Monday, July 27

Notes to Myself; Reminding me why Tao is Suck

Tao has 10,500 HP. After Jin grabs you four times (provided the Jin will follow up), you die. A Taggar that grabs you twice kills you.
You cannot chain a Drive into anything. This means to the non-Tao player, it will look like spam.
In many cases, you cannot get in with a Drive.
Taggar is usually listed under the same body type as Ragna, which means Taggar-only combos work on Ragna, but Ragna combos don't work on Taggar.
No combos work on Carl that work on anyone else. (Except ground combos, and everyone knows how horrible those are.) Carl-specific combos are mostly corner combos.
Speaking of ground combos, friends of the square table should actually rejoice upon being hit by one. They deal around 1,400 damage max. They also tend to bring Tao to a high recovery time state, so ground combos are very punishable.
f+B has high startup, and is relatively easy to block.
Her main damage source is off counter hits. Thanks to hitstop, these are easier to track down. Unfortunately, I absolutely hate hitstop, as I believe it makes games stiff.
Air Drive combos which end in C must be timed correctly (right after her sky twirl). Mashing out C will end you in a Drive cancel, which will leave you open for massive punishment.
Tao supers are useless. Berzerker Barrage deals 2,000 - 2,500 damage, which is probably her best super, as it's the most easily chained, Almost Becoming Two does not promise you any damage for 50% meter, Raging Demon is only hit confirmed off a throw, but Tao can air combo after instead which may lead to the same amount, if not more damage depending on your execution.
You cannot beat Jin.
You cannot beat Noel.
You cannot beat Taggar.
You cannot beat Litchi.
You cannot beat Arakune.
You cannot beat Ragna.
You cannot beat Rachel.
You cannot beat Hakumen.
You cannot beat Nu.
You cannot beat Bang.
You cannot beat Carl because no combos you would actually use can be used on him.
There is no point in Slashy-Slashy. It deals no damage unless your opponent is a masochist. And even if this was the case, they wouldn't be playing against a Tao in the first place.
c.A, f+A, j.A and A are useless. Combos scale by 65%-70% after using these.
B scales combos by 85% or so.

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