Dealing with Taka's Tachiai Stance

Main Tachiai Stance Transitions:

- If you block and think Taka will try Tachiai, you can beat > immediate Tachiai with a 17F or faster attack

- If you get CH by (say you tried to evade to Taka's stomach) and Taka goes into Tachiai after the first hit, you can beat all immediate options with ECD to any direction (Tachiai can be ECD'd under in this situation)​

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- If Taka goes into Tachiai after on block, immediate Tachiai will beat any frame 14 or slower attack, so if you want to challenge him here try a 13F or faster attack (such as Kage ) or go for ECD which will cover all immediate Tachiai options

- Let's say you get CH by and Taka continued the string ( and combos if CHs)

- If Taka goes into Tachiai after or normal hits, then Tachiai can't be interrupted, but you can ECD under Tachiai so ECD will beat all immediate options
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- If you get CH by or (say you block then try to hit a button, but Taka hits you with the string follow-up), then Tachiai can't be ECD'd

- In this situation, you'll have to choose between evade which beats Tachiai , Tachiai (guard break) or Tachiai , but loses to Tachiai , OR crouch which beats Tachiai , Tachiai , or Tachiai , but loses to Tachiai ​

Strategy for Defending Against > Tachiai

- If you evade to Taka's stomach, be aware that you can get hit by

- Why evade to Taka's stomach? This lets you avoid his main low attacks and as well as , which all hit towards his back
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- If you get CH by , input an ECD to cover all immediate Tachiai options

- Even if Taka continued the string with or to combo after CHing you with , you can just react and input another ECD after you get hit by the second hit: this will cover all immediate Tachiai options
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- If you block and think Taka will try Tachiai after the first hit, challenge with a 17F or faster attack

- If you get CH by here, first show evade which will let you deal with Tachiai and Tachiai which are both really dangerous if you're near a wall, then if Taka shows you that he'll do Tachiai to catch your evade then you'll have to decide between evade, or crouch to deal with Tachiai after you get CH by .
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- If you're scared of a follow-up and block or instead and want to deal with Tachiai afterwards, try a 13F or faster attack, or go for ECD

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- After blocking a 16F or faster attack (such as Kage ) will interrupt immediate Tachiai

- Say Taka starts going into the third hit to catch your button: if you block this Taka is -15
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- If you get CH by and Taka goes into Tachiai: Tachiai will beat any button and Tachiai can't be ECD'd

- In this situation, you'll have to choose between evade which beats Tachiai , Tachiai (guard break) or Tachiai , but loses to Tachiai , OR crouch which beats Tachiai , Tachiai , or Tachiai , but loses to Tachiai

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- If you block , you can interrupt immediate Tachiai with a 16F or faster attack

- Say Taka starts going into the third hit to catch your button: if you block this Taka is -16
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- You will mainly see this attack as a meaty option on your tech roll when Taka knocks you down

- If you block this attack Taka is at least +1, but since this attack has 3 active frames Taka can be up to +3 if he hits you meaty

- After blocking , a 14F attack will interrupt immediate Tachiai if Taka is only +1, but if he's +2 or +3 a 14F attack will lose: in any of these cases, hitting a 12F attack will let you interrupt immediate Tachiai after blocking , no matter how meaty Taka hits your block with

- But it's hard to hit an attack here, since Taka can frame trap you with or
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- If you want to deal with both > / or > Tachiai, you can go for ECD after blocking , just be aware that this will lose to throw

- If you have an 11F (Kage, Eileen, Pai, or Lion) challenging with after blocking is good: although Taka can be up to +3 with , it's hard for him to get +3 since he has to hit you with the very last active frame. Most of the time, Taka will either be +1 or +2 after you block , and in this case your 11F will interrupt > as well as > Tachiai or > throw.

- 11F will lose to > , however​