Reptile is a top tier zoner, so use that to your advantage, get fullscreen and start throwing everything at him. He will try to throw out freezeballs so be sure to block it then acid spit right after because you will recover in time to block the next. Once you hit him with acid spit start getting forceballs out, once one hits elbow dash in and juggle with 32 fb 321 finisher of choice. As for KL teleport it's best to elbow dash out and then back at him.
1) Hold up while ffb is coming out, once the recovery on ffb finishes roll your finger across both punch buttons while still holding out. I find this works best for me.Heh hey again guys, i have 2 short questions about combos:
#1) 122,FFball,NJP,32,SFball,321 --> cant land the NJP, i hit it 30% of time, any timing?Help i feel retarded becouse of this ;]
#2) What do u think about my corner combos?
Meterless:
321,acidhand,321FFball,321,slide
ex Elbowdash,32,ffball,321,sffball,32,slide
Meter:
321,acidhand,321,exacidhand,321,slide
Any better combos? Or more useful and practical combos? Also maybe some good combo with 122 in corner?
Ex slide is a good way to be able to get stuff out, your options really depend on the character you are playing against, it's like what everyone else is saying if Reptile doesn't start the zoning war he has trouble getting the advantage.
From my experience, the easiest way to deal with the teleport is to uppercut. However if he teleports as you forceball/acidspit then don't use the uppercut because he will hit you. What I tested in practice mode is that D1 should hit but the timing is rough but if you can consistently do it then that is a free 26% or more. If D1 can hit him then I think 2 should hit as well. The problem I've had with uppercutting for the punish is that sometimes Reptile would do an acidhand and that really screws you over because they will hit you out of it because it is too slow.
I'm taking a break from tourney play for the time being. Tourneys = expensive.
Funny thing about Raiden lol, he is always at an advantage everywhere on the map (this is why he is S tier). He could get out of corner and put you back, he could shut down your projectile, you cant jump in due to instant almost 0 frame superman. I have discussed with Tom Brady about Raiden, he told me that Raiden's weakest spot lies on the cross over jump punch, Overall you want to fight him up close, if you need projectile i would suggest ex slow fb and spit. And look at raiden's wake up options, he has teleport and superman that is it. Teleport is usually safe, but you could punish his superman by doing 3,2, ffb,32, sfb, 321, then mix up. And I think using footsies against Raiden is a great idea.
Most Raidens who teleport cross up after, so njp them and juggle when they do so, Do not stop pressuring him! Keep it on him, you don't want him to get space or you'll be in trouble. As for Kabal pokes are your best bet, you could try to ex slide but way more times than not it won't work.
Against Smoke you basically can't zone. What I do sometimes is shoot a slow forceball from full screen and then as they shake, elbow dash up to them and D4 and pressure. However this could be risky. Basically you want to stay close to him. I have found out that fighting Smoke is one of my most frantic matches because I am always trying to get close to him and at the same time making sure I block his smoke balls and such.
Well smoke S tier is due to his reset, if a person cant do his reset I dont think he would be S tier. You got to rush him down, slow force ball is still useful (especially ex sfb), he can not counter this because of this: sfb, dash, down 4 acid hand oki. If he smoke bomb, dash in pressure. Its not really a bad match up for reptile I think.
This matchup hasn't really changed a lot, you still play it the same as always really, just bait teleports punish and pressure. As for the FB's yes if you do fast first it does a tad bit more damage.
I'm gonna say what i've figured out from the time i been playing against a good raiden (best raiden i have played). first of all the teleport is punishable, if you see it you can hit him with elbow dash, with this he can't spam teleport and he will go back and start zoning, throw some proyectiles and an occacional superman, thats the best parto because against reptile zoning you will have the advantage, the spit is fastest than raiden proyectiles so he will think to do the teleport, but you are aware of it so you just do de elbow dash. if he don't do the elbow dash and preffer to do superman, you can block on reaction and that's a big combo punish.
Just keep your distance and zone against him and he can't do anything. No that is not the only reason Raiden can't win. A lot of Raiden's strings that people use put him at disadvantage, punish them with elbow dash, you can't zone him, so just punish and put the rushdown on him. Do a lot of dashing around him on knockdown to keep him confused and mess with his wakeup options. Also a lot of Raiden players try to cross up after a teleport, NJP and juggle for the punish.
What options does he have other than dash block ex shadow kick?
if you duck the balls will whiff, and if he gets in on you it can be rough to prevent. Make him afraid of ex slide. Once you start interrupting frame traps with it he will expect it and crouch block in between strings, thats when you can hit him with acid hand/ex acid hand for an overhead to mix him up.
Dash block is all he even needs because his dash covers a lot of distance in a short time span, making his dash blocking one of the best in the game. It's all patience. Reptile's projectiles inherently are not amazing for keepaway because their startup times are so atrocious, unless you're using meter.
I can see that I didn't really think about how good his dash is. I generally don't have much trouble with this matchup, unless I make a lot of mistakes or he gets in, guess I just let personal experience dictate my thoughts on the matchup.
What specifically do you want to know about the matchups?
