Author: Crow_Spaceboy

Wanna pick up King of Fighter’s K’ after the buffs he received in 2.0? Playergodaines’s combo tutorial should get you up to speed!

The most noteworthy change to his combos is fasted speed on his “Knee Assault”, executed with f+B. This active hitbox change allows him to use it in new ways in corner juggles with Max Mode. It adds a little bit more variety to execution for K’ and pushes his damage just a little bit more. He actually received other buffs to- for example, invincibility on his climax super, “Hyper Chain Drive”.

If you weren’t sure if you wanted to play him before, give the latest K’ model a try!

Source: playergodaines

New Challenger TV’s “Beginner Breakdowns” series takes fan-submitted footage from online games, usually from Bronze and Silver, and analyzes the play.

Hosted by Encore41 and JZA, this particular episode breaks down footage from the loser’s finals of their Discord’s online tournament series. The matches covered includes footage of common characters that tend to give all skill levels trouble: Guile, Ibuki, and Balrog. This is a valuable resource for those unsure of how to approach these match-ups, and the (very large) Discord itself is a great place for new players to get feedback as they begin their Street Fighter V journey.

Source: New Challenger TV

The people that play Touhou games are wildly dedicated to the franchise they love. It’s probably no surprise then that merely days after a difficult-to-obtain demo for the Marvel-esque Touhou 15.5 Antinomy of Common Flowers was released, we’ve got incredibly high damage combo videos showing up in our tip-box here at SRK.

FGpop has shared with us two combo videos from the demo. The first one is innocuous enough, showing off the combo potential of the series’s new tag mechanic.

…but with the right resources an positioning, this Mokou/Marisa combo truly inherits the spirit of Marvel.  How common 100%s will be int he final build is obviously anyone’s guess, but if this is showing up in the demo this early, there’s obviously more to be found in the future.

And rest assured, Touhou fans will find it.

Source: FGpop

Balrog’s protege, Ed, certainly seems to have piqued the interest of the FGC. There’s a lot of videos and combos rolling in for the Psycho Pugilist, so let’s see what the community has come up with!

VesperArcade‘s combo guide will help you get started with the basics of Ed’s combo game. Organized by starter type, this is the best place to start if you’re really unsure of where to begin.

Venom44 took Ed in training on the PC mode and pushed the combo potential of his V-trigger to it’s limit. Lots of situational and flashy combos here!

marlonlonmilk wants to make sure you know when NOT to combo into super.

datHazy has a guaranteed taunt combo!

And lastly, Y. Xiao has found some clever loops off crush counters and anti-air j.MP.

How are you liking Ed so far? What would you want to see changed in his move-list before he goes live?

Sources: Y. Xiao; datHazy; marlonlonmilk; Venom44; VesperArcade

Do you feel like Whip players get away with too much on your block? If you have a fast super, you might just be right!

Many of Whip’s specials and longer range normals have significant recovery, but range prevents many characters from punishing. As Gatoray demonstrates though, fast dashing supers should reach her. An obvious example? Iori’s EX “Kin 1211 Shiki · Yaotome”. This 4-frame super shuts down a lot of her more annoying pokes, once you have 2-bars or more.

Source: Gatoray

Daniel “Tafokints” Lee is back with another Melee Science video, and he’s talking about a topic that extends far beyond Super Smash Bros. Melee. He discusses “pot monsters” and spectators, the driving force of tournament revenue for top players and sponsors alike.

In a double-elimination tournament, half of your entrants are out after 1st round of losers bracket. As Melee (and all FGC games) grow, maintaining the interest of these players in some way is vital to the continued success of the scene. Tafokints speaks to this, and points out how larger tournaments are handling this: for example, Evo’s panels, or Civil War’s bar.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Andrew “Nev” Murphy has created two quick analysis videos that show off the value of using more jab Shoryukens with Ryu, both offensively and defensively.

The first video covers the jab Shoryuken’s ability to trade or blow up strings with 2 frame gaps. While Ryu is the main focus, Nev also goes on to show some other possibilities with Necalli and Akuma.

For offense, though, it’s all about Ryu. Nev shows off some nice meaty timings post-jab Shoryuken that blow up most reversal options. He makes a strong argument for trading the damage from a Tatsu ender for the pressure gained from jab Shoryuken.

Source: Andrew David Murphy

Own a Hit Box controller and want to master some of Dhalsim’s most advanced competitive techniques? HB Sora has a quick demonstration to help you out.

The tutorial focuses on Instant Air Gale and Instant Air Teleport. Each lesson gives you a quick demonstration of the input, and an explanation of how you can work around the height restrictions. Also, Sora shows off an execution exploit exclusive to the Hitbox to get Air Drills, without letting go of down at any point–because up inputs override down inputs!

Source: HB Sora

Are you a Juri player that’s tired of dealing with escape V-Reversals? Fret no longer. The Prince has put together a solid video showing off not only ways to intentionally bait out these escape reversals, but also the big conversions you can score off of a correct read.

Stylish and substantive, these Juri punishes make use of her long limbs and stored fireballs. Throws also work versus most escape options, but as The Prince demonstrates, you can get so much more with a little effort.

Source:  The Prince