Yeah his buttons are better overall, but you’re more mobile and your buttons are faster, and you can kill him on one opening.
Why walk into a well when you can force him to move at you and lose options.
Any ideas on how to approach Chun Li? I have problem when it comes to the spacing game against her.
I hate the chun li match up -_-
is not that bad once you realize st.hk is your best friend. Practice whiff punishing her sweep and you will have a better understanding of the spacing needed for this mu
i think the problem is that you are trying to play footsies by her rules instead of imposing your will on her.
she has issues with your movement, trying to just walk back and forth with her isn’t a good idea though.
I think u1 a little more useful as it will be tough to xup ground pound chun as she will tend to try and stay far away and zone you, plus her fireball recovers quite fast. on top of that she is a character you will want to keep cornered and should be able to keep cornered.
her aa has holes even ex sbk can be beat with jump hp from the right spacing you gotta stick the blade right in her chode.
I always found this match up tough as Honda but could beat most Chun players by remaining patient. with decapre and meter it’s way easier to find an opportunity to get in.
the one awful think about this match is she has an unblockable off fwd throw best bet is to just delay wakeup to make it harder to time.
other than that it’s the Chun match you just gotta learn it and use your tools to not let her get away with zoning you with constant fireball follow up its the same as guile (except she’s not as good as guile at zoning) you really can’t be zoned as decapre with all her wicked movement tools and ex spiral is such a monkey wrench that scares the shit out of people. hell even if they block it its good.
yeah I understand that. But you can play footsies against her and focus attacks gives her a lot of problems too, specially if they cant do st.mp xx ex legs. Like I said playing against her you have to respect her sweep range, but that doenst mean you cant do anything is just a tricky spacing tho. If you can derp better than you can play footsies then yeah do that lol.
the set up mike is talking about is f.throw, dash, j.mk which is the cammy unblockable you can dash under or focus absorb it to deal with it, then she has to use j.lk to beat the dash under. Thing is j.lk can be unblockable too but is harder to time. Ex scramble lk+mk > lp break can get you out too IIRC.
edit. About her FB is not fast at all as +40F recovery (44/41/41/48) is quite ryu status. I use Wultra as u1 can put her in a lot of troubles and u2 is there for any FB or floaty jumps.
oh wow didn’t know her fb was that bad I can picture the animation it does seem pretty slow
I tried focus > backdash to escape the unblockable and I think I dashed into her lol but it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it I think u have to focus fwd dash to get out
Second match up question: how do I deal with Sakura? her tatsu gives me trouble.
yeah depending on the j.mk you might ended up backdashing into her so wake up dash or focus dash might be better answer
and yes kikos are trash as a fb but w/e
Yeah i’m used to playing chuns who can st.mp xx ex legs reliably is the thing. I’m not saying don’t play footsies, but be cautious and try to give her different looks.
Backdash a lot vs. sakura and make them os you after blocked tatsus. If they don’t ever represent the OS you just keep doing it. If they can OS reliably mix in focus backdash/sting/jabs(when you’re even or slightly +) to make them respect the situation.
for some reason ryu is kinda hard for me right now, not even e.ryu gives me that much problems
E.ryu is easier to whiff punish.
I’d just st.mk more though vs. normal ryu.
C.MP is surprisingly good against Ryu outside the c.mk range. PBOS is also a good tech in this matchup imo.
I also struggle a lot vs Sakura, i know i have to keep her away from me but it is so hard to do it during a whole match.
nj.hp is amazing vs. her jumpins.