10K Volts making a comeback!!!
oh yeah!
Blanka dies to DJ and Guile has the tools to make it an even matchup.
I’m sorry, I respectfully disagree. If you were a Blanka player you would know better.
Guile vs Blanka is not even close to even. Guile has to work very very very hard just to stand a chance. Even then, one knockdown and it’s practically game over. That matchup is just plain ugly. 
:lol: This is gonna be good. Fulanni - aren’t you a Barlog main, bro?
Hmmmm, I sense you don’t agree with me? Listen, I’m pretty well schooled in the ways of Blanka (been playing him for 1 1/2 years now) and I’m confident I know that matchup inside and out. If you don’t agree that’s cool but tell me why?
Well, ok. I don’t play either as my mains but I’m quite certain Dee-Jay has the advantage. I’ve played him as a side character for a long time, I’m pretty solid with him.
-cr. jab beats balls
-cr. mp beats slide
-upkicks to jump in
-max out to zone
Now, of course if you’re Dee-Jay you’d better have some steady reflexes in that match - one mistake and you might be finished. As it is, however, he has all the tools to zone Blanka. Of course, if you’re good at mind-fuck with Blanka you can pull something off. Strictly on paper and based on tools, Dee-Jay wins. I wasn’t so much disagreeing with you as I was just a bit entertained. Fulaani is the best Blanka in Europe.
I see your point. On paper it sounds bad for Blanka but I think that the real issue with that matchup and others that are considered “bad” is that players are lazy. They learn from watching or reading that X beats Y but don’t take the time to really understand why and search for ways around issues. All the counters you mentioned only work if they connect. If Fulaani thinks that it’s an open and shut case with the DeeJay vs Blanka matchup then I think it’s safe to say that he has a ways to go before achieving true character mastery. No disrespect to Fulaani. Just trying to shed some light from my perspective.
I like your attitude 10,000 volts. I think its time to shake up the tier system myself. especially since hawk is at the bottom of the barrel. I’m going to see if I can’t do something about that.
1,5 years is nothing, honestly that means you’re new to him. I’ve played him since before you have but I won’t throw that around because even the time I’ve played him would not demand any credibility. Pretty much why I will rarely state things on matchups without qualifying them with opinions of other, better, players.
So no I don’t have Blanka mastered at all. Won’t argue with that. But to call me lazy is another thing, don’t comment on my attitude towards the game because you don’t know me from Adam. This is a discussion on matchups where you speak in terms of bad and good, that does not mean I won’t make an effort to learn and win a bad matchup.
Anyways you’re entitled to your opinion but realize that the best Blanka and DJ players in the world agree that it is a very tough matchup for Blanka. Those players include Komoda (best Blanka in the world) and BTC (best Blanka in the west).
Then you have Muteki, the best Guile in the world who said that Guile actually beats Blanka. And AFO, a top 3 Blanka in Japan (maybe even top2) who agreed with him.
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This is wrong, he can actually throw out those pokes to prevent blanka from pushing certain buttons. while remaining safe himself.
Whoa!!! Blanka beats DeeJay 9-1, 7-3? Maybe I am a noob with Blanka or something, but I have always thought as Balrog easily Blanka’s hardest match followed by DeeJay being his second hardest. I don’t know what DeeJay’s you’ve played against but give Afro, Fudd, or Bruce Askew a try. You’re right blanka does have tools to get around DeeJays tricks, but its way harder for Blanka to get in than it is for Deejay to keep him out. Blanka can easily beat Guile if the Guile player is a novice, but when you play to equally skilled players together, that match can easily be even or be 6-4 in Blanka’s favor.
Interesting. You sure make it look like an even match. I suppose if the Rog player had really good reflexes there isn’t much Blanka can do but god damn you turn every opportunity into crossup/bite hell for me lol.
Damn electricity. Blanka gets fucking perfect position from trade or knockdown off of it anywhere on the screen :tdown:
LOL, agree with Elecrticity, every trade gives Blanka the advantage since he gets up way before the opponent, then it’s a quick roll over to start cross-up funtime as the opponent’s getting up, LOL.
10k Volts is the tier destroyer! LOL.
I wanna see 10K play that Deejay matchup then, he must be really damn good compared to us (Nohoho, Me, Fulanni, Empirion, Decoy) since we all gave it the same 7-3 in Deejays favore
i’m hyped now.
I enjoy playing DeeJay since he’s basically a better version of Guile although I still need more practice with him… this being said Blanka is my easiest match…
Crouching mp also beats rolling balls fuck a crouching jab lol, all of Blanka’s options can be stuffed by one move… most Blanka’s seem to lose patience and jump at me and get hit with the upkicks…
Some of yall in this thread might know a sneaky way to even touch DeeJay let alone sink your teeth into him and ride that into victory…but I haven’t seen it…
OK fair enough, I could have worded the “lazy” part better but I was simply trying to make the point that as players (Blanka players) we need to always remember to stay hungry like the student and never think that we actually know it all. Part of achieving character mastery is being ok with not knowing it all BUT always searching for solutions to problems that seem unsolvable. So, I apologize for my poor explanation.
1 1/2 years does not sound like much but I’m a fast learner and I think I’ve solved many of the problems that other players think they can never conquer.
Pokes with DeeJay or any char are no good if they do not connect. DeeJays pokes can be nullified.
Balrog is tough but the Balrog players I’ve seen and played almost all do the same things because they’ve been trained to fight the fight just like everybody else. Even the stronger Balrog players fall into doing things (not all) that always seem to work vs Blanka players that don’t know any other way.
I’m 100% convinced that vs Guile (even the very best Guiles) that Blanka should win that match pretty soundly. Novice Guiles get killed. Expert Guiles resort to a few tactics that seem to work vs novice Blankas and even some expert ones. Each of the Guile counters has a solid counter. Many Blankas just don’t know enough to do them.
One thing I will say. I never stated that I was in any way an amazing Blanka player. I’m simply preaching strategy and technique and new ways of thinking. Have I tried everything I’m talking about? Yes. Have I actually played many top players? Yes.
More importantly, do my strats/tactics actually work? Absolutely.
Cool. I think that ANY character can be taken to new heights if you are ready to dump some of the old things you’ve learned an open your mind to a new way of thinking about matchups.
If I’ve come across as a know-it-all then I apologize. I’m simply trying to stir some conversation and hopefully shed some light on some things that I think get overlooked.
This is exactly what I’m talking about. I wouldn’t change anything you’re doing until someone beats you with a way of fighting that will challenge you to rethink how that matchup is played.
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pokes have more than one purpose. when they don’t fulfill the purpose of connecting and doing dmg they can still fulfill another one.
10,000 volts, I admire your indefatigability, but both Komoda and yaya have the Blanka-Deejay matchup as 2.5 to Blanka, Fatboy has the matchup as 2 to Blanka, Nohoho has the matchup as 3 to Blanka, and Afro Legends has the matchup as 2.5 to Blanka. (All of this information is from nohoho’s site.)
How is it that you know something that these people don’t?