Arguably no-one in the returning cast benefited more from the changes in season 2 than Laura. The ju-jitsu grappler has become one of the strongest characters in the game, with heavy mixup potential that will leave you on the ground for a great deal of the match, should you not know how to defend against her.
With that, Javits Arias has created a breakdown of the general Laura matchup over the course of the last few days on Twitter. Given how it could be difficult to sift through his tweets to find all of that, Javits took the liberty of compiling it into an Evernote for everyone’s perusal.
Arguably no-one in the returning cast benefited more from the changes in season 2 than Laura. The ju-jitsu grappler has become one of the strongest characters in the game, with heavy mixup potential that will leave you on the ground for a great deal of the match, should you not know how to defend against her.
With that, Javits Arias has created a breakdown of the general Laura matchup over the course of the last few days on Twitter. Given how it could be difficult to sift through his tweets to find all of that, Javits took the liberty of compiling it into an Evernote for everyone’s perusal.
More new goodies revealed in Street Fighter V’s season two build!
There’s still lots of new tech appearing on the internet for the Street Fighter V roster, now that the Season 2 changes are in place. Here’s the latest selection:
After delving into Ryu, desk now turns their attention to the updated Chun-Li with this new combo video:
Here’s another fun 43-hit combo (including stun) for the Interpol agent:
Back to Ryu–here’s some season two meaty setups from NurseLee, focusing on his sweep:
Here’s a high/low V-Trigger mixup for Ibuki:
Victory is still beautiful; Vega mains will want to check out these new tricks:
Have a look at this demonstration of Laura’s new EX Sunset Wheel’s invincibility properties:
Rashid Resurrection: here’s a look at some of the stylish combos Rashid can now pull off.
Juri certainly is getting a lot of season two love. JusticeSoulTuna explores some crush counter punishes, and a 560+ damage combo:
marlonlonmilk has uploaded a new okizeme video for the Spider:
NurseLee also has put together another video of meaty setups for her.
We finish today with this look at combos off dragon punch trades–applicable to Ryu, Necalli, Akuma, and Cammy:
And as usual, many thanks to all that sent us tips!
A well-known Japanese Venom player known as 310 (@310_progressive) just got married a few days ago, and in a supremely sweet gesture a congratulatory hashtag was created:
Under this hashtag, everyone posted combos that did exactly 310 damage, against Venom using 310’s benchmark color (white and red).
Venom has a staggering amount of options with how his pool ball projectiles interact, and 310 is known for pushing the character and creating fantastic tech and combos. It’s fitting that a pioneer of his character should receive so much love in the form of creative combos. To do this much damage—about 75% of Venom’s life—often requires utilizing full guard gauge or the Danger Time mechanic.
See PR Balrog and PIE|Smug duke it out over that Fight Money.
Alright, it might not be that kind of boxing day, but this online best-of-three between these Balrog-dedicated prize fighters is still worth a watch! It looks like they may have experienced some unfortunate lag in the first round, but they still dig in and fight it out. A good display of what Balrog is capable in this–or any–matchup.
You can see even more Balrog mirror-match action in this prior compilation of Smug going up against Brian_F.
There’s no slowing a good demon down, and the holiday weekend didn’t slow down the appearance of new videos and tech for the Master of the Fist. Behold!
VesperArcade offers this video of nice ‘n’ easy Akuma combos to get new fighters started on the Demon’s path:
Here’s some more (slightly tougher than above) Akuma combos, from Adriano Lopes:
Diplomat1080p’s video shows some of the versatility of the SFV Shun Goku Satsu, such as the “Instant Demon”:
neekogaming explores how to cancel Akuma’s Demon Flip (an ability Akuma had in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike as well):
Josh Chandra demonstrates some meaty and OTG applications for Akuma’s forward HP:
Maybe you want to style on your opponents a bit? Fighters Generation presents this video of Akuma teleport combos! Not exactly optimal, but definitely fun.
YogaFlame24 shows off a set of serious shimmy action:
Here’s on online set between Tokido’s new Akuma and YBK|Yukadon’s Nash:
Lastly, Tempo|NYChrisG has been trying out the Master of the Fist online as well; check out his matches as compiled here by Xuses:
Whether you can’t read a player’s tag, or just want a list of high-level players to look out for, this Arcade Player Reference Sheet is a bookmark worthy of any serious BlazBlue player.
In the same vein as the Guilty Gear version, this is a well-organized spreadsheet. Among it’s rank listings are personal side notes about players, alternate characters they play, which arcade they frequent, and—when applicable—links to their Twitter page.
While the rankings will fluctuate and this won’t be constantly updated, it gives you a good idea of where your favorite players lie amidst the competition.
Thanks to Spiel for compiling this, and continuing the trend of intuitive and useful references.
Whether you can’t read a player’s tag, or just want a list of high-level players to look out for, this Arcade Player Reference Sheet is a bookmark worthy of any serious BlazBlue player.
In the same vein as the Guilty Gear version, this is a well-organized spreadsheet. Among it’s rank listings are personal side notes about players, alternate characters they play, which arcade they frequent, and—when applicable—links to their Twitter page.
While the rankings will fluctuate and this won’t be constantly updated, it gives you a good idea of where your favorite players lie amidst the competition.
Thanks to Spiel for compiling this, and continuing the trend of intuitive and useful references.
With Season 2’s release, most players payed close attention to the buffs and nerfs their main character received; but with 92 pages of notes, it’s quite time-consuming to go through every single character. So, I’ll be making some short videos demonstrating some of the important changes to each character, to allow players to more rapidly brush up on their new mains and opponents.
The first four characters I’ve covered are Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Nash, simply for their storyline relevance. Coincidentally (or perhaps not so coincidentally?), they were four of the strongest characters in Season 1, and all four have many nerfs compared to later characters I’ll be covering. This is not a comprehensive list of all changes, simply the ones I deemed most significant to gameplay. I might have overseen the ramifications of certain minor changes, however, so if you feel I left out something important, feel free to leave feedback on the video for me and other viewers.
I’ll try and do one of these videos a day until I’ve covered the changes for all characters. Expect more upcoming Monday character tutorials too; keep an eye out on the ShoryukenTube YouTube channel for an Akuma bread and butter combo video as well, sometime very soon.
Some looking back, and some looking forward to Street Fighter V’s next year.
In the latest installments of the “Tuesday Show,” James Chen and UltraDavid joined Sajam on UltraChenTV to discuss Street Fighter V’s first year, and what Season Two may bring to the next for Capcom’s flagship fighting game. They chat at length about the tech, the characters, the players, and more.
To check out their extensive discussion, head to the full playlist here, or click on the embedded video below.
