Learning Whiff Punishing from Leshar
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A way to whiff punish strings designed to beat retaliation buttons.
For example, against JP’s:
cr.MK on block >
cr.MP or
st.MK buffer/placement
Leshar uses options such as:
walk back > crouch block > Terry
cr.MK whiff punish
walk back > slight walk forward > Akuma st.HP whiff punish
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After blocking a max range
cr.MK,
if you simply crouch block and wait to whiff punish,
strings like:
cr.MK >
st.MK
often end up getting guarded instead.
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So instead, he uses:
block
cr.MK
walk back
slight walk forward
press HP after seeing the whiff
This makes it easier to whiff punish
both
cr.MP and
st.MK placements.
If st.HP is too difficult,
using
st.LK is also fine.
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However,
slightly deeper
cr.MK
cr.MK
type strings can catch the walk back,
making this option lose.