How to throw: Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Last updated on Nov. 25, 2007
An overview of some of the basic throw tactics that players use. Watch ►
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(While close) Holding back or forward while throwing will toss the other player in that direction.
Throws are executed by pressing the light punch and kick buttons at the same time when you're close to your opponent, and sometimes holding back or forward on the joystick, depending on the direction you wish to throw the other player in.
This simple move is very effective when you learn how to use it properly.
Although most character's throws do not do a lot of damage, they allow for some potent tactics. Such as...
Tick throwing
Tick throwing means to do a relatively safe or quick attack and then immediately throw your opponent to cheese them. This is a very popular tactic, which can be tricky to counter — and it's really easy to do.
Make sure your opponent has recovered from their block/hit-stun before attempting your throw, because if you do not time this properly, you'll miss and leave yourself wide open.
Wake-up throw
A wake-up throw means to walk up to your opponent and throw them as they're getting up.
This can be very deceptive because if you're playing against someone who likes to parry as they're getting off the ground, the split-second they take to attempt a parry means you'll have enough time to throw them to the ground again.
Wake-up throws can be countered by any number of things, so it's important that you don't get too predictable — but they're very easy to do and can frustrate the other player, so learn how to use them.
Whiff throws
Whiff throws are when you deliberately miss an attack with a very short recovery time to put yourself in a position to throw your opponent.
A great example of this is Urien using an EX-headbutt that misses and immediately throwing.
Counter-throwing
Counter-throwing is done by pressing the light punch and kick buttons at the same time as your opponent attempts to throw you. This will result in both players taking no damage and moving a short distance away from each other.
Posted by Rizhall February 26, 2008 at 6:22 p.m. #1
I think you should mention command throws in here too. but that's just me.
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