My friend is a Samus main, and I've noticed something about fighting Samus. Due to her Floaty/heavy weight, she has pretty good control over the way you can throw her. I have difficulty finding the best follow-up, and the timing on D-throwing her into a knee is pretty hard, although I know it can be done (depending on DI). I have been experimenting with down-throw > nair, or to mix it up f-throw or b-throw and followup, depending on the DI. However, I haven't found an efficient way to follow up that doesn't look sloppy. It's normally just an improvision off of her DI.
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What is the best follow-up(s) with grabs at high % on Samus?
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Windrose
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Depending how high the percent is, your best follow up is probably d-throw --> knee or upair.
Nothing might connect at higher percents, just don't go for grabs anymore during those percents. Bait out something from Samus and punish her with a strong move that can kill her or set you up for an edge guard.
Nothing might connect at higher percents, just don't go for grabs anymore during those percents. Bait out something from Samus and punish her with a strong move that can kill her or set you up for an edge guard.
kyaputenfarukon07
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If you dthrow knee at 80% I think even with optimal di your timing has to frame perfect IIRC.
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Equal
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Yeah basically all you can do with a grab after awhile is be annoying by pummeling a lot and then just up throw her, it gives you much more stage control and gives her the hardest time getting back to the ground.
In general I usually try to find how Samus will react out of a down-throw at optimal percents (50-80% I guess) for a hard punish. If they start double jumping out you can go for stomps or knees, my most recent tournament set against Samus I actually nipple spiked her on Yoshis and killed at 50% because the player kept double jumping out of my d-throw.
In general I usually try to find how Samus will react out of a down-throw at optimal percents (50-80% I guess) for a hard punish. If they start double jumping out you can go for stomps or knees, my most recent tournament set against Samus I actually nipple spiked her on Yoshis and killed at 50% because the player kept double jumping out of my d-throw.