Wednesday 10 January, 2007

Man, John's May got crazy good while I was gone. Sol's got some dolphins to cook. Gwehehehehe. He's incorporating Dust into lots of things now, like he'll try to clip me with it after it looks like he finished a block string, and he'll use it to try to overhead me when I think he's gonna land. Just when you think you're safe, you go flying into a dust combo for 40%. Lame. I'm glad he started using the air dust though, as it's easy to punish if I see it coming, and if the hit counters, I get a free air combo.

I think I'm figuring out how to counter his dolphin spam. If I Instant Block the dolphins, he lands close enough for me to counterattack. I'm still not sure if Fafnir has enough range and speed to punish in this case, but if it does it's definitely better than just a Slash. Maybe I can even combo afterward if I FRC it. That would kick ass. Still, the dolphins have so much speed I'm not sure if I can Instant Block them on reaction...

I'm beginning to think Fafnir goes through May's hoop setup. It looked like it did the past 2 times I tried it, but I'm not positive it will work every time. If it does, Fafnir would be a nice punisher every time he calls that damn hoop up. I used to think Fafnir was worthless, but I think its uses are beginning to show...

Wild Throw is pissing me off. Whenever I do it on wakeup, it misses! Apparently I'm doing it too early, but I feel like I'm waiting an eternity before I pull it off already! Speaking of grabs, John has learned how to throw quite well. He grabbed me by my sword while he was waking up into my attack. Ridiculous.

You use Sol huh? I've always used Ky, since the Original, but I also like Baiken (for her great defensive counters), and Testament (for his weird, tricky holds and poison and stuff like that). Would be nice to play someone again, haven't played in awhile, and not many people play that game too much.

With Ky's new stuff, I'd certainly like to see someone who plays a good Ky. I used to think I could play Ky, but when I switched to Sol and started getting better, I realized that I was missing out. Not that you are, I just felt Ky got some major boosts in the #Reload -> Slash transition that really helped him out.