Was that DJ Vest vs that Ken player on stream? He played terribly. It must have been nerves because I really don’t remember him being that bad.
Vest is pretty all over the place. He plays Blanka like it’s still vanilla.
anyways… Back to post focus attack…
Have you guys even bother testing dmg before just shutting me down?
Anyways… I tested… With 1 ex bar boxer will win… No contest… But if no ex bar blanka is more or less the same…
If you’re gonna include ultra… Blanka does more dmg with just one 1 frame link from c.mk to ultra…vs boxer with ultra whatever he decides to do will be less…if you do two c.lk into ultra… It’ll be less than boxer if he does max everything… By maybe 15 dmg… Which I wouldn’t call a lot…oh yeah blanka doesn’t need ex bar to do c.lk or c.mk…
I honestly feel like some players here just shut my opinions up without even proper testing or at least trying it out in a match and have a proper response…
-LAU
Honestly the blanka forum is already dying dunno why this non-open attitude… Definitely discourages open discussions
Who is shutting you down? You asked who uses focus attack in that way and you got responses? I’m pretty sure everyone already know what Blanka’s best post-focus options are. There’s no real need to compare it to what boxer can do.
The main problem with Blanka’s FA is that after level 2 on block it’s very hard to start any pressure because he is only +1f (Boxer for example is +4f on block), so his quickest close range normals (st.lp and cr.lk) trade with 3f normals and in many cases leaves him at a disadvantage (meaning that he is forced to block after the trade). So if the opponent blocks a level two focus, most of the time it’s just safer to backdash.
Noone’s arguing that Blanka’s Focus Attack has some really good properties, but it’s just not as strong in the situation that PR Rog uses it (punish tech attempts) for reasons mentioned before. Usually when I use it I just go for level 1’s to tag cr.tech (free 60 damage and makes them think twice about teching) and to sometimes score a counter-hit crumple.
Of course, maybe there’s a better way of using this or setting it up. If you have any videos or suggestions, post them.
Ilitirit I’m not really referring to you… Just saying in general… And not just this post…
Like I said before it’s kinda ridiculous to tell someone to record me when I’m at the arcade playing casuals…
I open the discussion because when I watch pr rog do his fa to catch crouch tech it’s not just during frame advantage… I think there’s more mind game to it… Theres instances where he’ll whiff… Then land the fa… The question is…if that’s intentional … And I’m also wondering if his intentions are only to counter crouch tech… The commentators thinks so… But I’m thinking maybe there’s more to it…
Now blanka with a much bigger range fa how can he use it ?
Also I know blanka fa2 sucks on block… But we are talking about the huge success rate pr rog landing a counter fa1 so block stun after fa2 isn’t really relevant in this discussion
-LAU
I think LVL 1 CH FA is a viable strategy, but you really need to make them afraid of your throw. Blanka’s FA is 1 frame faster on startup than Balrog’s and has better range. Blanka’s FA has worse recovery so a smart opponent will punish hard if you miss the counter hit.
Have you had any success with this? Also, I’m not really referring to vids of your play. I mean vids of anyone doing it. As I mentioned before I’ve been doing it for a long time now but I’ve found that the success rate for landing crumples isn’t that high. I usually do it against Ibuki’s crouch tech because her’s goes so low that it even goes under close st.mk. After electricity, the pushback is generally very high so it gives people enough time to confirm whether or not to crouch tech. I’ll play around with it some more though.
Right now I’ve been using so much Fa in my game recently that I’ve been creating some new mind games off from it…and because I’ve been using it more there’s more success in landing it in general … But since I’ve only been playing with it a month or so I haven’t really found any particular setup that I think is worth sharing… I kinda open this discussion really because of how pr rog manage to use it was hoping to get a deeper insight and maybe applying it to blanka…
-LAU
So… yeah… collusion… how about that, huh?
Making a setup chart, would you guys rather have it organized by character or setup type
example(this will be a spreadsheet or a pdf so it’ll look less crappy)
Makoto
| f.throw | b.throw | sweep | ultra | super |
**whiff hp ball, j.mp**
fukiage whiff
ex karakusa grab whiff
u1 blocked
u2 blocked
or do it by setup type
f.throw, whiff mp ball, j.hk
Sagat - lp/mp/hp/ex TU blocked, u1 blocked, u2 blocked
And so on and so forth etc. etc.
Per character seems to make more sense to me but because I’m making this crap for you guys.
Personally prefer by character… so if i’m on the road i can just go to the specific character and read up on everything
Thanks for working on this
-LAU
Hell if you just throw the data together I don’t mind spending the time to organize or make things look fancy.
I kind of want to get something Rinkoudan Bible level together, but with video clips too.
Dude where do you get the strength to do all this you do for this thread. As I speak I am running on fumes for Gen
yeah by character please
By character please!
Honestly dude me too, we’re on the same page.
So if you do need any kind of help with that whatsoever, I have plenty of graphic design & video editing experience. I just want to help present this stuff in the best way possible given you’ve already done so much.
Just an offer anyway 
-S
I might take you up on that, if I have any ideas I’ll send you a pm!
Any of you guys going to Summer Jam this weekend? I’d love to get some games in and get some thoughts on my blanka play so far.