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Catch the excitement between JDCR and JimmyJTran in Tekken 7 at StrongStyle 6

For Tekken 7 fanatics, StrongStyle 6 was the tournament to attend. With its singular focus on Tekken, the tournament housed some of the best in the game — not only from the United States, but the world.

Grand Finals was quite a shake-up, as Korean legend JDCR faced off against US player JimmyJTran, who has a history for amazing upsets. At Tekken World Tour finals, he was able to best the legendary Knee, preventing him from making it to the main bracket. Could he do the same to the biggest name in Tekken? Find out in this replay.

Source: Team Spooky

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Escape Bayonetta’s combos in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U with this helpful primer from Rush Hour Smash

Following Frosbite 2018’s top 8 where Bayonetta made multiple appearances, the Smash 4 community has taken up its torches and pitchforks to go on a bit of a witch hunt. Despite her being able to kill off a single touch, Bayonetta is not unbeatable — as many pro Bayonetta players will attest to. While her combos may look inescapable, careful use of SDI will have you popping out of her combos and living to fight another day.

In order to show people exactly how to escape Bayonetta’s combos, Rush Hour Smash’s Keitaro has drafted in the help of Phoenix1’s Tweek and top Corrin main Cosmos for an hour long anti-Bayonetta masterclass. This guide will tell you exactly how to SDI/DI out of Bayonetta combos, as well as potential follow-ups you should look for if you manage to escape.

At least if you now face a Bayonetta in bracket, you’ll be better equipped to deal with her nonsense.

Source: Rush Hour Smash

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The latest Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-ON trailers showcase Saten & Uiharu, and their virtuaroids, the Apharmd S & Grys-Vok

With their crossover mecha fighting game Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-ON launching in Japan today, Sega is continuing to drop new trailers for the game. The latest trailers feature the duo of Saten Ruiko and Uiharu Kazari, and their respective virtuaroids.

In their home series, both Saten and Uiharu are friends of secondary female protagonist Mikoto Misaka. This is reflected in game by them both being part of the latter’s “Judge Igniters” team, with “Judge Igniters” versions of classic Virtual-ON virtuaroids. In this case, Saten pilots the RVR-33/VSL Apharmd S “Judge Igniters,” which once again is the long-range specialist of the Apharmd series.

Uiharu, on the other hand, pilots the SAV-326-D/9/VSL Grys-Vok “Judge Igniters.” The Grys-Vok seems to be even more specialized towards long-range combat than even Saten’s Apharmd S.

Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-ON is now available for purchase for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan.

Source: Sega

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Learn how to punish common panic moves in Tekken 7

Panic buttons are a problem in any game. Tekken 7 is no exception, but many of these odd “panic buttons” can have odd recovery states you have to know about in order to punish properly, if you can at all.

It doesn’t help any that panic buttons come in a wide variety of forms in Tekken: from Feng’s B+1 speedy counter-hit fisher to Claudio’s superior hopkick, you need to be prepared for each character’s tool and the nuanced way to deal with them. Scallywag 93‘s latest tutorial video breaks down some of the most common panic buttons you’ll run into, and the proper response for when you recognize them.

Source: Scallywag 93

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Fnatic return to the FGC by signing Shakz, Akainu and Brick for Street Fighter V

Ahead of the third season of the Gfinity Elite Series, various esports organizations are gathering up players to represent them in this televised esports event. Having spent a fair few years out of the FGC, UK based esports team Fnatic are returning to the world of Street Fighter by signing Shakil “Shakz” Ghazi, Christ “Akainu” Onema and Evan “Brick” Slabic to their roster.

Fnatic’s new team is a pan-European affair, with Shakz hailing from the UK, Akainu from France and Brick from Sweden. All three players are familiar faces to seasoned Gfinity Elite Series viewers, with Brick playing for Epsilon in Season 2, Shakz playing for Infused and Akainu playing for Prophecy.

These three will be representing Fnatic not only during the third Gfinity Elite Series, but through the whole of 2018’s Capcom Pro Tour. Gfinity Elite Series Season 3 will begin on March 9th, so expect more roster reveals as we get closer to the series opener.

