Everyone has a fighting chance
Chie Satonaka never really saw much exposure at the highest competitive levels in Persona 4 Arena, or its update Ultimax. That, however, doesn’t mean that Chie can’t kick it with the rest of the cast, and that is exactly what we see in this combo video.
Linked below, you can watch the Spunky Dragon with Deadly Legs get a leg up on the competition, with some high-execution combos of her own.
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For all the free-to-play Killer Instinct players, this is your lucky day. Last year, prior to the release of Killer Instinct on Windows 10, Microsoft released Season 1 free for Games with Gold. This year, it looks like they’re doing the same thing.
If you are a Xbox Live Gold subscriber, Season 2 of Killer Instinct is now available on Microsoft’s Games with Gold program. This pack will allow you continual access to Season 2’s characters for no cost. This also supports DLC crossplay, so Windows 10 players can also purchase the pack through Xbox’s web store and have it available on their PC build of Killer Instinct.
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What’s better than a Tekken Tag Tournament 2 combo video? Perhaps it’s a vocaloid-themed Tekken Tag Tournament 2 combo video? If that’s the case, then this one definitely delivers.
Here we have a combo video featuring most of the girls of the series–excluding Anna, Nina and Julia from the mix. While there are a couple of exceptions, with Armor King and Lars making guest appearances, you’ll see the girls showing off their best combos–while dressed up as everyone’s favorite holographic singer Hatsune Miku.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee highlights typically feature names like Armada, Hungrybox, Mew2King, and Mango. However, there are still emerging stars rising within the ranks of the game, looking to eclipse those names in the rankings. Even Hungrybox admits that at some point, he expects to see a group of 20 players trading major wins.
With that, Tafokints at Yahoo! Esports picked five players that he expects to see turn some heads in Melee over the span of 2017. He picks out players like Zain, Squid, Crush, Captain Faceroll, and Syrox to start rising through the ranks due to their results, over some of the top players of the game last year.
Source: Yahoo! Esports
Alienware’s Nemo was without question one of the strongest Vegas in Street Fighter V season 1, but has made it no secret that he has put his claw away. Now he is bent on world domination, as he has moved on to Urien–and is doing extraordinary with the character.
Certainly Urien has benefited a lot from the changes in this new season, and this compilation video shows how well Nemo has adjusted to his new choice. This is certainly a video to watch if you’re learning Urien!
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Team Secret’s Poongko is always the little engine that could. While he is a great player and can shock the world, he often gets inside his own head to cause his demise in major events. It also probably didn’t help that he diversified his time between Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 over last year.
However, when he faces Youdeal’s Haitani, who placed fourth at Capcom Cup, it looks like he is starting to become more poised in this game. Watch as Poongko shows his strength in Season 2 against the best Necalli on the planet currently.
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Leo can be problematic to face in Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. His options are unlike other characters in the game, and thus leaves players perplexed when facing him. Whereas some people would immediately call for nerfs, it’s rather time to hit the lab and learn the matchup.
Fortunately, several of Japan’s best players–Ruu, Tomo, and Takehara–have released a four-part guide on how to face and defeat Leo. The first two parts were already available in English, with translations by BloodWolF and Lord Knight respectively. Recently, part three was released in English, again translated by BloodWolF.
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Recently, we posted up a beginner’s tutorial for Hakumen in BlazBlue Central Fiction. While it’s great to have your basics down, you need more meat to supplement your abilities in the game.
In this second video of the same series, Hakumen is explored in more detail. This video will go over where Hakumen can counter and punish within the system of the game, and even gives a lot of options for how to fully punish your foes.
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HyperX’s Daigo Umehara is the perennial warrior. Much like his patented Ryu, he is always on the hunt for strong opponents to test his mettle against, and gives each and every one a run for their money.
Osayu is one such competitor, and gives Daigo a serious battle. His Cammy is very solid, with lots of strong techniques and good mixups with the tools in his arsenal. They recently faced off in a couple of ranked sets online, and the results are matches that should leave players of both characters scribbling notes in their notepads.
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Echo Fox’s Mew2King is highly regarded as one of the best Smash players of all time. Put the man into Losers Bracket, however, and it becomes increasingly difficult to bet on him. His inconsistency after dropping a set is duly noted, and he’s rarely able to win after being knocked into the losers side.
At UGC 2016, we saw a different M2K, and Daniel Lee of Yahoo! Esports goes over what was different between Mew2King’s usual Losers Bracket performance, and the one we saw at UGC–which ultimately saw him take 2nd place behind Armada after resetting the bracket. He goes over the way Mew2King was making decisions and using proper spacing and mixups to lead to his impressive run through the bracket, even besting his perennial rival Hungrybox en route to Grand Finals.
Source: Yahoo! Esports