Thanks for the links ssjbrydon. The Marn vs Mike Ross vid is great to watch. I really have to keep my spot and work on my spacing against Yun.
In conclusion I’ve learned spacing is EXTREMELY important against Yun. I’ll obviously try to read him more carefully so I can counter-pressure him when I’ve got the chance like Mike succesfully did.
What’s the best way to deal with Guy? Does Honda have the upper hand in this one? It feels like he does but there is something I am missing, I just know it.
The Guy match up is for sure in Honda’s favor. What exactly are you having trouble with this match up?
I am going to say that I am not patient when fighting him even though I know DB beats him. Maybe it’s my lack of exp against that character.
Pork chop (or neutral jump + fierce) like crazy, that guy stays for weeks in the air and you can always see it coming, also if he tries to approach you on the ground with a sliding, lp -> HHS (or oicho throw) him till he gives up doing fancy ground tricks.
Save your ex headbutts when you REALLY (cross-ups) need it.
Great info Angerus.
What works against the elbow? I can’t seem to knock him out of it with anything but U1. LP HB used to counter elbow jump in but how about now that it lost its head invincibility?
Porkchop works fine for me, sometimes it trades, but I mostly walk back and then pork chop to avoid trades.
If you’re too close against the wall and the chop won’t work, don’t hesitate to ex headbutt him to create some space
Very nice. Thanks. I need to get some more practice against him. The guy I am playing is Ace. He is ranked top 3 on PSN. He is good with him it’s not like it’s some button masher. I think I just need to learn the match up better. Using your advise should help my game. Thanks Bro.
Yeah, that MU has been frustrating me.
Elbow stuffs like every AA HB, buttslam and nj. fierce gets airthrown most of the time for free. I seem to get porkchop baited too. Just need more MU experience I guess.
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Yeah, for most of the Guy MU… its gonna be down back… guy looses to down back. You mainly just have to watch out for his overhead kick. The elbow drop, as stated before, can be anti aired with U1, chop, or ex headbutt. The ex headbutt needs to be a little bit later than usual… right before guy hits the ground. You dont want to be jumping too much in this match as you can be air grabbed. Also, if you are fighting a decent guy player, you need to watch out for the option selects… getting thrown, safe jump os with ex tatsu will beat all your options.
i dont agree with sum of those match up’s i think honda beats rufus 4 free his headbutt beats divekicks for the most part add me on xbl i’m tryna learn honda NGB 2 Sliick
lol Honda’s headbutts loose to dive kicks up close, even ex headbutt. The only thing that Honda can do is maintain distance from dive kick pressure, or buttslam anti air them. The honda/rufus match up is in rufus’ favor.
qft
Against Dudley, you can easily punish his machine gun rush with an oicho throw
add me i’m looking for honda player’s on xbl my gt is NGB 2 Sliick
the rufus match up is like 6-4 in rufus favor… buttslam works well against the dive kick pressure for sure. and cr. lp beats alot of his pokes too. its easily winable for honda but just like honda if rufus gets in or if u cant tech throws you are done. dudley match up to me feels like a 7-3 in honda favor he really doesnt have anything for any of the charge characters unless you wiff your specials. guy is weird i tried doing porkchop??? (i just call it stop sign) and his air throw beats it out… delaying the ex-headbutt is the only thing that will definitly stop his elbow drop. but if you get caught in that frame trap his has its pretty much 50/50 on what will happen.
I went to a tourney yesterday(ended up 4th, yay), got beat in winners and losers by the same guy(he got 2nd place), AE blanka. I’m not really playing the game but it felt harder than it should be, is that matchup worse now or my lack of practice got the best of me? I eat some of his mixups on knockdown(elec/c.LK xx elec/throw) because the TV had some lag and I just couldn’t late tech/missed some hands combos/couldn’t safe jump at all. Still, I think I had no excuse.
1st place was using fei, I guess that matchup is worse now with all the nerfs?
Vs blaka just walk forward and press cr jab, it beats his entire offense, if he jumps at you st hp or jump back mp, honda jump mp beats blanka cr mp so dont be afraid to jump at him if he doesnt have down charge.
The fei match is a joke, honda literally has no offense and if he puts u in the corner your dead, i sometimes just hk buttslam out and eat the rekka punish just to not be stuck in the corner.
Only thing to do vs fei is neutral jump just outside his cr hp range and hope to get random damage somewhere, you have to walk forward a bit but be real careful about hands pressure as if its not spaced right your eating rekkas on hit. Try to st hp every chicken wing
oicho only punishes fierce and ex MGB.
jab MGB = -2 on block
mp MGB = -4 on block (c.lp xx hands punish)
oicho has 5f startup