Laura General Thread: Who The Hell Is Sean?

DaFeetLee · November 7, 2015, 5:47am

Come watch me play Laura if you’re curious on how to play her!

Muttonman · November 7, 2015, 6:29am

Okay, there’s a use for the fireball. Giant proximity block range

Gojira · November 7, 2015, 7:09am

Phantom_Angel:

Killey:

Phantom_Angel:

STK:

what does her vskill do?

It’s an overhead first. Add a direction, and she dashes. The dash works similarly to Ibuki’s command dash, but it goes forward and backward. Doesn’t go through the opponent, though. They cancel into each other and can go into the overhead if you hold the V-Skill buttons down.

Correct me if I’m wrong but you can’t cancel forward v-skill into neutral or back v-skill but you can with back v-skill.

I honestly don’t know why we have multiple characters with command dashes in this game. It just makes them less unique across the board regardless of what follow up you have. That being said, she’s the only character with a command back dash and the v-skill movements are pretty quick and it gives her plenty of ways to juke the opponent out.

From what I could gather, you don’t want to abuse normal cancel into forward v-skill because it’s negative on block like Ken & Karin so you’re going to have to condition people to make that option viable. Seems like if they like pressing buttons in that situation then you want to do normal xx back v-skill and then try to whiff punish them or go for neutral v-skill overhead. The overhead is slow and can be reacted to though. Alternatively, you can also use back v-skill into ex bolt charge to catch them pushing buttons since ex bolt charge has armor on it. She basically has a canned wheel of options from her v-skill.

Using her v-skill raw to get in could also be viable like how Ken uses his to do something similar, except this time you have a command grab, and a forward moving armor ex special. You can also do EX Fireball and then forward v-skill to move in front of it. I have to test if the fireball goes away if you get hit but I don’t think that’s the cast so unless you get thrown the opponent has to be careful with how they play defensively against the EX fireball. She has another wheel of options with the EX Fireball between playing defensively and aggressively.

They all cancel into each other. Forward V-Skill dashes, but goes into neutral V-Skill if you hold it and back V-Skill if you input it. That back V-Skill goes into neutral V-Skill if you hold it and back into forward V-Skill if you input that.

Actually you can’t go forward to back. You can go back to forward though.

This V-skill may be ridiculous. You can cancel it out of anything. Instant space.

Edit: Jesus it even cancels out of her st. MK even though it’s not cancellable.

Muttonman · November 7, 2015, 7:16am

So yeah, looping her MP xx Fireball in VT? Pretty nutty it feels

DevilJin_01 · November 7, 2015, 7:17am

That’s a really cool concept if they designed it that way.

Muttonman · November 7, 2015, 7:32am

…mp xx fireball is stupid. So fucking stupid. If they don’t have a DP they best be ready to VR your ass.

NVM, the gap is real

Citrus_monkey · November 7, 2015, 7:39am

Whats this talk about mp xx fireball? I’m not sure what the advantage of doing it is; isnt it unsafe on block and combos into nothing else?

Muttonman · November 7, 2015, 7:45am

Yeah, turns out people are just really bad at mashing out of it. Won me quite a few rounds though.

Her lack of hitconfirms is killing me. LET ME NORMALLY LINK MEDIUMS TOGETHER DAMN YOU

Citrus_monkey · November 7, 2015, 7:49am

Aw that’s dissapointing. I thought there would be something cool or special about it. I guess you’re in CG range afterwards but i’d rather do qcf+p for corner carry. Where the hell are all these amazing laura players coming from though like, for real. I’m getting creamed. This one player in particular kept doing loops with standing and crouching mp’s and I couldn’t figure out wtf to do about it.

GenUser · November 7, 2015, 8:03am

Not feeling this character at all, not my cup of t abel was much more fun and interesting in terms of gameplay, she feels barebones and boring like almost everything else in this game.

rayplay · November 7, 2015, 8:52am

Getting a better feel for her, like her more now, she still could use buffs.

Wikum · November 7, 2015, 8:58am

She’s godlike lol. Only worry I would have is that she doesn’t seem to have any kind of anti air whatsoever outside of the dp.

Neclord · November 7, 2015, 8:59am

I love her. Even though she might be a little bit weaker than Mika at the moment, I am doing much better with her somehow.
I prefer her V-Skill over Mika’s. It’s so useful imo and is very versatile.

Genistar · November 7, 2015, 8:59am

I think she needs more links they look they all can combo but the frames dont let her ;_; I have a crap load of videos to upload for laura in a moment.

Gojira · November 7, 2015, 9:00am

st. MP works fine for me most of the time.

edit: st. MK too, as if that needed any more utility lol

Train130 · November 7, 2015, 9:18am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ne163-fZSY

Laura combos by delephantz

Wikum · November 7, 2015, 9:27am

i think i just played someone who used her at canada cup or trade show because he absolutely obliterated me lol. she has some nasty setups.

Genistar · November 7, 2015, 9:36am

I’m still sifting through footage i might just put the entire stream up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXOLNOC0-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCPB2PX_9m0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4mRbItTGQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfCFqIBXNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxCRta7RijY

The_Lone_Dragon · November 7, 2015, 10:00am

You can get a meaty V-skill Sean Kick setup after EX Thunderclap > walk forward a split second > st. mk xx V-skill.

The st.mk resets them, and the V-skill hits meaty on the last (?) active frame. You can combo into st.LP afterward on hit.
And, if they block, it’s probably safe…though, I didn’t test that. Just got booted, lol.

EX Thunderclap seems to have some nice reset, side-switching potential thanks to her V-skill dash. Maybe that’s why her hit-confirms are lacking…

She’s an interesting character, overall, though.

SilverForte · November 7, 2015, 10:08am

Had fun with her, managed to do well using tick throws a lot.

Her command grab leaves you at a good position afterwards, if they quick rise you can dash in and keep up pressure, or go for another command grab. Her target combo also leaves you in a perfect position for a lk command throw.

HP elbow is also a pretty good antiair. her mp is kinda lacking there though, kept getting beat out.