â Narayan
Member
How does one go from a FOCUS ATTACK -> HEAVY ATTACK? I'm completely stumped. Whenever I hit my opponent, they crumple before I can hit them.
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The Official Street Fighter IV Thread of FADCing a Stranger in the Alps
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polyh3dron
Banned
Seth is getting his revenge on GAF for banning him I guess
Oichi said:
This is what I plan on practicing tonight. My Abel was getting absolutely destroyed by fireball-fireball-low sweep spammers last night.
So the timing is just FA the fireball then dash at impact? I get the whole FA concept but I never remember to use it during online play, hehe.
Dreams-Visions
Member
speed. many of those challenge combos require extreme speed and timing. both of which are a function of repetition.U K Narayan said:
U K Narayan said:
Fully charged Focus Attack, input dash as the attack hits, then heavy attack.
Baker said:
No, you don't need precise timing to do this. Just let the Focus Attack charge while the fireball hits you. It'll be absorbed and then you can dash in whenever you want.
U K Narayan said:
That was one that stumped me with Abel.
You have to do a fully charged Focus Attack. Then you have to dash right at the hit and you'll be able to get the second attack in. Make sure you only dash once (don't just spam the forward button) because you'll miss the window if you dash twice.
gutter_trash
Banned
U K Narayan said:
you got to do a Focus Attack Front Dash
do a level 2 Focus Attack and tap front twice, it will buffer the dash, then hit them (there might be frames after the dash where you cant hit so you gotta time)
Struct09 said:So you guys see why I was confused on what it takes to unlock Akuma and Gouken
Hell, I'm still confused. But at least I kind of know what I need to do.
Yeah I've been playing on Medium the whole time but since everyone else is doing it, I'm Very Easying that bitch the whole way through.
Peer pressure, yay!
when you do a fully charged focus attack, do a dash at the same time the move connects (while the game is 'paused'). Don't keep jamming on forward, just do the double tap forward at that exact moment.U K Narayan said:
When the focus attack ends, you will find yourself standing right next to them and free to attack just as they begin to crumble. This is as opposed to normal where the focus seems to take a while to recover and you find yourself standing at a distance from the opponent.
I don't know why this works, it just does.
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beaten badly
digita1alchemy
Member
How do you unlock colors and personal actions? And no one ever answered earlier, so does anyone know if I can get the achievement for beating it with everyone on medium by setting it to 1 round?
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
it seems like SF4 got a shit ton of stuff to do and unlock
have'nt even unlocked a character yet:lol
have'nt even unlocked a character yet:lol
Bumblebeetuna
Member
How the heck do you do the Akuma challenge where you do a standing heavy kick then a crouching light kick? I believe those are the two moves. Every time I do the standing kick, it pushes Akuma way too far away for the crouching light kick to connect.
Any other tips to help me out with my budding Fuerte game? Trust me, I know I'll lose, a lot. Already am even against the onslaught of shotos.
So far I've got.
1) Sureing up my defense game.
2) Use more of my normals and combos.
3) Be patient.
Anything else?
So far I've got.
1) Sureing up my defense game.
2) Use more of my normals and combos.
3) Be patient.
Anything else?
FunnyBunny
Member
I've beaten the game (360) with every character, but I haven't unlocked Seth. Am I doing something wrong?
Dreams-Visions
Member
requires practice. you don't need to jam the stick harder. just get your arm used to the appropriate motions.entraik said:
fistwell_old
Member
Some dude said a while back that it doesn't. I was curious myself and my question went unanswered for a while. I just picked up the game this morning on my way to the office (at 7/11 of all places). I can confirm it tonight.BdoUK said:
Wrestlemania
Banned
I'm having a bit of trouble on the first combo from Guile's fourth (I think) challenge. Jumping HK, standing HP then sonic boom. I've watched a video to see it being done but I totally can't get the timing of the sonic boom. Halp!
Dreams-Visions
Member
nothing. that's all there is to it. beat him with all the regulars and all the unlockables and Seth unlocks.brendanrfoley said:
funny aside: parts of SF4's storyling play out like the movie 'Vantage Point'. :lol
Kintaro said:
Against shoto players
- If you block a sweep, do forward run, stop, anti-air throw. Most shotos right now will do the sweep, see it blocked and jump backward. You'll grab them with the anti-air throw about 90% of the time if your timing is good. EX version is more reliable.
