January 16th cannot come fast enough for Sakura fans. With her being the first DLC character for Season 3 of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, people are eager to see exactly what she will be able to do in the game’s system.
While her trailer gave us glimpses into what she is capable of, VesperArcade took the time to break down what we are seeing piece by piece. With speculations into what her moves are — combined with the information given from Capcom Unity — we are able to see how combo-heavy and juggle-heavy she is. We also see how expansive her V-Skill is with triple follow-up, including her dive kick — which was a strong move in Capcom vs. SNK 2.
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When you watch footage of DidimoKOF, you could easily dismiss him as just another Dhalsim — but that would be a disservice to him. This is one of the most aggressive Dhalsims out there. When you look at some of the Dhalsims, they all tend to have their own style. While Filipino Champ tends to weave in and out a lot more, and Gllty has often played the more-conservative route, DidimoKOF manages to use Dhalsim’s tools in the most aggressive way possible.
Last year saw Sako take a strong Chun-Li into battle. Her combo abilities suited the execution specialist well, and he was able to make her work. However, execution alone couldn’t help Sako in the bracket last year, as he finished outside of top 16.
I know there’s going to be detractors on this one, but hear me out. Yes, he tanked hard after Evo 2016. Outside of a few Ranking events, he has had a relatively quiet 2017. He has had far more pressing issues in his life outside of the game, and even lost his Razer sponsorship.
My pick for top 3 last year fizzled out to back-to-back R. Mikas last year. Xiao Hai also had a disappointing 2017 in the game, and finished several spots off the cut this year.
We’ve talked about Dogura’s amazing Urien, but this guy is the original of the character. Most of the tech being used now stems from him, and he is still dangerous. He left a trail of tears in North America, falling primarily to players already qualified for Capcom Cup. But in this field, it’s really easy to pick him as a pick, as people still struggle with the creative play Urien players exude.
It is shocking for me to see MOV on the outside looking in. Twice making Evo top 8 with Chun-Li in both good and bad years for the character, he has shown that he has the passion to take this character to higher echelons. He has struggled to put a win on the map this year. He further was unable to pick up enough points in key events. But he has a good chance to make it in, if the bracket falls his way.
He has definitely been the second-best Balrog in the US right now, and quite possibly the world. He really started turning heads at Combo Breaker and hasn’t looked back. He fell slightly short at Red Bull Battle Grounds of capturing a slot, and this sort of thing sticks in your head until you rectify it. He’s got the character to make it work, and could possibly do so.
This isn’t a joke, and neither is his Abigail. You saw mounds of players struggle with Abigail over the course of the season, and the character has a large swath of winnable match-ups due to his damage output, short V-Meter, and long health bar. While alucarD may have struck first blood with him, The Cool Kid has been the one to really show the character’s best attributes since.
You can be sure he’s been tempted with the character, and has been playing him. But it’s hard to say whether he will try to bring him out on the biggest stage so soon into his experimentation with the master ninja. While Young Zeku will feel familiar to him, does he really want to bring him out while still trying to fine-tune him? My gut says that due to his risk-aversive play that he will opt not to. You couldn’t fault him either way; he either sticks with the character he’s comfortable with right now but has glaring flaws, or he goes with the character he wants to play that could do damage to unsuspecting opponents, but risk match-up unfamiliarity himself.