Category: Fighting Games

It’s a long road down to perfect movement mastery in Tekken. Virtua Fighter player rooflemonger himself admits as much in his latest video: “It’s a very deep ocean. You have to work a lot harder for your backdash than other 3D fighters.”

He is, of course, referring to the Korean Backdash, a technique perhaps too overwhelming for a first time Tekken player. rooflemonger’s movement guide gives a very brief, quick explanation of how dashing while standing and sidestep canceling works. For beginners, this is a great place to start — especially if you want to learn to improve your backdash speed quickly, even though you’re not ready to do the KBD yet.

Source: rooflemonger

After a long series of delays and CFN beta tests, Street Fighter V’s massive Season 2.5 update finally launched on May 30th, bringing with it a slew of new features, as well as shaking up the competitive meta with lots of balance changes — including health adjustments and new moves for several members of the cast. In order to get players up to speed, CrossUPDP has recapped all of the changes, character by character, in his latest video. After demonstrating each, he provides some hilarious commentary on how he feels each fighter made it out of the update. You can see the full video below!

Are you enjoying SFV’s Season 2.5 update so far? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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Some of the hypest moments in Guilty Gear can only happen under certain conditions: you have high-level, competitive play, there’s an audience for it, and commentary. Obviously, crazy moments happen all the time, regardless of all those–but when matches are broadcasted to an audience that can respond to what’s going on, they highlight the moments like no other.

Vogue kun recently put up a compilation that has some of the best recorded Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- gameplay, combined with wild reactions from the commentators. Among them, we have a crazy air throw that happened during a post-Frosty Faustings IX exhibition, that moment between daymendou and Xcel|BjornSonOfBear from Anime Ascension, hype finishes from Super TSB, and some matches from CEOtaku 2016 and Final Round XX.

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Being a top player in any fighting game is a tim- consuming effort. To be able to maintain that level of play requires a lot of dedication, hours of practice, and even more hours on the road traveling. With this in mind, it can be daunting to even think of finding time for friends and family.

It’s all this that HORI’s Naoto Sako talks about with Michael Martin in this installment of Yahoo! Esports’ Conversations and Fireballs. Here, the longtime Japanese veteran talks about balancing his time spent practicing and competing with that which he spends with his family. In addition to this, Sako also goes over his nearly 30 year history with fighting games–and shares some thoughts on Street Fighter V.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Whether you’re looking for a new main, or just to brush up your current combos, JusticeSoulTuna has you covered. If you’ve been eyeing Lars–who’s a fairly good all-around fighter–this practical combo guide serves as a good stepping stone to surprise your competition.

The video has notation for every bread-and-butter sequence from various starters. Other than some regular combos, it also displays a few suggestions for wall combos, either breakable or solid, and for stage sequences. Futhermore, learn to dish out the punishment with a few counter-hit combos. Notation is displayed on the video itself, as well as in the description on YouTube.

If you’re looking for something a little more advanced, learn to work with Lars’ Rage Drive to get even longer combos:

rooflemonger has also put up several videos on Tekken 7 beginner combos.

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Ryu’s Jodan Nirengeki target combo (st.HP, HK) is not generally considered the strongest option in his move-list. The HK whiffs crouchers, leaving most players to simply use st.HP by itself to crush counter. NurseLee, however, sees potential beyond just the damage output of this string.

After the knockdown, by using Ryu’s Solar Plexus Strike (f.HP) after a dash, you can safely option select nearly every back tech/no tech option your opponent can pull out. NurseLee’s video demonstrates the setup, spacing, and frame data behind these setups to make your Ryu a rushdown monster.

Source: NurseLee

Marcus “The Cool Kid93” Redmond made a recent appearance on Michael Martin’s “Conversations and Fireballs&#8221$$ fresh off his June 3rd win over Brian_F at Mix-up Monthly #4 in Chicago, Redmond shoots on Alex, Red Bull Proving Grounds, his #1 fan, and more.

There’s some interesting insight to his origin: Originally a ragequitter on Xbox Live (his words!), The Cool Kid has remained dedicated to his passions and chilled considerably on his path to professional. He also seems optimistic about the future of his favorite character, Alex, even if the character is not quite as strong as he’d like to see.

Source: Yahoo! Esports