This is wrong, if they are in throw range and you do coward crouch, you WILL get thrown (including command throws).
I always do that shit on accident. I’ll try to forward hop to U1 and end up doing that instead of the ultra. damn it.
I thought so too, but I’ve used this tactic a few times against a friend who is a Sagat player. I crouch, he wiffs a throw and I can hit with electricity. He’s the only character I’ve tried this with on multiple occasions.
CC under a fireball then do elec allows you to build bar full screen against fireball characters if they try to dash in then up ball them
I kinda focus a fireball to build bar for ultra 2 and then cc followed by elec for some bar building… make sure you hit exactly 5 punches otherwise your eating a faceful of plasma :o
Hmm, maybe Blanka can’t be thrown during startup of coward crouch? This sounds interesting and it’s something I’ve never experimented with.
Doesnt CC have 0 startup?
edit even hubs has it listed as a ???
im sure its 0 instant however… ive gotten through some pretty close fireballs where they have gone threw my head as crouching and i didnt get hit
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I didn’t get a chance to try it last night but I thought about maybe doing it in training mode and see what inputs are first, the crouch or the throw?
Blanka can be thrown during crouch.
It is useful against all of Dudley’s specials. Use sparingly because a good player will look for it then punish. It can also be a lifesaver when your health is way down and your opponent is trying to chip you to death.
I hate The Fact That shoryuken(Ryu,Ken) hits coward crouch. Its Gay.
I’ve been using this a lot lately and I’ve managed to avoid Juri’s EX Pinwheel and Hakan’s Super :bgrin:
Hakan’s super is like the worst super in the game… you can just avoid it with a regular crouch.
-LAU
Yeah, I know. I just did it for fun :razzy:
I’ve been using coward crouch ever since Super came out. Proved to be very useful for me by using it when people jump. It throws off their timing which will allow me to do electricity as a anti-air. It’s also good to use to bait out some moves (if spaced right) like a shoryuken or Chun’s ex-bird kick. It’s also good against characters like Claw to shut down or throw off the timing of his off the wall moves.
Although the matchup is bad, coward crouch works well against Balrog to punish headbutts or even some dash punches.
Worked fine for me against Ibuki’s grab ultra. I just crouched under it and punished with whatever move I want. It’s also useful against her vortex. Works well against Viper’s burning kicks too.
i know that this isnt really usefull but i have used it for chun-li U1, for some reason he tried to do it from a little bit less then half screen.
A way of beating getting thrown while doing coward crouch in the beginning frames is to do d+lk, lp, mp, hp. that way if you get thrown, you throw tech.
can u be holding down back then use coward crouch then cancel to like exbal or upball? is that how u guys do it?
yes that’s how you do it… you can cancel it into ANY specials… so electricity and rainbow works as well
-LAU