Month: April 2016

Alex has made his return in his first Street Fighter game since Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. While a few of his classic tools have made the transition, he has a number of updated mechanics at his disposal in Street Fighter V. For those in search of another in-depth Alex breakdown, BROKENTIER’s Jay “Viscant” Snyder dedicated the latest entry in his Hit the Ground Running blog series to the returning character.

The first thing Viscant notes is how Alex shares similar traits with other grapplers in the game, indicating that Capcom has some specific ideas about the archetype for Street Fighter V.

While Viscant touches on many of Alex’s normals, he dedicates an entire section to the towards fierce lariat. This button has a number of good attributes; it’s safe on block, works as an anti-air, hits crouchers, and is a crush counter. Used right, it can help create situations where Alex can beat 3 frame grabs, or even set up 50/50 situations on block. According to Viscant, hunting for blocked lariats is an effective early game strategy.

Of course, this isn’t all that Viscant covers in his article. You can read more about Alex’s V-Trigger and the unblockable setups he can get from it, his okizeme as well as a few tricks for using his charge moves over on BROKENTIER.

Source: BROKENTIER