It has a great hitbox. From the right distance it will stuff just about anything. I do it after cr.mk. Usually if they’re mashing you can catch them with cr.mk, st.lp/st.hk, but if they delay it then st.mk will catch them everytime. I did it about 3 or 4 times in a row to someone tonight.
I’ll use close st.mk when I just walk up to the opponent.
Weeds, seperate threads would probably be great.
I play on the SRK live stream now and again, but I don’t have any tournament footage at all.
47 minutes in has has meplaying for about an hour straight, but it isn’t anything special. I mostly focus on practicing setups I post about in my labwork thread which is why you’ll see me sweeping a lot. I’m still working on things that flow off of it.
The players aren’t great, but I think it shows that the high/low mixup is actually practical if you know how to use it.
This is pretty much why I don’t post vids if I have any. I do hop mixups/jump more against players online because they just don’t hit buttons.
I think my only quirks really are my use of overhead, going for one specific counterhit combo, and that I sweep a lot because I’m working on things relating to it still.
lol @ the Dan match charging full super meter while he taunts his ass off :lol:
oh also off of f.throw/b.throw I safejump or pseudo safejump(reversals whiff/get stuffed) about 90% of the time which is kinda weird for a Blanka, I think most people off of f.throw for an ambiguous jumping mk, but I think safejumping is better from a risk/reward standpoint.
so Ves n Illitirit have no match vids??? lol so mainly Theory Fighters?
Most of the stuff I post isn’t theory, it’s just how things work. It isn’t a theoretical safejump/meaty setup when I say do xyz and then do it, it works in matches, and I’ve used it in them against top players.
I don’t pretend to be a great player, but I probably understand the character from a technical standpoint much better than most people do, so I lend what I’m good at so you guys can use this stuff to attempt to get better.
Do I need to make a list of credentials or something?
I might have some stuff up in a few weeks if it really bothers people that much.
just because someone understands the game technically doesn’t mean they have a grasp of spacing/foots. Which means they can understand the frames of the game inside and out but still be a weak player. Not that i’m commenting on veserius’s skill level only pointing out that he is only talking about factual things like frame data and how certain things work. Not on the theory of matchups from what i’ve seen.
edit: and i don’t think anyone needs a credential list as long as someone who has credentials can validate/back them up.
^ Basically that.
I don’t really delve into theory fighter matchup stuff. I just try to find things that work and are practical to do. I run most of my stuff past SHGL, and both he and The Mullah have both told me that things I’ve said have helped improve their game.
Speaking of vids, i need a capture card, want to make some vids of labwork stuff, I should get on that.
I really value your contributions Veserius, and I have actually incorporated several of your findings in my play. More than other character forums it seems like there is a real dearth in technical information and discussion amongst Blanka players.
Alot of blanka things were kept in the dark…and i really do applaud illitirit and Ves for their hard work…lots of things i have taken from them also…itd just be nice to see a video of them in actual play of them,…well u know practicing what they preach…so to speak…
Either way keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Yes, thats pretty much why I started to do this. There is no technical information, and it seems like Blanka players don’t even care to have it most of the time.
I look at other characters forums and they have so much stuff that is useful. To get something similar for us I have to build it.
I’ll show it in practice at some point in the near future.
Found this cool Blanka vid vs a good Seth player.
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I’ll record some of the matches I had last night.
most def man, my question wasn’t a “lemmie see you back up your talk” sort of thing as i’m sure you’re aware, i chat to about 5 or so players in the blanka forum daily (even though i haven’t played him in weeks, i’m on abel for shining C now as well as playing stcraft2 for the first time) and i just want to see some matches so i can get an idea of how you play.
i have to do the old camcorder thing, no direct capture for me 
Oh yeah I know, but other people sort of ran with it. I don’t remember who I am on in shining c now, I kept losing with Gen and then got bored around 600BP and after dipping to about 2200 PP.
gen is the most fun character i played so far! i think abel and juri are good too but not my style. gen is fun if you have good footsies and can piano well. he has a great srkick and kara throw. good times, didn’t use crane stance once.
i’m watchng ur stream now, ur blanka is really nice, you play very similar to how i do, or at least how i think i play. just saw your sakura match, anti air vs her is st.hp, you kept using cr.mp which is beaten by properly spaced j.hk. St.hp nets you a trade heavily in your favour at worst.
yeah I actually know that about sak, her j.hk has a very low hitbox, it stuffs a whole bunch of stuff. It was like 5AM though and I was on autopilot haha. I generally just meet her air to air with nj.hp or j. whatever. The sakura was really bad so i wasn’t really trying.
I sort of want to make transparent images of every move in the game and then overlap the hitboxes to see what beats what in 3-4 clicks without ever having to test anything again.
Edit: Also thanks, when I first started to get somewhat serious about this game I watched a lot of you and Mizoteru. Also when I started sweeping more I thought about what I had seen you say about it to try to get it to land more often.
I think the obvious part of my game that needs to improve is damage output which is what my next priority is. I need to figure out what my reliable big damage options are most of the time. Also need to program myself to stop sweeping all the time, I’m doing it now that I’m not practicing the setups really anymore.
I think I need to start using U2 more too just because in few matches where I do use it, my reactions to fireballs are terrible.
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need learn more new idea from here ><""
yeah i think sweep is really good to use if you can get your safejumps down so its not neccessarily a bad thing to have gotten into a habit of doing. i think counter hit cr.lk >walk forward cr.lk/st.mk > st.lp>fierce is something people, including myself need to integrate into my game more. In terms of damage output, blanka is really poor in this regard, which is why recently i’ve been advocating the safe offense/turtle strategy until you get either ultra or super. If you can’t combo into U1 consistantly then your blanka will not be a threat unless you have super. im looking forward to playing blanka again once i finish the shining C thing
