21 Hits’s latest combo video for Pokkén Tournament DX opens with the following text on the screen: “Get used to all the just frames in Aegislash’s moveset for optimal damage.” It isn’t kidding: Aegislash might be one of the game’s most technical characters.
While Pokkén players are still working out the neutral and meta of Pokkén’s latest DLC character, one thing is certain: you have to be on point to be worthy of wielding Aegislash. Just frames, stance switching, and buff-management are all required to get this sword’s momentum going.
Are you in — or looking for an excuse to go to — the Great White North? Canada Cup Gaming has just announced open registration for its Canada Cup Master Series event, taking place in Calgary, Alberta on May 11-13; based on the tournaments available to compete in, it looks like it’s going to be a good one:
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Marvel vs. Capcom : Infinite
Tekken 7
Super Smash Bros. Melee (singles and doubles)
Super Smash Bros. Wii U (singles and doubles)
ARMS
Pokkén Tournament DX
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Hearthstone
In addition to the games mentioned above, it’s worth noting that there’s going to be over $10,000 CAD in pot bonuses between SFV, Smash 4, and Melee. You can find out more about the tournament — and register for attendance — here.
What’s this? A new year is upon us? You know what that means, patrons of classic games: it’s time for more retro fighting game action from the mecca of the FGC, Japan’s Mikado Arcade. Street Fighter Carnival X has offically begun.
And if you don’t know what that means, then check this out:
Above is high-level gameplay from Fatal Fury Special, Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers Revenge, Samurai Shodown III, Breaker’s Revenge, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Mikado’s multi-game tournament series like SFC (and its tournament series later in the year, Super Street Fighter Carnival) is renowned for bringing hype gameplay from a wide variety of classic titles.
Enjoyed the action? Want to check out previous tournaments from Mikado Arcade? We covered SFC9 last year, too, and you can check that out here. 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.
It isn’t a surprise to most people that Balrog was nerfed in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. When a nerf seems like an inevitable thing, though, dedicated players have to be worried that the character could end up getting killed altogether in tournament play. Just ask Season 1 Ryu players, for example.
Well, there’s few players as dedicated to pushing Balrog as SFV Pro Brian_F. He’s documented the Season 3 changes here in his latest video, while also giving them some context for Balrog’s future. Boxer players will certainly have to adjust to their new world, but as Brian F shows, not all of the news is doom and gloom.
Red Bull Esports has partnered with the Esports Game Arena in the Netherlands for a night of FGC action featuring Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Red Bull Strijders – Fight Club (“strijders” meaning “fighters”), will be running all day tomorrow, February 10, from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM CET — that’s 2:00 AM to 2:00 PM PT for us in North America. That’s a bit early for us to tune in, but it is a chance to see the high-level competition in Europe! Winners of each event will win a trip to Red Bull’s E-WKND event in Sweden in November.
More information can be found here (in Dutch, as the stream will also be). Check out the stream below!
It’s been a rollercoaster for Chun-Li players in Street Fighter V. After debuting strong in Season 1, the wide list of nerfs in Season 2 drove many away. Now those players have a reason to come back: Season 3 was fairly kind to the Queen of Street Fighter.
One of the most signifigent adjustments to Chun-Li was the addition of larger frame advantage off of her Air Lightning Legs on hit. VesperArcade‘s latest tutorial video demonstrates various methods for inputting this useful technique — and how to apply it in battle safely.
There seems no sign of the hype slowing down for Dragon Ball FighterZ, especially after the Evo announcement. There’s a real sense of an actual arms race going on in the DBFZ meta. I hope whoever is in charge of the Evo trophy design makes it a perfectly spherical Dragon Ball, just for the theme’s sake. Or… maybe not. That’d ultimately limit the novelty prize to seven tournaments, wouldn’t it? There’s absolutely going to be more then seven majors for this game. Anyways: let’s see what the community sent in today!
playergodaines starts us off with some incredibly strong Piccolo combos, some breaking 6K with only one meter.
HapkidoRed shows off the absurd mix-up potential of Goku Black’s teleport.
datHazy can kill off of a Level 1 during Sparking Blast, and the right resources, with Adult Gohan.
sikshot gaming breaks down the defensive options that you can use versus the troublesome frame trap after a blocked Vanish.
Want to use the mix-up potential of the Saibamen? TGN Anime has a great breakdown of Nappa’s movelist just for you!
ApertureBlack has two different examples of the mix-up power of Beerus’s 236S.
rooflemonger has a breakdown of Adult Gohan’s “Potential Unleashed” mechanic.
Does the “Potential Unleashed” mechanic sound interesting to you…? He has a further breakdown of the character for you, including combos!
rooflemonger’s also prepared a tips and tricks video for Tien:
As always, if you see anything worth sharing, let us know by submitting a tip for our next roundup. Thanks everyone!
Only one Asuka player qualified for the Tekken World Tour bracket in 2017, and that’s Fergus2k8. This sponsored Tekken 7 pro was the lone representative of Ireland, and he scored a dominating win over America’s P. Ling during pools. If you’re an Asuka player looking to up your game, you could do worse then listening to Fergus’s advice!
Luckily, you don’t have to settle for worse. Fergus recently put out his thoughts on how Asuka’s offense works in Tekken 7. This isn’t just a movelist breakdown, but a discussion about how to think when playing Asuka, which should prove valuable for anyone looking to take her as far as Fergus did.
When Aegislash was released onto the world of Pokkén Tournament DX, one of the first Pokkén players out of the gate with sick, sword slinging combos was Mewtater.
It’s probably not a surprise that he’s also bringing us some early, disgusting tech for the Sword-mon, either. It seemed pretty clear from the onset that Aegislash was going to be an okizeme-heavy, setplay-style monster — and stuff like the shield break setup above only further confirms that.
While the setup is character size-dependent, it is worth noting that it still puts characters too small to get guard-broken very close to such a state, with a move that leaves Aegislash at frame advantage. Very nice!
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the sci-fi indie fighting game Punch Planet. This three-man footsie-focused future fighter has been a little quiet on the promotional front, as the developers have been hard at work creating the next character for their series. (That would be the acrobatic soilder G-Agent, whose development they have been streaming live for anyone that wants to see the behind-the-scenes footage of game design.)
As this early-access game is still frequently updated on the Steam platform, that hasn’t stopped the developers from showing off their latest changes. If you haven’t seen the game before, this combo video demonstrates the game’s intricate meter-reliant combo system, resets, and cross-ups.
