Alpha 3: Q & A

Is there any way that a-ism Charlie is any good? Or do I need to just learn the cc for Charlie to be able to compete?

Also any combos I should work on?

Thanks

A-charlie IS good. Just less agressive than v-charlie.
Of course you need to be able to combo into super (I can’t consistently).
In general you can stay quite basic in charlie combos(that don’t involve supers)examples:

  1. cross-up forward, low strong, forward somersault
  2. jump-in rh (not too deep but still combos), close fierce, sonic boom(fierce if connected, jab is blocked, if jab you can follow it with a dash-in low forward).
  3. 1lp x2, 4lk, 6hp. A good string.

One question for others:
Is the crossfire blitz safe if blocked ? even at lvl1 ?
If yes you can incorporate it into blocked strings.
I mean that
"(knock down follow-up corner), 4* 6lp, 91* hk, 1lp, 3lk, 16lk,1*, 1mp, 6lp, 2hk" would own (11 blocked hits total + 6 chip damage).

Does v-charlie has a guard crush confusion vc of similar capabilities ?
I saw a custom one by TOMA but I can’t do it.

Need videos :stuck_out_tongue:

Okay, total newbie here, so go easy on the flame and whatnot.

Yup, I’m almost certain I’ve missed an entire forum which holds the answer to my question, but the general nature of a newbie makes me post my question here anyway.

Um. SFA3 videos. Gimme link please :stuck_out_tongue:

Basically, I suck at SFA3, and I wanna see how some good players play (I’ve only played a few people on Kaillera…so, I wouldn’t know xD I played Sub though…but he kinda owns me), and I think videos can help me with that. Out-of-game theory helps and all, especially if you can actually pull the stuff off (ie, if you’re not me), but in the end, you have to know what you’re doing in the field too.

'kay then - thanks in advance.

www.combovideos.com has a few sfa3 vids, just gotta sign up to get access to vids section i think.

there were some good A-Charlie matches on a-cho a few months ago. iirc the player beat an A-Sim, and i think at least one other character.

Any other match videos?
Btw, what’s “a-cho”? xD

thanks.

search!

all you have to do is read a couple pages back even…

Or, instead of posting that pretty much empty post, you could have just told me <.<
Nevermind. Helpful people isn’t what the internet generally consists of.

Anyone have a link any other videos then?

Well, the reason people cite a-cho so often is because they are the best A3 players in the world… literally. And they update with new videos frequently.

And the reason people get so testy about answering that question is because it is asked (and answered) so very frequently. And yet, the URL to the a-cho page is exactly in the name itself: www.a-cho.com

People argue that it would take just as much effort to tell you, as it would have taken for you to figure it out yourself. And it probably takes the same ammount of effort to ask as it does to tell you to figure it out.

Anyway. Aside from that, you can probably find fresh stuff at www.video-opera.com or www.combovideos.com and you might also try looking through the forum at www.gamecombos.com if you’re really desperate.

Then there’s the GoForBroke site and hub. The site http://www.geocities.com/goforbrokehub/news.htm links to new videos all the time.

In order to log onto the GFB hub, you’ll need DC++ (direct connect)

There, you can find loads and loads and loads of videos on other peoples harddrives (amoung other things, heh). Including stuff that is no longer hosted on any web sites.

@spritz, I think you will find these are some of the most helpful people you will find. They love to delve deep into their knowledge, however… normal standard stuff like, where can I find videos has been asked many times before. But ask something like, how many frames of recovery does ryu have from f+mk or whats the best way for an infinite start up with sagat… and you have their attention, for them then to give you some of the most in depth info you will find anywhere…!

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

Kitch :badboy:

edit: I dont actually need that info xenozip, lol. :pleased:

Is there a difference frame wise between the 3 shoto’s low forward ?
Does the ism changes something ?

Can someone post V-Sakura basics? Also what makes the top tiers “top”?

I’d say her pokes are awesome, her vcs and good pokes strings.
Basicly(it’s much more complicated than that).

Pokes(far): st.rh, close fierce.
Pokes strings close: low short/jab x3, close fierce xx hado.

Main combo: low short/jabx3, high sho’oken (?) or close fierce xx high sho’oken.
Air: any, there all good, j.short for priority.

Vcs: vc2(?) for crouch cancel after vc juggle.
activate(ground): jab sho’oken or normal into strong sho’oken
activate(anti-air, in you face): jab sho’oken
Midscreens: [4hp xx 214lk/mk]*n
[4hp xx 214mk, 5hp xx214mk]*n
Corner: [5hp xx hado(no-charge)]*n
enders(corner): 5hp xx hado(full-charge), close fierce xx 623hk(+k x3).
There is a crouch cancel unflippable start-up but I don’t know it and I can’t do ccs.
Corner guard crush: [4hp xx 214lk]*n

I went to a-cho’s site but all I can find is GGXX vids. Can some help me?

a-cho updates the page regularly with vids from their tourney. But, old vids are not re’uploaded’.
So, u just have to wait till they have their sfa3 tourney b4 u can get sfa3 vids.

Im sure someone has a database of a big bunch of a-cho vids :).

OC for V-Sakura

I do this combo for V-Sakura :

[OC2] MP Shou’ou Ken -> [Back + HP -> MK Shunpuu Kyaku -> HP-> MK Shunpuu Kyaku]xn, (corner) [HP -> HP Hadou Ken (whiff)]xn, (20%) (HPs shadow hits) Jumping MP -> (Jumping MPs shadow hits) cc Jump HP -> cc Jump MP -> [cc Jumping HP]x3 -> Crouching HP -> Sakura Otoshi (P,P,P).

I have some problems for doing the 3 cc Jumping HP, but it is possible (i have seen it in a a-cho video). I don’t think the set-up is unflipable. In recent a-cho vids, the cc part is not this one.

Sorry guy… i guess I’m a unhelpful dick eH?

Is there a way to get the near perfect execution for vcs(no matter who, with or without ccs)?
(I want a deeper answer than “just practice”)

Sak BnB combo is: Cr. SK x2, st. SK, FP DP

I’ve never been able to do cr. SK x 3, FP DP and get it to combo, I don’t think it can actually combo, but someone correct me if I’m wrong. Also, close FP, FP DP will also not combo in V-ism (due to having manual control over attacks). It is actually b+FP xx FP DP (her b+FP in V-ism is her close FP in her other isms)