Water Criticals

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Water Criticas is a new technique that allows you to attack your Water stunned opponent with greater safety. When fighting on slippery surfaces, some moves will leave your opponent in an extended version of the attacks stun. Unlike the normal stun, The water version of these stuns leaves your opponents in a greater disadvantage(takes longer for them to recover), allowing you to Free step to your opponents back and attack. However, your opponent is capable of Holding before you reach his/her back. If this happens, you can easily throw while you are transitioning from free step.


Here are some examples:

:bayman

Stun = Trip Stun
:2 :k :~ :2b or :2 :k :~ :8b

:bass

Stun = Trip Stun
:2 :k :~ :2b or :2 :k :~ :8b

:leon

Stun = Trip Stun
:2 :k :~ :2b or :2 :k :~ :8b

:zack

Stun = Trip Stun
:2 :f lus :k :~ :2b or :2 :f lus :k :~ :8b

:hitomi

Stun = Trip Stun
:2 :f lus :k :~ :2b or :2 :f lus :k :~ :8b

Bayman's :2 :k :~ :2b or :2 :k :~ :8b set up is the more simple versions of this technique. Some stuns leave you to far to just simply step around your opponent . You need to first dash in and than step, It should look like this: :6 :6 :2b or :6 :6 :8b. Here are a couple of examples of when exelerated step is needed:

:ayane

Stun = Back stagger Slip stun
:3 :~ :6 :6 :2b or :3 :~ :6 :6 :8b

:jann

Stun= Slip stun
:4 :~ :6 :6 :2b or :4 :~ :6 :6 :8b

Stun= Lift Stun
:3 :~ :6 :6 :2b or :3 :~ :6 :6 :8b