ienjoywinning
Warrior
Hello , with liu kang being the new hot talk in the community I decided to make a guide on dealing with this character as erron specifically considering he has a few mu specifc things going for him that make this mu much easier than most characters.
First off I'd like to get into the 12 pressure/mindgame considering that's what everyone talk about atm. Due to the fact that erron has a 6f d1 this means that he can trade with liu kangs f4 after his +3 12 string and still have more advantage considering his d1 is +11 on hit while f4 is +9. You take slightly more damage (4.75 to be exact) but this is still worth doing because you're going to be +2 meaning he cant do a free f4 and instead has to guess whether or not you'll d3/d1 or not , he can obviously d1 you after the 12 and you'll obviously have to adapt. Now this Is mostly not specific to erron.
the true character specifc things come when he starts his f43 mindgame where you'd usually have to guess on multiple options but because you have a 6f d1 with garbage range you can force liu kang to play unsafe by doing f43 lowfireball as his only option to stop your 6f d1.
because of errons d1 having bad range , if you block f43 low high low (as I'll show in a demo video below) you can make his parry attempt whiff and still get a d1 out , meaning if he staggers f43 then your d1 would punish , if he does parry then the d1 will whiff , which will allow you to recover in time allowing you to get a full punish. If he does the u3 your d1 will interrupt this is shown in the video below :
If you get the d1 punish on the f43 down consistently then you basically force him to do low fire ball to stop your d1 attempts and obviously if you read that you can get a full combo punish , so basically you're forcing him to play unsafe because you have 1 move that covers every option he has except one , thus swaying the mindgame to your favour.
This obviously doesnt mean he cant do anything because if he reads you not d1ing then he can do whatever he wants. The whole purpose of this is to make the mindgame more in your favour by making him commit to unsafe moves to punish you.
PS : I'm aware erron can make kangs f43 whiff on block but from what I've tested this is not consistent and I've not found a way to make it consistent.
First off I'd like to get into the 12 pressure/mindgame considering that's what everyone talk about atm. Due to the fact that erron has a 6f d1 this means that he can trade with liu kangs f4 after his +3 12 string and still have more advantage considering his d1 is +11 on hit while f4 is +9. You take slightly more damage (4.75 to be exact) but this is still worth doing because you're going to be +2 meaning he cant do a free f4 and instead has to guess whether or not you'll d3/d1 or not , he can obviously d1 you after the 12 and you'll obviously have to adapt. Now this Is mostly not specific to erron.
the true character specifc things come when he starts his f43 mindgame where you'd usually have to guess on multiple options but because you have a 6f d1 with garbage range you can force liu kang to play unsafe by doing f43 lowfireball as his only option to stop your 6f d1.
because of errons d1 having bad range , if you block f43 low high low (as I'll show in a demo video below) you can make his parry attempt whiff and still get a d1 out , meaning if he staggers f43 then your d1 would punish , if he does parry then the d1 will whiff , which will allow you to recover in time allowing you to get a full punish. If he does the u3 your d1 will interrupt this is shown in the video below :
If you get the d1 punish on the f43 down consistently then you basically force him to do low fire ball to stop your d1 attempts and obviously if you read that you can get a full combo punish , so basically you're forcing him to play unsafe because you have 1 move that covers every option he has except one , thus swaying the mindgame to your favour.
This obviously doesnt mean he cant do anything because if he reads you not d1ing then he can do whatever he wants. The whole purpose of this is to make the mindgame more in your favour by making him commit to unsafe moves to punish you.
PS : I'm aware erron can make kangs f43 whiff on block but from what I've tested this is not consistent and I've not found a way to make it consistent.
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