Author: Corey "Missing Person" Lanier

Ryo Sakazaki may not be the most difficult character to learn in The King of Fighters XIV, but that doesn’t mean beginners can’t benefit from a little bit of help, even with a more simplistic character like him. When you’re just starting out in the game, the control scheme and the mechanics may prove to be more cumbersome than what you’re used to, and thus any guide for a character you’re trying to learn could come in handy.

This quick and easy guide for Ryo goes over his best buttons for pokes, anti-airs, and air-to-airs. It also looks at some of his best mixup options, as well as his most optimal combos.

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Smug has trained over the year–Rocky Balboa-style–and it shows. With that, and a few handy buffs to Balrog, Dr. Smuggles has found himself consistently sitting on the top of the CFN leaderboard. Once we see him making his way to tournaments, we should see some real fireworks across the board.

For the time being, we get a glimpse at his prowess from online match replays: and this one is insane. This shows some of Smug’s best plays, and some of the most amazing tech and decision-making Balrog has to offer, including some amazingly deceptive shimmies.

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Are you a newcomer to the scene and nervous about heading out to your first event? Are you thinking of clicking the button to register for your first major but unsure whether to do it? Do you just simply want to know what goes into the production of a major event?

Tafokints has you covered. While he was at Genesis 4, he gave full guided tour of the event. This goes over everything from check-in, to pools stations, to streaming and practice stations. He also goes through every little thing you could encounter at an event, and what kind of team it takes to run a Major.

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One of the biggest mistakes of people who are down in life on a round is to just simply give up. They believe the round is already lost, so why bother trying to mount a comeback? While in some circumstances, saving meter for a better round is optimal, you should still at least try to win!

Thus, in this compilation video, you are going to see exactly why you should never give up: featured in this video are the likes of Huomao|HumanBomb, HyperX|Daigo Umehara, Echo Fox|Tokido, Razer|Infiltration, Nuki, HORI|Sako, and ANBU|Punk–showing all the grit and determination that you need to be a winner.

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Potemkin is a plus-sized character in Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- that doesn’t see a lot of play. Given that he is the resident archetypal grappler in the series, he struggles in the mobility department–whereas every other character gets an air dash, he lacks this.

That doesn’t mean that he’s dead in the water. Once he gets a touch, it can turn lethal. In this combo video, we see such an example of his capabilities, with several touch-of-death combos being on display here.

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Mago and Echo Fox|Tokido are two of Japan’s names most synonymous with high level Street Fighter. Mago is currently the highest-ranked player on the circuit, yet to find a sponsor after the loss of his MadCatz deal last year. He still made an indelible mark on the Capcom Pro Tour last year, making his way to Capcom Cup by way of a dominating performance with his Karin in the Asia Regional Finals.

Tokido has been, without question, the best Akuma that we’ve seen so far in Season 2. So when these two face off in a series of epic online matches, who prevails?

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Nash is the character Capcom seemed to take the biggest slice out of in Street Fighter V Season 2. Just because they did so, doesn’t mean he can’t cut through his competition.

While a decent amount of his setups out of Sonic Scythe still work, he does have some new ones that are extremely important to continuing to be competitive with the character. NurseLee goes over all of his options from Light, Medium, and Heavy Scythe and explains why the meaties work, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

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One of the most important questions you see asked at tournaments is, “When’s Marvel?” That’s because Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is one of the most exciting games to play and watch. That is one of the key reasons the game made it through the Evo Players’ Choice Vote to become the final game on the roster for Evo 2017.

With that and the rereleases of the game coming on modern consoles and PC, a lot of people may be interested in picking up the fighter. However, being seven years removed from the initial release of the game makes for a steep learning curve if you are just learning. That’s why this four minute tutorial may be able to help you out, as it covers everything from team synergy to mechanics in such a short time.

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Ryu had some adjustments to his play in Street Fighter V Season 2. As a result, some of his meaty setups, as well as his Shoryuken setups stopped working properly. But with change, comes adjustment.

NurseLee has been hard at work, readjusting everything in Ryu’s playbook so that he could continue to be strong in this season. While naturally these meaty setups will not work against EX dragon punches, it does beat wake up jabs and three frame moves if timed properly.

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Zato-1 is often considered in most top players’ tier lists as one of the best characters overall in the game, if not the best. As such, you can expect a tough matchup when you encounter a skilled player using him–perhaps even PG|MarlinPie.

This comprehensive video goes into painstaking detail as to how to combat Zato. Clocking in at well over an hour and a half, this goes over nearly everything Zato can do to make you choose incorrectly. Going through the neutral game all the way through the mindgames, pressure, and mixups that Eddie provides, understanding of this video could make Zato matches a walk in the park.

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