This also makes you invulnerable to a guard-break, which is one of the mixups used after the skewer. If you're a character with a dodge attack, I would recommend you wait until the correct timing and use your dodge attack to avoid this skewer. The thing I see is this: People almost ALWAYS try to parry it. I let the skewer go maybe once every 15 skewers. I'm saying this now 95% of the time if you're playing against a good Gladiator he will NOT let it go, so while you should watch it for the parry timing. Sometimes if you let a Gladiator light attack you he'll go into his skewer. If he misses the zone he'll have a brief cooldown so if you dodge backwards you can punish both of these options with a heavy attack. However his toe-stab's cooldown is so high that you don't need to gb him. Many people would recommend you dodge to the side to get a free gb off of him. Dodge before the toe-stab, or dodge before the zone. He could also go into a zone attack though, if he does this all 3 actions warrant the same reaction. If he does go into a light he will probably go into a toe-stab afterward. Hopefully this will give you some insight into how to effectively play against him.įirst mixup a Gladiator may try to do is feint a heavy into either a light or a toe-stab. and how YOU as a player should react to them. Due to the flicker on Orochi and PK it is very hard for Gladiator to react to anything in these character's movesets.Īlright so I'm going to list off the list of Gladiator's openers, followed by the combos they will try to follow them up with. it is very unlikely the Gladiator will win.

If two players of equal skill encounter eachother, one playing Gladiator and one playing one of these characters. Fast attacks are very difficult for Gladiator to react to as his reflex guard has a delay and it means you have to commit to your defense.

When played right these characters do a good job of shutting down Gladiator. These characters do an average of job of fighting against Gladiator. Gladiator is good against these characters, as they all still make use of turtling to some extent. This is mostly due to the speed of his toestab and lights, as well as his punches and zone mixups. Gladiator is especially good at dealing with characters that make heavy use of turtling. Like many heroes Gladiator has good matchups and bad matchups. There are some heroes that CANNOT effectively counter Gladiator.

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