Category: Fighting Games

Yuuki Terumi has been a rather popular character in BlazBlue: Chronophantasma and Central Fiction despite not being that powerful. In Central Fiction, he has pretty incredible Overdrive combos that can decimate an entire lifebar. In the 2.0 version, he has received some considerable improvements that push him to become a more competitive character. Whether you’re coming back to Terumi or looking to pick him up from zero, the below combo video is an excellent starting point.

Despite being mostly in Japanese, the video does provide English versions of the moves and some terms included. The presentation makes it really easy to learn the combos. Starting from Basic and Intermediate Combos, the video goes through general midscreen routes until it reaches throw combos. The latter part shows off the impressive Overdrive combos.

Source: Hentaitop 仙境使者

Over a decade ago at the trail end of 1994, the first Tekken game hit arcades around the world. Any project that has been around that long and survived has some interesting stories from behind the scenes, and that’s the subject matter of HurtboxTV‘s latest video, “Behind the Fighter”.

There’s a variety of ground covered here: you can learn about the initial project that lead to Tekken 1‘s development (it wasn’t originally a fighting game!), and the censorship that took place when various Tekken titles traveled overseas. If you’re a fan of trivia and lore, this series is tailor made for you.

Source: HurtboxTV

Having trouble with Eliza in Tekken 7? It’s likely you aren’t alone — much like Akuma, this vampire’s movelist forces longtime 3D fans to be aware of a new concept they may not be familiar with: special-cancelable normals!

Once you gain this awareness, though, the fog begins to clear: Eliza’s special moves are unsafe, and once you have familiarity of her movelist, exploitable. With cutcc‘s frame data guide and breakdown of her most common traps and loops, you’ll be able to force this meter-using-monster to play honestly.

Source: cutcc

Our coverage of changes in the 2.0 version of BlazBlue: Central Fiction continues with a look at Kokonoe. How did the cat scientist-magician change in the update? She doesn’t have too many changes, if you check out the BlazBlue patch notes, but there’s one that definitely stands out. Kokonoe’s Drive has her placing Gravitrons — magnets, so to speak. She can also activate them for an opposite effect: a powerful pushback on the opponent.

TempestTim presents a video, embedded below, that explains a new function in the 2.0 update. Now, while using special moves, if a Gravitron is out, the Kokonoe player can simply press D to activate it (no need to press 236D). The timing varies a little bit. She can use this in the middle of a combo or while the opponent is blocking, so it can make pressure safer.

This doesn’t work with her Astral Heat, Distortion Drives, Exceed Accel, throw, or Crush Trigger.

The video show a couple of great combo extensions and ways to bait out defensive maneuvers from the opponent.

Source: Tempest Tim

Just like in Tekken, Pokkén Tournament uses hit spheres — giant invisible 3D spheres surrounding character models — to determine hit detection. Because of this, there’s a way for Pokkén character Machamp to exploit the hitsphere’s shape with his jump X body splash, getting larger combos then normally possible with proper positioning.

EMT Goreson demonstrates this, and other advanced tech with jump X, for Pokkén’s Machamp in his latest tech video. As a bonus, he also gives something of a public service announcement in regards to baiting and defeating Emolga — you get more anti-air invincibility with Machamp’s 8Y if you don’t have the Bulk-Up status.

Source: EMT Goreson