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How to trump a ground-grab stand-off! (In the beta build)
By Dr. Shenanigans
Tired of your foe invading your personal space and being forced to either jump or play the "He touched me innapropriately!" game?

This guide will show you how to beat a grab standoff with (Almost) all vanilla characters!
   
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Category: Characters, Gameplay Basics, Multiplayer, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
General Guidelines for Trumping a Grab Stand-Off 
Ninja 
Cowboy 
Robot 
Mutant 
Wizard(?) 
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General Guidelines for Trumping a Grab Stand-Off
For any non-vanilla characters...

If you have an attack gets you off the ground in three frames or less, or have a special grab that has higher priority than a normal grab. You will win the standoff.

Ninja
Uppercut
Only a block can stop it, but blocking in grab distance is usually a bad idea.
Cowboy
Downward Slash
Auto-jumps, preventing you being from ground-grabbed.

Could be blocked or counter-hit by a faster attack though.
Robot
Command : Grab
Higher priority than normal grab. Could be countered by jumping attacks that beat normal grabs though.
Mutant
Kick (or Shred)
Mutant has two standing aerials he can use to outplay a stand grab, but he also has a MAJOR tool to deal with it: Juke.
The moves circled in green are you best bets. The crossed-out ones cannot save you, even with a juke. The unmarked ones may or may not work depending on if your foe is smart enough to remember how to toggle dash with grabs.
Wizard(?)
Cry
No really. Wizard has NOTHING he can do to trump a standing grab. Air Grabs? Fall and hover work wonders, but not ground.

Sorry.
9 Comments
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Ataraxia 28 Sep, 2024 @ 2:13am 
if wiz is at least +1 he can use hopsicle since it leaves the ground frame 4
Glassbrain 29 Jul, 2024 @ 9:38am 
wizard performs downward icicle
critbert 5 Apr, 2024 @ 7:22pm 
Dash Back
Doctor 4 Apr, 2024 @ 3:20pm 
Can't wizard jump, then icicle? I might be wrong tho.
Meet the Zombie Soldier 15 Feb, 2024 @ 3:41pm 
Confusing touch is nerfed in unstable (and given that mutant is listed here, this guide was written for unstable.) unless you are at a frame advantage on startup, CT will LOSE to grab 100% of the time in unstable, which means the only time it works is if your opponent blocked or did a jab themselves.
Valentine 10 Jan, 2024 @ 9:35am 
Confusing touch can beat grab as wizard. Hell, wizard can beat any move at grab range with confusing touch
DEMOPLS 20 Dec, 2023 @ 9:56am 
ninja can use dropkick to beat grab
Dr. Shenanigans  [author] 18 Dec, 2023 @ 7:15pm 
@daryl
From what I tried to do, no it doesn't, at least that's the case when you're in your opponent's face.
daryl 18 Dec, 2023 @ 6:04pm 
doesn't confusing touch beat grabs?