Ugh, this Bruno dude escapes me somehow every time and barely escaped this time. Freakin' Auto Guard and SP Assist Gief. It's always that one person that's just an Achilles heel sometimes. Sucks that he only does 1 match and done though. Soon.... Soon..
I agree with DROQQA about the makoto-vega matchup. Vega has no way of keeping her out and up close her speed outmatches him. His only weapons are a jump/focus game, and that doesn't make up for much. 7-3 for makoto sounds about right.
You're right. I mis-used the term. I use quick jump away punches v. crouching opponents. I use jump away spear when they're standing and I think they're going to chase me when I start my jump away.
Volt is full of one-and-dones unfortunately. People take it too seriously and aren't ok with losing. It's so annoying.
think he is the old Portugal-) or some GCID like that... zone him out with a FB character = guaranteed RQ Gief in volts is pretty much brain-dead coz of those easily executed pile drivers, lariat and super/ultra... the one thing I hate about Volts is, some characters are just too easy to pick up...
You're the only vega that gave me any kind of problem/resistance. I think we split matches when we play, and that's because you're a better vega than I am a Makoto. It's a real lopsided match. I agree with you about vega/sagat too. A good vega can just keep sagat in a FBA loop and its insanely hard to get out.
Another thing about Makoto/vega. In the corner post connected hayate, I like to follow with ex chop. If vega does that little flip thing to avoid it, Makoto recovers first and he can't escape a karakusa. Say hello to 400+ damage and vega at best will be one hit away from stun. At worst, he's already stunned and now has been hit with 550+ damage.
Well I guess the thread's over now that Hieu got the 34k post. :V So YOU'RE the mysterious one they call only "G..." I think Sim COULD play aggressively if the Sagat wasn't too good and get away with it. But by and large Sim does what he does best and he does that better than Sagat. I think if Sim stays at the other end of the screen he's golden.
Focus attack, jump mp, ex srk (2), jump mp, ultra is impressive. You essentially do two stupid moves in one combo. @DoctaMario Standing Hard Kick is hard to compete with.
Style points for these: (Akuma) FA lvl 3, Zanku Hadouken, Goshoryuken, (FADC, whatever) FA lvl 3, EX Zanko Hadouken, st K, whatever
......Mooken, next time you see Hieu do us a favour please? Get his punk ass into a headlock and give him the nuggie from hell!! XD Then D.P-FADC-Ultra him home! @TenOnez: I wish those odd good players (not the one you're talking about but others) could join us on here + be cool guys who don't care about winning/losing.
Really disagree with all this. Honda is one of Sakura's worst matchups. He can escape from all her mixups safely with ex headbutt. And sumo smash is only punishable if the down hit whiffs, it is not punishable on block. He deals way too much damage and has way too many solid wakeup options. It's 6-4 Honda at least, IMO.
I think in theory, the makoto/gief matchup is closer to 5.5-4.5 gief. But in the volt world where even the slightest bit of lag results in a dropped hayate, it's a terrible matchup, since gief can punish all blocked hayate with super or ultra. And once gief is in, makoto is dead in seconds. Makoto has to play perfectly to win, Gief can make mistakes and still win. Good fiefs will empty jump grab a lot vs makoto, she doesn't have a reliable anti air to consistently stop it.
