From: jnishina@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Nishinaga)
Subject: Re: Being a Master? (PLUS UNFINISHED SAGAT GUIDE!!)
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 22:29:12 GMT


skillian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Seth James Killian) writes (in partial):
 
>                In his "Unfinished Sagat Guide", T. Cannon covers a lot of
>        basic ground.
 
Unfortunately, there are no specific Sagat vs. character strategies?
 
>        Want I want to add here is some tips on fighting Blanka with Sagat. 
>        I have seen many fairly good Sagat players trashed by what I consider
>        to be bad Blanka's for what I can try to summarize with this:
>        defensive play.  By in large, this is not an effective style vs.
>        Blanka.  So where does this leave us?  Offensive play? VS Blanka? 
>        Yup.  In defensive mode, Sagat is basically neutra-lized.
 
I would have to disagree with you there.
 
>        Unless he is on the complete opposite side of the screen he cant
>        safely throw a low FB, and he can almost never use the high FB.
 
Yup.
 
>        His kicks are too slow on the ground and Blanka has longer range to
>        boot.
 
Oh, but your missing one of those effective attack against blanka -- standing
Short!  Not only is it the best normal attack counter to the Ball, but it
works quite as a normal attack.  (Would anybody care to list the counters to
Sagat's short?)
 
>        Sagat also lacks a constant defense vs. the ball, (cant jab Blanka
>        out of it consistently) and thus suffers another strike against him.
 
If you don't counter it with a Short, you can immedietely do a Roundhouse
Tiger and Blanka will have to take the hit.  If you keep doing this, you would
find the Ball does more damage, so you can't rely on it as a counter, but it
does minimize the effect.
 
>        Sagat also has difficulty countering an attacking Blanka.  On the
>        ground, head to head, Blanka has the advantage in almost every way.
>        From the air, Sagat's normally useful standing roundhouse is also no
>        good.  All Sagat can do is to hope that Blanka screws up (as a lot of
>        Blanka's are prone to doing) and jumps in from too close...Tigerrr
>        Uppercut!  Outside of this, not too much can be done.
 
If Blanka jumps from too far, Sagat can just crouching Roundhouse or Foward
Flip + Roundhouse.  Truley, Blanka is not THAT effective in the air. On the
ground, Blanka can't really do anything if Sagat is blocking -- the only move
that takes off damage is Ball.  Even then, you can counter it with a Tiger
Uppercut or Tiger Knee if your fast enough, although a good Blanka shouldn't
try a ball from that far to give Sagat enough time to react.  Best thing I can
think of is to just standing Short when you think he's going to Ball.  Other
than that, Sagat is not very effective on the ground, especially in terms of
offensive play.
 
>        When pressing this attack in the corner Sagat has a truly *evil*
>        attack vs Blanka.  By just jumping in with an aerial roundhouse, it
>        will look like Sagat is jumping in just like normal, but on Blanka,
>        the kick will have the same effect as a "neck kick" so it will hit
>        him if he was blocking forward.
 
Hmm, never seen that before.  I guess I just learned something new! :)
 
>        Well, when it comes right down to it, Sagat is just outmatched by
>        Blanka, and these techniques will eventually become unsurprising and
>        easily counterable, but I still maintain that there is a more equal
>        balance of capabilities if Sagat can stay on the offensive.
 
I'm not so convinced. I believe that Sagat can play much more effective
against Blanka defensively.  Then again, I'm not a Sagat player so what would
I know? :)
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John Nishinaga - jnishina@nyx.cs.du.edu