I don’t think Blanka could win an EVO since half of the roster can punish balls on block and many characters can also punish balls on hit.
It is not like Blanka is a bad character,but on top lvl he is just very difficult to play and to win with in my opinion.
I am learning heaps from these videos! Thank you. Any tips on being able to pop ou thte electricity as fast as you guys do with a ps3 controller?
Don’t rely on your BB.
Some game I have played today vs Agent-Mahone’s Gief:
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I didn’t do too well though.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel that the Blanka vs Gief match up is more difficult now in SSF4 while Gief was almost free in SF4 for Blanka?
Hey guys do yall have any good Blanka vs ken videos? Ive been getting beat pretty bad by Banana Ken(top16)evo Ken and anything would help. Thanks.
Gief was far from free in SFIV. Watch this set to understand why:
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Gief should be slightly easier in SSFIV because of the damage/health nerfs.
I think Gief is almost the same actually because Gief’s U2 shuts down all balls. Of course, not every Gief can perform U2 on reaction, but it is doable (hi Vangief).
Ye,I guess I was wrong.It is just from what I have heard that many ppl say that Blanka was Gief’s worst match up among with Sagat in SF4 plus I have already played vs many SG Gief players in SF4 and never lost a set vs them before.But ye,you are right that it is not that easy to play vs very good Giefs.
Anyway,here are 2 Blanka vs Viper sets.1 is a FT5 and the other 1 was a FT10:
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I am training a lot for this match up at the moment because I am going to play vs Wolfkrone’s Viper soon and I hope I will do well.
You won’t if you keep jumping in and doing random up balls and hori balls. Reduce the game to basic footsies and get a lead early. Then let him come to you. Jump over Seismos and basically shut down his options to get to you.
Oh ok,thx for the feedback.I will try to avoid these bad habit when I play him.
Hi all
I was wondering what I could do to improve my game with Blanka. I have been switching chars a lot lately so my play isnt as solid as it used to be. constructive comment welcome!
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I recently started evaluating my play because I want to take my Blanka to the next level. The weak points I found in my play are the following: (correct if wrong)
- Hop > elec. I do it toooo often because i rarely get punished for it. I guess this is a scrub online bad habit.
- To offensive play. I think I play to offensive because I fear crossups / tickthrows. I really should sit on my lead half of the time.
- To many jumping from time to time.
- Burning meter like an idiot.
- To many slides
As I said I’m far from being a pro but want to hear the advice from guys who know how to play him.
THX in advance
Only watched 1st vid and you were lucky to win that really…that rog had plenty of chances to ultra after your blanka ball…Thats your weakness you use that too much…especially against a balrog
Unless you know its going to hit dont do blanka ball cuz rog will just punish it easily. You didnt throw enough I would say. After jump in HK you did double knee into LP > blanka ball everytime. I didnt see you do any FADC either.
Watch me get raped by a very good local E.Honda. In my defense, I never actually got to play a half way decent honda, so this was new to me. Notes added by my friend to encourage me to suck less next time.
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good stuff on the blanka thread, ive learned alot
Vs Ryu and Dudley:
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Vs Gen,Dudley and Balrog (match 2,3 and 5 of this video):
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I lost both times vs the Dudley players.I was playing kinda reckless vs the first 1 though.
Yeah that 2nd Dudley adjusted to your lp ball pressure by jumping a lot. You coulda just anti-aired him to death. You should sit on a lead and turtle just long enough that they think your stye is changed then you can go back on the attack. Also, tick throwing more would really frustrate them and help your combos hit more. Jump kick > lk > throw. I finally started working that into my game.
You were lucky to have won a round playing like that against Dudley. That guy clearly didn’t know the matchup. Dudley easily punishes Blanka balls on block.
I don’t play vs many Dudleys online,so I am not sure about this match up.Turtling seem to be a good way when I got a lead as you said above.
And ye the second Dudley seem like he didn’t know that match up (although he had 13k+ bp) because he never punished any balls on block while the first 1 punished all the balls on block.
great vids guys. keep it up
I made some vids
If anybody can help me improve my quality that would be great:
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edit: the other video is out of sync so im not going to share it