Author: Crow_Spaceboy

That Blasted Salami is back with another character study, this time breaking down the tiger-chucking Kazumi.

I always recommend new 3D fighting game players to pick straight forward, poke heavy characters when they first start playing. These types of characters have an obvious, simple game-plan that really force you to learn how the game’s rules operate, and you can easily pivot away from that character into someone more “complex” if you want to later. For this reason alone, I can’t recommend Kazumi enough to those just starting out in Tekken 7.

You can learn the Matriarch Mishima’s move-list quickly and easily with That Blasted Salami‘s latest tutorial video, which thoroughly breaks down her play-style, top moves, combos, and punishment options.

Source: That Blasted Salami

Several months back, Injustice 2 player Raptor discovered an option select with Firestorm that allows The Nuclear Man to meter burn his Molten Trap special only on hit. Knowing whether or not your opponent knows how to preform this in and of itself is a frustrating mix-up, and makes it difficult to approach from full screen without taking big commitments.

That’s where UltraDavid comes in. It’s only fitting to fight an OS with an OS — and that’s exactly what he’s created here with the above outlined dash-block technique. Once you block the first hit of Molten Trap you can safely dash forward (UltraDavid is using Swamp Thing’s dash as an example, which should put into perspective how universal it is), and block most (not all) of Firestorm’s potential zoning tools. It takes an esoteric read (and meter) for Firestorm to punish your dash, which ultimately means you can control the situation if you can react and properly execute this OS.

Source: UltraChenTV

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” marches on! SSFC2017 is the currently ongoing Japanese tournament series at Mikado Arcade for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. If you missed the first few tournaments from SSFC2017, there’s a lot to catch up on!

Of all the times we’ve signal boosted Mikado’s excellent tournaments, Project Justice: Rival Schools 2 is consistently the most shared and favorably received games on our site. It’s the right combination of simplicity and nostalgia to really resonates within the FGC. There’s also a certain thrill of watching players battle with, and against, some of the hysterically strong stuff that’s developed over the years in this game’s meta — if you’ve complained about jabs in other games, oh man.

Perhaps most importantly, it’s been a very long time since Capcom took a crack at the 3D fighter genre, and it’s hard to ignore the clamoring for a new title in the series. Until that announcement day comes, though, we’ll have to wait patiently and just enjoy some high level tournament play from one of Japan’s finest arcades.

Are you enjoying SSFC2017? You can follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. You can also try to catch them when they livestream!

Source: Mikado Arcade

It has been about six months since Tekken 7 released for consoles, and I think that might be enough time for Claudio players to get hop-kicks out of their system. Maybe. Maybe not.

Jokes aside, the real meat behind the exorcist’s movelist is his unique Starbust mechanic, a self-buff that grants Claudio access to all of his best (non-hopkick) moves. The new moves granted to Claudio have a wide range of powerful properties including mid/low mix-ups, positive frames, combo starters and more. But he can only get this self-buff by hitting certain moves, and ApocryphicV‘s guide walks you through the various ways you can set this up.

Source: ApocryphicV

Street Fighter scientist AutoMattock recently shared a reasonably strong throw loop with ex-Bushinryu master Old Zeku. The throw loop did have a particular weakness though: 3 frame jabs spoiled the potential of it’s +1 frame advantage. If you were hoping for a slightly meatier wake-up option, then you’ll want to see his latest setplay ideas below!

Using crouching HP in these outlined combos allows you to cover all of opponent’s tech options, and if you score a crush combo, you get an excellent cross-up opportunity with Bushin Flip. If the opponent does not recover at all, dashing up twice after whiffing the crouching HP leaves you at frame advantage as they stand up.

Source: AutoMattock

One of the easiest ways to exploit low-level Tekken players is to simply use strings that have lows in them. Law’s Junkyard, Kazuya’s jab low, and more are all examples of common strings that seem powerful at first, but evaporate into a mist of uselessness once you discover how to low parry on reaction.

Scallywag 93‘s latest video organizes some of the most common of these “fake” strings for you, the new Tekken player, to reference and practice against. With time, patience, and a down-forward tap on your arcade stick, you can turn these seemingly annoying strings into a liability.

Source: Scallywag 93

Owner of NYC’s Next Level Arcade and old-school fighting game aficionado Henry “Golden” Cen has started a great new YouTube series called “Adaptation.” By its name you can tell it’ll focus on one of the slipperiest topics in fighting games: how to change the way you play to counter your opponent’s style.

Without pressing any buttons or saying anything to him, Henry can look at just the way you move around in game and know your skill level. This is the subject of his debut episode: using the smallest amount of information to construct a larger picture about what your opponent does and doesn’t know. While he’s using Street Fighter V as his canvas, the insight here transcends title.

Source: Henry Cen