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Dragon Ball FighterZ video roundup: Auto-combo exploration, Krillin side-switch combos, and more!

During the last video roundup, we asked if the DBFZ community could really maintain the insane level of video submissions we’ve received continually since the game’s launch. The FGC responded by spirit bombing another wave of videos into the inbox. Fair enough! Let’s see what you’ve been working on lately, FGC:

GLHFtv starts us off with a detailed breakdown on the usefulness of auto-combos in DBFZ.

Y. Xiao shows us an assortment of Teen Gohan combos, varying in practicality and flashiness.

And speaking of Teen Gohan, Sword has a touch-of-death combo for the young Saiyan. It costs Sparking, but with only one assist and tremendous meter-building possibilities, it’s fairly inexpensive.

sikshot gaming is back to show us the optimal on-block responses to SS Goku & SSB Goku’s movesets.

rooflemonger gives us 5 tips to maximize your time in training mode.

Is there anyone putting more work into Krillin than @NYoption? Here’s a side-switch combo for setting up corner positioning, and a new high-damage combo for sparking.

As always, if you see anything worth sharing, let us know by submitting a tip for our next roundup. Thanks everyone!

Sources: @NYoption; GLHFtv; sikshot gaming; rooflemonger; Y. Xiao; Sword

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Street Fighter Carnival X continues with Koihime Enbu and Guilty Gear X tournaments

Street Fighter Carnival X is Mikado Arcade’s currently-ongoing multi-game tournament series for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. To see the beginning of these high level Japanese tournaments, go here!

Today’s tournaments include the cult-indie favorite Koihime Enbu…

…and the 2nd installment of the Guilty Gear series, Guilty Gear X. This game introduced a new mechanic called the “Roman Cancel,” which would become a foundation of the Guilty Gear series’s future.

You can follow the action of SFCX by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.

Sources: Mikado Arcade; Koihime Enbu (Steam)

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Rest in peace, Daniel “ONBS” Jimenez; Charity tournament to celebrate the memory of this Pokkén community member

The Texas Pokkén Tournament community recently lost one of its brightest stars, Daniel “ONBS” Jimenez, to suicide. ONBS was a young and skilled Braixen/Scizor player, who notably placed 13th in the incredibly-stacked last chance qualifier at Pokkén Worlds 2017. He out-played and out-paced 117 other players at the LCQ, including many international talents from Japan and Europe.

As someone that has personally met and played against ONBS, I can attest to the incredible intelligence and skill he possessed. Our scene, and every scene and community that could have had him, is weaker now from his absence.

To celebrate the life and memory of ONBS, the TX scene will be holding a free-to-enter charity tournament and stream at the Alamo Battlegrounds — home of the TX Pokkén community’s monthly. All proceeds and donations from tthe event will go towards Garland Pawsibilities, a non-profit animal shelter, where ONBS volunteered as a dog walker. If you would like to donate, please do so here through this link: http://www.garlandpawsibilities.org/Garland_Paws_Donations.html

We wish strength to the Jimenez family through these trying times. The Pokkén community loves you, and we will help each other through this.

The National Suicide Prevention hotline is 1-800-273-8255. If someone you know or love is thinking about suicide, please talk to them.

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Rest in peace, Daniel “ONBS” Jimenez; Charity tournament to celebrate the memory of this Pokkén community member

The Texas Pokkén Tournament community recently lost one of its brightest stars, Daniel “ONBS” Jimenez, to suicide. ONBS was a young and skilled Braixen/Scizor player, who notably placed 13th in the incredibly-stacked last chance qualifier at Pokkén Worlds 2017. He out-played and out-paced 117 other players at the LCQ, including many international talents from Japan and Europe.

As someone that has personally met and played against ONBS, I can attest to the incredible intelligence and skill he possessed. Our scene, and every scene and community that could have had him, is weaker now from his absence.

To celebrate the life and memory of ONBS, the TX scene will be holding a free-to-enter charity tournament and stream at the Alamo Battlegrounds — home of the TX Pokkén community’s monthly. All proceeds and donations from tthe event will go towards Garland Pawsibilities, a non-profit animal shelter, where ONBS volunteered as a dog walker. If you would like to donate, please do so here through this link: http://www.garlandpawsibilities.org/Garland_Paws_Donations.html

We wish strength to the Jimenez family through these trying times. The Pokkén community loves you, and we will help each other through this.

The National Suicide Prevention hotline is 1-800-273-8255. If someone you know or love is thinking about suicide, please talk to them.

