Unless he had maybe a 20% damage decrease across the board that would indeed be over powered for SFIV. Though I think that could be a really fun play mechanic!
Sasquatch was a Mother Fucking Son Of A Bitch. So naturally this would be perfect for Blanka.
They should fix the recovery and trajectory of blanka ball on impact. The damage and knockback is too weak for blanka to bounce so far away when it hits.
Haha, is that sarcasm I detect? Well, I suppose it is no coincidence that I would main Sasquatch if I ever played VS, he’s the only Darkstalkers character I can hang with.
My thought process behind this idea is that as it stands in SF4, Blanka’s command hop is pretty much just a command dash. His forward dash basically does what the hop does, except it can’t go through the opponent and may be a bit quicker or slower, and the back hop is basically a less safe backdash. Now, as far as Blanka players go, I’m pretty uneducated, so I may be wrong on that.
To make the hop better, just allowing it to go over low attacks would be great for making an advance, but to make it stand out even more as a viable offensive option, I thought of Sasquatch and figured perhaps Blanka could do that hop into j.kick attacks as well. I also thought that since Blanka would have to sacrifice his charge to do so, it would balance out a little. Of course, now I remember you can do a vert. ball out of hop, so that’s a bust XD
Either way, I guess my idea was a bit overpowered. It’d still be cool, though =P
Rock crusher should only activate on f.mp and s.mp should do less knockback. This would increase s.mp’s combo potential, eg. linking into s.hk xx super, or c.mk xx electricity.
Direct Lightning
If we get Shout of Earth (which would serve the same function as his current Ultra only worse) or the Watermelons (which was meant mainly for humor) then I shall be sad.
There is a clear difference between the Ground Shave and Direct Lightning and each serves its use.
Ground Shave and the Ultra version tend to do less damage but have some tricky properties that allow them to serve allot of uses in a fight and make them hard to block allot of the time
Direct Lightning is a fast and solid hard hitting punish.
Shout of Earth would equate as basically the startup part of his Current Ultra, without the second part with the forward movement. Basically a slightly stronger but harder to perform (same as Guile and Claw) version of the current super with none of the properties which make it hard to block on occasion and none of the ability to punish Akuma if he teleports.
The Watermelon super has the same stupid motion and would likely leave him in the same boat as Claw.
Would be cool if his Tech Hits electrocuted you instead of just pushing each character away. No damage, that would basically make his throws completely untechable. But a knockdown would be cool. Would be a unique trait to separate him from everyone else, and definately improve his ability to stay in your face.
Direct Lightning or bust!
Overall blanka is fine the way he is, he doesn’t need any major changes made to him. Just a few tweaks like the balrog vs blanka match and hops going over low atks. Thats it. Many of these buffs are coming from players that are blanka players themselves. We don’t need another CvS2 Blanka.
In general many chars in SF4 has had there normals shortened in SF4… if Blankas normals are to have more reach, then all other chars that has had there normals shortened need to be restored also.
Blanka has one of the most damaging Ultras in the entire game, including chip damage. If your going to make his Ultra an AA, then the damage has to be reduced.
Agreed.
Disagreed. Bear in mind that there are chars that have a hard enough time even punishing a blanka ball but now u guys want it to knock down? If ex blanka ball is going to knock down then take away the ability to go through projectiles. Can’t have both. There has to be a compromise.
I’m not sure about this one. There are lots of chars in SF4 that has supers that are not safe. Why is it blankas super have to be safe? He already possess one of the best cross-ups in the entire game, easily one of the quickest chars, He has an AA Ultra that you want to give him, longer, FASTER AND BETTER priority on his attacks, EX blanka ball knocks down, a better hop (beast leap) game and now you want super to be safe? Isn’t this a little to much?
Agreed.
hop gains super meter like ST.
wow, u got all ur bases covered there…
His hop would be nice to be cancellable like Vipers super jump
Can somebody enlighten me about Direct Lightning?
I’m thinking crazy lightning attack.
Personally, his second ultra should be PPP+KKK rapidly…and it should be an insane electric attack, that can hit many many times (20+ times), hit like a crackfiend trying to get through ur kitchen window to steal ur microwave, and look badass.
Blanka needs to also look like a beast, and not a fucking Disney reject
EX Electricity launches for juggle.
it’s a super that just goes straight like a horizontal ball instead of doing a hop then a roll.
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[]Make hit balls safe
[]Make his ultra and super anti air. They always were in the past, I don’t see why they shouldn’t be now
[]If you’re crossed up during a super or ultra, it should change directions just like ST.
[]Give him back his “crab walk” kick from ST. His current standing LK is fucken stupid.
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Knock down EX roll would be way too good for Blanka. Blanka’s whole game has always been his knockdown mix up. It’s so easy to land an EX ball in this game that doing this would just give him a huge advantage and start his mind games easily. Blanka has to work for that knock down, and then the fun of playing Blanka begins. Other than that, I like Blanka.
EX Hori ball should not knock down, but EX Up ball definetly should.
I like this.
He needs more options.
Not really related to movelists or anything, but it’d be nice if they gave Blanka a consistant art style: either make him goofy like alpha/cvs2 (Blender win pose and everything) or make him crazy like ST.
Oh yeah, and Direct Lighting + 1 :tup:
FADC slide.
You know, just to break the game.
or juggle to ultra :bgrin:
I would like just 2 things…
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Juggle > Ultra
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Hops with LP+LK, MP+MK, FP+RH just like HDR
Then it’s on!
OH, and some Incredible Hulk ripped purple shorts would make him top tier.