Category: Fighting Games

It’s that time again: time to see how dangerous Akuma is getting in the hands of the dedicated lab monkeys in today’s Akuma roundup.

Toronto’s 50/50|KS Tali has been putting in a ton of wrench time in the lab, and it’s showing. He is coming up with setup after setup for Akuma. In the first video, he shows utilization of back fierce as an anti air with proper follow-ups.

Next we see a lot of meaty setups after sweep, plus throw loops and safe jumps.

Finally Tali shows us something a lot of people will dread to see, but Akuma mains will salivate over. Akuma does indeed have a vortex in Street Fighter V, thus making him insanely dangerous in this iteration.

It looks like Red Bull’s SnakeEyez is still hunting for a secondary–or a main–to replace Zangief. Here’s some of his matches using Akuma in Season 2.

Finally, we have Daityan becoming Tokido’s latest victim of one thousand deaths. It truly looks like the Murderface is back with a vengeance.

Sources: TaliUSF4, RektScrub, karozzo

Peach is not a very merciful person. If you have seen high-level Smash play with her before, that is no secret.

This new combo video, ironically titled “The Queen of Mercy,” shows Peach being her usual merciless self. In this video, Peach spends a good amount of her time tap dancing on her opponents’ heads, and then continues with some pretty grimy back throw setups into turnips.

Because after all, what good is a monarch who shows mercy to all?

Source: Linkeur4

While most of the Marvel Vs. community has been focused on Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 thanks to its new current-generation port on PlayStation 4, it isn’t the only “Mahvel” game that still draws competition in this day and age. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was the original long-runner–with players competing for more than a decade–and still draws hype whenever it shows up.

At Northeast Championships 17 a couple of weeks back, two of Marvel’s best and brightest, Evil Geniuses’s Justin Wong and Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza went back to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for an epic first-to-ten set. While the set itself wasn’t recorded, AG Hyo was on hand to record the set off stream.

In many ways, it’s a callback to the early days of MvC2, where direct feed recording was still a luxury, and fans had to rely on off screen recording like this to get their dose of Marvel hype.

In addition to this, there was also a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 side tournament at NEC 17. While the official videos have yet of the tournament have yet to be uploaded, Lemagicdude has shared an off screen capture of the set. The interesting thing here is that the video also captures some live crowd commentary from Yipes, Chris Matrix, and Noel Brown.

Sources: AG Hyo, Lemagicdude

The Qanba Dragon–the Chinese company’s equivalent to the Hori VLX–is quite the amazing stick. With the wide body that has come to be the norm on ultra-premium arcade stick offerings, the Dragon features even more than that. HurtboxTV got a chance to review this stick, thanks to receiving one of them from Mark “MarkMan” Julio, and had loads of praise for the stick: including its easy access, quality build and parts, and well-done wiring for a commercial stick.

Source: HurtboxTV

We are nearing the console release of Tekken 7: Fated Retribution, but that doesn’t mean that we’re finished seeing combo exhibitions from Tekken Tag Tournament 2. These tag games always feature a diverse roster and unique synergy, making every combo unique to the team it’s built around.

Today, we have a combo exhibition from King and Armor King, with some glimpses of Jaycee, Yoshimitsu, Marduk, Jinpachi and Law as assist characters. But all of them remain subservient to the King, who reigns over everyone in this combo video.

Source: pajcsi78

Wanting to get started in BlazBlue: Central Fiction, but feel at a loss on where to start? Hakumen is always a strong start, with a good set of tools available to whet the appetite of new players to the series.

In this video, Hakumen is gone over with a fine-toothed comb, with various starter combos described. Should you already have your spacing game ready for BlazBlue, but need the setups to make everything click, this would be a great place to start.

Source: WaltzOfTheWolf x

Super Smash Bros. Melee star Liquid|Hungrybox isn’t known for having a flashy playstyle, but every now and then we see some showy plays from the world-renowned Orlando native that makes us question how humble he truly is. In this compilation from GRSmash, we see the Evo Champion pull off 30 very risky and very impressive Rests, a high risk, high reward attack for Jigglypuff players.

Similar to Captain Falcon’s Falcon Punch, Rest is a move that–as a pro–does a massive amount of raw damage if it hits and–as a con–leaves Jigglypuff wide open for attacks if it misses. Knowing how and when to use Rest isn’t necessarily essential to being a good Jigglypuff player, but having the ability to incorporate Rest into an in-game strategy can give a ‘Puff main a crucial advantage.

It’s no surprise that Hungrybox, considered by many to be the best Jigglypuff player in the world, would display such such mastery of a high-level technique, but the fact that these 30 match-ending Rests were executed while floating off stage makes them that much more awe-inspiring.

You can learn more about Rests here, and view more from GRSmash here.

Source: GRSmash

Mortal Kombat has long been known for a crazy combo system, and Mortal Kombat XL is no exception. If you really think about it, the game offers a lot of diversity as the three variations of each character open up new potential for each character in the spectrum.

Thus, when we see some of these combos from Kenjutsu and Possessed variation Kenshi, we can’t help but shake our heads in wonder. The video also boasts input display, should you decide to try to replicate these combos in-game.

Source: FMHeart