I suck, yes i know. but why does no one do c.lp, c.lp xx c.hp xx ex.tatsu. saved my but more times than ex.shoru
You probaly mean HP DP. cr.lk is better than cr.lp because they have to block low for the cr.lk which could throw them off.
If depends on whether Sakura has meter or not, if she has no meter then finish with HP DP
Well I’m certainly a frequent visitor in here
Does anyone else feel like they’re just laming with Sakura. It’s so hard to get in (that’s not what she said :p), but sometimes I just get fed up of chasing people like Vega, Bison, Guile and all the other defensive characters. Plus I don’t feel like I’m mixing up, everytime I try to “rushdown” I just eat a reversal and meaty light tatsu is apprently easy to react to with a DP.
Sakura’s so annoying to play but she’s too fun to drop lol. I just can’t do frame traps, they always jump out or I eat DP
I don’t actually play sakura as main because of obvious reasons but when I do I play her full rushdown If i get a knockdown I’ll rape her ass. Anyway who do you tend to play? for what I’m reading it seems you are getting hit by stupid shit done by people who don’t think a lot. If you mean in ranked yeah that’s what happens. Why don’t you try to spar with people form forums and stuff then you know that dude is not gonna random you out, one thing came to mind join mr.flowers chat there’s good players there.
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yeah i’ll post in here. I don’t know if I suck or not, with my inconsistent connection it’s hard to tell. When I do online my ex dp sometimes comes out as ex hadokun, and sometimes my ultra 2 comes out as ex dp. Is this because of shortcuts in SSF4 so some moves overlap? It’s really damn ridiculous but I suspect it’s my TE stick, it’s REALLY sensitive compared to my old Hori one.
Ah I’m on XBL see and I’ve a scene in my country where we play each other a lot, just heading on ranked to get some points 
It’s just that I don’t know when to go in for the kill or stay back and block for a reversal. If only light tatsu was a little faster
In that case it’s hard because the way I play is full rushdown till I get dp next time he does dp again I just bait and then I figure a way to deal with him from what I gathered. I can’t really really help because I know what type of players does that and playing sakura is not easy so is frustrating playing with that type of players.
I don’t know what to say man just trey to bait stuff once in a while and punish the best way you can.
It sounds like you’re just hitting the buttons before you’ve actually finished the full motion, and yeah I agree with you the TE sticks are very sensitive but that’s a good thing. I remember transitioning from my friends cheap Hori to a TE, I kept resting my fingers on the buttons and accidentally pressing stuff cause I was used to stiff buttons.
So… Not playing SSFIV and then trying to pick it back up and playing with Sakura again sucks. Messing up all of my links is annoying and not being able to play with a decent connection to the Internet sucks too…
Most of the time even with 1/4 of a bar left i’ve had a full bar by the time the tatsu is inputted or i get a hp.tatsu and keep going from there.
I only say c.lp because i have found it more consistent than c.lk especial during those last minute calls where someone is trying to mash out. (DPs, lp, lk, ex, ultras)
I agree Overunder. The cr.LP is safer in the corner because a cr.LK can eat a DP hard. Whereas if you do a cr.LP, it usually recovers in time to block the DP/Ultra. I’m gunna try to start implementing that into my game.
And planning on where your super meter is gunna be is a great way to play. A lot of players might go “Oh, he doesn’t even have 1 bar. His EX DP or EX Tatsu is worthless now.” They start playing a little more freely, and then it just takes one combo to get a bar. Next thing they know, you just won a round.
I agree. Every battle with Sakura DOES feel like an uphill battle. I practice a lot in both training mode and trials but I’m still free as hell. I’m pretty sure I’m doing something wrong. D:
^You have to lose to win. Learn from your mistakes, get some experience, eventually it will catch on. Just keep trying and never give up
I feel like I’m only winning my matches recently by surprise factor with her cr.mk xx DP and her big damaging combos, my fundamentals aren’t exactly great
So stop using your cr.MK xx DP and start focusing on a solid poke and FA game. Play a round where you don’t jump. Basically, once you get comfortable with something, flip the chair over and start all over again. It will suck for awhile (cuz learning Sak’s footsies game is not easy) but it will make you a better player for it.
Personally? I just have to bitch about Blanka. I know that her jab can beat out the blanka balls. And I know that jumping is just stupid in this matchup. And I know that his sweep is super punishable. But for some fucking reason, I always fucking lose. Like, I would much rather take a kara-throwing, DP mashing, Tatsu cross-uping Ken in a match as opposed to Blanka. It’s just fucking bullshit that one of his main specials is practically safe on block. GAH! And I will never understand how I keep jumping in on his ZAPPYZAPPYZAPPY YOU TOUCH ME YOU DIE! move (yes, i know certain moves at certain spacing beat it out) but he always manages to get me with it. And there’s the fucking ultra (the one where he turns into an electrical ball of hate) because I either freak out, jump out of the way and get hit by it on my way down. Or just block and lose a fuckton of chip. And usually by the time he is ultraing, I’m pretty low myself. So all that chip isn’t fun. At all. God damn I hate blanka.
This thread has long since lost its meaning and has only become another general discussion.
It was supposed to be a thread for the worst of the worst and the complete newbies to post not the top players moaning about a small habit or dropping a combo.
well then let me bring it back…
i’ve played a little over 300 games, and right now, i’m sitting on 2250 PP and 4600 BP (give or take). the highest i’ve ever gotten was around 5300 PP and 6500 BP, but i just can’t get to that next level. i mean, i can give some most of the b+ characters i run into a decent fight, but at the end of the day, i’m just reminded of how hard it is to win with sakura. she’s fun, and she’s definitely got some of the easiest execution, but her lack of a ‘GTF off me’ move (without meter), coupled with her need to hit 1f links in order to be competitive is really starting to sink in. i know she’ll be buffed in AE, but i just can’t get to that next level. i think i’ll forever be relegated to the mid-b level class =(
Played seven ranked matches online, won one… Guile/Ryu/Guile/Zangief/Hakan(wtf)/Sakura/Zangief
Won against the second Guile.
Didn’t play against anyone with a high skill level; just couldn’t beat them. Now I’m really reconsidering playing Sakura. I got the execution, got the mix-ups…but I still suck majorly. I can easily pick Ryu and destroy all the seven people I faced, but Ryu is so damn boring.
you reached 5300 pp using sakura and now only have ‘2250 PP and 4600 BP’? …
am i missing something here? ;D
Oops…highest PP was 2800, highest BP was 5300…I have no idea where I got that 6000 number.