From Street Fighter III on, Urien has been notorious for his damage potential off resets. Street Fighter V is no exception, as he has been an absolute beast with his mixup potential off of resets.
Here we see some newly created resets that add more insanity to Urien’s arsenal. These include setups off of non-teched knockdowns and backrolled knockdowns, which greatly increase Urien’s repertoire of creating more damage faster. No matter what, you’re going to see what will make Urien dangerous leading into this season of Capcom Pro Tour.
While the young guns are turning up in droves to take major events–with players like Phenom, John Takeuchi, and NuckleDu leading the charge–there is yet another demographic that is doing exceptionally well in Street Fighter V. That group is the older players who have been around the scene for decades, proving that age is only a number when factoring into how competitive one can be in the game.
Why is this so true? Daigo Umehara, one of the old guard who is showing his dominance in Capcom’s newest title, believes the answer lies in the similarities to Street Fighter II, and top older players’ adoption of title due to these situations. In an article from theScore, Shinya Onuki concurs, stating, “SFV is very close to Street Fighter II, and the movement and combat systems are very close to that game as well, so my skills are still applicable.”
If you’re a serious player of any competitive game–especially fighting games–you know how important network latency is while playing. If anything goes wrong in the connection, you can find yourself facing input lag, rollback, teleports and the like.
Buying a gaming router helps to mitigate these issues, but not all routers even in this category are created equal. So which one should you get? XusesGB believes he has found an answer to this question.
Recently, he received an R1 model gaming router from NetDuma that he was asked to review, and he held a highly favorable opinion of the equipment. In his review video, he showcases some of the router’s impressive features, such as the ability to filter connections via distance from you and ping before you even connect to your opponent. You can also block players from connecting to you from within that same radius if they still have poor connections, or even if they use cheats such as lag switches or continually disconnect.
While more research needs to be done into this router, this looks impressive, and could be the exact router you’re looking for.
While visiting Bandai Namco’s Thank You Festival at KINTEX in South Korea, JDCR and Saint played a new build of Tekken 7: Fated Retribution on PlayStation 4 that featured a nifty little surprise. This new build had two characters currently not in the arcade build: Miguel and Lee Chaolan.
While these aren’t the latest characters announced for the game–Kuma and Panda being those–they are the most recent characters to be showcased as playable in any build. Below are tweets and videos of the characters in action.
반다이 남코 페스티벌입니다. 미겔 리 그리고 새로운 맵이 있을줄이야..콘솔 화면 정말 깔끔하고 그래픽 진짜 좋습니다. Me and saint are at Bandai namco festival. Didnt except them and new maps. pic.twitter.com/LvfakY4lRP
Let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we? July 2016. Las Vegas, Nevada. Evolution 2016. This was where we saw one of the biggest upsets in the event. Yukadon, who was formerly known as Tokido’s training partner for the Nash matchup, wound up being the one sending him to loser’s bracket in the event.
Fast forward to December, and we’re finally getting to see these two run it back. In 3 sets of ranked match play, will Tokido be able to exact his revenge against Yukadon?
Mike Ross is finally starting to emerge from his Twitch-imposed hiatus from the competitive scene, and it can’t be any more exciting. His play is starting to take shape at a higher level, and he will be in attendance at Northeast Championships this weekend.
But how does he fare against someone who made top 8 at Evolution 2016–say LI Joe for example? Watch as he brings his Birdie out to take on Joe’s newly adopted Urien in this high level ranked match.
It’s beginning to look a lot like pro wrestling in this set between two grapplers. DNG|Itabashi Zangief has been the perennial Zangief main for as long as anyone can remember–he wears his character in his name, after all. But when paired up against Donpachi–one of Japan’s premier Alex players–you can expect a lot of muscle to be thrown around in this match.
Watch these two grappling fiends in these two first-to-two ranked sets, and enjoy the tension of the spacing game the matchup offers.
It’s looking a lot like Street Fighter III in this recent set recorded and published by XusesGB: two top Japanese players face off in a hype match between Ibuki and Alex.
Majorboy and Donpachi are two of the best players in the world with these respective characters, so when they throw down in Ranked mode, you can expect some heavy mixups from Majorboy’s Ibuki, and some serious grappling from Donpachi’s Alex. Want to see who is deeper into each other’s head? Take a peek at this match!
Kevin “PewPewU” Toy has struggled against Captain Falcon over the course of his career. So when it came down to playing Johnny “S2J” Kim’s Falcon, the Marth main likely had the odds stacked against him.
However, if he had succumbed to those odds, there likely wouldn’t be much to write about, or even analyze. That, however, isn’t the case: as PewPewU was able to best S2J at Smash Summit 3. Thus, Daniel Lee analyzed the performance from PewPewU in his Yahoo Esports Melee Science series, and credits PewPewU’s adjustments in the neutral and aerial game to his success against S2J at the event.
DNG|Itabashi Zangief has been well known across games for his trademark Zangief play. Undoubtedly one of the best at his main across generations, he has also seen success in games such as Virtua Fighter, making him a legend in fighting games.
HyperX|Daigo Umehara has been an unstoppable force in fighting games since the early pioneer days of the genre. Known primarily for his trademark Ryu play across games, he has also had success with other characters and other games, including Guilty Gear and Darkstalkers.
When two titans like this clash in a modern title, you can definitely expect fireworks. Watch these two square off in a set of ranked matches, as the two show off what they do best.
