Quote Originally Posted by Rase View Post
Also, while I'm in here and trying to get the most from this game before it's returned, I present you experts a question: Is there a reliable way to evade/deal with Abel's Tornado Throw and Zangief/Seths Spinning Piledriver? When not playing a character with reliable range attacks (Ry/Ken) or speed (Vega) I tend to just get hit by these moves over and over when facing the CPU. The Tornado Throw especially, since as soon as I start getting up Abel can just grab me and do it again with no trouble. What am I missing here?
If you're not lying on the ground, just try to stay away from them. Poke and run with your longest range melee attacks. You can't break command throws here, which is something that was really hard for me to come to grips with.

When lying on the ground, your best bet would to be to try to do a 'reversal' attack. That is, doing one of your special moves as soon as you get up before they have the opportunity to do anything (You will see 'Reversal' come up on the screen if it's done properly--can also do it after blocking). If the special move you pick is too slow, the throw will beat it. Usually it's better for you to use an EX move, or a Super or Ultra since those tend to 'execute' faster than their normal versions.