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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s “V-System”, especially its V-Triggers, is a central aspect to the game. A character’s V-Triggers can define how they play and how strong they are in the meta.

In this new video, VesperArcade takes a look at the game’s V-Triggers and discusses what they’d like to see changed from this season, coming into the next. The basic gist of it is that they want more variety: there are some characters who were definitely favored with powerful Triggers, while others don’t really have a good V-Trigger at all.

Source: VesperArcade

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One of the notable absences from the SoulCalibur VI Network Test was the dread pirate Cervantes. Though there have been a few opportunities to see footage of the sword dual-wielding fighter, currently, we can only use uploaded footage to study up on this character. If you’re a Cervantes main or simply interested in what’s new for him, check out the following media to get familiar with his tools.

For anyone who’s played Cervantes before, they should feel right at home with his SoulCalibur VI iteration, as he still makes great use of his Dread Charge stance and teleports. The teleport doesn’t have much invulnerability, but Cervantes can cancel Dread Charge or use Dread Charge Dash. He also has very strong slide moves, Ab and Ba. Instant Geo Da Ray returns as well, rewarding those who practice execution.

docvizzo compiled a move analysis video below showcasing what’s changed for the pirate. He makes some comparisons to the SoulCalibur V version of Cervantes as well.

Jovian Chan posted a few informative tweets about Cervantes (LH is Lethal Hit):

Some Cervantes Stuff:
1) B2 – LH Activates when you use gun shots 12 times (on hit)
2) 2A+B – LH Counter Hit
3) 22K – LH Successful Auto GI
4) 22B – LH Side/back hit
5) In EN, The Baron is called Dread Storm
6) Notable new moves are A6 and kA #SoulCaliburVI pic.twitter.com/3mWVjiR266

— Jovian Chan @SEAM (@jovywithyou) October 8, 2018

So since everyone's been asking, here you go:

Cervantes's 66_99_33A+G throw is an unbreakable throw that does 0 damage, pushes opponent forward, giving him advantage and possibly other stuff. #SoulCaliburVI pic.twitter.com/6MfT0hPnpQ

— Jovian Chan @SEAM (@jovywithyou) October 8, 2018

It’s not ideal, but Bigbrook recorded camera videos of Cervantes’ move list and a match while at Comic Con:

For more on the game, read up on Shoryuken’s SoulCalibur VI Network Test impressions.

Sources: docvizzo; Jovian Chan; Bigbrook

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No one doubts the strength of Tekken 7‘s King, especially now that we live in a post Lil’ Majin’s Evo Run world. But even with the popularity of Tekken’s iconic Luchador, there’s a powerful mid in his movelist that’s going woefully underutilized in intermediate play — King’s F+3.

A safe mid with great frame data and a just-frame attack throw, F+3 secretly leads to almost hopkick-like damage (or more, if you can call out techs when your opponent gets up). If you’re playing King and not already using this move, it’s time to add this frustrating mid to your gameplay.

Source: J King

Tekken 7 can be a daunting game to get into competitively. There are so many things that an aspiring competitor needs to learn: things like movement, or frame data.

To help beginning Tekken 7 players out, Core-A Gaming has teamed up with top player UYU|YuYu to put out a “beginners guide” video.

The video below does its best to cover all that a beginner needs to know, starting right from the basics, explaining the game’s buttons and the differences between high, mid, and low attacks.  From there, it moves on to other things, such as the all important topic of movement, as well as combos, punishes, the rage system, and more.

Source: Core-A Gaming

We’re approaching the latest release in the saga of the SoulCalibur games, and it will be the sixth chapter for the venerated, 20-year-old franchise. The game’s burgeoning history has had its ups and downs, and IGN is taking a closer look at the games with famous personalities involved throughout the years.

In the video below, Bandai Namco’s MarkMan opens up by talking about the 3D feel of SoulCalibur on the Dreamcast. Popular streamers Aris (Avoiding the Puddle) and Maximilian Dood talk about what made the game different from others — the movement, the speed, the characters, and of course, ring outs. SC player Bibulus brings up the iconic announcer who always reminds us that we’re fighting on the Stage of History. Kayane also steps in to talk about her trajectory in the esports scene and how Xianghua resonates with her personally. They also bring up how spirited the SoulCalibur communities have been, particularly in France.

 

What are your favorite memories revolving around this franchise? When did you start playing and why? Share with us in the comments below.

Source: IGN

“As a character, she can override neutral so easily…”

UK Street Fighter V Pros Tyrant and PackZ return today with another episode in the long running SF tutorial series, Frame Advantage. Today, they study the many options of Street Fighter V‘s ninja prodigy, Ibuki.

There’s a lot of parallels between herself and Akuma, whom the crew thoroughly dissected earlier in the series. Both characters are option-heavy, high damage characters with strong emphasis on post-knockdown momentum. Ibuki has a little bit less versatility than her shoto-counterpart, but makes up for it in frustrating wakeup 50/50’s and one of the best approaches in Street Fighter — EX Kunai.

Source: Frame Advantage

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition had its first location test over the past weekend. For those who may be wondering how the location test actually works, NihongoGamer took some footage of the location test at the Taito Station arcade in Shinjuku for an insider’s look.

The video below goes over some of the actual quirks of the location test, as well as the build of the game that was used. Taito Station’s cabinets were side by side, instead of head to head as is usually the case. As previously reported, the arcade itself DualShock 4 pads for any players who preferred using one.

As for the game itself, the build at the location tests had a training mode on top of the arcade mode. In versus matches, players adhered to the “winners stay” rule, though players themselves were limited to 5 wins before they had to stand up and let someone else play.

Source: NihongoGamer

Street Fighter V‘s second season brought with it a number of characters who ended up being quite strong. As such, many were wondering how the third season’s characters would end up faring. Now, a couple of months after the release of the final two characters for this season, we’re at a time where we can give better stock of this season’s characters as a whole. This is exactly what Vesper Arcade does in their latest video – taking this season’s characters and ranking them based on how strong or weak they are.

Some of the choices are pretty obvious: Sakura sits at the bottom of the list, followed by Falke, both characters whom the community mostly agrees are lacking tools. On the opposite end of the spectrum are characters like Blanka and G, whom are considered strong contenders for best in the game.

Check out the video below for Vesper’s picks, and let us know where you think your character sits.

Source: Vesper Arcade

There’s some division on the potential of Wall Combos in Tekken 7‘s season 2, and given the disparity of each character’s options, that isn’t much of a surprise. Despite this, the combo mechanic is a new toy for the community to play with, and few have pushed as much potential out of it as STL1119.

Kazuya is far from the most picked Mishima, so if the absurd combo potential that STL1119 squeezes out here helps change that, that’s a good thing. And if not? Well, at least we’ll always have one of the silliest camera-switch, Kuma specific combos on record to laugh at.

Source: STL1119