I’m hoping to get some higher-level advice for playing Law. I’d say he’s one of my better characters, but it gets difficult to crack people open with him against less stupid players. I’ve never been good with frame traps, or setting tick throws. I just try to have good fundamentals (spacing, AA’ing, finishing combos and the like). What would be some good tactics to use to keep my opponent guessing?
Indeed. When you know what Law can do, he is pretty easy to defend against. That may be his biggest weakness.
There is hopefully other Law players here that have some better tips than me.
His 2 overheads is both easy to block on reaction unless it laggs. What could work is mixing the f+mp overhead and d/f+lk, they may look a little alike and may be hard to block, but they are really slow so don’t do it too often.
You could also try doing some special hold dash cancel and throw. But good players see that coming, so… I don’t know really… you should have a partner that is better to open up than Law 
Sometimes I do d/f+lk into flipkick(lk version) and they try to punish and whiff, then I use the chance to whiff punish them instead. d/f+lk can be special canceled on whiff, use it to your advantage.
The new flipkick is a fantastick tool for both building meter, doing some pressure and anti air, ofc.
I haven’t really checked it, but I think it is safe on block, the lk version is atleast, it does quite a lot of chip damage too.
Is it just me or do Law feel like the type of character that is easy to fight against once you know him? He may seem like a top tier character atm because of his damage and easy combos, but his mixup game is really bad in my honest opinion.
To create spacing, I usually use the LK Flipkick, since it moves him backwards. Or just use his Shaolin Kicks and tag in his partner. Another nasty trick I picked up is canceling into his EX Dragon Stance, make them stick out a normal (since it has armor) and unleash an overhead that way.
My go-to team for awhile, was Law/Hwoarang. Just because they both play like my favorite type of character; Easy to pick-up, solid, easy combos, and strong normals. Now, I have Law kind of as a fill-in for whatever role he’s needed for. Battery, point character, zoning, rush-down. Whatever is needed. But I just don’t want to give him up, since he’s a pretty versatile character and possesses probably the best c. MK in the entire game. It’s basically CvS2 Sagat’s c. HP but cancelable.
Also, I rarely see ANYone using Law online. Or Hwoarang, Heihachi, Nina, Dudley; Basically the characters I use or am learning to use. So that’s always a nice little something to keep me going; Get good with this less-than-often-seen characters, and watch 'em wreck face.
Any help with mixups?
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<div class=“QuoteText”>Indeed. When you know what Law can do, he is pretty easy to defend against. That may be his biggest weakness.<br>
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There is hopefully other Law players here that have some better tips than me.<br>
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His 2 overheads is both easy to block on reaction unless it laggs. What could work is mixing the f+mp overhead and d/f+lk, they may look a little alike and may be hard to block, but they are really slow so don’t do it too often.<br>
You could also try doing some special hold dash cancel and throw. But good players see that coming, so… I don’t know really… you should have a partner that is better to open up than Law <img src="/plugins/Emotify/design/images/10.gif" width="" height="" alt=":P" title=":P" class=“bbcode_smiley”><br>
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Sometimes I do d/f+lk into flipkick(lk version) and they try to punish and whiff, then I use the chance to whiff punish them instead. d/f+lk can be special canceled on whiff, use it to your advantage.<br>
The new flipkick is a fantastick tool for both building meter, doing some pressure and anti air, ofc.<br>
I haven’t really checked it, but I think it is safe on block, the lk version is atleast, it does quite a lot of chip damage too.<br>
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Is it just me or do Law feel like the type of character that is easy to fight against once you know him? He may seem like a top tier character atm because of his damage and easy combos, but his mixup game is really bad in my honest opinion.</div>
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This is where I’m at too. I’ve noticed that if I drop the pressure and my opponent keeps calm and focused, he can stop a lot of what I try to do.<div><br></div><div>Are there any high level Law players out there right now? Or am I going to have to switch to Rufus or something down the road?</div>
Holy jesus the new flash kick is sick. NEver played sfxt till yetsterday (in terms of actually trying to improve iv owened if for a bit) and holy shit.<div><br></div><div>Its like cody in sf4 in terms of “jump at me bro… please” but flash kick, b+mp, mp, dragon punch to kick is to sick vs jump heavy nubs.</div><div><br></div><div>Now all i gotta do is step me EWGF game up enough to AA with it and gg lol.</div><div><br></div><div>This game is so much fun. Didnt like it much before the patch but i am a convert.</div><div><br></div><div>Now if i get skullgirls how do i split time between 3 games :O</div>
so ive been reading that junkyard kick when stopped on the lk is safe, but i am encountering otherwise in my matches. i’m able to be punished. is this no longer ‘safe’? what is the actual frame data on it?
@dlimited It’s -4 on block, and -1 on hit. But normaly people won’t punish it as they can be hit by the follow up, it is also possible to delay the lk quite a lot, but I don’t think it is a natural combo if you do. I think I need to test that out. I have also been punished between lk and d+mk in some rare occasions, because of that I try to not use junkyard target combo that often, I do it max 2 times in a match.
Made a video with some practical Law/Rufus combo synergy.Enjoy.
Nice video.
On the combos where you tag Law in after Snake Strike you can do j.fp xx st.rh xx cr.fp xx Dragon Punch xx Flight or Shaolin Kick, this will get you more damage. You can also do this after HP Galactic Tornado mid screen.
Law newb here. His Shaolin Kicks are safe on block, right?
They’re -1 on block.
Are his Fury Fist Rushes safe on block? From looking at the frame data they are all -5 but I always see Law players use it with no punishment.
It depends on the character but yes it is punishable. Alot of people just dont know the frame data on it or assume it is safe or use the wrong normal to punish
Or aren’t used to the blockstun to punish correctly.
- After Medium FFR, crMp, crHp into SSK will hit all 3 times if you Tag Cancel during SSK. 2. If you Tag Cancel during FFR, your incoming partner can Jump over you and reposition your combo in the other direction. The damage is less but if you are in the corner and want to put your opponent in the corner, this might be useful. example: Fierce FFR then Tag Cancel, Jump over Law with your partner and continue your combo. 3. (mid-screen only) Back Throw, Forward Dash, Forward Jump Mk seems to be good against shotos such as Ryu Normal SRK. But beware, because every character has their own answer to this.