Month: April 2015

Option selects are some of the most interesting techniques that a player can use in any fighting game. They give the player a safe way to approach their opponent, with anything the latter does leading to one of two possible outcomes that are favorable to the former.

In this new video, Paul Ramos demonstrates one such option select for Killer Instinct’s Hisako. The great thing about this technique is that it is meaty, done when an opponent tries to wake up from a knockdown. By hitting heavy kick and then all three kick buttons, Hisako can create an option select that just about counters any reversal the other player tries to do on wakeup.

Beware, however, of an opponent that opens with a block, as that will leave the ghostly fighter vulnerable to punishes.

Furthermore, Ramos released another video today that builds off this option select, allowing Hisako to go into her rekka string when landing the meaty opening attack instead of entering a counter state.

Source: Paul Ramos