Cammy Tournament Guide v1.3

8/20/2019 Cammy Tournament Guide v1.3

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ContentsSetups:• Safe Jumps …… Page 3

• Unblockables …… Page 10

• Cross Up Strikes …… Page 14

Matchup Specifics:• FADC Punish Chart …… Page 18

• Ryu …… Page 20

• Akuma …… Page 25

• Honda …… Page 29

• Blanka …… Page 35 • Chun …… Page 40

• Seth …… Page 45

• Viper …… Page 50

• Sakura …… Page 55


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Safe Jumps

What is a Safe Jump? Any Option Select jump attack setup designed to circumvent allcounterattack possibilities; usually performed after a knockdown, wherein the last airborneframe of a deep jump attack is timed optimally to coincide with the opponent's first tangibleframe following wakeup animation; opponents whose quickest invincible attack is slower thanthe landing recovery time of the jumping character can never punish the jump-in attempt whilethe attacker is holding a defensive joystick position.

-Maj of Sonichurricane.com

The purpose is to safely continuepressure. Even if your opponent blocks, you’ve still successfully

continued your offense. They usuallyfollow an untechable knockdown, and

are usually timed with whiffed

normals.


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Safe Jumps From Back Throw

After Back Throw:• Cr.Mp, J.Lk (Chun) Safe against EX Spinning Bird Kick

• Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Light Cannon Strike (Boxer, Bison, Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Oni, E.Ryu, Sagat,Ibuki, Sakura, Yang, Yun, Guile) Safe against common reversals (Headbutt, EX Dash Punch, DP, FlashKick etc)

• Small Step Forward, Jab (2), J.Fp (Zangief) Safe against Lariat

• Cr.Lk, J.Lk (C.Viper) Safe against all reversals Crosses Up


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Safe Jumps From Back Throw

After Back Throw:• Lp (2), J.Fp (Chun) FP can be timed to cross up

• Cr.Lk, J.Rh or Cr.Mp, J.Rh (Honda, Guile, Cammy ) Crosses up on Cammy

• Cr.Mp, J.Rh (Blanka, DeeJay)

• Far St.Mk, J.Mp (Blanka) Crosses up. Reversal Up ball whiffs. Option Select SA or Ultra to Punish.


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Safe Jumps From Forward Throw

After Forward Throw:• J.Fp (Guile) This one is very easy to do and isn’t very obvious because it practically has no setup. Option Select CannonSpike/Spiral Arrow for quick punish


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Safe Jumps From Hooligan

After landing a Hooligan Throw:• Short Step Forward, St.Lk, Mk Cannon Strike (Adon, DeeJay, Ibuki, Viper, Dudley, Boxer, Yun, Yang,

Ken, Ryu, E.Ryu, Akuma, Oni, Sagat, Guy, Guile, and Fei)

Your goal is to bait a reversal.

Instead of being blocked, thereversal will whiff entirely. Their

best option is to either use a

normal to Anti Air you, or block.

On some characters, this is a

good setup to Option Select a

punish (Cannon Spike, Spiral

Arrow, Ultra)


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Safe Jumps From Sweep

After landing Cr.Fp, Cr.Rh• J.Rh (Chun, Adon, Ken, Ryu, Akuma, Oni, E.Ryu)

After landing the combo into sweep, jump

in with Rh. If it hits or if you are givenan opportunity to punish a reversal, you

can do the combo into sweep and setup

the safejump again. Once they catch on,

go for a cross up Lk instead and either

combo into sweep again, or do max

damage.


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Safe Jumps From FADC Ultra

After landing Cannon Spike, FADC, Ultra 1• St.Mp, Cr.Fp, J.Lk (Chun, Ken, Ryu, Akuma, Oni, E.Ryu) Chun gets hit out of air, limiting your punish

• Cr.Mp, Cr.Fp, J.Lk (Chun, Ken, Ryu, Akuma, Oni, E.Ryu, Guy, Guile) Chun’s EX SBK is blocked, allowing you to get a full punish


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Unblockables

What is an Unblockable Setup? A glitch in the game that causes a setup to not beblocked by holding back or forward. However, the setup can be blocked if your opponent

blocks just as the move connects. A good Unblockable will have at least 2 of the following:

Combo potential, Practical Setup (Not too difficult), or it will double as a Safe Jump.

