Tips for fighting orochi?

[gompo]

i hate this ♥♥♥♥ all he does is wait for an attack then dodges and light attacks 3 times, rinse and repeat. i dont know what to do, if i feint he dodges and hits me. i cant parry his lights. wtf do i do
i play highlander mainly, an have been trying to learn nobushi as of late

[DD]

You gotta turtle to turtle the turtle

[DD]

You gotta turtle to turtle the turtle

[Archaon The Never-Chosen]

dodge attacks actually have fairly easy parry frames and they always come from the direction he dodges in. on top of that you are rewarded with a free top heavy if you do parry them

[Blazeus Christ]

f e i n t

[voiddp]

Stare and feint .sadly nothing more to do with those turtles that play fastest character sadly. Stare contest guaranteed or he wins by interuping your tries to open him

[Paranochat]

Originally posted by gompo:

if i feint he dodges and hits me.

You gotta work on that, if you feint and he falls for it by dodge attacking, that's basically a free Light Parry. His dodge attacks are slow and fairly easy to parry but count as a light parry (so you get a free heavy). Go into training and try to get that timing right.

A dodge attacking Orochi is a dead Orochi for me. Feinting is usually effective, especially against low level Orochis, but if you want to beat them efficiently, you gotta learn to parry light I guess, or play a Hero with good counterattacks.

If you know how to simply block, they can't do much except trying to feint.

[IVOX3L]

parry all the fidgetspinner attacks and throw a heavy thats it

[Emjay]

I get the same issue with the valk too after the rework. Both heroes can now spam a 3 light attack chain basically without any risk. Any other attack they try I can parry, block or dodge but the 3 light hit spam is too fast. I often find I can't react to it because it takes longer to guard up in that angle than it does for them to strike on it.

[Paranochat]

Originally posted by Emjay:

I get the same issue with the valk too after the rework. Both heroes can now spam a 3 light attack chain basically without any risk.

Except the HIGH risk of getting parried and punished ? Especially on Valk, her attacks are so telegraphed and predictable that despite having the same speed, they're way easier to parry than Orochi's lights.

[fuchs]

you suck