DOA Q&A
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As soon as I get a hold of them, I'll share with the rest of the forum but neither TK press site I have access to has them up.
So why is there a lack of Brad material online? Are people not interested or is he just bad?
I think the character is very original with loads of mix ups. Some tips and combos would be nice.
I think the character is very original with loads of mix ups. Some tips and combos would be nice.
Raansu
Well-Known Member
Is he Zafina level of bad or Kuma level of bad?
The Tekken kbdc works, but you can free/hold cancel it too, though the latter is prone to accidental mid punch holds and not reliable with the DOA buffer system.
Makes me miss reverse back-dashing from DOA1.
Makes me miss reverse back-dashing from DOA1.
Baron West
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Characters with various stances&transitions, high/low teching&crushing moves and other deceptive gimmicks can only be successful when they have a solid core move set to fallback on. Unlike Shun-Di and Lei-Wulong Brad has very weak fundamental moves. As a result Brad has to be overly reliant on confusing his opponents and teching their moves to get counter hits. This is impossible to consistently do against an opponent of the same skill level.
Thus Brad is weak, despite being fun to play. I'd say he's TTT Kuma level of bad. Assuming you know Kuma better than your opponent knows they're character, and factor in that they've never played a good Kuma, you can be a big threat.
Most of the Brad's I've seen online have been unremarkable, except for maybe...4?
I played this character with Rev the other day. He's hard to use properly and he's fundamentally flawed in many different ways. He can't compete with fast characters and you need plenty of effort just to win a round or two.
Comparing him to Kuma is unfair, because Kuma on the other hand has solid fundamentals and punish along with good setups while Brad is slow and only has mixups and set ups which aren't that good to begin with.
To call him technical wouldn't be accurate because he doesn't have many stance transitions.
Comparing him to Kuma is unfair, because Kuma on the other hand has solid fundamentals and punish along with good setups while Brad is slow and only has mixups and set ups which aren't that good to begin with.
To call him technical wouldn't be accurate because he doesn't have many stance transitions.
Sorry for double post, but Bass questions:
I noticed Bass' DOA4 hcf throw is 20f. Is this also the same with the 3.1/3.2 throw or was it 16f?
Also, do you need to dash cancel > 6pk after his 4throw launch for 9pkp to connect? I can just use qcf p or 3p for the 6pk to connect, but I didn't bother adding 9pkp at the end (I was just messing around in casuals).
3.1/3.2 was a 16 frame throw.
It's best to dash cancel after 9K in order to get 6PK. His best juggle against middle weights is the following:
4F+P9K66F6PK9P9K236P6KP2F+P
236P is doable off of 4F+P but the hit box is awkward and the relaunch as well. 9PKP is decent but sacrifices damage but you can get a guaranteed crouch dash to 2F+P off of it.
I typically only do 9PKP if the juggle height is lower than I expect once I hit the 9P or I'm at the wall and want to avoid doing 9P9K.
It's best to dash cancel after 9K in order to get 6PK. His best juggle against middle weights is the following:
4F+P9K66F6PK9P9K236P6KP2F+P
236P is doable off of 4F+P but the hit box is awkward and the relaunch as well. 9PKP is decent but sacrifices damage but you can get a guaranteed crouch dash to 2F+P off of it.
I typically only do 9PKP if the juggle height is lower than I expect once I hit the 9P or I'm at the wall and want to avoid doing 9P9K.
Sounds very interesting. I haven't seen that juggle done before, so I'll try it out. Might wow hurricane rev a little since he was surprised at how good 3.2 Bass really is. He hates the guessing game out of his ground pick-up in particular.
Have you been in touch with the TN guys lately?
Have you been in touch with the TN guys lately?
Not against walls you don't.
Also, shhh, don't tell him anything.
Also, shhh, don't tell him anything.
Does he get frame advantage out of ground picks ups or is it neutral? It would be pretty good if he gets 2 or 3f adv from his DOA5 pick up.