depends on which character you play with

learn scorpion, hipkido style and just be as aggressive as possible.

Just press start...scroll down to where it says Moves List or whatever, read what it says, DO THE MOVES. Practice them, live them...

Yeah, who ever is your fav. or best kombatant, learn, no, KNOW all their moves n just master them. Better yet, learn how to play the fckn game! How bout that. try that

Reversal and punish. Most people hate it but it's still a great way to get an opponent to switch tactics.

Well, buy the BradyGames guide of Deadly Alliance, go to the section of your favorite character, then study those moves and combos as if you were studying for SATs! That is, if you care about SATs.

actually i am good at this game, no one could ever beat me, until my cousin showed up with that stupid low kick and grab. i know all the moves for a number of characters but no matter what i try i can not beat jax

Ninjahellspawn Wrote: learn scorpion, hipkido style and just be as aggressive as possible.

I think you mean Pai Gau. Hap blows ass.

In general, 1,1 BDc is a good bet for anyone who has it, which is quite a few. Throws out-prioritize a lot of stuff in DA. So if you are getting frustrated by throws, "WTF!! I attacked you first you bitch!!" then now you know why. You can reverse low's in DA. So pick Shang or a reverse peep and bitch smack his low. If you choose to do that, remember that when you reverse a kick the begining of a branch - 1,1 - the second 1 will whiff and they can block. So if you catch a kick, launch, then juggle. Also, just throw his ass back. Peeps who throw a lot usually get really bitchy when they are thrown. Doesn't matter if it's MK, Tekken, SvC, SF, whatever.

If you are really having trouble, just pick Scorp, stay in Gau, shove --> hell fire, 2,2,3 back-dash --> hell fire. Enjoy.

no offense but you just suck.

staying on the topic of sucking, hapkido does not.

Hapkido does suck

no, it doesn't. it's very nice. quick 3, nice sweep mix-ups, and the u+4. watching 2 advanced scorpion players bash 3 in hapkido while both keep blocking it is like watching back and forth parrying in sf3. not that that has to do with anything. but it sure is fun to watch.

For fighting Jax, scorpion is your best friend. Block all of jax's moves, and when hes finished with his combo, quickly do scorpions 4 hit combo with his sword, followed by 2 juggles. You could also do this with his hapkido. Remember to block while jax is doing his combo, and immediately after hes finished, do yours.

Ha ha... Scorpion is your best friend vs everyone... he is so broken.

Dark_No0B Wrote: For fighting Jax, scorpion is your best friend. Block all of jax's moves, and when hes finished with his combo, quickly do scorpions 4 hit combo with his sword, followed by 2 juggles. You could also do this with his hapkido. Remember to block while jax is doing his combo, and immediately after hes finished, do yours.

Scorpions sword combo is pretty weak in my opinion, anyways use johnny cage. He has the best combos and special moves.

OK, it's offical I'm getting this game.....
I want to meet your button mashin' cousin and mash his head in with the crappiest character in the game =P

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Hapkido sucks ass...compared to Pi Gua.

If anyone else had hapkido it would kick ass. Got damn do I wish Sub had it instead of Shotokan.

Ssshh....learn how to sidestep. If he always does the same move, choose a character who can do reversals, like Sonya, Kano or Shang Tsung.

My friend always use jax and use throws. I use Mavado's hookswords. That always get him.

Can you break throws in this game?

If so, throwing should not be an excuse to losing.

No you can't 'break' throws, but you can block them.

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My advice, fireblade:
Just eat the low kick! It does far LESS damage than the throw.

When you try and block the low attack, thats when you leave yourself open.

you should go Scorpian and ues his side step sword swing

Satyagraha Wrote: Ninjahellspawn Wrote: learn scorpion, hipkido style and just be as aggressive as possible. I think you mean Pai Gau. Hap blows ass. In general, 1,1 BDc is a good bet for anyone who has it, which is quite a few. Throws out-prioritize a lot of stuff in DA. So if you are getting frustrated by throws, "WTF!! I attacked you first you bitch!!" then now you know why. You can reverse low's in DA. So pick Shang or a reverse peep and bitch smack his low. If you choose to do that, remember that when you reverse a kick the begining of a branch - 1,1 - the second 1 will whiff and they can block. So if you catch a kick, launch, then juggle. Also, just throw his ass back. Peeps who throw a lot usually get really bitchy when they are thrown. Doesn't matter if it's MK, Tekken, SvC, SF, whatever. If you are really having trouble, just pick Scorp, stay in Gau, shove --> hell fire, 2,2,3 back-dash --> hell fire. Enjoy.

i think you mean 2,2,1 --> hell fire. 2,2,3 is trash. they can tech roll right out of it so back-dashing into hell fire = no.

outside of shove/hell fire, pi gua isn't great. in hapkido, use 4 to your advantage. if they block the inital hit, hit b+4 to push them away. if they don't block, juggle time.

If you can't block him fast enough, then learn to side step. Once you get timing perfect you should be able to side step almost everyting Jax throws at you. Plus this leaves Jax wide open for punishment if your quick enough to capitalize. The point? If you can't block effectively then don't block. Your problem seems to be you are not changing your strategy just like he is not altering his. Obviously your attempting something over and over again that does not work. Learn to side step effectivly and you should be alright....as far as Jax is concerned. Side steping doesn't help with every character.

MENTHOL Wrote: Satyagraha Wrote: Ninjahellspawn Wrote: learn scorpion, hipkido style and just be as aggressive as possible. I think you mean Pai Gau. Hap blows ass. In general, 1,1 BDc is a good bet for anyone who has it, which is quite a few. Throws out-prioritize a lot of stuff in DA. So if you are getting frustrated by throws, "WTF!! I attacked you first you bitch!!" then now you know why. You can reverse low's in DA. So pick Shang or a reverse peep and bitch smack his low. If you choose to do that, remember that when you reverse a kick the begining of a branch - 1,1 - the second 1 will whiff and they can block. So if you catch a kick, launch, then juggle. Also, just throw his ass back. Peeps who throw a lot usually get really bitchy when they are thrown. Doesn't matter if it's MK, Tekken, SvC, SF, whatever. If you are really having trouble, just pick Scorp, stay in Gau, shove --> hell fire, 2,2,3 back-dash --> hell fire. Enjoy. i think you mean 2,2,1 --> hell fire. 2,2,3 is trash. they can tech roll right out of it so back-dashing into hell fire = no. outside of shove/hell fire, pi gua isn't great. in hapkido, use 4 to your advantage. if they block the inital hit, hit b+4 to push them away. if they don't block, juggle time.

Dude 4 isn't even safe if I remember correctly, and pi gua is dope because of 3 and 4 being super safe, not because of shove/hellfire. Shove/hellfire is like a bonus.