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Catch Up With Skullgirls 2nd Encore With This Community Content Roundup

Between the big sale going on for the game through Steam, the new physical release on its way, and the big balance patch coming (under the title 2nd Encore+), there is a lot for a Skullgirls fan to get excited over. This is before getting into the Skullgirls community focusing on events, with another one coming up next month, GUTS4. All of this excitement leads to more tech videos and combo videos, which I’ve gathered for you here.

First up is a lighter video, form fan favorite Poccola, featuring a rather humorous misstep by an unfortunate Beowulf.

From Poccola as well we have an updated version of the game’s new intro animations, fully colored. He even takes the time to go through the animation frame-by-frame to get a full appreciation for the details.

Here we have a useful corner combo, from long-time Skullgirls fan Datagram. It does a healthy amount of damage and isn’t too costly meter wise, so it’s definitely something to look into if you use this team.

Next up we have an interesting CMV, focusing on crafting combos using specific palette references with particular characters. You may recognize this content creator, Salty Noob, as the person behind that lovely Skullgirls Rhythm Heaven CMV

Lastly we have a Parasoul+Eliza tech and combo video, brought to us by NanoNEVERMIND. This features some pretty oppressive setplay and interesting setups that I haven’t seen before.

Sources: Poccola_margherita0141; Salty. N; datagram; NanoNEVERMiND

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¡Olé! Kobra_47 Shows Off Vega’s Fancy Footwork with a V-Skill Montage

When you’re playing a character obsessed with beauty and grace, you sometimes have to give opponents the old razzle-dazzle. In this highly disrespectful Vega montage, Kobra_47 shows off the assassin’s flamenco skills, by effortlessly dodging oncoming attacks with Vega’s V-Skill. As it is upper body invincible, the Matador Turn allows Vega to dodge jump-ins and incoming fireballs, giving the perfect opportunity for a follow-up after a successful Turn.

Should you get a read on your opponent’s patterns, V-Skill dodges become a legitimate strategy for defence and a perfect way to style on your enemy. Some of the dodges and V-Skill baits in Kobra’s video are downright rude, but they perfectly fit with Vega’s characteristic arrogance. Check out the full montage below and maybe start practicing your dance moves if you are a Vega player.

Source: Kobra_47

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Iron Galaxy Announce New Balance Survey for Killer Instinct

In their most recent Textual Stream, Iron Galaxy have asked Killer Instinct fans to fill out a new balance survey, to help aid their future patches and changes to KI. This survey mainly focuses around combo breaking, with Iron Galaxy asking questions about whether combo breaking is too easy, whether the potential damage cleared by combo breaking is too much or too little and gauging how both attackers and defenders feel when they combo break.

One of the main complaints about Season 3 is the strength of guess breaking compared to actually reading your opponent’s moves and breaking correctly, so it seems Iron Galaxy is attempting to redress the balance by potentially making guess breaking less of a viable option.

In addition to this survey, the Textual Stream did hint that some big Killer Instinct related stuff is being revealed in the not too distant future, with it happening after Halloween but before Thanksgiving. With another recent survey asking about potential new characters for Killer Instinct, this may be a hint at an upcoming Season 4 reveal. Make sure to read the whole stream, which also confirms that all input bugs which came with the Shadow Lords update should be fixed upon the release of the next patch.

Source: Ultra Combo