Why does the highlander have so many uncounterable attacks?

[Yukeh]

I've played 3 full matches against him in a row. He has TWO grabs that are undodgeable and unblockable that also chain into a fully charged heavy attack, he cant be interrupted while striking and the only way to dodge his side attacks is to roll.

What is the counterplay? Why does he have so many guaranteed combos but no other heroes in the game have?

[Rotiart]

don't let him get into offensive stance

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

don't let him get into offensive stance

He doesnt. He just spams a kick that can transition into a grab or a heavy attack. You cant dodge because the range of the attack is roughly 5x his body size (it homes in on you) so the only way to avoid it is to roll, which consumes half your stamina and requires unlocking.

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

Originally posted by Rotiart:

don't let him get into offensive stance

He doesnt. He just spams a kick that can transition into a grab or a heavy attack. You cant dodge because the range of the attack is roughly 5x his body size (it homes in on you) so the only way to avoid it is to roll, which consumes half your stamina and requires unlocking.

Don't let him get into offensive stance.

[k3rr3k]

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

Originally posted by Rotiart:

don't let him get into offensive stance

He doesnt. He just spams a kick that can transition into a grab or a heavy attack. You cant dodge because the range of the attack is roughly 5x his body size (it homes in on you) so the only way to avoid it is to roll, which consumes half your stamina and requires unlocking.

He can't block in offensive stance. If he's winding up an attack he gets armour at the end. Either hit him quickly or back off.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by k3rr3k:

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

He doesnt. He just spams a kick that can transition into a grab or a heavy attack. You cant dodge because the range of the attack is roughly 5x his body size (it homes in on you) so the only way to avoid it is to roll, which consumes half your stamina and requires unlocking.

He can't block in offensive stance. If he's winding up an attack he gets armour at the end. Either hit him quickly or back off.

He isnt using offensive stance. He is spamming an unblockable chain of kicks and grabs that have so long range they cant be dodged. If i dodge one, the next hits me - if i cancel the kick, he follows up with an unblockable, undodgeable side sweep that has so long range it cant be dodged.

[Zero]

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

Originally posted by k3rr3k:

He can't block in offensive stance. If he's winding up an attack he gets armour at the end. Either hit him quickly or back off.

He isnt using offensive stance. He is spamming an unblockable chain of kicks and grabs that have so long range they cant be dodged. If i dodge one, the next hits me - if i cancel the kick, he follows up with an unblockable, undodgeable side sweep that has so long range it cant be dodged.

m8 he literally can not use those moves unless he is in offensive stance.

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

Originally posted by k3rr3k:

He can't block in offensive stance. If he's winding up an attack he gets armour at the end. Either hit him quickly or back off.

He isnt using offensive stance. He is spamming an unblockable chain of kicks and grabs that have so long range they cant be dodged. If i dodge one, the next hits me - if i cancel the kick, he follows up with an unblockable, undodgeable side sweep that has so long range it cant be dodged.

he's in offensive stance don't let him use offensive stance jesus god

[Bryan=0101]

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

Originally posted by k3rr3k:

He can't block in offensive stance. If he's winding up an attack he gets armour at the end. Either hit him quickly or back off.

He isnt using offensive stance. He is spamming an unblockable chain of kicks and grabs that have so long range they cant be dodged. If i dodge one, the next hits me - if i cancel the kick, he follows up with an unblockable, undodgeable side sweep that has so long range it cant be dodged.

M8

You are talking about offensive stance only moves. This can be countered by not allowing him to enter offensive stance...

[dfrag]

Omg that conversation is brilliant

[Mac Tonight]

See, there's this thing called Light Attack and Heavy Attack. The second you see Highlander put his Claymore over his shoulder, attack him to knock him out of that stance.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by 101=5, bryan=5:

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

He isnt using offensive stance. He is spamming an unblockable chain of kicks and grabs that have so long range they cant be dodged. If i dodge one, the next hits me - if i cancel the kick, he follows up with an unblockable, undodgeable side sweep that has so long range it cant be dodged.

M8

You are talking about offensive stance only moves. This can be countered by not allowing him to enter offensive stance...

How, then, can he instantly swap between blocking and kicking? A block / parry can transition into a kick which transitions into either a grab or a heavy unblockable, and he can feint his kick to block incoming attacks.

Where's the counterplay? If you dodge the kick the grab lands. If you roll under the grab the heavy attack lands. If you parry the heavy attack he feints and parries your parry attempt, transitioning into a kick which transitions into an unblockable heavy attack.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Joseph Seed:

See, there's this thing called Light Attack and Heavy Attack. The second you see Highlander put his Claymore over his shoulder, attack him to knock him out of that stance.

But he doesnt put his sword over his shoulder. He uses an unblockable kick with an extremely brief wind-up (faster than most light attacks, except Warden's up light and Valkyrie's dodge stab).

The only time he ever uses a heavy attack is after landing either kick or grab. To dodge the grab you need to roll, which requires unlocking the camera and takes longer for you to get back up from than it takes for him to recover from his missed grab.

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

Originally posted by 101=5, bryan=5:

M8

You are talking about offensive stance only moves. This can be countered by not allowing him to enter offensive stance...

How, then, can he instantly swap between blocking and kicking? A block / parry can transition into a kick which transitions into either a grab or a heavy unblockable, and he can feint his kick to block incoming attacks.

If he's holding the sword like a total ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mongrel, hit him. If he is not holding the sword like some kind've degenerate, do not hit him.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Ser1ous:

Omg that conversation is brilliant

Almost as brilliant as the reply contributing meaningful information to the topic by explaining how to deal with the problem. You are a great person, thanks for the helpl. :)

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

Originally posted by sleep eh yukeh:

How, then, can he instantly swap between blocking and kicking? A block / parry can transition into a kick which transitions into either a grab or a heavy unblockable, and he can feint his kick to block incoming attacks.

If he's holding the sword like a total ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mongrel, hit him. If he is not holding the sword like some kind've degenerate, do not hit him.

He never holds the sword over his shoulder unless he has landed the kick or grab. The kick guarantees the heavy attack to hit, the grab guarantees the heavy attack to hit. The only times he ever uses heavy attacks is when it cant be dodged.