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The somersault isn’t terrible, but it’s obviously not one of the best in the game cause of the start-up. I find the best thing to do is dash back when they’re going in, or if they’re trying to cross you up you can slide under them with the Slide Kick. Other than that though, I don’t think he has a very strong one, hence why you should put someone who does have one as your second just in case.

Law not having a good anti air was the reason I didn’t end up picking Steve as a second - he doesn’t have a solid one either.

13

anyone test out cr.mp, cr.HK, I don’t think this would work?

14

I tested alot last night in regards to anti air…Nothing much works well, both cr.mp and cr.HK fail too. Even his slide forward can still be hit. The best bet is to use these options…

  1. Roll after knockdown( not very good since an aware rush down player will be expecting this)
  2. Ex Fist rush, start up is slow but its invulnerable and is safe on block
  3. Ex Somersault Kick, still slow, and its very unsafe on block

I personally use option 2 alot

15

what should you use for anti air?

a different character

seriously. i think you should play law second, and pair him up with a character who can control the neutral game better. then just bring law in for finishing combos, or in situations where you already have an advantage

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^This. Can’t say anything better.

Although I just have something to say: I can’t really see the advantage of having a character who can’t anti-air anything. It’s not like you’re ony gonna use Law t finish combos, you still have to assume a strong part of the game zoning/defending.
I am personnally about to just ditch Law from my team and go for anybody who actually has an anti-air, I’m really raging when I play Law so I guess the character isn’t made for me :confused:

17

I’ve been back jumping with HK and it’s gotten me ok results, similar to Kuma. You kind have to predict when they’re going to jump-in on you or learn to do it on reaction. It stays out for a long time and has a slanted hit box so some of the low angle jump-ins that folks get can miss you and you’d still land a hit, if you’re timing the jump properly. I really don’t know how reliable it’ll be in the long run.

18

Air to airs are too strong in this game. Grounded anti airs are not a major issue. Just block more. That’s what players do in that other 3D game don’t they?

19

If you randomly neutral jump or spot a jump early then j.hk is the one. If you’re getting crossed up after a few jabs, or you’re a little slower to spot the jump then j.mp, it hits higher and faster.

20

B+MP seems to work just as well as d/f+MK to avoid crossups. And it’s easier to do since you’re probably holding back already when the opponent begins to jump.

21

b.MP has tons of recovery frames. Any good player who will option select his jumpin with any big range normal/special may punish you if you’re not doing it early enough (hello Rolento) :confused:

22

Okay, so b+MP does work - but only in Ranked. :wink:

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Haha, however I wouldn’t advice to do it, you would take a bad habit and whenever you’ll join a tournament or a session with good players you’ll get punished a lot, and it’s pretty hard to eliminate a bad habit we have (speaking out of experience, it litterally took me months to eliminate a stupid thing I was doing in SFIV : mashing crouch tech every time I block something)

24

Okay, good point.

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I don’t think there’s an easy fix for crossups. If someone is doing that BS where they cross you up, jab, and try to cross you up again, you can just dash under and now you’re zoning.

26

I don’t see the problem with spending meter to beat jump-ins… Law builds an insane amount of meter, and if you’re not willing to use some of it, just sometimes, to keep people grounded, then how can you complain about Law’s “inability” to anti-air? It’s a flawed approach, but so is hoarding your meter for that sweet combo you’ll never land because Rufus is all up in your shit.

27

I need to EX somersault more.

I fell too deeply in love with EX fist rush because of combo potential. but it’s easy for an opponent to bait with a jump.

don’t let this happen to you!

28

Yes, but I feel like EX Sommersault is stupid. You spend 1 meter for a non-heavy damage & non-comboable move which put you in a 50:50 situation since you’ll wake up at the same time. Just use jump back HK if you want to escape a jumpin, that’s way more interesting than EX Sommersault.

29

The answer now is c.HP into somersault! Or just somersault their ass! Feels good now.

30

MK Somersault, knuckle rush! Be wary though, at further ranges you won’t reach them, so learn when to knuckle rush and when not to.

31

Well, thanks to the latest patch, Law finally has a normal AA, and his flip kicks AA properly! Thank god, it was so tricky getting his slow ass c. HP to actually connect.