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What does the Interpol agent need in Street Fighter V? VesperArcade offers their Season 4 wish list for Chun-Li

Can Chun-Li climb the tier list again?

In Street Fighter V, Chun-Li went from a top-tier terror in Season One, to a character Chun mains were eager to drop in Season Two after a round of harsh nerfs. In Season Three, after some buffs and new combo routes the Strongest Woman in the World got a bit closer to re-earning her nickname, but still didn’t make much of a splash on the competitive circuit this year.

With Season Four and inevitable changes for SFVAE looming, VesperArcade and Mir talk about what they want to see “fixed” for Chun-Li in the next big patch: such as improved anti-airing ability, and some tweaks to her throw and second V-Trigger.

Source: VesperArcade

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Learn to neutralize the 2A+G/2B+K Ivy mixup in SoulCalibur VI

One of the dirtiest and simplest knowledge checks an Ivy player can — and will — do to you in SoulCalibur VI is test your reactions at range with 2A+G. This low (and its longer range variant, 3A+G) is on the cusp of being seeable with practice. But it’s a difficult task, one that’s multiplied by a similar animation for her mid 2B+K.

But with practice and patience, you can still deal with this low in a multitude of ways, and work your way in to Ivy’s weaker close range. There’s a lot of ways to move around 2A+G, some more effective than others — today’s video shows off some of those, and what you can practice to help spot 2A+G’s startup animation.

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Evolution Championship Series 2019 set for August 2-4 in Las Vegas, Nevada

The dates and location for Evo 2019 have been revealed!

Get ready: the world’s largest and longest-running fighting game tournament is back — and here’s its very first trailer!

Evo 2019 returns to Las Vegas, Nevada on August 2-4, 2019! Evo makes its home once again in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Hope you’re ready to start making your plans and preparations as the entirety of the FGC turns their sights on the most prestigious fighting game stage on Earth.

This is just the beginning, of course: stay tuned to Shoryuken for future updates on Evo 2019!

Source: Evo

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SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy will have three more DLC characters by February 2019

“We’re triple trouble ya’ll, we’re gonna bring you up to speed, check it out.”

As you may already know, SNK recently announced Miss X as the next addition to the cast of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Now, it turns out that the company has more in store for their experimental fighting game.

At a recent event hosted by Sega, SNK revealed that they are planning to add three more DLC characters to SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. The characters are expected to arrive by February 2019.

As for Sega’s involvement, the company is the publisher for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy in Korea, but this doesn’t necessarily mean a Sega character will be involved in the game.

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is currently available for PlayStation 4 and Switch and Miss X is set to release on November 15.

Source: Ruliweb via Team Power Geyser (Twitter)

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Momochi and ChocoBlanka announce departure from Echo Fox

Just when you thought it was safe to wear orange and blue again.

October’s cuts to the Echo Fox roster seemed to settle down recently, and it was thought that we may have seen the end of it. However, this is not the case.

In a public announcement in both English and Japanese, both Evo 2015 and Capcom Cup 2015 champion Yusuke Momochi and his wife Yuko “ChocoBlanka” Momochi have announced their departure from Echo Fox to “begin a whole new chapter of our life from here.”

They also assured the public that Shinobism (their esports school) and their various other endeavors –including Fudoh — will remain in operation. They then hinted that they will soon “show all of you our new uniform,” while stressing that it won’t be a Shinobism or Fudoh uniform, possibly signifying that they have taken their talents elsewhere.

Source: Shinobism

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Capcom Connect (Episode 6) streaming live from Esports Arena Oakland, featuring gllty and bjUNCHAINED

The news, art, and action continues on Capcom Connect.

Capcom’s new weekly streaming show Capcom Connect continues tonight at 8:00 PM PT, streaming live from Esports Arena Oakland! Tune in at Capcom Fighters on Twitch.

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

The stream will once again feature event and news recaps, Street Fighter V matches with guest players — this week’s guests are gllty and bjUNCHAINED — and art and cosplay from Street Fighter fans. You can also win content codes by viewing.

From the original Capcom-Unity announcement:

You will have the chance to win various codes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition just by watching and interacting with our social channels. In the afternoon before each show, we’ll tweet out a specific hashtag on the Street Fighter or Capcom Fighters Twitter account. All you need to do is use that hashtag in a tweet of your own before the drawing begins at around 8:15 PM PT. During the show, we’ll randomly choose winners and announce them on-stream. After the show, expect a Direct Message from the Street Fighter or Capcom Fighters accounts with your code. The codes are currently only for North America.

If you’re an artist or cosplayer, tweet @StreetFighter with pictures of your creation and we just might feature it on the stream with all credit going towards you!

SFV AE Splash Art

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Final Showdown showcases more advanced tag combos for Dragon Ball FighterZ

The last time Final Showdown made a tag team combo video for Dragon Ball FighterZ, the results were pretty impressive. Now he’s back with another combo video, once again focusing on tag team stuff.

The video below is actually a collection of various single clips he’s shared over social media for the past few months.  Interestingly enough, for these clips, he’s trying to give some more attention to villain characters that he normally doesn’t use. So expect to see a fair bit of Cell, Broly, and more in addition to his favorites such as Vegito and Teen Gohan.

Source: Final Showdown

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Dusty Knuckles V VOD’s available, featuring Beastorizer and Hyper Street Fighter II

If you don’t closely follow Sabin’s Team Spooky After Hours, you may have missed Dusty Knuckles V! This retro game exhibition was a collaboration between Team Spooky and IFixMachine to highlight games from the arcade scene’s past: Beastorizer (a.k.a. Bloody Roar), and Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition.

But if you missed it, no sweat: an hour+ of high level arcade action awaits you below in the recently upload VOD playlist from Team Spooky themselves.

Source:  Team Spooky After Hours

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BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition launches in Europe on February 8

Europe at times gets the short end of the stick with the release schedule for some games. Happily, it seems that this wont be the case for BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition for Switch.

PQube has announced that BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition will be arriving in Europe on February 8 – one day after the Japanese release date.

For those not aware of this port, BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition comes with all the DLC released for prior releases of Central Fiction on other platforms. In addition to this, it comes with a host of features that take advantage of the Switch’s unique form factor, including support for 2-player versus using the two JoyCons.

Source: PQube

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Get up to speed with Akuma’s changes in Season 2 of Tekken 7

Geese has become Tekken 7‘s go to “2D” character in tournaments, it seems. That’s a bit of a shame, because the game’s first guest character, Akuma, got some fairly interesting changes that you don’t get to see in practice too often.

A mixture of nerfs and buffs, Akuma has become a bit more versatile and neutral focused, while still maintaining his high damage output and strong mixups. If you need a debrief on Akuma’s changes (some of which were not in the patch notes) then check out That Blasted Salami‘s video guide above!

 

Source: That Blasted Salami