what matchups do you guys use u2 in? i used to play u1 exclusively but i feel like i was being super gimmicky with it.
Dhalsim
Ibuki
Sometimes against Ryu, but it’s not good because i down back charging too much, so i’m pushed in the corner quickly.
Not bad against Sagat but i like so much playing U1 against him since Vanilla SF4.
Good against Sim, great when you have the life lead against him.
Need more practice with it against Akuma but it doesn’t look bad.
Maybe good against Rose, Oni & Evil Ryu?
I can honestly say I never use an ultra against ibuki. I win most of the time, but I dont think ive ever hit ultra unless i combo it off low short or mk.
This ultra is really hard to use because if you want to use it, it’s soooo predictable so you need to hide your charge, and seems to do anything else…
Rose should not try to zone blanka , it doesn’t work.
Oni shouldnt try to zone Blanka either he doesn’t have the tools.
E.Ryu can do it better but that character walks so fast and has good mixup options that I don’t want to commit to downback.
U2 vs. ibuki is so you can db and hit overheads on reaction, or blow up kunai vortex. I think u1 and u2 are about even here.
Only characters I think U2 is better vs. on paper are Sim and Sagat, but I still don’t use u2 vs. sagat because of the damage output of u1.
I like to use U2 against Akuma too.
It shuts his fireball/air fireball game and you can use it on reaction against demon flips, especially a badly timed wake up demon flip.
my experience with Akuma players is that they don’t throw a lot of fireballs vs. Blanka anyways and they only demon flip on knockdowns
At least you can use U2 to chip him after a KD.
What are the chances of connecting U1 against him?
depends on how good you are at doing combos.
I also like it so people play more cautiously when I’m knocked down.
Still think it’s good vs viper
Once she tries to do her burnkick stuff on your wakeup she is toast
Meh against Ibuki and Viper i think.
You can’t too much downback against Ibuki.
I’ve been getting lots of U2 after a blocked ex ball. Ryu, Sagat (hard), E.Ryu, Oni. Safe distance, late ex through a fireball giving them enough time to block it but not enough time to actually srk you out of it, charge d/b as soon as you fly, then buffer it before landing… as soon as your feet touch the ground (and you see ex-hado coming after you) let it rip. I’ve caught soo many people out with it. I’d love to see their faces, completely baited.
I didn’t even know Blanka had any universal option selects, so yes, yes and yes!
So I’m practicing j.hk, u2 AA. I can actually do it now about half the time.
Good stuff! I’ve been practicing the link from cr.lk to U1 like crazy the past week and a half. I’d say I’m landing it 45% of the time now. Better than the .002% of the time when I started working on it.
What’s the hard part about j.hk to U2, by the way? Getting the charge? Small window to get the command in? Just curious. I’ve never messed with it before.
small window to get the command in and you have to go from uf to db quickly.
I’ll have to mess with it on my Hitbox. You can get a db charge built pretty effortlessly from an f.jump
Wow… from a forward jump? Is that possible?
[media=youtube]8KR7qQDLgNg[/media]
yes sir
edit: skip to about 1:30 in the vid for it.