Author: Corey "Missing Person" Lanier

Sagat has had a history of being a great character within fighting games. Super Street Fighter II Turbo saw the old version of him reign near the top of the tier list. Capcom vs. SNK 2 saw him as one of the strongest Ratio 2 characters in the game. Street Fighter IV had him as an obvious top tier in the first version, but never saw him slide so far down the tier list in subsequent updates to make him irrelevant in competitive play.

Street Fighter V — upon his release — is one of the main exceptions. So how does he come back without becoming a broken mess? VesperArcade mentions the deficiencies in his zoning game — where the game itself sends him into very awkward spacings — but also makes a note that his movement options leave a lot to be desired in their current state.

Source: VesperArcade

RELATED POSTS

VesperArcade discusses the differences between Nash’s V-Triggers in Street Fighter V

What does the Interpol agent need in Street Fighter V? VesperArcade offers their Season 4 wish list for Chun-Li

VesperArcade discusses possible characters for Season 4 of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Hold that L, the right way.

People usually get into fighting games with the goal of winning — what few grasp is that being able to win at the highest level also takes a magnitude of losses. The reason that losses are so important is that they serve as great learning experiences. However, it is very hard to see the lessons in a loss when your head is swimming from the actual result.

Wenster seeks to educate those people on how to look at losses properly in his most recent video. With the ability nowadays to lab out the exact things you lost to, as well as actually tracking your own progress, it’s definitely within your grasp to use losses as the learning experiences they actually are.

Source: The Average Fighter

RELATED POSTS

BornFree interviews Tokido at Combo Breaker 2018, Part 1: Winning, losing, and mastering mindfulness

K-Brad talks Vega match-ups, losing to Onuki, and the most Evil member of EG

Nage on analyzing losses: Think about how to avoid dangerous situations before escaping them

With over ten months of play in Season 3 of Street Fighter V, the argument over which V-Triggers are dominant have started to reach a general consensus on most characters. While there are a few characters that see practical uses of both V-Triggers — some of which are indeed match-up dependent — some characters have clearly superior V-Triggers.

Nash — while having interesting usage of his V-Trigger II — has mostly seen his original V-Trigger used in competitive play. While both V-Triggers have interesting things off of hit confirms, the second V-Trigger suffers from issues past the initial hit confirm, according to VesperArcade. This — when coupled with it requiring one extra bar of V-Meter — causes V-Trigger II to be more of a liability than anything.

Source: VesperArcade

Tung Fu Rue may be old, but clearly age has sharpened him into a killing machine. With this most recent combo video for The King of Fighters XIV — based on the 3.01 patch — Tung shows off some insane air Senpuu Ken loops, with nearly every combo doing at least 70% damage. He also shows off amazing restand combos that make him look more like a Marvel character than anything. Perhaps he should trade in his Fu Manchu for a curly mustache.

Source: Persona Entertainment

With Season 3 coming to a close, the inevitable wish list discussion has begun. Which characters would people like to see in the next season of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition? For VesperArcade, there’s a decent mix of obvious characters with less likely, but equally interesting choices.

While obvious fan-favorites such as Dudley, C. Viper, and Fei-Long make the list, we also hear some other less common names make the cut for them. Would many people clamor for the possibility of getting their hands on Sodom from Street Fighter Alpha or Eagle from Street Fighter 1?

To finish off, they also discuss the possibility of entirely new characters.

Source: VesperArcade

With the end of the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour in sight, we know that another season — full of patches, nerfs, and buffs — is on the horizon. With a set of generally agreed upon top 5 characters, Ibuki always ends up in that list, as she has been for the last two seasons. The question now is how to properly balance her while keeping her playable competitively.

VesperArcade offers up their answers in their most recent wish list. With changes to her throw and overhead being near the top of the list, they also suggest some sort of buff to her first V-Trigger to make both V-Triggers equally viable.

Source: VesperArcade

The legacy that Street Fighter X Tekken has is often divisive between people in the fighting game community. While there exists the camp of players who fell in love with the game it became, many still remember it for the game it was — and the poor marketing choices that Capcom made that resulted in its downfall.

In this video, Stumblebee takes a hard look at the game — including its initial announcement, the promotional machine before its release, and its flaws upon release. He also delves into what made the game better within its title update — which still ultimately still saw the game widely abandoned for the Ultra Street Fighter IV update.

Source: Stumblebee

RELATED POSTS

Cross the line with PsychoBlue’s complete dossier for Street Fighter X Tekken

Street Fighter X Tekken version 2013 players “cross the line” with these round robin replays from Evo 2017

Three times the mayhem: desk’s Juri combo megamix blends Street Fighter X Tekken, IV, & V