Fun extra perk of a back button next to jab is you could do a 4 fingered piano that would plink jab into back giving you 4 punch inputs then end with a single :hp: press in one clean motion.
:hp:~:mp:~:lp:~:lp:, :hp:
delicious. Would be great just to have a back button either side of the punches so you could slide both ways.
For those who really like mashing I had some success using plink methods for electricity lately.
:lp:~:mp:~:hp:, :hp:~:mk:
Lets you go a little faster without risking EX. There’s a lot of similar variants you can do.
:lp:~:mp:, :hp:~:mk:, :hp:~:mk: is a fun one and gives you a spare fierce incase you miss one of the plinks.
Huh, I think I had something different in mind when I first started typing that message haha. Bit of a brain leak.
But yeah I’ve been playing with new characters lately. As opposed to my previous inclination to fix bad match ups with an alt I’ve just been trying to find stronger/more solid characters that fit my playstyle. Considering finding a new main and keeping Blanka in the pocket for the match ups he does win (since he wins them pretty damn well. Having a hard answer to Hawk/Gouken/Deejay etc definitely has value.)
Honda and Rose were my first go tos but lately I’ve been playing a ton of Chun li. Who I think is very underrated, and that if a player really has the drive to go for true max damage every time she can be one of the strongest characters in the game. Learning leg loops is what lead to my wanting to try plinking techniques with blanka’s mash moves. Harder for him because he wants to start from standing jab but similar principles can be used. Despite years of practice, elec piano has never been consistent for me and sliding despite best efforts still leads me to EX accidents and bad hand placement. That’s for me personally. While I was able to do cr.hp xx hk legs xx mk legs consistently inside of a day.
I think Chun Li in her current iteration is pretty weak, but different characters jive with different playstyles. Her main problem to me is her poor mixup potential. Her hisanshu (SP) is godly online, but not very good w/o lag. Anyways, good luck. I respect people that still use Chun - feel like there was so many in Vanilla. Now there is barely any.
She has one of the strongest fundamental mixups which is +frames into throw/frametrap. And since she can frametrap with cr.fp into huge grounded damage (potentially even outright killing certain crouch-teching characters if you have that kind of drive/skill) meter gain and hard knockdown/more + frames, or massive chip damage and more + frames, it’s hard to really say she lacks a mix-up game just through lack of a command throw/high low gimmicks.
She also has the fastest forward dash in the game. Is the only character that can level ONE focus and be at + frames. Let that sink in for a while. Level one focus. Plus frames.
I’m telling you man, some day soon she’s gonna bring the apocalypse.
Whereas what do I get out of blanka in exchange for all those things?
An 8-2 against hawk, an ‘easier’ AA game, a couple of simple unblockables (probably with numbered days) and Hop.
I still love Blanka for some logic defying reason, I don’t think I’d ever drop him completely as much as the game keeps suggesting I should.
(Also Chun Li can super Vega’s crouching mp on hit.)
Blanka is the only character that can bring you the joy of eletrocuting your opponent consecutively.
Nothing is more fun than playing with Blanka against someone who doesn’t like to block online, it’s just hop > cr.LK xx Elec all day!
And sometimes, when I’m tired of facing 0BP 0PP online newbies I just keep using hori balls until they die or disconnect, I get a strange satisfaction and giving this kind of people reason to hate Blanka.
I don’t think Chun-li is secretly top-tier for a variety of reasons that I won’t get into, but hope you enjoy using her, as for most of us, it comes down to fun. If I was straight going for wins though, I’d probably stick with the standard Akuma/Fei/Cammy triad or even Seth/Adon/Ibuki/Sagat/“more I am forgetting” before Chun. God knows I don’t use Blanka for his winning potential. I still remember those old Nuki and Nemo matches against Mago, Ojisan, and RF back in Vanilla where they would play so perfect for 70 seconds, only to get tiger uppercut into FADC combo for 600+ damage. Crazy times back then.
Yeah, AE feels like her weakest iteration. Charge characters overall were definitely best in Super though I like AE2012 Blanka better than Super Blanka.
Guys see the vids with the buffed c.MK? It’s at least +6 since you’re able to link c.HK with it… that is of course unless c.HK is 5 frames now which would be nuts. this is obv a great thing, but i’m interested to see what else he gets.
