Free Step Dodge

It can definitely be slow-escaped. I've tested it in training before.

You can slow escape at fastest to prevent the 66k sitdown after 7p.

If timed right it cannot be slow escaped

I tested it in free training for a good hour just yesterday. Rendering is right. It can't be slow escaped

You don't need an hour to figure out it can be. Turn on Com Options > Stagger Escape > Fastest. The only thing guaranteed is if you reach the critical threshold after 66k, then the CB is guaranteed after it.

That is true, and it took an hour because i was looking into defending against all his options in bend stance and various different setups

No reason to label it as 'broken', though. There are multiple characters in the game who have setups that grant guaranteed critical stuns or similar things, so it's nothing special only Rig has.

That's true, there are setups that gurantee a hit and can result in critical stun status. Feint stuns and unholdables etc. but.. all rig has to do is land K on counter hit. your opponent is then forced to choose from all his stance options, if guessed wrong everything else is gurantee'd including a CB.

To guarantee a critical stun is one thing, but to guarantee an entire setup into a CB is another. You usually have that one last chance to guess. That's just my opinion though. I find DoA to be one of the most balanced fighters out there, but I wish TN were aware of just afew things to achieve further balance.

Jr_Airness loves those sds lol.

Lol it can def be SE'd. ^ This guy right here loves to SE them

And, when defending at the utmost best level against Rig's stance options, its a difficult guessing game against the player using Rig, as well. So, going back to fundamentals and knowledge of the game is good.

That's actually the reason why I went to the lab with Rig XD Trying to defend against that setup of his. The only thing I found out is despite his stance leaving him at +1 on block, a generic 10 frame P still outbeats everything but KK. But that's on block. It's very easy to get a CH with Rig's i11 kick. I'd hate to try and guess a hold with how many options he has in his stance on counter hit.

Uh oh he's onto me o_o

Yep, and that +1 is only so helpful in reality lol. Don't know how many times I've been mashed out by others, while being in stance and even having advantage. TN give Rig 5 more GBs! lmao jk

lool. Ryu > Marie B). Oh yea, sry for leaving you hanging that one night tho, kinda disconnected really randomly and ended up just going to bed cuz my internet got messed

It can't though. Unless it's an online thing. What I did was in free training, I set the AI to start recording with select + left. input the setup and hit select + right to end the recording. I let Rig stun me and i tried mashing the holds as fast as i could. It's guarantee'd as long as you don't delay it. I tried guarding while slow escaping too. No luck.

Ah no worries. those were great matches!

Hmm, I think I know the answer. I tested this with counter hit on. If the setup isn't a counter hit it can be slow escaped. Like in a prevoius comment, the mid K sds has to be in critical stun status already or the CB is holdable.

Lol Yep, exactly. There's very few that Rig has "guarantees" of, if any at all