[0:00] Hey guys, it's Rush. Hope you're doing
[0:01] well. Welcome back to the channel. This
[0:03] video today I'm covering Punishers for
[0:05] Alex. This is moves on block normals and
[0:07] specials. Not an in-depth video, just a
[0:09] very basic video to cover some of the
[0:11] key Punishers. So first move on the list
[0:14] is Alex's stand light kick. It's minus
[0:16] five on block. If you're close up
[0:19] you can get a punish counter stand jab
[0:22] that will link into crouching medium
[0:23] kick. If you're at moderate range, you
[0:26] won't get a stand light punch there. It
[0:28] won't reach. But if you're about this
[0:31] range, you can get a stand light kick
[0:33] punish.
[0:34] However, there is a problem with this
[0:36] because Alex can cancel the stand light
[0:38] kick into the light axe. Light axe is
[0:41] minus four on block.
[0:43] But you can't
[0:45] punish this. You're never in range to
[0:47] connect.
[0:49] If you try and take your turn back off
[0:51] the stand light kick or try and punish,
[0:53] the issue here is if you do stand light
[0:55] kick, you will get counter hit.
[0:57] If you do stand light punch, you can get
[1:00] a best a trade, which is not in your
[1:02] favor.
[1:04] Next on the list is Alex's stand medium
[1:06] kick. This is minus four on block, but I
[1:08] don't think you'll ever be at a range to
[1:10] punish this move.
[1:13] It pushes you back quite a bit and at
[1:15] the range Alex will use it at, you won't
[1:17] be able to connect.
[1:21] But you can see at close proximity
[1:24] you can get a jab punish counter into
[1:26] crouching medium kick. Non-charged stand
[1:29] heavy kick. This is a weird animation
[1:31] that you see. It actually slides Alex
[1:32] towards you. So it can be quite easy to
[1:35] mis-space when they uses it this attack.
[1:37] So if they mis-space it and slide into
[1:39] your range
[1:41] stand jab again is the option.
[1:44] It's very close or
[1:46] you can go into a crouching medium punch
[1:48] off the stand light punch. This is not a
[1:50] neutral button, it's an anti-air. But
[1:51] crouch heavy punch, if you do for some
[1:53] reason block this in the neutral, this
[1:55] is minus six on block.
[1:58] Close range you will get a crouching
[1:59] medium punch. And if it's at sort of
[2:02] range where the crouching medium punch
[2:03] doesn't connect, you could do level two
[2:05] to punish this. But it's not a neutral
[2:08] button to use.
[2:11] Alex's sweep is nothing special. It's
[2:13] not one of those sweeps where they do
[2:15] it, you get space and trapped or trying
[2:18] to sweep back. You can always sweep it.
[2:22] Stand heavy punch will also reach very
[2:24] far out.
[2:32] So Alex's jump down heavy punch dive
[2:34] attack. This has variable frame data
[2:36] depending on where it hits. So if it
[2:38] hits very high, the worst it's going to
[2:40] be is minus 14. I've seen it about minus
[2:43] 12 at close proximity as minus 12.
[2:46] You always get a crouch heavy punch
[2:48] there if badly spaced.
[2:52] If they're doing it and you're kind of
[2:53] close, you may want to do a stand jab
[2:56] just if you're not sure because you'll
[2:58] get a punish counter link into other
[3:00] buttons.
[3:03] Give you a warning, it can be made safe.
[3:06] That there was only minus one for Alex
[3:08] because it hit so late in the animation.
[3:12] So the two target combos, only the
[3:14] crouching light kick into crouch heavy
[3:16] kick is punishable. Now this is a weird
[3:18] string. I don't know what this is for.
[3:20] Maybe there's tech that I'm not aware
[3:21] of. But with this the There's two
[3:24] things. If you block the crouching light
[3:26] kick, you can just interrupt the cancel
[3:29] into the heavy kick with crouching light
[3:31] punch. You can throw that into target
[3:33] combo. If you block the whole thing
[3:36] it's minus 15 on block. So this is like
[3:39] mad punishable. You want to be doing
[3:41] stand heavy punch there I feel.
[3:44] Cuz you can go for the Jinrai, sorry,
[3:47] the dragon lash loops. So we're now
[3:49] looking at proud of stance and we're
[3:50] looking at the medium punch, the
[3:52] shoulder launcher out of proud of
[3:53] stance. Now this is minus six on block
[3:57] if you do end up blocking it.
[4:04] So you get your standard sort of like
[4:06] six frame Punishers. That was a stand
[4:08] medium punch link into crouch heavy
[4:09] punch. But you can do a crouching medium
[4:12] punch if you block it as well.
[4:18] But just be careful. If this hits a
[4:21] little later in the active frames, it
[4:23] won't actually be punishable. So that
[4:25] was actually minus five, so it's still
[4:26] punishable. If I try and get it
[4:28] somewhere about like there, yeah, there
[4:30] is minus three, not actually punishable.
[4:32] So be careful with this. You only want
[4:34] to try and go for a punish if you're
[4:36] kind of close. If you're not sure stand
[4:40] light punch into stand light kick or
[4:42] something like that for a punish. So the
[4:44] crouching heavy kick crouching heavy
[4:46] kick target combo out of proud of
[4:47] stance. This is a little bit of an odd
[4:50] move. So it has two hits. The first move
[4:53] is minus 17. The second move is minus
[4:56] 20. If you press in between the sequence
[5:00] you will get counter hit.
[5:06] >> [groaning]
[5:08] >> You also don't want to stand heavy punch
[5:10] the second heavy kick in the target
[5:12] combo because it will whiff. So if you
[5:14] block it
[5:16] crouch heavy punch is your option there.
[5:17] So we mentioned light flash axe. That is
[5:20] only minus four and you get pushed out
[5:22] to a point you can't punish it. But with
[5:25] the medium, it is minus six on block.
[5:29] You will get a punish here, but the push
[5:30] back is a little strange. So you don't
[5:32] get a link into crouch heavy punch.
[5:36] Crouch medium kick is a good link off
[5:39] the close range stand medium punch.
[5:42] For consistency's sake, you may just
[5:44] want to crouching medium punch this.
[5:48] Of course, if very far out, you can do
[5:50] super R2 as a raw punish.
[5:54] The OD flash chop. This is minus four on
[5:56] block, but it pushes you out making your
[5:59] jab whiff. So you got to be careful with
[6:01] taking your turn back there.
[6:04] The heavy and EX knee smash that Alex
[6:06] has, they can connect with you whilst
[6:08] you're grounded. And if you block them
[6:11] or if they just come out by mistake, it
[6:12] will leave Alex very negative. Minus 42
[6:16] for the heavy, minus 46 for the OD
[6:18] version. So both of these moves you can
[6:22] run overhead to punish them or you can
[6:24] do run tattoo I believe.
[6:34] Alex's level one, you can get a neutral
[6:37] jump heavy punch punish on that.
[6:41] Run tattoo.
[6:46] And run into overhead.
[6:49] Level two on block you can get a run
[6:50] overhead, but it's very tight.
[6:55] Run tattoo is the way to go.
[6:59] Both versions of his level three are
[7:01] minus 38 on block. So you can get a jump
[7:04] heavy punch there.
[7:07] And that means run overhead works.
[7:12] Of course, run tattoo.
[7:15] That is it for the video guys. Hope that
[7:16] helps. Any questions, any queries,
[7:17] always give me a shout and I'll catch
[7:19] you in the next one. Take care.