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A.B.A vs Testament

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A.B.A vs. Testament Japanese ranking: 4.5-5.5 Testament This fight is largely about blocking well and keeping your cool. Patience is very important against Testament, or you will get eaten alive by his nets, trees, souls, 6K, f.S, 2H, 6H, and EXEs. To beat Testament you have to dismantle him, step by step. Step A: Match Start If you start with a Bloodpack, he can start with a combo into Badlands knockdown + Oki. If he Fwd EXEs, you tech away. If you start with a 5K, you should recover before a Fwd or Badlands hits you (I -think-), recover to respond to a jump or backdash, and can catch him if he dashes in. If you start with an IAD j.H, you will crush his Fwd EXE into KG Combo, but lose to Badlands / dj.S, or what have you. If you start with a backdash you create some space for yourself, but watch him carefully. Dry packing against Testament is generally ill advised, since he's more than likely able to knock you down into oki regardless of where you are. 5H xx Bloodpack is AOK! Get him to block that 5H and go to step B. Step B: Moroha Mode Now we're playing a game. You're going to have to deal with a lot of stuff. Normals: 6K cancelled into his specials, f.S/j.S which both have sick range and sick recovery, 6H which has huge range, but is eh on block and terribad for him on whiff. 2H, the slide where he disappears, has slight invincibility and will combo into knockdown, but it can absolutely be baited and comboed for 40%+ and/or danzaied. His 5H ain't bad either, so if you're in its range don't forget to shake. Also, it's important that you try your damndest to REACT TO, not guess, against his 6P. Specials: Fwd EXE is public enemy number one. It comes out the second frame possible, which means if there's an attack box over him, he will be getting comboed, but if not, that damn dinosaur is coming out whether you like it or not. This means if you throw out an attack and he Fwds, you are getting CHed and knocked down. This also means if he FRCless Fwds, your IAD or jump rapes and scrapes him. Fwd is also +Frames, so be very careful when you choose to swing or move, and watch for throws. Back EXE is NOT +Frames unless cancelled. Disable nets when you can, preferably with low recovery moves like 5P/5K/j.P, or at range with 5H and 2S. Watch out for trees and souls, punish badlands with IB 5K or f.S, and yes, Gravedigger does have invincibility, and yes, FD it if you're in the air (I think, better to be safe than sorry :X) Also, Nightmare Circle (LOLSUP SKULL super) is +frames on block. Testament's mixup is very basic, but he can smoke and mirrors (obscure his sprite with net and trees) his way to easy combo xx knockdowns if you're guessing. He can really vary where the mixup comes, too. f.S 6P / f.S 2K; 2P 2P 2K; 2K 6P; and so on. Instant blocking the hit before a Fwd like 2D gives you the exit window you need to GTFO. Vs this guy, he has strength on the ground, which will tempt you to go to the air. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. He has the tools to influence your movement decisions, and if you fall prey to that, you're going to get air to aired, anti aired, air thrown, and what have you. Don't play "my j.H crushes your airthrow" games (though that situation will surely arise.) Don't be predictable. And when you finally do crack this tough bastard, believe you me, it's rewarding. Special Section for Awesome People: In Normal Mode, if Testament does blocked 2D xx Frcless Fwd EXE, you can slashback the Fwd xx IAD j.H land 5P 5K 2D Keygrab. Guaranteed. Not that ABA players are likely going to be Slashback masters, but hey, this is actually a pretty good SB to learn.

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I play this matchup pretty frequently, and another nice thing to do is try and slashback the 2d at the end of his gatlings. it's actually pretty easy once you practice it, and if he does anything but forward beast, you can get dash in whatever for free.

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reverse exe can have +frames if used as an okizeme so that it hits at the end of the animation. probably goes without saying, but I said it anyway. also, lol at posting this right after SB. good games.

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