Leo Counterplay Guide - How to Fight The True King - Guilty Gear Strive
This video aims to go over Leo's neutral and backturn options to give you a better understanding of what to play around.
There's not many videos out at the moment giving indepth explinations of how to deal with certain characters so I wanted to make an indepth video about Leo since he's the character I know the most about.
I apologise for the length, I'm not super experience making videos yet and I need to work on being more concise.
Let me know if I missed anything or if anything I said was wrong. I will consider making a corrections video if this video has glaring issues.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Gameplan
03:20 Neutral Tools
13:50 Options into Backturn
24:35 Dealing with Backturn
30:40 Misc Options
Alright, there's a lot of small hidden variables in this bnb, but think I finally got it now! #PS4share pic.twitter.com/RSv1zlC91S— Doonu Duwii (@dsduwii) August 30, 2021
Since Leo is terrorizing everyone rn, now is time:A small guide to tame King Kong himself. #GGST_LE #GGST_SO #GuiltyGearStrive Let me know if it's helpful or you have any other tips pic.twitter.com/tXBItLZ8Rt— BG | Seth (@SethM0dz) August 30, 2021
Predictable, but Leo won't reflect minions, they'll just bounce back.Prévisible, mais Leo ne renvoit pas les schnapseurs, ils vont juste être repoussés. #GGST_LE #GGST_JC #PS5Share, #GuiltyGearStrive pic.twitter.com/Dte3FyFD3A— Achorawl 砂漠貓 (@Achorawl) August 27, 2021
New punish, seems like Lord Daisuke wants us to get more stuff off of IB. #GGST_ZA #GGST_LE pic.twitter.com/4lGwHsr41I— 250ms Sol (@packetlossremix) August 27, 2021
timestamps:
0:00 dash 5K, throw
0:05 dash 5K, 6K
0:10 dash 5K, delay 6K
0:18 dash 5K, dash 5K
0:20 dash 5K, backdash f.S
0:24 throw 66PRC OS
0:29 S projectile is reactable
0:39 S projectile long range punish
When facing Leo's 5K, he has a couple of options.
He can do
5K, tick throw
5K, 6K
5K, backdash f.S
but you cannot immediately throw in Strive. there is a 5F window that you must give before you can throw (so whatever blockstun +5F)
you can fuzzy this entire mix by delaying the throw
since if you delay you'll still be in blockstun and block the 6K
if the Leo delays his 6K he'll get thrown
if Leo does dash 5k, dash 5k he gets thrown
his only counterplay is to dash 5K, backdash f.S
but you can OS this by doing throw 66PRC to punish him
fast projectile is actually absolutely reactable because Leo takes a long time to recover
if you dont want to IAD j.S you can also just 5H(as Ramlethal) or use your long range punish
While it is normally preferred to let this super play out OB to get a larger punish, there are times where Leo may have enough meter to RC to keep himself safe. In this situation, take advantage of the gaps in this super, which allow you to throw Leo and prevent an RC. #GGST_LE pic.twitter.com/pzfCc25tNk— Wallaby 🇵🇸 (@FGCWallaby) August 17, 2021
You can 2d mizrah leos flashkick up close and further out delay the mizrah or a full punish #GGST_MI pic.twitter.com/jhhIDWOBro— Make Ex Screw Smash a Reversa (@Iceman3216) August 8, 2021
As per requested, I made an Anti-Leo guide talking about his gatlings, specials & all that good stuff. His gatlings are weird but I still tried to cover them.Also. . . if they wanna start waking up H DP cause of HKD. . . Use this convenient punish 🙂🙂https://t.co/TxB2BXgYRT pic.twitter.com/pKfz5a7Xgn— Tei 🇹🇹🇹🇹 @ #WhensBattleNetwork (@NY_Teiga) August 7, 2021