Author: Crow_Spaceboy

When we were putting together the last Electric Wind God Vids tutorial on defeating Leo’s B+1,4 string (which you can check out here!), an odd problem arose: sometimes characters could step in-between the string, and sometimes they couldn’t. These inconsistent results were not human error: it happened when the computer was programmed to step post-block, too. It also didn’t seem to correlate to the range of the B+1, so late active frames couldn’t be blamed for this. What gives?

This is a hypothesis, but we suspect that the cause is the defender’s hurt-spheres not realigning after blocking the initial hit. The issue only occurs if you don’t manually realign your off-axis state before blocking Leo’s b+1. So, in this video, we visually demonstrate this problem, and how to avoid it happening to you!

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Croagunk’s addition to Pokkén Tournament DX fills a much-needed gap in its character archetypes: the insufferable troll character. With his random-item throw, status manipulations and shocking chip damage, this awkward character does as much damage to his opponent’s health bar as he does to their mental state.

Behind the goofy animations and RNG, though, there’s really difficult execution and surprisingly powerful combos. Jump Y air-swimming loops, charge-release Shoryukens, and some of the craftiest, craziest air mobility in the series give this character plenty of depth for those that like to lab.

There’s also a few bonus clips of some high damage Chandelure combos, whose thread to Croagunk I can only assume is the equal amounts of anger that Pokémon’s mid-game giggling causes opponents.

Source: Mewtater

Subscribers to the Bandai Namco Entertainment America were likely a bit surprised to see trailers pop up for Dragon Ball FighterZ characters Gohan and Majin Buu this week. After all, it wasn’t a secret that these two fighters would be in the game: they’ve been there since the beta.

Still, you might as well get used to seeing these now — as these 30-second trailers are perfectly sized for ad spaces to promote the pending 2018 release.

At the rate Namco has been playing catch-up with these character trailers, they will be done with the currently-revealed cast long before DBFZ’s release date. It’s purely speculation, but the fact they are knocking these character trailers out now could be because there are much bigger announcements to come.

Dragon Ball FighterZ will be available in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC — with pre-orders granting early access to an open beta, to be held closer to release.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America

Who needs the Korean Backdash when you have… whatever this monstrosity is?

エディで1フレずつ4242と繰り返すと横にズレるけど、7入れジャンプジャンキャンから4242すると後ろに下がる。
なんぞこれ。 pic.twitter.com/z7rF8b6iJM

— よろレルワールド (@yorollel) October 9, 2017

Believe it or not, everything above is working as intended. One of the features and fun of Tekken 7 is learning its malleable, complex movement system. But having a movement system with so many ways to manipulate it can produce some unintended hilarity when you bring inhuman inputs into the equation. The above insanity is produced by repeated “back > down” inputs each frame — and adding a “up-back” input makes Eddy slide backwards — at a rate well above human capability. This likely works with every character, but Eddy’s active idle animation makes this particularly funny.

So you won’t be using this in tournaments (unless your tournament name is “Deep Blue”) but hopefully it’s a amusing reminder that Tekken’s movement will always be as flexible as you are.

Sources: @yorollel; reddit

Ibuki’s oppressive strength has been proven in the Street Fighter V tournament scene. As a popular, relevant pick in the meta, there’s never been a bad time to look into how she works or plays. If you’ve had even a passing interest in the art of Ninjutsu, oddbodjr1‘s Ibuki guide is a great place to start learning.

In 12 minutes you’ll get a thorough breakdown on her pokes, footsie ranges, rush-down options, and gimmicks. If that piques your interest, you’ll be interested in some of oddbodjr1‘s other tricks: a practical bomb mix-up setup, and an example of her command dash mix-ups.

Source: oddbodjr1

If you’re a Shadow Mewtwo player, then the various balance changes from his release on the original Wii U up until now have probably sent you through a roller-coaster of emotions. This glass cannon archetype was rightfully nerfed in the Wii U’s very first patch due to an infinite, but many have argued that the hammer of balance came down a little too hard on him.

Pokkén Tournament DX‘s changes send a pretty clear message about the direction Namco is trying to take Shadow Mewtwo. With improved rushdown with 4X, less Burst Attack damage scaling, new teleport cancels and yet another nerf to Pillar, Shadow Mewtwo seems designed to get in and cause as much chaos as possible. If you enjoy high damage and constant access to super, this is the character for you.

Source: BadIntent

There’s few combo makers in the Tekken community with the skill to manipulate side and back turned states quite like S.T.L. Their latest combo video is the strongest case yet for the creativity allowed in Tekken’s free-form juggle system: it’s impractical, technical, and flashy as hell.

Fans of Master Raven, Nina, Heihachi, Bryan, Akuma, and Lars will be pleased to see some re-wall splats and cross unders for their favorite characters. We also get to see S.T.L.’s hand with the recently buffed Lee Chaolan, in the form of his larger B+2 hitboxs and reduced push out on 4,U+3 mid juggle.

Source: STL1119

The Capcom Pro Tour just finished its stay in Taipei, Taiwan with TWFighter Major 2017. With a $15,000 pot bonus for Street Fighter V and some of the very best players in the world duking it out, there were plenty of memorable and exciting moments for Capcom Fighters to pick from for their latest hype-building video .

If you missed the anime player takeovers, giant Abigail combos, and the FGC’s first “Tape Measure Tech”, you can watch replays of the TWFighter Major 2017 over on Capcom’s official Twitch channel.

Source: Capcom Fighters