Anti-Air Question

[Anxiety]

I have question for you guys. I've heard that D1 can stand as an anti-air but I'm never able to do it. As an exemple when someone is crossing me up what must I do. Can i block when they crossed me up and then do D1 ?

 

[Justice]

That might be a character-specific thing. For example, Kitana's D1 is the longest in the game and is used to shut down a rush. With proper spacing, a D1 could be used as anti-air I suppose but in a crossup situation, you can't get space. I think it's more the standing 1 that's used for anti-air.

 

[AK BeerGuyEd]

I have question for you guys. I've heard that D1 can stand as an anti-air but I'm never able to do it. As an exemple when someone is crossing me up what must I do. Can i block when they crossed me up and then do D1 ?

You can not block and then d1 when they cross you up. You have to d1 them out of the air. D1 AA is all about timing and practice. I am pretty good at AA D1 with Kitana but with Smoke I pretty much suck at it right now.

 

[Deity]

Jade's d1 is pretty good for AA and anit cross up. But it's Jade, so who cares lol.

 

[A F0xy Grampa]

Depends on the character I think, Like Beerguy said he can do it with Kitana but not smoke. I can do it with Sonya but not Cage.

 

[Flagg]

A friend of mine uses Cyrax and has started using D1 (with good effect) for people crossing him up.

I would assume though that D1's are different for some characters. For instance, not everyone has a good AA jab like Cage or Smoke.

Funny enough, I find Barakas D4 isn't bad for stopping cross ups. He has quite long reach and gets himself quite flat to the ground.

 

[Eddy Wang]

Yup D1 works better with some characters than others, and is hard to catch a character who is jumping on your back.

I've recently conditioning myself to stop this kind of jumps with neutral jump punchs, until now is working fine.

 

[Gesture Required Ahead]

Depends on the character I think, Like Beerguy said he can do it with Kitana but not smoke. I can do it with Sonya but not Cage.

Really? I thought Cage's D1 Anti-crossup was good.

 

[A F0xy Grampa]

Really? I thought Cage's D1 Anti-crossup was good.

Its easier to dash out and B3/F3 at the opponents landing