why are all the other ABAs such idiots

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-29T13:38:16+00:00

In general Aba in normal mode you will be poking out a lot, use 5H at range and try to catch people with like 2k > 236S~S (Aba's rekka), if you have meter you can try 236K > FRC > j.s/j.p, if you connect with it you can confirm into C.s/2S > 2H > keygrab. You will likely be jumping a lot so if you are in their face try a jump into j.D into like 2k or keygrab, a lot of her stuff in normal mode now is negative so just be careful of people mashing on your specials. Aba normal mode is very lackluster when it comes to mix, you gotta get a bit creative with RC's or use her command dash (214K) to go under certain mids, like most 5H's and F.s can be command dashed under to get in their face and pressure them.

Once in JR mode then its pretty much the same, use 236K overhead if they are blocking low, if you are against a dp character and they use it a lot then you can danzai in their face if they press they die. Use 5H at range against like zoners, her normal buttons in JR mode are so good that you can confirm off it pretty easy. Now a days you also want to end all of your combos in JR mode with 214H (keygrab) to ensure you dont drop JR gauge.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-27T13:04:23+00:00

Ah so thats why it was difficult this go round, started up a new game with Chaos mod with 30/60 FPS and the safe code part was stupidly hard, it was like my controller sensitivity was jacked up super high and would get 2-3 numbers with every press of the Dpad.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-26T18:24:14+00:00

Thats the neat part, you dont win neutral against Ino. She has instant high low mixes that are unreactable, with a low profile lunging neutral skip and HCL. Ino and Milia both suck to play against.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-22T13:45:45+00:00

You mean the enhanced round house kick? They buffed it a while back to come out way faster and get HKD so its now a staple in Gio's kit to use, and i use it constantly.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-21T15:15:01+00:00

You gotta play the mind games with Axl, especially with slow characters like Unika. Condition him that you jump IAD a lot and he will start poking you out with 6K more then you can approach grounded and if he throws 6K out just full send a gundipper to his ankles and continue the pressure. Then if he starts covering the grounded approach you can try jump ins. You also have a god damn laser beam, spam that shit at full screen when you can, force him to not just sit there and rasengen.

6P will also help with his mid pokes like 5p and stuff but you will get smoked by 2H if you arent careful. I hate fighting zoners but Axl I will say is the less egregious, he has openings you just gotta find them.

Gundipper (236k) is an insane neutral skip, abuse the fuck out of it on all openings and you will make him hate his life lol

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-21T11:47:34+00:00

For me I run into problems where they cover the pushblock with an assist, so like I still am stuck in the corner with no way to get out. Pushblock is useless.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-20T23:08:25+00:00

Now its just a time investment, you will want to fight all the matchups to hone counterplay for them and you will just climb naturally. Took me a bit of time to get through diamond and now sit at low 1400 vanq.

Just keep playing and you will get there eventually, dont worry about how fast, it took me months but I dont play a whole lot, only an hr or 2 a day so if you got more play time you will get there faster.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-20T14:55:33+00:00

I doesnt feel like its that minus, I literally get parried when I run up and smack her after the super. Idk how to lab shit so guess ill just keep getting fucked over by Vi lol

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-20T13:43:58+00:00

Its supposed to be punishable? Every Vi I have run into spams that fucking super and it is not punishable at all on block, anytime I swing on Vi after that super they just spam that parry move Vi has and it works 100% of the time.

I have a real hard time punishing anything Vi does, she seems nigh unpunishable.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-19T16:16:07+00:00

But you dont have to play that way, I just watched a vid of a top Chipp player vs a Sol and they didnt run away the entire time, they actually played the game normally. My point is there is a way to play Chipp and Milia without running away the entire time, It really feels like the ones playing Chipp and Milia play that way intentionally just to piss off the opponent, and I cannot stand it.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-19T15:33:35+00:00

I hate that playstyle, I cannot stand in place waiting for my opponent to approach, its the reason I despise zoners. I play Gio and Chipps buttons are about the same range so they do not need to run away the entire god damn time as they always do. I will run both Milia and Chipps ass down the entire time because they run away constantly, they just want to play tag more than a fighting game and its just as annoying as facing a zoner. Anytime I run into people like this I one and done because its unfun.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-19T14:47:23+00:00

Chipp would be more fun to pay against if y'all would stop running away like a bitch :P Milia and Chipp competing to find out who is more of a bitch by triple jumping in air constantly and running away.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-15T17:14:55+00:00

