Ryu vs Adon

Adon

Matchup:

This is one of the new character's matchup I hate the most as a Ryu player and i am sure all the Ryu players think the same. When a character that can spam safe on blocked moves (jaguar kick and off the wall kick) are pain in the ass. They're hard to counter and they can do free chip damage + push you in the wall for free, on top of these, those moves deal great amount of damage on Ryu. This matchup is a 6:4 Adon's favour if he uses ultra 1 and 5.5:4.5 Adon's favour when it comes to Ultra 2. Adon is such a good character because he has really really good tools on ground, through fireballs, anti air and a special 6frame faster wakeup than anybody in the cast. He's a character that gives no room for his opponent to pull any scrubby game play that forces you to play your best!  

Anti Air:

Adon doesn't have any special jump in normals, so if he ever jumps in to you with any normals, don't need to hesitate to use your srk or low fierce to anti air. Like El Fuerte, Adon has to rely on his special moves to get in Ryu which are also mainly off the ground, therefore excellent anti air is required in this matchup.

Ground Game:

Far Range: This distance is safe to throw fireball, yet, Adon's off the wall kick can go through fireball full screen, however in order for Adon to land this attack on you full screen, he has to do an early off the wall kick before you even throw the fireball.

Mid Range: Adon's low strong and standing roundhouse is his main tools for footsies. Adon's low strong its a pretty fast but not far normal, usually Adon players tend to connects it after a low jab then into jaugar kick for some chip damage + continuing his offense ( this is a good chance to counter his move if you look for it and have fast enough reactions :P). Against Adon focus ( i just learned this North American term instead of using saving <- Jap term) attack is not recommended because Adon's standing roundhouse has 2 hits that can armor break easily (Far st.Fierce can counter Adon's st. roundhouse if timed correctly). His special moves such as off the wall kick and ground jaguar kick also armor breakable. *Whiffed standing roundhouse can be punished by Ryu's low strong (TIMING IS STRICT)*

Adon doesn't really have an answer to Ryu's low forward at this range, so don't fear to use his normal more to pressure him.

Close Range: Adon has some safe and far poke strings and a farely far kara throw. On the other hand, Adon doesn't have a really good or deadly frame trap, so don't be afraid to mash on low jabs while you are guarding his poke strings.

Mind games and Option Select:

Pain in the ass! This is the only character in the whole cast that you can't do any safe jumps or vortex on because of his BROKEN ASS 6f faster wakeup! So does that mean Ryu players should not even try to do anything on his wakeup? The answer is NO!, luckily to the readers i do have some strategies to share on what to do on his wakeup that usually works ( for me... ). After you land a SRK, if the Adon players do a tech wakeup, Ryu can do an immediate low forward into fireball which usually hits. Why?! Majority of the Adon players are not aware of their fast wakeup, therefore usually after a tech wakeup they just hold back so they can get out of everything situation. In this case your low forward hits.

Another thing you can do is, forward throw hold up forward jump right away and follow up with a foward kick, if it's done right ( this allows you to catch up on his 6f wakeup ), this should be really hard for the Adon player to do a properly uppercut.

Option select.....i think sweep OS is the only OS you can do on Adon right now...

On My Wakup:

Backdash is probably the safest thing to do if you don't want to do any risky moves. Using srk to AA Adon's vortexes is pretty risky since smart Adons can bait your Srk with an air jaguar kick on your wakeup. On top of that, Adon's neutral jump roundhouse seems to be a safe jump ( sometimes i can get a trade srk...never clean...and it does not worth to lose those life )

Counters:

Jaguar kick: This is the one of the hardest move to punish in the game IMO. Even if you are fast enough to react to it, sometimes it tends to trade with your normals or SRK and it can deal a chunk of your life. Answer to this move is fast reflex with perfect timed SRK ( DUH!!!! )....yah....and an early far standing fierce and standing roundhouse can also stop this move.

Against this move....suprisingly, backdash can get out of his HK version Jaguar kick and allows u to punish with low forward > whatever.

Air Jaguar kick: This move has lesser priority than the ground version one. Srk and low fierce can beat this move perfectly. Moreover, YES!!! Focus attack works against this move! ( Air version is not armor breakable )

Ex Jaguar kick: Ex version can go through fireball clean, armor breakable PLUS it's an overhead ( WTF!!! BROKEN!!! ) To counter the ex version, tools you use are exactly the same as the normal version but you do need a bit faster reflexes..... :D

Jaguar Tooth: For Adon, this move is safe on block, so there's nothing much you can do if you blocked this move. To counter this move, once you see him jump off the wall, just whiff out a jab srk and it can beat it clean. Even if he uses other versions of Jaguar tooth and you whiffed your srk, don't worry, he has to land and won't be able to harm you :)

Ex Jaguar Tooth: Same thing, but fasterr, nothing scary.

*Once you see him climb off the wall, do Ultra 1, whichever version of Jaguar kick will get hit by it. Free chance to land ultra :)*

Against Ultra 1:

This ultra can go through fireballs full screen like Chun li's but not a charged move ( BROKEN!!! ). So beware of his ultra gauge and make sure you don't throw those reckless fireballs :)

Against Ultra 2:

This is an AA ultra that Adon can combo off from his uppercut.  So yah...uhhh...don't jump or get hit then you can avoid being hit by this ultra... :)

Things to be aware of:

Adon's Jaguar kick is the most scary and dangerous move. Adon players tend to abuse this move the most since it's hard to punish and it can do pretty good damage. According to my own experience, most of the Adons will use Jaguar kick after the following situations.

When they are under pressure by fireball when he has no ex meters and by low forward, Adon would usually use this move to try to get out of pressure.

Another situation is when Adon does a standing roundhouse and you happen to block it, they will try to use Jaguar kick to get closer and apply pressure again.

THIS SITUATION HAPPEN THE MOST!! After a tech throw...they will use roundhouse version Jaguar kick...trust me..they will. Right after a tech throw, you can mash on far st.fierce or st.roundhouse, whichever you prefer.

When you are in the corner, jumping backward roundhouse can be a good escape + punish sometimes when Adon has no ex meters. Even though if he has no meters, can't rely jumping backwards all the time.

P.S. Any version of Jaguar kick in any situation, Ryu's Ultra 1 is the BEST punish. Make sure Ryu players out there don't forget to use it.

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