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Street Fighter V |OT3| Frauds Among Us
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skLaFarebear
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Real Laura players wouldn't rage quit.
They would take the L then tweet about how bad their character is.
Shadow_Lord
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Perfecting someone as Alex is lit. Especially ending it with the Stun headbutt.
I fought one good Rashid yesterday, that shit was stressful like hell. I won the first to 5, guy wanted to redo it, but I was drained mentally.
corrosivefrost
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Gave a shot to survival hell with Ken earlier, hit stage 69 and Mika goes berserk.
I avoid things long enough to get a fight request and hit start > battle.
I get the "connecting..." dialog box and sit back waiting for the screen transition to see who I'm going to fight, but I never even get the "ANOTHER FIGHT IS COMING YOUR WAY".
And what happens next, you ask?
Why the game just resumes at the exact moment I hit start to accept the match. No pause menu, no fight/stage reset. My hands weren't even fully on the fight stick at that point so Mika gets a free shot and does some BnB and ends my run.
Just another broken piece of SFV; thanks Capcom.
I avoid things long enough to get a fight request and hit start > battle.
I get the "connecting..." dialog box and sit back waiting for the screen transition to see who I'm going to fight, but I never even get the "ANOTHER FIGHT IS COMING YOUR WAY".
And what happens next, you ask?
Why the game just resumes at the exact moment I hit start to accept the match. No pause menu, no fight/stage reset. My hands weren't even fully on the fight stick at that point so Mika gets a free shot and does some BnB and ends my run.
Just another broken piece of SFV; thanks Capcom.
To be fair that sentiment gets around.
Nemesis121
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CountBlack
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how did u know
Shadow_Lord
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I am confident Alex-Bison is a 4-6 or maybe 3-7 MU. There is nothing Alex can do here.
Trickster
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Okay I need some help understanding how the fuck wakeups, specifically quickrises work in this game. I seem to quickrise way slower than everyone else I fight. If i quickrise and try to hit a button, I so goddamn often get crush countered because of it, yet this problem seems exclusive to me, If i try to dash and attack someone quickrising, they come out the victor, I don't fucking get it
skLaFarebear
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Definitely feel like Zangief should get another move to help with his mixups or approach more quickly. Giving him the green hand, but maybe changing it up a bit might help him.
I made the hard read.
Boom! That's how you lose the fight and take the L quickly!
the_log_ride
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Anyone for matches?
really don't get what I'm supposed to be doing as Alex against people who do things other than sit at fullscreen. I occasionally win against defensive players but I just can't do anything against pressure. Normals and grabs lose to pretty much everything and I can't get any damage off of lights without meter. I know you can theoretically do standing LP into LP chop but uh yeah that's not happening online. Lariat seemed so good in training mode but in practice it misses at ridiculously close distances. I guess I just need to see a good player using him but right now I don't feel at all in control of matches like I do with Bison.
Shadow_Lord
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You need to reverse the momentum. Use his V-reversal, and go in and pressure with St.MP. Make them fear tick throws, and use Cr.LK, St.LP xx LP chop as a blockstring. It's very hard to punish.
Shadow_Lord
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Oh shit, Alex's F.HP is +3. That changes a lot.
GG, and thanks.
I wish I could face more Mikas, if only to at least hear her theme more. I barely encounter any.
Ya, that's his preferred meaty. Works a lot like mika's minus the launch. On hit you get combo, on block you get mixup, on crush counter you smash their face into the ground.
Was really hoping to find something like mika's corner reset, but nada so far.
It's a really good move... i think it might even be a good poke move if you got the spacing right. It's hitbox is all funky.
Dark Ninja
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Is there anything worse than Alex's story costume. Way to go guys good effort.
I think his premium costume is worse. Both would be improved with shoes though.
Shouta
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You could probably Anti-air with it as well.
Ya I was going to make myself use it as my only AA today to see how it worked. Just to see what situations it will and won't work.
I just discovered this earlier as well.
This member has a Mika avatar.
Shadow_Lord
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Ya, that's his preferred meaty. Works a lot like mika's minus the launch. On hit you get combo, on block you get mixup, on crush counter you smash their face into the ground.
Was really hoping to find something like mika's corner reset, but nada so far.
It's a really good move... i think it might even be a good poke move if you got the spacing right. It's hitbox is all funky.
So now the gameplan is meaty F.HP, then mixup between command throw and St.MP into elbow. Alex is a terrifying stun monster. Especially if you land his headbutt even once. I think the EX version is very hard to react to, as it looks like the stomp at first, for which you'd want to stay blocking.
I'm really loving Alex. I realized I was getting bored with Nash. Alex is a breath of fresh air for now. I never seriously played a grappler or a charge character, so I'm surprised he clicked with me quickly.
Premium costume at least fixes his hair.
You know I have been thinking , perhaps the Matchmaking does take into consideration your main and tries to avoid Mirror matches. Because I rarely encounter Nash players , but once I changed my main I started fighting way more of them.
corrosivefrost
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Lots of things.
That said, I'm not really a fan of any of Alex's looks in SFV, I'd like some combination of the 3 costumes better, probably.
But it's certainly not the worst costume.
Septimus Prime
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Ya, that's his preferred meaty. Works a lot like mika's minus the launch. On hit you get combo, on block you get mixup, on crush counter you smash their face into the ground.
Was really hoping to find something like mika's corner reset, but nada so far.
It's a really good move... i think it might even be a good poke move if you got the spacing right. It's hitbox is all funky.
In 3S, at least, it was a fantastic AA because of its weird hitbox (especially against Dudley, where Alex's fist is right at the apex of his jump arc) and surprising speed.
Shadow_Lord
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Some setups that I've found effective with Alex:
After command grab, St.HK. I haven't tested it thoroughly against every option, but I believe it beats wakeup buttons, or maybe even non-frame 1 armored reversals (Need testing)
After command grab, LK elbow. This hits meaty so it's safe, and on hit you can link Cr.MP, which can be cancelled into V-trigger into super if you have it.
Try using it after EX chop. That move gives A LOT of frame advantage on hit.
After command grab, St.HK. I haven't tested it thoroughly against every option, but I believe it beats wakeup buttons, or maybe even non-frame 1 armored reversals (Need testing)
After command grab, LK elbow. This hits meaty so it's safe, and on hit you can link Cr.MP, which can be cancelled into V-trigger into super if you have it.
Try using it after EX chop. That move gives A LOT of frame advantage on hit.
After that cr.mp, v-trigger you could probably go for an EX headbutt too. Bet it would catch a lot of people off guard.
Mind testing something real quick since I just thought of it and I'm not at home?
Try meatying with f+hp at slight range (so the arm hitbox hits) when they wake up with a crouch. I'm curious if it whiffs.
Pure_Phazon
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Anyone wanna play a few sets?
CFN: HanksB (East coast btw)
CFN: HanksB (East coast btw)
corrosivefrost
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Pretty much.
Shadow_Lord
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If you mean hitting them with the fist, then no it doesn't whiff.
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Oh good, thought it might be like cammy's st.hk as a meaty.
Shadow_Lord
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It seems forward throw is an important part of Alex's game. After it he can use St.HK to crush non-frame 1 armored reversals or 3F jabs. He can use LK slash to hit meaty after it too.
After meaty LK slash, Alex can link Cr.MP. If he has V-trigger, then he can pop that, and either go to super if he has it, or Cr.HP into EX Chop.
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