Hito's TG: how to counter? | Forums

[TJpek]

I can't fight hito anymore with the TG changes. Like legit, I have a nearly 100% lose ratio against anyone playing a hito. My stamina just goes down faster than theirs, they have hyper armor everywhere (and on reaction now, which means they can counter dodge attacks basically), their mixup as very heavy centric (which means a lot of damage and little punish if parried); there's no way to get away from the kick mixup as far as I can tell... It's just frustrating.

PS: UBISOFT FFS when I click "find new oponent I expect the game to look for a new player, not go back to match making for 10 seconds and throw me against the same guy again... for the 10TH TIME

[WolfenTank]

Listen man, I see you have a dog in your profile pic. I'd say you have a good chance against an hitokiri


Anyway

[Knight_Raime]

If you're asking for a single answer to opt out of Hitokiri's gameplay there isn't one.

If you're asking for general tips try interrupting her mix up at the start of her mix up specifically because if she lands a heavy or you block it the hitstun you're in won't allow you to interrupt if she goes into sweep. Once you're in the mix up you have to make a read. Most Hito's i've ran into are not going full charge on heavies nor are they feinting to GB often. This is likely because kick and sweep both give heavies now.
So this means trying to parry their mid heavies if they use them should be safer.
Also because she has a dodge attack now you should be less committal with your own mix ups. And try not to throw a bunch of raw attacks as people like to dodge attack on red often.
Finally you should get used to reacting to her zone. Now that it's a chain starter Hito players will be more inclined to try and zone to stuff mix ups. It's a 600ms very obvious animation so it should be easy parry bait.

Hitokiri has zero decent options from neutral. So it's in your best interest to try to keep her in neutral.

[Goat_of_Vermund]

I would add, be the one who attacks. She is avarage defensively, as long as you attack her, she is in a disadvantage. When she is attacking, make reads and get back to your offense. Never turtle them, they are quite dangerous offensively.