That “patch” rumor is fraud. Don’t believe it.
In order for Tao to climb the tier ladder, she doesn’t need more HP. Her damage output already rivals v-13 and Ragna. What she needs are good reversal options, better guard libra ratings, and stronger zoning tools.
this is the coolest character i have ever played, i really wish i liked her character design.
^Yeah she’s mondo fun. To me I dislike her color options more than the design I guess but it was her design that initially kept me away. Thankfully the fun outweighs my thoughts on her design, and am beginning to like it and the quirkyness of her more as I play her.
K I figured out one of Kazu’s b&b it seems on Noel/Jin.
5b --> 6a(1) --> j. 2d~b --> Taunt --> 214d --> j. 2d~b --> 5c --> 2d --> 5d~9 --> j. c --> 9d~9 --> 236bb --> j. c --> 9d~9 --> 236bbbb
This does pretty good life for sure.
yeah, im trying to force myself to like her. Right now im using her silly standing A and 22C as a reason. The moves look rediculous
quick question for you guys who play on stick. I have set up the A,B,C,D buttons on my stick to mimmic the arcade layout. My question for you stick players is what button on a six button stick have you mapped the taunt button to for easy accesses during her taunt combos.
Oh god yes that would be a really good idea. I see what you mean with the last one, but like other people that mentioned giving her more range I disagree… I like my Tao as a close range fighter 
I guess it would be nice to have a ranged poke though, it would certainly help with her worst matchups. But I defer to your opinion as the Tao master 
And yeah, I don’t really believe there will be a balance patch either, its fun to think about though.
All in all, I’m happy with Tao the way she is. Just a hell of a lot of fun to play.
Awesome work on the combo man, now if only I could consistently do the b cancel drive…
I don’t think Toa needs any buffs but more gaurd libra/damage/range would be too good and just not in the spirit of the character. She already has average damage potential which is just not right considering her mixup game.
She could use more guard crushing ability. It seems funny that she is a purely offensive character that you can block against without fear.
I hope there is no patch 
Man, I really need to get into training mode again and work on doing proper combos I always seem to get distracted and play a ton of player matches or ranked matches… argh. On the plus side, all this play has really helped my mix up and “getting in” game. So I guess I’m still learning. I’m just getting to the point where the drive combos are not cutting it for punishes versus the other good players.
Requesting thread name change to || Taokaka || Wolverine with sex appeal.
I’ve been doing this combo lately for positional purposes to push them in the corner and work the high/low/214d xup/throw games.
5b --> 6a(1) --> j. 5d~b --> 5b --> 5c --> 2d --> 5d~6 --(j. c --> 5d~6)x1-3 --> whatever ender
easy set up for the drive loop that works on everyone. It also does pretty good life too. Adjust the combo depending on the height/position of the character. If you are having trouble with enders, you can end it with j. a --> 236bbbb.
Also, if you hit em out of the air on a counter hit and you land, you can most of the time depending on what you hit them with, you can run up 5b --> 5c --> 2d --> 5d~6 into drive loop or 6a --> 2d --> 5d~6 into drive loop.
And if you react fast enough, if you hit them with an air to air j. a, you can do jump cancel --> j. a --> j. c --> 9d --> 5d~6 into drive loop.
Learning to confirm into drive loop from anywhere on the screen makes Tao dangerous for sure. So work on it big time.
She is pretty frisky 
I’d hit it.
I respect you man but… seriously no. That was a crappy (also slightly creepy) title then and its a crappy (and slightly creepy) title now.
I’d be more up for a title of something like
|| Taokaka || slashy slashy slashy slashy slashy slashy
even though its lame than that title.
Or “|| Taokaka || You need bigger boobies”
I think this is an acceptable compromise.
IMO, we should drop the thread name BS and set an example by having a thread that only has good info, like the way this whole forum used to be.
Confirm your shit or mention your skepticism before you post it, too, there’s some BS in here already.
And get off my lawn!
</old man>
Man Tao’s story mode is so random. I decided to mess around with it to test combos on moving targets and it’s all wtf.
I lol’ed at the part where she picks at Noel’s boobs though.
how is kazu able to cancel j.5d with A and continue with 9d? If you press a during drive you can’t move until you touch the ground and takes some recovery time
[media=youtube]LK60x28A1Fw[/media] (example at 1:09) And where are all the kazu vids? or does he only have 3 uploaded?