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Mortal Kombat X’s Tarkatan Alien is a unique and interesting variation in that it actually borrows moves from classic franchise character Baraka. This means that fans disappointed at the latter not being playable in the game have a somewhat reasonable substitute.

For those players, Critical Reaction’s HoneyBee recently put out a fantastic combo guide for this hybrid fighter. In the video below, he not only demonstrates combos, but also gives tips on useful situations, reasons to change things up, and more.

Source: HoneyBee

The folks behind Churning the Butter have just gone live with another installment of their weekly tournament series, taking over Folsom Street Foundry in San Francisco, California to host Street Fighter V for local players.

Competitors expected to be in attendance tonight include pH|LPN, pH|Almakashi, Pavo, El Cubano Loco, pH|Crackfiend, HooDaMan, pH|Julio, pH|Jame, Graham Wolfe, ROG|Kelvin Jeon, and Nando, among others.

If you’re interested in seeing what the NorCal cats have up their sleeves, be sure to check out the stream below and show your support. You can also head on over to Twitch if you prefer to chat.

Watch live video from showdowngg on www.twitch.tv

Want to check these tournaments out for yourself? Well, you’re in luck, because even if you missed out this week, Churning the Butter is held every Thursday at 8:00 PM PDT during ShowDown’s game night at Folsom Street Foundry.

Source: ShowDown

Chances are you’ve seen jmcrofts’ work by now. Since the release of Street FIghter V, he has been breaking some of the more confusing in-game mechanics down into easily digestable chunks to help newcomers get a good start in the genre. This style of video certainly offers plenty of help for fledgling fighters, but there are many other ways one can learn to fight.

One such alternative is to watch the pros throw down, and, knowing this, jmcrofts recently released two sets of match analysis, one starring MCZ|Daigo Umehara’s Ryu and another highlighting Nuki’s Chun-Li. In the videos, which you can find below, jmcrofts discusses optimal spacing, practical frame trap usage, and other aspects of Street Fighter V that can be difficult to convey in footage taken in training mode.

If you like the way these breakdowns were handled, jmcrofts would like you to send him some replays of your own for potential future analysis. To do so, submit your replay IDs to the comment section of the Nuki replay.

Source: jmcrofts