Frame traps?
AKA a frame trap.
Blocking is gahlie.
Seriously you should try to block and not allow yourself to dp. Just get comfy blocking. Plus Gat’s block animation is awesome with his big ass arms. Looks like he’s snugglin up with a pillow and shit. Comfy ass nigga.
What would be the crucial things to practise/study for a relative Sagat newcomer?
cr.lk cr.lk cr.lp xx hp TU
TU FADC f.hk ultra
trade uppercut f.hk ultra
Blocking.
Thanks for the answers for before guys but I have another…
When cancelling out a TU why am I sometimes getting the “I’'m spinning all over the place - good luck with that Ultra” animation instead of the straight up and out “kick me and Ultra me” animation?
Is that to do with the strength of the upper? or am I hitting them as they are hitting counter? I fart around with Ryu and he never seems to have this problem when you FADC, but a few times with gat so far it’s like pinball wizard? what gives?
It’s a counterhit TU. If you forward dash usually you just plain can’t connect the f.hk on a counterhit. So if you have ultra do raw ultra and if you don’t do hk tiger knee.
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Blocking is indeed #1. #2 is: practice using his best normals in the situations where they’re useful. St.hk, St.mk and cr.lk are the best, and imo underused by most sagat players.
St.Hk is not a great anti air because it does such little damage on its second hit, but it has interesting properties. Unlike a lot of good AA normals for other chars, it gets stuffed at close range, but is actually pretty good if you throw it out somewhat early, especially when taking someone out on their way up as they jump. The only good thing about the move is its range, but that alone makes it decent as a zoning tool. Just try to stick it out so it hits at the end of its range, before your opponent sticks his foot out–if you have to trade hits on this you’ll come out on the short end.
St.Mk is great because it’s good both at long and at short range. Use it to keep quicker characters who like to get in, out (dudley, sakura, boxer, makoto, cody in some situations, abel). It has a longer range than most of the cast’s pokes so you can stuff them before they can get to you, and if you manage to hit them with it close, it 1) breaks armor with two hits and 2) does decent (120) damage. It also works when you jump in from a far distance and want to combo into second move but aren’t sure if it’ll reach. The one caution about this poke is that I believe it has more recovery than st.hk. The advantage it has over st.hk is that it hits crouching characters at a much farther range.
Cr.lk is great for a ton of reasons–too many to list. It’s what to use when starting a hit confirm combo, it works to interrupt in close, it creates blockstring pressure. Practice these in practice mode to string two together with a cr.lp and then a special, or, do just two then a special of your choice for a bnb combo.
If you backdash after a counter hit, you can sometimes still connect with the roundhouse into Ultra.
Yeah but you can’t hit-confirm the backdash really so that doesn’t help unless you were going to backdash anyway and oh they got hit by CH TU, f.hk -> ultra.
It can help if youre expecting a counter hit or are low on health and want to play it more defensive.
In that case if youre TU connects you just watch if he’s spinning high enuogh for you to still hit him with the RH.
You can ultra directly too.
If your too far away your not gonna connect the whole Ultra
Edit: Speaking of U1
is it just me or has there been a recent increase in Sagats playing online?
With each one being slightly worse than the next :looney:
This ain’t Vanilla people!
You probably just played me a bunch of times.
I haven’t played a single sagat in the last 35-50 matches
The Online Sagat. presumpted dead for the last few months , has been surviving all this time by preying on the occasional flowchart ryu and 360 addicted zangief. The remnants of these rare animal are difficult to trace if they even exist at all.
Environmental Specialist of greenpeace have presented capcom with a report showing the decay of online sagat’s habitat and urgently request extreme measures as soon as possible to stop the menace.
Capcom in response announced AE sagat to atleast secure the last remaining individuals in hopes they reproduce and prosper in the new environment.
Didn’t know where to put this. Sagat’s new alt has to be the crappiest one of all. Its just his regular costume but with hair. Wasn’t Capcom supposed to make a young Sagat with no scars or eye-patch? Terrible.
Pretty sure he has no scar.
http://imgur.com/5nAGH.jpg
Looks so… uninspired. If you’re going to make young Sagat then at least make him young!!! Maybe his #10 colour is different, here’s hoping.