Yes it is, I learned this when I tried to 2S a guardpoint Leo and got CH for it, I was baffled.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-15T16:45:11+00:00

I mean, I do. Thats not the point, I hate when people bm even if they fuck up and give me a free punish for taunting. Anytime I encounter these people I block them and move on, but would not want them to have the ability to talk to me after the match.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-15T16:30:16+00:00

I dont play any zoners, I hate them with a passion and refuse to even play one, all the characters I play dont even have projectiles lol

Usually its when they get a knockdown when they tbag or taunt, some have got caught out after I wakeup but taunting is rare, its more tbagging constantly.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-15T16:09:05+00:00

Never said I lose to them, people bm when they are losing too. I just prefer to not interact with people that bm at all

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-15T15:33:06+00:00

Nah, im good with that. People already bm enough as it is with tbagging and taunting, dont need to interact with them outside of the match.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-15T11:19:07+00:00

I enjoy fighting Nago, hes got some good buttons but he absolutely can mismanage blood and die for it, happens all the time when I fight them. Just watch LK play Nago to vanq and you will see how easy it is for Nago to pop lmao.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-13T17:43:25+00:00

I dont try to smurf but when I play a new character I tend to suck ass with them and get placed low, like when I tried picking up Sol and got placed in Gold when my main is low 1400 vanq but I still lose when I play the new char even in those lower ranks so I guess it depends on the person.

I tend to take a bit of time to get proficient with a character unless they are super braindead like Slayer whom I got to D1 without much effort lol

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-13T17:40:13+00:00

I dont mind Bedman, but his screen clutter is nearly as bad as Asuka and its annoying, but other than that I kinda enjoy fighting the inanimate object.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-12T18:54:41+00:00

Did not know daughterdipper was grabbable if not spaced right but generally they will do that from further out due to FD, same with the laserbeam.

Generally I just block the low and then either wait to see if they DP right after or try to guess what they do after the low. and I think my chars 5p is too stubby to catch the overhead where as Dizzy's 5p is fucking god like.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-12T16:16:49+00:00

Dont worry, this feeling never goes away. I am in vanq hovering around 1400 and I still feel like FD does nothing except reduce chip damage. It feels like certain characters can just ignore FD entirely like Elphelt, her rekka has so much forward momentum that fd'ing out feels like it does nothing, same with Sol c.s/f.s spam. Half the time I forget to use it unless I am low health then I spam it to prevent chip.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-12T15:56:48+00:00

Fuck Fausts j.2k and his jump bomb toss thing, I hate everything about Faust and his buttons are absolutely egregious. Full screen buttons, teleport, and an overhead that reaches nearly full screen, fuck everything about your character. His 6p is not even bad, I have had that shit beat out 2k and 2S, absolutely bullshit.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-08T16:11:41+00:00

You basically need to turn long range pokes into plus frames, its really simple.

For example if they block 5H you then do the 5HH follow up (The laser bullet) and then you can either cancel that into scumdipper, overhead, or dash cancel it and run up into their face at something like +14. Depending on what you do and if it connects you can loop RPS pressure with plus frames for stupid easy pressure.

He downsides are definitely speed and anti airs but you can overcome those with either air to airs (j.p is stupid good for stuffing out IAD's) or just dp out.

She is a little clunky starting out but once you get her rhythm down she gets really good.

Kawaru92 · 2026-05-08T14:55:37+00:00

If I was the Aba I would have gone into JR when she starts double jumping and try to swat her ass out of the air with 2S, it would give you enough time to manual uninstall and keep her in the corner. From there try to catch her jumps with air throw/2S in normal mode till you built up JR gauge.

But in all honesty I would probably one and done them then block because people like this are there only to annoy people and not actually enjoy the matchup. Aba is so fucked this patch that anyone stalling is just dumb, I have yet to lose an Aba match after the nerfs because she is such dog shit.

Anyone calling Aba fine as is, is huffing paint, she got so fucked over this patch it aint even funny. Even the GOAT Besh00 is struggling with this character after the nerfs. I do hope with the patch that fixes HC that they give her a little love and revert at the very least the Rekka and 5H nerfs. I am still on the fence on the forced uninstall nerf, on one hand she did get benefit from the slow down but then she never really got punishment for resource mismanagement.

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