Month: December 2016

With Season Two of Street Fighter V on the way tomorrow, there is going to be a new influx of players wanting to try out this new version with all the new characters, bells and whistles they’ve added since its launch back in February. To help those novice players who may be struggling break that initial difficulty barrier, Texan F.A.N.G main PugilistPenguin has started a new series, dedicated to advise players how to deal with bad habits and common mistakes.

Titled “Two Minute Tutorials,” this concise guides focus on how to conquer a specific topic that players may be struggling with. For this first episode, PugilistPenguin shows how novices can kick the habit of jumping way too much to start their offense. For newer players, jumping will probably be their main source of movement, hopping about the stage and throwing out loads of unsafe attacks. Curing this habit early may stop some of the frustration newbies have of not actually hitting their opponent and show them the importance of both the aerial and ground game.

Source: PugilistPenguin

Put the chomp on opposing Pokémon with these damaging combos.

If this dirt-swimming shark monster is your Pokémon of choice in Pokkén Tournament, RoksoTheSavage has a treat for you: namely a video full of high-damage combos for Garchomp. While mainly focused on Duel Phase–particularly corner-carrying juggles–there’s some Field Phase options in there as well. Check it out below, if you want to make this mean beast of yours even meaner–or if you want to see what it’s capable of, before you face it again in Ferrum Stadium.

Source: RoksoTheSavage

Skullgirls is a unique fighting game, in that most of the mechanics are specifically designed to reward resets over long combos. A successful reset–intentionally dropping a combo to start a new one–rewards the attacker with more damage than any basic combo, more meter gain, reduced meter gain for the defender, as well as more corner carry. The attacker may also get the use of their assist back–as an assist can be used once per combo–meaning more damage and meter gain, as well as using that assist to make the next reset attempt safe.

The bottom line is: the more you reset the more damage and resources you get, so learning the best ways to reset and capitalize off of correct reads is essential.

As for today’s tutorial, Liam brings us some tech that is widely underused by today’s players. This technique involves a 1-2 frame double jump cancel period at the start of a normal jump, which allows certain characters to instantly overhead faster than they otherwise are able to. While this is a bit difficult to pull off–especially on a traditional arcade stick–this seems like the kind of tech that could help define a character like Robo-Fortune.

Source: Liam