Okay, i lost alot of points messing around with VT2 in ranked the last couple days and it derailed me and i felt they didnt count because it was just messing me up and hindering my focus. overall decided i don't like VT2 too much. I go down to like 30% by the time i can use it, and then if i guess wrong once they get a full punish for the kill. Going to stick with VT1 and try to keep this practice going. Going to stop posting point gains n losses tho, and keeping track of points all together, because that needs to be something i dont want to worry about, and its more about the matches themselves. Probably will also stick to doing 1 matchup per post so dont feel like i have to keep going right away so i can finish the post or worry about saving it else where so i don't lose it somehow.
21. Breezydrake - Ultra Diamond Abigail
2-1
*well i finally beat an abigail with cammy. first for everything. I stayed out of his HP range trying to whiff punish, but never really got THAT whiff punish. However i clipped him trying to get in other ways like dashing. I managed to anticipate and react to a Giant Flip and CC it with st.HK, it kept him standing which i wasn't actually ready for. I baited his parry attempts to counter my dive kicks by going with an empty jump straight into crush counter. Alot of call outs i really had to go for in order to land some actual good damage. I made sure not to do my corner combo, either, as it whiffs on this mofo.
Game 1
+After walking back a bit trying to keep space and attempt whiff punishes, watching him move forward i made the play to dash in and caught him with a combo
+He activated VT off a punch so the first thing i tried to do was jump forward in the air to make it whiff, i did dive kick and cross over him, but failed to punish
-He neutral jumped in my face and i was a little late trying to AA with b+MP, He took 60%
-got me cornered and unblockable'd me
+got a soft jump on him
-he woke up with forward jump and esacped my throw attempt
-He canceled his blocked cr.HP into run. He has to cancel that move or else it's super punishable, to perhaps by an answer to that, andbe ready for it
-He tried to break through my block string with EX run, but i stringed into DP which broke it
-was late on his st.HP whiff to whiff punish with drill
-wasnt paying attention to his V-gauge, and he went for one last unblockable attempt which succeeded. i could have ran it out or anticipated him getting closer to do it
Game 2
+after blocking a giant flip, he did cr.LK to use the advantage, then he tried to dash in to keep the momentum, i reacted with cr.MK luckily scoring the counterhit canceled into SA to reverse the pressure.
+my basic mid, low, mid block string worked again. I should not neglect this string, seems to work against some high lvl ppl, and if its works once, itll probably work again.
+st.MK corner pesturing seemed to provide effective. His normals are maybe all so slow that he can't really challenge it very well.
-He did cr.HK blocked into activation. and went for delay command throw. maybe going for the offensive throw here is not a bad idea
-He did cr.LK into crHP charge unblockable. perhaps i should be mashing back dash after most buttons when he is in VT
+scored a EX dive kick when he whiffed HP
+scored another EX dive kick when he seemed to be trying to close the gap again
+after DP i walked up and whiffed a throw due to him forward jumping, but i was still able to walk backwards in time and AA him with st.MP. Perhaps this is some real tech.
+st.HK CC'd a Giant flip
Game 3
+Whiff punished a st.HP with Spiral arrow
+kept going for meaties because he kept trying to jump. good read.
-keep doing cr.MP counterhit into blocked st.MK. wasting counterhits..
+after landing so many dive kicks on him, i finally went for empty jump st.HK
Conclusion: Cammy has the pressure to pin him down for good, it seems. So if i ever get one touch i gotta make it count. Challening his meaty pressure with cr.LP once in a while might be good, because he might not be able to get his cheeky shit out all the time frame perfect. Being aware of his options is what I will need to improve on. Make sure to stop his giant flips and backdash away as often as it is safe to when he has VT stocked.
This post was edited by nate321 on Jan 21 2018 09:56pm