Kage Basics

+ works very well after a short backdash. In a lot of minor disadvantage situations + will beat elbows and other short ranged attacks along with all highs.

Good things to do + after:

any stagger wthout backdash
(guard/hit/MC)
+ (guard/hit/MC)
+ (guard/hit/MC)
+ (hit)
+ or + (MC) without backdash
++ (guard)
(guard/hit/MC)
+ (hit/MC)
++ (guard)
after ++ is escaped

The best thing about + is that not only is it safe (-6), but it recovers crouching, so you can easily just fuzzy guard after it gets blocked. Also, you are in a great position to do reverse nitaku against throw/delay throw/delay attack with + (thanks IMF).

 

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doesnt it beat low punch at a disadvantage too without the backdash? ive only played a bit of kage but i never noticed that thing about how you can fuzzy after - how awesome

 

In certain situations yes, like in tactics advice where they tell you + (blocked) --> +. It doesn't beat + in every similar (-4) situation though. It beats + there because of range; Kage's elbow has a small pushback effect (along with a shitty hitbox) that creates some space between him and the opponent when it's blocked. Of course + has some distancing effect itself when he leans back, hence why it works well after a blocked + or a backdash.

 

Thanks man, it was exactly this kind of information that I was looking for. /versus/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I will be posting some media clips in the near future,
If you see any situations where I should have used this move (or any other stuff) please leave a comment.