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Testament vs Sol

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I'd like to ask for help with this match-up. I normally rush down, but Sol has too many things that can push me back. Just dashing at him is pretty bad, because he can gun flame, VV, f.S, anything would beat Testament's normals from my experience. If I were to do a hs.EXE while rushing, he would just block and then jump and do air circle all day, or j.p or anything after blocking. Also, Sol's down dust makes him so low it's sickening. My f.S even goes above him, it's just sad.:gonk: Then there's my air approach, Testament has a fairly bad air arsenal for approaching from my experience. The only safe air approach I see is j.p all the way to him till you land and maybe toss some j.k's in there as well. Even if that were to hit, the prorate would just make the combo pointless. And all my air approaches can be countered with Sol's 6.p or maybe a VV if he's gutsy.:psyduck: When all hope of approach is lost, the last plan is to turtle. When turtling, the Sol can just destroy every trap planted and then drive in with a j.HS or any pressure string.:vbang: Conclusion: I'm having a hard to trying to find a counter to Sol's more prioritized moves like j.HS and j.P. Anyways to counter it? Testament's lack of invulnerable moves make me sad.

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6P anti-air's just about anything sol has to offer except maybe a deep jumping slash. Air to air a pre-emptive j.S should beat out anything unless he's already in your face. (same goes for pretty much every character though) gunflame gets rid of any webs on the ground from fairly safe distances, but leaves him vulnerable to S.Exe. watch out for wild throws, never EVER jump in on him...5k will hit you EVERY time. On that same note, watch out for tech traps...FD in the air when he's close. Be careful with okizeme since he can VV ESPECIALLY when he has 50% tension. if you have time to set up, you can really make a fortress for yourself which he can't really get in on you. I've noticed that skulls work pretty well in shutting him down too I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of at the moment :3

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Bonzai: the fact that you are trying to approach him in the first place is your biggest problem fS is not so good against sol unless very far or you have traps to help cover you. use 2S a lot instead cause his 2D won't go under that (though it may beat it depending on situation) trees are good stuff, just try to set out a lot of junk at range. I could use some advice for this matchup myself but I have a general idea what to do. honestly I know sol better than testament despite not playing as him at all, so I would mostly want testament stuff that's effective on sol in particular if there is any

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I would like to know what staple combos I can use against Sol, Im having difficulty getting a lot of BL reps against him...i.e. I can't get more than two off 2k,5c.S, 5S, HS, 2D, F EXE FRC, TK BL, TK BL......

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Anybody remember the matchup threads? Anybody feel confident discussing +r matchups at this point? I'm having trouble with this one. Mostly getting blown up in the neutral game.

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