vs sagat, i don’t think it’s his rc’s that are giving you a hard time. he might just play a good sagat. it happens. sagat doesn’t benefit from rc a whole lot. if he’s spamming cr fp, he sucks. just stay right outside of his range and punish his whiffed attacks. also, do not let him jump in at you! if he jumps in, anti air. don’t jd! that’s the biggest mistake k players make. even if you trade, it’s better than letting sagat get in close. that’s where he does the most damage. in order to beat sagat, you have to be able to control the ground.
attacks you should jd when sagat throws them out are standing mk, crouching and standing fp, and crouching fk. all can be punished.
good k notes in general: don’t be so eager to land a super you get stupid.
don’t jd for the sake of jd’ing. learn what you should and shouldn’t jd. i can’t stress that enough.
don’t get crazy with jump ins just because you can jd.
run and low jump are the shit! learn to use both really well.
i hope that helps you out a little. if you need match specific info, just ask and i’ll offer up any info i have.
ok good shit to read & thanks for the help. one thing I wondered about was how can you tell if its a regular roll & when its rc. yea I noticed that I tend not to throw in a match & I know that throws can help me out when I need it. sorry Im stll new to this site & game, but whats dp??? one thing I noticed was the match up of rugal vs honda, it seemed like he had a hard time when ever I got in the air with rugal. damn your on point with that hundred hand slap shit with honda, there was just know way for me to just defense all that shit & plus hell hit me with that & when he sees that my guard bar is almost about to reach the crash guard hell hit me with a super. just when I think I got him figured out hell hit me with the 720 super with honda yea youre right about his sagat & him rcing with him, his sagat was just a pure powerhouse. so in a match with a c-sagat & k-blanka who would the winner be??? it always comes down to both our last characters & both are level 2. also can you tell me about whos the worst match up for blanka & sagat & in what groove. thats all that I can think up for now, so thanks again for the help.
you can see it. don’t even try if you’re green to the game. the first few frames of the move are different. it’s kind of hard to explain. i can always see it vs sak and blanka. against other characters, i mess up sometimes. honestly, i just assume it is.
dp is dragon punch. shoryuken.
c sagat is better than k blanka imo. it depends who you ask. sagat vs blanka fights are pretty even though. sagat’s standing lk owns blanka’a pokes. and without rc elec, it gets difficult to get in serious damage without super. it all comes down to playing the waiting game and footsies.
as for counter characters to sagat and blanka, i’d suggest getting better with your characters before you decide to switch up. mai counters them both imo. sounds crazy but it’s true. you can run away forever and just wear them down. i’m sure that statement will cause a lot of discussion.
btw, rugal dies to honda. it’s one of the reasons i had to drop him.
ok more good shit to read. yea Im still too green to the game to notice the difference of a regular roll & a rc. so what other characters are a bad match up for rugal, cause right now Im planning to drop him. most of the time the time when I play in the arcade & play against good people, they just crush my ruagl & at times Im surprised that I can give them a hard time. since Im planning to drop my rugal, what character do you suggest for a beginner like me & if your wondering I like to play a lot of defense. I want to know more about bad match ups for my k-blanka & k-sagat, also what their best pokes are.
i’m not sure what you mean by whether a roll is rc’ed.
rugal isn’t bad. but he does have a lot of really bad match ups. he’s definately fun though. i still use him but only in casual. all the top tiers rape him. anyone with a good cross up will give him trouble unless you can keep them out.
if you’re playing k, defense is not how you should play. k is played best offensively. if you’re going to turtle up, play c.
blanka and sagat don’t really have bad match ups. in any groove. they can be countered, but no one rapes them for free. it always takes work. again, don’t worry so much about the match ups.
as far as what pokes you should use, just check older threads. that’s all anyone wants to talk about. kcxj has some really good ones with a lot of frame info you might want to look at. they’ll have more info than i could give you off the top of my head.
as for a replacement for rugal, just pick cammy. it’ll be the best and most unoriginal team ever. most k players end up with that team anyways. if you want to be cool like me, pick maki. if you win, which you really can if you’re patient, you’re the man. if you lose, you can always say you had maki. :lol:
ok I tried playing as cammy & maki, I actually had fun playing with both characters & your right about having patients to play as maki. cammy isnt bad at all but I just have to get accustomed to her moves & all. so Im wondering why c is good in turtling & what other grooves are good in that. is there any sites where I can watch videos on big tournaments & the top players in the world, I just want to know what Im getting myself into & how bad I want to be one of the best. oh yea about that rc question, what I was trying to say was how would I be able to tell if my opponent is doing a regular roll or if he is trying to rc. well thanks again
c and a are the best turtling grooves because you can sit on meter as long as you want.
i don’t usually go out looking for vids. i just get them from friends. denjinvideo.com is a good one though.
i’m not sure if you understand what a rc is. there are threads that will explain it a little better. just search. a rc is a special move that has invincibility it wouldn’t normally have.