So gonna moer him next time On 12 November 2013 14:32, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mindsmoker has a set pattern of play, or at least he had it when I played > him. > > Mid screen he will wait for you to walk slightly back so that he can land > a magic jump. Walk slightly back then forward again to bait it. If you > don't move, he will walk back to give himself space for the jump. Just > walk forward. > > Close up he will do a blockstring into throw. If you can tech he will > walk slightly back and then do and over head. If you crouch tech with > sweep or low forward, it beats both options. He uses tick throws A LOT. > > In the corner he will jump back a lot. You can bait this easily (most of > the time you just need to walk forward). When you're in the corner he will > eventually jump at you. Guaranteed. Just wait for it and anti-air. > > He doesn't like blocking under pressure. He will mash DP, backdash or > press jab/crouch tech. Very easy to frame trap but because of his tendency > to mash you it's safer to just throw and EX fireball on his wake up which > beats backdashing, focus, reversals and button presses. > > He sometimes likes to hold up/foward during your offense which gives him a > cross-up if you try to bait a DP. Bait and beat this with jump-back fierce. > > He likes the shoto air x-up tatsu. How to beat this is char dependent. > If you block this, he will go for a walk up throw. If you tech, he will > try to throw again. Basically 90% of his close up game is throw or bait > reversal, with an occasional focus attack or overhead. Mash backdash. > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir < > nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Then maybe he was playing seriously with the other characters. I thought >> he was just goofing around. >> He was using Rufus against my Gouken, which was pretty even. Then he >> used Blanka and destroyed me, changed to Dhalsim, and I won those. >> I seem to predict air fireballs on him consistently. Perhaps because I >> use them where a normal fireball would chip if he would stand up into it. >> >> I wanted to play his Ryu summore :( >> On 12 Nov 2013 13:56, "Ryan Williams" <ryan820509@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> That was pretty boss :P >>> >>> I don't see why he'd lose seriousness. I'm hella free to Mindsmoker. I >>> can't adapt to his playstyle. I can't read him at all. Maybe I'm just >>> accustomed to people playing a certain way. He's really random. I lose to >>> random :P But props to him. If it works, it works. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir < >>> nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> When it's cheap. >>>> I just bought Enslaved. Gonna be playin that. >>>> >>>> Mindsmoker just lost all seriousness when you left SAP. >>>> I left when he started using Dhalsim. >>>> Odd how things turn out... SAP using Gouken... me using Guile... >>>> >>>> Beating Mindsmoker's Ryu Ultra with a counter was boss tho, hehe. >>>> On 12 Nov 2013 11:44, "Ryan Williams" <ryan820509@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Shush you :P >>>>> >>>>> Btw, when are you getting Dragon's Crown! *lol* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir < >>>>> nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> *in a zombie moan* >>>>>> Ken's Raaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiggggggggeeeeeeeee >>>>>> On 12 Nov 2013 10:03, "euraima tobias" <euraima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Huh!? did I miss something? Is it the apocalypse? Is everyone dead >>>>>>> or zombiefied? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> > -- Ebrahiem Carr 079 499 4610