Today I played in a PSN tournament. I’m still in it at the time of writing this, but first I played against EmblemLord, who’s a pretty well-known Sagat player. I really got steamrolled, I couldn’t get a TK game going. He had this advice to give me after 2-0 ‘ing me:
« Prev：Matchup problems / Improvement? Another Dorion Level-Up Session：Next »[16:29] <PS3|EmblemLord> ggs[16:29] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> GGs, man.[16:29] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Any advice?[16:29] <PS3|EmblemLord> solid play[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> i know u werent used to karas and shit[16:30] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Yeah, that really caught me off guard, haha.[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> no viper is cuz all sagats online are ass[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> uhh play ur seismo game[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> u dont want me at mid range[16:30] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Kara upper dodged my Ex seismo, that bothered me.[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> hahah[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> yeah that move has massive start-up time[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> so by the time it came out[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> i had already TUed[16:30] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> You were already TU’d, yeah.[16:30] <PS3|EmblemLord> i know it was ur best option at midscreen so i went for it[16:31] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> *nods*[16:31] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Good shit, man.[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> nah i suck[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> hmmm just better mix-ups well ur mix-ups were ok[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> u did ok on wake-up[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> becareful thugh[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> ur best option is axctually backdash[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> sagat cant really OS it like a shoto[16:31] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Alright.[16:31] <PS3|EmblemLord> he has to guess u will back dash if he wants to kara tu or something[16:32] <PS3|EmblemLord> other then that block alot[16:32] <PS3|EmblemLord> tk is grabbable and ex seismo is easily baited[16:32] <PS3|EmblemLord> be careful[16:32] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Noted.[16:32] <PS3|EmblemLord> be ready to beat thiose TU’s during ur close pressure strings[16:32] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Beat?[16:32] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Or bait?[16:32] <PS3|EmblemLord> i didnt really mash them out but if sagat gets scared u gotta be ready for that[16:32] <PS3|EmblemLord> *bait my bad[16:33] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Cool.[16:33] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> How about Tiger Knees?[16:33] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> What’s a good answer to those?[16:33] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Backdash?
[16:34] <PS3|EmblemLord> block it out son[16:34] <PS3|EmblemLord> if u htink u see a gap u can fierce tk or backdask[16:34] <PS3|EmblemLord> *dash[16:34] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Gotcha.[16:34] <PSN|Tsukiyoumi> Cool, thanks for all of that.