Doesn’t df.lk beat chicken wing? I only came on to ask how people like to advance on turtling Blanka, I can handle him fine when he is attacking I’ll counter him all day long but the turtle ones are annoying. Also, I was playing arcade mode and knocked Rufus out of big bang with a head stomp, it was at start up would this work when its in motion?
df+lk beats almost everything that comes from above if timed right, but I think it’s too slow to do it on reaction to a chicken wing (unless it was very predictable and you were just waiting for it)
Get the life lead if you can. Imo the matchup is 6-4 for whoever gets a decent enough lead because both characters can very easily out turtle each other (and of course whoever is going on the offensive is surrendering their charge moves most of the time). You just have to earn the right to turtle first.
If you absolutely have to approach him, mostly walk and block, but occasionally stick out a few jabs to keep his horizontal ball/mixup game in check and try to get him to the corner. Once there, be on the lookout for the EX rainbow roll escape attempt if he has meter and be ready to counter it with either jump back fierce or air grab to keep him in the corner. That’s the best place to try and crack him open and score damage if all he wants to do is turtle.
thankx Darklight, I didn’t know you could throw his rainbow ball and I never thought about using jump back fierce, should help. I agree with the 6-4 thing Blanka and Chun seem to have an even number of pros and cons when it comes to messing up the other.
VS Blanka
Just to throw this in there, I made this video before Shadaloo posted that “I hate Blanka Chips” video.
I go in to a bit more detail on the timing of when to hit Blanka to avoid chip damage or completely counter his Ultra (With Hosenka)
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Well put together informative video Lexy. kudos.
Just to add Lexy I was just trying that Blanka ultra punish in training mode, I found if you are close to him when he does the ultra you can jump back and Hosenka, it hits, exactly as you can do to his ultra 1. Dunno if it would work if you’re far away though, will test later. Saves you worrying about the timing.
thanks lexy. i will practice this for if i have to deal with blanka in the future. i still need to work on this match-up.
Nice video man (lady?)
Something else I noticed is that EX Hazanshu works against Blanka’s Shout of Earth if you do it at the soonest possible moment after the Ultra Freeze. If you do it right, you will avoid the first flash of Shout of Earth, and if you haven’t hit him yet, I am about 90% sure you can do it again immediately after to tag him with it.
A Blanka player chipped me out with Shout of Earth yesterday and I did EX Hazanshu to avoid damage in the beginning, but I thought I was going to hit him so when I whiffed I didn’t try to do it again, figuring that the recovery would be so long that I wouldn’t be able to - but much to my surprise I got killed by chip damage rather than by Ultra, meaning I was blocking, meaning I probably could’ve done EX Hazanshu again to win it.
I’ll try it later tonight in Training and let you know if it works.
chun has an OS vs CW happy feilongs, just knockdown and stand a bit far from point blank but close enough to cr.lk, and do cr.lk df.lp+lk, has to be quick so that if cr.lk hits or gets blocked the 2nd cr.lk comes out, and if he does CW, df+lk comes out and hits him granting u a free juggle
I’ve found c.mp and c.hp as suggested by some to be really effective. The s.mp on reaction has varying degrees of success. My prefered option is c.mp. Options off this is pretty flexible.
just found out something in training against cody:
all his stones from close range can be ducked with c.mk(and hit cody with it). I have yet to try it outside training mode, but I think it’s possibile to do it in a real match too since the stone is pretty slow, they usually cancel it from a c.HP hoping to get a counterhit and combo with it (so just look for the c.HP), the move is one of his few normals with disadvantage on block (-1), so they shouldn’t use it as part of a blockstring.
If this can be done consistently then cody is left with no safe specials against chun li from close range.
I’m having trouble with people pushing me into the corner via offensive pressure. For example, I was playing a Dudley last night, and once he would get close he would basically jab me into the corner. How does everyone deal with stuff like that?
try to catch him by lk.hazan. if he’s not hit confirming those jab to ex rush punches, try to jab spam too >.<. when dudley is walking to you, keep doing cr.mp and st.mp. it will catch them a lot. you could also try to cl.rh to get a counter hit. neutral jump or backdash during loose strings if really pressured.
just DO NOT GET CORNERED AGAINST DUDLEY! He will j.hp you on wakeup and IT WILL beat ex.sbk and any other escape method. You can only block at that point and watch for tic throw opportunity.
omg i keep losing to shotos. idk ryu and ken just keep chucking plasma, anti-airing and mixing me up. same thing with guile.
Did you guys know Abels u2 is pretty much useless?
You can backdash away from breathless like nothing
And if you can’t backdash, you can charge an ex sbk right before he is about to lift off and attempt to grab you
No, you both just fail.
No desk, but I’d put up a bounty that I can breathless someone your skill level for $200. (No desk)
Good Abel players don’t just throw out breathless from middle of the screen when both players are far apart. Take note that it can be hold or cancelled so if you’re in the corner and you backdash right when you see the ultra animation, abel can hold it and wait til you’ve recovered. this ultra is mostly used as an anti air or whenever you jump and they react to it. it’s not useless at all. one of the best ultra in the game.
that ultra has to be the best ultra in the game. it does way too much damage and has a lot of properties also. good luck trying to backdash it and not get scooped.