Month: November 2017

Very few things in Super Smash Bros. Melee hurt harder than a Fox Shine combo. Obviously Jigglypuff Rest confirms hurt far worse, but a well-executed Shine combo can have a similar effect.

For a lot of people, getting caught in one feels like it’s certain death with no chance of escape. There are, however, ways to get out of it — and it all depends on your character. Some characters with low to medium traction can actually slide out of the way, making it impossible for Fox to continue the combo. While characters such as Captain Falcon are high traction and can’t use this method, there are six other ways for you to counter this combo, including DI methods and fast-falling onto a ledge.

Source: SSBM Tutorials

It has been about six months since Tekken 7 released for consoles, and I think that might be enough time for Claudio players to get hop-kicks out of their system. Maybe. Maybe not.

Jokes aside, the real meat behind the exorcist’s movelist is his unique Starbust mechanic, a self-buff that grants Claudio access to all of his best (non-hopkick) moves. The new moves granted to Claudio have a wide range of powerful properties including mid/low mix-ups, positive frames, combo starters and more. But he can only get this self-buff by hitting certain moves, and ApocryphicV‘s guide walks you through the various ways you can set this up.

Source: ApocryphicV

Street Fighter scientist AutoMattock recently shared a reasonably strong throw loop with ex-Bushinryu master Old Zeku. The throw loop did have a particular weakness though: 3 frame jabs spoiled the potential of it’s +1 frame advantage. If you were hoping for a slightly meatier wake-up option, then you’ll want to see his latest setplay ideas below!

Using crouching HP in these outlined combos allows you to cover all of opponent’s tech options, and if you score a crush combo, you get an excellent cross-up opportunity with Bushin Flip. If the opponent does not recover at all, dashing up twice after whiffing the crouching HP leaves you at frame advantage as they stand up.

Source: AutoMattock