Category: Fighting Games

YouTuber The Prince is putting together a small video series showing all the different ways the cast of Street Fighter V can beat Zangief’s V-Reversal. In part 1, he shows off options for Laura, Birdie, Akuma, Necalli, Karin, Rashid, and Nash:

The vast majority of these take advantage of the fact that you can throw out a special cancelable normal, and then react to the V-Trigger flash with a special or super. There are some interactions that go beyond that, however: for example, Birdie’s V-Trigger activation actually hitting Zangief standing during the Red Cyclone’s V-Reversal.

Source: The Prince

One of the more fun changes in Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 are new items for the series’ premiere doctor, Faust. While his items already have a (sometimes very punishing) layer of randomness, there’s a small chance of getting a “Jackpot” version of most of his items.

These items usually are golden, and have a much stronger effect than usual. Meteors have a chance to turn into one grand meteor that mercilessly covers nearly the whole screen, giving Faust some mix-up opportunities. He can throw out a much larger version of the mini Faust. If you’re lucky, he can throw out bigger versions of his food items that give more health (though it turns out that Sin’s calorie gauge doesn’t get more than normal).

Zissou’s testing is impressively meticulous. He shows comparisons of, for instance, the hit stun from the Golden Hammer vs. the Iron Hammer (and also how fast that leads to dizzying Sol), how quickly the Firework Bomb goes off in comparison to the regular one, and so on. Truly, the work of a Guilty Gear surgeon.

Check out their video below, which includes “drop rates” for every item.

If you’re more curious about the base properties of every item, Zissou has done a similar video that explains Faust’s items. Looking for some strategy to beat the surgeon? Also take a look at LordKnight’s Faust match-up guide.

Source: Zissou

NurseLee is back to share some more meaty setups! Last time we featured their work, it was with Ryu; now, he’s showing off setups for the Brazilian grappler Laura:

This video shows the numerous meaties Laura can apply post-sweep. He shows off both Crush Counter and normal hit options, and shows the frame data behind each interaction. Given that any of these interactions can be replaced with a command grab, it’s easy to see how strong these setups are.

Source: NurseLee

As the first week of Injustice 2’s release rolls on, players and content creators around the world are pushing a variety of cast members further and further as the community continues to understand more about NettherRealm Studio’s latest title. First up, VesperArcade brings us a pair of beginner combo guides for the World’s Finest duo of Batman and Superman.

rooflemonger brings us basic bread & butter combos for the Man of Steel, as well as some tips and tricks to fully unleash the rage of the Red Lantern Atrocitus:

DeBun has managed to net some impressive damage with Cheetah:

FightersLegend brings us some stylish Black Canary combos, while HapkidoRed looks at Reverse-Flash.

UltraDavid continues “Injustice 2 for Dummies” by looking at how to hit confirm, as well as providing some tips for playing footsies and the mid-range game.

Peter Souvanarath brings us a Poison Ivy setup that guarantees a Trait summon after her F213 string that also lets her block any wakeup attacks afterwards.

Cody Dickson bring us a Batman combo video that “encompasses all of his abilities,” with a variety of old and new combos from a variety of situations–as well as a look at Scarecrow.

Finally, Kombat Houston’s Cat brings us a combo tutorial for The Joker, to help you carve some smiles on the faces of your opponents.

Sources: VesperArcade; rooflemonger; DeBun, FightersLegend; HapkidoRed; UltraChenTV; Peter Souvannarath; Cody Dickson; Kombat Houston

After covering a variety of tips and strategies over the course of the series, Genex|Frabisaur finally lands on one of his most-requested topics–and something essential to all fighting games. Possibly easy to explain, yet difficult to master: how to properly play neutral. As some of our readers may know, this is how every round begins, the battle to establish positioning between you and your opponent, as well as trying to begin your offense or defensive strategies to gain ground and push them towards the corner. Frabisaur offers a three-part explanation, as he looks at the goals of neutral, the mentality of neutral, and the tools of neutral.

Frabisaur advises that the mentality of neutral should be to always play the opponent in front of you, as leaning solely on character matchup knowledge needs to be supplemented by identifying your foe’s habits and tendencies and exploiting them to your advantage; he demonstrates his thought process by taking you through some of his own Street Fighter V match footage. Simple things, like walking and blocking, filling up space with buttons, or buffering your combos, even on whiff, are great ways to confidently establish yourself and increase your chances of emerging victorious more often during these exchanges. You can catch the full video–with Frabisaur’s complete explanation and visual aids–below.

Check out his previous episode on mastering a better combo mentality here.

Source: Frabisaur