W Ultra is not gonna be worth it if you use Ultra for the damage. That’s true for most characters.
100% Agree with you Noocta. Ultra 2 only all day.
Starting clap combos with clap… hmmm sounds tricky, mostly because landing a clean clap will be sorta hard if the opponent isn’t a scrub =(
I guess that’s what Hugo is all about though, make them scared and they will make mistakes.
Well this is just speculation, but in third strike you could not even punish clap even if you parried them. They have so little recovery. If they are anything like that, you can use claps as fake meaty. They see you starting the clap, but if they do reversal you can still block it. Since it has so little recovery, you can OS sweep or possibly lariat against backdashes. Also if they block it, a followup c.lk/c.mk might be a true blockstring, so they cant jump away or even backdash/mash srk.
Again this is all speculation.
Btw, did anyone catch the massive hitstun on his c.mp against the poison player? Maybe you can link after it.
Didn’t they already say cr.mp cannot be canceled? Uryo or Zhi said it I think.
EDIT:
(via Kim1234)
Can’t cancel cr.MP
In the first preview thing Capcom did, they said Clap was easy to focus tho. Focus throught > punish is a lot faster than a parry nowadays.
I said link, not cancel.
Ah, my bad… In that case hmm good point.
In 3s, a blocked LP clap creates a ridiculous amount of options for the Hugo player (another LP or MP clap, sweep, st.HP overhead, ultra throw, meatsquasher if they jump out, option parry 360 etc), I hope that the mix up potential off blocked claps carry over to ultra.
It’s a shame that you can’t combo or reset after throws in SFIV as I would have liked to have seen his neutral throw from 3s (Hugo can st.LP to reset or ex Lariat for damage and hard knockdown in the corner after neutral throw), this would add another dimension to his corner game.
Just saw hugo on http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse
-He has the knee overhead from 3s and sfxt
-Wiffed backbreaker did seem to recover fast.
-He did super to backbreaker. Looked like a cancel. Not sure about super to U2
-He could do st.mp after EX clap
-SPD range is not that bad. He is right next to them after you land it.
-LK running grab is fast (compared to gief)
-ST.HK (drop kick) has massive hitstun
-Focus is worlds manliest bitch slap
- EX lariat is 1 hit like 3s, not like sfxt. Also it does not combo from lights at range
Decent enough to main in his current state?
If he can do super to Backbreaker, then he can probably do super to U2 as well drools
Yeah, but i think any char in SF4 can be mained 
I don’t think he will be low tier. The few things seen with him already make him better than hawk.
Like i said, it looked like a cancel, not a link. Super to u2 should do like… 800 damage? Deejay can do 700, and his super/ultra does not do that good damage + his super loses 1 hit when you cancel it.
There’s no way he’ll be doing 800 damage
Well, even if it works now, I hardly think it would work in the final game.
By looking at the super, it seems obvious to me that you have enough time to initiate the Ultra. I just thought it wouldn’w rok simply because of juggle potential reasons. I’ll of course try to confirm it when I go to DH on Saturday.
See you there!
Yeah! I’ll probably spend time I have with USFIV.
Aaah, dang I missed the stream 
Thanks heaps for the info Exploid! I was hoping he would be able to link st.mp after regular claps too, kinda like honda st.hk after hands.
Also thanks to shakespeareyo for putting up the Hugo char selection screenshots:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/332/3/a/hugo_by_shakespeareyo-d6vylgp.png
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/332/5/1/hugo2_by_shakespeareyo-d6vymaq.png
Think you will be using c.jab/c.lk xx EX Lariat after claps anyway. Or maybe c.mk
After seeing that video, I really am liking what I’m seeing. For a grappler, his dash looks pretty good. Don’t think he’s gonna be like top tier or anything but I really do think he could be solid. Landing just one Meat Squasher is gonna be a gamechanger for sure.