Unblockables are thought to happen because of a glitch involving the

character’s center point (see right)

which shifts left or right depending onhow the character blocks as they get

up. The game chooses which side to hiton depending on how the attack is

blocked.


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Unblockables From Back Throw

After Back Throw• Small Step Forward, J.Lk (Viper, Rufus, Guy, Ken, Ryu, Akuma, Oni, E.Ryu) Difficulty: Hard

SafeJump* This setup can be difficult to pull off because the small step forward and jump must be done perfectly. It is astrong Unblockable because it works on multiple characters, leads to a solid combo, and doubles as a Safejump.

The step forward looksmore like a twitch.

When done correctly,

you’ll barely even notice

she’s moved forward.


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After Back Throw

• Small Step Forward, St.Mk, J.Fp (Rufus) Difficulty: Easy Leads to solid combos

• St.Mk, J.Lk (Ryu) Difficulty: Easy SafeJump*


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After Back Throw

• Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Mk Cannon Strike (Guile) Difficulty: Medium SafeJump* (Unless inCorner)

This setup is nearly perfect. It’s only downside is that it can be crouched. However, even if you mess your Divekick timing up youhave a pretty high chance at getting a cross up Cannon Strike instead!


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Cross-Up Strikes

Cannon Strikes can be made to cross up, however it does take specific

timings to do so. The setups from combos are good for keeping momentum

and stunning your opponent. Doing one from Backthrow vs a Safejump

instead is up to you. In my opinion, the Backthrow strike setups are best usedwhen you know your opponent is respecting your Safejump game.

To perform a cross up cannon strikeyou’ll need to make sure both your

jump and Cannon Strike are done atthe correct time/height. The setup canalso fail if the opponent fails to quick

rise or does a late quick rise.


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Cross-Up Strikes From Back Throw

After Back Throw and Small Step Forward• St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump* (Ryu, Ken, Honda, Guile, Makoto, Gouken, Akuma, Gen, Dan, Sakura, Oni,

Yun, Chun, Abel, Viper, Bison, Deejay, Cody, Guy, Yang, E.Ryu, Fuerte, Vega, Fei, Adon)

• St.Lk, Hk.csSafeJump*

(Ryu, Ken, Honda, Makoto, Dudley, Seth, Gouken, Akuma, Gen, Sakura,Oni, Juri, Chun, Abel, Viper, Bison, Sagat (delay a bit), DeeJay, Cody, Guy, Hakan, Yang, E.Ryu, Guile, Zangief,

Rufus, El Fuerte, Vega, Fei Long, Adon, Rose)

• St.Lp, Hk.cs SafeJump* (DeeJay (corner), Barlog, T.Hawk)


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Cross-Up Strikes From HSA combos

After Cr.Lk, Cr.Lp, Cr.Mp xx HSA Combo

• Instant Mk.cs SafeJump* (Ryu, Ken, Ibuki, E.Ryu, Blanka, Vega)

• Instant Hk.cs SafeJump* (Honda, Seth [difficult], Gouken, Sakura, Viper, Bison, Cammy,

Cody, Hakan, Guile, Rufus, Fei Long, Adon, Rose)

These setups are hard to do because they take very strict spacing and timing to pull off.

Adon only techs up 3 frames later in the first image, but it’s enough to make the CS miss.


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Matchups

The following are matchup strategies from either myself or fellow Cammy players

over at the SRK forums. The optimized combo lists are either from Alioune’s thread

“AE 2012 Cammy's Optimized Combos” or Teyah’s Optimal Combo list. The FADC info

is from Backtolifting. If you haven’t already embraced the religion of Dat Ass, stop byand introduce yourself!

More characters will be

added as the guide isupdated. You can help byemailing a write up to us!


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Punishing FADC Backdash with Ultra


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Punishing FADC Backdash with Ultra


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Ryu

Cr.Mk > Hadouken is not a true Blockstring. If you have U1, buffer it during the Cr.Mk. If you see the fireballpress all three kicks to punish with Ultra. You can also FADC forwards in-between the Cr.Mk and Hadouken and

grab Ryu. This can be punished with EX Hadouken though so be careful while doing this.


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Ryu

Don't needlessly jump at a competent Ryu player. Learn to

slowly make your way in and once you're in Cr.Mk/Cr.Hk

range, you can either jump if you have a good read on a

fireball and get a full damage combo or go for jump excs

to catch him pressing a button during footsies. Remember

to convert accordingly depending on if he's standing or

crouching.