In General
- On wakeup, do EX throw to get out of sticky situations. It's a safe move that is hard to punish. Also on wakeup, do EX Backward Run into throw or body press. Or if the other guy is good at punishing this on reaction, just let the run take you back to the other side of the screen.
- j.Fierce is a good jump in attack, and very good for cross-ups. If you can cross up with it, do standing close Roundhouse to juggle into anti-air throw. If roundhouse is blocked they can't really do a whole lot to punish you, especially this early in the game.
- Against fireball characters make use of EX forward run. Most will fire stuff from the other side of the screen, so do ex run to absorb the fireball, and do either slide or press or throw.
- You can control not only the press and throw from Fuerte's run, but also his Ultra. When the moves are executing, press and hold forward or back to control the arc of the attack. With the press this is essential because it gives you ambigious crossups. With the throw it's great because you can do backward run, hold forward and get more range on the throw. For Ultra it's great if they're point blank, or if they're halfway across the screen throwing fireballs. Yes, on reaction, if you do the Ultra to a fireball, it's gonna hit.
- Fuerte's air-to-air game isn't that great compared to other characters, so utilize his air throw instead.
FunnyBunny
Member
Well, damn.
I double checked all the endings, and I have them. This is weird.
I double checked all the endings, and I have them. This is weird.
I got it home, installed on my PS3 (Indestructable) and got only one match in arcade with Ryu and got an invite for a match from someone in my friends list. Sorry, don't know if you are from this board but I got schooled by TooCool :lol
Thats ok, I like to learn from the school of hard knocks, reminds me back in school when SFII originally came out. I was surprised how well the online worked, even on my piss poor dsl connection.
Oh, and if TooCool is on here I didn't drop because I was losing so bad but because Top Chef was on. I'm always up to be somebodies punching dummy. Usually on between 7 and 11 at night, east coast. Ponnimus is my PSN ID.
Thats ok, I like to learn from the school of hard knocks, reminds me back in school when SFII originally came out. I was surprised how well the online worked, even on my piss poor dsl connection.
Oh, and if TooCool is on here I didn't drop because I was losing so bad but because Top Chef was on. I'm always up to be somebodies punching dummy. Usually on between 7 and 11 at night, east coast. Ponnimus is my PSN ID.
FunnyBunny
Member
BTW, I know I'm late to the party with impressions... but this game is FANTASTIC.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
They do.. there is even online leaderboards..jmdajr said:
Way to go Blindy McBlinderson
Jk
Teknopathetic
Member
"Some on SRK say timing for links should be slower not faster. Any truth to this?"
Yes, there's truth to that. Links require the move you're linking from to have completely recovered, mashing jab quickly actually *cancels* the previous jab. So you'll have to do it as slow as possible.
If you want to get a good idea of how to do links, do Balrog's trial modes. He has some really easy (and fun) links. or if you just want to dick around in training mode, crouching lp, crouching lp (link to) crouching lk -> dash straight/upper/fierce headbutt.
Balrog's crouching jab -> crouching short gives him quite a bit of time to get that short out. You'll know you've done it right when you're able to cancel the last hit into your special move and get the full combo.
Yes, there's truth to that. Links require the move you're linking from to have completely recovered, mashing jab quickly actually *cancels* the previous jab. So you'll have to do it as slow as possible.
If you want to get a good idea of how to do links, do Balrog's trial modes. He has some really easy (and fun) links. or if you just want to dick around in training mode, crouching lp, crouching lp (link to) crouching lk -> dash straight/upper/fierce headbutt.
Balrog's crouching jab -> crouching short gives him quite a bit of time to get that short out. You'll know you've done it right when you're able to cancel the last hit into your special move and get the full combo.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Raging Spaniard said:
That's awesome. Warms my long time canon SF heart!
:lol
BobTheFork
Member
This game is kicking my ass. I can barely get past meduim, and only with 2-3 characters. I'm trying challenge mode to learn moves but I can only beat it with Ken. I spent maybe 3 freaking hours last night trying to get a single damn combo for guile and chun-li to work.. FUCK YOU guil! That flash to double flsh combo is fucking impossible. There is no way I can charge the last move before dan hits the ground, it's not ever close, arrrrr!