Low Punch

I've had trouble with countering with an elbow after blocking low punch (I think because of lag on XBL) but I've found that I have better luck with countering first with my own low punch to regain advantage.

That's block their low punch then counter with low punch -> elbow. This is against someone spamming low punches.

 

Sometimes i hate online mode - it forces me to pick up bad habits, like this one /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif

 

I'm glad to see it's not just me. I have this problem happen much more often in ranked battles than in player matches.

 

I've had tremendous success evade-attacking low punch spam. Plus most characters' evade attack pushes the opponent back far enough that another low punch will whiff.

 

The problem is smart players will then low punch to bait the OM, then half-circular the offense move...

 

Yeah, but a lot of people like to abuse low punch and throw it out after almost every move they do that grants neutral advantage or disadvantage (for them). If you can anticipate it from this standpoint, you can really condition them to block after unsafe moves (it beats ETE) then you can start throwing after blocking your opponent's attacks; even after ones for which a throw isn't guaranteed on block.

 

Just had to chime in and say I met my first real low-punch spammer tonight. The guy was using Lau and LP'd like a freaking machine gun. It surprised me so much at first he actually won the first round. I think he thought it was some kind of force field or something because he kept trying to do it and I would step back and pick him off. Needless to say the next three rounds were mine.