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Bomb Setups & Ball Rolls(Mileena/Cyrax)
Decided to share some of my Kabal tech today so here goes.
You can Auto FB opponents taking their turn by using moves with odd recovery or moves that are -4 to -6 ob. -5 being the golden number for Auto FB.
Kabal has several moves that you can use this tech:
If you know the recovery of your B12 well you can easily launch them for 26% by flawless blocking their 6-9f move.
In this clip I'm using Jacqui as an example since she has an 8f special that can be used on reversal so it comes out frame perfect. Its the perfect way to lab up Flawless Blocks. After some practice you can do this consistently in matches:
So this works vs 6-9f pokes, Starters and even 9f mids if they do it as soon as they can. Its worth noting that Dizzy from NRS told me the opponent has a 3f buffer window after blocking an attack to do moves back so if they press their counter attack 3f before they recover it will come out just frame. This means Auto FB benefits greatly since you are wanting your opponent to poke or ram their 9f mid in your face on the first available frame because you launch em and get another turn.
Hope this helps others and remember this applies to every character.
Shimmy Setups:
some of his Meterless and metered shimmy setups that work wonders after you establish the auto flawless block tech I have above.
Anti Wakeup OS & Options With Kabal:
B1xxNomad Dash is easily one of the best OS's in the game because it removes the opponents ability to Wakeup U+2/U+3 and the best part is even if they wakeup throw/Roll/Delay you are safe and Nomad Dash doesn't come out.
- The trick is to Buffer the Nomad Dash after the B1 so it only comes out on hit.
You can alternatively J2 front mad range after a small delay to destroy every WU in the game and he stays safe on roll/delay if you block. Catches U2+U3/Throw.
With this added to your arsenal I'm sure no one can ever WU again vs your Kabal MS/CC.
Its worth noting Clean Cut has Extended Hook which is basically an Auto OS since it has insane pushback on block and mad range and on hit restands them into plus frames. So CC mains get creative and incorporate setups to stuff wakeup or simply use it for free spacing maybe even shimmy..
Notes:
We all know Clean Cut has a 2f fuzzy window on his 50/50's and Mean Streak has 5f fuzzy block window for them to block your mix. But Kabal is mainly used in the footsie range.
Staggers, wiff punishing, spacing, plus frames, Auto FB's and Cancels are what's used to open up your opponents with both versions of Kabal. I honestly feel Mean Streak has legit mix because of his NDC's and this adds several layers to the mind games. With shimmy setups, Auto flawless block launchers and many amazing mids with great range and hurtboxless normals I feel he doesn't even need the 50/50's so I don't mind that it's fuzzyable.
Hope this helps other Kabal mains or anyone looking to pick him up as a secondary or 3rd
If anyone wants me to test a characters Auto FB's let me know in the comments.
You can Auto FB opponents taking their turn by using moves with odd recovery or moves that are -4 to -6 ob. -5 being the golden number for Auto FB.
Kabal has several moves that you can use this tech:
- F22
- B12
- Anything into NDC(pretty hard)
If you know the recovery of your B12 well you can easily launch them for 26% by flawless blocking their 6-9f move.
In this clip I'm using Jacqui as an example since she has an 8f special that can be used on reversal so it comes out frame perfect. Its the perfect way to lab up Flawless Blocks. After some practice you can do this consistently in matches:
So this works vs 6-9f pokes, Starters and even 9f mids if they do it as soon as they can. Its worth noting that Dizzy from NRS told me the opponent has a 3f buffer window after blocking an attack to do moves back so if they press their counter attack 3f before they recover it will come out just frame. This means Auto FB benefits greatly since you are wanting your opponent to poke or ram their 9f mid in your face on the first available frame because you launch em and get another turn.
Hope this helps others and remember this applies to every character.
Shimmy Setups:
some of his Meterless and metered shimmy setups that work wonders after you establish the auto flawless block tech I have above.
Anti Wakeup OS & Options With Kabal:
B1xxNomad Dash is easily one of the best OS's in the game because it removes the opponents ability to Wakeup U+2/U+3 and the best part is even if they wakeup throw/Roll/Delay you are safe and Nomad Dash doesn't come out.
- The trick is to Buffer the Nomad Dash after the B1 so it only comes out on hit.
You can alternatively J2 front mad range after a small delay to destroy every WU in the game and he stays safe on roll/delay if you block. Catches U2+U3/Throw.
With this added to your arsenal I'm sure no one can ever WU again vs your Kabal MS/CC.
Its worth noting Clean Cut has Extended Hook which is basically an Auto OS since it has insane pushback on block and mad range and on hit restands them into plus frames. So CC mains get creative and incorporate setups to stuff wakeup or simply use it for free spacing maybe even shimmy..
Notes:
We all know Clean Cut has a 2f fuzzy window on his 50/50's and Mean Streak has 5f fuzzy block window for them to block your mix. But Kabal is mainly used in the footsie range.
Staggers, wiff punishing, spacing, plus frames, Auto FB's and Cancels are what's used to open up your opponents with both versions of Kabal. I honestly feel Mean Streak has legit mix because of his NDC's and this adds several layers to the mind games. With shimmy setups, Auto flawless block launchers and many amazing mids with great range and hurtboxless normals I feel he doesn't even need the 50/50's so I don't mind that it's fuzzyable.
Hope this helps other Kabal mains or anyone looking to pick him up as a secondary or 3rd
If anyone wants me to test a characters Auto FB's let me know in the comments.
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