Having trouble with your opponent’s wake-up options as Green Lantern? Maybe you just need more will power. Or, at least, you need to use his “Will Power Wall” more.
This is the subject of MK_REO‘s new video for Injustice 2: using the (normally unsafe) “Will Power Wall” after a knockdown will trap and limit your opponent’s various wake-up options. After specific setups, using the Wall accomplishes a lot for you: it frame traps, beats wake-up options, defeats parries, and sets up a giant chip-damage trap if your opponent respects it enough to block.
One of the most exciting Street Fighter competitors to watch is Lee Chung Gon, a.k.a. Poongko. The Korean competitor has made a name for himself both for his near flawless execution with Seth in Street Fighter IV and Kolin in Street Fighter V (which has earned him the nickname “the Machine”), as well as his antics on stream — often taking off his shirt to signify becoming “angry” and then playing even more seriously.
For fans of Poongko and his Kolin, it seems that they won’t be able to experience his antics any more this year. In a recent tweet, Poongko announced that he was dropping out of this year’s Capcom Pro Tour. More worryingly, he says that due to his personal situation, he may not also be able to compete next year.
It is too bad but I have to stop my journey to CPT this year. Because of my personal situation, I may not be able to join CPT next year.
While a number of great strides have been made over the years to making competitive fighting games a viable way to make a living, that doesn’t mean that personal issues and other reasons can’t stop players from doing so. Sometime, a player simply needs to step back and focus on their personal lives. We here at Shoryuken wish the best for Poongko, and hope he can return soon!
While at PAX West 17 we had a chance to catch up with Zak Phelps, the executive producer behind Fortnite to find out what the future holds for the franchise and where they’re at now. Check out the interview and let us know what you think! And be sure to check out Fortnite! It’s super fun!
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite has only been officially out for a day, but we’re already seeing a lot of content being made for the game.
A number of players have started out putting videos that are dedicated to helping newer players get up to speed with the series. The first of these is this “How to Combo” video by TrueUnderDawgGaming. The video specifically covers the basic “magic series” chain system, while also touching up on the rules regarding wall bounce, ground bounce, and off-the-ground extensions.
Next up, Spab has put up a tutorial that explains how to wave dash in the game:
Moving on to combos, we’ve got a bunch of day one combos and some early bread-and-butters. These may not be the most optimal combos we’ll find in the game’s lifetime, but they’re generally easy to do, and do a good chunk of damage. First up, this day one bread-and-butter combo for Captain America by NASTYxNATE:
WholeGrainWheat showcases this Captain Marvel combo that ca do a decent amount of damage. Notably, the combo doesn’t require any flight cancels to go into the usual heavy punch into air dash “staircase” loops that most flight characters in the game have.
Rhapsdos, on the other hand, shows off a combo for Dormammu that lets him charge enough spells to be able to summon Fire Thorns after the combo ends, which can allow for more pressure and mix-ups.
Godofnopants shows off this combo for Gamora that does nearly 7,000 damage, uses no Infinity Stones — but does use a lot of guns.
For those looking for big damage team combos, marlonlonmilk demonstrates a near 9,000 damage combo for the team of Chun-Li and Gamora. The amazing thing is that it does all that damage at the cost of only 1 stock of Hyper meter.
If that wasn’t big enough damage for you, ItsRipto has shared this Power Stone combo for Jedah and Thanos that will outright kill low health (9,050 hit point) characters.
Of course, at the rate of which people are playing and breaking Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite down, there will be more videos coming! Stay locked on to Shoryuken for more on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and other fighting games.
Stunlock Studios has sent word that Battlerite will be launching as a free to play PvP arena brawler on november 8th. Considered the “spiritual successor to Bloodline Champions”, the game has seen over a million downloads since launch. To give the uninitiated a chance to see what all these folks have experienced while playing, a free week will run from September 25th to October 1st. Battlerite will be 50% off that week as well.
