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Getting nearly-simultaneous Super Combos in Super Street Fighter II Turbo is very difficult, given the fact that the Super freeze can eat your opponent’s inputs. When they do happen, we can see some really interesting interactions.

In this match-up from Japan featuring Blanka and Fei Long, both are nearing a sliver of health, when Fei scores a knockdown to bring Blanka down to chip damage to win. With both having Super stocked, Fei launches his as a meaty to chip out. In an attempt to escape, Blanka executes a Super just in time to miss the meaty hit. Between two Supers with an insane amount of invincibility, which one wins?

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In Pokkén Tournament DX, Scizor hits hard and stylishly with air-dashes, just frame inputs, and jump cancels. This type of character’s combos will keep your hands busy, but raw damage isn’t the only thing you should be thinking about when playing this Bug Bruiser.

With access to a combo ender like Bug Bite, Scizor can steal status effects and drain health and meter from the opponent. Couple this with his mobility options and full screen Bullet Punch, Scizor isn’t just brutal: he’s versatile.

So put in some practice time with 21 Hits‘s latest Scizor video and you’ll be ready to squash your opponents like… well, you know.

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A lot has been made of tech-chasing in the Super Smash Bros. Melee community. While some have called it optimal play, three-time Evo champion Armada has decided to correct this error.

Tech-chasing requires players to predictively follow their opponents on their knockdowns and recovery in order to punish them — and there’s still some risk involved. If you’re wrong, you yourself could get punished and lose a stock in doing so. Reads allow you to make guesses that may lose you spacing, but keep you safer in the long run.

Learn more in Armada’s discussion below:

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Dragunov is easily one of the best characters in Tekken 7. His combos and damage potential have been on full display on the Tekken World Tour, thanks to Echo Fox|JDCR’s oppressive play on the circuit.

Tekken, however, has been a game where even top tiers can be easily beatable with knowledge — regardless of your character of choice. As such, this video shows you all of the frame properties of Dragunov’s unsafe moves. They also go over some of his moves that are capable of being interrupted. While it’s up to you to find your punishes for your own character based on the frame disadvantage, it shows even the top tiers can be exploited.

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Street Fighter V‘s M. Bison might not have the greatest walk speed in the game, but I’m not sure many Bison players would trade for better at this point; the true power of the Dictator comes from his pressure and giant damage, the latter of which is on display in CrossUPDP‘s latest combo video.

If you can find a way to pick and choose your spots, then SFV’s head-honcho can cash out for big rewards. CrossUPDP’s latest tutorial breaks up these big combos into screen position and meter-spent, so you can easily see for yourself how Psycho Power can rule over all in Street Fighter.

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Do you like poking? Do you like conditioning your opponent, then surprising them with an unusual stance option? Do you like exceptionally good movement? Do you like furious punching? If you answered yes to any of these, Tekken 7‘s Miguel may just be a character tailored for you.

cutcc‘s latest highly-condensed tutorial video in his QuickNotes series is a great info-dump of punishment, pressure, combos, and match-up specific tools. There’s a lot to know about Miguel, particularly since his unique Savage Stance opens up a whole new movelist of possibilities. These “quick notes” will get you started and make the learning process a lot easier for this interesting, powerful character.

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Prepare for the arrival of the (former) Master of Bushinryu with this video guide.

Guy’s long-lost instructor on the path of Bushinryu will be gliding into Street Fighter V very soon. After breaking down what we can see of Zeku’s tools in the reveal trailer, VesperArcade returns for a meatier look at the arts of the shape-shifting ninja, now that we have access to additional footage from Capcom and the WSO preview stream, and more information — including his full movelist.

Check out VesperArcade’s prior exploration of Zeku’s abilities here! Zeku arrives in Street Fighter V on October 24th — alongside some new sports premium costumes.

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“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” is the regularly occurring tournament series of Japan’s famous Mikado Arcade, featuring revolving titles (some classic, some bizarre) for its patrons to compete in. Its latest two tournaments are absolutely in the former category: they are SNK classics The King of Fighters ’98 and Real Bout Fatal Fury.

 

You can preview this seasons’ games and player scores with Mikado’s public Drive document, provided you know Japanese and/or Google. You can also follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel, or try to catch the action in real time when they livestream.

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