Month: December 2016

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Succumb to the Satsui no Hado in This Street Fighter V Akuma Roundup: More Combos, Setups & Online Matches

The Demon Rages on!

There’s no slowing a good demon down, and the holiday weekend didn’t slow down the appearance of new videos and tech for the Master of the Fist. Behold!

VesperArcade offers this video of nice ‘n’ easy Akuma combos to get new fighters started on the Demon’s path:

Here’s some more (slightly tougher than above) Akuma combos, from Adriano Lopes:

Diplomat1080p’s video shows some of the versatility of the SFV Shun Goku Satsu, such as the “Instant Demon”:

neekogaming explores how to cancel Akuma’s Demon Flip (an ability Akuma had in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike as well):

Josh Chandra demonstrates some meaty and OTG applications for Akuma’s forward HP:

Maybe you want to style on your opponents a bit? Fighters Generation presents this video of Akuma teleport combos! Not exactly optimal, but definitely fun.

YogaFlame24 shows off a set of serious shimmy action:

Here’s on online set between Tokido’s new Akuma and YBK|Yukadon’s Nash:

Lastly, Tempo|NYChrisG has been trying out the Master of the Fist online as well; check out his matches as compiled here by Xuses:

Thanks once again to everyone that sent in tips!

Sources: VesperArcade; Adriano Lopes; Diplomat1080p; neekogaming; Josh Chandra; Fighters Generation; YogaFlame24; RektScrub; XusesGB

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Convenient Reference Sheet Lists Notable Arcade Players of BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Whether you can’t read a player’s tag, or just want a list of high-level players to look out for, this Arcade Player Reference Sheet is a bookmark worthy of any serious BlazBlue player.

In the same vein as the Guilty Gear version, this is a well-organized spreadsheet. Among it’s rank listings are personal side notes about players, alternate characters they play, which arcade they frequent, and—when applicable—links to their Twitter page.

While the rankings will fluctuate and this won’t be constantly updated, it gives you a good idea of where your favorite players lie amidst the competition.

Thanks to Spiel for compiling this, and continuing the trend of intuitive and useful references.

Source: Spiel

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Convenient Reference Sheet Lists Notable Arcade Players of BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Whether you can’t read a player’s tag, or just want a list of high-level players to look out for, this Arcade Player Reference Sheet is a bookmark worthy of any serious BlazBlue player.

In the same vein as the Guilty Gear version, this is a well-organized spreadsheet. Among it’s rank listings are personal side notes about players, alternate characters they play, which arcade they frequent, and—when applicable—links to their Twitter page.

While the rankings will fluctuate and this won’t be constantly updated, it gives you a good idea of where your favorite players lie amidst the competition.

Thanks to Spiel for compiling this, and continuing the trend of intuitive and useful references.

Source: Spiel