Author: Crow_Spaceboy

The Tekken series has always been known for extravagantly long juggle combos. But, it wasn’t until the addition of Street Fighter V‘s Akuma and Fatal Fury‘s Geese Howard (along with Tekken’s own Eliza) that expendable resources were used to start, and continue, these combos. This comes in the form of a 2D-genre-inspired “Super Meter,” appropriately so considering the source of these two fighting game icons.

HapkidoRed‘s latest combo video shows off some freestyle juggles for the previously-mentioned fan-favorite crossover villains. This is a direct extension of his initial exploration of these characters, and a great example of why meter-using characters are and must be polarized in their options. It’s easy to forget this when you see the life-bar breaking combos from the meter-users, but their damage output and options are much lower without these mechanics. It’s a new way to approach character design and balance in Tekken’s ecosystem, and given the response and frequency of Akuma/Geese combo video submissions here at SRK, it’s one that players respond positively towards!

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One of the foundations Pokkén Tournament DX’s Duel Phase is built on is also one of its biggest secrets: “Phase Shift points.” Getting into this game’s meta necessitates learning about what causes a Phase Shift, and since 21 Hits is named after one of those causes, they are uniquely prepared to teach this class:

Phase Shift Points, or PSP, are accumulated during the Duel Phase’s combos and pokes. Learning how to keep track — and manipulate — PSP will help you get the most out of the Duel Phase, and likely steal entire rounds off one or two resets.

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It’s common knowledge at this point that Ryu is worse for wear in the meta of Street Fighter V. But those that have stuck with the original “World Warrior” are taking that as a cue to work that much harder with their character’s tools — few more so then Ryu lab monster pdcsky.

Continuing his excellent Range Series, pdscky is tackling the footsie ranges of newcomers Menat and Zeku in relation to Ryu’s. Helpfully, he divides Zeku between both forms, and lays out Ryu’s ranged options to the side for quick reference.

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Namco Sugamo is a Tokyo arcade, home to a large Tekken-themed museum — indicative of the scene it supports. It has played host to the Mastercup series, Tekken Global qualifying events, and more throughout the years. It’s also the home of SHUDY_JINLEE, a world class player and broadcaster for the Japanese scene.

One of the more interesting regular events that SHUDY_JINLEE runs are character lock events, occasionally forcing players in attendance to all play the same character for a tournament. Since these events are comprised of top Japanese players such as Nero, Ao, Furumizu and more, you get to see some surprising play a character knowledge from these events you wouldn’t otherwise.

The same is true here in today’s 3v3 team tournament: each team is regimented to a single character for all three players. Watch the tournament to see which team, and character, is able to take it all: and you might want to leave your perceptions about tiers at the door.

Source: SHUDY_JINLEE

Team Aerial Combos is a Marvel vs. Capcom centered podcast led by Zerms whose most recent episode had two very special guests: MvC:I pros FORT | Cloud805 and Dual Kevin. The former of which was a uniquely timely guest: Cloud805 was, just a few days prior, the winner of Capcom’s “Battle for the Stones” tournament.

The nearly two hour long podcast covers a wide range of FGC topics, including individual interviews on the backgrounds of Dual Kevin and Cloud805. Team Aerial Combos also features commentary from TheJakoman and Barzhad.

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How many fighting games did you try to learn this year? Are you happy with the progress you made in each of them?

JST’s latest combo video reflects on a year’s worth of progress with Street Fighter V‘s Juri and Mika, Tekken 7‘s Lars and Jin, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2‘s Ky, & Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite‘s Zero and Gamora. These games have wildly dissimilar combo systems, which is a byproduct of an active year of new, diverse titles in our genre.

It would seem with every passing year that the FGC branches out further and further, with more types of games getting larger player bases. As 2017 ends and a seemingly even bigger year of fighters begins, let’s think about how far we’ve come as a growing community, and what we have to look forward to in 2018!

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