Leon QFAQ
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Leon Style: |
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· One complaint I've heard from some fighting fans of other games about DOA3 is that "all the characters play the same". That little piece of ignorance comes from not understanding the styles and strengths of each character. |
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Leon for instance is a power character with an
extended throwing game including air and ground throws. He does the same damage
in some cases with a 3 hit string as Ayane would do
with a 6 or 7 hit string. |
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Leon should use his powerful single hits and short
strings to setup his extensive throw game. If you don't learn to play the throwing game
well in DOA3 you will not be playing Leon style. This also involves learning to use the stage envioronment position well, since you will use your throws
and with your strikes to get wall damage multipliers. |
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Leon's strings are mostly short and damaging so know
where the critical hits are as they will leave your opponent with no choice but
to attempt counter keep eating the strings.
When they start the mid string counter attempts, mix in the throws ;-)
Isn't that beautiful? You need all of your moves and strings and reversals to
work together. |
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Set0:Bread & Butter |
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· d+K and u+W d+A OTG Submission
Don't neglect to tack on OTG hits |
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· (b,f,b+black ) |
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· Leons ground strings are pretty predictable after a while
so he should be reversal fodder right? |
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· Not if you notice the big timing delays possible to do between his strings like his: |
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· k,p...p 81pt. power string |
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· b+p,....k
Classic Launcher |
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· u+p....p |
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· Mix up the TIMINGS which you will find can be almost
as effective as mixing up hit-levels. |
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· Leon also foils reversals with nice juggle starters
and Low criticals which are hard to see coming. |
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· Mix in alot of single hit
strikes. |
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· Leon also has several standing low strikes which can
be very hard to see coming and can setup other strings. |
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· ===Don't forget all Leons
powerful single hit strikes and knockbacks=== |
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· They only get one chance to reverse these before they
go flying into walls. |
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· b,f+p mid 40pts
knockback |
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· qcf+p mid 35pts PH to 52pts
and a knockback |
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· you want to land this PH move
as close as possible |
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· W and f+W |
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· qcb+p mid critical |
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· WS+k high juggle |
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· hold df+P critical juggle |
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· R mid critical |
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· D+R low critical |
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· U+K or UB+K
High Kick with big range slows down those "speed" characters |
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Set0b:Basic P and K Analysis |
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· -----Basic Punch Analysis----- |
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· One of the fundamentals of DOA3 is to know the hit
level you're striking at. |
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· If you just throw out strikes and strings with no idea
of the hit level yourself than you're really playing only a step above a
"masher". Do you want to go
low, high or are they countering high so you're ready do dish out some mean mid
strings. |
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· This is especially true with a slower, power style
character like Leon. |
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· Notice that only p and b+p are high punches |
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· u+p mid |
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· ub+p mid
critical good setup |
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· uf+p mid Smack
Down Ground |
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· f,f dash, d+a |
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· f+p mid |
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· df+p mid |
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· db+p mid |
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· b+p high |
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· d+p low |
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· -----Basic Kick Analysis----- |
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· f+k mid critical
Knee |
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· b+p,k,p,a 86pts |
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· k,p,p 81pts |
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· b+k mid |
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· Use this kick to come down on crouchers
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· uf+k mid Floats off a stun |
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· DF+K mid critical with long range |
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· u+k or ub+k high long kick
mix with df+k mid long kick |
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· K High Critical
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· WS K High
Juggler |
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· d+k,k low, critical
low |
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Set1: P,P and P, f+P |
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· High starting strings: |
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· p,p High,High |
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· p mid |
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· b+p mid
knockdown |
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· f,f rund+a If your opponent is techrolling
keep the attacks on as they get up |
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· db+p mid
critical 56pts |
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· b+p,k,a 83pts |
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· d+k,k,d+a |
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· k
mid knockback "punt" kick |
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· p,f+p high,mid |
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· k mid 35pts |
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· d+k low 25pts |
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Set2:b+P, f,f+P |
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· More high starting strings |
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· b+p high critical |
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· k high juggle |
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· f+k mid critical
setup |
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· f,f+p high critical |
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· p high |
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· p,p high mid 57pts
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· k,p,p 89pts |
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Set3: f+p & Mid starts |
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· Mid starters |
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· f+p mid |
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· p |
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· p,p mid, mid 61pts |
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· p,k mid, low
(critical) 61pts |
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· (nice because it's a low w/o
the Dpad) |
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· very hard to tell from
p,f+p,d+k
which starts high |
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· k mid critical |
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· Mixer Sample: |
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· f,f+p,d+k high,mid,low critical stun |
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· f+p,p,k mid,mid,low |
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· d+k,k,u+k low,low,high |
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Set4: K starters & W |
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· Leon's normal standing K is critical so all the inititiative is yours after it connects, leaving them only
a counter attempt as the option. |
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· K High Critical
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· k mid |
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· p
mid |
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· p,p mid, mid critical -- 81pts |
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· You want to set this up often for big damage |
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· f,f+k low |
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· k mid --- mix this up with the regular k,k which is high,mid |
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· b+p,k,a |
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· p,p,p |
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· Leon's ability to kick critical low mid and high while
basically in the same standing posture makes him very, very tough to counter if
he is played well. For every lucky counter he will deliver several devastating
strings. |
