Advanced parrying techniques: Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Last updated on Dec. 18, 2007
This video showcases two impressive examples of advanced level parriers. The first example shows a player correctly anticipating his opponents' attacks and parrying them while the second shows a player baiting Chun Li into using her Houyoku Sen super art and punishing her afterwards. Watch ►
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Soon after playing against opponents who've mastered the concepts of basic parrying, you'll find a strong need to be able to mix up your game to keep them off guard. After all, if you sweep five or six times in a row, chances are you're setting yourself up for an easy parry bait and eating a large damage combo.
So good players mix it up, by using moves that must be parried high or low and adding in throws and a variety of tactics to keep the other player off guard, and top players know this and anticipate these mix ups by attempting to parry and punish them. Advanced level parriers are some times called, "mind readers," because they seem to know what's coming before it happens and then they parry and counter it, but in reality it's much more simple. They've seen these tactics before and are simply countering them.
Advanced parriers will also bait you into doing attacks they can easily parry and then counter attack you for big damage. For example they'll wait outside of throw range and repeatedly tap down to parry low and midrange attacks. If the opposing player attempts to sweep or use a midrange attack, it's an easy parry for the other player and they can them jump into a big damage combo.
When most players feel pressured, they'll tend to counter-attack without thinking about it — an advanced level parrier counts on this, so they parry and punish.
Section edited by Pherai, Mariodood and Bedfast Emperor
Posted by omnipotent kuma January 7, 2008 at 5:32 p.m. #1
Daigo... doing what he does best. I've oft wondered how best to practice the timing for parrying. I suppose practice makes perfect, but my games are often played against the same person who has adapted to my fighting style. After fight 50, he has adapted to me and I find it hard to break... gotta get a guide for that.
Posted by Chase January 15, 2008 at 11:28 p.m. #2
Thanks. This guide really helped me understand the idea of "safely" attempting a parry. This site is very useful altogether thanks a lot guys.
Posted by Alizenike2005 April 18, 2008 at 8:38 a.m. #3
This guide is excellent. Great video examples and explanations. Thank you for your time and effort on putting together a wonderful strategy guide.
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