GGs Bout and Sasuke.
I purposely avoided using the gimmicks in the earlier matches and then brought them out in the last match that we had Bout. Did you notice the difference? If you can't throw break, you are pretty much forced to challenge Marduk after the jabs with hard guesses.
- If you think 1,2,f1 is coming out, you duck the last hit and launch. You will not be able to sidestep the last hit, and it is about +4 on block, so if I keep my frames tight, you won't be beating out my follow ups unless you SS them.
- If you think 1,2, VTS f1 is coming out, you SS and launch. The second hit of VTS f1,2 comes out too slow to stop you from your SS into launch. Of course, you can also just block punish it, but I believe it's variable between -12 ~ -13 depending on range. I also tend to only do f1 more often rather than finishing the string, so you'll get rewarded higher for SS launching the f1 rather than waiting for the second hit to come out.
- If you think 1,2, VTS d1+2 is coming out, you block and punish. It has semi consistent tracking, so SS it is not that great of an option. It's also like -100 since blocking the first hit pushes you back and the follow up mid has like zero range. You can punish Marduk with whatever the hell you want when you block this thing.
Hit up training mode and get used to punishing these things. Make me work for it harder and I'll be forced to adapt by changing up timings, but try not to just let me get away with it for free. Same advice goes for you, Sasuke.
