Category: Fighting Games

If there’s anything I’ve learned throughout my many years in the fighting game community, it’s that the most dedicated players in the scene will continually find new ways to impress you. Even with a character as off-the-wall (sometimes quite literally) as Street Fighter IV’s El Fuerte, folks are still coming up with some insane content.

For a good look at where the character currently stands among his most adamant fanbase, Mexican competitor GordoRlz has released a brand new compilation video demonstrating his latest shenanigans. You may remember Gordo from a previous article that highlighted his ability to perform Desk-like execution on a pad, and this time around he’s got over three minutes of brand new footage to shock and amaze.

In the exhibition below, Gordo runs the gamut of Fuerte’s high-level abilities, taking the time to show off extensive run-stop-fierce loops, resets, and more. Fortunately, it’s not all combos; the video also does its part to explore the mindgames this character is capable of once you’ve whittle away your opponent’s stamina.

Give the video some of your attention and let us know what you think.

Source: GordoRlz, tip via Jose S.

Prolific Super Smash Bros. content creator Dezmu has been quite busy as of late, sharing a couple of videos demonstrating tricks for the two Capcom guest characters in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

The first of these is a tutorial on how to use Mega Man’s faithful pet dog Rush to set up a kill. Normally, Rush Coil disappears once Mega Man jumps off the spring, but apparently there’s a way to cancel the move to keep summoning the robotic canine as soon as it ends. Using this technique, Mega Man players can set him up so that he can easily knock respawning characters off-stage.

The second video demonstrates a brand new infinite combo for Street Fighter’s Ryu. The infinite is supposedly more practical than the previous one, and allows for a fair bit of damage even though opponents can likely use directional influence to escape. It’s also important to note that this seems to work only on characters in the same weight class as Fox.

Source: Dezmu

As some of you may have known, Street Fighter V was playable at the recently concluded BET Experience. The event, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, saw a number of notable Southern California players try their hands at the new game, including Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong, Floe, Filipinoman, Chris Tartarian, Marq Teddy, and more.

While the matches weren’t streamed, EGP|Wonder Chef was on hand to capture some off-screen footage. You can check out a few of these matches below, but be sure to head on over to the full playlist for the rest.

Source: EGP|Wonder Chef

Among the myriad details that set Street Fighter V apart from Street Fighter IV, it appears as if the upcoming title (or, at least the early builds we’ve seen) features a much lower stun threshold than its predecessor. In order to test this theory, Desk has once again done some experimenting and provided a comparison video of his findings.

As you’ll see below, Desk takes two separate situations and replicates them in Street Fighter IV as best he can. In both instances, it appears as if the number of hits necessary to confuse an opponent in Street Fighter V is slightly smaller.

While the research is compelling, it’s incredibly important to remember that what we are looking at is a super early build of Street Fighter V. With months and months of development still to go, it’s possible that very little of what we’ve seen so far will make it into the final release.

Source: Desk

To say Community Effort Orlando 2015 was one of the most exciting Ultra Street Fighter IV tournaments we’ve ever seen wouldn’t do the event justice. As players poured into Florida in hopes of qualifying for Capcom Cup 2015, it was clearly evident we were in for something special, but what resulted was definitely beyond our wildest imagination. This was a tournament that saw Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara and Momochi of Evil Geniuses eliminated off-stream early into the top 32 bracket, after all.

While the presence of Kazunoko and Evil Geniuses’ PR Balrog in the finals is far from a surprise, their fellow top-three participant made waves throughout the entire bracket. 801 Strider, whose Abel has been decimating opponents throughout the Street Fighter IV series for years, devastated everyone who stood in his way over the course of the weekend with his clever oki setups and tricky grappler play.

In addition to being the one who initially sent Daigo to the losers bracket, Strider would go on to defeat Dieminion of Yomi Gaming and Mad Catz’ Mago (fresh off a first-place finish at South East Asia Major 2015) before falling to Kazunoko in winners bracket after the Japanese player made an impressive comeback. Though he would win his own close set against PR Balrog and get the runback, Strider would again fall to Kazunoko, but not before impressing just about everyone watching in the venue and at home with his tenacity.

If you missed out on watching these matches live, Capcom Fighters wasted no time uploading replays. Feel free to check out the finals below and then visit the official playlist for more.

Source: Capcom Fighters

With how heavily Mortal Kombat X can get changed with each patch, it’s not surprising that players keep developing new combos and setups for the game’s various characters. One such fighter is Kung Lao, whose Hat Trick variation received a few changes that made it easier for him to juggle after some moves while reducing his recovery on others.

In his latest combo video, Elite Tournament Chile’s McFly sets out to explore the new techniques available to this Kung Lao variation after the most recent patch. Give it a spin and see what you can pick up.

Source: Elite Tournament Chile