Stare into the FACE OF DEATH!!!.
Been using this character for years but never mained him. I am considering it but i want to share some of my knowledge with him so please if anyone has questions feel free to ask.
my question might come off a bit too general but what’s your plan when you use Oni at the beginning of the match ? You play it safe until you get 2 ex bars ? You try to get near your opponent and stay on their faces the moment you see an opening ?
Also how do you deal with moves such as Ryu’s crouching forward / Dhalsim’s far standing fierce / good buttons at mid range in general ? I always feel Oni has difficulties against those
Vs Ryu standing short is your best friend into fireball if they start to focus it in between 2 on 1 into lk slash for the counter hit. If the corner hit shows you can get standing jab back strong fierce into rh tatsu or whatever. Sim is tough be patient and try to push him into the corner with focus and rh overhead pounds. He is in the corner you got him.
Again thx for taking the time to discuss Oni and answer questions. These threads haven’t exactly been roaring with activity, and it great to have a top player who uses him and has a lot of experience facing other high level players with him.
His air dashes are what I think is the most unique aspect of him and something I would like to get more use out of. So my question is…
How do u like to utilize Oni’s command air dashes and what do u think of them?
They are ok use the forward into tatsus and used the back 1 to see if their AAs are on point. Also the air 1 going forward into ex tatsu for cross ups is a good trick to.
What about the up dashes? You can hit your opponent with it if you do it right by their head (I’m unsure if this can cross up), but it seems that it isn’t possible to follow it up with anything. It does help if u mistime a neutral jump over fireball. I’m just wondering is their any more innovative use of up dash.