Author: Casey "Waveflame" Rinaldi

After covering the topics of character selection, jabs, the “Core 4,” and the throw game on the first two episodes, Frabisaur and AceUnlimited move on to the topic of launchers and the finer points of what makes Tekken’s combo structure unique in the third episode of Marshall’s Dojo.

As Frabisaur’s King training continues, AceUnlimited notes that being airborne is when a character is most vulnerable in Tekken, as there are no Bursts or air escapes that can be found in most 2D fighters. He advises how to find your character’s launchers in the move list, such as King’s Jumping Knee Lift (U4,) by seeing if a move is executed “While Standing,” or if it knocks the opponent off their feet in some form.

After a brief look at the movelist notations, they then transition into setting up juggles, as well as how to utilize Tekken 7’s new Tailspin or Screw mechanic, which replaces the Bound system from previous titles. Lastly, the duo cover proper combo finishers, as Frabisaur begins to master some basic — yet complete — juggles, as he realizes that your instinct after landing a launcher should be going into your Screw attacks, as opposed to settling for panic jabs that cost you damage and positioning. You can see the full video below.

As always, if you have questions or want more information on any of these concepts, hit up AceUnlimited on Facebook or Frabisaur on Twitter. Keep an eye on his stream at http://www.twitch.tv/frabisaur for the occasional episode of Tekken Live, where he will be streaming along with Ace to teach viewers. Stay tuned for episode 4, which will cover the concept of strings and all the options they contain. If you’re looking to brush up on some frame data, you can download the Tekken Chicken app, available on both Google Play and the iTunes App Store.

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After a month-long absence, due to the opening of Marshall’s Dojo, as well as traveling to CEO, Genex|Frabisaur is finally back with another episode of The Fighter’s Dojo. This episode he tackles the topic of dealing with the grapplers of Street Fighter V, specifically the trio of Zangief, Laura and Rainbow Mika.

With the Red Cyclone and the heiress to Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu seeing massive power-ups in Season 2 and R. Mika still managing to put in work despite her nerfs, these three have been proven to be quite the challenge for players of all skill levels.

After giving a brief overview of their design–noting their high life totals, lack of ranged damage and weaknesses to zoning–Frabisaur advises players to backdash during the inevitable grab guessing game. He then provides some character-specific tips on how to best handle these three, starting with Zangief.

Touching on tools such as his Charged Heavy Punch, his Double Lariat, as well as his Variable System abilities, Frabisaur demonstrates universal counters to each option, with varying punishes depending on your character and available resources.

For Laura, Frabisaur feels she is a bit overrated, with Thunder Clap being arguably the worst fireball in the game. He advises players to not fear her Volty Line V-Skill, as it leads to no true pressure after she moves forward.

Finally, he touches on the “crazy” Rainbow Mika, specifically speaking about ways to deal with her infamous Charged Dropkick and crouching Heavy Punch. You can see the full video, with full demonstrations, below.

As always, you can contact Frabisaur on Twitter for additional questions and information, as well as catching his stream on Twitch, where he hosts weekly Battle Lounges to allow players to apply these concepts in actual matches.

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After getting some tips on learning matchups with Echo Fox|Justin Wong and Dr. Fatbody explaining how to deal with five commonly-abused attacks, the next installment in Cross Counter TV’s GFinity Training Series sees AbleGamers|Brolylegs teach players how to properly defend themselves with anti-air attacks in Street Fighter V. Though perhaps a rudimentary concept for some of our readers, being able to properly defend against jump-ins attacks, particularly if they are cross-ups, is an integral part of improving in fighting games in general — especially when they can lead to massive damage, as is the case with SFV.

Utilizing his signature Chun-Li as an example, Broly goes over the differences between using normals as AA options versus using your special attacks, as well as explaining how to find the proper timing, spacing, and reliability to utilize the attacks to ensure maximum effectiveness. He also covers air-to-air situations, and urges players to find the best AA solutions for their character(s) of choice.

For European players looking to show off their skills in online competition, you can find more information about the GFinity Elite Series, featuring Street Fighter V, at www.gifinityelite.com. You can also follow BrolyLegs on Twitter; stay tuned to Cross Counter TV’s channel for more great instructional content.

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Last weekend was one of the biggest tournament weekends for Street Fighter V, as the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour made two huge stops with a pair of Premier events: DreamHack Summer in Jonkoping, Sweden and Community Effort Orlando in sunny Orlando, Florida. With Evo fast approaching next month, lots of top players attended these events in order to further cement their climb up the leaderboards, towards a spot in the Capcom Cup this December.

If you missed either of these events — or only had the time to catch one of them live — Capcom Fighters has you covered with their countdowns of the top five SFV moments from each of these tournaments. Some of the moments you’ll see in the videos include: Eric C forcing Echo Fox’s Justin Wong to “take the poison” in pools, PIE|Smug’s nasty Balrog comeback against Grpt|MOV’s Chun-Li, Red Bull/Cygames Beast’s Snake Eyez carrying muscle power to victory, SaltyKid scoring the upset against Mago, YOUDEAL|Yukadon literally blowing up Zowie|OilKing’s Rashid, and so much more. You can catch both videos — and all the hype moments within — below!

You can also enjoy these playlists of the top 32 and top 8 of each event:

What were some of your favorite moments for last weekend’s events? Be sure to tell us in the comments.

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With the Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Story Demo released earlier this month, veteran combo creator and game scientist desk has been exploring the title’s systems — particularly the new freeform tag mechanics — and pushing them to their limits, even while having no access to a proper Training Mode. We’ve already seen him analyze MVC:I’s take on infinite prevention, as well as putting out an initial combo video filled with some very impressive sequences.

Now the content creator provides us with a method to defeat the game’s boss, Ultron Sigma, who players will face in the final battle of the demo (with the team of Spencer and Thor) utilizing a grapple loop with the Bionic Commando.

Though Ultron Sigma takes very little damage, will Advancing Guard nearly all your attacks, and possesses both the Reality and Space Infinity Stones, desk’s loop of J.LP, HP, d+HP (Head Smasher) canceled into down-forward Wire Grapple, combined with Power Stone wallbounces and a few Hypers, should allow you to survive the match. The combo looks similar to some loops from back in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Check out even more of desk’s work with the Story Demo here!

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