Author: Corey "Missing Person" Lanier

Sailor Mars has always been a corner monster in Sailor Moon S. She has fireball traps that she can abuse and use to predict jumps with her high fireballs. She can also set up unblockables as Player 2, if someone techs her heavy kick throw in the corner. But she also has gimmicks involving her untechable heavy punch throw.

Against tall characters such as Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Uranus, and Sailor Neptune, Mars can cross-under them off of her heavy punch throw. By implementing a neutral jump closer to their wakeup, you can set up a 50/50 mix-up where you either stay in the corner, or cross them up depending on the timing of the jump.

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Piccolo has damage output problems in his current state in Dragon Ball FighterZ — this has been proven emphatically. His mid-screen game leaves a lot to be desired, as he is hampered more than the rest of the cast on his damage output, unless he is in the corner. Further, he needs more help from assists than any other character to get similar damage output to the top tier characters.

For those brave enough to venture into using the character, there are still ways around his handicaps to make him work. This combo tutorial by rooflemonger shows off his capabilities, and how to make him a dangerous threat on any team.

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Them’s Fightin’ Herds may lack a large roster characters at the moment with its Steam Early Access release, but there’s a load of depth to this new title that begs to be uncovered. Much like many anime-style fighters, the title is very combo heavy, and has a variety of hit confirms into magic series combos followed up by launches.

Tianhuo boasts all of the above in this combo video, which serves as a visual aid for her bread and butter combos. As such, the combos range from simple to advanced, all of which seem practical in the competitive landscape. Mastering these could definitely give you a hoof up on the competition.

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Finding advantages in Tekken 7 is as important (if not more so) as in other fighting games. Finding situations where you are in a plus-frame scenario — meaning your move is safe on block — means the ability to create mix-ups and continue your pressure. For King, however, this also means setups into his plethora of command grabs.

Finding these plus-frame scenarios can be difficult, due to spacing issues. But given the variety of moves King has with multiple active frames, his ability to get plus-frame scenarios off of shallow hits is incredible, leading to many possible mix-ups.

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A lot of people who got into the fighting game community did so by way of seeing Evo Moment 37: where Daigo Umehara fully parried Justin Wong’s Super Art from Chun-Li to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. While parrying in Street Fighter V has become easier to do, players and audiences alike still get hype over well-timed parries into big damage.

For those parrying fans, this compilation from LiangHuBBB is for you. With featured footage from Gunfight, MDZ Jimmy, Neon, and Alex Valle among others, you get a glimpse of amazingly hype parry moments from a plethora of characters against a wide array of moves and setups.

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For decades, Mega Man has shamelessly stolen weapons from his fallen foes. Now, it’s time for the characters of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to rise up and steal back from him what was taken!

In this combo video, we see the bottom row of characters in the roster use Mega Man’s Metal Blade against him, launching him to situational (but effective) combos, many of which can take a full stock if performed correctly. Who knew Mega Man’s greatest weakness would be karma?

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Ibuki has been a character of chaos since her creation. Since Street Fighter III, it has always been difficult to guess her next move. In Street Fighter IV, she became the master of vortexes. Now, in Street Fighter V, she is able to create 50/50 mix-ups in a variety of ways.

From V-Trigger setups to not using V-Trigger at all, Ibuki has tons of potential. There are even examples of using triple dashes in order to keep your opponents guessing to the bitter end of their life bars. This video by TaktakAdu showcases so many setups that it will even make battle-hardened Akuma dizzy.

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Blanka has long been considered at the bottom of the tier list in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. That may not change regardless of what is discovered with the character, but for those masochistic enough to play the character despite his flaws, he just gained slightly more viability.

In a video uploaded on Twitter from Japan, we see that Blanka has high profile properties on his standing roundhouse. What this allows him to do is go over some low attacks, including Sagat’s low Tiger Shots. This new tech being discovered now is amazing, given the age of the game!

録画発見！
右下にコエモン先生と俺が話してるの映ってたwhttps://t.co/BjlWTgkcoD pic.twitter.com/uRKbhpnvIK

— ロード (@RoadSys) March 27, 2018

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When you see a Combonauts combo video, you know you’re getting into a quality release. With their focus on nothing but impractical and crazy combo videos, you’ll be seeing the peak of execution and the flaunting of the game mechanics to the max.

This is no exception, as we see some amazing content here for Dragon Ball FighterZ. We see combos featuring Hit, Nappa and Captain Ginyu — and we also see Cell pull of an amazing DHC into Sparking, showing off just how versatile this game system really can be.

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