Category: Fighting Games

There were a lot of reasons why Bim? won DreamHack Austin, but the one that got a noticeable pop from the crowd was a particular Diglett guard break. Well, it turns out that Sceptile is not the only Pokémon capable of these sorts of setups.

YouTuber Shadowcat has developed similar options for Braixen, too. The wily fox does a ton of guard damage, blows up CA attempts on wake up thanks to Diglett, and forces mixups off the 2nd guaranteed Flame Pillar.

K Prime would like to remind you, however, that Diglett isn’t the only assist capable of such setups. Check out this Farfetch’d guard break!

This stuff seems to be in high supply with Braixen since she can support cancel many moves, which is rare in this game.

Once you’re in Braixen’s insane burst mode, you even have some ways to score two guard breaks in succession.

Not even being a ghost will help you escape.

With the game still very much in its youth, it’s easy to imagine a world where even more setups of this nature will come to be.

Sources: Shadowcat, K Prime

When Karin first came into the Street Fighter franchise back in the late nineties, the heiress was just a rival for Sakura. As such, her original costume was a red version of Sakura’s schoolgirl outfit.

Now, for those who wish to see her Street Fighter V incarnation sport the look she had back in Street Fighter Alpha 3 (as well as Masahiko Nakahira’s Sakura Ganbaru manga), PC modders are here to help.

THEJAMK has created a mod that gives Karin back her original red uniform which you can see in the video below. Take note, however, that there are a few glitches with the costume, most notably her skirt doesn’t change from red when picking an alternate color. That said, it’s still a decent looking mod.

Source: THEJAMK via PC Best Mods

With the lowest walking speed in the game, the logical approach to besting M. Bison is to zone him out. Capcom kept that in mind, though, and equipped him with a V-Skill built to blow up fireballs.

But that isn’t all the V-Skill is good for. Perhaps due to the resulting animation upon absorbing plasma and answering with his own, it’s sometimes easy to forget that fireballs aren’t the only thing that Bison can parry. His V-Skill will absorb one hit of any description, even if it’s a limb. If you choose, you can even use Bison’s resulting thrown Psycho Power to confirm into extra damage.

Venom47–also known as VenomOfTuesday, one of the highest ranked Bison players on the CFN–has taken it upon himself to show us just how useful Bison’s V-Skill can be with his compilation of mid-match parries. To keep things interesting, he throws some invulnerable dashes for a bit of extra flavor.

Never before have Bison’s repeated cries of “Meaningless!” sounded so sweet.

Source: Venom47

Streamer and Japanese Guilty Gear player Joniosan has been hosting a series of exhibitions which take place at Tokyo’s Mikado Game Center. These exhibitions pit talented Guilty Gear players against one another in first-to-seven sets to see who comes out on top.

These sets are not only a good chance to see some top-level matchups, but also an opportunity to listen to English commentary provided by MajinObama, an American player currently living in Japan who provides helpful insights during the matches.

If you haven’t gotten a chance to learn about -REVELATOR-‘s returning character, Johnny, MajinObama’s commentary will bring you up to speed on his  mechanics in this match from last week, which sees Karinchu’s Johnny face off with Nakamura’s Millia Rage.

The latest exhibition is between Machaboo’s Sin and Nage’s Faust. Machaboo switched from Ky to Sin, and is widely considered a very strong player, in particular because of his grasp on fundamentals and spacing. When it comes to Faust, there’s probably no one who can pilot the zany character better than Nage.

Source: Joniosan

Streamer and Japanese Guilty Gear player Joniosan has been hosting a series of exhibitions which take place at Tokyo’s Mikado Game Center. These exhibitions pit talented Guilty Gear players against one another in first-to-seven sets to see who comes out on top.

These sets are not only a good chance to see some top-level matchups, but also an opportunity to listen to English commentary provided by MajinObama, an American player currently living in Japan who provides helpful insights during the matches.

If you haven’t gotten a chance to learn about -REVELATOR-‘s returning character, Johnny, MajinObama’s commentary will bring you up to speed on his  mechanics in this match from last week, which sees Karinchu’s Johnny face off with Nakamura’s Millia Rage.

The latest exhibition is between Machaboo’s Sin and Nage’s Faust. Machaboo switched from Ky to Sin, and is widely considered a very strong player, in particular because of his grasp on fundamentals and spacing. When it comes to Faust, there’s probably no one who can pilot the zany character better than Nage.

Source: Joniosan

Straight from DreamHack Austin, Evil Geniuses’ Kenneth “K-Brad” Bradley stopped back by the Best of III studio to share some thoughts on his teammate Justin Wong’s dominance in the US scene, as well as the issue of input delay currently plaguing Street Fighter V.

On the former, K-Brad states that Wong is the best player in the US at the moment. This status is something that he feels his teammate will be holding on to for at least the next few months.

As for the issue of input delay on the PlayStation 4 version of Street Fighter V, K-Brad states that he isn’t too worried about it right now, and feels that we should just view it as part of the game. He goes on to state that “[he] never once felt that [he] couldn’t do something because of lag.”

You can check out the rest of the interview below.

Source: Best of III