What is it that you want to know? I could give general information but i doubt that would actually help you. So your gonna have to be specific
The basic things on what I need to learn first with him.His BnB combos.A list of his best pokes.And Some strategy.
best pokes are
mp
f mp
mk
f mk
f hp (from afar)
Basic need to know combo c.lk s.lk qcb 2k or 2p
any chain combo that ends in sweep(basic knowledge)
Things to know off hand are:
abuse command grab as much as possible
punish whiffs with hcb 2k
learn to Iad lk
learn to iad very low to the ground(can take a bit to learn if you arent experienced in using it)
when jumping in if you arent close use iad hk or mp
iad d+hp is very fast, abuse it(notice a trend here?)
basic jump in pattern is j.d mp to j.d hp.
raptor is pretty hard to play, outside of what i stated though is mainly matchups and stuff. With raptor you can be pretty creative in how you attack with him.
^ thank you.:lovin:
I havent put much deep time into raptor, but my impression of his iad normals was that iad.lk was important, but iad punches have more utility and flexibility(since you can direct the angle of his iad punches).
other bnb i believe are:
c.lkx2, s.lk XX electric hurricane
c.lk, s.lk, s.F+lp XX electric hurricane
c.(lp/lk)x3 XX ES stab (forward, back+PP)
nicknackfiend has a good zabel.
aya covered a lot of stuff. although i don’t recommend command grabbing people from america, cuz they never BLOCK (except for two people).
zabel actually has a lot of options at any given time.
airdash LK is unblockable at a reset or wakeup (i’m pretty sure). IAD down+hp has a lot of hit stun.
far chain is f+mp, f+mk, if you see it hit then add a f+hp or f+hk (f+hp resets them and you can mix up, but it’s pretty neutral). you can also do f+lk, f+mp, f+mk then add the last one.
also keep in mind you can IAD backwards too. i’ve been hit by IAD backwards MP a lot, has great priority. if you regular jump i like down+MP, MK to chain with. it can take some getting used to.
and lastly you can combo supers (death voltage or hell scream) from c.mp, and c.mk to make it easier in some situations. but learning to c.lk s.lk is the best and much easier to confirm.
oh and his dash pressuring is good. if you’re timing is on point you can do dash lp, c.lk, s.lk super. or just do dash strings and command grab somewhere in there.
I wonder who those 2 people are… lol
definitely not me. but you didn’t hear it from me…i would never do that…
at some point i will get owned for tech blocks or gcing though.
LOL, Riiiiight… Ill eventually come back to play this online…maybe
Thanks for the info guys.
He also has one of the ONLY Zabels now a days. I play him, but I only do it to fuck around and hit people with random Death Voltage and shit, lol.
I dunno how valid this is or not, but I’ve had it done to me, so I’ll throw it in there. Spinning thing on your wakeup. I’ve had Nick do it to me a bunch of times to stop me from jumping in on him after I knock him down. Not sure if that works well or not, maybe I just need to chicken guard some more.
Erm… what else… oh yes… Clk, slk confirms both of Zabel’s supers. You can also IAD lk, slk or IAD lk clk, slk into both supers. I like to do Death Voltage after a blocked combo to punish any random normal that they try to throw out in retaliation. Don’t take me at face value for this, a lot of better people (IE practically everyone in the room) will block you and hurt you bad for it. It’s worth a shot though, you might catch people with it. Use it sometimes.
BTW GB is a geriatric old man who needs to be put out of his misery! :o
Im in Greensboro…i hear that people play here but i havnt played one match yet…i tried to vote for it at the lucky tournament but A3 won :mad:…
Alucard: i play Zabel/raptor as well…everything that has been stated so far about his BnB game is correct, for pressure strings i would use dashing lp since you can link into lkBnB starters. When i play i like to mix IADs into my pressure for example, i’d do dashing lp pressure tactics and throw in an IAD /HP(overhead) since a lot of people like to block low during pressure, then connect with c.lk s.lk hcb 2k or command grab.
another good thing about IAD /HP is that if your opponent happens to tech, and the tech is short, the range of the IAD HP may be long enough to hit…Zabel is awesome, i just wish i could play bulleta as well.
Why do I get the impression that you actually thumb your eyes out when you win as Jedah? Naw I kid, you the man Myrm.
Now for my playstyle, that will always be ridiculed…heh. Apparently blocking is frowned upon, as is walking backwards…lol. I will take that and run with it. I’m not ashamed of the way I play, it works for me.
I’m up for games anytime too, although I’ll be significantly more busy with my job now…heh.
So when’s the next GGPO tourney?
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Every Wednesday at 9PM Eastern Standard, sir. 
yeah. except last wednesday*.
damn kids. respect your bloody elders
i’m coming to nec. bringing a tv for dedicated vampire
Any Vampire players coming to SB3? I’m hopin to get some matches in while im up there. <3 Vampire I need to start playin on GGPO more, I’m too spoiled from having it on my cab
Well hopefully I can make it there. I know Magneto Maniac is going as well as fLoE, SkiSonic (staff), KOH might be there as well. If their are others there we will find them. Plus I know a couple of players that are interested in playing this game as well. I’m gonna bring two copies one for VH the other for VS. Fun
i’m going to NEC. ready to get a mouthful of jabs again?
bring it. I’ll get my [victor] assgrabs ready for you too ^_^… no homo