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In Pokkén Tournament, Sceptile is one of the most combo-video friendly characters thanks to his jump cancels and wall resplats. There’s a lot of different routes he can take to get big optimal damage once he has his enemy pinned in the corner.

“Optimal” , however, is kind of a slippery word in Pokkén, particularly when Phase Shift points could suddenly cut off your combo. Luckily, damage isn’t the only thing Sceptile has going for him! Because of his many cancels, he can link into various supports, allowing him to also drain opponent’s super and apply status debuffs.

And if you pay attention to your Phase Shift points, you can still break 200 damage, get your debuffs in, and setup a trap on your opponent’s wakeup.

You can still break 200, apply a debuff, and not use an assist…

…and if you’ve got all your Phase Shift points to work with and Yvetal on deck, you can get nearly 300 with this wall combo.

All in one combo he gets damage, status effects, dash cancels, jump cancels, command grab synergy stealing, and combos in and out of assist. Few characters get to do so much with the system mechanics of Pokkén quite like Sceptile.

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With everyone getting a chance to mess around with the long awaited balance changes coming to Street Fighter V with the second CFN beta, character specialists have been working hard to see if their character will improve with the upcoming patch. Dedicated Alex main The_Cool_Kid_93 has been toiling away in the lab over this past weekend, gathering all the data he can about the New York grappler.

Overall, Cool_Kid determines that Alex is indeed better following the proposed balance changes. Alex’s health has been buffed to 1025, his V-Skill is faster so you can potentially get two arm spins in after a stun and his Slash Elbow is now safe on block. The elbow is also quicker, meaning Alex can essentially loop his Slash Elbow on opponents trying to jump away.

Many of his medium normals are faster too, but Cool_Kid is still concerned about Alex’s ability to deal with pressure once someone gains momentum. His sub-par V-Reversal and lack of a three frame jab means he struggles to shake someone off once they get in his face. While his oki game is still weak according to Cool_Kid, he feels that it is much more enjoyable version of the character compared to at the start of Season 2.

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NRS-dedicated content creator MK_REO has put together a quick demonstration on how to apply Supergirl’s F+3 in Injustice 2 in knockdown situations.

Supergirl’s big overhead can be manually controlled during the rising animation. Since the character has several ways to land a hard knockdown (many of which are combo-enders!), this means she can constantly apply which-way coin flips on opponents. The move is safe on block, and it can also be charged to beat delayed wakeup timings. Players that love themselves some vortex heavy game-play should consider trying out the Kryptonian Warrior for this reason alone.

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Ed–the replacement body for M.Bison created by S.I.N. and abducted by Balrog–has made his playable debut in Street Fighter V. His special move inputs and basic gameplay style are unlike anything yet seen in the series. Nevertheless, I’ve done my best to compile the optimal combos for every common scenario, so you can stop worrying about damage optimization and focus on strategy. This video features anti-airs, punishes, confirms, counter-hit combos, crush counter combos, juggles, and more. This version of Ed is the one included in the ongoing beta, so all of these combos should work for you there–but Ed may yet see changes prior to his official release, and if so, I’ll update this video.

This is not the full Ed tutorial I’m working on, but rather simply a guide to his basic optimal combo routes. The combos are all my own labwork, alongside a few things I’ve observed from other players. I’m fairly confident that most of these combos are ideal, but I wholeheartedly encourage anyone watching to note further possible optimizations in the comments, for both me and the other players, so that I can amend it into the final video when it comes out.

I’m currently waiting on the “Season 2.5” patch, but once it releases, I’ll return to uploading full character tutorials every week on ShoryukenTube, the Shoryuken.com YouTube channel. If the rebalance is significant, I might do more videos demonstrating season 2 changes. All guides from here on out will reflect season 2 changes, and I’ll soon amend all the guides that are already out. There’s a lot of content on the horizon, so you’ll want to subscribe to the channel!

Wanna pick up King of Fighter’s K’ after the buffs he received in 2.0? Playergodaines’s combo tutorial should get you up to speed!

The most noteworthy change to his combos is fasted speed on his “Knee Assault”, executed with f+B. This active hitbox change allows him to use it in new ways in corner juggles with Max Mode. It adds a little bit more variety to execution for K’ and pushes his damage just a little bit more. He actually received other buffs to- for example, invincibility on his climax super, “Hyper Chain Drive”.

If you weren’t sure if you wanted to play him before, give the latest K’ model a try!

Source: playergodaines

New Challenger TV’s “Beginner Breakdowns” series takes fan-submitted footage from online games, usually from Bronze and Silver, and analyzes the play.

Hosted by Encore41 and JZA, this particular episode breaks down footage from the loser’s finals of their Discord’s online tournament series. The matches covered includes footage of common characters that tend to give all skill levels trouble: Guile, Ibuki, and Balrog. This is a valuable resource for those unsure of how to approach these match-ups, and the (very large) Discord itself is a great place for new players to get feedback as they begin their Street Fighter V journey.

Source: New Challenger TV

Dhalsim may be one of the harder characters to play at a competitive level in Street Fighter V. His zoning based playstyle seems at odds with how the game itself wants you to play, and he has to take a lot of risks by getting up close and deal maximum damage.

In this new episode of Yahoo Esports’s Tech Hit, Michael Martin sits down with Xsplit’s Kevin “Burnout” Kim who talks to him about what it takes to bring Dhalsim into a tournament. In the video below, Burnout talks a lot about the mentality a player needs to play competitively, including how to go beyond just trying to keep away and start rushing down with Dhalsim, and using his new tools to allow him to play offensively and win games.

In addition to this, he also talks about Dhalsim’s tournament representation and the challenges and even advantages of picking the character in a tournament.

Source: Yahoo Esports