As a general tip, always stay away from the corner because

that's where his combos become more damaging,

especially when he has meter and U1 stocked. His Cr.Mk >

ex Hadouken leads into U1 and he can do any combo into

ex Tatsu that leads into U1. Ryu also has a setup in the

corner after a forward throw where he whiffs far Hk andcan either go for J.Rh (cross up) or J.Lk (fake cross up).

Remember, if he goes for J.Lk early as a jump in, it'll be a

fake cross up and if he does it later in the jump in, it'll be

an actual cross up.

-dafeetlee


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Ryu

A blocked sweep can be punished with Spiral Arrow, Ultra 1, or Super

Punish whiffed Tatsu with Cr.Fp or Rh


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Ryu

SafeJumpsBackthrow>Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Light Cannon Strike

Hooligan> Short Step Forward, St.Lk, Mk Cannon StrikeCannon Spike FADC Ultra> Cr.Mp, Cr.Fp, J.Lk

Cr.Fp, Cr.RH> J.Rh

UnblockablesBackthrow>Small Step Forward, J.Lk SafeJump*

Backthrow>St.Mk, J.Lk SafeJump*

Crossup Strike SetupsBack Throw and Small Step Forward>

St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump*

St.Lk, Hk.cs SafeJump*

After Cr.Lk, Cr.Lp, Cr.Mp xx HSA Combo>

Instant Hk.cs SafeJump*

From far range, avoid fireballs

with LK cannon strike to build

meter safely.


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Ryu

Ryu Safejumps against Cammy:

Sweep > immediate j.hk OS sweep/tatsu/DP/U1

Back throw > whiff cr.mp > j.hk OS sweep/tatsu/DP/U1

Forward throw > walk back > j.hk OS sweep/tatsu/DP/U1 or cross up j.mk/jump HK Tatsu

Forward throw > back dash > j.hp OS sweep/tatsu/DP/U1 or cross up jump HK Tatsu


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Akuma

Akuma wants to stay patient and zone until he gets a knockdown. If he gets a sweep, hehas a couple of safe jump setups from that. Cammy stuns Akuma in approximately twocombos and a mixup afterwards. As always, the bigger the combo, the faster the stun willcome. So be able to put the hurt on Akuma at any opportunity. This is why most Akumastry and play defensively, not because of Cammy's damage(all be it high), but because ofthe fact that she can stun Akuma quickly off of one knockdown and a bad guess.

– CoosCoos


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Akuma

Option Selects

Option Select Ultra to punish Teleports. This can also be done on reaction.


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Akuma

SafeJumpsBackthrow>Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Light Cannon Strike

Hooligan> Short Step Forward, St.Lk, Mk Cannon StrikeCannon Spike FADC Ultra> Cr.Mp, Cr.Fp, J.Lk

Cr.Fp, Cr.RH> J.Rh

UnblockablesBackthrow>Small Step Forward, J.Lk SafeJump *

Crossup Strike SetupsBack Throw and Small Step Forward>St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump*


Akuma’s Far St.Rh will

whiff its second hit if you

are crouching, allowing you

to punish


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Akuma

Akuma Safejumps against Cammy:Forward Throw> Dash x2, J.Hk


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Honda

The most important tip is just to be patient. Cammy does a lot more damage than Honda does

and he has a much harder time anti-airing her than the other way around. If Honda has full

super meter, then he will definitely be trying to hit confirm cr.lp hp hands into super. If Inotice a Honda has full super meter, then I will try to bait an ex headbutt/ex butt drop

because taking damage from those moves is infinitely better than taking damage from a hit-

confirm into super (which does around 50% to Cammy).

-DaFeetLee


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Honda

Safe JumpsBackthrow> Cr.Lk, J.Rh or Cr.Mp, J.RhBackThrow > Walk Slightly Back > J.Fp/hk OS HK DP (beats all his options on

wakeup)

BackThrow > Whiff Cr.Mp > J.Fp/hk OS HK DP (beats all his options on

wakeup)

BackThrow> Whiff St.Far.Mk, J.hk. J.Hk crosses up. All reversals will whiff.(crouchable)

Sweep *Mid-Max Range*> Slight Pause > J.Fp/hk OS HK DP (beats all his

options on wakeup)

Combos Ending in MK SA > J.Fp/hk OS HK DP (beats all his options on

wakeup)


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Honda

Headbutt PunishesHP Headbutt is -16 on block so if you have U1, punish with reversal U1 and if you

don't have U1, punish with HK SA. MP Headbutt is -13 so you can also punish that with

reversal U1. However you CANNOT punish LP/EX Headbutt with reversal U1.

