Why'd you a reup? Was it a pride thing?
It's impossible for me to not rematch after a loss. I'm too damn salty to back out.
Why'd you a reup? Was it a pride thing?
I'd rather you just shared some more tech here since you seem pretty convinced he's good. What's the gameplan with him?
Why'd you a reup? Was it a pride thing?
It's impossible for me to not rematch after a loss. I'm too damn salty to back out.
I have been sharing tech the last three days ;_;. Gameplan is pressure. Get all up in that biz, frame trap with St.MP,or tick throw to command grab. After any powerbomb or throw, St.HK will crush counter anything not invincible, so condition them to block that, then dash in for another command grab or EX headbutt. After a forward throw, an LK slash will hit meaty and allow you to combo to Cr.MP.
Here is a video I made showing setplay from Alex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOsfRG2I0PE
Also, after EX chop, dash in F.HP is an incredible meaty, as it either crush counters, or leaves you at +3
I really hate Alex's stance. It bothers me so much.
How are you pressuring so much though? Just spamming St. MP until it hits? Most of his buttons seem too slow or are unsafe, and none of his specials are safe unless spaced very carefully. Just seems like he has to work so much harder than any other character.
It's his legs. Why didn't they just flip them and make them more normal looking?
How are you pressuring so much though? Just spamming St. MP until it hits? Most of his buttons seem too slow or are unsafe, and none of his specials are safe unless spaced very carefully. Just seems like he has to work so much harder than any other character.
It's his legs. Why didn't they just flip them and make them more normal looking?
It's his legs. Why didn't they just flip them and make them more normal looking?
St.MP is +2, and so is Cr.LP, so you can tick throw to command grab. Maybe I'm just a fraud who gets by on Day 3 knowledge and Alex actually sucks at pressure
But what else can he do? St. MP is okay, but it's pretty short range. How should I be getting in in the first place?
And no, you're clearly good based on your comments here, but it's clear that a lot of people are having trouble understanding how to best utilize Alex's move set.
But what else can he do? St. MP is okay, but it's pretty short range. How should I be getting in in the first place?
And no, you're clearly good based on your comments here, but it's clear that a lot of people are having trouble understanding how to best utilize Alex's move set.
Don't worry about getting in, worry about keeping them out. He outranges most the cast except Dhalsim, and fireballs don't phase him.
What's your cfn, if we got a decent connection we could mirror match. West coast only would work.
That's admittedly the struggle of Alex, and you have to take risks with that. You can try going in with regular elbows, as they have enough pushblock to be semi-safe. EX headbutts are hard to react to from mid range. V-Skill and fishing for a St.HK is risky but it is an option too.
How do you counter or stop Zangiefs critical art? I feel like you have a fraction of a milisecond to react before he instantly grabs and your dead since it seems like it does far more damage than other CA's do.
Also why does it seem like matchmaking really likes pairing you against the same person again even after you decline to replay them?
I can never condition people to stop jumping as Vega. v_v no matter how many air to airs they will always jump because they know it will work once and once they are in that ass they got him on lock.
I guess that's the beauty of fighting games. You can have the same character, but two players play him completely different. I'm definitely a rushdown monster, but others might prefer to stay back.
Eh I'm not saying you shouldn't, but there should like be no need to force it with him.
I'm trying to go for more tick throw setups with his MP and seem to be having more luck. We'll see how far this takes me.
Gotcha, I'll keep playing around with him.
I bet his waist and spine will shatter in a million pieces if he ever bumps something or falls down some stairs.
I got to quit tonight. Lounges might be ruined for me. Everybody just uses Alex, badly. I want to tighten my game on better players and they just want to show me their shitty Alex's.
I got to quit tonight. Lounges might be ruined for me. Everybody just uses Alex, badly. I want to tighten my game on better players and they just want to show me their shitty Alex's.
A risky tick throw is Cr.LK into command grab. Cr.LK is 0 on block so they can poke you out of it, but it's +4 on hit, so the grab will always hit and not whiff like it would from St.MP on hit. And since it's a low, the human mind is conditioned to keep holding down back to block it, so it almost always works. Of course if someone starts jumping and you get a read, use the anti-air grab.
Do you know what his best non meter punishes are, both for crush counters and when the opponent is stunned? A stunned opponent is the only time I can get his HP Flash chop into grab to work, but I feel like that's not optimal (which makes me wonder what the hell his HP chop is even for if you can't confirm it off of anything but a counter his HP).
Woo, got Alex's Trials, and Easy, Normal and Hard Survival done. Gotta get that freebie FM while he's in demo mode.
My brain is now mush.
yea, i only see alex in lobby. haven't met him in casuals.
Play ranked if you don't want to fight shitty Alex players. Everybody is playing him in Battle Lounge because they're just trying him out. I played maybe 2 Alex players in ranked out of the 30 games I played.
Fuck... accidentally alt+tabbed >.>
Was posting my previous losing streak complaint and the versus screen was basically ending as I went back to the game... I feel like a scumbag >.>
He got banned? Lol I remember there were like 3 RQers in this thread. That was a fun week.I played GootecksShimmy on his Alex earlier (he got banned right? anyway) and I got caught by that stupid frame trap so many times. The 5th time it happened I yelled at my screen lol. He was playing pretty aggressively, but I was doing a terrible job denying him grabs. Did not hold up like a scrub.
Does anyone here who watches Mike Ross' Capcom Fighters Pro Talk know if the show is really cancelled? I've only JUST discovered this gem and I can't stop watching it. The FGC is unique in gaming in that it's really probably the only true all embracing community in gaming. This show reminds me of everything I love and miss about the gaming community I grew up with. It's hilarious and fantastic and I truly hope that it isn't finished.
do not believe everything mike says lol the show will never get cancelled. viewership is at the highest currently (10k people watched the latest episode with marn and floe live).
if you haven't, you should catch previous cpt episodes from last year especially ones with kbrad.
Does anyone here who watches Mike Ross' Capcom Fighters Pro Talk know if the show is really cancelled? I've only JUST discovered this gem and I can't stop watching it. The FGC is unique in gaming in that it's really probably the only true all embracing community in gaming. This show reminds me of everything I love and miss about the gaming community I grew up with. It's hilarious and fantastic and I truly hope that it isn't finished.
Where did you hear it was cancelled.
Anyways that latest episode with Marn is pretty amazing. Hilarious show.
Guess I'm not fully used to Mike's style yet. He was sounding pretty morbid about this being the last episode in the 3/22 ep. I guess he says that a lot or that I read too much into it. Either way, looking forward to watching the Marn episode. That guy is fascinating.
Is Extreme Survival legit hard or is it just time consuming?