Are you the worst Sakura Player? Vent here

Until I buy a new ps2 controller… I’m the worst Sakura ALIVE lol!

The amount of times I’ve lost because I got Flower Kick instead of cr.mk into dp for the win is INSANE. I suck, hard.

Hah, yeah making sure you’re accurately picking the corners will probably take a little bit. I still get that when I’m on P1 side sometimes. At least you started Sak late enough to not lose half your matches to accidental otoshis.

Getting overhead instead of walk st.hk is annoying too :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m physically incapable of doing tatsu loops online, but I keep doing them even when I know my opponent will reversal. eg, Playing random Ken online, Round 3, just stunned him, I have just under half health, he has ultra. Try tatsu loop. Eat ultra. Hear laughter over mic. twitch twitch

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If you’re using a stick, why not try p-linking or double tapping?
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That’s because I’m too good for that shizz. >w>

JK. I play on stick and I can get all my Sakura links pretty consistently without doing p-linking or double tapping. I p-link or double-tap when I play other characters, but just not with Sak for some reason. I just find that I can do her links so much better without it.

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How’s it going, YayForYuffie! Nice avatar! :stuck_out_tongue:
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My avatar is super original. I’ve tried plinking before, but I tend to mess it up, and randomly get lp.
Side Note: An Adon randomly fell out of ex tatsu, does anyone know why?

If you’re talking about the launcher kick whiffing, it’s because Sakura’s ex tatsu has been buffed to consistently hit the 4 hits of ex tatsu but this comes with a downside, it pushes people further back and this is the result vs Adon, his hitbox is just strange.

Vs Cody, ex tatsu will hit 4 hits but otoshi tends to whiff midscreen, more than the previous versions.

Does heavy otoshi whiff too, because that goes further than the others?

It can be fixed by doing a delayed otoshi

Is there any reason to do Otoshi instantly after the launch? I always delay it a little.

I find that for me at least, I do EX-Tatsu > delay > Short Otoshi works on all characters. I’ll check especially after a tatsu loop.

I usually do an instant otoshi after ex tatsu. But I’ll start delaying it now since the pushback is significant on the ex tatsu

I’ve been playing quite alot these past few days and I’ve realised a few things about Sakura;

She doesn’t really accept mistakes. If I fuck up, I’m most likely going to lose. This has happened in quite alot of matches I’ve played. Classic example is me not thinking and doing a fireball half screen away and getting punished with jump in ultra.

Playing Sakura had made me realise how bad I am as a player and how I badily I relied on my previous characters (Chun and Makoto)'s strengths to shortcut learning the fundamentals. While I love playing her and will continue, I need to go back and learn some basics.

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ROFL
No. If you did a mid screen fireball using even Ryu or Ken, someone can still jump over it and rape you. Has little to do with Sakura and more to do with the game itself.

Also, you’re human just like everybody else. We all make mistakes. Heck, I make a lot of mistakes myself. However, when you make those mistakes, you just gotta know what to do to recover.
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I didn’t mean it had anything to do with Sak, just that it was a terrible idea because it I could of been punished hard.

Maybe what I said sounded a bit weird; I’m not saying Sak or a horrible character or anything like that what I mean is her recovery and wake options are alot worse than most characters so I can’t just dp my way out or backdash for the free. That and I can’t just poke out moves for free (I kinda abused Chun’s st.mp.) The way I’ve been playing up and until now has given me all these bad habits and playing Sak has made me realise it.

This is less about me being a bad Sakura and more about being a bad player. But you’re right, it’s about learning from your mistakes and that’s what I gotta start doing.

Agreed. But Sak is still on the easier side IMHO.

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Did you know Sakura is top tier in AE 2012? She’s above A LOT of people. She’s even above both Ken and Ryu! Now, why do you suppose that?

You can backdash on wake and you can EX on wake too. Remember, she DOES have a DP, and her DP hurts.
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