Reversal Super punishes all his Headbutts on block, even EX


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Honda

Sumo Slam PunishesI usually focus their butt drops on the second hit where he's falling

down and get a crumple. If you have good reactions, you can punish any

whiffed butt drop with U1.

Empty Jumps:Empty jump cr.lk is a very powerful tool against Honda because his fastest

reversal is EX Headbutt so you can block in time if he decides to wakeup

reversal with anything.


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Honda

Crossup Strike Setups After Back Throw and Small Step Forward>St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump*


After Cr.Lk, Cr.Lp, Cr.Mp xx HSA Combo>

Instant Hk.cs SafeJump*


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Honda

Honda Safejumps against Cammy:(Corner) Forward Throw, Forward Dash, MP, Neutral Jump HK


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blanka

BLANKA j.hp, Sako 2H (2F) Sako 2H (2F) Sako 2H (2F)

Character / TK EXCS (st) Grounded (st) / Focus TK EXCS (cr) Frame trap (CH cr)

Jump-in (st) / Stun

Your anti air game must be on point when fighting Blanka. Cannon Spike is obviously

your best bet, but if you can’t react in time Cl.St.Fp or Cr.Fp (if you are too far) are

good alternatives. Frametraps and Staggered Block Strings can be very solid tools for

baiting Counter Hits or Reversals, and should especially be used when pressuring a

meterless Blanka in the corner. Make sure to stay on point with all of your punishesand this fight is actually in Cammy’s favor by a bit.

-Info taken from Backtolifting’s write up


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blanka

Punishing Blanka Ball

All blocked Blanka Balls can be punished with H.Spiral Arrow, Super, or Ultra 1.

When punishing with Ultra buffer until Blanka is coming back to the ground,

then press your 3 kicks to activate and get a full animation punish.


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Punishing Rainbow Ball

One of your main goals when fighting Blanka

will be to push him into the corner and keephim there with frametraps, throws, and

staggered strings. Rainbow Ball is a common

escape option Blanka players will use and can

be punished by a Cl.St.Hp. In some cases, you

may need to dash up first, or may find it better

to focus the rainbow ball instead to punishwith a full combo following crumple.


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blanka

Crossup Strike Setups:Cr.Lk, Cr.Lp, Cr.Mp xx HSA Combo> Instant Mk.cs SafeJump*

SafeJumps:Backthrow> Cr.Mp, J.RhBackthrow> Far St.Mk, J.Mp Crosses up. Up Ball whiffs. OS Ultra to punish.


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blanka

Blanka SafeJumps against Cammy:Forward Throw> Mp Horizontal Ball, J.Hk

Ex Spin Knuckle can be used to

escape Blanka’s Ultra 1 mixup/chipdamage


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Chun Li

Your main goal when fighting Chun is to back her into the corner. Stay

outside of her sweep range and try punishing whiffed pokes with far St.Hk.

At this range fireballs are easily punished with EX arrow or Ultra1. Her

fireball is pretty slow, so wait until it’s fully out before using Ultra. Once

you’re in there isn’t a whole lot she can do. Be aware of when she has meter,

know your punishes, and practice your Safejumps.


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Chun Li

A big part of this battle will be on the ground with footsies. Learn your Counter

Pokes and Spacing. Whiffed Cr.Hk can be punished with Far St.Hk.

Far Hk can be ducked and countered with Cr.Fp or Cr.Mk (Image 1). It can be punished

on reaction as well. (Images 2-3) And as you inch forward, Cr.Mp can stuff a few of heroptions. Despite all this, Chun has the advantage here. Once she is focused on the

ground, try a delayed Cannon Strike to counter a poke or fireball.

1 2 3

C


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Chun Li

When blocked, EX Legs can be punished with reversal Ultra or Super.

If your opponent uses Kikoukens (fireball) to end their blockstrings, you can Ultra,

Super, or EX Spiral Arrow them for a free punish.

