Free Step Dodge

you're just finding this out? then again tkd characters always tend to be ridiculous, hworang, sarah, rig, tkd scroll, zin tkd scroll, whats his face from kof

Once he starts applying pressure and getting those +1 advantages it's hard to get him off you once he builds momentum

@Camel with 2 thumbs - Explain. Rig mostly. Rig is definitely a great character, but something tells me people are jumping the gun on this one.

Online Rig or Offline Rig? Online Rig, God help us.

He's voiced by the same guy as Kain from Final Fantasy 4, Nephrite from Sailor Moon, Caius Ballad in Final Fantasy XIII-2, and friggin' Asura from Asura's Wrath, and you're just now convinced how ridiculous he is?

Better late than never, I suppose...

I take back my previous statement, i just remember juri is a tkd practicioner and she is buttz, in sfv at least. in sf4 she was good but hard to use

anyways, @Chaos I remember making a similiar statement when talking to E-mann a long time ago. We were chatting it up and i went on a mini rant about how much i hate rig, after said rant he tells me...

"I think it's just that rig is a counter versus the way you play the game, which is very defensive and slower paced, rig excels at breaking through that kind of playstyle, that's you why you need to pick up multiple play styles to deal with multiple characters."

@Force_of_Nature OH MAH GLOB YESS!! Soooo irritating

i dont know your playstyle @Chaos, but is it possible that you're in the same boat as I was?

@DestructionBomb Rig is like a can of pringles, once he pops, he just don't stop

on the realz, he's just one of those characters who plays the game at a very fast pace and is hard to keep up with, similar to helena and christie and the like (that said i'd fight helena and christie over rig anyday) Rig's gonna do what Rig's gonna do and if you cant keep up ggs buddy

what specifically makes him annoying? that's a little harder to pin point, bending stance seems to be the best answer, the fast start ups, the plus frames, the annoyingly fast recovery, the low option that can lead to death, the reset throw, there's alot of stuff there can make your blood boil and make you feel like every decision you made was the wrong one

@Camel with 2 thumbs When I hear defensive and slower paced, that's automatically in the category of the player putting Rig in that defensive situation. I play with Hoodless for example from time to time and even Jaegar when he gets on where they play in a different manner.

Regarding Rig, not only is this character dependent, but this vastly differs from the situation at hand and how you approach characters. It sounds like a struggle if you are playing Nyotengu or Honoka/Ein. Issues may stem from here or something else.

When I play Leon or Raidou against Rig, I barely have issues whatsoever despite slower neutral speed, shorter jab range, and losing trades at neutral. You could 2P the low/high setup since he's -5, you could jab from the mid/high one off bending stance, two of the strings doesn't track. Honestly, the one you need to worry about is that high palm stun with reach.

I rather fight Rig than Christie. Nothing to do with the sidestep, it's the fact that a shit ton of her strings midway cancelled has short recovery to where she can pop in a special freestep as you want to interrupt her during free cancel interruption. Her special freestep is even considered a low stance so you can't even forward throw it.

me preferring to fight christie (and helena for that matter) over rig has more to do with me being familiar with their stuff. i played christie for a hot minute and i used to play helena a bunch in vanilla, i've labbed stuff vs rig but never actually used him in a match

as for the bending stance counters, yeah there's a counter for all of his options, his fast plus highs can be crushed, his fastest mid option has 14 start up so you can jab it even if he's plus provided your jab is fast enough,

and the low doesn't track so you can step it (it does has a follow up but since the follow up 1. doesn't give as much advantage as the low and 2. pushes back hella far for some reason, you rarely see that string get completed