if you plink late, the st.hp will not combo(common sense i know but just sayin)… some ppl might think “oh i know how to plink, the st.hp must combo 247 now!”… the timing is still important… learning the timing is the most important thing of all imo but unfortunately i cant really say much regarding it but to practice that shit and figure the timing on your own… to me it kinda boils down to “you reap what you sow”
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Word, agree with this all the way practicing combos even with plinking…(learned what it is now) is still important REALLY important you don’t want to be the guy at the end of the day to say “Damn I could have won that match if I would’ve combo’d that” you never want to be that guy.
damn, me and this link are really strange.
i could hit it ten times in a row, get up and eat something and then not hit any of them :C
maybe the fact that i’m on pad contributes to this
f+mk is the most satisfying link in the game to connect…and plinking it really isnt necessary
Man this f+mk into s.hp is damn hard to get down. It seems like I get it so randomly even with plinking. This is such a key move for abel I wish it wasn’t 1 frame.
practice man, put the cpu on auto block, turn on inputs to make sure you’re plinking correctly and just try to feel the timing. don’t mash, just adjust your timing a slight amount based on whether it was blocked or if it didn’t come out.
So your getting it 100% now even on the pad? Does it come down to timing an practising?
… Yes
Fcking shit is really fcking hard to get on a controller what inputs and button layouts u guys use to get that shit. Its close to impossible to get that on a pad constantly, will you get it more consistently on a stick?
Its like no prgress period.
rageeeeeeeee
keep practicing
When your f+mk connects and isn’t blocked do you guys typically still go for TT or do you go for a block string? I’m talking options outside of doing the st.fp xx COD etc…
I’m finding my timing a little off when it actually does connect… I know they are in hitstun longer than when they are blocking so you need to wait a second longer to input the TT, but is this a safe option? Should I just stick to only using the TT off a blocked f+mk and not one that hits? Just curious what everyone else does typically…
I’ll always go for the st.hp unless I know it’s not going to connect (i.e. crouching opponent… Honda/Fuerte etc.) and then mix up… Back throw, TT, tick TT, cr.lp string, close RH… just be aware of what options your opponent has and how they’ve used them in previous similar situations.
i don’t know… TT is really risky to be your go to option. Abel is all about mix-ups, otherwise f+mk stuff is going to lead to a LOT of pain. Most players learned to jump , teleport, etc. as soon as they see that f+mk come out. Hp is a lot safer regardless of the situation, and if you have 2 bars for the FADC then you basically don’t even have to hit confirm if you don’t want to and can go straight to CoD FADC …lol.
I’m using a saturn pad. I can’t imagine the horror of plinking on a 360/PS3 pad.
when your f-mk connects, use standing fierce xx cod >__>
if you know 100% sure they’re going to jump out of your hypothetical TT (meaning you’ve seen them do it before in the match), do a falling sky to catch their jump.
my success rate with this is pretty high, though I’ll leave it to the better abels to verify this option
I’m getting f+mk, st.hp like 85% now, and its kind of normal to me now.
For those ofugetting problems on the PS3 d-pad doing the f+mk, st.hp
what i do is this, switch my mp to hp, hp being R1 on your controller
and mp being triangle. Now HP will be triangle and MP will be R1, now
press both of them more or less at the same time (i say this bec when my buttons was
on default setting an i press both of them at the sametime mp always come
out first dats why i switched buttons).
Now when u do press both of them u should see HP(red) then on top of that
would be MP(yellow),HP(red) thats the plink, this is just to show you what it looks like
when pressing it on the pad when mp an hp buttons switching places.
Now press both of them again almost the same time but press (HP-triangle on your controller now)
first, u should get it 5/10 first then then 9/10 with practise.
Now for f+mk,st hp, all u do now is press f+mk then HP+MP just how i stated above
(as the other players stated their is still a timing which u have to get use to or else
u won’t get the link). Btw this is by far the hardest link with Abel an pretty normal
when u practice the (timing) with (P-LINKING as i stated above) U HAVE TO P-LINK
OR ELSE U WON’T GET IT CONSISTANT WITH PRACTISING.
Thanks for all the help i got from all the Abel players.