Alex General Discussion: "At ease, loo-suh!" The Alex SFV Thread

CrayRaven · 2016-12-29T09:38:44.000Z

cogumerlim:

If you see it now you’ll see my trouble with dictator…

I didn’t get a chance to see it but I seen your match against alex. L.chop ftw!

cogumerlim · 2016-12-29T09:48:43.000Z

But the f-ing losing spree continues on ranked… Bitches always get me on those slides! Never got hit like that before

cogumerlim · 2016-12-29T11:24:11.000Z

Goodness gratious. Started the day with around 9100 lp, ended with a bit over 7500…I don’t know if it’s just a REALLY bad day on my part, or if people learned how to play against everything Alex has to offer, or if Alex really just got a lot worse. Things just didn’t work out well.

NG1313 · 2016-12-29T15:55:43.000Z

Ouch, that’s a high drop in points.

I haven’t played S2 Alex online yet, but I agree that dash elbow were too good - Balrog’s are still great but then he’s not a semi-grappler.

GenUser · 2016-12-29T20:18:19.000Z

Can’t put my finger on why but I actually feel more comfortable with s2 alex, I think it’s because I got pretty good at using cr hp as an aa in s1 and in s2 I’m a freaking brick wall with him, everyone is so jump happy in this game I nail like 5 of those in every match lol. I’ve even been beating platinum players with him (I’m still silver)

Reticently · 2016-12-29T21:21:32.000Z

Let’s face it though, anybody making more than 2 bad jump-ins isn’t playing very well. Particularly on Alex because he can make his AAs hurt.

NG1313 · 2016-12-29T22:29:15.000Z

“Very well” is so arbitrary here. You may as well have said “anybody making more than 2 bad jumps isn’t winning”

Reticently · 2016-12-29T22:39:14.000Z

NG1313:

“Very well” is so arbitrary here. You may as well have said “anybody making more than 2 bad jumps isn’t winning”

Yeah, I was a little shaky on the phrasing but you know what I mean.

Jonmkl · 2016-12-30T00:49:19.000Z

My lord I had a salty night last night. Mainly it boiled down to Guiles and Ryus playing keep away, and me not knowing when to push buttons against new Laura.

I shouldn’t have lost those games, but I was on such tilt.

Unless you’re poongko, never play angry. Lol

Reticently · 2016-12-30T00:55:01.000Z

What do you think of popping V-trigger in neutral and just parrying your way in against Guile?

Jonmkl · 2016-12-30T01:50:47.000Z

Reticently:

What do you think of popping V-trigger in neutral and just parrying your way in against Guile?

I actually think it’s great, because in a number of games where I’ve popped it, the guile immediately switched to getting aggressive and either walking forward or trying jump ins. You don’t even have to Parry sometimes, the parries are all in the mind lol.

Jonmkl · 2016-12-30T02:35:39.000Z

So Urien has a custom animation where he explodes his clothes off… what if Nostalgia Alex has a new animation where he rips his off? What if it’s optional and you can keep his shirt on?

kingmedicine · 2016-12-30T03:52:31.000Z

Have we always been able to get lariat to combo after a full charged clothesline?

Muttonman · 2016-12-30T03:57:00.000Z

kingmedicine:

Have we always been able to get lariat to combo after a full charged clothesline?

I believe so, it just tended not to be worth it as you could just do st.hp into another clothesline for slightly more damage.

cogumerlim · 2016-12-30T04:43:41.000Z

I’m feeling very weird. I got some points back, but damn, such inconsistency. Beat some ultra diamonds (one Cammy in particular was very fun), but lost to some super golds lol. Especially a damn Ryu who would just do nothing until I did something and he reacted just perfectly. He either has the skills or he has a MUCH better connection than me, so he could see what I would do even before I did it lol. Incredible. Still not back to 8000lp, but close
This inconsistency is what makes me really frustrated. The number of fights I’ve lost with the opponent having NO LIFE BAR is more than I can count. It makes me see that Alex’s damage being nerfed was the worse thing they did. Fights I would have won easily now become losses. Why lower the damage???

mowr · 2016-12-30T07:21:11.000Z

Jonmkl:

what if Nostalgia Alex has a new animation where he rips his off? What if it’s optional and you can keep his shirt on?

What if Alex had a nostalgia costume. Wouldn’t that be nice.

kingmedicine · 2016-12-30T09:13:58.000Z

Finally adjusting to Alex’s changes dropped from Plat to Super Gold when season 2 started, now I’m winning 4-5 matches for every 1 I lose 100 points away from getting back to Plat

having A lot of Success playing Alex more Geif-like in Season 2.

Zro_Colossus · 2016-12-30T10:23:09.000Z

Been testing Alex’s Heavy Flash Chop into backdrop with the last frame cancel. I must say, it seems infinitely easier when the Backdrop input is negative edged.

Sharing is caring, right?

cogumerlim · 2016-12-30T10:32:25.000Z

kingmedicine:

Finally adjusting to Alex’s changes dropped from Plat to Super Gold when season 2 started, now I’m winning 4-5 matches for every 1 I lose 100 points away from getting back to Plat

having A lot of Success playing Alex more Geif-like in Season 2.

I feel you. Lost more than 1000 LP these last few days… But now I seem to be adjusting a bit better by doing exatcly that: playing more slow-paced, minding spacing and exploring openings, more gief-like, not so aggressive.

The negatove edge backdrop on blocked h chop tip is great

With that slow-paced frame in mind, keeping spacing is crucial. And crlp xx l chop works really well. You can follow up a l chop that hit with another crlp xx l chop, because it’s a 2 frame gap, a really important frame trap for spacing (and scares them to come closer). L chop also became a better tool for controlling the distance, being one frame faster.

Reticently · 2016-12-30T19:17:45.000Z

Yeah, cr.lp xx l.chop is really good, especially given that it confirms into CA so easily.

Playing like Gief works for Alex, but I feel like there are a bunch of other characters who do that play style better (like Gief). Powerbomb is still a lackluster threat in neutral, even after the buffs.