Month: December 2016

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Scared of BlazBlue Central Fiction’s Tager? Dora Covers Defending Against the Grappler

The mainstay grappler of the BlazBlue series, Iron Tager, hasn’t always been a favorite of Arc System Works. As his combo possibilities expanded in the later games, he became more of a force to reckon with. While the metagame is somewhat dominated by certain characters in Central Fiction, this is one matchup to not underestimate, especially since it’s very different from the rest.

Dora’s latest lesson with English subtitles covers defending from Tager’s setplay. It gets a bit complex, since when Tager is very close, he has certain options that cover answers like backdashing or using a dragon punch move. It pays off to watch closely, as Dora covers various defensive options from multiple Tager moves. For instance, after Atomic Collider, the air throw, Tager can do a safe jump with air B. On the ground, doing Instant Barrier Block can help push him out after he does standing A.

Watch Dora over at Openrec.tv show each option and judge carefully which moves are safe to Overdrive or dragon punch against. In some cases, there will be more of a “mind game” than with others.

The previous lesson looks at defending from BlazBlue’s Nine.

Source: Openrec.tv