Seth Q&A: Ask simple questions here!

I must be doing something wrong though because i’m even struggling to connect the headstomps after cr.hp lp srk instead of the headstomps a jumping mk or a crouching mk will come out.

What’s the most reliable way to approach a boom chucking Seth once he has super or ultra? Jumping is obviously out of the question.

I found that to be harder to “learn” then the after legs headstomp to be honest. What you are doing wrong is that you are hitting mk before you have pushed down. Your timing is wrong is all. If you do c.mk then you didn’t allow for Seth to jump so instead you get c.mk, if you are getting j.mk, you pushed mk before you pushed down.

Go into training and turn on inputs.

Bulldogging. Walk and block, walk and block. Seth will back up accordingly if he wants to keep throwing booms, eventually you will get him in the corner, where you cannot let him escape.

What character are you using because there are some characters that can jump and then do a move on reaction to avoid the Ultra.

Gief. When I bulldog, I don’t seem to make up enough room before the booms push me back again. Plus Seth can just throw out more standing HPs to push me back. In which case I have to do a psychic kkk lariat to stand any chance. Maybe I’m not doing it well enough. Is it safe to jump the booms if they’re EX booms?

No it’s not.

You’re basically fucked if Seth gets across the screen from you and has ultra. Best idea I have is to mix up the short jumps and the normal forward jumps. I usually suggest FADC’ing the booms, but Gief’s dash is pretty bad. Look for the EX Green Hand at medium range. Startup of Lariat beats s.hp.

If you’re gief and full screen from seth, just jump over the booms and take the ultra. Or you can block 20 of them then take the ultra, but then you’re just down more timer and more chip damage. You’re going to take the ultra regardless of what you do so just get it out of the way. It doesn’t hurt gief that bad.

Sorry if this has been asked, but I’m pretty lazy to dig. Is the 3 stomps after the lightening kicks in the corner character specific or is there a trick? I feel i connect it half the time but never keep in mind who I’m playing against.

This.

It works on everyone if you’re all the way in the corner. You’re probably not hitting the stomps as quickly as possible. Hold up forward during lightning legs, and then immediately hit d.mk after the move ends. If you get cr.mk, you need to do it later. If you whiff the headstomp, you need to do it earlier.

Does anyone else feel like Seth’s jump frames are incredibly slow? I get sweeped while im in the motion of jumping… ALL THE TIME!

Welcome to SF4 and frame traps. Shoto cr.lp -> sweep will catch a jump every time.

Seth’s jump is just 4 frames, just like everyone else’s.

I had a thought while reading the matchup thread, but i’m not able to test it out.

Everyone is saying that you shouldn’t use sonic boom against Chun because her ultra goes trough it, but since sonic boom is FADC-able, would it be possible when you have two bars to throw a sonic boom, and when chun starts the animation FA backdash?

can you catch someone in the air with lightning legs?

uh, you do it all the time when you cr.fp someone.

Ooo dunno, that thing flies across the screen fast, it might catch you in the middle of backdash.

You can use a EX sonic boom against chun though I believe, since it is two booms the first will go through but the second will hit if she does Ultra.

Yes you can FADC backdash from a sonic boom after any ultra when timed right. Also make sure you have enough distance from your opponent or you’ll just be wasting 2 ex stocks.

Not in a combo.

EX: Ryu jumps, Seth do lightning legs, Ryu gets hit

correct, but don’t do it in the corner

Why does it matter if it is in a combo or not? It hits an airborne opponent in a combo which means it will hit an airborne opponent out of a combo.

It’s already been said that it can be used as an anti-air on the fatter characters such as Gief and Honda. I have no idea on the timing though, I imagine it is nowhere easy as just throwing it out there like an srk.