Facing A Gangat Or Leschan Part 1

Time to talk about my favorite matchup for super and also for vanilla.(Depending who I am playing with.:D)

Sagat was pretty toned down compared to Vanilla but I personally feel that it is a matchup that Bison still has to play smart to win.

Far Range

This is a pretty tricky range for bison, I feel. If you do devil reverse/headstomp mixup, sagat players would:
Jump front hp(Kills heavy devil reverse)
Jump back hp(I personally like sagat to do this, imo. They only trap themselves into corner in the matter of time.)
Light tiger shot/Heavy tiger shot(To hit you while you land)
Neutral Jump hp/??? (Kills heavy devil reverse and headstomp)
Ultra2(Kills light reverse)

But again, this range is quite good when sagat has much lower health than you and is using ultra 1. Just squat there with ultra 2 and ex sk mixed with neutral jump, 623 teleport and devil reverse.

Medium Range

Some players tell me that,’ Just spam hk la.’ But the problem here is, sagat st.hk startup time is 5 frames and ur mid range pokes like st.mk and st.hk is 6 frames. So, if sagat pressed st.hk first, u going to get hit first..

The good news is, you can whiff his st.hk by walking backwards and do a walk forward st.hk. Other ways are doing cr.mp/cr.mk which will go under st.hk due to the hitbox of st.hk.

Sagat st.mk is a pretty decent poke but it has a slow startup time of 9 frames and of course, not forgetting low tiger shot. So how do you go about through this matchup?

First, condition sagat player not to do standing hk by trying to punish it.Slowly move in with st.hk and st.mk cautiously and not forgetting light sk.

Close Range

I feel that this is the position where bison most excels in.Unfortunately,it is the same distance where sagat player LOVES TO POH UPPERCUT.Bison players needs to give a delusion to sagat players that they are baiting for uppercut.

After sagat blocked your jump hp,you do a teleport or cr.lp 3 or 4 times and backdash.When you see that sagat players did not do a uppercut,this is when u apply frame trap and mixup with slam.So first you condition the sagat not to do uppercut and that is how you are able to do your mixup shits.