Capcom vs SNK 2/Sagat

Introduction

In a Nutshell:

Sagat is the king of CvS2. If you like a play style of dominating pokes/neutral that can convert into big damage, but also have up close pressure options, Sagat is the character for you. He has nearly everything you'd want in a character.

Pros:

- Some of the best normals in the game

- Excellent array of supers for all needs.

- Great damage output and health.

Cons:

-Slow move speed

-Big hurtboxes make him vulnerable to normals and instant overheads that much of the cast can duck

- Weakness maintaining pressure against short characters that can duck close standing jab.

- Sub par roll cancels (and specials, generally)

Preferred Grooves

Footsie Sagat generally prefers having stored supers to unleash big damage, so C or P are viable. Rushdown Sagat just needs low jump to be scary, so N and K are viable.

A groove isn't ideal, as Sagat's customs aren't really super damaging and are fairly difficult, but its still Sagat, so it's not a *bad* character. But we won't be focusing much on A-Sagat.

S Sagat is less than ideal because S-Groove isn't good period, but Sagat is definitely on the top 3 S-Groove team. Infinite level 1 Tiger Cannons is no joke.

C Groove-

Advantages-

• Level 2 cancelling- Cancelling Tiger Raid into Fierce Tiger Uppercut is one of the best meter savers. You only lose 100 damage and gain a Tiger Uppercut worth of meter on top of the meter you save compared to the level 3.

• Cheap meters- on top of the level 2 canceling, C-Groove has the fastest building gauge.

• Delayed Get-up- Unpunishable method to mess with setup/safejumps.

• Air Block-

Disadvantages-

• Rush down- You need to earn your way in through footsies and pressure.

K Groove-

Advantages-

• RAGE- When you're red, opponents are terrified. Make sure to throw them a few times and laugh that that's basically a super's worth of damage.

• Low Jump- Sagat's low jump RH is very very good. It also opens up the low jump RH/ empty jump Tiger Raid Mixup

• Safe Supers- Obviously Sagat gets this in all grooves, but K allows for "random" use it or lose it supers. Having 1 safe and 1 mostly safe supers is amazing for this.

• Safe Fall- Quickly get back in the fight, but watch for punishment!

• Just Defense- Get life back AND 1/12 meter for holding back? Great! The goal is to get around 12 JD's a round, so you end up getting 2 or 3 rage opportunities instead of 1 or 2.

Disadvantages-

• No Alpha Counter- This is brutal against A Groove

• Less control over meter usage- An opponent can wait you out, or taunt you before a match to cost your rage.

N Groove-

Advantages-

• Low Jump

• More control over Supers

• Counter Attack/Roll

Disadvantages-

• Need to "pop" for level 3's

• Slower overall functional meter than K or C.

Terms:

Forward = F/f, Backward = B/b, Up = U/u, Down = D/d

Light punch = LP (Jab Punch), Medium Punch = MP (Strong Punch), Hard punch = HP (Fierce Punch), Light kick = LK (Short Kick), Medium Kick = MK (Forward Kick), Hard kick = HK (Roundhouse Kick)

Any Punch = AP, Any Kick = AK

QCF - d,df,f (Hadoken/Tiger shot movement), QCB - d,db,b (Hurricane Kick movement), DP - f,df,f (Dragon punch/Tiger Uppercut movement)

Normal Moves

Button	Position	Buffers:	Itself	Specials	Supers	Hit	Block	Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage
Jab	Standing		n	y	y	+6	+6	2	3	6	500
	Crouching		n	y	y	+3	+3	5	4	8	400
	Jumping		-	-	-	-	-	4	22	-	600
Strong	Standing		n	y	y	-7	-7	4	3	24	1100
	Crouching		n	y	y	+4	+4	6	4	12	1000
	Jumping		-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	1100
Fierce	Close		n/n	y/n	y/y	-13	-13	3	8	27	1300,1100
	Far		n	n	y	-4	-4	6	8	20	1600
	Crouching		n	n	y	+2	+2	7	8	14	1500
	Jumping		-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	1600
Short	Standing		n,n	y,n	y,y	-1	-1	5	2+6	10	200+400
	Crouching		n	y	y	+5	+5	3	4	6	400
	Jumping		-	-	-	-	-	5	22	-	600
Forward	Standing		n/n	y/n	y/n	-12	-12	5	3+8	24	400+900
	Crouching		n	y	y	-2	-2	4	5	17	1000
	Jumping		-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	1000
Roundhouse	Standing		n/n	y/n	y/n	-7	-7	6	3+7	24	500+1300
	Crouching		n	n	y	down	-7	7	8	23	1500
	Jumping		-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	1400

Moves with detached/invincible hitboxes:

-j.HK (tip of foot)

-far s.HP and d.HP (tip of fists, VERY small)

-far s.MK (tip of foot)

Throws

Tiger Carry

• Forward or Back + Fierce

Tiger Rage

• Forward or Back + Roundhouse (Mashable)

Special Moves

Tiger Shot

• Quarter Circle Forward + Punch
  • LP 800 -11/-11 10/44
  • MP 900 -12/-12 10/45
  • HP 1000 -13/-13 10/46

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Ground Tiger Shot

• Quarter Circle Forward + Kick
  • LK 700 -12/-12 12/45
  • MK 800 -13/-13 12/46
  • HK 900 -14/-14 12/47

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Tiger Uppercut

• Forward, Down, Down-Forward + Punch
  • LP 1800,900 down/-35 3/15/35
    • 3 frames full body, 4 frames lower body
  • MP 1900,900 down/-43 3/19/39
    • 3 frames full body, 4 frames lower body
  • HP 700+500+400+200x2 down/-35 3/[4]/[5]/[5]/[5]/[5]/42
    • 7 frames full body

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Tiger Crush

• Forward, Down, Down-Forward + Kick
  • LK 400+1100 down/-10 6/[6]/[5]/23
  • MK 500+1200 down/-12 5/[6]/[6]/24
  • HK 600+1300 down/-15 4/[6]/[7]/26

Super Combos

High Tiger Cannon

• Double Quarter Circle Forward + Punch
  • High Tiger Cannon super has one frame less startup before the super flash than Ground Tiger Cannon super. It makes a difference when punishing another Sagat's whiffed far s.HP with far s.HP xx High Tiger Cannon as opposed to far s.HP xx Ground Tiger Cannon.

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Ground Tiger Cannon

• Double Quarter Circle Back + Punch
  • LP down/-2
  • MP down/+1
  • HP down/+4

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Tiger Raid

• Double Quarter Circle Back + Kick

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Tiger Genocide

• Double Quarter Circle Forward + Kick

Bread and Butter Combos

s.jabx2, tiger uppercut/tiger knee

cr.short, s.jab, tiger uppercut/tiger knee

s.jab, s.fierce, tiger uppercut

cr.shortx2, tiger uppercut/tiger knee

C-Groove Combos

Crossover lk, 2 standing lp, crouching mk ~ lvl. 2 Ground Tiger Cannon ~ lvl. 1 Tiger Cannon

Advanced Strategy

Edited By: Haaris Abbasi & Markudea