No but I block it on reaction the vast majority of the time, and that's not a 'bro get on my level' kind of thing either, it is absolutely reactable nearly all the time . It's something you'll get hit by every once in a while but it is not something the Scorpion players are going to be relying on, and it certainly not good for his 'vortex'.
Yes, I agree. And it rather hard to find 25~ frames window upclose to pull of such a slow move. Only if you are respecting your opponent to much.
It would be super nice to have one, yet he can prosper without it. He is not rushdown so trying to open people up with mix ups is not how you utilize him. You have to zone and space with him. People get tired of eating knife chip which gives you openings because they will try to run, dash, special or jump in and that's when you cash in with punishing those things. Basically you have to catch them trying to press buttons with your excellent footsie tools. But it does sound like Cutthroat is more what you're looking for.
That was cool. But didnt get why kano keep doing b13 2+4 on block each time?
Special move design
That's five to six percent. Against a good player that can be a pretty big deal. If it was only like one or two points more I could see your point.
With unpredictability, game pace, and conditioning involved I don't believe it. On "reaction" is countering a jump in with B1 9 out of 10 times. On reaction is punishing a blocked teleport with 112 19 out of 20 times. Is that how often you block it? -.- On a read with reaction involved you're block the OH. Not on pure reaction. That is more of lesser play from Scorpion than Godlike reactions.
I don't know what to tell you then man. It's a completely telegraphed move as well, it's not like the low and the slow OH look like eachother, you can see his leg before it comes down and that's the give away,
This is TYM. None of that allowed here lol.
Not religiously, been co-maining JC as well.
1. I'm pretty sure 1 bar is more than that, he just wasn't always doing optimal combos. Every player does combos they like sometimes rather than optimal ones.
I've been using it a bit more in general but never thought of it as a match starter. That sounds very interesting I'm gonna have to try it out.
In general I agree, although sometimes I think it's worth it for positioning. If I start a combo with my back to the corner I'll sometimes spend the meter to switch sides and put my opponent in the corner. I haven't actually watched the video so I don't know if that was the situation.
Yeah I have no idea why Steve does these combos lmao
Just stick to the general gameplan overall: KNIVES THROW MORE KNIVES KNIVES EVERYWHERE GODDAMNIT KNIIIIIIIVVVVEEEEESSSSSS
Guys I posted these vids in the combo and matchup threads. If you haven't please take a look, it's more of a punishment guide than a combo vid. I know I cover Sonya and D'Vorah, and others. Even if I show a combo with a different variation, the punishment can still be done in other variations, for example if cutthroat f2 punishes, then universally f4 will punish. I made these for this reason so I hope they help guys:
On her main mix up b14, the oh into low, she is unsafe. But of course they will likely cancel into military stance in covert ops, her most popular and easy to use variation, which if blocked correctly is also unsafe. She has the option to 1. overhead cartwheel 2. low flip kick thing 3. cmd grab. The low option only leads to combo in the corner, the command grab option you must watch for/try to read. Cartwheel is the most common because it leads to the most damage and most players tend to favor ducking. All her specials are unsafe regardless if EX'd or not as is the dive kick except for at rather specific distances, but you still get pressure afterwards. The low starter into two mid hits is not unsafe if I recall, but you do get pressure. Again though you will be dealing with the military stance mix up.
Brilliant! Thats pretty much all he was doing and it was fucking me up so you've hit the nail on the head there. Cheers
