Category: Fighting Games

Balrog’s protege, Ed, certainly seems to have piqued the interest of the FGC. There’s a lot of videos and combos rolling in for the Psycho Pugilist, so let’s see what the community has come up with!

VesperArcade‘s combo guide will help you get started with the basics of Ed’s combo game. Organized by starter type, this is the best place to start if you’re really unsure of where to begin.

Venom44 took Ed in training on the PC mode and pushed the combo potential of his V-trigger to it’s limit. Lots of situational and flashy combos here!

marlonlonmilk wants to make sure you know when NOT to combo into super.

datHazy has a guaranteed taunt combo!

And lastly, Y. Xiao has found some clever loops off crush counters and anti-air j.MP.

How are you liking Ed so far? What would you want to see changed in his move-list before he goes live?

Sources: Y. Xiao; datHazy; marlonlonmilk; Venom44; VesperArcade

MadCatz has been a beloved name in the FGC for the past decade, so the company’s declaration of Chapter 7 bankruptcy caught many off guard. The company was driving force in the arcade stick market, one that pushed itself and its competitors to new heights in the past few years.

In a new edition of their LGR Tech Tales series, Lazy Game Reviews looks at the rise and fall of MadCatz. Here, they cover the company’s 30 year history from its roots as a start up in Hong Kong, to its spotty past releasing budget peripherals, to the heights releasing quality, officially licensed controllers for fighting and music games–the latter of which are generally perceived as what helped kill the business–and everything in between.

Source: Lazy Game Reviews

Do you feel like Whip players get away with too much on your block? If you have a fast super, you might just be right!

Many of Whip’s specials and longer range normals have significant recovery, but range prevents many characters from punishing. As Gatoray demonstrates though, fast dashing supers should reach her. An obvious example? Iori’s EX “Kin 1211 Shiki · Yaotome”. This 4-frame super shuts down a lot of her more annoying pokes, once you have 2-bars or more.

Source: Gatoray

Urien’s Aegis Reflector has always been a tool for creating some creative and damaging setups and combos ever since the Street Fighter III series. In Street Fighter V, that has been emphasized further thanks to it becoming a V-Trigger, allowing him more creative avenues with more meter.

In this new combo video, Rotbah focuses on some of the insane and creative things that Urien can do with his Aegis Reflector. With this video, the emphasis is on style, with meter being spent to create some creative looking juggles that players wouldn’t normally use in a match.

Source: Rotbah

Daniel “Tafokints” Lee is back with another Melee Science video, and he’s talking about a topic that extends far beyond Super Smash Bros. Melee. He discusses “pot monsters” and spectators, the driving force of tournament revenue for top players and sponsors alike.

In a double-elimination tournament, half of your entrants are out after 1st round of losers bracket. As Melee (and all FGC games) grow, maintaining the interest of these players in some way is vital to the continued success of the scene. Tafokints speaks to this, and points out how larger tournaments are handling this: for example, Evo’s panels, or Civil War’s bar.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Andrew “Nev” Murphy has created two quick analysis videos that show off the value of using more jab Shoryukens with Ryu, both offensively and defensively.

The first video covers the jab Shoryuken’s ability to trade or blow up strings with 2 frame gaps. While Ryu is the main focus, Nev also goes on to show some other possibilities with Necalli and Akuma.

For offense, though, it’s all about Ryu. Nev shows off some nice meaty timings post-jab Shoryuken that blow up most reversal options. He makes a strong argument for trading the damage from a Tatsu ender for the pressure gained from jab Shoryuken.

Source: Andrew David Murphy

Own a Hit Box controller and want to master some of Dhalsim’s most advanced competitive techniques? HB Sora has a quick demonstration to help you out.

The tutorial focuses on Instant Air Gale and Instant Air Teleport. Each lesson gives you a quick demonstration of the input, and an explanation of how you can work around the height restrictions. Also, Sora shows off an execution exploit exclusive to the Hitbox to get Air Drills, without letting go of down at any point–because up inputs override down inputs!

Source: HB Sora

Of the four DLC characters added into The King of Fighters XIV, Vanessa is likely one of the less straightforward ones to pick up and play. Her reliance on staying up close to try to get in and score a stun means that it takes a bit of study to learn how to play her well.

For those looking to learn Vanessa, Frionel has put together a 3-part tutorial series designed to teach players the ins and outs of the character. The first part of the series focuses on combos: arguably the part most people want to get to.

Combos alone, however, aren’t enough to be successful with a character–which is where the second part come in, as they focus on her setups and frame traps.

Part three is a bit more advanced, as it explores the different ways that she can stun her opponent–depending on how she opens them up.

Source: Frionel