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Shun’ei is a character in The King of Fighters XIV that is considered to be a difficult character to learn. Should you not have a firm understanding of that game series and its core mechanics, you will likely be lost in some of the key differences Shun’ei has from more simple characters.

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try, and this quick guide from Coliflowerz will certainly jump start your progress. The tutorial first starts with some of his most useful buttons, and exactly why they are good. Then it goes into some of his strongest and most viable combos. This could help you build a strong game with this character easily.

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Looks like Team China in The King of Fighters XIV is getting the full combo video treatment. Next up is the prince of narcolepsy, Meitenkun. While among KOFXIV’s roster he may be a character that many players sleep on, this combo video won’t lull you into dream land. A lot of these combos actually deal with very low meter usage–usually one bar into Max Mode–and could even be viable if you were looking toward making Meitenkun a viable point character. But like many a combo video, there are a few impractical combos with heavy meter usage that not even the anchor character of the team would use in a match.

All puns aside, you owe it to yourself to pour yourself some sleepy time tea, curl up with a pillow, and watch some highly damaging combos.

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HyperX’s Daigo “The Beast” Umehara and Alex hero Gunfight look very evenly matched in these Street Fighter V Ranked matches. Though they have different playstyles, one thing they have in common is how they seem to have adjusted to their main Street Fighter V characters’ respective Season 2 changes.

While Alex is considered by some to be a “dead” character due to his recent nerfs, in the hands of Gunfight the changes are hardly noticeable. The same can be said about Umehara’s character, who was also grazed by the nerf axe. Though the players’ strategies are subtly different, in this case it is difficult to tell whether their characters are objectively worse off.

Roughly 23 minutes of their clashes in Ranked are captured in the video below. Ryu and Alex mains who are struggling in Season 2 could benefit greatly from observing these top-tier character specialists!

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Right after Kolin was announced by Capcom to be the newest character for Street Fighter V, the entire internet went abuzz. People have begun to analyze the video for anything they can use to their advantage when playing her upon release come February 28.

VesperArcade is doing a mass amount of leg work for everyone else with this breakdown video. Vesper takes great detail to talk about her play style, which they hypothesize to be rushdown oriented as opposed to zoning like the leak notes alluded to. They also discuss her double jump, back throw, and normals, and also suspect that her health will be 900, due to her being one ranking over Akuma in the health department.

Source: VesperArcade

While Evo 2017 fever has gripped fighting game fans over the past few weeks, others have been looking back to 2016’s event in readiness for the future. Continuing on with their profile series about one of the five Super Smash Bros. Melee gods, Joseph “Mango” Marquez, Cloud 9 have released their latest documentary episode about Mango’s journey through Evo 2016.

Mango already has a storied history with the event, winning Evo 2013 and 2014 but missing out on the fabled three-peat with a fifth place finish in 2015. With Melee growing to be the third largest event at Evo and there being a clear desire to regain his Evo title, Mango’s Evo 2016 was going to be dramatic in any case.

With the documentary full of interview clips from the man himself, it really explains just how physically and mentally draining competing at such a big event can be, especially when you have a legion of fans chanting for you to triumph.

Source: C9ggTV

Originally known for playing Sega’s Virtua Fighter series, Razer’s Keita “Fuudo” Ai has made a much bigger name for himself playing Street Fighter. Starting with his win at Evo 2011’s Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition tournament, Fuudo has become one of the biggest names in competitive Street Fighter.

In a new short web documentary titled “The Life of a Street Fighter Pro,” IGN takes a look behind the scenes at Fuudo’s daily life. The video starts with his work doing streaming show Game Ningen Gakuen for Dengeki. He reflects on how things have come full circle, since he originally worked at a part time job for them. After that, it goes on to showcase bits of his life, including the places and game centers he used to visit growing up, as well as the games he would play in them, ranging from Gunslinger Stratos, and of course Street Fighter IV. The latter allows him to segue into how it led to him competing at Evo, and eventually being sponsored by Razer.

The rest of the video focuses on Fuudo’s approach and philosophy on getting better at games. He also goes on about how he feels that players can get better if they play the games with other people.

Feature image by Nicholas “Majin Tenshinhan” Taylor

Source: IGN

Lightning Legs and glops of poison fly in this set between RZR|Xian and HuomaoTV|HumanBomb! While this is presumably just a friendly match, the first-to-five clash gets pretty fierce as both players remain constantly on the offensive.

While their main character choices may be on (nearly) opposite ends of the tier list, in terms of skill these two players are neck-and-neck. Due to Season 2 changes, Xian has said that he would drop F.A.N.G in favor of a higher tier character–but he appears to still hold his own just fine against an A-list Chun player. F.A.N.G’s still got a lot of tricky antics to threaten with; though while struggling at some points, in this set HumanBomb looks anything but overwhelmed.

It is interesting to see how Xian and HumanBomb are adjusting to Season 2. With their play styles, skill levels and character choices taken into account, they are easily two of the most entertaining players to watch!

Source: XusesGB