LAU
[09] Warrior
Here's some preliminary tests.... keep in mind this is NOT a complete research... there are holes.... but it's a starting point.
NM's game play should be focused on tip range 22AA and 88B simply because.... at tip range 22AA raphael can't punish it... .. his only punish is 3B if he's close enough... if the move is done far... it'll either whiff or you'll be able to block it
88B on block is -16 force crouch as long as you're not point blank next to raphael... i don't see a move that can punish it.
these two moves by themselves will really mess up raphael's game..... be patient... move in slowly... make sure you don't whiff... because his game is about spacing and poking..... he's looking for that whiff punish.....
fortunately for NM since NM's range in general is longer than Raph this will make it a bit harder for Raph.
some other moves to look for during the match up....
A+B - beats out pretty much all raph's moves outside of stance other than 236B and 66B... both of those moves are long range moves for raph... if you're playing at raph's 'ideal' range where he pokes like no tomorrow.... A+B will eat all pokes.... including his 22B, 3B, 6BB etc... obviously raph still got his lows... however.... NM having WS B will remind him that he's one of those characters with a very strong low block punisher.
B+K - in certain situation this will avoid a lot of his pokes/mixups... and this will lead you into NSS which isn't that bad of an option.
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stance game...
more to come soon...
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anti prep/SE game
in general... the moves you're looking into are.
88B - beats out a lot of his options other than Prep K and SE A
B+K or back step, B+K - will more or less beat out any other options that 88B doesn't beat out..... the back step might not be necessary depending on range and his options.. for some cases like 3(B) (blocked) -> prep K this can't be back stepped but B+K will work to beat it.
A+B - might not be a bad idea here either... i think aside from Prep K and MAYBE prep A+B (gotta test again...) it beats other options if you manage to block a move that goes into prep... if they do SE A (the fastest SE move) they can still manage to block the revenge in time...
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more to come later...
but so far.. i feel... the risk/reward is in favor for NM....
-LAU
NM's game play should be focused on tip range 22AA and 88B simply because.... at tip range 22AA raphael can't punish it... .. his only punish is 3B if he's close enough... if the move is done far... it'll either whiff or you'll be able to block it
88B on block is -16 force crouch as long as you're not point blank next to raphael... i don't see a move that can punish it.
these two moves by themselves will really mess up raphael's game..... be patient... move in slowly... make sure you don't whiff... because his game is about spacing and poking..... he's looking for that whiff punish.....
fortunately for NM since NM's range in general is longer than Raph this will make it a bit harder for Raph.
some other moves to look for during the match up....
A+B - beats out pretty much all raph's moves outside of stance other than 236B and 66B... both of those moves are long range moves for raph... if you're playing at raph's 'ideal' range where he pokes like no tomorrow.... A+B will eat all pokes.... including his 22B, 3B, 6BB etc... obviously raph still got his lows... however.... NM having WS B will remind him that he's one of those characters with a very strong low block punisher.
B+K - in certain situation this will avoid a lot of his pokes/mixups... and this will lead you into NSS which isn't that bad of an option.
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stance game...
more to come soon...
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anti prep/SE game
in general... the moves you're looking into are.
88B - beats out a lot of his options other than Prep K and SE A
B+K or back step, B+K - will more or less beat out any other options that 88B doesn't beat out..... the back step might not be necessary depending on range and his options.. for some cases like 3(B) (blocked) -> prep K this can't be back stepped but B+K will work to beat it.
A+B - might not be a bad idea here either... i think aside from Prep K and MAYBE prep A+B (gotta test again...) it beats other options if you manage to block a move that goes into prep... if they do SE A (the fastest SE move) they can still manage to block the revenge in time...
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more to come later...
but so far.. i feel... the risk/reward is in favor for NM....
-LAU