SagatBot v1.0

Difficulty Moderate

Focus Long Range Jumps and Approaches

SagatBot is a moderate difficulty bot, but with a fairly high difficulty in terms of entering the perfect versions of his inputs. However, he has multiple variants that are not only somewhat easier to input, but also tend to be more useful to players who play characters who have less technical input requirements of their own. SagatBot can therefore be considered to come in three slightly variant specific forms: Zoning-Retreat, Unpredictable, and Zoning-Approach. For brevity later on in this page, these may be referred to using prefixes (i.e. U-Sagat, ZR-Sagat, ZA-Sagat) both to explain goals and inputs, and to clarify which one players with specific main characters of their own, are suggested to use. SagatBot requires a few tightly timed inputs and one of the harder FirstFrame inputs (the kind that cannot be done using the first technique given on our Glossary Page for FirstFrame inputs), and has low leniency, but the inputs themselves are not usually complex in terms of number of buttons or actions, just timing strictness. Unfortunately, this bot loses effectiveness quickly without the correct timings, but fortunately there are very easy methods of verifying that you have input them correctly.

The approach to goals against SagatBot also differ quite heavily by character, as Sagat requires a different gameplan for each type of character-player combination. Despite this, the actual goal system does not vary much, as the variance is more in how the player chooses to approach getting the required thing to happen, than 'what thing they should be trying to do'. This bot is meant to teach 'how to handle a good zoning player that is maintaining a correct spacing', but since it is very difficult to make the bot react to the player's spacing, the goal system is based around 'forcing the player to move to the spacing that is advantageous to Sagat, and then taking their actions from there'. Be careful not to fall into the habit of 'giving Sagat space' unnecessarily while using this bot. We suggest sometimes just going 'full offense' to relieve the tension and remove this effect, either at the beginning of a round, if you are not yet good enough to win consistently, or after you get to 10 points, to finish out that round of training.

Gauge Settings

As with all bots, 1P Health should be set to "Normal". The player may set V-Gauge and CA Gauge to whatever their preference is for Easy-mode

Settings for 2P are Health - "Auto-Recover", V-Gauge - "Maximum Start", CA Gauge - "Maximum Start".

Goals

Completing each action gives 1 point. Try to get to 10 points without dying.

Points System

• A - Do a very long range jumping attack on Sagat, using your longest jump-in button. You should be so far out that your standard jump-in combo (or at least, your shortest range Medium Attack except if playing Dictator, i.e. M. Bison) does not hit. Only give yourself the point if you can make yourself whiff the follow-up attack (this changes at higher difficulty). If this is done soon after a knockdown, Sagat must have taken at least one action since getting up from a knockdown for this to grant a point (we suggest to treat this condition as 'you must have blocked at least one Tiger Shot or Grand Tiger Shot since knocking him down', but it does not need to be that specific).
• B - Do a crossup jump-in combo. The jump-in attack must be the first hit of the combo. If this is done soon after a knockdown, Sagat must have taken at least one action since getting up from that knockdown for this to grant a point (we suggest to treat this condition as 'you must have blocked at least one Tiger Shot or Grand Tiger Shot since knocking him down', but it does not need to be that specific).
• C - Whiff punish Sagat's V-Skill or his Command Normals (Overhead, or either of his special Kicks) with a throw or command grab. It is normally necessary to dash up to achieve this, but some characters have other approach options that lead into special throws. These also grant points.
• D - Tech Sagat's throw.

Variants

• If your character does not have a crossup attack to give you points in Point System B, use a crossup empty-jump throw.

Difficulty Levels

• Easy - Points given for ABCD
• Medium - Points given for ABC, crossup combo must use meter
• Hard - Points given for ABCD, player CA Gauge set to Normal, crossup combo must use meter, Point System A requires that you use an alternate long range hit for the second half of the long jump-in (usually 2HK, but some EX moves offer other options), but accept the point if Sagat advances while you are in the air and you adapt accordingly.
• Extreme - Points given for AC, player CA Gauge set to Normal, Point System A requires that you use an alternate long range hit for the second half of the long jump-in (usually 2HK, but some EX moves offer other options) but accept the point if Sagat advances while you are in the air and you adapt accordingly.

Suggested Matchups

Here are some suggestions for which version of SagatBot to try for, depending on your playstyle and usual main character. This is not an exhaustive nor strict list, use your understanding of the game to make the final decision.

• ZR-Sagat: Grapplers and lunger characters with poor counter-zoning or non-movement armor, players who prefer to use dashes and dash-throws to approach on the ground but don't have particularly fast forward dashes on current character. Quicksort: Zangief, Mika, G, Birdie, Zeku (young)
• ZA-Sagat: Other zoners and retreat based characters, with parries or decent counter-zoning, players who prefer to backdash and wait for the opponent's attack calmly. Quicksort: FANG, Ryu, Nash, Juri, Ed, Menat, Zeku (old)
• U-Sagat: Quick characters with limited Projectile defense such as forward-moving armored or evasive moves, or good dash speeds, players who prefer to frustrate or react to zoning tactics with risky counterattacks. Quicksort: Cammy, Karin, Rashid, Akuma, Chun-Li, Blanka, Laura

If your character is not listed above, either assume that they are variable and use your player type, or start with ZA-Sagat and if it is unsatisfying, do your best to enter U-Sagat instead.

In-Depth

Still in progress.