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[Marvel]

Kolin is great, I enjoyed my time spent with her. AA EX counter (ENG Voice) "ON YOUR KNEES!" is perhaps one of my fave moves and lines in the entire game actually.

 

[Teh Lurv]

I tried Menat and the pretty sure I won't be able to play her right at all, too much going on. That said, I'm picking up Chun and she's a ton of fun. Any primers/tips for her? I know she got nerfed in S2.

Also which players to watch for her?

Here are some good season 2.5 tutorial videos for Chun-li:

Bafael's 2.5 guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQfIksEI0Q

Sea Leaf Dojo Practical Combo Guide: https://youtu.be/jlUzJvi5aiI


Chun-li isn't too hard to initially pick up, her BnBs ending in lightning legs are easy. I'd start practicing s.MP,c.MK,xxSBK(L,M) as soon as possible. Once you get the timing down on that combo, you open up superior combo options that end in more corner carry and a knockdown.

 

[Xeteh]

Kolin is great, I enjoyed my time spent with her. AA EX counter (ENG Voice) "ON YOUR KNEES!" is perhaps one of my fave moves and lines in the entire game actually.

Hell yeah.

Kolin is a lot of fun, I was surprised that so few play her.

 

[Neoxon]

Kolin is great, I enjoyed my time spent with her. AA EX counter (ENG Voice) "ON YOUR KNEES!" is perhaps one of my fave moves and lines in the entire game actually.

I like how her EX voice lines give us a peek at the psycho Kolin keeps locked up in her.

 

[TheSpoiler]

I wonder how they'll buff v-reversals. I kinda want them to be half a single bar tbh but I don't think that'd be balanced.

Obviously some of them need better spacing, like poor Menats

 

[Village]

I like how her EX voice lines give us a peek at the psycho Kolin keeps locked up in her.

I really like the whole crazed religious zealot angle

 

[Megawarrior]

This game made me realize that Ken is the worst character ever created

Us intellectuals been knew.

 

[Omnistalgic]

This game made me realize that Ken is the worst character ever created

Fuck Ken

Us intellectuals been knew.

?? What is this blasphemy???!!!!

FT10!! Right now!

 

[joe2187]

I like how her EX voice lines give us a peek at the psycho Kolin keeps locked up in her.

 

[kikiribu]

Makes me happy they changed her face. Are they ever gonna update her Cinematic Story model..

 

[Xeteh]

Makes me happy they changed her face. Are they ever gonna update her Cinematic Story model..

I'm surprised (okay not really, its Capcom) that they didn't swap the models for it. Doesn't seem like it'd take too much effort but who is going to want to update their story mode dlc.

 

[Mizerman]

I like how her EX voice lines give us a peek at the psycho Kolin keeps locked up in her.

Indeed.

 

[delSai]

?? What is this blasphemy???!!!!

FT10!! Right now!

1v1 me bruh

 

[sixteen-bit]

Makes me happy they changed her face. Are they ever gonna update her Cinematic Story model..

No, but I believe there are fan mods that do

 

[Omnistalgic]

1v1 me bruh

lol what's your CFN?

 

[Teh Lurv]

edit: nevermind

 

[joe2187]

You better be streaming this FT10 here.

 

[delSai]

lol what's your CFN?

I started like 5 days ago, so maybe just go into training and push the dummy around, i think i can do something better with my time then losing 10 matches in a row. Or make a smurf account, it would probably be pretty much the same and we might even bump into each other!

Just frustrating to wait forever to find a match and then get greeted by Kens fucking face. When i win i want to keep going because im pumped from the last victory, if i lose i want to get my points back. There's characters i've seen only once, some not at all in almost 300 matches. It's like its Ken Fighter 5 + Ryu, Akuma and Guile sometimes.

 

[Omnistalgic]

I started like 5 days ago, so maybe just go into training and push the dummy around, i think i can do something better with my time then losing 10 matches in a row. Or make a smurf account, it would probably be pretty much the same and we might even bump into each other!

Just frustrating to wait forever to find a match and then get greeted by Kens fucking face. When i win i want to keep going because im pumped from the last victory, if i lose i want to get my points back. There's characters i've seen only once, some not at all in almost 300 matches. It's like its Ken Fighter 5 + Ryu, Akuma and Guile sometimes.

i feel you. Shoto play is dominate when you first start.

If you level up though, Ken's and especially Ryu are less frequent.

Akuma and Guile are top tier though, so they will pop up pretty regularly on all levels. Lots of Ken's moved to Akuma after S2.

 

[kikiribu]

Speaking of FT10, is the Punk v Nemo FT10 money match still on for Sept 2nd?

 

[joe2187]

Fuck it, Omni....I'll fight you. Imma scrub and I hate ken, But I need to learn how to destroy him.

if that means hitting your feet/fists with face until death so be it. He is the constant cockblocker on my road to gold ranked.

 

[Hentailover]

What the fuck was this all about?

At first I thought his controller was broken, but nope, he seemed to be able to stay on the ground on multiple ocassions.

