I think about the new exupball, this buff changes so much situations, match ups etc… just this thing should make Blanka really strong in 2012.
Any fans of Robot Chicken in the house? Sunday night’s episode had Blanka in a sketch I thought was pretty funny.
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fuck that robot chicken dude… not allowing my country to view it :lame:
I chuckled
No more videos with the new Blanka… argh.
so j.mk crosses up, what move does not cross up but hits from the closest distance(ie best fake crossup) would it be j.lp? j.hk?
j.hp is the best fake crossup because it can hit on same side at the same range as j.mk and possibly land on the other side.
final thoughts on AE matchups
*viper: 5.5 *
guile: 6.0
bison: 4.0
chun: 6.0
*deejay: 6.5 *
guy: ??? I still don’t know this matchup
*ibuki: 4.5 *
seth: 4.0
*vega: 4.5 *
fuerte: 6.0
*dudley: 4.5 *
*sagat: 3.5 *
*cammy: 4.0 *
*makoto: 3.0 *
*dhalsim: 5.0 *
*rufus: 4.5 *
gouken: 7.5
*adon: 5.0 *
ken: 4.5
*rose: 6.0 *
hakan: 5.5
akuma: 4.5
balrog: 4.0
honda: 4.0
zangief: 5.0
*dan: 7.0 *
*sakura: 6.0 *
*gen: 5.0 *
ryu: 5.0
hawk: 9.0
cody: 4.5
fei: 2.0
abel: 3.5
juri: 5.5
yun: 4.5
yang: 4.0
oni: 6.0
evil ryu: 6.5
Which is
+5 vs. the cast if I counted right, just did it in my head.
14 advantageous matchups
18 disadvantageous matchups(though I think guy is probably the 19th)
6 even matchups including the mirror
Blanka beats the hell out of the mediocre characters in this game, but loses to everyone good basically.
dunno if i can agree with some of those…
but i guess everybody is entitled to their opinions…
still don’t see why Makoto is a worse match up compared to Abel… seems easier for most Blanka players… but then again a really good Makoto player is rare… especially with 2012 buff i can only think it’ll be even easier…
while t-hawk on the other hand… i nearly wanna say the ex upball buff is actually a nerf in this match up… the knockdown barely does anything for us… but getting it blocked closer that does make a huge difference. It’s obvious gonna be advantage towards blanka by a lot… but not sure if it’s a 9-1 match up
there’s a few others i’m kinda iffy about.
With Guy I always feel that Guy had an advantage pre-patch until the unblockable it makes the match much easier… but now upball knocking down will make some difference in this matchup…
I generally think the upball knocking down will change some match up drastically… there’s no more OS + on hit punish when we get knocked down… if we have an ex bar… they have to actively make a decision to either beat out upball or let us use ex rainbow… either to run away or to potentially hit them… vs before if they are in the lead they can afford to OS rainbow and punish upball on hit…
also punishing with ex upball might actually be a valid option in 2012… and that also will change how we are gonna play Blanka in the future…
-LAU
Makoto has way better buttons than Abel(st.strong beats pretty much every blanka button) and she’s able to more consistently punish you. Her dash is much more problematic because of the distance it travels, as she’s able to consistently focus dash through footsie normals and do a full combo. Abel’s frame trap game is not nearly as strong and Makoto has much better resets. I think Abel is harder to consistently block once he’s in, but I feel Makoto is overall more versatile in the matchup.
Yes I agree. New ex upball is worse vs. hawk 100%
I’ll give my thoughts on 2012 once I’ve played it
I think even 9.0 over estimates hawks chances if the characters are played at their best.
It’ll drop in 2012 though, dunno where to. EX Up ball change was a big hawk buff.
I wonder if half the cast will be be able to ultra punish ex upball, because a 50/50 shot at knockdown vs ultra punish will make u think. I also wonder how/if we can follow up an ex ub KD.
The entire cast can ultra punish ex upball. It leaves you so ridiculously close now.
Im probably over reacting but that really pisses me off. I dont like the risk. I need to be more optimistic for the KD. I dont like buffs that come with a healthy side of risk nerf, but without it he would probably be broken.
well 30 characters could already punish with ultra on block, not much to get upset about.
People punishing with full combos is the bigger issue.
Well top players have praised it so its probably going to end up a good thing. We will see how it is fully after playing a few months. Plus by the time your opp has ultra, you should have control of the round.
…but yea eating full combos/easy mode punishes wont be fun.
Yea, but name me a reversal that knocksdown that is hard to punish on block.
Off the top of my head, I got ex headbut, which you can make honda lose charge, so that doesnt even really count. down charge for a reversal is much better than a back charge for obvious reasons.
Ken, guile, chun, ryu, sagat, hell almost everyone in the game, if you block their reversals, you can fuck their shit up.
Blanka is just getting in line with the formula, if your reversal knocks down, on block you can be punished pretty easily, as it should be or else people would throw out reversals without thinking and the game would be stupid.
If it isnt any easier to hard punish than say…an lp shoryu from any shoto or gat, or even a blocked ex bird from chun, then we will have nothing to complain about.
I don’t really care how ‘difficult’ it is to punish. Good players are going to punish every time anyway, I’m not interested in how I fare against anyone else, or how long it will take the average scrub to find a “how to punish ex up ball” vid and learn a combo.
They won’t be blocking my up balls.
What happened to the realyst?