Month: March 2015

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Say Goodnight, Chump! Ultra Street Fighter IV’s Balrog Picks Up New Combos Thanks to Unusual EX Dash Straight Properties

Back when Ultra Street Fighter IV first hit consoles, Desk figured out that a hit connecting with a level 3 Red Focus attack right as move lands will negate the its hitstop. He called this technique Perfect Red Focusing, and though it’s useful to know, it’s not the sort of thing that comes up very often due to the circumstances that allow it to happen.

It turns out that this isn’t the only situation in Ultra Street Fighter IV where hitstop frames disappear. Doopliss recently found that if Balrog takes a hit right as his EX Dash Straight connects, he’s able to combo into things he wouldn’t be able to otherwise. This has all sorts of applications, which you can check out in the video below, but like Desk’s Red Focus discovery, this too will likely not see its way into many matches.

Source: Doopliss