Source: Fnatic

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Here’s a video roundup of changes in the 2.1 version of Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

Arcade users in Japan are lucky to already experience the newest Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 patch, and they’ve been busy exploring the impact of the changes. In the meantime, the rest of the world is hungry for details and footage, to see how much their main character/most hated opponent have changed.

While the consumer patch won’t hit until about March (pending a confirmed date), we have to rely on social media to get some info. As per usual, many Japanese players turn to Twitter to share short clips of noteworthy changes. This is just a sample of posts that came out up to this point and more are showing up, so feel free to point things out in the comments below, and enjoy the clips:

Faust has some new pressure options with flower YRC:

Sol can now follow-up Fafnir with Grand Viper:

Kedako determined that Baiken’s new defense modifier is 1.12 (so she takes less damage overall):

New I-no things:

Answer combos:

Jam’s getting big damage now thanks to a jS change:

Chipp’s wall-cling Alpha Blade now takes the opponent out of the corner, which is a big change to his corner okizeme, but maybe not all is lost?

Sources: @superhihourush; cass; para-nov; @Riutamasan; @d2ftaxi; Kazunoko

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Platinum the Trinity, Orie, and Kanji are coming to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle; Japanese pricing details revealed

The time has come for the next BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle character introduction! The sixth iteration — per tradition — reveals three more characters. Each colliding world in the game receives one warrior (except for RWBY).

Check out the trailer below to see BlazBlue‘s Platinum the Trinity in action, who brings a variety of items to the fight (though the typical Platinum gauge for items seems to be missing.) Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]‘s Orie joins the battle with her quick and precise fighting style. Lastly, plenty of Persona 4 Arena fans will be thrilled to see that Kanji Tatsumi, a grappler with a Persona who uses lightning attacks, joins the fray.

Keep scrolling to see some pricing details revealed during the Arc System Works stream.

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The pricing chart above lists the “All-in-one” DLC, which contains all characters, at 2,400 yen. Yang and Blake are free DLC (which will always stay free, it’s not time-locked), and then each character pack is 600 yen, with three characters each. Note that this character pack, containing Orie, Kani, and Platinum, will be free for those who pre-order.

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle‘s inevitable collision takes place on May 31st in Japan and June 5th in the United States. The game is also an Evo 2018 main stage title.

Source: Arc System Works

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World Warrior’s “Upgrade Your Arsenal” series shows off corner traps for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s Ken

A fundamental aspect of 2D fighting games is pinning your opponent in the corner and keeping them there as long as possible. There’s a lot of different ways to do that in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, but not many are as flashy or deceiving as Ken’s corner options.

Most of the good stuff in World Warrior FGC‘s latest Ken exploration comes from a crush counter in the corner. You can earn such a thing in a lot of ways, but for demonstration purposes, the lead-in setup here is off a throw. The real magic begins once the st.HK hits as a counter; check out the above video for some vicious side-switching resets.

Source: World Warrior FGC

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Woolie breaks down control options, from beginner to advanced, in this video

If you are brand new to fighting games — and debating about whether or not to get a fightstick — there are numerous videos that break down this discussion recently. None, however, go into the detail that Woolie has in his most SCRUBGUIDES video — where he not only tells you to decide based on your preference, and whether you see a future in playing fighting games as a long-term hobby, but also goes further into the debate.

In his breakdown, he shows the options afforded to you by commercial manufacturers, and details what the overall best options are for you. He also goes over different stick parts and leaves no option uncovered, be it bulky American parts, standard Japanese parts, or the niche Korean parts.

Source: WoolieVersus

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Jump right into these new Ryu safe jump setups for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Ryu received a major boon to his setup potential in the Season 3 update for Street Fighter V: with the two-frame reduction in recovery on his EX fireball, Ryu now has a new opportunity for safe jump setups on opponents’ quick rise.

With an empty jump, Ryu can now beat out three frame reversals, and with a few normal jump-ins, you can beat out four and five-frame reversals. While you won’t be able to do immediate damage if they back rise, you can still apply pressure after their wake-up, as the spacing will make them second guess inputting a reversal.

Source: NurseLee