Getting destroyed as Blanka vs a good Balrog player

Also do electricity at medium to close distance. Some Boxers will try and hit you out of it and trade. The advantage here is that Blanka recovers faster from knockdowns so you could get up close with a MP roll and start your mixups.

Lol lies!!! I beat you with my Rog :slight_smile:

I could help you with that.

I find Rog and Deejay to be almost impossible matches. Honda is playable because he actually has a very hard time stopping crossup shorts once you get it, and it’s not easy for honda to get in if all you do is jump straight up and down with short.

Yeah, I know. I was exaggerating, I don’t think it’s an unbeatable matchup. It’s not in Blanka’s favor but it just involves a lot of patience. I have problems with counter-throwing with blanka for some reason, so I get owned by his headbutt trap (as I’m sure you could tell). Deejay - now there I agree. I can’t even get a round on a smart Deej player.

Actually, I have more trouble with an aggressive blanka than one whos patient. If I just don’t get baited to do headbutts I find the match is always in my control. But I faced one really aggressive blanka who kept doing face bite ticks and I was stymied. I kept trying to throw out normals and I tried doing my specials without saving up enough charge and it was pretty bad.

I like your blanka play but you should dash more I find blankas who use the dash a lot are a lot tricker deal with.

Thanks. It seems his dash is hit or miss. The player reacts every time, or no times. Can use any pointers, just picked up blanka.

Just played a boxer who spammed c.mk. Okay okay, this matchup sucks I admit it. His c.mk beats everything and then he has a headbutt charged. You may be right in that I need to be offensive, not patient. Patient against headbutt spamming balrogs, but that goes without saying.