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I get annihilated by guard break. If I miss a guard break and then they go for a guard break it seems like I can't reverse it. And after I dodge I can't reverse it either. Am I slow or what? People who spam the s**t out of guard break just destroy me. I can't seem to get any better at defending it. Ugh...
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If you try to dodge them you can't counter the gb so that may be your problem. If I remember right you are a nobu and I think her dodge recovery frames are pretty bad.Originally Posted by Lucifist666 Go to original post
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Both instances you named, give your opponent a free GB if timed right.
Guard breaking is the immediate counter to dodging. As far as I know, only Raider can Counter GB while dodging because he has a Dodge+GB move.
If you miss a GB, then your character goes into a recovery state, where you are vulnerable to I believe anything for a short duration. The timing is pretty lenient when attempting to GB someone that just whiffed a GB.
Just be careful not to GB while out of range and to not dodge as much. Learn to stand your ground and not back off as much and you'll find yourself teching almost every GB. It really just takes practice, practice, practice.
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Hi mate. I had the same issue. The game has it's flow and GB is meant to be almost predicted to be countered. When I forst come to the game I had the same issu. TookOriginally Posted by Lucifist666 Go to original post
me very long time to learn how to counter it and mostrly is muscle reflexes once you know how the character behave. My solution at the time was to choose a very offensive character
so I was on the givin hand of the guardbreaks. It wasn't smart. Took me 5 or 6 reputation levels to be able to respond to Guard break. Best thing you can do is to train with a friend.
We use to do matches 1 v 1 only using heavies and guardbreak so you can get the hang of parries and antiGB. Wish you luck.
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I remember thinking the very same thing myself when I started playing, lol. Feels like it's me writing that thread. It took me some time to learn to react to it without having to concentrate on it and what helped me with it the most was playing Conqueror in 1v1s since a vast majority of people tried to guard break me very often, I had to learn hwo to counter GB so it just comes with time. You need to practice more.
Maybe start with reading your opponent's moves, if you're turtling, just observe the enemy coming slowly towards you for a guard break and be ready for it. Before you learn how to react to it naturally, you need to read the situation.
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Lock-on dodges are a guardbreaker's paradise. You should be able to identify a player that's abusing the GB button early on, so the best strategy, once you figure them out, is to counter guardbreak them to or make them eat a few lights to show them that "momma didn't raise no fool". If you do need to dodge or make space between you and them, rolling is your safest option since they cannot guardbreak a roll.
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