The Many Secrets of the Illuminati: Combos, Tech, and Gameplay for Street Fighter V’s Kolin

Chill opponents to the bone with this tech for Kolin in Street Fighter V.

The Phantasm of Snow and Ice is (conversely) heating up Street Fighter V with her arrival; her unusual techniques and abilities have certainly captured the attention of players everywhere. Here’s a gathering of what has crossed our path for Kolin so far–much of this is based on or has contributed to the mass gathering of Kolin tech on Twitter under #KolinLab.

Be sure to also check out our own Kolin bread ‘n’ butter combo guide from Bafael as part of Rising Up.

To start, here’s a video movelist for Kolin by AXETB:

marlonlonmilk offers up this collection of Kolin combos, ranging from basic to advanced:

Evil Canadian has prepared one video of “optimal-ish” bread ‘n’ butters, and another exploring some icy okizeme:

Here’s some more okizeme deomonstration from Joutai:

Of course, desk was quick to start exploring what Kolin is capable of! Here’s what he’s come up with:

Doopliss heard the “Kolin” for new combos, so they put this together–featuring a 100% stun combo for lower-health characters:

Apolo Volturi shows us what Absolute Zero looks like in this stylish combo video:

VesperArcade prepared this video of intermediate EX combos for Kolin:

Rushdown Radio has provided these videos examining aspects of Kolin’s Diamond Dust V-Trigger:

ThePrince offers this look at potential Kolin set play:

alb3530 prepared this video that displays the hitboxes for most of Kolin’s moves, in slow-motion:

YogaFlame24 already has a lot of Kolin gameplay footage on their channel, including this FT3 mirror match between MajorBoy and Narikun:

You can watch Echo Fox|Momochi try Kolin out on Momochi & ChocoBlanka TV:

To close, here’s a mirror match between Echo Fox|Justin Wong and Floe:

Thanks to everyone that sent in tips!

Sources: AXETBmarlonlonmilk; rooflemonger; Joutai; deskDooplissApolo Loussalier; VesperArcadeRushdown Radio; F1r3byrd; alb3530; YogaFlame24; Momochi & ChocoBlanka TV; XusesGB

Panda Global Signs Kitana Prime and Hayatei, Plans for NetherRealm Ranking System

Panda Global is making big moves lately. Having already developed their own Smash ranking system, they are now setting their sights on NetherRealm Studios games in a big way.

Today saw the signing of Montreal-based Mortal Kombat player Hayatei, alongside Florida-based player and tournament organizer KitanaPrime.

Also announced today is that the gaming organization is creating a NetherRealm Studios ranking system, with more information on that coming soon. Presumably, this system will encompass both Mortal Kombat and Injustice.

Source: Panda Global (Twitter)

ELEAGUE Announces Groups for Street Fighter V Invitational

ELEAGUE is raring to kick off on March 27th, and the event is looking interesting for the spectators and players alike. While we have had a glimpse of who will be in the bracket, we now have the full picture, namely the player groupings as announced by Eleague via their Twitter.

Just in case you have difficulties accessing Twitter, here are the full groupings.

Group A:

  • Razer|Infiltration
  • Echo Fox|Julio Fuentes
  • Echo Fox|Momochi
  • SOA|Brolynho
  • EG|Ricki Ortiz
  • A4|Punk
  • Marn
  • PIE|Smug

Group B:

  • Echo Fox|Justin Wong
  • Zowie|GamerBee
  • Daigo Umehara
  • GW|Eita
  • PR Balrog
  • Snake Eyez
  • Level Up|Alex Valle
  • Gllty

Group C:

  • Echo Fox|Tokido
  • Razer|Fuudo
  • GraphT|MOV
  • PG|Filipino Champ
  • Razer|Xian
  • EG|K-Brad
  • Wolfkrone
  • Gootecks

Group D:

  • Liquid|NuckleDu
  • Qanba Douyu|Xiaohai
  • BX3|Phenom
  • RB|Luffy
  • Denial|Chris Tatarian
  • Ryan Hart
  • LI Joe
  • Circa|LPN

Source: ELEAGUE (Twitter)