ive been playing vanessa and am quite fond of her evenly offensive and defensive style, and am progressing through quest with ease. my friend uses lau though and i just killed my record with 14 losses to 2 wins vs him, even though he doesnt really know any moves other than a few combos he found out just playing (instead of using dojo to understand the chars full potential).

he just uses the same moves over and over (ppp2k i think is how you say it? and uses a strong mid punch and a couple low kicks to break guards). ill do fine on some rounds but i he learned how to guard and when he finally hits me i cant back up or guard his moves because its a frenzy of mids and low hits too fast to counter. or hell start trying to throw me.

any strat advise? im more fond of offensive but defensive was working fine when i could get a reversal off but its rare when it happens.

anyone elseh ave tips that plays with her?

im on the same page buddy, got a mate who plays aoi as his main, i simply CANNOT find anywhere that will tell me how to stop/defend against her ground grapples, although i have done it before as vanessa (she does some funky kick back while shes lying down)

but the best idea with vanessa that i have found is to utilise her grabs (so long as your opponent isnt blitzing) she has a few funky grabs like half circ + P&G and df + P&G. also in OS, use the elbow alot (F + P&K) , its very quick and floors in one hit, also leaving them vunerable to an immeadite stomp/soccer kick.

try the "lancer" tackle as well (FF + P&K) in OS, this can be devastating when used, especially if you get the three hits off after (PPP or D+P x3, P&G works as well) this also leaves most people vunerable to the stomp/flying splits.

hope this helps, and that someone can help me (i hate having my ass handed to me when i cant do anything about it)