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· W mid critical headbutt Pick
a followup string |
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· f,f+p,p,p |
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· f+p,p,p |
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· b+p,k,a high Juggle |
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· uf+k,p,a mid Juggle |
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· uf+k,...p,p,a (getting both
punches just takes a little timing) |
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· d+k,k,d+k low strings |
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· b+W, P
mid, mid critical 62pts |
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· d+W
mid knockdown |
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· d+a |
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· f+W HIGH knockback 45pts |
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Set5: Swing Low |
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· Force your opponent to start blocking low and
countering Low |
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· to set up your powerful mid strings like k,p,p |
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· Also setup your crouching throws |
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· db+k low |
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· d+K low |
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· K
low critical |
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· b+p,k,a go high |
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· f+p,p,p go mid |
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· f,f+K low |
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· k
mid |
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· D+RT low critical |
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· Backturn hold d+p or d+k |
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Set6:WC & BackTurn |
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Leon can get you launced thrown or comboed from
his crouch |
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· hold df+p High -- Juggle seems to created just for the air throw |
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· WS K High |
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· p,A |
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· p,p,A |
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· p,p,k |
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· df,df+A, Throw |
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· p |
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· d+A |
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· Not a Backturn position character per say but keep in
mind that |
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· Leon has nice moves for those times when the opponent
ends up |
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· behind you. Think
Quick. |
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· Moves from Backturn |
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· p high |
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· p,p high mid |
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· p,p,p high |
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· k |
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· d+p mid |
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· d+k mid |
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· hold d+p low |
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· hold d+k low critical |
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Set7:Playing with Power |
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· ub+p mid Critical hit Setup -- They will have to
go for counter so mix it up. |
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· f,f+p, High,mid -- this punch is high critical and will juggle added to the 1st critical |
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· p,p |
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· f+p,p,p Mid,Mid -- |
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· p,f+p,p,p high,mid |
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· p,p,A |
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· You can throw quicker from a Non-Critical Blow |
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· u+p mid |
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· p,p mid, mid 61pts Use this standard combo to |
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· The Key to this combo is the big timing delays you can
do between the blows. |
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· Sometimes quick, sometimes slow. |
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· If the opponent is critical stunned 1st you get a
FLOATING juggle good for extending the string (see: Juggles Set) |
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· d+k,k go low |
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· d+a,d+a,d,d+a or db+a,d+a |
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· You can go for a crouching throw combo JUST as they come up from the forced crouch from the punch. |
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· hcb+a,b+a,d+a,p standing throw |
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· If they come up with a reversal, it's really big
damage but they won't be crouching so use a standing throw. |
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Set8:Juggles |
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· Leon is given an air throw and nice short powerful
juggle strings |
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· He has a variety of ways to
put you in the air and use that that Air Juggle |
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· Remember DOA3 is all about mixups. Notice Leons variety of Juggle starter mixups |
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· For Leons Juggles you have
here a high,high starter |
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· a high,mid starter |
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· Mid Starters and |
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· A While Standing high starter |
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· A While crouching mid starter
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· Remember with Leons d+k,k critical you can setup with
Low starters |
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· b+p,k high, high |
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· p,p,k knockback |
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· p,A Air Throw |
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· p,p,A |
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· b+p, f+k high, mid critical --- Use this series to make your 2nd hit mid |
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· b+p,k,a |
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· b+p,k,p,a |
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· k,p,p |
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· d+RT |
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· ---Mid Starters |
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· ub+p
Critical Stun |
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· UF+K mid tomahawk kick Juggle Floats on a Counter hit or Critical stun followup |
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· p,p,k |
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· p,A |
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· ..p,p,A slight pause before p,p
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· ---Low Starters |
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· d+k,k, critical low |
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· u+p,p --- Opponent must be stunned to get the Floating juggle |
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airthrow |
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· WS+k high juggle |
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· p,A Best for ease and damage |
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· p,p,A |
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· p,p,k |
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· hold df+p mid juggle |
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Set9:Throws |
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· See Throws QFaq |
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· Leon is a grappler character that emphasizes throws. |
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· It takes skill and strategy to really use throws well
in DOA3 but throws are meant to be a big part of the gameplay, esp. for a
character like Leon. |
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· Your basic objective is to use your most powerful strikes and attack strings and juggles to get your opponent to block or attempt reversals. |
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· Mount Throws
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· df+df+a,
p 82pts |
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· df+df+a, d+a 87pts |
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· Powerful and quick these throws will put a lot of
pressure on your opponent |
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· The crouch dash works well since they are looking for Leons charging strings |
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· Throws |
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· b,f+q, f+a, d+a 105pts |
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· qcb+a, b+a, d+a, p 108pts mounted punches |
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· qcb+a, b+a, d+a, d+a 115pts |
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· b,f+a, b+a, d+a 105pts |
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· hold d+a ground submission 30pts |
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· They should learn to fear your ground submission so
they will have to techroll. |
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· You can get attacks and throws just as they recover
from the techroll as well. |
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