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TSB and Vegas

Won the tourney yesterday, feeling really, really good about Vegas. Want that fight moneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

EVO… Vegas and things

By the end of this week I’ll know for sure if I’ll be at EVO. I already registered back in April and hotel/housing probably won’t be an issue. Can’t wait to get crazy before/after the tournament.

On that note, I’ll probably only be able to do two or three real strategy posts before then… got to practice, and there’s a tourney in New York the weekend before. And of course my birthday is coming up so that is mandatory party day. But, I’ll definitely take requests for strategy posts, as long as it isn’t “tell me all your Litchi tricks!” or something. Gotta save that shit for nationals, lol.

I’ll try to cover what goes on at the tourney on twitter, so if you don’t already, follow me on twitter at twitter.com/LordKnightBB.

CS2 Taokaka, part 3

Today I’m going to cover some Tao mixups.

Tao’s basic high/low game is rather weak. Where she excels, however, is extremely varied pressure. To start, get used to using partly charged (very slight charge) 5C. You’ll get a good amount of counter hits using it after a dash 5B.

Tao is best at using throw reject miss. The basic premise of this is to make it appear as if you were going to throw, then doing something to either keep them in blockstun, or make the throw whiff.

The basic setup would be to dash up > 2D >  jC. As long as they don’t OS tech, their throw whill whiff. Pick up the CH and go for it.  Alternatively doing dash 2aa > purple throw will also work. Vary it by throwing in some green throws to keep them on their toes.

Next, some airthrow setups. 

Tao gets her air options back after an airthrow is broken. There’s a bunch of ways to keep the opponent down.

1. jD~A. On counter hit, land and loop them again.
2. j2D~B > airthrow. Airthrow reset. 
3. jD~A > j2D~B > airthrow. Stop them from mashing, then try to snag the airthrow.
4. j4D~C > j8D~B > dodge potential reversals and punish, then confirm the counter hit.