CHOMP CHOMP HISS! - The Reptile Matchup Thread

[RapZiLLa54]

THTB you gonna be around say Sunday afternoon? Love to see if I've managed to get better since the last time we played and if you have a mic get some critique??

 

[PND OmegaK]

Anyone got any tips for the Sindel matchup? I played a good one online earlier, I managed to win about 50% of the matches somehow but on the ones I lost I got completely zoned out, it was quite frustrating.

 

[rpg]

i havent played against a good sindel yet but as soon as i do i will let you know what i think about the match up

 

[X HotPockets X]

One thing im starting to love when im fighting against a sub zero... I love it when they try the wake up slide and I stuff it with b3 then they try again and again. I just finished a match with one guy tried the slide 5 times in a row and it was a fail everytime on his part. Kinda gave me more confidence to fight sub more and more.

 

[CitizenSnips]

THTB you gonna be around say Sunday afternoon? Love to see if I've managed to get better since the last time we played and if you have a mic get some critique??

Hey sorry I couldn't play with you guys last time. If you guys are free on Sunday I'd like to join in too.

 

[MastererBetty]

Is there any way to set up the training room without a human to continually do Raiden's B+3, 1, 2 and 3, 3, 4 so I can practice getting the timing down for elbow punish?

 

[Cburnham81]

Is there any way to set up the training room without a human to continually do Raiden's B+3, 1, 2 and 3, 3, 4 so I can practice getting the timing down for elbow punish?

Not that I know of... You can go into training and set the AI to expert...and just hope he does those strings... but when I tried that I didn't have much luck.
I will note that I think it might be easier to pull this elbow dash punish off online...The window of timing on this is so strict...that the lag actually has helped me out.

 

[THTB]

THTB you gonna be around say Sunday afternoon? Love to see if I've managed to get better since the last time we played and if you have a mic get some critique??

Possibly...Idk when I'm getting out of work...earliest I can play is 4pm.

 

[McNasty]

One match-up im having trouble with is sonya. thoughts?

 

[THTB]

Sonya is problematic primarily for the same reason Cyber Sub is...divekicks. Reptile has, like, zero air control aside from generic jump attacks. And instead of only getting 1 hit off of it, she gets a full combo for landing it. Luckily, unlike Cyber Sub, she has only 1 angle for divekick, and it's the steep angle. Of course, there is arc kick to sorta relieve that. Pretty much 100% keepaway against her is the only way you're going to win and punishing every blocked divekick properly.

 

[MastererBetty]

With Raiden's BnB strings now being -1 on block in the future what now punishes it? A fast Elbow Dash?

 

[THTB]

Nothing. Not one attack in the game is 1f startup.

Elbow interrupts b312 between the second and third hit, and goes past 334 between the third and second hit. Pretty much, Raiden now has more problems vs Reptile.

 

[Cburnham81]

Nothing. Not one attack in the game is 1f startup.

Elbow interrupts b312 between the second and third hit, and goes past 334 between the third and second hit. Pretty much, Raiden now has more problems vs Reptile.

Since Raiden is now going to be -1 on block from these strings does that mean we can now elbow dash in between the second and third hit and also at the end of the string. Forgive me if thats a dumb question...I'm still new to taking fighting games seriously and all these frame data stuff is still confusing.

 

[THTB]

I doubt it...unless elbow is actually a 1-frame attack.

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

Kano is the worst... matchup... ever...

Can't trade fireballs, can't jump his knives or he can anti air you from fullscreen with a straight ball, can't throw force balls or he can jump and punish with a downward ball...

Obviously can't dash block because our dash is nonexistant...

 

[Cburnham81]

Kano is the worst... matchup... ever...

Can't trade fireballs, can't jump his knives or he can anti air you from fullscreen with a straight ball, can't throw force balls or he can jump and punish with a downward ball...

Obviously can't dash block because our dash is nonexistant...

I agree with this... Everytime I play a decent Kano...I get my ass handed to me! There has to be some strategy against him?

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

Yeah man, I'm really mad right now. I've figured out how to deal with pretty much every character at least to a decent level, and I've been beating or going even with all the top players in So Cal, no matter what character they play, but I played a random Kano yesterday and just got completely shut down.

I forgot to mention that X Ray is useless in this matchup. Every single time that I've X Rayed a knife it's either not gotten there in time to block, or his knife has knocked me out of my X Ray. Also don't ever try to anti air X Ray him, because Jump Kick xx Air Throw beats it clean...

 

[Cburnham81]

I imagine I'm not even close to the level you are with Reptile but I do pretty well online against randoms against most characters EXECPT KANO. and now the only offline scene I have (me and 3 of my buddies)... One guy decided he's now Maining Kano... and he is completely destroying me. I can hardly get his lifebar below 50% most games.

 

[RapZiLLa54]

I can also attest this Kano madness. Everytime I come across a Kano online it doesn't end well for me. Glad hes getting nerfed a bit.

 

[BATTLEBEAR]

hrm well dash block in... and ex spit if trading will stagger him like 40 frames which is basically the opening we need. to rush him down. Patience is key.

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

hrm well dash block in... and ex spit if trading will stagger him like 70 frames which is basically the opening we need. to rush him down. Patience is key.

The thing is, Reptile can't really dash block. If we had a dash, I wouldn't have such a problem with this matchup...

 

[BATTLEBEAR]

its true. mobility is the real problem here. But he has pretty fast walk speed. The only reason for suggesting a dash is because dashing is much safer than walking, but has a terrible dash. and ball is annoying

 

[Sabin]

kano that bad? enough to make u consider using alt for this matchup?

 

[BATTLEBEAR]

His overhead pop-up can be easily beaten by cr.4 which can be trap/fake comboed into acid hand. So im usually in a crouch position against kano. His knifes fly right over when blocking and if you block a ballyou get a pain train combo riht after. The up ball is a little too quick right now to react to, but after the patch I feel like this match might only be a clear 6-4 rather than the 7-3 it appears to be right now. Appears being the key word.

kano that bad? enough to make u consider using alt for this matchup?

Maybe. I would test it first with Reptile..but i would consider switching to sub-zero for that match depending on how bad the Kano has me on lock down. I'm just hoping that no one at Guard Crush is using a really good Kano tomorrow.

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

kano that bad? enough to make u consider using alt for this matchup?

Way more than that bad.

7-3 might be an understatement. I mean I play with the other top players in So Cal, and even when I do get beat, it's always close, but against a Kano that didn't mix me up, didn't bait anything from me, didn't do any combos, didn't have any setups, just threw knives and did balls, I couldn't even take a round.