Category: Fighting Games

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Learn How to Best Dodge Nerfed Fireballs in King of Fighters XIV 1.03

Many characters in King of Fighters XIV are capable of using certain normals or short hop with an air move to dodge projectiles, if they aren’t capable of outright armoring through them. We’ve already reported on a few videos by Gato Ray on the matter, but he’s back with an update. After the latest patch, certain character fireballs were made less effective, making them easier to dodge, especially for characters with poor options to do so. He goes through all of these options, making it easy to brush up on your matchup knowledge.

Source: Gato Ray

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Bombs, Clay Pigeons and Flowerpots: The Beefy Smash Doods Lay Out the Top Five Projectile Users in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

For every player that loves rushing their opponent down and overwhelming them with blinding speed, there will be another who prefers the patient process of filling a screen with projectiles and traps. With Smash 4 having over 55 characters, there are a fair few fighters mixed in with the boxers, plumbers and space animals for those who prefer projectile zoning.

To find out which fighters are the best with a gun or a bow, the Beefy Smash Doods have made a new video, giving their opinion on the top five projectile based characters in Smash 4. In order to make this list, the character can’t just have a single strong projectile; they need an arsenal of useful ranged moves that compliment each other to create a fighter who has multiple ways to frustrate their opponent. As such, don’t expect someone like Lucario or Pac-Man on this list.

Source: Beefy Smash Doods

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Both Regular and Collector’s Editions of Street Fighter V for PlayStation 4 are On Sale at GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon

If you are looking to pick up Street Fighter V to catch up on all the action, now might be a great time to purchase the game as Street Fighter V is currently on sale at a number of retailers.

Both GameStop and Best Buy both have Street Fighter V for PlayStation 4 on sale for only $29.99. Take note that this is for the physical disc version and that buying them will still incur shipping and handling charges.  Still, they’re decent deals for anyone looking for a physical copy of the game.

In addition to this, both Amazon and GameStop have the collector’s edition of Street Fighter V, again for PlayStation 4, on sale for $38.97. The collector’s edition includes with it a limited edition 10 inch Ryu statue, 48 page hard cover artbook, DLC cards for extra goodies, a one month subscription to the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel, digital Street Fighter comics from Udon, a Street Fighter V soundtrack sampler and more.

While Street Fighter V has had a rocky launch, the numerous updates have helped pad out the game’s content and address more than a few of the game’s issues.  Features such as story mode, daily challenges, costume shop, etc. have now all been added, while issues such as the input delay have been addressed as much as they can be without affecting the game’s balance.  In addition to this, the game’s cast has been expanded with six additional characters, that can be purchased either via in game Fight Money or real money.

Interested buyers for the regular disc edition can head on over to GameStop or Best Buy. Meanwhile those looking for the collector’s edition can hear to either Amazon or GameStop. With the recent update to Capcom’s financial report showing that the game is still vastly under its sales targets, discounts like these may become more common as Capcom try to shift more units of Street Fighter V.

Sources: GameStop; Best Buy; Amazon via r/StreetFighter

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Skullgirls 2nd Encore Beta Revamping Beowulf with Changes to His Hype Mechanic

There are big changes being tested in the Skullgirls Beta, which will eventually make their way onto a final patch, and eventually on a physical disc release of Skullgirls. The finality of these changes means that developer Lab Zero has to be extra careful with new changes, to ensure they don’t break the game.

Speaking of breaking the game, the latest character to be effected on a large scale is Beowulf, who is receiving a massive update to his signature hype feature. You can read up on Beowulf’s changes here. Essentially, Beowulf will now be allowed to spend accumulated levels of hype on special EX versions of certain moves, allowing him more versatility and combo potential. He received a damage nerf to compensate, but it became very clear very quickly that further tuning is needed. Check below for a sample of what Beowulf will be getting.

Do note that this key change to Beowulf is still in beta, and the damage is likely going to change in the next patch. The EX finishers are staying in some form, but this damage isn’t.

There is also this other video, which plays around with the changes to see what else he’s capable of.

Sources: Winnie; Mike Z; RemiKz

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Flipsid3 Tactics Adds Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç and Matthew “Glitch” Testini to Their Fighting Game Division

To help grow their place in the FGC, Flipsid3 Tactics has added two new members to its fighting game division. The first is Brazilian Necalli player Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç, joining the team off the back of his continued success in Latin America. With first place finishes at Latin America’s second Online Ranking event and Fight for Rio: Olympia, as well as victory over Evo 2016 champion Seon-Woo “Infiltration” Lee at Brooklyn Beatdown, Brolynho’s Necalli is a force to be reckoned with and is certainly looking like one of the favorites to qualify for Capcom Cup out of the LatAm Regional Final on November 2nd. Brolynho joins Antwan “alucarD” Ortiz as the second dedicated Street Fighter V player on Flipsid3 Tactics’ roster.

