How to counter gauntlets exactly?

[lerfi]

All I hear is "Bait them, you're so bad how can you not know how to counter them mate they're so easy that must mean you're terrible"

If you're at a stage where you can easily bait anyone around then you must be low as ♥♥♥♥, and I mean it, even in mid gold it's hard to bait someone since many people play defensively and only go aggressive when you make a mistake, so it's very hard to bait them, so I guess that only proves how low you've been playing or something if it's so easy to bait someone

So what's the real counter to them?

[Tinfoil hat theorist :^)]

When they slight you, dodge. Every time. It's really one of it's only combo starters, so being able to dodge it, is a huge deal. Many of it's other attacks, are very short ranged, so you just have to avoid the combo starters, and you'll be fine.

[Malryck]

The two main threats of Gauntlet IMO are the Slight and the groundpound.
The Slight has a surprisingly long range, and you finish airborne, making punishing tricky. However, it's their only combo starter as Stulte said, and you can dodge immediatly afterward, if you don't, you're in for a world of hurt.

The groundpound has a lot of strenght and steering, making it decisive and most of the time deadly since it put you in the perfect spot for ANOTHER groundpound, but it has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ range, so just take it head-on with a recovery or nAir depending on your weapon.

[FNUStory]

Two words:

You Don't

Gauntlets are too fast to counter and must be removed from the game. They true combo you to your death, and your only hope is that your opponent f**ks up a combo.

[Antipop]

Read them. Know YOUR spacing as well as their approach options. Unless they're stacked on top of you or you're mirror matching with gauntlet/katars, you have the advantage. They have to close a gap to hit you, try to find out exactly how your opponent will do that. Is he going to sLight? Jump above and try to dAir? Or wait for you to approach and parry with a dodge > nLight?

Find out their patterns. Not just gauntlets in general, but your specific opponent.

[Cubey3]

Wow, a post asking how to counter something instead of nerfing it? The community is evolving!

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Two words:

You Don't

Gauntlets are too fast to counter and must be removed from the game. They true combo you to your death, and your only hope is that your opponent f**ks up a combo.

XD i can feel the salt eating away at my kidneys

People say that the gauntlets slight is thier only combo starter but they can also start one with a Nair, a dlight or a dair if used correctly, gauntlet strings usually have alot of dodge frames because of the way they function in the game and how no gauntlet legend has amazingly high dexterity so mashing the dodge button always works for me to get out of the combo. The ground pound is both tricky to deal with off stage AND onstage, the best way i would say to handle them is to instead of dodging sideways time you dodge either upwards or neutral. When they do it onstage just get far enough out of range so they cant steer towards you and punish with a decent range move. Gimping and stage control also works well against them if they are offstage because of thier predictable recovery that goes straight up and not very high

Hope this helps, if not find a GOOD gauntlet main online and ask them for a 1v1 together to maybe help you learn, hope it goes well

[FNUStory]

Originally posted by Cubey3:

Wow, a post asking how to counter something instead of nerfing it? The community is evolving!

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Two words:

You Don't

Gauntlets are too fast to counter and must be removed from the game. They true combo you to your death, and your only hope is that your opponent f**ks up a combo.

XD i can feel the salt eating away at my kidneys

Yea, I'm no medical expert, but your probably gonna die unless you see a doctor about that.

But seriously countering gauntlets is implausible. If the developers cared about us, they would remove gauntlets and all legends with gauntlets from the game.

[Cubey3]

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Originally posted by Cubey3:

Wow, a post asking how to counter something instead of nerfing it? The community is evolving!


XD i can feel the salt eating away at my kidneys

Yea, I'm no medical expert, but your probably gonna die unless you see a doctor about that.

But seriously countering gauntlets is implausible. If the developers cared about us, they would remove gauntlets and all legends with gauntlets from the game.

You just wont take input from others will you, its lorn all over again

[FNUStory]

Originally posted by Cubey3:

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Yea, I'm no medical expert, but your probably gonna die unless you see a doctor about that.

But seriously countering gauntlets is implausible. If the developers cared about us, they would remove gauntlets and all legends with gauntlets from the game.

You just wont take input from others will you, its lorn all over again

Oh so now your comparing me to Smash fanboy?
Totally not childish in any way, shape, or form.

[Cubey3]

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Originally posted by Cubey3:

You just wont take input from others will you, its lorn all over again

Oh so now your comparing me to Smash fanboy?
Totally not childish in any way, shape, or form.

But you are closed minded, you wont listen to anything anyone else says and what you say is law according to you

[FNUStory]

Originally posted by Cubey3:

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Oh so now your comparing me to Smash fanboy?
Totally not childish in any way, shape, or form.

But you are closed minded, you wont listen to anything anyone else says and what you say is law according to you

There's no point in arguing with you. I am gonna be the bigger person and stop talking to you right now because you're ironically calling me closed minded, being generally rude, and you have ignited recent conversations between us with flames. That being said, I think our back and forth conversations have derailed a few threads.

[Cubey3]

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Originally posted by Cubey3:

But you are closed minded, you wont listen to anything anyone else says and what you say is law according to you

There's no point in arguing with you. I am gonna be the bigger person and stop talking to you right now because you're ironically calling me closed minded, being generally rude, and you have ignited recent conversations between us with flames.

Rude? You looked in the mirror lately, i was just stating the hard truth for you but if you want to end this then fine, lets move on.

Maybe try some of the things i said to counter gauntlets, i used to struggle with them until i found a few tricks to counter them (like mashing dodge after being hit by a side light) so maybe this might help you deal with gauntlets easier

[Lord Rumpkin]

I only reflexively know how to counter them because I main Wu Shang (I use his spear and gauntlets equally). You basically will have to pick up gauntlets yourself. I did the same just to learn how to counter katars.

I know that the hardest part about playing gauntlets is the short range. Also I could be wrong but it seems like you have to hit your opponent a lot to do significant damage, so picking a high-def legend is a good call.

Grab your lance. If you can aim worth a spit, it shouldn't be too hard to keep them away from you.

[rikiponcho]

Originally posted by ♠ ♦ ♣ ♥:

Originally posted by Cubey3:

But you are closed minded, you wont listen to anything anyone else says and what you say is law according to you

There's no point in arguing with you. I am gonna be the bigger person and stop talking to you right now because you're ironically calling me closed minded, being generally rude, and you have ignited recent conversations between us with flames. That being said, I think our back and forth conversations have derailed a few threads.

cringe

[Lord Rumpkin]

btw I actually think certain aspects of gauntlets need a nerf. At least that stupid nair ladder that people use to get zero-to-death, which is complete garbage and does not earn a gg

[FNUStory]

Originally posted by Gongyo:

I only reflexively know how to counter them because I main Wu Shang (I use his spear and gauntlets equally). You basically will have to pick up gauntlets yourself. I did the same just to learn how to counter katars.

I know that the hardest part about playing gauntlets is the short range. Also I could be wrong but it seems like you have to hit your opponent a lot to do significant damage, so picking a high-def legend is a good call.

Grab your lance. If you can aim worth a spit, it shouldn't be too hard to keep them away from you.

High defense legends only makes you more susceptible to Gauntlet spam. It may take more moves to deal as much damage, but the higher defense makes them able to pull off those one move combos more reliably for longer.