Month: June 2017

How to not get caught–or, how to catch your opponents–in a Tundra Storm!

Zangief enjoys a number of new additions in the latest Street Fighter V balance patch–an aerial headbutt, a new choke slam, and the somewhat unusual Tundra Storm–a counter that only catches horizontally-aligned kicking attacks, specifically. A strange move–so how is it best used? What can it catch exactly, and what can it not catch?

Vandylizer put together the comprehensive video above, and provides a full list, including timestamps (linked directly on YouTube in the video description):

• 0:31 Akuma (LKT, MKT, EXT, V-Reversal)
• 1:07 Alex (st.MK and st.HK, and V-Reversal)
• 1:24 Balrog (nothing)
• 1:29 Birdie (st.MK, st.HK)
• 1:38 Cammy (st.MK, st.LK)
• 1:45 Chun-Li (st.MK)
• 1:49 Dhalsim (st.HK, B+MK)
• 1:57 Ed (st.HK)
• 2:02 F.A.N.G (st.MK first hit only, up close)
• 2:07 Guile (st.MK, st.HK, F+MK)
• 2:22 Ibuki (F+HK)
• 2:27 Juri (st.HK, st.MK, EX QCF+KK [2nd hit only], first hit of charged HK move)
• 2:52 Karin (st.MK, up kicks and EX up kicks)
• 3:20 Ken (st.HK, LKT, MKT [any hit], VS step kick, V-Reversal)
• 3:50 Kolin (B+HK)
• 3:56 Laura (st.HK)
• 4:03 M. Bison (st.MK)
• 4:08 Nash (MK scythe)
• 4:14 Necalli (st.HK)
• 4:20 R. Mika (F+MK, B+MK, V-Reversal)
• 4:29 Rashid (st.MK)
• 4:33 Ryu (st.MK, LKT [hard to time], MKT/HKT [any hit], EXT)
• 4:53 Urien (st.MK, DF+HK a.k.a. step kick)
• 5:03 Vega (nothing)
• 5:11 Zangief (st.MK)

For Tundra Storm, your mileage will vary based on matchup–it can prove a significant threat to some cast members, while useless against others. A number of fighters have three or four different attacks–including special moves–vulnerable to the Storm. With some good timing and guts, the Tundra Storm can be used against Tatsumaki attacks, and even some V-Reversals.

Source: Van Diesel Productions