Then I was like "Maybe it's oneof those bot accounts that sort of test you. if you can't overcome a simple tactic, you probably should drop the game" but nope. I checked the profile and this is his first match period + something like spamming fireballs would make way more sense than random erratic jumping >_>

 

[Teh Lurv]

Just frustrating to wait forever to find a match and then get greeted by Kens fucking face. When i win i want to keep going because im pumped from the last victory, if i lose i want to get my points back. There's characters i've seen only once, some not at all in almost 300 matches. It's like its Ken Fighter 5 + Ryu, Akuma and Guile sometimes.

If you're not maining Ken, you're already a winner.

I assume you're in Rookie/Bronze league? Practice your anti-air and your punish combos, then play it defensive and let the Kens screw themselves with YOLO tatsus and shoryukens.

 

[delSai]

If you're not maining Ken, you're already a winner.

I assume you're in Rookie/Bronze league? Practice your anti-air and your punish combos, then play it defensive and let the Kens screw themselves with YOLO tatsus and shoryukens.

I'm in super bronze, usually drop down to bronze because i dont know who to play, experiment with characters and then pick Urien because i feel like i know how to use him at least a little, but then i start getting bored again. The problem really isn't how they play, i know to block when they wake up because they'll do a DP and all that, it's just not fun to fight em + i have no idea how to deal with i dunno, Abigail or Kolin since they show up so rarely. It feels like the game is just preparing me for better Ken players lol but when a Juri shows up, someone i've never played against, i'll have no clue what to do.

If the Ken is at least good and does more then Tatsu and DP and puts up a good match i am more then okay with losing. I'm playing this game for good matches, not because i want to win.

Having no character is probably the biggest problem, and SFV is the first fighting game in which i have this problem.

 

[Producer]

What the fuck was this all about?

At first I thought his controller was broken, but nope, he seemed to be able to stay on the ground on multiple ocassions.

Then I was like "Maybe it's oneof those bot accounts that sort of test you. if you can't overcome a simple tactic, you probably should drop the game" but nope. I checked the profile and this is his first match period + something like spamming fireballs would make way more sense than random erratic jumping >_>

Lol wow. Probably just a really random dude or maybe a gimmick account. Like theres this Mika player named PedroV that just plays completely random and hes like in ultra plat or diamond. I played him in both casual and ranked and he played the same way lol

 

[Ucchedavāda]

What the fuck was this all about?

At first I thought his controller was broken, but nope, he seemed to be able to stay on the ground on multiple ocassions.

Then I was like "Maybe it's oneof those bot accounts that sort of test you. if you can't overcome a simple tactic, you probably should drop the game" but nope. I checked the profile and this is his first match period + something like spamming fireballs would make way more sense than random erratic jumping >_>

Maybe you beat somebody who just picked up a fighting game for the first time and immediately jumped online. Did they manage to do even a single special? I don't think so. That said, some people seemingly don't know how to play fighting games without jumping all the time.

Also, random aside, if you are going to KO a stunned opponent with a throw, then do a back-throw. That nets you more EX meter than a neutral/forward throw.

 

[Hentailover]

Maybe you beat somebody who just picked up a fighting game for the first time and immediately jumped online. Did they manage to do even a single special? I don't think so. That said, some people seemingly don't know how to play fighting games without jumping all the time.

Also, random aside, if you are going to KO a stunned opponent with a throw, then do a back-throw. That nets you more EX meter than a neutral/forward throw.

Yes, he did, he even landed a nice eries of collarbone breakers on me...

 

[kikiribu]

What the fuck was this all about?

At first I thought his controller was broken, but nope, he seemed to be able to stay on the ground on multiple ocassions.

Then I was like "Maybe it's oneof those bot accounts that sort of test you. if you can't overcome a simple tactic, you probably should drop the game" but nope. I checked the profile and this is his first match period + something like spamming fireballs would make way more sense than random erratic jumping >_>

Do keep in mind that it's entirely possible he was laughing on his end. Not everyone who picks up a fighting game is taking the matches as seriously as you might be. They could be at a party, they could be with friends, just having a good time not caring about their rank or what you might think lol

 

[lucebuce12]

Between Scotia, Neoxon and Ucchedavāda, I can't tell apart these people based on avatars anymore

 

[Hentailover]

Do keep in mind that it's entirely possible he was laughing on his end. Not everyone who picks up a fighting game is taking the matches as seriously as you might be. They could be at a party, they could be with friends, just having a good time not caring about their rank or what you might think lol

I guess I expect Ranked to be people at leastsort of in it and that's on me.

Sounds like the very likely explanation, makes those collarbone breakers I ate all the more embarrassing XD

 

[sixteen-bit]

Between Scotia, Neoxon and Ucchedavāda, I can't tell apart these people based on avatar anymore

browse with avatars turned off like me

 

[lucebuce12]

browse with avatars turned off like me

ew no thanks.

 

[Xeteh]

browse with avatars turned off like me

What are you? Satan?

