In the match against Yun, blanka does a fadc off a blockstring. I don’t do these very often, but it looked like he got to level 2 faster than he used to.
cr.mk looks faster but it’s hard to tell.
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Oh if fa lvl 2 on block was better then +1 that would be really good.
It didn’t look like the frame advantage was better. There was one point where lvl2 fa gets blocked, blanka dashes forward and gets poked out by a jab. It looks like Blanka reaches lvl 2 fa almost instantly out of a blocked ball fadc though.
hehe just lookat the honda and guile AE threads!
the beast isnt the only one getting nerfed!
even the shotos got fucked!
this makes me feel a bit better about blanka! 
I would´ve liked very much if that Super, when used as Anti-air, got to go to the right direction if the opponent goes to my back, just like CVS2, as for who uses U1, when you are filled, space control becomes a lot better. You can turtle and you can mix everything up.
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It happens around 8:51. Dee Jay throws an Air slasher, Blanka makes a short Rainbow Ball, and hits Dee Jay with the familiar armor break animation.
It’s not a game-changer by any means, but a rainbow ball is no longer a free Focus Attack. It can now be used more like regular balls to trick the opponents to guessing whether you hit them or stopping just short of them for grab shenanigans.
All in the service of Capcom making Blanka a shenanigan character. I guess this qualifies as a buff, and I’ll take it. At this point we need every bit we can get.
It’s a reversal rainbow ball. Reversal moves always break armor.
based on the videos Slide looks better, despite what the patch notes said…
and i there will be some inconsistency to people punishing blanka simply because the bouce back is different…
-LAU
ex rainbow ball… can now go backwards a bit… before there’s definitely no way you can move backwards like this…
about 1:06 in.
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-LAU
I agree, slide looks better, but then again, I haven’t seen anyone FA the slide in these videos yet.
Regarding different ball bounceback, I kinda agree, if a character has a guaranteed punish for HP/MP ball but can’t use the same punish for LP/EX, then it’s possible if they are going on autopilot to whiff their punish. It’s still shenanigans though. I’m really crossing my fingers that his normals got buffed as some people are thinking.
well… the guy seems like he’s consitently getting the knees into jab combo… which should only be a 1 frame link… so either he’s good with the combo… or its gotten better as well
-LAU
Yeah, I noticed that. That’ll be kinda good in those corner situations where your opp crosses you up and you end up getting an ex rainbow in the wrong direction towards the wall. Before, there was no way to avoid landing on the opp. Now, you can at least edge back a little bit and avoid getting blocked/focused
I wonder how blanka is going to fight with chun and shotos with his slide being shorter. It was pretty easy to bait, now the situation became even worse. And also can it punish mp/hp headbutt…
I LOVE THAT!!! ex rainbow shenanigans ftw!!!
Heh. I thought I was imagining things when I saw that ball go backwards the first time.
why are all these players not actually spending 10 seconds to check if you can link different normals together. if you’re going to make the effort to go to the arcade then surely you’d be interested to know how your character hasi mproved. just doesn’t make any sense.
yeah i cant belive that! just check if close st.MK links int cr.LK, so we know if we got a 3 framer!!!
just DO IT!!!
if it doesnt link maybe cr.LK got less recovery! how can you test that???
and test the ROCKCRUSHER GODDAMMIT!!! which version is linkable??? the overhead??? would be nice!!! is it faster???
JUST CHECK!!!
edit first post:
? slide properties change, seems to be safer
- ex rainbow ball can move backwards.
-LAU
because it’s a dollar to play so people are like i just wanna play not test things out. That’s probably the mindset. I’m sure after a while if they can get things on freeplay they will test things out.