Month: September 2017

With a little over 2 weeks of wait time before Pokkén Tournament DX’s official release on the Nintendo Switch, now is a good time to revisit some important series-specific mechanics for new players. Mitchel recognized this and made a great primer for Pokkén‘s super system, the Synergy gauge.

Synergy activation grants a passive armor versus light attacks, making it a valuable and unique pressure tool. However, with knowledge, there are ways to counter-play it, such as using a support that gives an attack buff. The same can be said for “Bursts,” Pokkén’s version of supers. Each Burst in the game has different types of armor and properties, which Mitchel diagrams. Once you know what each Burst does, it’s a lot easier to make smart offensive decisions versus the otherwise terrifying Synergy Burst mechanic.

Source: Mitchel

Let’s go ahead and preface this — online play is no replacement for quality offline play. Street Fighter V ranked matches, however, can help you learn and give you a sense of achievement when you do level up.

A lot of people, however, are perpetually stuck in a purgatory of silver or lower. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Fighter’s Dojo takes on some of the glaring issues that players have that simply don’t rank up, and gives a road map on the fundamentals it takes to rank up properly. He breaks it down to memorizing three or four basic combos, learning to anti-air properly, and learning good habits within matches.

Source: Frabisaur