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Chapstick
Chapstick
High damage and likely high active frames :x I can crush low wakeups with Phase 4's 33P
Forlorn Penguin
Forlorn Penguin
... Bankotsubo's? Are you playing DOA4 or DOAD?

If so, this is quite interesting because I'm certain that that move had no practical use whatsoever in those games.
Aerospark
Aerospark
DOAD. I was playing the A.I on True Fighter and I went to do a mid wake up kick and he fucking sumo stomped me literally back to back like wtf the fuck kind of shit
Chapstick
Chapstick
In 5 if a move has higher damage and connects on the very first active frame of a WU kick, it'll beat it out. It's probably like that in dimensions.
Forlorn Penguin
Forlorn Penguin
Interesting. Seems like it'd be risky and hard to time though, so I'm still going to consider the move "mostly useless", but this would be worth looking into, if that game were relevant.

Did it launch you, so he could followup?

I'm wondering if this could also work in DOA4.
Aerospark
Aerospark
It launched me high enough for a 7KP, I think?? But he didn't do anything after crushing my wake up kick. I tested it with Nyotengu, and her sumo stomp crushes mid wake ups with precise timing as well and bounced them off the ground. e3e..
Forlorn Penguin
Forlorn Penguin
I know that Nyo's 4H+K has actual uses. What I found shocking was that Bankotsubo's did.

I'd assume that his will launch high enough for 7KP and maybe even 8PPP (which does 1 more damage), but I don't remember how high a CH launch is in DOAD.
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