BLANKA'S wish list upgrades for ssf4

[ShinBlanka]

more hitstun on blanka balls please, im so sick of being punished becaused I DAMAGED BALROG

Or abel’s and cammy’s ultra.:annoy:

[SSblanka]

knock down on horizontal ball would be too good imo. EX would go through f/b and knockdown. one has to give. knockdown on up ball would be alright.

[Phillies64]

The fact that Blanka Balls are punishable on hit is just stupid. They need to fix that. Imagine if Sagat’s Ex TU was punishable after it hit you. Stupid right? That’s what Blanka’s Ex Vert Ball is. I don’t understand the logic.

I’d also like an ultra that isn’t a gimmick. I’d settle for a lot less damage if you could be used as an AA or had a reliable set up that wasn’t a one frame link or something, but that’s just me.

[Tinshi]

OH oh I almost forgot they should make the down + 3 punches move have less frames to cancel out of not like at frame forty something. That move is good it just takes forever to cancel out of. I think that would make him pretty annoying actually.

:lovin::lovin::lovin::lovin:

[Dullyanna]

Blanka only needs a couple of things.

1. Jab ball safe on hit. You can do this by changing either the trajectory of a landed ball, or extending hitstun. I would personally choose to extend hitstun because it would open up FADC combos. Even if having a combo like shortshortshortjab xx ball FADC shortshortshortjab xx ball wouldn’t do any damage whatsoever (see also, M.Bison), players would like it and it would add to the overall fun factor of the character. Blanka is widely considered one of the least “fun” characters in the game and adding in a few combos that wouldn’t affect overall balance too much would up the fun factor.

2. EX up ball safe on hit. Preferably knocks down. Non-Blanka players who don’t really study the character don’t understand how hilariously unsafe this move is. On the surface it seems like Blanka has the best wakeup in the game. When in reality, it’s probably one of the worst. If Ultra isn’t in the picture, roughly 15 of 25 characters can get in your face and pound low short, knowing that if you reverse them, they can just hit you back, usually for much more damage and gain corner position for their troubles. It’s ridiculous.

These issues must be addressed if Blanka is going to become a competitive character on any level. There’s no real debate about this. Even if Blanka picks up a 2nd Ultra that actually happens to be really good and fits in combos and isn’t just a gimmick, if EX up ball (or whatever we’re deciding is his reversal) is unsafe, he’ll still be an exploitable character with multiple bad matchups.

Personally I’d like to see low fierce frame disadvantage go down a tad, electricity hitbox window changed to leave him more clearly vulnerable low and throw range buffed. But those aren’t really necessary changes.

–Jay Snyder
Viscant@aol.com

I agree with everything you said except him not being fun (For some reason, he’s more fun than Boxer even knowing that EX UP Ball is a gimmick). Hell, I did a quick test on various stuff characters could use to punish EX Balls (Though I didn’t test it on CH), and the things they can do is utterly ridiculous. Sure you have to react to it to punish on hit, but it’s still easily abused (EX Rainbow Ball can be punished on startup too, which is actually fine imho). It feels like Capcom didn’t give any thought to its hitstun, or that of regular Hori Ball for that matter. Above all else, I hope this issue is fixed in SSF4.

[TragicHero]

Um…why would a top tier character need any upgrades? Yall are some greedy bitches. lol

[Dullyanna]

Because he isn’t top tier. Not to be a dick, but it’s people like you who really don’t know about him who think he’s still top tier.

[System_1]

Um…why would a top tier character need any upgrades? Yall are some greedy bitches. lol

people who say blanka is top tier either suck horribly or mains gief

[Viscant]

people who say blanka is top tier either suck horribly or mains gief

As someone who semi-mains both characters, I think Zangief/Blanka is either 5-5 or in Zangief’s favor at this point.

–Jay Snyder
Viscant@aol.com

[RagingStormX]

I hate Blanka in this, but Blanka Ball SHOULD keep you in hitstun alot longer, but if blocked make that asshole land closer and shorten blockstun. Im all for punishing, but me getting a free Ultra on Blanka when he combos me ->

On that note idk why people combo into blanka ball when Im sitting on Full ultra or damn near it lol.

