i now conclude that the blanka matchup is actually hopeless, the conservative ones wittle me down and the balls out ones are bare random, my AA cr.mp trades with jumpin RH, all my pokes get countered by balls, i have no decent blocked ball punish i get blown up with electricity for trying to tech/grab out of a hop. Dive kicks trade with electricty, ex ball goes through fireballs and i have no punish for meaty river run shit.
I know how the match should be played and i know my on block options but i cant answer his shenangians with anything practical, but when i make the switch to abel i suddenly feel more in control. Like i lost 7 times in a row to some dude i play offline, made the switch to abel and then beasted for the 3 matchs he stuck with blanka.
Is there something im missing guys? Because this shit its literally ridiculous.
To be straight with you blanka is probably, next to guile, my most hated match up for juri. It’s an issue of overthinking I believe. And being at a huge disadvantage. Everything that you trade does more damage in blanks favor.
I’d get more into it but my break is over and my boss is glaring at me. … Lol
I realized that making conclusions about matchups is pretty pointless until you’re at an advanced skill level. Unless it’s 3-7 or worse, it shouldn’t matter at an intermediate level. Regarding Blanka, I don’t know much about the matchup, but like a lot of matchups, you definitely want to avoid being knocked down. His mix-up game is pretty vicious, and with Juri, you basically need to guess right to get out of that situation.
The biggest problem for me against blanka is figuring out what he is doing. My generalized opinion about blanka players is that they are unpredictable. You never know what is coming next.
Will standing mk beat a meaty Full screen blanka ball?
anytime you see a blanka ball just hit st.mk. its godlike vs balls. you can keep blanka out pretty decently with fireballs until he has meterjust make sure you always have lk fireball stored so he cant slide. unfortunately we cant punish blanka balls on hit or block though =/ its not that bad if you just take your time with it =/
If you’re good expecting it, you can actually punish a rainbow roll with U2 and it will ACTUALLY work.
Don’t know if you know this or not, but if you try to U2 when you see Ibuki’s head stomp, she will actually knock you out of Ultra and laugh at you…Carrie.
Quick edit: I’m going to set up some scenarios in Training Mode and see how they turn out. I might make a video of the results of I can get a camera set up in a decent area.
dash up lk pinwheel punishs blanka balls on block. go try it out out in training mode. but remember that it has to be reversal timing or else he’ll recover in time to block.
That reversal timing is ridiculous though, i met one blanka that knew of our specific punish and just did the river run slide right after and it would hit me out of pinwheel if i wasnt able to calculate the punish properly.
To everyone else thanks for the input, any other tricks and tips people have is cool and what not but man im praying the matchup imrpoves in AE because right now im just getting blown up on basic rock paper scissors crossup hops, trades, cheeky slides and literally balls out play. Im not looking for direct answers to situations but more so something to make him scared of rushing me down because as it stands i never feel in control of the match, even when hes knocked down, im basically sat in place waiting to see how hes going to spank me.
Has anyone made much progress with Fei Long? ive been getting blown up by a few of my mates that play a mean fei. His 3 frame jab hits me out of lk fireball xx lkpinwheel counter hit setups (3 frame gap) and i cant play the lk pinwheel to expinwheel to try a catch a thrown out limb. I think the main problem with the matchup is that fei gets in really easily with CW, so you want to play a close range poke distance battle with him to shut it down, but once again that gives him the option of putting to use his awesome focus attack and recca counterhit setups.
I usually would resort to abel in this matchup but i really wanted to work on it with juri so maybe you guys have some feedback, tips or tricks against the Bruce Lee wannabe.
I play against a pretty decent Fei Long kinda regularly, and all i can say is poke the shit out of him. st.mk is your friend, st.hk is your friend if you dont abuse it, fireballs can be your friends if you dont abuse them either, cr.mk buffer fireball is also nice. dont use anything in over abundance and it should help keeping him out. Honestly I dont try and combo much in this matchup. If i can get him to the corner i just apply heavy fireball / poke pressure (spaced correctly of course). Dont try and be fancy, fundamentals will win you this match. Its a pain, but its do-able. Ill think of some more in depth stuff and post it in a day or two
I dont know much about Fei but I know that HK fireball rapes CW all day, also as K1 said s.Mk is awesome against him. also, I’m not sure about this 100%, but I think max range FA on his wake up is very useful too as his DP wont reach you and if they try rekkas you can just release the FA after absorbing it, and with super or Ultra you can backdash to become airborne and only the 1st attack will hit making them waste meter and punish afterwards.
i never really had a issue with the reversal timing. sounds like to me that you should just hit the lab and get the timing down. at least we have a punisher and a way to poke him out of ball even before it hits.
fei’s CW shouldn’t even really be a issue. st.mk and cr,mp rapes all versions of CW rather easily. CW is only good for closing in all reckless FUHAJIN happr juri’s.
reversal time on Blanka is dead easy offline, hell you can mash the inputs of the dash and the pinwheel and it’ll shit hit, online however… Blanka is GG.
Two things really helped me with the blanka matchup: knowing that wakeup meaties actually beat pretty much all his wakeup reversal options. cr.mk makes ex upball whiff, his only other options (afaik) are to run with ex rainbow or ultra. Second, if you get him in the corner you can even punish his balls on hit, although keeping him in the corner is a bit problematic since he will likely ex rainbow out.
I still get cheesed by online blankas sometimes though
I had a little talk with Inthul at NEC last night in the salty suite. This is what I gathered from the fei long data from him and his play (not me personally playing him).
alright. So I understand why you guys think fei long is not a bad match, but its a NIGHTMARE of a match. You see, many fei longs are playing stupid. You cant on reaction punish a CW at poke range. That means its invincible to start, and safe on block. Not only that but one some characters if they downback it can cross you up and link to s.hp.
Thats bad. This puts Juri in a 50/50 constantly. Fei long MUST be zoned out. Not only must he be zoned out but you must have god like reactions to kill his wing.
“Kail it aint that bad”
It gets worse. Rekka’s corner you easily and are safe on block if spaced correctly. His pokes beat juri’s and he has a command grab.
So its not hard to get in on juri, shes put in a 50/50, and you’re cornered for a majority of the match. This is bad. He guesses once and you’re cornered. Throwing a mid fireball? If he reacts and goes through it…your cornered…I DONT like this, especially since he can cross up CW and has an ambiguous mp cross up.
His pokes are going to take away the ability to throw fireballs as a poke. Rekka can stuff your release.
Ultra 2 is your ultra of choice. Your goal is to be patient. The first player to lose his patience will probably lose as juri has a lot of normals that hit mid that can stuff his CW. It comes down to your set of mind. Are you going to be able to stop him everytime? And if he gets in, how is your defense.
Its too easy for fei to get in for this match to be 6-4 imo. GG Juri, enjoy your KO.
