Afro_physicist
Hat Trick
So I'm loving all the attention Lao is getting and I love how strong of a character he is. But 60% of the comments are for buzz saw, and I feel like no one is trying to play set up Lao.
In tempest, Lao has the OP 4 frame EX spin, and a hat shield, and I've been able to play pretty defensively and offensively with tempest too.
But in Hat trick he has hat placement. My general strategy is similar in this: apply mixups and mindgames and use combo opener into spin into ender. But the best part about hat trick is ending the combo with a hat placement.
After a b2,2 or a b321 you can throw a forward hat and as they wakeup, immediately call it back to be + on block and then use whatever opener you need. Or you can throw it back and do a tele to either go for a tele grab or tele 3 into a 40% meterless.
The b321 into forward hat puts the hat exactly where they fall, but b22 puts the hat slightly in front of them.
If they do a wakeup slide, dash kick or some forward moving wakeup, you can call the hat back and punish it.
After calling the hat and connecting it, a spin is easy to land, but you can land a f21xxspin in almost any situation too.
I'm on 4 hours of sleep and have midterms next week so I'm not at the full potential to analyze Lao's hat trick but I just want more of you guys to see his set up potential. With more analysis I imagine we can find a batman rush down style mixed with a Luthor map control.
In tempest, Lao has the OP 4 frame EX spin, and a hat shield, and I've been able to play pretty defensively and offensively with tempest too.
But in Hat trick he has hat placement. My general strategy is similar in this: apply mixups and mindgames and use combo opener into spin into ender. But the best part about hat trick is ending the combo with a hat placement.
After a b2,2 or a b321 you can throw a forward hat and as they wakeup, immediately call it back to be + on block and then use whatever opener you need. Or you can throw it back and do a tele to either go for a tele grab or tele 3 into a 40% meterless.
The b321 into forward hat puts the hat exactly where they fall, but b22 puts the hat slightly in front of them.
If they do a wakeup slide, dash kick or some forward moving wakeup, you can call the hat back and punish it.
After calling the hat and connecting it, a spin is easy to land, but you can land a f21xxspin in almost any situation too.
I'm on 4 hours of sleep and have midterms next week so I'm not at the full potential to analyze Lao's hat trick but I just want more of you guys to see his set up potential. With more analysis I imagine we can find a batman rush down style mixed with a Luthor map control.
jk it's meant to be good but buzz saw is too good to leave
