How can Boxer setup a safe jump?
- Forward throw, c.mp, jump forward with HP
- more?
against all chars except maybe gief/hawk
forward throw, wait/crouch/c mp jump with hp
back throw, crouch down for a frame,(see balrog crouch) jump in with hp
against non 2 frame startup moves(eg. not shotos)
forward throw>dash forward once>wait/crouch/walk>jump in with normal of choice
sweep>wait/walk/crouch>jump in
sagat/cammy
sweep>c lp/wait/crouch/lk>jump in with hp or hk. I’m not sure because its very timing strict and I don’t bother trying in a real match
the knockdown/set game is very important in this game…mix it up
That is one of the things that is essential to Balrogs setup game. Forward grab>>dash>>Hk,or HP or empty jump. ((It is a three frame punish)) and shotos who mash cant even get a shoryu off. They usual get stuffed in startup frames. As rrr said. With Grab characters i change it up i still do the same thing because they try to punish with an ex grab if they have it or they will try a lariat or falling sky , they just usually want you off of them so they can apply the pressure. mix it up though you never want to get put on the floor off of your mixtake, it could cost you the match.
Double post.
I have horrible luck with empty jump in. Even below average players just know to wakeup throw, which is an odd decision vs a jump in.
Btw how would you guys deal with Abel’s U2? TAP is too slow and vulnerable to throws, plus rog can’t change the arc of his jump to make abel pounce at the wrong time.
I’m getting dash smash punch when trying to do an ex upper after doing a crouching light, should i just try to do db, uf to get the upper to come out better?
Against Abel U2, do your U1 in reverseal, (start the inputs in the end of is animation ultra).
You need around half a charge (the other part of the charge is buffering during the animation of Abel’s U2).
Be aware when is gauge is charged !
Another trick is to be VERY far from him, or VERY close (so if he ultra, you jump in his back).
And if you are mid range, and no charge, don’t jump instantaley ! Wait a few time and then jump ! Oftenly the abels wait you jumps, then release the ultra to catch you when you fall down !
if abel activates his U2 when you are airborne jumping backwards, save your U1 and counter ultra his ass.
if abel activates his U2 when you are at his mid range of his U2 grab and he expects that you are a jumper, just dash back twice.
if abel has U2 stop jumping in.
So how the hell does one link a crouching light punch off a EX dash upper? I’ve been trying this all evening, and I can never get it to link, the training dummy always recovers from the upper before I can manage to get out the crouching jab.
Anyone got any tips? I feel like being able to get this down will really open up my ability to not suck so much…
There’s some visual clues - the upper causes dust to appear by Rog’s glove. Hit c.lp as that vanishes. That should help until you get the timing.
If the AI dummy has always recovered though, you’re hitting it too late, so look to press it earlier.
How do you do jab>ultra exactly?
whats the inputs?
thanks
s.lp while charging back, forward, back, forward + KKK and hold K for the first ultra punch
Far standing lp, not close. Remember, it’s a link, not a cancel.
Just cant get the jab into ultra
looks like i should get it then the dummy blocks
Be absolutely sure you’re doing far standing jab and not close jab. It doesn’t matter what you activate Ultra with, but you have to hold kicks (ie, all Uppers during the Ultra). So… far standing jab, and hold kicks.
Heres a vid of me trying
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I will trying holdind kicks not mashing dem lol
You seem to be waiting a bit too long after the jab. Remember, it IS a link, but it’s a fast one, so treat it as such. Do it sooner after the jab and you’ll get it.
Funny ending… I botched a match and got 2nd instead of 3rd in a small tourney with friends because I missed jab > Ultra 
Thanks for the help
I will keep trying all day lol
I didn’t see a general Q&A thread so I figured I’d ask this here. I’m a Vanilla Dictator player, and I started out maining Dee Jay in Super. After a few months of playing with him, I’m just sort of bored with him and not really enjoying playing him. I was looking for a switch and I primarily play charge characters so I started messing around with Balrog. He seemed really easy for me to get comfortable with and I enjoy the option of playing either defensive or offensive.
However everyone around me is telling me how boring of a character he is and how mindless he is.
Now we all know haters gonna hate, but I just thought I’d see what you long time Rog players had to say. You ever find yourselves getting bored? Is he really that mindless? Is he just an ex-mode character that’s offers newcomers some decent success comfort?
Don’t want to turn this into a whole “Help me pick a character!” post, just curious what you long time players think of the depth of the character and his lasting power in the game.
Thanks!
As strange at it may seem you may do better doing it by sound than visually. Think of doing the EX loop as drumming and keep in “beat”. Check out some youtube vids of someone doing a loop in training mode and just listen to the rythm. Once I took this approach my success rate took off.