Savage Stance

Miguel's Savage Stance (SAV) is a vital tool used for mix-ups, combos, and punishers. It can be entered manually by inputting 3+4 or holding forward after certain moves. Due to its importance, it's recommended the have 3+4 mapped to a single input for speed and consistency.

Let's get SAVAGE

SAV (Savage) is Miguel's special stance that has a set of moves specific to SAV

d/f+1[~f SAV]:
- Hold F to enter SAV
- This means, you can do d/f+1 and choose to enter SAV stance or not
- You may enter SAV stance regardless of if the attack whiffs, is blocked, or hits
- Frames are the same, whether you enter SAV or do not enter SAV, e.g. d/f+1 and d/f+1~f SAV are both -2 on block
Enter "manual SAV" stance anytime with 3+4
- Takes 8 frames and you can be hit during this

SAV Stance basics

Auto block even if you hold Forward, e.g. d/f+1~F ... (blocks move)
You cannot side step, back dash, or forward dash
Cancel it by ~d/b or ~d/f (instant cancel in 1 frame)
You can low block or low parry from stance

Important SAV stance attacks

SAV 2: i16 safe mid, KND on hit
- Highest damage attack from Miguel
SAV b+1[~f SAV]: i14 homing mid, safe, shorter range. Very good!
- SAV b+1<4: Delayble 2nd hit and 2nd hit is a CH launcher
- SAV b+1,4: Natural combo with no delay, but 2nd hit -10 on block
SAV d+4,3[~f SAV]: i15, low, mid string. High damage. -2 on hit, however the 2nd hit is a mid and -15 on block
SAV d/b+3[~f SAV]: i19, low, high damage
- CH SAV d/b+3: Free damage on CH.
  - Can do manual SAV d/f+2 (3+4 SAV d/f+2) or f,f+2,1 3+4 SAV d/f+2 (difficult)
SAV 1 strings: i12 high strings
- SAV 1[~f SAV]: +0 on block
- SAV 1<4: Delayable, wall bounce
  - SAV 1,4: With no delay it's a natural combo
  - SAV 1<4: Delayable 2nd hit, not a natural combo on delay, 2nd hit will wall bounce if it hits
  - SAV 1,4: -10, but safe, except if opponent back is close to the wall.
- SAV 1<1: Delayable
  - SAV 1,1 or SAV 1<1: natural combo KND into free d/b+3,4 -> 50/50
  - 2nd hit is a CH launcher and tracks if they press a button
SAV b+3[~f SAV]: Power crush, high
- SAV b+3~f SAV d/f+2 is a combo on hit
SAV 4: homing, i16, CH launcher, +0 on block
- KND on normal hit with free 3+4 SAV d/f+2
SAV 3<3: i15 mid, high
- Delayable two hit string that is a hit confirm
- 2nd hit launches on CH

SAV Punch Parry

SAV b+2 is a punch parry
- Active from frames 3 to 10
- Parries all mid and high punches
- Does NOT parry Special Mid (duck jab) and lows
- To transition to SAV, hold F for a bit then you can mash to make it come out as fast as possible
- E.g. f+4~f SAV B+2222222
Parry windows:
- All examples are after an attack was blocked, unless noted as "hits"
- -7: Parries i10 to i17: SAV b+1, f+4, SAV b+3
- -6: Parries i10 to i16: No attacks are -6 with SAV transition, although f+4 can be -6 at some angles
- -5: Parries i10 to i15: d/f+4,1, SAV 3, and u/b+1 (blocked)
- -4: Parries i10 to i14: 2,1
- -3: Parries i10 to i13: d/f+1,1, ws+1. u/b+1 (hits) and SAV d+4 (hits) are also -3 on hit.
- -2: Parries i10 to i12: d/f+1

Good Options into SAV mixups

Move	Frames on hit(block)	Uses
2,1~f	+7(-4)	i11 short range punish into SAV
f+2,1~f	+10g(-12)	i12 punish into SAV
d/b+3~f	+4(-12)	i18 low into SAV
d/f+1~f	+5(-2)	i13 safe mid into SAV
d/f+1,1~f	+5(-3)	i13 safe mid, high string into SAV. Opponent may duck 2nd hit on block (does not jail on block)
ws+1~f	+8(-3)	i11 short range ws punish
f+4~f	+6(-7)	i17 long range homing punish
u/f+1~f	KND/(+4)	i25 slow plus on block mid, hits extremely low to the ground and is airborne
b+3~f	+7(+7)	i30 even slower plus on block mid, is airborne in the middle of its animation
d/f+1+2~f	+5(-)	command throw that goes into SAV

Transitions

Transitions into SAV
3+4
1,2,4~f
2,1~f
f+2,1~f
f+4~f
d/f+1~f
d/f+1,1~f
d/f+1,1,3~f
d/f+4,1~f
d+4,1+2~f
d/b+3~f
b+1~f
b+3~f
u/b+1~f
u/f+1~f
b,d/f+4~f
ws1~f

Savage to Savage
SAV 1~f
SAV 1,2~f
SAV 3~f
SAV 3,3~f
SAV f+1+2~f
SAV d/f+1~f
SAV d+4~f
SAV d+4,3~f
SAV d/b+3~f
SAV b+1~f
SAV b+3~f