Although my main groove is A, I often play C groove if I’m bored, and my opinion on “team dynamics” is the same for C as it is for A. B/U/A is very basic and should not be taken as gospel. While it’s a good guide for beginners, you should ALWAYS take into account matchups and character capabilities. Say your point character is low on life, has one level, and can kill your opponent’s point character. If that point character is someone that your second character has a HUGE problem with, then use your damn meter to kill him. It’s best to get the problem out of the way and not have meter. For example, if your second character is Blanka and the opponent’s point is a full-meter A-Sakura, I’d kill Sakura and use up my meter.
You should also practice with your characters to the point where you are comfortable with them with or without meter. If you have confidence in your characters, you can rearrange your team to have advantageous matchups according to your opponent’s team. Thinking only “B/U/A” restricts your team to one order and one playing style. Just because a character does better with meter doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put him first if you’re confident in his ground game (case in point Bas’s A-Bison).
I’m of the opinion that you should just pick characters that you like and learn them inside out, then look at your opponent’s team and see arrange your team accordingly.
Her dash is BEASTLY. She can crossup / fake crossup downed opponents really easy, and her EASY LINKS, and more EASY whiff punishing hit confirms (especially st.HK) make her a really good battery and user. Anchor, honestly im not buk, i cant run 60 stun and low hp characters as r2, but if youre good with her, do it.
Yeah, she builds meter like hell, is a shame that shes never or almost never gonna use it :shake:
Rolento is honestly one of the best C groove characters. Can build meter really fast, is a good character against a-groove, and his stored lvl3 does a ton of damage. But is for advanced users, mainly because A-) Non reliable anti air (must alternate between st mp and RC scouter HP), and you MUST know your pokes. Seriously, a sweep JD against a raged opponent hurts.
I agree with you, but honestly this is an advanced choice as well. I suggest ANYONE learning to play, or at intermediate lvl, to stick with basic team formation. In the long run is gonna be more productive.
Also, i LOVED shiro playstile mainly cos of this : He could switch characters around and be really effective with this.
Oh, sorry, about the link, for the sake of god i could never combo the 3 jabs, but i hitted a lot of CH jab , cr.Forward into super. Thats one of the reasons i LOOOOVE C-Groove, playing counter hit games is really effective (and fun, imho, cos it makes you think AHEAD of your opponent)
Also, her dash makes her a triple threat: Youre zoning / poking with st.HK, antiairing good, and whiff punishing, your opponent is afraid or THINKS before throwing something, you DASH, and…
1-) Cr.lk x2 into super /drill: Obviously better if you have meter.
2-) Throw. Beats ppl blocking option #1
3-) st.HP xx Super. Beats ppl that like to mash or stick something when a throw coming (options 1 and 2). I donno WHAT the fuck cammy has in those gloves, but she should never be allowed in real life boxing or a fight . Shit counterhits everything and gives TONS of Frame advantage on block, so you can RESET into the 3 options or DASH again.
C-Todo, either battery or user. RC Waves are good at midrange & build meter quickly, TK Waves/RC Grab when you’re close, lvl 1 Wave Super is annoying. Anybody looking for a fun character to use in C-groove should give Todo a try.
Todo is actually one of my main characters in C-Groove, so I can vouch for that.
In addition to the above tricks and info, Todo has a C-cancel with great damage and a very threatening mid-range game (f+MK sweep, hop forward command grab, waves). Plus, Todo’s hop dash gives you a great mix-up setup off of an anti-air d+Fierce. You can command grab, d+MK xx waves, or just block if your opponent is keen to the setup.
C-Todo is both a lot of fun and surprisingly effective.
He’s kinda hard to use, P/K and even A outshine him, he doesn’t have low jump, RC’s are so-so, roll is ok depending on circumstances, it’s just every other groove just does better than C-Kyo, and other characters can do better what C-Kyo can do.
Edit
I just read about the standard “Team Dynamics” post. I say that’s like THE standard, unless you have anchored Rugal. Like my post in the team thread, you’d want a character in front who can build and use the meter(Ken, Sagat), 2nd is a character who can rebuild meter if used from front team, and doesn’t really need a use for meter (Vega, Cammy), so Rugal can come in last with a full c-bar. Rugal is pretty blah without meter, he’s not scary at all, he’s just an average character, it’s like A-Bison without meter.
I have some questions with the B/U/A thing. You have those descriptions which all make sense, but aren’t the most basic characteristics that form around that build being the battery either the weakest character or the worst character that you can use, the user being the medium and the anchor being the strongest or the one that you can use the best? I also thought that you made the last character R2 so you have a backup in case your other two die, which is more than likely to happen.
Hes really good, but hes an advanced character, manily due to the fact that he doesnt get parry/lowjump/jd/run, that are the main things that help him. RC rekkas are good, but can get you only a mile of the way, and in some matches YOU MUST really know HOW AND WHEN to react, because youre gonna get rocked HARD if you dont.
No. Whilst this is a very logical choice, if you have a BEASTLY Guile, and hes just plain better than your other characters, by all means DONT PUT HIM in the back, mainly because his ability to comeback is really limited. INSTEAD put him in the front, where youre gonna kill one and half/ two characters from your opponents, and GET BETTER with your user and Anchor.
Ok ppl, in this new year im gonna talk a lot more about my c-groove experiences, but im just PLAIN LAZY these days. letsee if tomorrow ill update with something…
. Shit counterhits everything and gives TONS of Frame advantage on block, so you can RESET into the 3 options or DASH again.