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TEKKEN TRAINING: Electric Wind God Vids — Attack reversals, parries, and sabakis

SRK’s Electric Wind God Vids is back with another episode! Today, we’re talking about how to defeat the counters of Tekken 7.

A lot of new players struggle with beating counter abuse, and who can blame them? There’s a lot of different types in the game, and lots of exceptions to the “rules” that surround how they work. Still, learning the basics of counters goes a long way towards neutralizing them.

For more TEKKEN TRAINING, be sure to subscribe to ShoryukenTube! And if you have any specific questions about Tekken gameplay you’d like covered in a future video, let us know in the comments!

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Train the speed and weight of Tekken 7’s Bob in cutcc’s QuickNotes series

cutcc is back with more of his “QuickNotes” series for Tekken 7! This series is designed to lay out the fundamentals of a Tekken character in as compact a video as possible, and today’s character is the master of Speed and Weight: Bob.

Bob may have fallen far from his days as the king of Tekken 6, but there’s still plenty of viability left in this Mishima-lite American. He has excellent punishment tools, un-seeable power lows, decent damage, and one of the very few i14 WS launchers in the game.
Source: cutcc

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Dragon Ball FighterZ roundup: More touches-of-death, anti-sparking strategies, and more!

Will Dragon Ball FighterZ content ever slow down? Or will the tech just keep going even further beyond? Judging by the never-ending submissions to the SRK inbox, it certainly seems closer to the latter. Let’s see what the community put together today!

datHazy starts us off with a Gohan/Goku Black/Goku touch-of-death combo.

BlaQNYC Vids gives an excellent breakdown on what to look for when trying to kill a Sparking opponent.

@NYoption keeps pumping out higher and higher damage and meter build with Krillin every time he sends something in.

Persona Entertainment shows off a touch-of-death by way of Golden Frieza.

GFAnBi shares a tricky Cell-Gotenks restand with us.

The hardworking rooflemonger shares some tricks with Kid Buu, and combos for Nappa.

COMBONAUTS continues their cast-wide combo exhibition series, including loops from Kid Buu, Krillin, and more.

And closing us out, sikshot gaming shows us optimal responses for when you block various Future Trunks moves.

As always, if you see anything worth sharing, let us know by submitting a tip for our next roundup. Thanks everyone!

Sources: datHazy; BlaQNYC Vids; @NYoption; Persona Entertainment; GFAnBi; rooflemonger; COMBONAUTS; sikshot gaming

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Blanka roundup for Street Fighter V: V-Trigger guide, combos, frame traps, and the dark secret of Blanka-chan

Blanka’s had nearly a week to roll around in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition; let’s see a bit of what the community has been working on!

VesperArcade offers up both a combo and V-Trigger guide:

World-Warrior also has combos for you to try out, and some frame traps to learn:

Doopliss has been enjoying Blanka’s Story mode costume, apparently:

Want to see the pros giving Blanka a try? RektScrub has you covered.

Finally: BornFree, thanks to a tip from Future BornFree, learns the dark truth about the Blank-chan costume in this skit.

Thanks to everyone that sent in tips!

Sources: VesperArcade; World-Warrior; Doopliss; RektScrub; BornFree

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Dragon Ball FighterZ video roundup: Damage scaling analysis, Teen and Adult Gohan combos, and more!

Dragon Ball FighterZ tech keeps filling our inbox; here’s a quick hit of what the community has been sending our way!

rooflemonger wants to help you understand how combos work in DBFZ — in particular, their damage scaling:

Here are some Gohan (Adult) combos, with Trunks and Piccolo on assist duty:

Alternatively, David Bermudez gives the Teen version of Gohan some attention (with Cell and Goku Black assists):

Persona Entertainment continues to showcase DBFZ combos, this time featuring Tien!

Thanks again to everyone that sent in tips!

Sources: rooflemonger; playergodaines; David Bermudez; Persona Entertainment

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World Warrior FGC shows off stylish corner combos for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s Ken

Optimization is an important aspect to fighting game combos. No matter how you look at it, getting the highest, most consistent damage off all your conversions leads to more wins in the long run. But not every combo is meant to be a tournament winner — sometimes, you just gotta show off.

World Warrior FGC has seen in more than his fair share of useful Ken tech for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Today’s combos aren’t about utility, and more about style. Multiple mid-juggle cross unders, backwards tatsus, reverse input DPs and more are demonstrated in his latest video.

Source: World Warrior FGC