With the passing of Flipsid3’s dedicated FGC Division Manager Christopher “NinjaCW” Harris, they have appointed Matthew “Glitch” Testini to build on the hard work started by NinjaCW. Glitch has earned his stripes by running events within New York City, as well as competing for Play All Gaming as their team captain. His combination of TO and player knowledge makes Glitch well equipped to lead Flipsid3 Tactics to continued growth.

Source: Flipsid3 Tactics; featured image c/o Flipsid3 Tactics

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Flipsid3 Tactics Adds Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç and Matthew “Glitch” Testini to Their Fighting Game Division

To help grow their place in the FGC, Flipsid3 Tactics has added two new members to its fighting game division. The first is Brazilian Necalli player Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç, joining the team off the back of his continued success in Latin America. With first place finishes at Latin America’s second Online Ranking event and Fight for Rio: Olympia, as well as victory over Evo 2016 champion Seon-Woo “Infiltration” Lee at Brooklyn Beatdown, Brolynho’s Necalli is a force to be reckoned with and is certainly looking like one of the favorites to qualify for Capcom Cup out of the LatAm Regional Final on November 2nd. Brolynho joins Antwan “alucarD” Ortiz as the second dedicated Street Fighter V player on Flipsid3 Tactics’ roster.

With the passing of Flipsid3’s dedicated FGC Division Manager Christopher “NinjaCW” Harris, they have appointed Matthew “Glitch” Testini to build on the hard work started by NinjaCW. Glitch has earned his stripes by running events within New York City, as well as competing for Play All Gaming as their team captain. His combination of TO and player knowledge makes Glitch well equipped to lead Flipsid3 Tactics to continued growth.

Source: Flipsid3 Tactics; featured image c/o Flipsid3 Tactics

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ZeRo Crafts A Comprehensive Captain Falcon Guide for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Still enjoying his big win at The Big House 6, where he took first place in both Smash for Wii U singles and doubles tournaments, ZeRo still finds time to upload useful videos to help other players along.

This time around, ZeRo gathers all of his knowledge on Captain Falcon to put together this compilation of competitive strategy for the character. He covers the Captain’s strengths, weaknesses, normals, his neutral, as well as things like players to watch and bad matchups. If you are a Captain Falcon main, or are even just having trouble fighting him, be sure to check this video out!

Source: ZeRo

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Alex Jebailey Has Left Avyd To Focus Full Time On CEO

In a recent tweet, Alex Jebailey has announced that he has left Avyd.  For the past five months, Jebailey has been the company’s FGC Director, helping with the company’s efforts to support fighting game events around the country.

Prior to working at Avyd, Alex Jebailey served as community manager for Iron Galaxy Studios, helping with the company work with the community for Killer Instinct after development shifted to them for Season 2.

Avyd CEO, Scotty Tidwell had the following to say on Jebailey’s departure.

With this announcement, Alex Jebailey will now be the full time CEO of Community Effort Orlando, and will be focusing on extending the brand beyond the United States. Already, Jebailey has stated that he has a “an amazing thing lined up that I’ll be announcing in the coming weeks throughout 2017 so you can expect to see me more at events across the globe.”

We here at Shoryuken wish Alex Jebailey and CEO the best in their future endeavours.

Source: Alex Jebailey (Twitter) via PVP Live

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Enjoy The Halloween Season With This Spooky Fukua CMV in Skullgirls 2nd Encore

With Halloween getting closer and closer, spookiness levels are at maximum. With its cast of eldritch horrors disguised as nuns, tortured orphans with fractured senses of reality, headless catwomen and more, Skullgirls is perfect to play in this season of ghouls and ghosts.

To match the seasons’ creepings, here’s a suitably spooky Skullgirls CMV for your viewing pleasure. This features a lot of unorthodox Fukua combos and conversions, as well as an unsettling song to jam to.

Source: ThanksVolvo

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Someone’s Transforming Street Fighter V’s Zangief Into Red Bull’s Snake Eyez

Certain players oftentimes get heavily associated with one character. On such player is Red Bull’s Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis, while he’s currently been playing Ryu, prior to this he was known for his stellar Zangief play in Street Fighter V and Super Street Fighter II Turbo.

With this in mind, it’s no surprise then that a fan is currently working to bring Snake Eyes into Street Fighter V. Modder fatihG_ is currently hard at work transforming Street Fighter V’s Zangief into Snake Eyez.

The new model, which you can see in the gallery below, is still a work in progress (you can still see some bits from Zangief, such as his arm bands). That said, aside from the oversized muscles meant to match the Zangief model, it does seem to capture Snake Eyez pretty well. In fact both Red Bull and Snake Eyez have retweeted about the mod (specifically, this in game test shot from Longshot).

Click to view slideshow.

Sources: r/StreetFighter; Longshot (Twitter)