rXp
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Everything you got in here, so we can finish this quickly !
Wanting to see what Necalli players think about the Laura matchup : We need to wait for a thread to be created
Necalli Frame data (when available) : Here
Anybody have any advice on this? I canāt punish anything, canāt throw claps, his dive kick messes up my AA timing, and once he has very trigger itās all over. What am I missing?
rXp
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You know his combo ? When he stomp you can jab it out on block because it is LK -4 MK -2 HK 0 EX -2 but the HK is a knock down.
Then his unique attacks are are all unsage except the dive kick that you need to AA with a simple 5MP or back dash to get out of range.
You should not use Clap from far away, he will just go trough it but you can use it sparsely at close/mid range to catch his move and then rush it 
Oyamoo
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Iām convinced the hitbox data is wrong for necalliās jab, that thing stopped my cross up 5 times out of 5 and I gave up trying.
Itās bs. You literally canāt jump at necalli ever. Amazing dp and if theyāre a little lazy, donāt worry 3 frame jab to the rescue. This is still the match up I lose to more than any other, even more than chun. The only thing you can reliably punish is discās guidance and they arenāt going to throw that out unless it was confirmed. Donāt ever think about throwing a clap out anywhere on the screen, donāt jump, and donāt press buttons unless you got in, but when you finally do, odds are youāll get dpedā¦
I hate to sound so negative, but Iām really failing at this matchup. So frustrating.
IMO a relatively even matchup if not a very very close 6-4 in Necaliās favor. Only reason being is that he shuts down her Clap pressure/mixup pretty easy using his V-skill/Berserker barrage. Also his cHP crush counter usually trades/beats out Lauraās normals. That being said it is slow as shit and has a bunch of recovery you can bolt into. If you can properly bait out his DP youāre going to do some good damage. In addition his limbs are just as shitty and stubby as Lauraās. I usually throw out a lot of EX Bolts to catch him off guard when heās charging for the beserker barrage or using a v-skill.
Also his Mask of Tlalli (command throw) is nearly DOUBLE Lauraās command grab range, however it comes out 2 frames slower than Lauraās command throw (8 frame startup). You can jab out or even sMP/cMP him out of this startup or even throw your own command throw out first if you see it coming. This is one of those matchups that you can play a bit crazier just keeping an eye out for his DP.
@Tiers4Fears One trick is I wait for him to jump back or back dash, then throw out EX clap. Out of habit heāll go into V Skill, so Iāll immediately dash forward and overhead him, sometimes even for a counter hit and a juggle. Itās good free damage, allows you to close the gap and to get a clap out, and trains him to use less V skill.
Other than that I agree with @NaokiB4U 's advice. You just gotta keep him out then abuse pressure. Heās defense is pretty shitty aside from DP, his non-jab normals arenāt that great. His offense isnāt that great either if he doesnāt have super. I also abuse a lot of V-Reversals when he hits me with any heavies to get back on offense.
The one thing that annoys me about Necallis is they hardly ever pop V-Trigger outside of combos. V-Triggerād Necalli is effing terrifying, but I hardly ever face one because theyāre always saving their V meter.
Necalli is slowly developing into my new nightmare but thatās probably because Necalli players have figured out that he is the biggest piece of BS the game has to offer at the moment. Honestly, Iād rather navigate through a Sonic Boom obstacle course or face the strongest woman in the world than play another match against this āI have everything and then someā character. Itās the worst kind of āwait for them to make a mistakeā matchup you can have as Laura in this game.
I honestly just cant stand that matchup. Ranks right there with Zangief and Chun. He destroys anyone that has no good wake up or defensive options. But unfortunately you have to just hope they make a blatant mistake and capitalize on it as much as you can. Iām still trying to figure out what was the point of giving him a command grab.
This matchup is pure salt to me. It doesnāt help that Iāve mostly faced the best Necalli players in Europe like Phenom and Shady.
My biggest problem is lack of patience and that I try to bait too much. After every knockdown I tend to second guess myself : āWill they burn the meter now for an ex.dp, or will they just wake up with a st.lp once againā. The lack of defensive options and a slow vreversal does not make things any easier. I tend to burn my v-trigger cauge whenever I see them use a heavy stomp just to reset the situation.
I use st.lk buffers in neutral but I feel like something catches me eventually (buffered st.mp or st.hp) and then Iām in the corner getting devoured. Itās not a lack of MU experience either, I play against the same Necalli players week in and week out. For some reason Iām absolute garbage against this troll.
