VF4 [ print friendly ] [ command view ] Escape - Crouch Dash (ECD) Defensive Technique
Here's a new defensive technique, courtesy of the latest Arcadia
magazine.
It's the Escape - Crouch Dash (ECD), and really comes into effect
when you're at around 3 to 4 frames disadvantage. This works
because Escapes, both normal and fast types, can be cancelled with
a CD. So far, this is nothing new to most of you, but to show the
utility of this technique, I'll share an example they used in the
magazine.
Firstly, at 3 to 4 frames disadvantage, all elbows (and similar
fast mids) will beat your d+P or standing P. Akira's Low Back Fist
(df+P+K), on normal hit, will put you at 3 frames disadvantage.
Akira can now force a pretty good two-choice guessing game on you
-- his Double Plam (D,b,f+P) will beat your fastest attacks (d+P or
P), and his Throw will get you if you try to Escape. At this point,
you could try to ETEG, but you still have to guess which
throw(s) to escape. However, if you ECD, you can avoid both the
Double Palm and any throw attempts.
The difficulty lies entering a ECD in what is essentially a 5 frame
window. Remember, you're already 3 frames behind, and Akira just
needs another 5 frames to throw you. But, rest assured, it is
definitely possible.
You can use Free Training to practice this technique. Select Akira
as the opponent, then record df+P+K - b,f+P (which is a Double Palm
because you're crouching) as Action 1. Then record df+P+K - P+G (or
any throw, doesn't matter) as Action 2. Setup playback with Action
1 and 2 at 50% each. Let Akira hit you with the df+P+K, and then
enter a fast and clean ECD. If Akira DbPm's, you should get the
successful (fast) Escape. If he tries to Throw you, you should get
a normal (slow) Escape cancelled with a CD going under the throw
whiff.
If you switch Motion Display to on (so you can see the exe-co-rec
bars) you should be able to visually notice the recovery (orange
bar) of the normal Escape get cancelled with the CD. Just practice
that for a while against an idle CPU just to get a feel for
cancelling normal Escapes with CDs. Once you get the hang of it,
try it against the CPU in the above Playback sequence.
Just like all defensive techniques, there are vulnerabilities
associated with ECD too. It won't work against circular attacks or
if the attack is delayed.
Posted by
Myke
on 12/05/2002
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Edited by
Myke
on 16/04/2005
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