So with delayed wakeups there’s no more hard knockdowns??
im hoping delayed wakeup will cost something, like not being able to do reversals if you delay…else…i guess i’m gonna have to get better at the mini mind games after stepkick lol
Would be nice to know how long you can delay it, when I have the life lead, I can just lay on the floor laming the timer down and my opponent cant hit me 
lol thats like Tekken
Except in Tekken you can get smacked for your troubles. People who think the oki game in AE is scary should try playing against a good Tekken player lol. I do think this can easily fuck up Abel’s roll mixup game on knockdown… oh well
I’m at the Shinjuku location test. Confirm step kick s.hp hits crouchers. Or at least crouching Rolento and poison.
I think his s.hp works better as anti air and I hit a jump attack that was slightly behind his head.
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USFIV changes - Abel clhp hitbox expanded downward Wheel Kick recovery reduced EX Falling Sky upper body inv increased from 2 to 3
So, seems like the stepkick combo will hit everyone now. I don’t get why increasing the EX FS invinc by 1 frame is a big deal but I guess that IS a 50% increase technically.
I’m worried how the delayed wakeup will affect his knockdown game still, but this is a great buff with the stepkick game now.
I did backthrow, c.lk, jmk and it completely whiffs.
Step kick link after meaty CH EX wheel kick may work with reduced recovery.
EX FS second active frame isn’t invincible and trades without giving damage to opponent while Abel takes damage. The 1 frame increase means no more trades.
So cs.mp becomes needless?
I mean can I now combo cr.lp ~ cs.hp as an “easy” 3 frame hitconfirm link against anyone?
Same for step kick ~ cs.hp against any croucher?
well i bet just st fierce is still -4, so u would still go for cs mp if you think they on top of punishing/mashing dp or something
yes
it is virtually needless now.
Abel is much much much stronger now.
I dont know if he is stronger now, we still have to consider delayed wakeup!!
And Abel heavily depends on meter! I dont think we can use red focus too often… we need the 2 bars for his bnb.
anyway another nice fact that came to my mind, cs.hp is super cancellable on second hit!!
Perhaps we see some more confirms out of cr.lp into super on any croucher or also after step kick ~ cs.hp -> super…
Also Ken and Sagat are beasts actually.
Also Blanka with 2 frame U1 link out of cr.mk
Delayed wake up is very bad for Abel who depends so much on okizeme and has bad footsies. Looks like Capcom reduced his s.HK by one frame to compensate. lol
Bad footsies? Lol I dont think we are playing the same game…
Most of Abels bad match ups are due to his lack of wake up options or OS’s/mixups done on his wake up(cammy akuma viper yun etc). You take that out of the way PLUS add red focus (for those stupid match ups) there is more good then bad going for Abel, mostly cuz we got a step kick in, aka also good footsies. Thats with out thinking about the sick step kick buff!
akiramike is def one of the baest at the footsies with abel dawg~~~ what he meant was - Delayed wakeup is very bad for Abels who depend so much on oki and are not good at footsies. - meaning people with bad footsies, not "abel has bad footsies
for step kick, i heard that it hits proper on a standing honda now, but still misses on crouching honda… kim didnt specify whether it missed vs crouching/standing honda.
Is that a possible cr.hp buff? I hope so, as I almost always use that as my preferred anti-air (for jump-ins that aren’t above or crossing up)