Many players are still tooling around in SFV, messing with all the new changes that came with the Season 2 update. We’ve been doing our best to help players along, compiling changes and the like for characters like Ryu, among manyothers in our own Rising Up video series.
Today we’re covering some more Ryu tech, thanks to VesperArcade. He’s hard at work tearing into these new SFV changes, and this latest setup he’s put together just proves their dedication to the cause. Today’s setup is a meaty overhead, using Ryu’s Collarbone Breaker command-normal, which thanks to its S2 buff is capable of linking into other moves afterwards if done correctly.
Many players tend to have some characters that they always have trouble with. Whether due to specific special moves they can’t seem to get around, the character’s setups or mixups, the neutral game matchup, or even a basic mental block getting in the way of handling the character correctly.
Today, community member Anubiz Blackk makes a compilation in an attempt to help aid players in any struggle they might have dealing with Sub-Zero. Frame data for some of Sub-Zero’s basic pressure strings and special moves are shown off here, along with several punishes with various characters.
If you found this tutorial helpful, they have several other similar guides on their channel for different characters, like Jason, Kitana and Alien to name a few.
Many players tend to have some characters that they always have trouble with. Whether due to specific special moves they can’t seem to get around, the character’s setups or mixups, the neutral game matchup, or even a basic mental block getting in the way of handling the character correctly.
Today, community member Anubiz Blackk makes a compilation in an attempt to help aid players in any struggle they might have dealing with Sub-Zero. Frame data for some of Sub-Zero’s basic pressure strings and special moves are shown off here, along with several punishes with various characters.
If you found this tutorial helpful, they have several other similar guides on their channel for different characters, like Jason, Kitana and Alien to name a few.
We’re here with another Street Fighter V guide for you, this time aiding you in learning the New York-based grappler Alex. This time around, the guide is brought to us by TrueUnderDawgGaming. In this video he goes over changes to many of Alex’s normals, including c.lp and s.hp, as well as improvements to his anti-airs and V-Trigger changes. Alex has received some healthy improvements, as well as some nice buffs to his combo potential, so get to brushing up on your Alex tech. Additionally, be sure to check out these meaty setups for Alex.
If you found this content helpful, check out his channel for other educational guides. He has one up on his channel for Juri and Akuma, as well as content for other fighting games.
We’re here with another Street Fighter V guide for you, this time aiding you in learning the New York-based grappler Alex. This time around, the guide is brought to us by TrueUnderDawgGaming. In this video he goes over changes to many of Alex’s normals, including c.lp and s.hp, as well as improvements to his anti-airs and V-Trigger changes. Alex has received some healthy improvements, as well as some nice buffs to his combo potential, so get to brushing up on your Alex tech. Additionally, be sure to check out these meaty setups for Alex.
If you found this content helpful, check out his channel for other educational guides. He has one up on his channel for Juri and Akuma, as well as content for other fighting games.
Super Smash Bros. is an intimidating franchise to get into competitively, especially when talking about Melee. Between all the complex mechanics and technical skill involved, it can be hard at first to find your way around the scene and figure out how to level up as a player.
As they have made a habit of doing, the YouTube channel SSBM Tutorials comes in with an excellent guide to help new players level up quick. The pointers revolve around focusing practice around one main character, playing at as many tournaments as possible, and focusing training mode time on your punish game. All of these lessons can be applied to all Smash games, and all fighting games in general for that matter. They go in-depth on each point, explaining why and how to get these things done, so watch the whole video and learn how to set yourself up for success.
The Street Fighter community has been ablaze with Akuma hype since his initial reveal, none of which has calmed down since his release. We’ve been posting Akuma-specific roundups, just to compile all of the tech people have been creating, and today we have something pretty powerful to add to your game.
We’re shown this mixup by VesperArcade, and it’s a frighteningly powerful one. The basic setup requires the corner and costs V-Trigger and one EX bar. You can combo into the setup from a variety of starters, then after a quick left-right mixup, a short string will stun the opponent. After this stun, you’re free to continue the combo and finish off your opponent.
Those following the business side of fighting game news are likely aware of how esport team Echo Fox has recently signed a number of top Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Super Smash Bros. players. The move has transformed them into something of a super-team, featuring a number of former MadCatz and Evil Geniuses players.
Yahoo! Esports’s Michael Martin caught up with Echo Fox’s CEO Jace Hall, where they talked about the latter’s recent acquisitions. Regarding why they signed all these top players, Hall talks about how the fighting game community is filled with a lot of underexposed talent. He also mentions how the time is now ripe for esports organizations to get involve and help provide opportunities for fighting game players.
In addition to this, he also talks about setting Echo Fox up as a place for their players to grow, and how it’s not just about figuratively “holding a gun” to the players heads and expecting them to win.
The 2GG Championship Circuit is starting to form up, as 2GGaming and Events2Compete announce the February Saga to be held at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California. Titled Midwest Mayhem Saga, this event will see the Midwest’s finest invading SoCal to defend their honor against the rest of the USA. Winners of previous Midwest Mayhem events–C9|Ally, Zinoto, False and Circa|6WX–will be in attendance, with other Midwest players being able to nominate themselves to the 2GG Shop, in order to get funding for the event.
Galvanized by their previous clash at The Big House 6, SoCal are demanding a crew battle rematch with the Midwest, gathering its best players to prove their dominance on home turf. If you don’t want to nominate yourself for the 2GG Shop but still want to attending Midwest Mayhem Saga, there will be three separate qualifying tournaments to win a trip to the event. FTS: The Wreckpublic and Kingslayer 2 on January 28th will be qualifying events, as well as Midwest Mayhem 7 on February 4th.
Midwest Mayhem 7 will be special in itself, as it will see various Mexican players coming to compete in Chicago. So far, Cloud main Javi, world’s best Mr. Game & Watch SF|Regi and Lucario main SF|Richi are confirmed to attend Midwest Mayhem 7, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
Registration for Midwest Mayhem 7 should now be available over on smash.gg and the confirmed date for Midwest Mayhem Saga will be decided later this week, as 2GG are trying to avoid clashes with international events like BEAST 7.
Much of the FGC had their eyes glued to the yearly event that is Cooperation Cup, the highest profile 3rd Strike event of the year. The event featured some of the highest caliber 3rd Strike play you can find anywhere, making it a truly worthwhile event to watch.
YouTube channel Hagaishi TV compiled the Top 8 segment of the tournament, featuring the best 5-man-teams, making a total of 40 different players. With this many high-level players, we get a nice variety of characters and playstyles.
You can also check out the Pre Co-Op Cup exhibition event below, which showcases some equally amazing play. Be sure to soak up all the 3rd Strike play you can, it’ll be another year before you see this type of competition again.
