Author: Franz "d3v" Co

One of the most impressive performances at Evolution 2015 was that of Korea’s Seon-woo Lee, also known as Infiltation. The former champion wowed the crowd with his vast character knowledge, using twelve different characters over the course of the tournament before eventually finishing third.

Arcade Stream recently caught up with Infiltration to talk about certain aspects of his performance at Evo 2015, including his character picks against second place finisher Bruce “GamerBee” Hsiang and champion Yusuke Momochi of Evil Geniuses.

Regarding the former, Infiltration said purposely made it so that it looked like he was going to choose Rolento when he was down 2-1 to try to see both GamerBee and the crowd’s reaction to the pick. He eventually went with Juri, partly because of her Korean origins but also because he had experience using her against both Adon and Elena.

Meanwhile, during his match against Momochi, he decided to pick Evil Ryu to test the character before Capcom Cup in December. Despite losing, he feels that he did well enough with the character (beating other players such as Falcon Arena’s Ryan Hart) that he plans to keep using him in the future.

Infiltration also gave his thoughts on Street Fighter V. When he first saw the game back in December, he thought that it looked slow. However, now he feels like they’re gradually getting the speed right, although at the point the interview was conducted he hadn’t played it himself. He also mentions that he likes the game’s system and how Capcom are trying to attract newcomers to the game and help the fighting game community grow.

Of course, these are just a few of the things he talks about, so be sure to check out the full interview below.

Source: Arcade Stream

Hot on the heels of the announcement that Blaziken was still in the game and would be coming in an update in August, The Pokémon Company has released footage of the fiery avian doing what it does best in Pokkén Tournament.

The video in question showcases some of Blaziken’s moves, including a plethora of fiery projectiles and its signature Blaze Kick. Give the footage below a spin and share your thoughts on this Pokémon’s abilities in the comments.

Source: The Pokemon Company via Crunchyroll

Safe jumps are an important tool in any fighting game. They allow players to jump in on their opponent without fear of getting hit by a reversal.

In this new Killer Instinct tutorial video, Mente demonstrates ways for Orchid to set up a useful safe jump on Spinal. By using a timed jump-in medium kick after a hard knockdown, she can keep the skeletal fighter from getting out of her vortex once she’s got him backed into the corner.

Check out the video below and share your thoughts on it in the comments.

Source: Mente

Recently, we shared a combo video from Desk showing some thing’s he’s found in the Street Fighter V beta. However, he isn’t the only person who’s been able to access the upcoming title, so we’ve rounded up some of the best early videos below.

First up, we have none other than Winterfox’s 801 Strider, who shared off-screen footage of a very damaging combo he’s discovered for Ryu. Like Desk’s combos, this one utilizes Street Fighter V’s new Crush Counter system. But instead of going for fanciness, Strider uses it to combo into V-Trigger and Denjin Hadoken for a ton of damage.

Next up, we have a video from Australian player Kevin “Burnout Fighter” Kim that focuses on combos for Nash. The combos here are a combination of short bread and butters as well as some fancier ones using his Sonic Move V-Trigger to extend the combos.

Speaking of Nash, Maximilian has also shared a combo video for the returning fighter. This one focuses on a 65% damage combo that uses both his V-Trigger and Critical Art.

Next up, we have a a couple of video from Urichinan. The first one shows a damaging V-Trigger corner combo for Chun-Li that uses an EX Kikoken to extend itself.

The second video showcases Cammy’s extended bread and butter combos while in V-Trigger.

Finally, we have some combo videos from Honzo Gonzo. His first video covers some combos for Cammy, similar to Urichinan’s video.

Additionally, he has two more videos, the first showing a corner guard break setup for Ryu, and the second showing an interesting okizeme setup for Birdie using his banana peel V-Skill.

Sources: Hadoukencc, Burnout Fighter, Maxmilian, Urichinan, Honzo Gonzo

While Street Fighter V’s first beta test has hit a bit of a snag, some folks were able to get online and try out some stuff in the game. One of these was none other than combo wizard Desk, who’s come up with his first combo video for the game.

In this short demonstration, he showcases some things that Ryu can do using Street Fighter V’s new Crush Counter system. While most of these are just extended combos, one interesting thing shown here is the fact that opponents in the crush counter state can be thrown.

Give the video below a spin and share your thoughts on this new mechanic in the comments.

Source: Desk, thanks to Froztey for the tip.