it more or is it just a practice issue. Any thing about using a stick to be more consistent or is it feasible on pad. Ps3 pad, not that garbage 360 one.
i’ve been at hard trial 5 for a few days now, the f.mk > dash > hp i can nail about 40% of the time, and when it does hit i’m not really prepared to follow it up, and when i do follow it up i dash too many times after FADC, and when i dont dash too many times after FADC the last hp doesnt connect. :looney:
*pleads for looser timing on this link, this trial has broken me :wasted:
This was suggested to me elsewhere, I used it myself with it switched around with X and Y, but it’s been the most effective so far, just in case there were others like me who are strangely better with the controller
I burned through the other trials in an evening, but I can’t manage to do this one.
The timing for the F + MK > F > Standing HP isn’t all that hard to get down but it does take practice, it took me like an hour on trial two but I can do that one with ease now. You can do it by eventually learning how to time it out, Abel doesn’t have any giveaway signs, but the issue is typically with how quickly your dashing, if you do it almost immediately after the F+MK labds, you’ll typically get a hit when you use the HP.
My problem is the QCF from the heavy. I can hit Dan from the initial combo, even found a way to mash it three times and it will work. But I cannot manage to get the Rekka off easily.
Most times I’ll get the double hit from the HP before focus canceling.
Is there an easier to remember way to do it from the HP and still keep the combo going, unlike trial too, you have to keep going on with the combo even if you mess up on the off chance that you didn’t (Plus you learn that way)
But I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong, because even praciticing it I only get it down about 70% regular and 20% after the dash into the FADC
I finally got hard trial 5. This inspires me to pick up abel.
after the QCF for the Medium Rekka, hold forward tap the FADC, tap and hold forward again, tap medium kick, release and tap forward and hope your final HP comes out.
interesting, trying that method today i could only get as far as the first hp. i’ll give that a little more time. maybe you could describe it some more? am i supposed to be mashing pause, making the game move in slow-mo so i can find the right frame? i’ve been hearing good things about the pause trick but i cant quite grasp what i’m supposed to be doing with it
i’ll give this some practice too, i think the reason i mess up so much is because i let the analog go neutral before tapping again and end up dashing 3 or 4 times by accident 
I’ve failed that last HP so many times… when i do finally get it i’m going to be so happy 
It took me a few hours, but it really is a matter of Muscle Memory.
If you practice the whole combo, taking it step by step and understanding how to complete most of it, eventually it’ll all come out nice and fluidly.
I haven’t found too much use for majority of the combos, outside of the normal trials, but it’s good to try that Hard Punch dash for purely shifting the rhythm of the fight.
omfg. i finally got it. and you guys can not imagine how happy i was to hear the words “success.”
praise be the gods. that was way too satisfying.
ugh…trial 5 hard is a pain in the a** should i even bother still trying with a ps3 controller or wait for a stick…?
Abel’s trial combo’s are actually exceptionally usefull imo. Not all but most.
i managed to do it with a 360 controller. check out dogma’s earlier post with the reconfigured buttons, that helped me a lot. just apply it to your ps3 controller.
also, use everything you can to help with the timing. i used the sound effects as an audio cue to help me time the f.mk > dash > hp. just listen to the sounds of dan getting hit, dan yelling, the sound of abel dashing, everything. :looney:
i didnt think i was going to complete this trial either but just keep pounding it into your head and eventually you’ll get it.
After repeatedly doing 5, you eventually get into a rhythm and the timing will come. I didn’t think I was going to get it but I got this much quicker than I got Ken 4. Eventually, it just feels like you’re doing the first part over and over again because the 2nd part is just the repeat of the first part. The trickiest part is linking the first part with the 2nd part.
I can do f.mk xx dash, s.hp xx rekka xx FADC xx c. HP -> combo a decent amount of the time now >.<
But really, the pause trick is lame. If you wanna get better you actually have to get your execution down. Not to see most of the challenge mode combos are practical lol.
level 5 hard trial
I ge the combo all the way to focus cancel…however i can never connect foward medium kick afterwards…either i keep dashing or jus med kick w/o dash…any helpful info as to how the input should be will be very helpful
abels hard lvl 5 trial
I can get combo down to focus canceling his med change of dir…however i can never land the foward med kick after…it seems i either just keep dashing w/o landing a kick…or land the med kick without the dash. Any sage advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Is it possible for anyone to post input?..what am i doing wrong? (Ooops …didnt realize i posted 2x)
after you hit :r: to dash out of ex focus, keep holding :r: while you press :mk: instead of trying to tap :r: and :mk: together.
level 5 combo
so i press foward 2x then hold it…or foward once and hold?..or…tap foward 1x then hold on 2nd?..also…how would i be able to finish combo…?..after i do land med kick do I have to dash foward again then hp? btw…wurf thx.
from the start
hold :r:, press :mk:, tap :r:, press :hp:, QCF :mp: (keep :r: held down), FA (with :r: still held), tap :r: and hold, :mk: (with :r: still held), tap :r:, :hp: