twinsbrown
[09] Warrior
To establish things, I'm in no way creating this to put down how others play with Talim. There's a fair ammount of Talim Players out there who probably won't need this thread, but there's others who may really need it. When you completely evaluate how you play you may realize that it may not be working for you, and that you may have to change it up. This, I've done several times.
You're pretty much challenging yourself and going into a bad loss against any character when you pick Talim. Instead of putting pressure on the person you're playing, you're putting the pressure on yourself because you have to be 100 times as defensive and 100 times more cautious when you play with her. If you're going into a match to win, you're going to have to completely scrap some of her moves off of her movelist. Alot of her moves are completely useless. There's a select few of crucial moves you'll need to use with her.
BB
AA/AA6B <---- I delay the 6B.
6B
1A+B
WC,WR Mixups
WS K<--- Good Poke
WS A <---- Creates Space on hit
BT stance mixups
11K,A
236B - air combo
11B
22B - air combo
Those are the moves I use most, and her must efficient ones in my eyes.
Moves you should never use unless you know they're going to hit/punish/whatever.
FC3BB
IWC
WL Mixups
etc etc etc. punishable moves.
If I missed anything that should be included, let me know.
To start out some matches, I open up with 22A. The reach on this move is unbelievable, and while it can be ducked, most people won't see it coming at the beginning of a match.
The main reason I'm creating this thread is to delineate the playstyles of some Talim's I've played online in the past (none of them are from here as far as I know, but some may play similarly), and to be up front about the fact that some of the stuff that they do just wouldn't work as easily offline as well as it would online. Alot of Talims straight up abuse AA6BA ~ stances (granted I used to but, I know that's not how she should be played if you really want to win. I never complete AA6BA anymore.). When it comes down to it, you're going to find yourself more reliant on pokes and baiting for your opponent to whiff or misjudge what you're going to do. Some Talim's I've played stay in her WC stance the whole match AA'ing to a win (which is in my opinion the biggest bullshit ever). What about AAB? Nobody ever sees that coming. If you want to win with her, you can't let your playstyle go stale and roll out the same tactics every round of a match. People will see through you like glass if you don't mix it up.
R.O Tactics (Not just what I use. Feel free to contribute.)
JI 66A
Launcher - 6A+B
Pokes
3K
BB
AA
AA6B
2K
WS K
Combos
BT B 3B[A], IWC
BT B 3B[A] WC B:B, AAB
236B 6A+B
236B WR B+K
There's more, but I usually don't go farther than this in a match.
Again, I'm looking for contributions to this. This is mainly how I find myself playing with her, and alot of the time it works. That goes without saying I win, but it atleast helps damage the opponets health bar and doesn't make matches a complete loss.
Feel free to critique how I play, cause I may need it. I'm always looking for help, and hopefully this thread is helpful to everyone else, though it might useless to everyone, lol. But I felt I needed to address things since Talim does such a suckass job compared to all the other characters in the game.
Here's to hoping this is responded well to.
You're pretty much challenging yourself and going into a bad loss against any character when you pick Talim. Instead of putting pressure on the person you're playing, you're putting the pressure on yourself because you have to be 100 times as defensive and 100 times more cautious when you play with her. If you're going into a match to win, you're going to have to completely scrap some of her moves off of her movelist. Alot of her moves are completely useless. There's a select few of crucial moves you'll need to use with her.
BB
AA/AA6B <---- I delay the 6B.
6B
1A+B
WC,WR Mixups
WS K<--- Good Poke
WS A <---- Creates Space on hit
BT stance mixups
11K,A
236B - air combo
11B
22B - air combo
Those are the moves I use most, and her must efficient ones in my eyes.
Moves you should never use unless you know they're going to hit/punish/whatever.
FC3BB
IWC
WL Mixups
etc etc etc. punishable moves.
If I missed anything that should be included, let me know.
To start out some matches, I open up with 22A. The reach on this move is unbelievable, and while it can be ducked, most people won't see it coming at the beginning of a match.
The main reason I'm creating this thread is to delineate the playstyles of some Talim's I've played online in the past (none of them are from here as far as I know, but some may play similarly), and to be up front about the fact that some of the stuff that they do just wouldn't work as easily offline as well as it would online. Alot of Talims straight up abuse AA6BA ~ stances (granted I used to but, I know that's not how she should be played if you really want to win. I never complete AA6BA anymore.). When it comes down to it, you're going to find yourself more reliant on pokes and baiting for your opponent to whiff or misjudge what you're going to do. Some Talim's I've played stay in her WC stance the whole match AA'ing to a win (which is in my opinion the biggest bullshit ever). What about AAB? Nobody ever sees that coming. If you want to win with her, you can't let your playstyle go stale and roll out the same tactics every round of a match. People will see through you like glass if you don't mix it up.
R.O Tactics (Not just what I use. Feel free to contribute.)
JI 66A
Launcher - 6A+B
Pokes
3K
BB
AA
AA6B
2K
WS K
Combos
BT B 3B[A], IWC
BT B 3B[A] WC B:B, AAB
236B 6A+B
236B WR B+K
There's more, but I usually don't go farther than this in a match.
Again, I'm looking for contributions to this. This is mainly how I find myself playing with her, and alot of the time it works. That goes without saying I win, but it atleast helps damage the opponets health bar and doesn't make matches a complete loss.
Feel free to critique how I play, cause I may need it. I'm always looking for help, and hopefully this thread is helpful to everyone else, though it might useless to everyone, lol. But I felt I needed to address things since Talim does such a suckass job compared to all the other characters in the game.
Here's to hoping this is responded well to.