Exitwounds
[08] Mercenary
I wanted to make a thread about this move for Taki simply because It's amazing enough on its own to be made into its own thread. The use of Taki's 7,8, or 9 A is considered a mid but it has a funny hit box. During some opponents depending on the character they choose will completely miss if the opponent is in FC. From my understanding this move will hit depending on the size of character. Astaroth is so big that at least with me 9a has never missed when my opponent was in FC. A character like talim or someone small has a much better chance of completely missing this MID move while in FC. While this is not that much to get excited over it's still a AMAZING move. This thread is only going to explain the good points about this move, however any comments are of course always welcome.
9a is a mid move that if using ONLY the 9a version on a Guarding opponent will push back taki into (TAKI RANGE). This move is simply beautiful as it puts you in range for a huge amount of takis mid range moves. The ones i have learned to be most successful are 6b, 33b or 99b, A6 (JF) AND 88a or 22a. Anyone who knows the mass amount of mixups after a 22a or 88a hits can see why 9a is so useful. Also because 9a is a jumping mid it jumps grabs and lows. Rather this move hits or not its a VERY good move. 9a when at the end of a ring will cause a ringout on hit. Have fun experimenting with this move!