Alex Combo Thread: THE HYPE(R) BOMB HAS LANDED

Street Fighter V Alex
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c.HP into CA has to be my favorite thing about this character. :rofl:

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landing super in general is just so satisfying

love connecting from ch.MPxVT x st.HP lariat x mp.chop x Super

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In the corner my personal non VT stun combo/crush counter combo is CC.st.HK, HK-Slash, cr.HP, LP-Flash xx Super (CC either punish or V-Skill). Feels so good to hit that.
I’m never sure what to do meterless midscreen. I occasionally go for CC.Lariat, cr.HP, LP-Flash but I’m starting to wonder whether just going for st.HP xx MP-Flash might be better.

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In training mode, after CC f.HP, I found st.HP X mk.Elbow was like 240-245+ damage. you get the knockdown and leaves you right in front of your opponent.

Only compared it to CC. f.HP > cr.HP x lk.Knee, which did slightly less damage than ending with st.HP x mk.Elbow

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In that situation you’re choosing between knee (which doesn’t allow backtech) and MK Elbow (which does a bit more damage but does allow a backtech). It’s up to personal preference really. You can hard read a backtech and punish with a stomp, or you want them to backtech into the corner, etc.

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There are way too many combos listed in the OP. What is Alex’s go to bnb with or without meter? Forward HP, lp, l.slash is too difficult to do consistently so I hope it isn’t that.

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How are there too many combos listed?
It goes through each opener and what can be done from that opener, next section does the same but with a new opener and so on.

Also I think you’re reading it wrong. FC is Flash Chop (Qcf+P) not Slash Elbow (Charge B/F+K) so the combo is f.HP, st.LP xx LP-FlashChop.

I understand it can seem slightly overwhelming to see 40+ combos but the fact is it’s showing what you can do from each button + giving the numbers (Dmg/Stun) for each combo variation. If you were trying to “Min//Max” you could use that to decide on the bnb’s you’re going to use to get the most damage or stun.

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Complains about too many combos in combo thread

The internet astounds me

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don’t be mean, they’re just asking for a couple go-to combos and may be overwhelmed. I share some of the same feelings

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It’s laziness. He doesnt want optimal combos, he wants a blanket BNB for any and all scenarios. No one is overwhelmed by anything they take the time to understand. He didnt see yellow hughlighter over one soecific combo so he’s losing his shit. I get it. I dont blame him. If I didnt really care to learn I would be frustrated too.

One BnB is not how SFV works, and its definitely not how Alex works.

If you have a specific question about when to do what combo we will be more than helpful, but coming here demanding that we narrow 40 situationally optimal combos that took this forum time and effort to collaborate is nothing short of spoiled, entitled behavior. Especially when he sees what he needs and then demands we redefine a BnB because he cant execute it.

Chill. Read. If you have questions we will answer, just dont piss on everyone’s hard work because you wont be bothered to read less than a maximum post count’s worh of notation.

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Its not fucking laziness. You’re not his/her shoes.

THAT FIRST PAGE IS OVERWHELMING for someone who says ‘hey I wanna try alex what should I be doing’.

This isn’t a youtube video showing Alex play.

This isn’t a tutorial Alex video.

Stop trying to invalidate me and @Devdan 's experience.

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I think there is definitely a lot of stuff in BnB combos that makes it hard to read but it also shows damage/stun (this is good).
Also, given that Alex is not as easy to jump into as a good chunk of the cast it makes perfect sense that the combo page would be a little tricky to read/write. Too much info is always better than not enough, the Alex forums have some damn good info in them.

There is a small part of the BnB combos below the [Midscreen/Corner and Standing/Crouching] section that lists what looks like the real BnB combos.

[Quote]
cr.lk/cr.lp/st.lp -> st.lp xx LP/EX Chop
st.mp -> st.lp xx LP Chop
st.mp -> st.lk xx EX Chop
f.hp -> st.lp xx LP Chop
f.hp -> st.lk xx EX Chop
st.hp -> MP/EX Chop or MK/EX Elbow
cr.hp -> LP/EX Chop or EX Knee
[/Quote]

If we pull this out into it’s own BnB section and label the rest as just ‘Combos’ (or something similar) then this should allow us to keep all of the info while making it easy for people picking up Alex to find a combo to start with.

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There are 3 fucking tutorial videos on the first page.

There is a google doc with highlighted damage, stun, and meter uses.

The second page features more combo videos.

Alex’s BnBs are situational. For example:

You land a CC stHK ->
Do you want damage? -> do HP Powerbomb.
Do you want a standing mixup? -> do HPxxmpFC
Do you want a corner carry knockdown? do HPxxmpES
Do you want to spend meter? There’s more.

There are questions that need to be asked.

Yes - to answer his question more directly - the best meterless option after non-CC Lariat is stLPxxlpFC OR reset into lpPowerBomb. Just because he can’t execute it doesn’t make it any less optimal. We aren’t redefining what we call optimal because someone can’t figure out how to cancel normals into specials. Nothing Alex does requires “Nemo’s Rolento combo” level of execution. Take 5min or 5hours or 5days in training mode and make it work.

If you have questions about execution - ask them - but don’t tell us it’s not optimal just because you can’t do it.

You can keep smashing “Disagree” on everything I fucking post, but it doesn’t change that fact that the information is already there. The only thing I’m invalidating is your incessant bitching about how this subforum has zero fucking information or that the information available is not to YOUR fucking liking. We don’t have to accept your poo-butt-ass attitude.

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Feeling alex

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Oops double post

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My point exactly. I watched several of the videos and they didn’t answer my question.

I’m not complaining that there’s more info, but there should be a “learn this stuff first” section. Combo threads that consist of “here’s 200 combos figure out which ones are worth using regularly” is a big problem I have with learning anime fighters, and it’s a problem here too. I need a solid jumping off point. One decent meterless, one metered, one v trig, one crush would be good. Highlight the ones that get solid damage but aren’t too situational or execution heavy.

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First ones from each of the two drop down boxes in relation to your request.

bnb
c.LK, s.LP xx L.FC

v-trigger
st.mp/cr.mp/st.hp/f.hp/st.hk xx VTC -> st.hp xx VT xx MP/EX Chop or Power Drop

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He literally has 3 go to combos depending on situation with crush counter, confirm, and counter hit. You can extend confirms into V Trigger which he still doesnt need a ton of knowledge for V trigger combo. That’s 4 different combos.

Don’t pretend this game is more complicated than it needs to be.

What changes is the mix ups for grabs/block strings. It’s not that difficult man.

Edit: I see your next post that gives you options. It’s really like this

Are you Mid screen? Y) Corner carry them. N) do a combo leading to mix up

Again, not complicated.

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You’re right, it’s not complicated, but neither is the OP.
The people posting wanted “Do this one combo every time you get a touch” when shit doesn’t work like that.
You also should take into account that in the other thread, Oily started chatting mad shit at iGuile because he didn’t get handled with kid gloves and that attitude kinda transferred over to here.

But yeah, iGuile’s 2nd post is really useful to people picking up the character and I think should be included in the OP.

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I dont get this :S what u mean? You can do HP Powerbomb after CC st.HK and it will be good damage?