Category: Fighting Games

Applications for the Poison Spider’s unique weapon.

The Feng Shui Engine alpha — Juri’s V-Trigger in Street Fighter V — has raised some debate in Season 2 as to how useful it really is, usually falling on the so-so to outright bad side. But any tool can prove useful if applied well, and in the video below from nyasha, they examine how to get some utility out of the Feng Shui Engine alpha — leading to some flashy combos, tricky setups, and pressure techniques to aid any Juri devotee.

For more Juri tech, check out some Fuharenkyaku combos, or more creative combos from Juri regular JusticeSoulTuna.

Source: nyasha

Yoshi has long been debated as being low tier in Super Smash Bros. Melee, but has slowly crept his way to mid tier. While part of the reason for his low tier status has been his difficulty in power shielding — which allows for him to only do so against projectiles — part of the reason for his ascent in the tiers is the discovery of an invincible parry that allows for him to destroy the cast, on a successful guess.

Using the invincibility frames on his shield, and cancelling that into a jump, Yoshi can have the same invulnerability properties as a new stock. This allows him to put his opponents in hit-stop state, and punish on the way down from a fast fall.

Source: SSBM Tutorials

A closer look at how the hitboxes of Street Fighter V‘s latest newcomers work.

Knowing the active range of your moves is vital in any fighting game! While this can be determined through practice and experience, it certainly helps to be able to see exactly where your character’s hitboxes — and hurtboxes — are during your attacks. That’s where these Street Fighter V video aids come in!

alb3530 has prepared these slow-motion visual guides for the hitbox data of SFV’s newest additions, Abigail and Menat. Perhaps even more interesting to see here is how the hurtbox data is unusual at times for both fighters; Abigail’s apparent height is misleading, and we have a visual reminder here of the fact that Menat’s crystal orb has no hurtbox, making it more like a projectile than Dhalsim’s comparable limbs. Check out both videos below.

Source: alb3530

A closer look at how the hitboxes of Street Fighter V‘s latest newcomers work.

Knowing the active range of your moves is vital in any fighting game! While this can be determined through practice and experience, it certainly helps to be able to see exactly where your character’s hitboxes — and hurtboxes — are during your attacks. That’s where these Street Fighter V video aids come in!

alb3530 has prepared these slow-motion visual guides for the hitbox data of SFV’s newest additions, Abigail and Menat. Perhaps even more interesting to see here is how the hurtbox data is unusual at times for both fighters; Abigail’s apparent height is misleading, and we have a visual reminder here of the fact that Menat’s crystal orb has no hurtbox, making it more like a projectile than Dhalsim’s comparable limbs. Check out both videos below.

Source: alb3530

We’ve finally arrived at the final six official character tutorials for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite‘s 30-character launch roster, courtesy of FingerCramp and Unequalled Media. This final set looks at the “Distressed Lord Of Death” and co-ruler of the Dark Kingdom, Jedah Dohma, Frank West, Doctor Strange, Rocket Raccoon, Firebrand, and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

As is customary, Capcom UK Community Manager Matt “The Street Writer” Edwards provides a brief character overview, before dissecting each fighter’s specials, Hyper combos, and unique skills — such as Spider-Man’s Web Glide or Jedah’s ability to cancel his forward and back dashes into each other for extremely tricky movement angles. He then moves on to basic and advanced combo breakdowns — displayed at both normal and 50% speed — before closing on a recommended choice of Infinity Stone. We also get a listen to each character’s new theme — though Firebrand’s mistakenly seems to use Arthur’s again. You can view all six videos below.

Capcom Japan has also released their own trailer for the self-proclaimed “Vampire Savior.”

You can view all of the other character tutorials that have been released at the links below.

• Mega Man X, Morrigan, Ryu, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man
• Gamora, Chris Redfield, Nathan Spencer, Hulk, Dormammu, Strider Hiryu
• Hawkeye, Ultron, Zero, Mike Haggar, Ghost Rider, Sir Arthur
• Chun-Li, Nova, Thanos, Dante, Nemesis, Thor

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam PC. The first six DLC characters, Sigma, Black Panther, Monster Hunter, Black Widow, Winter Soldier and Venom, will also likely get character tutorials closer to their releases.

Sources: Marvel vs. Capcom; CapcomChannel

It’s no secret that Jack-7 is a popular pick for tournaments. While some minor flaws in this robot’s game that keep him from being the best, his consistency and versatility (not to mention some of the best neutral tools in the game) make him a likely foe you need to prepare for.

And you can get work on that preparation with Proper Tech‘s excellent punishment guide. Everything that you can punish on block, every string you can step, and every gap you can interrupt is documented here. Do your homework and there’ll no more excuse for letting Jack.exe run away with your wins.

Source: Proper Tech

It’s time to dust off the protagonist, Ragna the Bloodedge. The main character of BlazBlue: Central Fiction received some tuning in the 2.0 update. As typical for most of the cast, these aren’t really sweeping changes that dramatically affect his gameplay. However, there are some new combo paths and more optimal sequences that can boost your damage and bring on more pain to the opponent.

Hentaitop comes back with another combo collection video. As usual, they provide a really good primer at the beginning that explains notation, and all the move names in Japanese and English. Every combo has damage and inputs listed. You’ll see a variety of combo starters to give you all-around knowledge of Ragna’s combos. The video ramps up the damage later on as it reaches Rapid Cancel and Overdrive sections.

The same author also recently published an accomplished Terumi combo tutorial video.

Source: Hentaitop

As the release date for Bandai Namco’s 2v2 arena fighter Gundam Versus approaches, more and more suits are getting their time to shine in gameplay trailers. Given the history of previous Gundam game’s tier lists, this most recent trailer may be one of the most important ones to pay attention to:

The mighty (and versatile) “Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth” returns, with its hefty unit cost to boot. If you haven’t played any of the Crossbones before and were curious about their unit cost breakdowns in-game, here’s what you’ll be looking to spend in battle for your cool Crossbone suits:

• Crossbone Gundam X1 Kai (Cost: 400)
• Crossbone Gundam X2 Kai (Cost: 300)
• Crossbone Gundam X3 (Cost: 400)
• Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cloth (Cost: 500)

Gundam Versus launches in North America and Europe on September 29th, 2017.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America