How to use counter

[Król Gimbazy]

Hello can you help me with counters? are you supposed to press B or Y and do you need to block or only hold fighting stance? i don't know anymore thought i did it with B in tutorial but ability screen says Y..

[Rekta]

Depends we talking counter heat moves or just normal counter attacks ?

[Nibbie]

The details and controls of every move should be in the game. Go into one of your skill trees and hit Y for Details, that will bring up a list of every move for each style. If whatever you are looking at says Y, it is Y, but you may not be looking at the right ability.

There are many forms of "counter" in the game, and it depends on which character you are playing, what form you are using, whether you have that ability unlocked, some moves require fighting stance, some require certain positioning, etc. Off the top of my head, Kiriyu has a B 'counter' on his rush stance, is that what you are thinking of?

[Król Gimbazy]

Originally posted by Nibbie:

The details and controls of every move should be in the game. Go into one of your skill trees and hit Y for Details, that will bring up a list of every move for each style. If whatever you are looking at says Y, it is Y, but you may not be looking at the right ability.

There are many forms of "counter" in the game, and it depends on which character you are playing, what form you are using, whether you have that ability unlocked, some moves require fighting stance, some require certain positioning, etc. Off the top of my head, Kiriyu has a B 'counter' on his rush stance, is that what you are thinking of?

I am talking about for example majima thug style counter or mad dog of shimano counter don't know how to use it for life,

[tiny heinie]

For some it's L1+ Triangle for some it's R1 + Triangle. It's just hard to do because you have to be incredibly precise.

[Jes]

Is the counter you are talking about from komaki? for his, its a typo on the skills screen; It's lock-on + B(grab).
The rest are proper. note that certain moves and enemies can not be countered certain ways. (Kiryu's fourth style cannot Grab counter kicks, only punches.)

[KarolSX]

Majima's thug counter (Harsh Lesson) has a bugged tooltip, its not Fighting stance + Y, but Fighting stance + B.
For Mad dog counter you need to be in 3rd heat.

Best counter in game is Kiryu's Twist counter (Lock on + B in Dragon stance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3UOhMhxTg

Also go in the skill trees and hit Y to see all the moves.