Author: Luke "Woocash" Siuty

One of BlazBlue: Central Fiction‘s new characters, Hibiki Kohaku, doesn’t feel quite as fresh anymore — given that the game has been in the market for over a year now. However, the fairly recent 2.0 patch shook things up quite a bit, rebalancing the game. There have been pretty notable changes to the Central Fiction newcomer.

Hibiki received a lot of good new options in 2.0, as several of his special moves became usable while airborne. That particularly includes his air command grab, which is a common combo ender. For those unfamiliar with Hibiki, he’s a speedy character who can either send a shadow clone without endangering himself or dash up fast at the opponent, with a variety of approaches.

Hentaitop is back with their usual combo videos, which have great presentation. At the beginning, the video shows all the moves with their names in English and Japanese. The combos are divided into simple, intermediate, and Overdrive ones. Check it all out below to get a very good grasp on how to combo with Hibiki.

A recent video also covers how to react to Hibiki’s pressure — useful when learning how to defend against him.

Source: Hentaitop

Xiaoyu is definitely the demon of many players in Tekken 7 — maybe more so than Devil Jin himself. Those who struggle with fighting the agile young woman definitely need to take a look at this latest video guide from TheMainManSWE, who will get you past a roadblock.

His new video guide offers a thorough explanation on how to effectively deal with Xiaoyu, and how to play much smarter against her. For one, it’s better to play a little more defensively than usual, since she’s looking to counter and evade attacks. In particular, doing high moves is incredibly risky — that’s just what she’s looking for, especially with a stance which will let her do easy launchers. It’s necessary to find attacks that will hit her despite her stance. The video shows a few practical punishes after blocking her attacks, and talks about her throws.

If you’re looking to study up a different character, one of TheMainManSWE’s recent videos covers Devil Jin basics.

Source: TheMainManSWE

Recently, Athena Ipponbashi in Japan hosted a special 2v2 BlazBlue: Central Fiction tournament. The event celebrated the recent Arc Revolution champs, who beat out everyone else at the Toushinsai 2017 competition. The duo, of course, is composed of the most famous Jin Kisaragi player in the world, Infinity Osaka|Fenrich, and his brother, Iwashi, who plays Ragna the Bloodedge.

The two clips below show the special tournament. Various players take on the two brothers. The footage is divided into IO|Fenrich and Iwashi’s sides. IO|Fenrich tinkers a bit with his Azrael and Izanami at first, while Iwashi remains Ragna throughout.

The celebration was complete with a cake made for the two brothers:

ケーキを頂きました！本当にありがとうございます！ pic.twitter.com/WGEcN7GOeK

— フェンリっち【インフィニティ大阪】 (@fenritti) November 5, 2017

Sources: Jourdal; @fenritti

If you missed Sunday’s culmination of the Tekken 7 World Tour — well, it was one heck of a show. Approximately 40,000 viewers on Twitch tuned in to not only see some top notch Tekken 7 gameplay, but also a surprising character reveal in the form of Final Fantasy XV’s Noctis as DLC.

Xuses compiled a highlights reel showcasing some hype moments from the tournament. Among “Where’s my water?!” moments with Qudans, the Korean player rocks the crowd with his Devil Jin performance. His dominating show often included hype confirms into the Rage Art attack. Echo Fox|Saint brought amazing Jack-7 gameplay.

Other than them, Circa|Joey Fury showed tenacity with Paul, pulling off close wins against Master Raven, used by CCG|Tissuemon. Also, can’t forget to mention Echo Fox|JDCR, whose Dragunov put the opponent on their toes plenty of times.

Relive the hype below with the highlight reel; you can consult SRK’s Tekken 7 World Tour results page for the full player breakdown.

Source: XusesGB

What is fundamentally different about team-based fighting games, other than the obvious fact of using multiple characters? Any fighting game that has two or more characters included is quite different from a standard one vs. one. Things like multiple life bars, combination attacks, and assists significantly change the approach for such games.

Exploring Fighting Games’ latest episode covers just that. Seeing how team fighters are back in vogue with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, The King of Fighters XIV, and the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ and BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, it’s more important than ever to understand these concepts. The video begins by pointing out that it’s inherently harder to approach team games because they throw many more factors into the mix at once — more characters, mechanics, and generally with shorter life bars. It’s also tougher to compose a good team. Players need to know how to select characters that synergize with each other based on their strengths and weaknesses, as well as what order to put them in, saving the more meter-dependent fighters for later.

Check out the latest episode below — and refer to the previous one to learn more about maintaining pressure on the opponent.

Source: novriltataki