Character Breakdown: Delga

As of late, There have been alot of people playing Delga. Most people have been taking him up due to his overpowered command grab(41236A) The command grab allows for so many damaging possibilities both burstable and unburstable combos alike. I stated something earlier in my blog about Delga having to use his command grab to win matches the majority of the time. I would like to state that I have been proven wrong in that statement.

A really good Delga player named Spootz proved me wrong in this aspect. Showing me that delga can indeed be a threat with out having to whore the command grab. Rather using it when the opponent least expects it to be used. Delga has pretty decent zoning tactics to keep his opponents in the range of his liking. 22b used at mid-max distance of the opponent can really be annoying to the opponent because the opponent has to think of ways of getting in. If he does something stupid, then he will be punished with ease by delga. He can and WILL command grab if you are running in on Delga. Rushing Delga mindlessly will only lead to you dying faster as his combos deal really good damage.

Delga's main spacing tool is 2b xx 214a. The sweep has decent range and speed. It also combos into 66a 623B xx shift into random combo. In freedom This has potential to do more than half a life bar. At somepoint i will ask for replays of this and post them in this blog post. 22B as already stated is pretty good at keep an opponent out and keeping them away. Use this for when you want to try to create some distance against rushdown type characters(katze, ryougen, siely, and delga mirror is especially important)

As the last part of part one I will try to explain Delgas command grab uses. Really this move is nearly all purpose. Anti rush, Anti defense, and sometimes even can be used as an anti air with the use of a backdash. You can tick into the command grab but honestly there isnt a real good reason for it. J.a is probably his best tick as far as the command grab is concerned. It kinda sneaks up on you. Sometimes even though you can know its coming you dont expect it. A few other ticks are 66A 662A and 2A. Also keep in mind that you CAN combo his command grab from connected normals. This leads to many many damaging possibilities. If you manage to connect 2A or 66A you can command grab on reaction and deal alot of damage using various combos. One last thing in regards to the command grab. The command grab has alot of invinciblity frames in it. Meaning you can use it to grab through character attacks, specials and even through some supers. If your going to learn Delga make sure to find every possible instance that you can use the command grab.

In part 2 of the break down ill explain delga match ups combos and some replays to help out newcomers.