From: bennetta@fraser.sfu.ca (Jason Patrick Bennett)
Subject: Re: Help needed fighting Sagat as Chun Li...
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:17:09 GMT

spielman@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Terence Spielman) writes:

>I play SF2 as Chun Li (SNES version).  I have finished the game at 
>level 7, but I still have a question on strategy...

>The strategy I currently use is to stay far away from him and wait.
>I keep jumping over his Tiger projectiles and wait for him to start
>advancing.  Once he does I jump straight up such that when I am on
>the way down, a fierce kick (flip kick) will just barely hit him, 
>knocking him back.  Repeat until Sagat is dead.  The problem with this is
>that if I get backed into a corner, I'm history.

>Could somebody please tell me another way to fight Sagat?  Thanks.

There's a few ways to beat this guy, though the strategy I use is hardly
exciting, and pretty conservative.  At the start of the round block &crouch.
If Sagat is co-operative, he'll do a HIGH fireball.  Now do a crouching round-
house, and you'll knock him back (you have to be in range of course) Quickly
walk over within striking range, and duck again.   Sagat will get up and go
"TIGER!" with another HIGH fireball (of course the first one has to be HIGH
also).  Repeat ad infinitum.  Of course this won't work forever.  It should
work 4 times before Sagat finally starts throwing LOW fireballs.  Block them,
and if you get your timing right, you can jump in at him JUST has he lets off
another fireball.  Go in with a "medium" kick.  You'll strike him once on
the way in, standing or crouching, and then go into a crouch, and do a few more
"medium" kick sweeps (usually 2 tops) and then block before he lets off another
Tiger.  If he's really co-operative, he'll do a Tiger uppercut just infront of
you as you're blocking.  Get ready to throw him when he lands!

Another strategy is instead of doing a crouching roundhouse on him at the start
of the round when he does a HIGH fireball, walk up to him and throw him, and
repeat!  Be warned that the timing is critical, because if you're just a little
bit too slow, he'll be out of his "paralysis" after the fireball and he'll 
probably uppercut you.  

Another thing you can do is when Sagat his down, jump in on him with Chun Li's
heel kick.  Again, timing is critical, and where you land on Sagat.  If you
pull off the timing, you'll want to land on Sagat closer to his front than
back.  If all goes well, he'll block your heel stomp, and as you continue
past him, he'll throw a tiger uppercut, only he'll direct it to where you
were PREVIOUSLY standing, which by the time you land is essentially BEHIND
you.  The point?  His punch won't even be close to connecting, and he'll
be wide open for a throw when he lands.       

And try this on occasion:  After a throw, walk up to him, and crouch block
just a hair away from him.  Sometimes he'll throw a tiger uppercut the second
he gets up.  You'll lose a little energy blocking, but you'll be in perfect
position for a throw once he lands.

And no matter how many times I play Sagat with Chun Li, there's always a LOT
of patience involved.  Speedy victories are very rare over Sagat (in my
experience, anyway). If you try and play fast and loose againt him, more
often than not it's Sagat who gets the speedy victory.
 
Jason

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Jason Patrick Bennett     "The little girl had the making of a poet in her
Simon Fraser University    who, being told to be sure of her meaning before
Burnaby, B.C., Canada      she spoke, said: 'How can I know what I think 
bennetta@sfu.ca            till I see what I say?'"  --Graham Wallas