Good counter against strong single saber with a staff?

[mikeda]

ok so i main the saber staff, but i always lose to strong single sabers doing the downwards attack. are there any moves other than the a-d fan i should know of?

[Shwarts]

awdwawdwawdwa + mouse can break a red swing

[Jack left town]

Speaking as a single saber Chad player your only option is to get in their face. You're gonna lose an intersection block in a vertical strike, personally I'd just move in straight lines holding D and LMB instead of wasting time on vertical which probably won't connect and leave me open. Read your opponent's movement and close the gap, and don't get poked for 200 dmg.

[mikeda]

thank you for your help

[Thedeadmemelord]

your most powerful attack is LMB and RMB at the same time, it's slow but powerful and forces people out of your face

[Jack left town]

You'll have more luck having someone fall for the butterfly jump (which you can steer) than that, lmao

[Thedeadmemelord]

Originally posted by Jack left town:

You'll have more luck having someone fall for the butterfly jump (which you can steer) than that, lmao

i've done it a few times, it's better at scaring them away, combine it with normal attacks to confuse them

[Jack left town]

If you have to be rooted to the spot for an attack, you're just asking for it. Red style has a gigantic wind up, so it's on the staff player to be aggressive, and for the single player to stay at arms (sword) length, not the other way around.

[Thedeadmemelord]

Originally posted by Jack left town:

If you have to be rooted to the spot for an attack, you're just asking for it. Red style has a gigantic wind up, so it's on the staff player to be aggressive, and for the single player to stay at arms (sword) length, not the other way around.

i just got 40 kills on a server full of jedi level bots with it so...

[Jack left town]

Oh no, not the heckin' botterinos :^)

[Thedeadmemelord]

Originally posted by Jack left town:

Oh no, not the heckin' botterinos :^)

i just realised you haven't actually replied to any of my comments technically
(you never quoted it) for all i know you could be talking to someone else

[mikeda]

Originally posted by Jack left town:

If you have to be rooted to the spot for an attack, you're just asking for it. Red style has a gigantic wind up, so it's on the staff player to be aggressive, and for the single player to stay at arms (sword) length, not the other way around.

thank you i will try that

[Jack left town]

I don't find staff players fun to duel against but I'm open to some friendly sparring. You'll have more luck asking another staff player for tips and tricks, some of them are really good, despite popular opinion of the opposite.

[Deadly Peanut]

shotgun ?

[mikeda]

Originally posted by Jack left town:

I don't find staff players fun to duel against but I'm open to some friendly sparring. You'll have more luck asking another staff player for tips and tricks, some of them are really good, despite popular opinion of the opposite.

i did that earlier and it helped a lot. on another note, while i have your attention. ive also been trying out the single saber and it seem that you cant block at all with it. do you have to swing the single saber to "block" with it?

[Jack left town]

In BaseJKA idle block is pretty inconsistent, especially with red style because it's a straight vertical stance. Crouching helps a lot in that situation, and as always aim at the opponent's saber hilt. Still better to evade with movement than gamble on idle block.
Intersection block works how you'd expect, yeah, just don't go swining yellow stance into a red swing.