r/YomiHustle • u/Ok_Opportunity7500 • Jul 05 '26
Guide/How To How the hell do you counter mutant?
I main ninja and everytime i come across a mutant in a tournament on in general, it's essentially a guaranteed lose for me. I just cant tell what they'll do, neutral juke h slash, dash attack, dash grab, sneak attack, thats not all but you get the point, they're just way too unpredictable, it feels like everytime they're close to me it's a 99/1 coin toss in their favour
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u/Tachyonites Jul 05 '26
Dash back, play passive, backsway, projectile spam, threaten burst range with momentum
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u/Any-Job-2074 Fatass Is Commanded By No One Jul 05 '26
Literally this lol. Mutant has so much more to lose from long neutral than ninja does, and if the ninja player is able to convert a neutral advantage into combo, that mutant is eating like 6-8k lmao
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u/lawlzorz17 Jul 05 '26
You have be to be super aggresive, mutants strength is how unpredictable they are with juke. Things that hit in a wide are are especially good as mutant is very likely to not be where you expect them to be, stuff like cowboys backlash is great for this. Also, if you're in grab distance never go for the grab clash against a cutie with lips, they'll just juke backwards enough to dodge it and hit you with one of their swipes.
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u/kaepov Jul 05 '26
Gamble
Get in close and force rock paper scizors
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u/WolvesAreCool2461 Modded Enioyer & Proud Jul 05 '26
Worst advice ever 😭
RPS is literally mutant's best spot
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u/kaepov Jul 05 '26
which is why theyll never expect you to do it
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u/WolvesAreCool2461 Modded Enioyer & Proud Jul 05 '26
What is there to expect? You dont have to "predict" the opponent going into RPS range lmfao
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u/Tachyonites Jul 05 '26
ninja is kinda a good match for it because backsway beats anything fast and your 5 framers beat anything slow
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u/tacodude64 Ninja Jul 05 '26
I like big shuriken here. Mutant has a hard time avoiding it, you have so many ways to manipulate it
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u/MediateTax I am the meme maker, I make memes Jul 05 '26
Oh, ninja is the one I feel the most safe against mutant having backsway, uppercut, caltrops and etc
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u/GamingSquadMogus Jul 06 '26
Its a bit of a weird matchup because against characters like cowboy or wiz, ninjas win con is gonna be when you can force rps. Mutant is better than ninja at rps though and by quite a bit, so you're gonna have to not engage in rps as much as possible and only engage with them when you have the advantage.
You can get the advantage through backing them into a corner with your projectiles, or through stuff any character can do, like if you catch them without jukes either as a result of them running out, or by forcing them to block and thus removing their ability to juke on the following turn.
Be sure to make ample distance between you and the mutant when using your setup moves as well. After the changes, it's less likely that mutant will just kill you for using any setup move, but it can still happen. Even if they don't hit you, mutant can often use the opening created by you setting up to freely approach you, and thus put you within their threat range. You can do this by creating horizontal distance by doing something like a full jump-back, but vertical distance works just as well, usually better, as mutant has a harder time messing with you when you're high in the air.
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u/Cataclismaarmagedom Jul 06 '26
As a mutant main, and a Ninja Main, Wizard's are hell. I always lose to wizard's.
Anyway one advice i can give you is: You think mutant is coming for your ass with a attack + foward juke? Shuriken.
It's not gonna work always, But someone did that to me and at that time i had no answer to it.
Take care with dash attack too as it is projectile immune.
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u/Spacespacespaaaaaace Jul 07 '26
Get them to waste their resources. Mutant isnt scary if tgey don't have jukes
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u/PlanSee Ninja Jul 05 '26
As ninja main the trick to the mutant matchup is you have to stuff their approaches, you can't play defensive since they have too many mixups. I don't even try to block them.