Category: Fighting Games

This extensive Ryu tutorial video covers everything the aspiring Ryu player needs to know to go Platinum. Bread and butter punishes and confirms, counter hit setups and damage optimization, fireball answers, frame traps listed by delay, meaty pressure, setups, and more. It should tremendously help existing and prospective Ryu players alike.

My own Street Fighter V bread and butter combo videos are by far my most popular YouTube videos. However, the vast majority of them were made during the third SFV public beta test. While almost no serious balance changes were made between that beta and release, certain damage values were incorrect and the players have had a lot of time to develop. The initial videos were made based on my own training mode findings and nothing else, and were fully featured around combos. I asked around, and have decided to flesh them into full character guides, now including a basic game plan I’ve summarized from watching a lot of pro matches. I hope this video stands as a one-stop-shop for everyone’s Ryu needs.

I’ll be aiming to launch a new character tutorial every Monday, until all 22 characters are covered. Remember to subscribe to the Shoryuken channel, and keep an eye out for future videos!

Karin’s Ressenha can be a right pain to deal with, as its speed and status as an overhead means it can easily catch you out if you are not in the correct position. While you can punish it on reaction with a well placed crouching normal or a reversal like EX Sonic Scythe, careful players can bait the Ressenha and punish Karin with a heavy damage combo.

Every character can punish the recovery of the Ressenha with certain crouching normals, but it requires some practice to get the timing just right. MrHoward123 shows how every character, including Karin herself, can punish the Ressenha. MrHoward123 does note that it is quite difficult to punish the Ressenha on reaction, so it’s best to use fast crouching normals if you are just trying to react to the overhead.

If you are a fan of MrHoward123’s work, make sure to check out his videos detailing how to blow up V-Reversals with almost every character on the Street Fighter V roster.

Source: MrHoward123

The past year has been one wild ride, due in no small part to the Capcom Pro Tour. We saw the rise and fall of great players, we saw unbelievable hometown heroes triumph, and we saw more esports influence than ever before. There is only one more event, the Capcom Cup tournament, but before the Tour comes to a close, let’s take a moment to look back at Asia’s final regional event.

If you want to reminisce a bit more, check out our CPT player analysis articles, which go in-depth into the past year to track specific player progress. You can read up on players to get some insight into how well they will do in the CPT finale, Capcom Cup.

Source: Capcom Fighters

Between compilation videos, combo videos, tech showcases, and guides, it seems like there’s a never ending supply of community created works. Especially for a game like King of Fighters, with such an expansive roster, enjoyment of such material is rarely ever in short supply. Today is no exception, as we’ve got another batch of great King of Fighters XIV videos to satiate anyone’s need for more content.

First up we have a few combo music videos from Setsuna_MX, a very active content creator for KOF XIV. These videos are featuring Choi and Zarina, and many more can be found on his channel.

We also have a few compilation videos, courtesy of 8Sin-AM. These feature high level play with each character, and even some play of specific top players like Xiaohu and Monokof.

To finish off today’s list, we have some tech showcases from TBS_BrunoKof. There are several safe jump setups, as well as some tricky resets shown here, so study well!

Sources: Setsuna_MX; 8Sin-Am; TBS_BrunoKof

Rank up faster in Street Fighter V, with this one weird tip…

Xuses took a break from the usual match uploads and player compilations to talk a little bit about his personal strategy on how to break a CFN “plateau” and push your rank up the ladder in Street Fighter V. Very simply: back off Ranked Match, and play more Casual Match.

The reasoning is solid: playing Casual keeps you facing opponents in a similar rank to what you’d face in Ranked Match, but removing the threat of lost League Points lets you focus on improving your play and matchup knowledge with less emotional pressure. It sounds obvious, but impatience and the craving for that next rank up will keep many players from taking a break to hone their skills–and result in lost points they’ll need to struggle to regain. Give yourself some breathing room when necessary, and you can hit Platinum faster overall than if you stick with Ranked exclusively.

Source: XusesGB

Producing some high quality videos, both in terms of play and editing, the DMG Alliance is back again with another Super Smash Bros. for Wii U combo video. This time, they are focusing on DMG Maister and his lethal ROB, showing just how dangerous this robot can be when neutralize.exe is activated.

Gyro juggles, rocket dunks and brutally efficient edgeguards ensue in this montage, as the young ROB main from Texas displays his prowess piloting a killer toy robot. ROB does feel like one of those characters with untapped potential, as some of the ledge traps and off stage juggles it can get with its gyro are highly impressive. If you are impressed by the work DMG Alliance does, you can also check out this previous CMV, dedicated to CaptainZack’s Bayonetta.

Source: DMG Alliance