What’s Lar’s anti air other than l.screw?
Far Mp. Spacing is pretty important, because only his arm is invincible. Also you can follow up with a combo on counter hit.
Thanks.
Also noticed there’s no Lars team thread.
From this guide I read on eventhubs he does well with a zoning character or an anti pressure character.
I was playing him with Jin but I wasn’t liking the team not original enough.
Then I decided Lars x Steve. Steve is a great anchor who does great damage and needs meter. Lars is great on point and with the right gems generates a shitload.
I also thought of Lars x Sagat or Sagat Lars. Not liking the 2 points but Sagat can zone and they are both pretty well rounded.
Lars can be used in many teams imo. He has great tag cancel options especially with lightning screw. At this point I would say that characters with high damage output should be the anchor. I started playing Akuma on point with Lars as anchor. This team seems better with Lars as point character though.
That’s why I’m liking Steve his damage is just fucking extreme. I wish I could do st.hp se st.hp screw because Sagat relies on god damage from the partner post launch and I don’t feel st.hp screw is good enough.
Quick update to Lars’ ex dynamic entry combo:
Anybody have a clue to fight off Zangief as larsxjin? I try to zone and play footsies with Lars and try to have gief respect my space but he just gets in all the time with green hand and grabs. And I can’t jump in on him cause he’ll beat me with lariat. Suggestions?
With Lars, close LP, close LK and cr.LP can punish any Banishing Flat. At best, they’re -4 on block. You can also EX Lighting Screw. A scrubby Gief will mash Banishing Flat and SPD in all of your strings, so you want to pressure with cr.MP(+5 on block, links into itself) and then you have all kinds of fun mix-ups. You can go for Avalanche Stomp after two cr.MP or you can throw out a cr.MK after two up close cr.MP, then follow up with MK or LK Avalanche Stomp. After either one, if they hit, you can link cl.HP, Silent Entry xx Rising Storm, cr.MP xx HK Lightning Screw. I say HK because it’s easier to time meaty setups with Avalanche Stomp that can bait out a Lariat for you to punish.
With Jin, it’s baderpa easy. He has two 3 frame crouching normals(LP and LK, respectively) that punish Banishing Flat, you can zone, he has Power Stance which you can cancel, and if I recall correctly, swaying willow is upper body invulnerable. You also have that flying side kick that crushes air attacks, so Gief can never jump in. then it’s all about keeping (safe)pressure and zoning Gief out. Jin is probably one of Gief’s worst match-ups. Just make sure you place your fireballs right. Oh, and if a fireball hits, he will roll to get closer to you every time. Dash up and grab his roll, or start pressuring him.
Any Lars players that can help with this dudes vids?
yeah im trying to figure out something like this, but on the corner neither from a throw or cr.hk, will add a mid-screen on my findings
I’m having some issues finding a solid anchor for Lars. I’ve been using Paul for a good while now and I feel like he just doesn’t provide me with the right tools when paired up with Lars. I love the damage output he provides though and he is a fun character. Maybe I’m just really bad with him? D: Any suggestions? I thought about possibly running Guy as well.
High damage output is actually a pretty good choice. Paul might be difficult though since he isn’t very mobile. It depends all on your playstyle. Either capitalize on high damage tag combos with hk lightning screw or choose a zoner to lame the opponent out after Lars did some work.
Raven is a pretty good mix of both especially once you master his j. Hk loop.
Yeah I feel like thats my main issue with Paul. He loses out to half the cast since he’s so slow. Thats part of the reason I wanted to use Guy honestly since he’s fairly mobile and has decent tag combos with Lars. I’ll have to give Raven a shot then while I’m in this character crisis of mine. Any thoughts on Lars paired up with Hwoarang?
Sup guys, check out a set between myself and a friend, I’m using Lars/Jin:
Also, check out this combo video. It’s nothing ‘practical’ or whatever, but it shows off some over the top things that the 2 can do:
Hworang and Lars should work nicely as well. Can’t go wrong with Hwoarang lol.
Lol thats true. I did happen to notice some players(Alex Valle in particular) prefer to run Lars anchor instead of Lars on point. I take it thats just a preference thing? I feel way more comfortable playing Lars front but then again I had Paul on point and well he’s slow as molasses
Since he plays Yoshimitsu who has good tag cancel options it’s better to have Lars in the back instead.
But yes it depends on your preference, your partner, your playstyle and the match up.
Right, right. I’ll have to try some of these things out and see which works best for me. I’ll probably stick to running Lars on point though unless I feel like Hwoarang, Guy, or Raven are better on point. I have so much fun playing Lars I don’t think I could ever drop him lol
Alright, time to join the lars army… So how do i play lars? What am i suppose to be doing. Been playing easy mode hwo and nina,lars feels a bit more slower than what im use to.