Mastering the Mantis: Yang Combo Thread

Close Fierce/Crouching Forward xx strong palm FADC ~ close jab ~ close fierce xx roundhouse roll kick does 336/326 damage. When hit-confirmed with two jabs after a divekick, the combo drops to 289 damage.

You can also do a full U2 after palm FADC for much more damage than slashx2 FADC U1 would do.

Omg. Why does Yang have to be so hard to use?

Are there any combos that lead into his command grab?

It’s a grab. it cannot be comboed.

nooby question sorry sorry. I swear ppl use to combo into fei longs command grab but maybe thats just my imagination

H. slashes x2 xx lv.2 FA xx dash, command grab, w/e. just for style though.

If anyone is having trouble with rekka fadc into ultra1, this way makes it alot easier for me. I just do the two rekka motions, than I keep the joystick at forward, do the mp+mk, dash once, than input the ultra motion. It helps me out because I don’t to put so much emphasis on the full dash inputs.

Alright, ill try this. Thank you.

I don’t understand why it’s hard to link a jab after an fadc mp palm. I can do the mp palm fadc into ultra 2 pretty easily but getting a jab out is irritating. How much frame advantage do you have after fadc mp palm?

+4

It’s easier to do the ultra because you can buffer the motion and double tap the kick buttons. That and negative edge give you a million opportunities for it to come out. A jab is always a 1 frame link and even if you double tap it, I’d say it’s impossible to do it fast enough in a 1 frame window to increase the chances of it coming out.

+5 (mp palm fadc senkyuutai lk works)

You can do cr.short , jab, cl.mk instead after the fadc

very scrub question of me, but what’s a good punish that doesn’t involve FADC. Maybe one including a palm? lets say after a whiffed srk? or is a combo using rekkas x2 fadc etc etc the best option?

Obviously you’ll get more damage from FADCing, that’s just a fact of life. But, a simple punisher is just cl.mp, cr.mk (1f link) xx special.

If you’re in the corner, FA3, backdash, EX palm, MP palm, MK roll kick is one of your better options.

If it’s a whiffed SRK, FA3, command throw (optional), cl.mp, cr.mk (1f) xx special.

If you decide to FADC, something like cl.mp, cr.mk xx HP rekka, HP rekka FADC cl.hp xx hk roll kick is a good option because of the additional stun and better knockdown.

It’s ok, Yang has Resets from Neutral :mk: you can follow this up with a Dive kick :hk: into another :mk: and reset with jumping :hp: dash under them into Tenshin. There are other mixups as well!

Well. I pretty consistent with Yangs bnbs in training mode. I was able actually get the cr.lk, cr.lk, st.lk into rekkas 20 times in a row. The problem is when I actually play against someone, I get an adrenaline rush and I tend to mash the rekkas. What advice can someone give me to just relax and take it slowly?

just play against people a lot

Double tap the punches, it’s a habit that will help you forever. And calm the fuck down, the window for the followups is ridiculously huge.

Lol i have the same problem whenever i learn a combo with a new character. i say just grind it out vs ppl for a while and constantly keep that combo in mind. If you can do it just once during an actual game it should stick considering you can get it consistently in training mode