[eltwopee]

Couple of things.

1. A link into ultra. The only ones currently that I know of are crouch forward and netral jumping HK in corner.

2. Hit hori balls should not be punishable.

3. Ultra work as anti air.

4. He should have faster jump speeds.

5. Hop should go over low moves.

6. EX upball should knockdown.

7. Increase range of crouch roundhouse.

8. Give him his hori ball super from CvS2.

[eltwopee]

Or abel’s and cammy’s ultra.:annoy:

or chun li or akuma!!

[Exis]

These are my suggestions:

-Balls (up or horizontal) unpunishable on-hit
-EX balls (up or horizontal) either knockdown or unpunishable on-hit
-Focus-cancellable slide!!! (If I have the meter and want to waste it on this then let me. I’d rather waste two ex bars than eat a focus->combo)
-Longer throw range

[System_1]

blanka gets killed and replaced by Q and we dont have to worry about that little booger ever again. :badboy:

[smashingme]

I know all you guys main Blanka and therefore think he should be better. But he is high tier and the most annoying opponent according to most people. Making him top tier would anger people as he already now is ‘the most hated opponent’

[superlollo]

Maybe they are afraid of the abillity to set up cross up’s better, but that shouldn’t matter with the reversal window being so big in sf4.

In case you didn’t notice not all chars are shotos and not all chars have that fucking ex upball of yours.

A lot of the cast doesn’t have any decent wake up options, making blanka’s horiz. ball knock down on hit would make his already strong cross up game even better.

[superlollo]

This blanka is the shortest and slowest blanka ever made in sf history. Play ST and then talk to me about jumping speeds.:xeye:

Can’t this be said about ALL chars in SFIV? Guys this is a “slow” game, get a hang of it.

And what about that guy saying that blanka’s ultra should be unblockable if done point blank? lolol. Seriously, I hope noboby at Capcom is paying attention to this

[Zombie_Shoes]

Blanka wish list:

1. blanka’s jump speed and normal attacks need to be faster. It should be as fast or faster than gen’s imo. They already made him shorter on his range on normal attacks, but he shouldn’t be slow and short imo.

2. Ultra works as anti air= it hit’s during the entire animation.

3. :3k: (beast leap) goes over any sweeps/low attacks like it does on ssf2t : hd remix.

4. EX up blanka ball and EX horizontal blanka ball knocks down on hit! Blanka needs a “USEFUL” special move that knocks down your foes.

5. super should be safe on block like cvs2, but the ultra should still be punishable since it deals the most damage imo. Give people a reason/choice to save super meter and use the damn super instead of burning it up with ex moves.

6. give blanka his cvs2 horizontal super/ultra!!!

I don’t think any of these request are over the top to ask for in ssf4.:wonder: Come on capcom please make my day/year if you make those upgrades to blanka!:wgrin:

A lot of these are what I was hoping for. The others are ones I didn’t think of, but now want.

[Kurage]

I will have to agree that Blanka ball knocking down seems a little OP since EX can go through fireball and it is a mean to travel and creates a lot of mix up …e.g. ball into throw or electricity…
so this is all I want:

1. horz ball is safe on hit(even in corner)

2. up ball is safe on hit(even in corner)

3. the hop goes over any sweeps/low attacks like shinblanka suggests

4. Make this combo available… Horiz ball >> FADC >> S.jab …Or Make his Focus Attack Frame adv. on hit change from -24 to -21…not 100% sure if this change would allow him to connect his S.jab…if someone can verify…Blanka really has no use for FADC at the moment

5. fix this: Head crusher cancel into hop against Guile…it doesn’t hop over the other side for some reason…and Guile is the only character.

6. Making ultra an anti-air will be good.

Blanka was high tier in the beginning but he is only mid now and he has some really bad match-ups…

[TragicHero]

people who say blanka is top tier either suck horribly or mains gief

Actually, I main Cammy. Nice try, though.