Execution of Abel's Change of Direction -> Marseilles Roll -> Falling Sky/Sky Throw combo?
I'm trying very hard to play Abel but am having difficulty with his Change of Direction -> Marseilles Roll -> Falling Sky/Sky Throw combo. I'm looking for pointers on how to execute it effectively.
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For easier execution of the FADC, you can press the buttons for the focus attack and then execute your dash fairly early during the change of direction animation. This will cancel the change of direction on the first possible frame and allow you to dash forward in time to combo your low fierce.
When cancelling the low fierce into short roll, make sure you cancel the second hit of the elbow, not the first. Take your time and don't mash it out too quickly. After you come out of the roll under the airborne opponent, just do a falling sky as fast as you possibly can.
After the roll, some characters are difficult to grab with fierce falling sky, so you may have to use strong. This table explains the character and situations where you would use strong punch over fierce punch:
i usually try to hit the kick in the marseilles when i see visually the second elbow attack hits. so im kinda making the d-d/f-f motion during the first hit. then as im rolling i do the f-d-d/f motion and right as coming out of the roll i hit lp. lp seems to be the easiest to do. i have the lp timing down perfect and i still screw up the hp sometimes. so try the lp first.
try it in part. do the hp and just the roll. when you can do that perfect 10 times. then try adding in the last part. if you cant do it after 5 mins...just stop. walk away and come back later. after 5 mins or so, it's just pure frustration. soemtimes you just need to walk away and when you come back a day later, its a lot easier. your body just learns over time i guess.
oh and make sure you can do all the moves at will. like if your fire balls come out as shoryus and your shoryus comes out as fireballs or somtimes you just do crouching punches...then you're sloppy. make sure you can do fireball and shoryu motions very cleanly.
