How to manage JP's "embrace" ?

[rogermorse]

Reminds me of Seth's ultra from SF4. Somehow I always get owned by this move. Blocking for sure does not work. Parrying seems also to be useless. The only way it's jumping? Google says that the Embrace is easy to spot and to react on it by jumping "even by novice players" hell I ranked down from diamond twice and I still get powned by this move. Can you confirm that you only can jump it?

Embrace is that thing that he shoots and grabs you darth vader style, from a distance.

[DJukor]

Jump over it and punish for big damage.
Its literately the only option.
Like all ranged grabs you are supposed to only ever use it when your opponent doesn't expect it.
What makes this move so sneaky is that it kinda looks like his fireball projectile so people will try to block it instinctively or even worse parry it.
The move is also more useful at close range ironically despite being a projectile grab.

[Ahriman]

it's literally just a command grab, jump or do a move that puts your character into an airborne state. It will also clash with projectiles and disappear. technically it is reactable since it has 25 frames startup but it can catch you offguard because you usually expect one of his ghost projectiles.

[rogermorse]

Originally posted by DJukor:

What makes this move so sneaky is that it kinda looks like his fireball projectile so people will try to block it instinctively or even worse parry it.

exactly...

Originally posted by DJukor:

The move is also more useful at close range ironically despite being a projectile grab.

it makes me crazy, I still think JP is OP.

[DJukor]

Try and train yourself to recognize the sound ques for it.
JP specifically states the same exact voice line when he tires to grab you whit the move.
I play using Japanese voices and when he goes Hideio i know to jump.

[Spooky7.62]

Fireballs and jumping, the farther away the easier it is to deal with, up close it can be tricky