Head movement tips?

[Granbyroll]

Whenever I try to slip and I know the strike is coming I always seem to just get punished. Its too hard to slip the jab theres no way to reactively slip anything which I think is a huge mistake. It makes the game feel sloppy. When I try to block and pull the hook preemptively I still get hit. Tips?

[VitoBurrito]

Re: Head movement tips?

I haven’t played a ton, everthing is a guessing game, seems a little easier to react after you block 1 or 2 strikes, stand up in 3 feels way more accurate, 4 seems alot more glitchy, botched exchanges that make no sense, I’m not confident that anything will be done about, real shame too

[tomitomitomi]

Re: Head movement tips?

You will never slip jabs reactively online because of latency no matter how realistic the game is.

Anyway the same tips as always apply. Avoid slipping randomly for no reason because it's high variance and use slips as counters once you've made reads.

[UFCBlackbelt]

Re: Head movement tips?

I recommend focusing on developing your understanding of rhythm and the head movement will naturally will come. You need to be quick which means you can’t “look” for strikes and be obvious about it. I prefer minor slips over major.

I regret watching Jaime Suave fights and going into matches looking for pull uppercuts because I would always time it wrong. Once i did the above my countering really took a next level

[johnmangala]

Re: Head movement tips?

It seems that you can't counter immediately after pulling while holding block, even tho there you no longer block while leaning back anymore. Seems like an oversight.

Idk why they removed it, many times I sway back and get caught with straights when before I blocked while leaning back, or being able to block your body while leaning back to muffle damage from body knees/strikes.

[Granbyroll]

Re: Head movement tips?

You will never slip jabs reactively online because of latency no matter how realistic the game is.

Anyway the same tips as always apply. Avoid slipping randomly for no reason because it's high variance and use slips as counters once you've made reads.

Can't read someone who throws one strike at a time.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Head movement tips?

I recommend focusing on developing your understanding of rhythm and the head movement will naturally will come. You need to be quick which means you can’t “look” for strikes and be obvious about it. I prefer minor slips over major.

I like his explanation. That's a good way to approach working more of it into your game.

I generally use a lot of head movements in my fights. A lot of it is just to gauge their reaction and learn their rhythm. If you're looking to matrix every strike, you're going to be in for hard times because you're vulnerable when you're not blocking.

However, you definitely can slip on reaction for those slower strikes with a bit of a windup. The front kicks to the face are also easy to slip away from. However, with straight punches, it's often more about knowing what's coming and moving based on that knowledge.

[tomitomitomi]

Re: Head movement tips?

Can't read someone who throws one strike at a time.

Sure you can. Predicting that your opponent is going to throw a strike is a read.

[RetractedMonkey]

Re: Head movement tips?

You can do a half circle on the stick while standing still to avoid combos unless you get unlucky. Don't twirl it like an idiot (which does work a lot of the time, but you'd be a bum to do that), but you can smoothly circle to drain them. Other than that, the slip straight (or rear hook if you don't care about being hated) is your best friend when coming into range against someone jabbing. Slip straight into lead hook (I choose to back up into a leg kick afterwards) will deal big damage on any strike slipped.

Pocket fighters that use a lot of hooks and uppercuts can be pull countered into either an elbow or uppercut (have to let go of block before moving the right stick at ALL) but you have to be confident in using them which will take time. Many times you'll get hit with a straight punch so it helps to learn what combos they throw before trying this.

Blocking punches slows the next punch in a chain down significantly. You can use this mechanic to read a strike and react accordingly. Say an opponent hits me with a hook and I know he'll follow up with a straight, since I blocked the hook I have more time to place my slip (again, have to let go of block).