Alex Tech Thread: "POWA BOMB!"

It can stuff some normals, an example is Nash cr.mk, our St.mk goes over it and stuffs it completely.

I just use it to stuff jumps once I pushed people out with c. Mp

Only asking cause I’m at work, but anyone get to try and see if OS is possible with Alex?

Apprently works with Gief too. Dunno if Alex can do the same since he can cancel normals into sledgehammer/party. feel like that might make it impossible?

IDK if this has been posted or found already, but I got a neat “unblockable” working with Alex.

Call it ghetto because there are things chars can do to get out of it and be safe, but Alex usually doesn’t get punished. Works at any spacing. Works best on Karin and characters w/o reversals. Still useful on a large portion of the cast because it forces them to burn meter to escape or eat 80 free damage into a mixup.

Might be able to get another meaty unblockable setup in other situations, but I haven’t done testing.

Ryu: DP whiffs, Super whiffs (both unpunishable)
Chun: EX.SBK beats, Super whiffs (punishable)
Ken: same as ryu
Cammy: DP whiffs (unpunishable), lk.super beats
Vega: forced to eat it
Necalli: same as Ryu/Ken
Laura: forced to eat it
Zangief: super beats, forced to eat otherwise
Karin: Forced to eat it- all reversals punishable
Nash: super whiffs (unpunishable) - forgot to test vtrigger
Bison: super beats, forced to eat otherwise
Birdie: super whiffs (forget if punishable)
Dhalsim: teleport out, super whiffs (unpunishable)
Rashid: ex.dp whiffs (unpunishable), super beats
Mika: forced to eat it
Fang: ex.duck escapes, super whiffs (punishable)
Alex: Forced to eat it
Guile: ex.flashkick whiffs, super whiffs (forget if punishable)
Balrog: super beats
Ibuki: ex.dp & super whiff (unpunishable)
Juri: ex.dp whiffs (punishable), super beats
Urien: unknown (super probably beats)

Here are some setplay options after each stomp(They all beat 3fs):

LK(lk, mp,f.hp)
MK(f.hp,f.hp)
HK(f.hp,f.hp)
EX(lp,mp,f.hp)

I’ll remake the OP to this thread when season 2 drops. Pretty sure some of the original tech I found was just a one hour training job anyway, S2 changes will most likely make half of the information invalid.

Stumbled across this today while perusing the youtube. Some pretty cool setups here. Apparently all of these setups beat 3fs and non ex dps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywYaxTzgWLU

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Stumbled across this today while perusing the youtube. Some pretty cool setups here. Apparently all of these setups beat 3fs and non ex dps.

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Those are kind of terrible. Way too long to react to and you’re giving up a ton of damage by not finishing a Lariat CC combo.

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Stumbled across this today while perusing the youtube. Some pretty cool setups here. Apparently all of these setups beat 3fs and non ex dps.

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If you’re gonna cancel your cr.HP with V-trigger anyways, you might as well just juggle with meterless knee drop instead of this. Get that +4 close range oki AND get more damage than this setup.

I agree that there are other options, but it has some use. It’s like bait on a hook… it looks like you messed up, and the opponent can’t help but want to punish you. And your options beat all of theirs outside of invincible moves.

Here’s donpachi using it against the #9 ranked player who falls for it, gets CC’d, and loses the round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLxJHlDGGIQ

starts at 1:55

It’s CLEARLY situational, and a little risky, but you’re not actually giving up that much damage…

Hi, first time on this thread. I’m refusing to drop Alex, but it’s hard.

One of my main tools was the low mk, to bait a low block and get into with a stomp, but now, with the l.mk nerfed it’s pretty useless. It’s harder to get into, and a defensive steamroller strategy (blocking and getting close slowly) is hard because of the white damage.

I might need something more to make this character a bit useful.

My BnB is s.mp into chop, s.hk into power bomb or lariat vtrigger s.hp vtrigger and supplex or CA.

Should add a m. Slash after trigger or even better, jab jab l.slash for more dmg

I usually do lariat mp headbutt or stomp if they block the lariat and the frame trap

Does anyone know the frame data for a forward dash post-Powah Bomb? This is killin’ me here.

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Wow, that blows.

It’s ok, no one else gets anything from their command grab, right?

Only Bison and only if it´s on a Tuesday xD

Bison doesn’t-- oh, nevermind.

Since Alex got a firefighter costume, here’s a vid of Alex extinguishing Dhalsim’s flames:

https://youtu.be/xIazInEDFCw

I haven’t seen anyone post this so thought I’d share…I’ve seen Sim get thrown out of his CA before. I think it was in a Gunfight vs YHC Mochi match but I was never able to do it but after some time in the lab, I finally learned the timing: You start doing your throw/command input when the cinematic focuses in on Sim’s full belly. Try it out guys…no more wakeup CA for Sim! Matchup is still 7-3 I’m afraid lol

Okay so I was messing around in training and found some new stuff…nothing ground breaking but it’s always good for new setups that might surprise your opponent. We all know Alex’s two main follow ups after powerbomb are st hk and lk elbow…here’s a setup if they do a delay wakeup. Just dash forward into meaty mp or powerbomb. Pretty easy to do and remember. Also I feel like Alex doesn’t get enough damage after cr HP…sure we get a lp flash chop followup but that’s nothing compared to what Urien gets and he doesn’t even need to use meter. We can do ex knee but our anti air game is weak so I like to save meter for that and ex chop just hits the opponent away. So instead of lp flashchop, I started experimenting w/ mp flashchop after cr hp. The mp flashchop will whiff but it sets you up for a powerbomb or meaty mp. You can also use lk elbow after cr hp for the same setup and even cross up your opponent at the wall. I tried to cover all wake up options in the video:

https://youtu.be/a7OsKdh3m0o

Not guaranteed damage but SFV isn’t called guess fighter V for no reason lol. Hopefully this helps guys