No problem. Glad it was helpful 
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hell yeah man, you have no clue how bad ive demoralized many victims. they got me down to danger, they think they got me, then they eat a catch counter into resets and they’re dead and buried instead lol.
Lol. Yeah, Hisako has some of the best comeback potential in the game IMO. It’s one of the reasons I frown on swaggy instinct combos - once Hisako has infinite wrath, she can just melt a lifebar if she’s focused on doing damage quickly.
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i actually dont do anything fancy really with her, its all just good reads, well placed counters, wrath management, and resets. ill do TK ORZs to catch people when i can, but i havent done successive TK ORZs like you can. i ■■■■■ up the execution with that, so i do things within my abilities to make do and it works out great for me. i still feel i need to step up in that department though, i rely too much on screwing the opponent over with catch counters.
Grand Final Matches with me vs Menzo at Press Start Gaming. I make a lot of input mistakes and I get too scared with the counter breaker bluffs, but I feel I did top notch for myself.
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Courtesy of @UABass, here’s some rough sets featuring Sako. First one is against xFrankTheHumanx and his very good Rash, second set is against DaytonJ’s monster Tusk.
Vs Rash:
Vs Tusk:
Great games to both players, and thanks again to Bass for hosting! 
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Anytime. Your Hisako play has grown so much, and it was a pleasure to watch. Hope to host again soon.
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We had the autumn classic tournament last night and I fought menzo, losing to him 2-1. His rash I became familiar with Hisako but Glacius I have no clue how to fight him and lost with both my jhisako and Jago.
There is also the match with aria I did later but I don’t feel like looking for it.
Since you asked, here’s some things I noticed while watching.
- Never do shadow influence as a level 4 ender. It should only be used as an ender if you absolutely need the full knockdown time/wrath refill. Unless you’re empty, a level 4 influence ender should give you enough time for both a mixup and full wrath regen - level 4 leaves them on the ground for the same amount of time as the shadow version. The meter is better spent in neutral or on resets.
- If Rash tongues in at Hisako and she blocks the tongue, she can almost always down+MP him as a punish. Don’t let him approach like that for free - unless he comes in at a crazy angle, that ish isn’t safe.
- Don’t run into hail from full screen. If you’re going to take a hit from a hail, better to take it in the air. Hisako’s dash is also really susceptible to getting tagged en route - it’s fast and low profiles, but it’s a hard commitment. Dashing too much at Glacius is just asking to eat a cold shoulder or shadow.
- Hisako should never eat a shadow counter when she has more than 50% wrath. Get into the habit of mashing 3P whenever you see the screen freeze. Doesn’t matter if you have wrath for the cancel or not, this should be an instinctive reaction when playing Hisako.
To be honest though, that Glacius/Sako fight seemed more like bad decision-making to me more than anything. I think the biggest MU specific thing you’ll want to work on is trying to avoid shatter a little better - Menzo hit you with nearly every one that he threw out. He was definitely covering them well and forcing you to juggle multiple threats while he tossed it out, but still, you’ve got to be able to react to that pillar of light against Glacius or you’re going to get dunked.
The more general note I’d have (and part of why I think you got caught in that vortex repeatedly and went for some perhaps ill-advised counter breakers) is just that you need to work on your patience. Zoners in general tend to get a lot of their damage by punishing people who’re trying to get in, and Glacius is no exception to that. Trying to rush in is what he wants you to do, so don’t do that. Glacius doesn’t have anything he can really threaten you with once he gets outside of lance/shoulder range - shatter is reactable, and he shouldn’t ever be able to summon more than a single hail at a time without being punished for it. Make him try and figure out how to pressure you, and then use the things he does to try to apply that pressure to punish him. If he wants to call hail, descent behind him (even if you’re late you wind up more or less at neutral, and his hail is primed to come out in the wrong direction). If he tries to shatter, jump or shadow through it on reaction. If he wants to play inside cold shoulder range, then wait for the lance->something or raw cold shoulder and go from there. Basically, don’t spend your life trying to bully your way in if you can help it. Wait for him to do something you can react to, and then use that to get in on him.
And if you do have to bully your way in, I recommend wall jumps. Covers more ground, and can’t be punished into full combo. It’s fine to spend life to get in, but you want to spend it in ways that don’t have you eating full combos into knockdown setups.
Hope that helps
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Here are some matches from a FT15 I ran against @LemonHunter38’s incredible Fulgore. 21 games, so is definitely a bit of a watch, but a pretty good showcase of both characters’ abilities.
Pt 1:
Pt 2:
Just tagging some of the people who I know are playing/trying to learn Hisako or who might be interested in this set: @TheNinjaOstrich @DulXboxOne @Sasuke99I, @MaruMDQ (for the Fulgore play), @R1stormrider, @Marbledecker. And just because he likes long KI sets, @Infilament 
As always, please feel free to provide feedback on the play you see here. There are mistakes and bad calls that were made (including the way I tried to close out the final game 
) throughout the set, so thoughts and constructive criticism are always appreciated.
And a h/t @WrathOfFulgore for the YouTube host! 
EDIT: Match at 4:15 on the second video is a duplicate, so feel free to skip that one.
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@STORM179 these were really good sets. Nice study material for me.
Also thanks for the critique. I’ll definitely use that knowledge against glacius next time.
I’ve gotten used to fighting rash, just his approaches are hard to stop.
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Also, If anybody has any critique on my play on that set please do not refrain from sharing it
Couple of match videos from recent sets with LetalisVenator:
Omen FT10 Pt 1:
Omen FT10 Pt2:
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Few more match videos from the sets with Letalis:
Gargos FT5:
Aganos FT5:
EDIT: @BrandXplus, thought you might be interested in these
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This is hella old and I’m not really great, but I’m still really happy I managed to pull this off in a real match. 
Here’s some matches from a FT10 today with Zero Syndicate, a good Shadow Jago player.
You’ll notice my Sako is in her snazzy color 10 kimono, courtesy of @TheNinjaOstrich. You the real MVP 
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I’m stealing both your tech in exchange for the color lol
Lol. Pretty sure this set doesn’t have any tech you haven’t seen before :-p
I do have some new tech though… 
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I’ll probably see it in a day or so lol