I noticed that in KOF 13 vids theres not alot of Guard attack used during block. Is guard attack bad in this game or meter management just make that option null and void?
Well Guard Cancel is just one of the many ways you can use with a power stock. With the addition of EX moves, some people would opt to save meter for those instead.
^ what he said. There are more options to use stocks now; most Ex moves have invincibility and/or start long combos (Chin's Ex counter, Iori's Ex qcb P, Leona's Ex Moon Slasher etc.). Even so, if you know what you're doing, a GCAB can potentially set you up for a full combo so GCCD is almost the least favorable thing to do.
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Since I moved the topic over from General discussion, I couldn't cut Musolini's post since one half was relevant to the other topic which I left:
Musolini:"for your clarck q'd that's easy, when doing combos or the opponent is closer you use dm, when they are further and think their safe you go for the ex grab (huge range). but if you have 2 bars might as well go for the ex dm, same incredible range with huge damage."
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Since I dont have anywhere to play the game I have questions regarding command grabs for those who do. What are the differences in range/dmg between say...clarks ex command grab and his super? They both take one stock, so when would you use one over the other?
That's a good question. I suppose Ex Command grab has farther range than the DM and of course the DM does more dmg...WTH? The raw damage shows the Ex hcf+K to be more damaging than the DM (250vs246 not taking into account scaling) although I'm 100% sure that the DM doesn't scale like normal and remember the mook does say some DMs scale differently.
Other numbers show that the DM does more damage in a combo but I'll double check the numbers since I'm curious now. Here's some data I collected that I'll retest tomorrow:
-s.C [1hit], df.A, Ex Punch, DM (440 dmg)
Assuming those numbers are correct, this is how much damage if the Ex version of the hcf+K is used:
-s.C [1hit], df.A, Ex Punch, Ex hcf+K~qcf+P (~396 dmg)
Also this proves that DM does more damage:
cr. B, cr. A, hcf+BD/hcbx2+P = 229/267 damage
On that note:
s.D, df.A, Ex Vulcan Punch, hcf K
does more than
s.D, df.A, DM
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UPDATE: Guess the mook has a typo for his Ex hcf K throw, it lists his damage 80+90(~another 80 for the elbow) but there is no Ex Elbow per se, and just one standard damage of 35 (so the Ex hcf+K should be 80+90~35 dmg for a total of 196 after scaling).
Apparently, the DM does not scale (at least not by itself). Done on its own: DM = 246 dmg.