Ch Li


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Chun Li

SafeJumpsBackthrow> Cr.Mp, Jump Lk

Backthrow> Lp (2), J.Fp Fp can be timed to cross up as well

Cr.Fp, Cr.Rh Combo> Jump Rh

Cannon Spike FADC Ultra> St/Cr.Mp, Cr.Fp, Jump Lk

Cross Up Strike SetupsBackthrow> Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump*

Backthrow> Small Step Forward, St.Lk, Hk.cs SafeJump*

Ch Li


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Chun Li

Chun Safejumps against Cammy:Forward Throw> Lp, J.Fp

Sweep> Delayed Jump Forward

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Seth

This matchup is very momentum based. So you need to try to get your offense

started first and keep Seth from escaping your mixups by using option selects.Because Seth has low life and stun, always punishing Seth to the best of your

ability and doing max damage combos is a must. Play smart, and avoid being

knocked down as much as possible. Also note that Seth’s safest mixups vs Cammy

come from his SPD.

S th


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Seth

Seth’s Backdash and Teleport can both be option selected (Spiral Arrow, Ultra 1,

etc ) If you don’t option select and Seth backdashes to make your Cannon Strike

whiff, he can punish with command throw and safejump you from there. Note

that he can do this from divekicks that are blocked too high as well.

S th


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Seth

On knockdown, Seth players will often try to chip your remaining health out with a

Shoryuken or Ultra 2. EX Spin Knuckle can be used to escape both of these. U2 is punishable,

while uppercut will leave both Seth and Cammy in a neutral position. Note that Seth may try

to bait this for a punish.

EX Spin Knuckle Escapes

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Seth

Cross up StrikesBackthrow> Small Step Forward, St.Lk, Hk.cs SafeJump*

Cr.Lk, Cr.Lp, Cr.Mp xx HSA Combo> Instant Hk.cs SafeJump*

S th


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Seth

Seth Safejumps against Cammy:

SPD> F.Dash, Small Step Forward, J.Rh

Crosses up. DP gets stuffed for a combo. EX DP whiffs and can be punished.

Can be escaped by doing FADC forward and back.

Vi


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c.Viper

This matchup is also very momentum based. Again, try to avoid getting knockeddown at all costs. As far as normals go, Cammy has an advantage here. Cr.Mk is

faster than a lot of Viper’s main buttons, and can be used to whiff punish things

like Cr.Fp or her sweep. Confirm into SA to get your offense started. Cammy also

has plenty of setups for multiple situations on Viper, making it difficult for her to

escape.

Vi


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c.Viper

Mp Seismos can be focused through for a punish. If successful you can punish with

nearly anything, including backthrow if

close enough. From backthrow you can

start your setups and get Viper

guessing. Keep in mind though that

Viper can prevent this by super jump

cancelling into L or M Thunder

Knuckle or Burnkick to escape.

She can also feint the Seismo

to bait out your focus attack.

Vi


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c.Viper

If you are fighting a Viper that uses a

lot of ambiguous Burnkick mixups,

Ultra 2 can be a viable option in this

Matchup. Often times this can makeyour opponent hesitate or change up

their offense entirely, throwing them

off of their game a bit and giving you

an advantage.

Vi


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c.Viper

SafeJumpsBackthrow> Cr.Lk, J.Lk

Hooligan> Short Step Forward, St.Lk, Mk Cannon Strike

Cross up StrikesBackthrow> Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump*



Unblockables

Backthrow>Small Step Forward, J.Lk SafeJump*

c Viper


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c.Viper

Viper Unblockables against Cammy: After Corner Forward Throw>

Whiff Lp.Tk

Whiff Mp.Tk, SJ.HK/MK OR Far St.Mp, Cr.Mp, SJ.Hk/Mk Mk crosses up

Viper Safejumps against Cammy:

Forward Throw> Dash, Slight Step, High Jump HK

Sakura


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Sakura

Sakura


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Sakura

SafeJumpsBackthrow> Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Light Cannon Strike

Cross up StrikesBackthrow> Small Step Forward, St.Lp, Mk.cs SafeJump*



Sakura


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Sakura

Sakura Safejumps against Cammy:Mp.shouoken> Jump Forward J.Hk

Hp.shouoken> Small Step, J.Hk

Hp.shouoken> Small Step Forward, J.Mk

Sakura Unblockables against Cammy:

Forward Throw> Small Step Back, St.Lp, J.Hk


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Huge thanks to everyone at the Cammy Forums for their help in making this.Thanks to @Lhumierre, @Gootecks, the CrossCounter.tv team, and everyone elsewho helped out with this project.

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