Aoi Reversals

I reversed Jacky's soccer kick lying face up, head towards... timing was P+K right when the foot would've hit... Against a person it's demoralizing, especially if they're used to playing comps, and have a habit of down attacking all the time.

 

What's the most effective way to train oneself to read, recognize, and
reverse when the automatic response is to GUARD? Even if I clearly
see an attack I COULD reverse, depending on the lifebar or
the type of match (ranking), I'm less likely to go for the reverse, even though
this is a big part of what Aoi is all about. Putting opp. on their asses
when you reverse their bullshit-fu, to quote Creed. If you guess wrong,
you've just been SPoDed into silly putty. This is PS2 play we're talking about,
so I'm wondering if I should'nt use Aoi in Arcade mode on high
difficulty mode and practice the reverses there. Seemingly, in Arcade
mode, you're likely to see a trifle more diversity at it's highest setting
than you will for Kumite, ie Jeffrey will butt-bomb and belly-flop down-attack
the shit out of you in Arcade as opposed to Kumite. Anyone notice this?
I can reverse plenty in training mode, but there's a sort of vaccuum on the
training stage, a pointlessness after a time. And just like in real life, excessive
training doesn't help unless you're able to pull the moves off in real matches;
still, I'm a Kumite whore most of the time, but I'd like to have a firm grasp of
reversing in case I find extensive human play. At the same time, my little
9-Dan Kumite ranking sprinkled with human wins means something to me, so I don't
want lose prestige trying to learn new techniques that will get'
my Aoi honey killed. I figure I'd better learn to reverse, since I don't evade
very damn well.

 

You just need to know the opponent. Lau & Jacky are always good to reverse mid. I rarely reverse low, even though they've got a fair amount of low attacks.

Pai & Lion -- don't bother, as it's a 3-way guessing game. Ithink they both have equal high/mid/low attacks, and they're all usefull & well used.

Lei Fei -- also good mid.

Sarah -- mid with some high. Learn the flamingo stuff.

Akira/Wolf/Jeffry: I never really tried reversing in Ver. C. Too much shoulder.

Other than that, it's generally just a feeling. /versus/images/icons/smile.gif

 

Because of the very nature of Aoi's movements and style, that
kind of contained, controlled spinning column of balance, the freakish
speed and acrobatics of Sarah, Lion, and Pai really cause Aoi
problems. I think it may be another example of that natural mismatch
theory, such as IMO Jeffrey over Lau, Akira over Shun, Lau over Lion,
Jacky over everybody, so on.

Sarah's flamingo shit is really getting under my skin, while her knees are
nightmares and her throws vicious. A double knee while you're floated?
Jesus. Sarah can keep light little Aoi in the air and pound her, and tell me you don't
look rediculous. That's Sarah's strength, I think: embarrassing you into
submission. Oh, and the number 1 fucking pisser move of her's? Probably
that low shin-breaking kick...best stopper of an opp. attack that I can think of,
outside Lau's low punch/elbow or Jacky's backfist.

 

I never knew that Aoi could reverses while she's grounded!! How do you do it and what kind of attacks can she reverse while grounded?

 

Why don't you read the previous posts before asking that question?

 

why don't you read the age of the topic and last post before being a know-it all?

 

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Dude!
stop it!

 

Actually, the grounded reversal does come in handy, because there are times when you can reverse a weak down attack when it used to be guaranteed.

Confirmed example: I get thrown by Kage's ++, which 'guarantees' a weak down attack, because I can't roll out of it. However, I reversed the down attack several times.

So, there are instances where the reversal gets you out of 'guaranteed' down attacks.

Also, because of that reversal, I start feeling like I never even need to techroll. I'll do it if they're in the air coming at me, but most of the time, I don't have to even quickrise. Thus, I don't get punished.