Month: May 2017

Arriving at the end of their pre-release coverage for Injustice 2, PND|Ketchup and Mustard complete their “What’s Changed?” mini-series by looking at another veteran hero, Oliver Queen, otherwise known as the Green Arrow.

Though he was recently broken down on an Injustice Watchtower live stream, this video is a great supplement to that breakdown, as the PND brothers touch on specific property changes on his strings, such as his 2,2,3 string now launching opponents, instead of his 1,1,3–as the former string starts off as a mid, making it much more reliable punishing tool. B23 is now a mid-hitting hard knockdown, and his Injustice: Gods Among Us corner combos are no longer possible. Gaining the ability to meter burn his Hurricane Bow has resulted in the Hero of Star City having much greater damage output, in addition to possessing a reliable mid-screen opener for a bar. The Ice Arrow has also been nerfed to simply suspend foes in the air, as opposed to always restanding them on the spot, in an attempt to encourage diverse usage of all types of arrows. Though since Ollie deals more damage overall, this shouldn’t prove to be much of a problem, particularly when factoring in Shock arrow and Straight arrow extensions.

Finally, after briefly covering his new Boxing Glove arrow and the ability to hold them while moving, Ketchup notes that the Emerald Archer’s new Super is no longer an unblockable, like its predecessor. However, despite losing the inescapable resets and guaranteed damage, this could be seen as a buff; as now his super can be used normally, as he deals greater damage across the board–as opposed to being forced to rely on those reset situations. Players won’t have to fear immediately losing a clash after going for max damage, since they won’t always have to spend an entire meter to gain a life lead, only for adversaries to immediately heal it all back with you being helpless to stop them.

Catch their other “What’s Changed?” video, focusing on Cyborg, here.

Will these changes convince you to take up the quiver this time around? Tell us in the comments section.

Injustice 2 will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next Tuesday, May 16th.

Source: PNDK&M

Though the spotlight and many curious eyes were on the Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 tournament at this past weekend’s KVO x TSB 2017, BlazBlue: Central Fiction–which will also be an official part of the Evo 2017 lineup–was on display as well. A myriad of top players from all over Japan were in attendance to wage war over the Azure, ranging from the likes of Rikutoe, Monster (competing under the name Kaibutsukun), Souji, Yoshiki, Makki, BE TSB|Dora, Shino, Koike, Iwashi, Murishin, Barell, Naoto, the legendary Fenrich, and more. You can see the full qualifying rounds, as well as the top 4, with English commentary, in the videos below.

While we previously posted the top 8, majority of top 16, and team tournament, we also have pools action from Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, featuring names such as Cyclops Osaka’s Dogura, Ogawa, Omito, Dei, LOX, Nage, Rion, 2rio, Samitto, Kuni, Hasegawa, Anco, TopGaren, Saryu, Takehara, Spike, Nakamura, Zadi, DC, Tomo, TheArm, Ryan Hunter, Sabamiso, ET, Kedako, Zettai REID, Isamu, and even Stickbug himself. You can enjoy even more anime fighter action below.

If you’re still craving even more action from KVO x TSB 2017, you can catch the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 top 4, featuring Mabusin, RF, the Black Eye’s Takumi, and TMP|Cross here.

Source: Team Spooky