This is a tricky thing to pull off against sway spammers that are actual good with the fundamentals of the game, but it can still work. Mainly this strategy is for people who ONLY start combos or strikes off of sways. You've probably already faced it, in fact.
I reintroduce you all. . . to hook spam.
Now, the obvious flaw in this strategy is the duck, right? Wrong. You can only be ducked while spamming hooks if you are moving. Moving hooks lose the speed advantage of stationary hooks.
If you are standing still in punch/clinch range of your opponent and you are the FIRST to throw a strike, your hooks CANNOT be stopped or avoided. They can only be blocked or moved away from.
The best way to use this strategy is to establish that your opponent is indeed being way too predictable with his sways (of any direction). You then hold high block and get into range. You can either take a chance and fire first, but it is safer to wait and take the sway uppercut/hook on your block first and THEN start firing your hooks because often they spammer will immediately try to sway and strike again when blocked. Once your opponent gets wise to what you're doing, you'll have to start getting the timing right and firing before them to catch their sway. This works against ducks and side sways. I haven't tested the lean back though.
Now, if you are fighting someone who knows what they are doing, you can be baited into losing stamina either on their guard or via the back lunge. That's why I qualified this at the beginning. It isn't an instant cure-all to sway spam, only something to help you out in dealing with it until we get a proper fix. Hope it helps.
Feel free to ask any questions.
I reintroduce you all. . . to hook spam.
Now, the obvious flaw in this strategy is the duck, right? Wrong. You can only be ducked while spamming hooks if you are moving. Moving hooks lose the speed advantage of stationary hooks.
If you are standing still in punch/clinch range of your opponent and you are the FIRST to throw a strike, your hooks CANNOT be stopped or avoided. They can only be blocked or moved away from.
The best way to use this strategy is to establish that your opponent is indeed being way too predictable with his sways (of any direction). You then hold high block and get into range. You can either take a chance and fire first, but it is safer to wait and take the sway uppercut/hook on your block first and THEN start firing your hooks because often they spammer will immediately try to sway and strike again when blocked. Once your opponent gets wise to what you're doing, you'll have to start getting the timing right and firing before them to catch their sway. This works against ducks and side sways. I haven't tested the lean back though.
Now, if you are fighting someone who knows what they are doing, you can be baited into losing stamina either on their guard or via the back lunge. That's why I qualified this at the beginning. It isn't an instant cure-all to sway spam, only something to help you out in dealing with it until we get a proper fix. Hope it helps.
Feel free to ask any questions.
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