LAURA Matchup Thread

[andeRK83]

Hi,

I’m a Laura player and came here to see what you thought of the matchup.

I have a couple of small tips against Laura.

1. After a blocked LP Bolt you can try to jab, generally that will save you from a throw if your opponent like to try that risky thing. But if the bolt hit, you can either CA or tech throw. The general mixup is throw/command grab/back dash and HP/LP bolt (vortex).
2. Unless you are desperate don’t use v-reversal. Why ? Because we can really easily react to it with a Bolt. You have 27f of recovery on the reversal so the MP bolt will hit.
3. That’s no news but your moonsault is really not safe except if you make it safe with a sonic boon. We can AA it with s.MP and dash under or dash back etc to mix you up.
4. You have some great normals and you can keep us always until we loose patience. Still be careful with spinning back knuckle because we can LP Bolt you on block.
5. Be ready for our dashes, specially in V-trigger. They are all susceptible to crush counter punishes.

Laura’s MP Bolt, Hp Bolt, Ex Bolt and command grab (you can jab us out of it) are not safe. Oh and a s.HK is not safe if too close to you.

I hope that helps a bit but it is my view on the matchup and how I try to fight Nash.
After that, you just need to know our mixups, frame traps and combo resets to be ready for them that’s it.

thx

[Guiver]

Many Laura players will fully charge their thunder claps to begin their approach. This setup is extremely impetuous against competent Nash players because H. Tragedy assault blows it up from about 3/4th’s screen distance. If you happen to be midscreen, M. Tragedy assault works. Any closer, just cr.MK her (safest choice) or L. Tragedy Assault.

Throw out whiffed st.LP and st.HP in between dashes to try and stuff dash ins and create mind games to make her think you are about to boom. Use booms infrequently as you should be more focused on EX Sonic Scything Jump ins and stuffing her claps with TA’s.

As for her inability to do anything other than jump at you once you have shut down her ground game, use bazooka knee to get out from underneath her. This move is outstanding against Laura for it’s AA potential but mainly for getting under her jumps.

If you have a solid read on her EX wake up bolt strike option and want to go for a harder disrespect than a block punish, L. Sonic Scythe or M. Sonic Scythe into CA eats the first hit of armor and then stuffs it. Video below demonstrates.

https://youtu.be/r_DouiaK8oc

The other thing that this setup demonstrates is that it is a strong meaty K.O. chip option which Laura has no tools to deal with.