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Learn How to Maximize Your Damage off Jump-Ins by Hit Confirming in Street Fighter V

Jump-ins are some of the riskiest things you can do in a Street Fighter game, and Street Fighter V is no exception. Even if a jumping player isn’t stopped by an anti-air, most safe options after a blocked jump in don’t really lead to big damage. This means that a lot of players sacrifice possible damage by automatically going for the safe options after a jump in, regardless of if it was blocked or not.

In his latest tutorial, jmcrofts explains that the key to maximizing damage off jump ins is to learn how to hit confirm off the jump in. Once you have hit confirmed, players can continue with the unsafe on block–but damaging on hit–follow up, without danger of reprisal. While this sounds simple enough, as with any single hit confirm, it requires some fast reactions. As such, players need to spend some time practicing it, to be able to get their reactions up to speed.

Source: jmcrofts

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NuckleDu Doesn’t Think Younger Players Have an Advantage in Street Fighter V

One of the players from the West that has been making a big splash as of late is Team Liquid’s Du “NuckleDu” Dang. NuckleDu is currently on an SFV hot streak, having won both Canada Cup 2016 and the CPT North American Regional Finals at Red Bull Battle Grounds–both Capcom Pro Tour qualifying events.

Capcom community manager Matt Edwards caught up with NuckleDu at Red Bull Battle Grounds to talk to him about his amazing performance and a few other topics.

One of the first things Edwards asked was about age, with three of the top four players at Red Bull Battle Grounds being aged 21 and under. To this, NuckleDu replied that, aside from maybe having more free time, he doesn’t think that being younger doesn’t necessarily give an advantage in Street Fighter V. He follows this up by mentioning other players who are older, such as Zowie|Gamerbee, HORI|Sako, and of course BST|Daigo who are all doing well competitively.

Of course, this is just a small part of what they talk about in the interview. Check out the full interview below.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Heroes of the Storm – Check Out Ragnaros’s & Varian’s Abilities & Skins

During last weekend’s Blizzcon 2016, the Heroes of the Storm team revealed the next two heroes set to enter the Nexus: Varian Wrynn and Ragnaros, both from World of Warcraft. In a new video today, Blizzard shows off both of the new heroes, their skills and several of the skins to which they will have access. In addition, Muradin, Malfurion, Lunara, and Nazeebo have new skins with special themed abilities to go with them plus a pair of new mounts.

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Reddit’s r/StreetFighter in the Midst of Donation Drive Supporting Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children

Reddit’s r/StreetFighter community has–over the course of this week–been in the throes of a donation drive for charity, as part of the Extra Life charity gaming marathon. While the schedule includes a consortium of various streamers and Twitch channels, their purpose is a unified one–to benefit Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.

The Hospital for Sick Children–also better known in Canada as SickKids–is a health-care community dedicated to improving the health of children. Its mission is to provide the best in family-centered, compassionate care, to lead in scientific and clinical advancement, and to prepare the next generation of leaders in child health. It is the most well-known and prestigious hospital for research and care for children in Canada.

The donation drive started on November 5th and lasts until Friday, November 11th.

Sources: r/StreetFighter; Extra Life