Category: Fighting Games

Gengar doesn’t show up often in tournament play outside of Japan for Pokkén Tournament, and the reason for that is simple: it takes a lot of work to be a good ghost.

Far from beginner-friendly, Gengar’s main bread-and-butter combo requires not only difficult execution but a keen understanding of how Pokkén puts together combos. The trade-off, however, is that you gain access to high damage options for one of the game’s slipperiest, most difficult-to-hit characters. Armed with a number of invincible transitions and movement options, properly-played Gengar can weave around opponents and cash in his hits for big, flashy damage… assuming, of course, you’re a good enough trainer.

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YouTube channel Body Count Fighting has been steadily pumping out tip videos with notable players for Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Injustice 2 since the channel’s debut about four months ago. Some of the pros that have been featured on the SFV side of things include the likes of TempolAlex Myers, CircalLPN, Commander Jesse, and Bushinstyle.

Among the recent batch of uploads, BCF has put out a couple of SFV tip videos with Team GRAPHT’s Leah “Gllty” Hayes going over beginner tips and combos with recent DLC newcomers Ed and Menat. She goes over how to utilize each character’s V-Skill and V-Trigger, as well showing off some basic setups and combos. Check them out below.

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Rumors are abound concerning a potential “Super” Street Fighter V update which adds new elements to the V-System, introduces some classic characters and gives everyone on the roster a second Critical Art. While we may be waiting until December to see this update — if we see something like it at all — Street Fighter V modders have taken it upon themselves to make their own Critical Arts.

To publicize these new Critical Arts, SFV modder Killbox has created a compilation that shows the current selection of new super moves. So far, the only characters without fan-made Critical Arts are:

• Ed
• Rashid
• Cammy
• R. Mika
• Chun-Li
• Karin
• Menat
• Kolin
• Abigail

If you are a keen Street Fighter V modder and have ideas for a Critical Art, make sure to join the Mysterious Mod Discord. So far, my favorites have to be Birdie’s rapid fire headbutt, F.A.N.G’s toxic dance, and Zangief’s helicopter lariat.

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Method Gaming’s Giuseppe “REO” Grosso recently shared his own personal tier list for Injustice 2 over on his YouTube channel. The NRS pro’s video briefly explains the justification for each tier, though the impatient can jump to 4:26 to see the full list.

While it’s probably not unexpected to see a tier list from a pro player, what’s interesting is that REO appears to be using this list as a springboard for a new project:

In his latest video, MK_REO has announced he’ll be proposing ideas for buffs or nerfs for the cast of Injustice 2. Starting at the very bottom with The Joker, his first episode discusses Joker’s trait, why it’s not working in competitive play, and what can be done from a design standpoint to raise his viability.

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It’s easy to undersell Kuma (and Panda) in Tekken 7. The character has a larger hitbox then normal, allowing some much higher damage combos on their frame. The damage output from these bears also isn’t quite as high as it is with some other members of the cast. What’s the justification for playing as them, then?

Some of Kuma’s combo starting tools have mighty hitboxes and, in some cases, not a tremendous amount of risk. Some great examples of this are F+1+2 (-12) and Kuma’s Uf+3,4 hopkick (-11). Kuma also has some great counter-hit fishing tools, such as  SS+1+2 and easy to hit confirm DF+1,2,1,2.

Source: HurtboxTV