Author: Lance "Tarnot" Hood

Last week, Elite Tournament Chile’s Mcfly put out an incredible display of Evil Ryu Combos for Ultra Street Fighter IV, and the Chilean combo master is back with EMPR|Fear to show off some insane strings in NetherRealm Studios’ Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Plenty of the game’s roster get screen time in this demonstration to dish out their special brand of justice and use the stage to their advantage many, many times, so there’s a good chance your favorite character will get some screen time. Be sure to stick around until the end for an extensive section showing off what may be some of the craziest Green Arrow combos out there.

Even if you’re not an Injustice player, this video is sure to entertain.

Source: Elite Tournament Chile

Iron Fist is one of those characters so good at ground-based attacks that the addition of aerial superiority on top of his existing moves might make him entirely too powerful. In a game so reliant on movement as Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, a character effectively rooted to the arena understandably doesn’t get much attention.

Luckily, there are still character loyalists like Bryan Naylor who continue the fight. In this combo video, you may see some things that you’ve seen before, but you’ll also see a couple interesting scenarios that make you rethink the punching master. On top of standard combos, Naylor shows off some very cool parry strings that he uses to punish everything from an overly-aggressive Hulk to a Wolverine fishing for hits with Berserker Slash.

Source: Bryan Naylor

When playing a zoning team, it’s important to be able to convert any stray hit with ranged attacks into a favorable situation beyond the initial damage of the blast. In the case of M.O.D.O.K., there are loads of options that can follow a successful blaster shot. The following video from MysticVerbosity demonstrates these setups, most which revolve around opponents opting for a forward tech following the knockdown state.

MysticVerbosity wraps things up with a nice way to deal with those pesky Vajra assists that may be poking holes in your zoning game, which, if performed correctly, results in a dead Strider. Could M.O.D.O.K. be Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s new (giant) face of zoning?

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In a game where aerial dominance plays a key role in securing victory, it’s easy to forget about the fighters who spend most of their time with their feet firmly on the floor. These grounded fighters, like Iron Fist, hop into the air only rarely, and only when absolutely necessary to keep a combo going. But when Iron Fist gets his opponents where he wants them, he’s got all the right tools to pile on the solo damage and make them regret ever leaving the safety of the sky.

Those who enjoy this down to Earth fighter will be pleased to see MrFlubb’s latest Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 combo video. This footage is a testament to the dangers of trying to go toe-to-toe with a character who packs such a punch. Going about opening opponents up witht his fighter, well, that’s a story for another day, but once those fists start connecting, chances are you’ll be down a character.

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Option selects change the way that any fighting game is played. The more inputs that you can cram together, the more situations a given option select will apply to. Naturally, this makes top players incorporate the option selects that offer them the most bang for their inputs.

In the video below, Paul Morpheus shows off a version for Fei Long that affords him advantages in a downright alarming amount of scenarios. The technique will tech throws as well as toss an uppercut in the event of a frame trap, which effectively covers the glaring weakness associated with crouch-teching. Fei Long will even block if the given situation warrants a block.

As you might expect, the timing involved is pretty tight and can change slightly depending on the situation at hand. Paul says that doing this multiple times in a row when being pressured is incredibly dangerous because it’s more complex than a simple crouch tech and because the aggressor has the advantage of staggering the timing of their pressure to mess it up.

This option select will work with any character who has a reversal with a standard dragon punch input, but since Fei Long uses a backwards motion in order to execute his reversal, he has the easiest time remaining safe during the technique. As with anything like this, there are weaknesses involved and Paul dedicates a good deal of the video to showing exactly what kinds of things players can expect to beat it out.

Source: Paul Morpheus

The music of Killer Instinct has been loved ever since the title first hit arcades back in the 90s. Fans of the series who picked up early copies of the SNES title also received Killer Cuts, the CD version holding all of those great character themes that made every bone shattering blow that much sweeter.

Good music can make any fight better, but what about when the fight stops entirely? By now, it’s no secret that the Xbox One version of Killer Instinct has completely different music that plays if the fight stops for an extended period of time. These songs will never be heard during tournament play or a heated online tussle, so Light Buster decided to spend some time standing still in both the Downtown Demolition and City of Dawn stages to record these jams for the ears of the world that may have otherwise missed them entirely.

So pop on some headphones, kick back and crank up the volume.

Source: Light Buster

In this latest addition to his Marvel Vines series, Red Man teamed up with Psycho Ballz to catch some crazy Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 combos on film for your viewing pleasure. As with previous entries to the series, this video focuses on a single point character–C. Viper in this case–and offers up as many stylish, high-execution combos as can be crammed into the space of about a minute and a half.

Though the video may be short, Psycho Ballz holds nothing back when it comes to flashy maneuvers. Get ready for ground pounds, flame kicks and even some optic blasts as Viper unleashes her best secret agent technology on her unsuspecting opponents.

If you missed the other Marvel Vines from Red Man, click the following links to see entries from Haggar and Hsien-Ko or Chris Redfield and X-23.

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When they were discovered, TAC infinite combos in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 changed the way that many players looked at the game. These combos offered players the perfect way to collect massive amounts of meter, a reliable and safe method to timer scam like a champ and a wonderful method to lull some spectators to sleep. But if your team can pull one off, there’s reason enough to learn it.

If you’re a Phoenix player in the market for a new TAC infinite option, this video from finisherofwar may be just what you’re looking for. Not only does he offer up a variation on a popular TAC option for the mutant, he also explains how to go about performing the combo yourself to help ease the learning curve.

If you follow this tutorial you’ll soon find that you can, in fact, control it.

Source: finisherofwar