Alex Vids

PJS_FoxDie · September 15, 2011, 6:01am

Duralath:

First video:

Stun Gun against Akuma is not exactly a good option. You need more EX meter against Akuma since things like EX Flash do major damage against him.

Sweep just never feels like a good option to open up a match, man. Just FYI.

Already, you’re using The Boot. While I’ve always liked hitting this move (and you hit it once already), where you’re placing it makes me think you’re guessing in a bad way.

0:18, you can punish a blocked Tatsumaki with something better than jab.

0:23, no need to stand right over Akuma, or any character for that matter. You’re asking for a reversal at that point (and knowing that this Akuma probably doesn’t know the match-up, he’ll more than likely wake-up something).

That entire first round, it felt like you were more than willing to just hit buttons and slug with Akuma. While in some cases, this may work in your favor, it causes bad habits. Dive was good as an escape a few times, but unless you can see your opponent in the air with you, I don’t see a practical use to approach with The Dive.

In the start of the second and third rounds, you open up with a shoulder and a knee smash. Are you hunting for your opponent to take initiative from the get go?

Second and third rounds, good shite with catching slash elbow into Stun Gun, but you’re still better off using Boomerang.

I see no use of s.fierce as overhead, but that’s alright, knowing the Akuma player was gonna press buttons on wake-up and sometimes get SRK.

Initially, I just felt like you were gonna go in, balls deep, hit buttons, and pray for a good outcome. Clean up the execution, though. Alex’s regular slashes don’t combo off of any of his normals (you need to do EX, and you only get combos off of s.forward and s.strong).

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Tebbo · September 15, 2011, 6:09am

here’s why you’re stumped:

you haven’t played the game enough. there’s nothing remotely difficult about elena, you just don’t know what her shit looks like, how it hits, how many hits, etc. you just need to play, a lot. shit will come in time.

also stungun is not the least risky. boomerang raid is. its also his best option overall. stungun is awful, drop it immediately or you’re going to hurt your progression in the long run. using stungun against noobs is not going to help you.

QTOON · May 29, 2012, 3:43pm

Need help with the elena match up. just started playing 3rd strike and i want to know if i’m playing alex the right way…
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Saisyu_Kusanagi · April 22, 2016, 6:53pm

Look at 3rd Strike like this…" There are characters that have invincible wake up options and those that don’t"

Elena is a character that needs meter for her upper cut and super to be invincible. 3rd is about who gets bullied on wake up and who does not.

The Bullies: Ken, Chun, Urien (When he has Ageis Reflector), Yun (When Geni-Jin mode is activated), Dudley ( when corkscrew blow is stocked).

Alex gets bullied because his ex need does not catch people that commit to a low attacks and can be parry foward or down.
He needs SA 2 as a wake up response or get out of jail free card if the opponent commits to wake up pressure on you and to get hit by SA 2 stings pretty bad and the opponent gets throw in the corner and because they got hit by a super art they can not tech which put them in wake up pressure against alex.

I have played all the super arts and SA 2 is the most useful against rush down wake up pressure characters and is the easiest super to apply in gameplay.