[CP] Hazama vs. Iron Tager

[AMB Bakery]

Discuss the Matchup here! OP will be edited as information is collected.

Overview

Neutral

Spacing and Movement

Chain Zoning

Offense

Approach

Pressure and Okizeme

Defense

Approach

Pressure and Okizeme

Retaliation

その他

[Ctrlaltwtf]

Not much is different this time around. Never try to pressure him with a blocked Ouroboros cuz he'll just 5A you every single time. Zone him carefully and approach when you land a good Ouroboros, preferably one that hits him or hits his block while he's in the air. Tager can never airdash or doublejump so if you hit his block in the air with Ouroboros he always has to fall back to the ground. You can use this moment to setup your next chain. For this same reason, Jakou is usually pretty safe on Tager so long as it hits his block at least. Not much he can do afterwards to punish you unless he's really close. Combined with the fact that his jump is super slow and obvious, you can get a lot of mileage out of Jakou during neutral in this MU.

He can surprise you with j2C if he's above you, which can be a real pain to AA on Hazama sometimes. Recommend you never try to AA this if you can help it. Instead just zone the crap out of him.

Hazama doesn't like GF oki and never will. You have to block, even if you don't like it. If you expect a gimmick or a throw is coming do your best to avoid it.

Don't ever be afraid to CA to get him away from you.

Always end combos with Jabaki and Jakou. Don't go for routes that end with Hiren or Ressenga. Hazama has no desire or need to oki him at close range so we don't want these setups.

[Blackwing55]

You can mind game Tagers with oki though you are correct it's better to avoid. On wake up of GF you can back step or super jump and be safe from a 5A prod so that's useful but since Hazama lacks a dp be careful with your options since they're punishes.

[ThatFreeDudeOnBlazblue]

I just love how people go on and talk about zoning the crap out of him while never even mentioning his B sledge.
Super armor + ridiculous close-in is really a pain for me.

[LaowPing]

If you're far away enough, you can wait for him to miss and punish with 3C for a free 4k+ combo. If it's closer, either back dash to be barely out of range or super jump back (you can even super jump and chain past him if you're close to being pushed to the corner).