Tetsuzankou's effectiveness

In the early games-in particular the first- tetsuzankou was a fatally overpowered move that can at least remove 20% to 25% of the health bar. Well timed, it can eat away at least 75% of health bar within a second. So why isn't it used at the competitive level frequently?

 

It's highly punishable. That said, Rodney used it to very good effect during NMTC and was hitting people with it all over the place.

 

It is!
in America...

think about it:
tetsuzanko is good for catching your opponent attacking at disadvantage.
that's when it hurts.
but if your opponent blocks at frame disadvantage, Akira is at -32. that's no good...

what if i told you that 666P also does a fuckload of damage catching people who mash? and when blocked it's only -5?

 

My thing is with the awkward imput how was Rodney punishing with it? I mean damn!

 

He's buffering it in because knows

 

You can use tetsuzanko for evade punishment if you know your frames.

Also you can use at disavantage (-5 for example) for beat throws and highs, this move is really good because even if you guess wrong you opponent doesn't get a counter hit only a crouching mid/low.

Just keep in mind this input has to be done really fast or prepare for eat a lot of punish damage, also always loses against slower/delayed attacks and low throws.

in general is really situational, so be careful.

 

All very good points, but the bodycheck attack is far more dangerous after a successful evade than super dashing elbow. That's when this move is most intimidating.

Also, the bodycheck can take much more damage against an opponent doing forward dashing or crouch forward dashing movement than super dashing elbow (depending on how close the opponent is at during its first active frame).

Kruza

 

Well lets face it: it isn't good. It was somewhat reasonable option back when it was 13 frames execution. Now its 17f...

Actually that depends on what it interrupts. The risk/reward is ridiculously bad.