Agreed. In the Marvel community and on Shoryuken I barely see posts from any big name community members ('cept maybe P. Gorath). It's nice to see that these MK pros can take time out of their day to help others level up their game.
I didn't nesciarily mean 3 dashes all the time, just dashing at the end of the bnb in general. What I've been doing is at the end of the bnb one elbow dash ex invis. It's safe, in their face and invisible, damage boost, it's nice.
That's what I'm saying. If you do one elbow dash and instantly ex invis out of the dash, it should be good. If not, just opt out the elbow, ex invis, then elbow and get on them. Either way, free ex invis. I'll record it tonight for future reference. Plus, those forceballs come out of NOWHERE when you're ex invised, since you're completely invisible. I'd very much opt out that 2% on the slide for good oki options.
With Ex invis? I know, right? As long as you can get a safe one, it's game time. Due to the fact he has set ups for safe ex invis, good combos all around. Also with Elbow dash mix ups on a complete invis, it's AMAZING. Does Reptile lose invis if he's hit on block too?
I'll mess with it when I get home from class. It'd be good knowledge to know.
Yes he does.
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I think it's giving your back forward to the 2 in the combo. Just try to cancel the 1 with the slide.Hey guys... need some help here. Often when I'm doing the elbow dash nj combo, I do anther elbow dash on accident (instead of the slide at the end.) The problem here is usually I input the buttons incorrectly, however I am never hitting 3 instead of the 4 for the slide.
I know that probably didnt make sense so I included a video to show what I'm talking about. Pay close attention to my button commands on the left. (Also excuse my poor execution of the nj combo...I'm still perfecting it
As you can see after the second forceball, I input 3 2 back 1 forward 4. (obviously it should be 321 back forward 4)...
But what gets me is that reptile does the elbow dash here... I understand him not doing the slide because I screwed up the commands...but why does he do an elbow dash when I haven't even input 3 since the 321 part?
At the end of the string its different than the start.. I find i dont really need to buffer the slide.. After doing your final 321 (before the slide.) wait until you press 1 then do away towards 4. It should work, i think you may be doing what i use to do and input slide too quikly which will lead to stuff like that.Hey guys... need some help here. Often when I'm doing the elbow dash nj combo, I do anther elbow dash on accident (instead of the slide at the end.) The problem here is usually I input the buttons incorrectly, however I am never hitting 3 instead of the 4 for the slide.
I know that probably didnt make sense so I included a video to show what I'm talking about. Pay close attention to my button commands on the left. (Also excuse my poor execution of the nj combo...I'm still perfecting it
As you can see after the second forceball, I input 3 2 back 1 forward 4. (obviously it should be 321 back forward 4)...
But what gets me is that reptile does the elbow dash here... I understand him not doing the slide because I screwed up the commands...but why does he do an elbow dash when I haven't even input 3 since the 321 part?
Once its back up, shoot me a PM here and we'll play some. Glad I could help.
I'm sure you will start landing it more with practice. Reptile takes a decent amount of determination to play well, so, just dedicate to him, and he'll be easy. Get good with reads, confirming 3 2 1 no matter what, and just learning how he moves. Reptile is a fantastic and versatile character, more mains of him the better. I know I am gonna' continue repping him in tourney's no matter what they do to him, and I hope other mains do the same.
Yes, listen to this man. It took me about 3 weeks to a month to get it down consistently. Still not 100% but better than it happening randomly, I know now the rhythm or pattern/timing to press the buttons. I was desperate to learn it, it's worth it, even on practice dummy, now to work on pulling combos off successfully on real players.
Thank you for the kind words. I've stuck with Reptile since day 1, TYM and the Reptile forums helped me learn things. Gotta' credit Chef to giving me the idea to do an elbow dash at the end of my combo, giving me a free ex invis opportunity. Saved my life a ton. It took me a good week to get the njp down, but that was me hitting the lab every chance I had. I played a lot of SSFIV and Melee, so timing specific stuff was my forte. Once I knew what I had to do, I just practiced it a lot. I played the MK demo a lot too, so it gave me an idea of the games mechanics early on, and helped me convert over from other fighting games. I still find myself holding back to block every once in awhile.