Master Raven in Tekken 7 is one of the game’s most unorthodox and counter-intuitive characters. Not only is this difficultly by design, as the nearly hour-long character breakdown from That Blasted Salami demonstrates, this intentional learning curve is both a blessing and a curse:
This keep-out centered oddball’s toolkit defies convention. Between her back-turned options and unusual strings, she’s as difficult for new players to learn properly as she is for her opponents to defend against. Virtually her entire kit is a knowledge check, and with proper spacing and reading, you can set the strangest traps and whiff punish into big damage.
Galactic Citizens, G-Agents are being dispatched to your location.
Players in on the Punch Planet Early Access are in for a treat — the time-policing “G-Agent” has been revealed and unleashed online, and he looks like a blast:
The ultra-stylish G-Agent is close to the classic “Shoto” archetype, thanks to his fireball and up-kicking DP-type move, but fleshes out his move-list with limber acrobatics and truly menacing posing.
Punch Planet is currently in the Alpha stages, and its final release date is TBD. You can get in on its early access through the Steam Store page.
Falke has been in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition for nearly a week, and amid the usual delving into her gameplay the overall question is naturally “Is she good?” Not many players want to spend time and (Fight) money on a character that can’t hold her own against the existing cast. So far, the general feeling seems to be that Falke is lacking in many areas… or is it too early to tell?
VesperArcade tackles this topic in the new video below, with an in-depth look at what Falke brings to the game, and her potential going forward in SFV.
If you’re looking to improve your own gameplay with Falke, VesperArcade also offers this V-Trigger guide to help you get a handle on her V-System abilities.
King’s Running Exploder is a crazy move in a myriad of ways. While it is an amazingly safe move — being +17 on point blank block and +24 on shallow block — its strange hitboxes help create some bizarre interactions.
These properties give it a wealth of usefulness, but the way it leaves King on the ground makes it difficult to force mixups with. J King‘s WR 3+4 tutorial below aims to help you unravel the mystery on how to use Running Exploder and make your King’s toolkit all the more stately.
Yesterday, the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour’s online circuit moved into North America West, allowing fighters from 19 U.S. States, as well as several Canadian provinces/territories to duke it out for online regional supremacy — as well as those all-important, crucial, ranking points on the Regional CPT Leaderboards.
With 134 entrants–including the likes of Filipino Champ, SonicBoxx|JB, XSK Samurai, Tempo|Alex Meyers, LPN, CYG BST|PR Balrog, CYG BST|ChrisT, Flash, Julio Fuentes, ITS|Pnoy, Commander Jesse, Brenttiscool, our own SRK|mushin_Z, Nick Tanella, 801 Strider, FORT|Clegg Madness, Dankadillas, KyleP, Tommy2Step, AbleGamers|Brolylegs, ElitheCurry, Viscant, CCG|LapChi, GGEA|Toi, EH|Velociraptor and more, the competition was guaranteed to be fierce. Rynge and Rip were on commentary.
The next Online Ranking Event will be for Europe West 1, on Saturday, May 5th, at 10:00 A.M. BST, with Top 8 streamed at 4:00 P.M. BST at twitch.tv/capcomfighters. Eligible countries include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Registration is currently open at smash.gg.
JAM Festival 2018 is a ranking event in Brazil for the Capcom Pro Tour, and it will be the last chance for Latin American Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition players to score CPT points. Considering this is a country that’s responsible for strong players like Keoma, DidimoKOF, Brolynho, and more, you can expect that JAM Festival 2018 will be the site of many difficult, exciting battles.
As you may remember from last month, the same scene that’ll be out in full force at Jam Festival 2018 is grinding away in their own JAM Pro League. Just like before, Brazilian tournament organizer Mwisk has graciously put together English post-match commentary of JAM Pro League #2‘s finals, which you can check out in the playlist below.
This league is a monthly event for Brazilian players, and you can catch the next event live (and in Portuguese) at their Twitch page on May 12th.
Drawing heavily on his two canonical battles with Fused Zamasu and Super Buu, we can see that the fused Saiyan has retained several of his signature melee attacks, as well as his abilities The Big Bang Flash, Spirit Stab, and (what appears to be) his Savage Counter. The Savage Strike, Sprit Excalibur from Dragon Ball Heroes and, of course, the Final Kamehameha, appear to be his Super Special Attacks. You can see the full video below, as well as links to IKevinX’s previous work.
SSGSS Vegito, like all other DLC characters, can be purchased for $4.99 individually. He is also the fourth character in the FighterZ Pass, which includes Bardock, Broly, Fused Zamasu and four other yet-to-be-revealed characters, for $34.99. He will release will his own Z-Stamp, Lobby Avatar and color set. No release date for him has been confirmed, but he will likely launch alongside Fused Zamasu.
The DLC Prince of Tekken 7 comes equipped with an assortment of weapons your average Tekken player may not be ready for. Between his giant range, strong parry, and versatile projectile, Noctis can blow up unsuspecting players with knowledge checks alone. But it doesn’t have to be this way!
If the Final Fantasy XV protagonist is consistently wiping your party in ranked, then FrameWhisperer Tekken‘s latest tutorial is right for you. In it, he covers some common problem tools you’ll run into — Running 1+2, Parry Setups, etc. — and how you can defend yourself against them.
It’s been a few days now since the initial release of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s latest DLC character, Falke. The footsie-favoring Guardian Hawk is proving to be a lot more versatile then initial impressions led us to believe — let’s take a look at what the FGC has cooked up for her thus far!
Let’s start out with some basics. VesperArcade leads the way with BnBs and practical hit-confirms.
Just because Falke is based around her far-range, doesn’t mean she’s a slouch up close. Check out these frame traps from World Warrior FGC!
How are the best in the world playing Falke right now? Well, let’s take a look at these Infiltration replays and see.
If desk considers a combo impractical, you know you’re in for a good time.
And closing us out today is Stephen Kiluk, who shows Falke can run vortexes in the corner with the best of them.
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As part of the latest round of mid-season balance changes to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Ryu received a buff in the form of changes to his Jodan Nirengeki target combo.
In this new video from NurseLee — who already made a video for the move midway through the last season — we get to see just how much the move has been buffed. The gist of things seems to be that Ryu gets better options out of the move, depending on the situation. This includes more combos with Crush Counter, as well as the ability to reset mid-screen from the same.
