Does TAKA have actual advantage in pushing opponents farther, in true Sumo-fashion?

Discussion in 'General' started by Vinicius Lessa, Mar 11, 2025.

  1. Vinicius Lessa

    Vinicius Lessa New Member

    Hi! I'm new here and play the game for a couple years now, since VFUS came out for PS4 (LOVE IT!), and always wondered about this: does Taka have some advantages in pushing the opponent farther in true Sumo fashion? I mean, provoking ring outs IS the point of sumo after all. I tried measuring how much his combos/throws push opponents in comparison to other chars but couldn't reach a conclusion.

    Can someone confirm if this is the case or not? Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. akai

    akai Moderator Staff Member Content Manager Pai Bronze Supporter

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    Most advantage is positioning opponent to be rung out or wall combo.

    Most of the "pushes" leaves Taka at a frame disadvantage. However, the 5 punch strings have quick recovery frames so may be difficult for opponent to react.
     
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  3. Vinicius Lessa

    Vinicius Lessa New Member

    What do you mean by "positioning opponent to be rung out"? Do you mean his advantages are more about setting up opponent than actually pushing them? Care to give specific examples?

    Some attacks I really like that're good at pushing opponents are 33P+K, 46P and 3P+K. Do they leave him very negative frame-wise, is that what you mean?

    (Sorry if my questions sound stupid. Im relatively noob and my english is kinda rust)
     
  4. akai

    akai Moderator Staff Member Content Manager Pai Bronze Supporter

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    Pushing opponent closer to the edge of the ring or out of the ring ^^
     
  5. Chanchai

    Chanchai Well-Known Member

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    Taka is solid at ring out. Taka is especially string on Short Fence stage and is solid at ringing people out on high fence.

    Short Fence advantage is because it is overall harder to launch Taka but Taka is good at knocking opponents down or up and floating the opponents over the short fence.

    Regarding high fence, Taka has good ways to use throw or launcher to cause a ring out on these stages. Taka’s wall conversion game is a little complex but also a good source of damage for him.
     
    Last edited: Mar 18, 2025
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  6. Vinicius Lessa

    Vinicius Lessa New Member

    Thanks for the replies. My impression is that he actually has advantages but those are subtle and not as acute as one might thing (it seems less pronounced than, say, Aoi's reversal/sabaki game).

    Here, I found a Taka that plays exactly the way I envision here, even opting for less damage but more push in his combos. It's in the minute 4:00 of this video by Jin..

     
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