"Just-frame" combos

I'm being particularly nit-picky today, so please bear with me.

I posted about this in one of the media threads, but I think it's worth mentioning again.

When you buffer a dash or crouch dash before entering a command, you will at least have a delay of 1 frame. Some combos require this single frame delay in order to work at all. Also, you have to be careful that your buffered dash or crouch dash doesn't form a new command. For example:

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Srider said:

Kage: open stance.
()+


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will more than likely result in a + after the Upper. To prevent this, you can either buffer in a before the +, or, much easier, use a crouch dash (forward or backward).

The combo Yoro Kage did against Tsuchikumo's Pai was

mC ~ ~ +

which requires a 1-frame delay after the . So, to get the single frame delay you can enter it like this:

mC ~ () ~ +

I prefer using the back crouch dash so as not to get an accidental +.

I think weight classes are always important for combos and are no exception here. Continuing with the same Kage combo (with ), you need a single frame delay against Pai, but against Brad, Vanessa and Aoi you don't need a delay at all -- you can just enter it asap. So again, weight is important.

As for other characters, I remember posting some Sarah combos that required a single frame delay which were character/weight specific too, and if I'm not mistaken were max-damage combos too so worth while learning IMO. But aside from the max-damage combos, I guess you could spend time working out other single-frame delay combos if you have the time on your hands /versus/images/graemlins/wink.gif