Although I love sentinel and his variety of moves, IMO, he gets raped by cable, due to AHVB’s when flying. I know the trick is to be in unfly mode, but it takes a hit, usually linking to the AHVB. Is there a way sentinel can beat cable, with or without assist? I am having a hard time with Sentinel vs Cable. I do d+hp ly, unfly ver quick so the laser whiffs cable then he recovers. But most the time I fly when cable jumps up to shoot and throw grenades. I am talking about a GOOD cable player who times his AHVB to get out of a HSF. Any advice on this match would be appreciated
Well from the matches that i have seen it takes a lot of skill but when it is done it is most impressive. Usually you see these things when Soo Mighty is around. Not saying he doesn’t use partners cause he does. He is just smart about it. I say patience is your best bet. Cable players I know aren’t very patient when they got a Sentinel as a opponent because you know it’s sentinel. So let them do their AHVB’s and just block it. Cable players usually make a mistake or find that their strategy has a weakness. What i advise you to do it to take out the partner that is supporting him.
Hmmm…yes, very good advice. But this cable player I am dealing with uses storm/capcom. He cheeses and builds up meter.
So what you meant by taking out his assist, How do I do that? I get raped by his AHVB around the 2nd set of drones.
I know the most important thing to do, since it is pretty hard IMO to go against cable with sentinel, to switch out, but sometimes thats just what I’m left with. Usually I’d know that having a better assist is the key, but a capcom assist just rapes sentinel without an unfly mode. So do you have any Sentinel-based teams that will punish cable? Your posts are greatly appreciated.
-Thank in advance
I faced one of those. Really Deadly (the guy I faced anyway, he plays cheesy too). I don’t play Sentinel but I think that I more or less know how he works. So he can get out of HSF, now thats good and hard to beat. The team that I find will help you out is Sentinel(Ground),Storm(Proj), Magneto(Proj). I say this because it seems that you want to use your Sentinel to beat his Cable that is why I put Mag last, and Storm second for great DHC. Having a Sentinel and Mag assist is a great. The questions I have for you is what can you do with Sentinel already? What team do you usually use against him? Have you seen any other Sentinel take out his Cable? What assist is his Storm on? Answer these questions to give me more of an idea on how to beat this guys Cable. Tell me his techniques that he uses with Cable that you find hard to get past?
Hmm my team is Mag/IM/Sentinel. My idea is the build up meter with mag, DH into IM when opponent is low on life, and guard break infinite RB xx PC. If i miss the guard break I PC XX HSF. I haven’t seen a sentinel demolish his cable, ever, but only beat him because the other player had a higher vitality. I have no trouble raping cable with strider and mag, just wanted to learn with sentinel. But I think I’m gonna have to take the fact that a good cable player is better than sentinel. What i do with sentinel, against cable, d+hp (laser) fly unfly quick so the laser would whiff cable and sentinel would recover. Thats basically it. I anoot fly due to sentinel not being able to go as high as storm and only as far as cable can.
Well if you want it like that then just beat his Cable with your Mag or Strider. I though you had problem beating his Cable altogether. In the position your in you really don’t have to find how you can beat his Cable with your Sentinel if you could do it with another character.
Not for nothing but Cable vs sent is very difficult. I play Sent cable capcom and whenever my cable is vs sent its not much of a challenge. The only time i really experience problems with that match is against ppl like wong or sanford. So basically if ur not one of the best in the world your sent is gonna lose to a good cable.
On another note sent im mags is heaven for a cable player. I always loved playing teams like that because it makes keep away that much easier.
Well, in my arcade, mag isnt too heaven for cable. Playing Mag vs. cable is pretty simple, especially with an RP assist. What you’d want to do is get under cable while he is throwing grenades, then either tri jump or go on the other side to start an air combo. IF, you somehow loose mag, your only hope for winning is IM. Cable’s AHVB wont cancel out the smart bombs when you sj, so use that and try to land an aircombo leading to a death. We have some pretty deadly cable players in my cade, but still, i believe that IM is better than cable and sentinel. Weak against mag and storm. And that Mag is strong against cable.
You might want to play mag/sent/capcom and just wait until u see openings with sentinel, aggro turtle with the robot…
poor ironman assist is really gonna make sentinels flight good only for his air normals, gotta be able to use pow, SOMETHING for versatility to control airspace. capcom all the way.
Good Cable players dont jump and throw a granade, when fighting Magz they tk a lk version nade so with the right assist just dashing alone wont help. I would dash forward toward midscreen then dash back (to bait assist) then dash forward again. It wont work 100% of the time but baiting out cables assist is winning half the battle.
so how does SENTINEl/mag-a beat CABLE/clops?
sentinel against cable is a really tough matchup for me, and everyone else in my cade. But the way to beat cable cyke with sent and mags is for sent to fly directly above cable, stomping where cyke wont reach, but if you hear a sj, or see a j, unfly. You can try chipping cable to death with supers and laser+assist xx lk drones. It buys time but you’d want mags to come in to fight cable.
I was going to either suggest the team Mixup suggested, or this one:
Sent/Storm/Cyke. (aka matrix)
Be patient with sent and wait for openings or mistakes by the cable player. Then go in for a quick sent/cyke combo. If you have unfly on you can dhc into hail storm and have around 70% in one combo.
Or you can just preassure him with stomp down/unfly shit. sj.lk, fly, lk, unfly lk, repeat until you get a hit and go in for the kill.
(sj. lk, fly.hk, unfly.hk is a way to go into almost any combo you want, but i’m sure you already knew that. :tup: )
First off you have to realize that cable can chip you and get away with it safely when your both at midscreen or when your in the corner. Your job with sentinel is to get cable to run from u till he is in the corner. When u have him in the corner just do pressure stings, for example (w/ unfly- sj.lk,fly,lk,unfly,lk,repeat. if they are getting far from u, u can fly,lk,unfly,fierce,land,spit,assist then dash in to continue. Without unfly- nj.lk,rh,fly,lk,rh+mag assist,unfly while assist has them in block stun, dash in whatever. Remember always stay about cable, try to predict whats coming and act accordingly. Good Luck… :tup:
DOOO!!
You still can’t do shit about it. That is why its a horrible matchup. I think that is the worst top-tier matchup in the game. No matter how good your sent is a randome scrub cable can have 5 levels and throw a random hyper. If you get hit you are done!!
i’ve seen j wong and sanford rape cables with sentinel like it was nothing. I think you need to work on improving your sentinel.
what ghetto ironman said is true. So it is possible for a cable to lose to a sent. Snapback his assist that he uses the most. kill him and cable should be easier. Point is that if jwong can kill cable with sent then neone can, no matter whose cable ur playing. just takes skill and getting used to their tendencies. just be careful not to get ahvb if he has meter.