does the mk look like his hk launcher? 
Question to Deus about magneto. I can do rom, slide and a couple of decent damaging combos/resets such n such with mags. But i have a hard time in a fight landing that initial hit. Especially without psy or clops. Any tips?
donāt fuck with the slide infinite. depending on what team you use mag/psy or mag/sent-a the only shit you should be going for is rom into tempest or fierce fierce rh rh.
what team do you use?
also, who do you have trouble against?
any time you fight a team that has commando or cyclops anchoring, you canāt just keep dashing in doing low short short mashery. a lot of the time you have to just dash in block or dash in back to frighten your opponent into calling an assist. after he has called out his assist there is only one character who can really fuck with mag one on one (storm). so i suppose iāll just break it down character by character.
mag vs mag - random ass shit. depending on what assist you have and what assist youāre fighting against you have to be careful of a few things. when you are fighting mag/psy, you canāt do a lot of sj fierce dash df fierce and you have to be careful about just dashing in. against mag/sent-a you have to be careful of your attack strings, if you do too much shit you get tagged with preemptive sent-a -> pushblock.
even without an assist, magneto poses a lot of threat in this match. any time you are coming down from an attack, mags sj short usually outprioritizes whatever you are doing. iāve been hit by so many roms in so many stupid situations because of this shit. so if you ever get the urge to come down with some attack, just think about it first. but, you can also use this to your advantage. if mag is coming down from a sj mashing on shit just dash -> sj short short -> start rom. this is how a lot of mags get the first hit.
also any time your opponent whiffs a snap, snap him right back.
mag vs storm - this match is so fuckin lop sided i usually just dhc as soon as i get the meter. storm vs storm is much easier than mag vs storm. however, there are a few things you can do in this match. if the storm is good, heāll be mashing on st rh a lot otherwise heāll be floating around in the air. if the player is st rh mashy you can do really high tri jumps to punish whiffed st rh. other than that there arenāt too many safe things to do against that bitch.
mag vs cable - this match is all about baiting assists then fuckin that dude up. unless you are playing against justin/potter/row this shit should be pretty free. watch out for st rh while you are dashing in and watch out for scimitar and jump jab while you are coming down. other than that, you should be good.
mag vs sent - this is another match where if you can bait the assist itās 500x easier. also, donāt ever think you are safe against sentinel. as soon as you think you can get away with some shit in this match, you fuck up on a sj air dash and get eaten up real quick. donāt do random dashes and donāt get lazy in this match. if you are fighting sent/commando there are a few things you can do that make it easier. if sentinel is flying you can dash then slide. what is going to happen usually -> heāll call commando, commando will get hit by your slide, you sj from the slide into sentinelās ass and get a free rom. otherwise just dance around sentinel making him think that he has to call commando. after commando is on screen, either fuck that dude up while paying attention to sent, or go right after sent with sj dash mashery if heās on the ground or sj jab randomness while heās in the air.
sent/cyke is a little more difficult because cyke covers a lot of space making it extremely difficult for mag to get a clean path to sent. basically against cyke you have to use really high tri jumps again. this match takes a lot more practice than mag vs sent/commando.
none of what iāve posted works in every situation against every person. basically, at this point all you need is more practice with a few more ideas as to how to get in and fuck people up. instead of thinking of every match as your last match ever, go in with the mindset of intentionally trying new things to find out what works. i think as soon as you switch to that mentality, progression comes a lot easier.
So Deus is answering the questions now?
Answer me this then, how do I use MSS like you? :op
No Iām really serious. Iām a noob at that team.
use it a ton and know what to do in certain situations, i apply the same principles to mss-drones as i do every other team aka exploit every thing i can in every situation.
iāve worked it out so that i only have 2 or 3 combos to choose from in every situation that can come up.
a lot of problems arise when youāre still learning the game because you either 1- donāt know what to do in a certain situation or 2- canāt choose between a bunch of different things to do in a certain situation
so say iām in the corner with mag and i land a rh throw on the ground
i ALWAYS go for low short + drones, low rh, sj rh dash df rh xx drones hit, sj short short, ROM
otherwise iām looking for low short + drones, launch sj fierce dash df fierce, land
at which point i have a few set ups for resets that i can do.
mss-drones is all about knowing how to maneuver with magneto without the aid of short short + assist; knowing how and when to dhc; knowing how to exploit the bullshit that is sentinel drones; knowing how to avoid getting stomped on by sent/anti air; knowing what combos to do in what situation.
itās really difficult for me to explain what i do with my team because a lot of it is just being put into situations during matches and knowing what i need to do to win. if you can, try and find some videos of me that are fairly recent, where i donāt get wrecked or i win. they should give you a fairly good idea of what my gameplan is and how i execute it.
Good Good shit man. Iāll use it more and see what I can do. Like I can use MSS-rp ok and all, but I really donāt like Storm/Sent-rp that much. I know I can do a lot more with Drones, since I play with them more than I do rp.
I really appreciate the insight though.
No. Just do s.hk, hold up, and press lk twice. The second kick that comes out in the air will be mk.
What should one do in order to win tournaments if they have never won before? Can the almighty GOD of this thread tell us the secret? Thanks
I asked you that Duc! On IRC you said stick with team scrub!
show up at tournaments with shitty people =)
Thanks for the tips Deus. Ill keep experimenting and practicing.
ābasically, at this point all you need is more practice with a few more ideas as to how to get in and fuck people up. instead of thinking of every match as your last match ever, go in with the mindset of intentionally trying new things to find out what works. i think as soon as you switch to that mentality, progression comes a lot easier.ā
^^The most usefull thing ive ever heard.
What is the most specific way of doing HGxxTempest in a air combo ?? I have hard time doing itā¦
practice
lp lk mp (start hcb) mk lk/hk qcf+kk
That way you donāt have to do the hcb too quickly, but make sure you donāt finish it before you hit mk or else the HG will come out early.
practice? we talkinā about practice?
we talkinā about practice?
How is practice gonna make my teammates better
can you do the inf. combos on the PS2 version? i canāt do IMās inf thereā¦
Yes.
whats storms guardbreak?? sj.lk sj.hk addf(?) lk lk LAXXLS
And does it work on sentinel ,and do you do it different when midscreen?
the one i use is sj.lk ad/f sj.lk sj.mk LA(1 or 2) XX LS
on bigger characters (im not sure about this, but this is the one i use)
sj.hk ad/f or ad/df(on sent) sj.lk sj.mk LA(1 or 2) XX LS.
almost the same on mid screen i think. you just have to adjust with the timing
doesnāt work