 

[Ucchedavāda]

Yes, he did, he even landed a nice eries of collarbone breakers on me...

Looking at it again they did manage a Tatsu at one point, but that seems to be it.
Collarbone breakers are not specials, those are classified as command normals (single direction + button, in this case forward + MP). They did Ryu's other command normals as well, namely back + HK (axe kick), and forward + HP (solar plexus strike).

I think they are were just furiously waggling their joystick and pressing buttons.

Between Scotia, Neoxon and Ucchedavāda, I can't tell apart these people based on avatars anymore

Don't worry, I'll be back to my usual avatar shortly.

 

[DunpealD]

Looking at it again, they did manage a Tatsu at one point, but that seems to be it.
Collarbone breakers are not specials, those are classified as command normals (single direction + button, in this case forward + MP). They did Ryu's other command normals as well, namely back + HK (axe kick), and forward + HP (solar plexus strike).

I think they are were just furiously waggling their joystick and pressing buttons.

Where is the gif with the waggling and mashing kid when you need it?

 

[Ucchedavāda]

Where is the gif with the waggling and mashing kid when you need it?

 

[TheSpoiler]

I'm in super bronze, usually drop down to bronze because i dont know who to play, experiment with characters and then pick Urien because i feel like i know how to use him at least a little, but then i start getting bored again. The problem really isn't how they play, i know to block when they wake up because they'll do a DP and all that, it's just not fun to fight em + i have no idea how to deal with i dunno, Abigail or Kolin since they show up so rarely. It feels like the game is just preparing me for better Ken players lol but when a Juri shows up, someone i've never played against, i'll have no clue what to do.

If the Ken is at least good and does more then Tatsu and DP and puts up a good match i am more then okay with losing. I'm playing this game for good matches, not because i want to win.

Having no character is probably the biggest problem, and SFV is the first fighting game in which i have this problem.

You should start working on your spacing and punishing them. It's okay to play safe - you want them to hang themselves. Get just outside the range of a DP and let it whiff while you punish. You don't always have to be in their face. If they don't have meter, you can get a little meaty going. Tatsus aren't safe on block UNLESS they are in v-trigger. If they pop that they are plus even on block, so it's best to keep them away or get a knee dive going once you see it start up (make sure your spacing is high enough to get them or escape their spam).

 

[Teh Lurv]

What the fuck was this all about?

At first I thought his controller was broken, but nope, he seemed to be able to stay on the ground on multiple ocassions.

Then I was like "Maybe it's oneof those bot accounts that sort of test you. if you can't overcome a simple tactic, you probably should drop the game" but nope. I checked the profile and this is his first match period + something like spamming fireballs would make way more sense than random erratic jumping >_>

It kinda looked like to me the guy was trying & failing to do something like a Zangitroll.

 

[Teh Lurv]

When you attempt Menat's 560 damage v-trigger combo for the first time.

 

[Rymuth]

browse with avatars turned off like me

That's so so wrong.

 

[Producer]

anyone else double tapping for menat orbs instead of hold and release? I find it easier but im wondering if maybe there'd be a drawback in some way in double tapping..

 

[FluxWaveZ]

anyone else double tapping for menat orbs instead of hold and release? I find it easier but im wondering if maybe there'd be a drawback in some way in double tapping..

For the more complex sequences (which is most of them), you're not going to be able to not use negative edge. Either because it actually makes things more complicated, or because it makes the combo impossible because Menat needs to not have a move come out when a ball does (like air juggles into air command grab).

 

[Producer]

For the more complex sequences (which is most of them), you're not going to be able to not use negative edge. Either because it actually makes things more complicated, or because it makes the combo impossible because Menat needs to not have a move come out when a ball does (like air juggles into air command grab).

hmm yeah i was thinking something like this would probably be the case. I've only been doing the basic ground combos so far. Oh well, gonna have to suck it up and get good.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Guys I've listened to Menat's theme song about a billion times by now, and I just can't stop replaying it.

 

[Gr1mLock]

I wonder how the game would be affected if characters that were better in s1 got reverted.

 

[katsubento]

I wonder how the game would be affected if characters that were better in s1 got reverted.

One way to find out...you listening Capcom?

 

[Ucchedavāda]

If I am reading the Japanese CFN right (via Google Translate), then the current patch changed something visual(?) about Akuma's Red Fireball:

・豪鬼のEX「赤鴉豪焦破」のエフェクトを変更しました。
　※性能については変更ありません。

· We have changed the effects of [Akuma's] EX "[Sekia Goshoha]".
※ There is no change for performance.

https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/systemfault/131952

Have anyone noticed anything different?

 

[joe2187]

An Abigail with 20 wins in ranked....okay lets see


Alright I won the first round and....disconnected...

and.....I lose LP????????????????

 

[Devid905]

X-Kira discovered V-System: https://www.facebook.com/shinxkira/posts/466145633768338

 

[sixteen-bit]

X-Kira discovered V-System: https://www.facebook.com/shinxkira/posts/466145633768338

Season 3 is gonna be interesting