STRATAGIES

You can do the sidestep by tapping up or down on the joystick. It will move you towards or away from the screen. Sidestepping is very essential in TTT. There are many stratagies for it. Although, some characters are too large and aren't very good with the sidestep. Small characters are better off with the sidestep. Here are some rules that you should take into consideration when using the sidestep.

Some rules:
1.) You are vulnerable to an attack if you sidestep. Your oppenent will try to take the advantage to throw in a power move or grab you. If you see the attack coming hold back during the sidestep motion. This is also called the Side Step Cancel: SS~B

2.) Always sidestep in the right direction. If your oppenent throws a right punch or kick and you sidestep to the right, you are still vulnerable to the attack. So, anticipate the move. If he/she throws a right, evade with a left: SSL. And yada yada yada, visa versa: oppentent throws left, evade with right: SSR

3.) Anticipate moves: A lot of players will try to get a quick power move at the start of the match. Instead of trying to beat them to the punch, wait for the right moment and Sidestep out of the way. This puts you in advantage and gives you the opportunity to grab them. You aren't garanteed a grab due to the fact that their move might put them out of range of reaching distance. Even so, this is a good stratagy.

Some stratagies:
1.) Sway to sidestep: This is a good way to get out of range and give yourself an advantage. Sway (discussed further down on this page)then sidestep. The completion would look like this: d,d/b,b,n,SSL_SSR. This is useful when fighting players who tackle like Paul, King, and Jin.

2.) To kill sidestep abusers: Some people constantly sidestep all the time (which is a good stratagy: discussed below). When they do so, a player often attacks without thought and leaves him/herself in a disadvantage to attack. Here are a few ways you could get past that.

1.) Tagslide: If it gets hard to attack b/c of their constant sidestepping use a tag slide. This accomplished by tagging out and sliding under your oppenent. After you tag out, keep your tagged player running till in sweeping range of your enemy and press 4. If your player has the ability, but I think most do press d/b+3 to sweep them before they can get up.

2.) Crosschop: A crosschop is achieved by pressing while pressing 1+2 while your player is running. To do this move tag out and keep your player running. After about 3 or 4 step you should have the ability to do the crosschop. This stratagy is only useful if, when your oppenent was sidestepping, they were at a far distance. They don't have to be sidestepping. It also works as a regular stratagy.

4.)Be aware: Now that you know that you are vulnerable to attacks when you sidestep know what you can do:

Some characters have this ability. It does not mean you have to tap up or down repeatedly. The characters that have this ability have input commands that are executed during the sidestep. In other words, a multiple sidestep makes the character go farther than a normal sidestep would. It also gives you a chance to get to the side of your opponent. Here are the commands for the characters which have this ability.