Month: August 2018

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Blade Strangers Video Roundup — Optimals, 100% Heat Up Combos, Frame Data, and More!

Nicalis’s odd crossover fighter Blade Strangers is out! Maybe they advertised it as a simple little game, but once the FGC sunk their claws into its engine, all bets were off — let’s take a look at what the community has done in its first day of dissection:

As long as you have a bar of meter in this game, any character should be able to convert into heavy damage. Here’s a Liongate conversion off light attacks that goes well into 4.4K — and requires just a bit of finesse to keep it interesting.

Even characters geared more clearly towards zoning, such as Isaac, are able to score some decent damage in this game — and setup their projectile lock-down in the process. Check out the okizeme example from @SchoolboyF_:

This 100% combo with Kawase shows pretty much every situation you need to eek out the most damage possible in this game: Counterhit, full charged 6H, execution, meter, and lowest-health-in-the-game Gunvolt. Most of this was understood prior to release — the Heat Up activation mid-combo,however, is relatively new tech.

…and it looks like we’re gonna see it a lot in the highest damage combos of Blade Strangers.

We mentioned earlier that Gunvolt has the lowest health in the game. LegendaryWolf Shirou would like to show you why that is.

Lastly, If you are someone that needs frame data for a new game ASAP, the Blade Strangers Discord is already hard at work completing a resource for the whole cast, which can be read here. It even includes health totals, which appear to average at around 10.5k.

Were you studying the way of the blade while I was writing this? If so, send SRK videos of your sickest Blade Strangers tech here!

Source: Blade Strangers Discord, @SchoolboyF_, moccos-tan Isedelica, @4891_lah, LegendaryWolf Shirou

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10 Years Ago This Week – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic Trailer

It’s hard to believe, but it has been a decade since the release of the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King cinematic trailer, “Arthas”. The news came via Neal Acree’s Twitter where he wrote, “Almost missed the fact that the Arthas, My Son cinematic was released 10 years ago last week. Still one of my favorites. Did you know that we originally recorded a male tenor for the main melody before opting to use a boy soprano?”

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Frame Advantage analyzes the tournament viability of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s G

“I don’t care that he doesn’t have a reversal!”

Tyrant and PackZ are back with the latest episode of Frame Advantage, and today they are breaking down the toolkit of President of the World: G.

Now that the character has been out for two weeks, the British pros feel they have a handle on what G is about — and it certainly seems like he’s about anything he wants to be. Drawing parallels to when Abigail was first introduced, G is a well-rounded powerhouse that breaks the rules of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition with his multiple air options, anti-cross up tools, and more. If you’re looking for political power in the tournament scene, G is a good place to start!

Source: Frame Advantage

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Capcom shares Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition highlights from Esports Hong Kong Festival 2018

Are you a fan of former Evo champion Fuudo? If so, you’ll want to check out the latest Fuudo highlight reel from Capcom Fighters — with a little bit of Esports Hong Kong Festival 2018 thrown in for variety.

We kid, a bit, but Fuudo’s R. Mika was on fire at EHKF2018. He was ready for every small situation that could possibly arise, and these crazy spots led to his first major victory in this year’s CPT events. Check out the absurd super conversion from V-Trigger against NL in Winner’s Finals!

Source: Capcom Fighters