Good point about the st.LK cancel into EX Bolt Charge. I forgot that was an option. That would be useful for getting the kill.
V-Reversal is rubbish now. Now you can only get a setup if the opponent is deep in the corner. V-Reversal, whiff st.LP, st.MP will frame trap 3f lights against quick recovery and hit meaty at +6/+7 against back recovery.
You’re right, after all it’s pretty easy to take either a low or a tick throw after H bolt.
In any case given the meter requirement (full VT+2 bars) they will probably be dead by the last hit.
Indeed. I think time will how well she will do. Based on what I saw, and maybe its first night out jitters, but folks were terrified of her getting in last night. Previously peeps would try to pressure me with impunity. Now they poke and run.
I found it much easier to pressure folks last night and get in their face. Lk - LP - Bolt -> cr lk -> cr lp - > bolt comes out so fast it confuses the hell out of peeps.
Follow that up with standing MK to whatever you want to do and you just watch the damage fly off.
**Side note, I’ve NEVER seen so many Laura’s in a SINGLE night. So many people are trying her out now. Its funny that they have no idea what they are doing but I digress… news is out on her buffs.
While its obvious, it always amazes me how much the meta changes by just group think. I think absolutely nothing about laura could change and we would still get flooded with laura players if the consensus was she was buffed. IMO, unless you play laura A LOT you won’t notice the changes. So these new guys will have the same struggles we have always had. Besides the death of meterless invincible reversals.
They merely adopted the struggle. We were born in it, molded by it…
So far I haven’t played against one shoto that hasn’t tried to dp on wakeup at least once a round. Get stuffed, bitch! Hold this meaty!
Counter hit st mk > st mk > st jab > lp elbow… man, st mk is my favorite button easy.
New Laura combo:
st. MK > st. MK > st. MK > st. MK
will work until people have actually read the patch notes.
HAHA Im seriously doing the same. Or alternating between cr.mk and st.mk.
And how good does it feel to command grab a shoto during their dp…NOT TODAY BITCH!!!
Uh… really? Can you post video? I’m at least 8 hours out from any SF5’ing.
Unless this is clever humor I am not getting being somewhat a newb around here. o_O
Edit:
Also, has standing 'HP -> M FB -> MP -> MK -> whatever you want always been a thing?
I saw it on this video toward the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wsWq1yiJIE&spfreload=5 at the 1:32 mark
lol No its definitely not a true combo. We’re just making fun of the fact that you can contiuosly press st.mk because people are too scared to punish her or forgot that its -2 so they can jab her.
And I have to say Chun and the shotos are definitely easier to handle. Not free, but Laura actually has options and can be a threat to them. Alot of Ryu and Kens are very panicky right now and dont know how to properly deal with being pressured. ABUSE IT YALL!!!
And Nash is a bit of a joke, thats all Im gonna say… 
Exactly what I do. Since st. MK on block has quite some pushback too people are like “oh well, I can now just walk aw- FUCK”.
I did that before but now that it’s 5f it’s more oppressing then ever lmao
It’s humour. Due to the fact that they have no fucking idea of what to do against this button and that on CH it links into itself you can just knee them in the face to death.
Is there a new meaty off of m elbow~follow up besides dash lp? Im missing the f.hp 
Btw does anyone think they d
Not that Ive found. Even dashing to us her st.lp is still a a risk when they quickrise and have a 3f jab. Its better just to use either st.hk or st.hp to stop them from pressing anything and score a CH. Youll be safe so nothing really to worry about. If they stay on the ground though, its a free for all for Laura.
And can I say good friggin Lord Akuyma dies in like one VT combo if Laura scores it on him. He may be a beast but if Laura catches one mistimed DP the entire match is pretty much over.
Why? you’re +1, there’s nothing they can do about that.
That must also be the same reason why f+HP whiffs. The move now is 17f (exactly as your fwd dash) and you need a 1f delay after wakeup to avoid whiffing.
Also keep in mind that due to the big advantage you have to delay your st. HK/HP well to avoid whiffing (which is my biggest problem now - I was used to have more or less the same setups after each throw).
K. Just being sure. I did this three times in a row last night to a shoto and it didn’t combo and I was wondering if this was legit.
Need to learn the ropes around here. Hedging for the win!
Gonna spam MK tonight for the LULs.
And you are 100% correct. They are panicky as heck since they don’t have their get out of jail free card. Ryu players still spam standing jab a ton (as do Chun players with standing LK) and I love watching them get stuffed for their mistake. Its glorious. Then you can usually see their EX DP coming from a mile away because they are get abused by tons of quick hits and mixups. I NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THIS CRAZY CHICK!
Chun is easier because she can’t apply the same level of pressure. The ones I’ve played stood in the neutral zone and spammed buttons because they did not know how to close the gap without the hop to lightning legs. She still has tons of advantage, but the match is easier.
Oh it is +1? I think I need to work on my dashes more. And yes you do have to delay a bit for her heavy moves on rise. Its awkward. lol I still have to get out of the habit of dashing after using her vreversal.
Yeah Ive ran into even higher ranking Chuns that are just using heavy kick and heavy punch for their neutral. Its a bit ridiculous really.And the st.lk nerk actually can let Laura get a well deserved jumpin finally.
This was a SFV day 1 combo for me that kept dumb players in blockstun forever. Its even more deceiving now.
Execute Order Brazilian 66!!
So glad to have stuck with Laura from Day 1!!
Plus with Akuma, I have 2 mains that actually feel fun and in control of the match and not constant uphill 99 sec grind!!
Today, right from the get-go I felt like I finally had a fighting chance against characters like Necalli. The fact that your opponent doesn’t get free meterless reversals is already a huge bonus. I had more confidence going in with the low confirm cr.lk > cr.lp and I actually traded with Necalli’s st.lp a few times while in air.
Akuma was definitely an issue for me during these first matches though, need to practice anti-airing him properly and he hits like 1.21 giga watts.