So, finally Pandora has some use?
I’m too lazy and cheap to buy SFxT again, tough.
Really? I will try Kuma so.
I was planning on playing Blanka and Kuma as my team. Why exactly is Blanka bad in SFxT? He seems like he’s better in SF4, you don’t have to worry about being punished for landing hits anymore.
No anti air, no dmg without ex bar, not a lot of ways to safely tag in partner, no pandora setup (other than ch jump fp).
He just lacks a lot of options others have. oh, and elec is ass.
Hi everybody!
I’m new here (obviously). I have been playing Super Street Fighter 4 as of Feb 2012 and am in love with the game!
After switching through a bunch of different characters, I grew the most comfortable with Blanka. However, I am still AWFULLY new at this game and was wondering if there were any pro Blanka players I can practice against here?
After reading a bit through this site, I am already learning a lot, but there’s a few things I need a LOT of practice with and others I just don’t understand - like what does oki mean? I only have two go-to BNBs which are: j.mk st.mk lp lb and j.mk lp elec, and still don’t properly understand how links work.
I obviously have a lot to learn. Hopefully this forum will kindly help me out!
Thanks in advanced!
Electricity seems kind of janky (the same frame trap setups still seem to work but I hate how they made it easier because it fucks people like me up who are used to SF piano timing) sure but Up ball is as good as its ever been. I mean Blanka is pretty mediocre in SSF4:AE 2012 so it doesn’t bug me that he’s not the greatest in this one either.
I disagree, Blanka is not bad in AE 2012, kinda rather well for me.
In SFxT, he truly sucks. No ground anti air, worse normals (range, recovery, priorities etc…), slooooooow hop, worse slide, elec sucks badly, his damage output sucks.
Oh and why the hell he can’t do elec like Chun’s LLL in this game? :qcf::hp: for HP elec would be great with a decent range/hitbox… doing piano/slide like in SF4 is lame in SFxT, sometimes, chain cancels comes out and you’re unsafe as hell. You must do it with a great precision and it’s not comfortable.
On the other hand, his balls are great in SFxT, always knockdown, no matter the range.
Was driving home from work last week (San Francisco) and I saw a guy that looked like Combofiend on the street. Then I noticed a small guy next to him, and it was Mike Ross. As someone who doesn’t go to tourneys, it was funny seeing them on the streets. It was next to IGN headquarters, so I imagine it was tied to that. I think there was also some Capcom event in San Mateo last week. Anyways, carry on…
Eh, OK I played him a bit and you guys are right about Blanka being bad in SFxT. Still he’s my favorite SF character and I’m going to make him work despite his problems. Most likely going to pair him with Kuma or Jack X.
I mean how pathetic is his EX ball in SFxT…
According to the frame data for SFxT, HP Electricity is +11 on block so its actually 1f more blockstun than in SSF4: AE 2012. I can see the other problems but “electricity is worse” doesn’t seem to be accurate.
The hit-box is worse. There are cases where jab xx electricity doesn’t even connect on the first loop.
to say the hitbox is worse is a huge understatement. The pushback on it is also really wonky.
The range is baaaaaaad so i guess the hitbox is very tiny. You need to be so close damn.<br>
Apparently Blanka is officially broken in SFxT now. Sweep, hop, infinite blockstring electricity. You can probably roll, backdash or reversal out, but it’s still broken.<br>
ooh interesting. just saw jibbos video
The new layout is so bad i can’t even visit this forum anymore. /sadface
Whoops sorry that was my OG SRK account. Yeah… thanks new layout.
yeah this is pretty ugly/bad atm. and a lot of features just aren’t there atm, on the other hand i’m using srk time to sit in the lab now instead.<div><br></div><div>Oh and I’m playing on twitch.tv/pandaxgaming tonight vs. DRS|MCZ Chris.</div><div><br></div><div>We’ll see how that goes</div>
4-5 after being up 4-2, I need to not drop stuff.<div><br></div><div>Oh well ggs to chris and I feel other than the last game and a half I played at a very high level.</div>