Month: October 2016

When you’re playing a character obsessed with beauty and grace, you sometimes have to give opponents the old razzle-dazzle. In this highly disrespectful Vega montage, Kobra_47 shows off the assassin’s flamenco skills, by effortlessly dodging oncoming attacks with Vega’s V-Skill. As it is upper body invincible, the Matador Turn allows Vega to dodge jump-ins and incoming fireballs, giving the perfect opportunity for a follow-up after a successful Turn.

Should you get a read on your opponent’s patterns, V-Skill dodges become a legitimate strategy for defence and a perfect way to style on your enemy. Some of the dodges and V-Skill baits in Kobra’s video are downright rude, but they perfectly fit with Vega’s characteristic arrogance. Check out the full montage below and maybe start practicing your dance moves if you are a Vega player.

Source: Kobra_47

The days are ticking away until Mai Natsume becomes available to all Western BlazBlue fans, but that isn’t stopping details from surfacing. We covered some initial tech and combo discoveries from Japanese players earlier in the week, so here are some videos showing off other aspects of Mai, like her special interactions with other characters on the roster.

First up are colors 1-22 for her, as well as some of her Distortion Drives and Astral Finishes. This compilation is brought to us by Jourdal, whose channel is home to all sorts of Blazblue content, including gameplay and CMVs.

Next we have her trials, shown off by Dandy Antagonist. Some of her trials appear fairly basic, and she gets good corner carry off of most conversions.

As is the norm with ArcSys games, special interactions are available when Mai comes across other key members of the cast. Here is a compilation of all of them.

Lastly we have some gameplay through replays, provided by Yoshi SF.

Sources: Jourdal; Dandy Antagonist; SyaoranQ8; Yoshi SF

Knowing for his explosive damage output once he gets an opening, Balrog can also guarantee pressure after a forward or back throw with specific meaty setups. Top ranked Balrog player Brian_F has compiled a list of these specific post throw meaty setups, to help other Balrogs continue their onslaught of power punches.

He goes through each setup, based on Balrog’s screen position and whether you perform a forward or back throw. Brian_F does include input notation for each setup, as well as listing how safe or unsafe each setup is on hit, on block or on counter-hit. There are even setups made for characters with three or four frame jabs, with the three frame meaty setup resulting in a favorable trade for Balrog.

Source: Brian_F