General/Other - Tempest Kung Lao Tempest Variation General Discussion

[Alright RyRy]

Something I conjured up while in the practice mode. I am pretty sure its nothing new.

 

[WiseM0nkey]

Something I conjured up while in the practice mode. I am pretty sure its nothing new.

what's the set up? is it guaranteed? i dont understand :/

 

[Big Pampering]

what's the set up? is it guaranteed? i dont understand :/

It's ending a combo with b321 ex teleport. Very risky and not that hard to counter.

 

[WiseM0nkey]

It's ending a combo with b321 ex teleport. Very risky and not that hard to counter.

yeh i mean, that is what concerned me at first cause all the opponent has to do is just crouch and punish the tele on wakeup

 

[Ninequads93]

anytime sir

d4, b2. f2 and hat spin are his best tool in neutral, apart from the risky ones like Dive Kick and Teleport

Don't forget d3 is godlike as well

 

[WiseM0nkey]

Don't forget d3 is godlike as well

yeh d3 is good cause it covers the most range out of all his pokes, and opens up for a b321 follow up, if they try to counterpoke they'll get hit by it most of the time, but i still prefer d1 cause it's quicker and d4 cause it jails for f2 and it covers almost the same amount of distance, d4 is also quicker then d3

 

[Artur Medeiros]

Something I conjured up while in the practice mode. I am pretty sure its nothing new.

you forgot to use the hat spin after b321, then you go for the ex tele

 

[honeybooboo]

By now, is anybody landing the 4-4 "2 frame link" consistently?

 

[zabugi]

ive been playing tempest lao for the past week now but i cant seem to ever get the f23 df1 input. not talking about whiffing.... any help dudes

 

[TheGoldenJew]

ive been playing tempest lao for the past week now but i cant seem to ever get the f23 df1 input. not talking about whiffing.... any help dudes

add me on ps4, KHTC_GoldenJew

 

[AK Stormthegates]

Don't know if this has been answered but i noticed that if you do ex hat into run 11 you can make it have no hole if you do it fast enough. Does anyone know how to consistently do this because I don't know when input the run so I only get it like 10% of the time.

 

[gibster13]

How comes I never see any Laos do hatspin b4 into combo ?

 

[Pygmy_Potato]

Plenty of Lao players know and go for the sweep combo. But it usually doesn't work on those who know the match-up because Lao loses his combo-able overhead while the hat is spinning around him so opponents are often blocking low in those situations.

 

[Paul the Octopus]

What are an opponent's options vs KL's teleport with orbiting hat out?

I play deceptive reptile and imposter shinnok. Typically, as reptile, I block the hat then armor through the follow up, but was wondering what other options I have? In particular, am interested in meterless options. D2 can work at times, but if the hat happens to hit on the way up, I eat a combo. Otherwise i try to block the hat/j3 and backdash but that doesn't do any damage / isn't that great. Do i just have to hold this?

How about as Shinnok? I don't think ex shouldering through the follow up is worth the meter, given how meter starved imposter is, and again d2 seems inconsistent.

 

[The PantyChrist]

How good are their back dashes? Reptile can maybe back dash and slide punish on reaction. Not sure about shinnok though. He has a great d2 though

 

[Smok3x88]

Who can teach me the ways of King Lao Xbox one trying to get good with him?

 

[HuttonMD]

Hey everyone I need some help in the kung Lao MU I've taken him to the lab to practice fighting against his pressure but since I'm not a Lao main I Dont know the most optimal ways to pressure with him and actually fighting a person not just a dummy set to record is totally different.

so I'm coming in here to ask anyone who is on xbox to run some sets with me and help me learn the MU more my gt is xXxR1ddleMeTh1s

 

[Nabeel Robinson]

I found a new high damaging combo midscreen with lao using EX Spin!
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@just_2swift

 

[Frizen]

Its known mate, sorry
Its hella inconsistent tho.

 

[just_2swift]

I found a new high damaging combo midscreen with lao using EX Spin!
@A F0xy Grampa
@YOMI DJT
@Perfect Legend
@YOMI SLAYER
@YOMI FOREVER KING
@just_2swift

Very nice man

 

[STRYKIE]

Wasn't sure where I should post this but I guess this will do.

Okay so I know some Lao players know Alien's OH flip can be punished with meterless spin but they usually only follow up with the barebones JK~DK, 21, which leaves quite a bit of damage on the table.

Since this is pretty much the only situation where you would use spin before hat spin in Tempest, this is what I came up with:

There may potentially be a bit more damage potential from this and may also be useful for other moves that are -7/-8 on block that leave themselves right in Lao's grill but I can't think of any lol.

 

[TheGoldenJew]

Wasn't sure where I should post this but I guess this will do.

Okay so I know some Lao players know Alien's OH flip can be punished with meterless spin but they usually only follow up with the barebones JK~DK, 21, which leaves quite a bit of damage on the table.

Since this is pretty much the only situation where you would use spin before hat spin in Tempest, this is what I came up with:

There may potentially be a bit more damage potential from this and may also be useful for other moves that are -7/-8 on block that leave themselves right in Lao's grill but I can't think of any lol.

imo its better to knockdown so u can set hat up for armor break as opposed to using it in combo...i usually do spin-divekick-b321-hat or spin-divekick-21- hat..

 

[Pygmy_Potato]

imo its better to knockdown so u can set hat up for armor break as opposed to using it in combo...i usually do spin-divekick-b321-hat or spin-divekick-21- hat..

The combo he showed ends in 21, so you get the same hat orbit setup on knockdown but with more damage.

 

[WiseM0nkey]

imo its better to knockdown so u can set hat up for armor break as opposed to using it in combo...i usually do spin-divekick-b321-hat or spin-divekick-21- hat..

afer every hat combo you always have the hat aviable for the set up... if you look at the video you can see it

 

[EntropicByDesign]

Quick question folks.. Looking to learn some Lao and try to rekindle my interest in MKX.. After looking around, I found 11million Lao combos, but im not sure how to parse them exactly..

So, to the Tempest Lao players out there, what are the absolute, must know BnBs a new Lao player should learn first and foremost. And also, just so its out there, my execution sucks. I dont mind to grind these combos and really learn them but I would prefer to default to consistent damage/execution vs max damage but super difficult.. So if any of his primary combos have potato versions that only sacrifice a little damage for ease of execution, please let me know.

Anyway guys, any advice would be really appreciated. I've always wanted to learn Lao and am hoping to get a list of practice shit together. Thanks!