"dirty" Blanka Tactics

I recently fought someone (a Balrog main) who said my game wasn’t “dirty” enough. So my question is “What exactly is Jimmy’s ‘dirty’ tactics?”

When I first started maining Blanka, I used the knock-down hop shenanigans, i.e.;

-cross-over hop, amazon river run, cross-over hop, throw…etc etc
-xup j.mk, c.mk, cross-over hop, throw or amazon river run, etc etc

It seems no1 falls for this one anymore…at least no1 decent.

Lately I’ve been messin with;

-j.hk, s.hk, focus, forward dash, elec (or throw) <<Looks really flashy IMO.

Anyone else got any “dirty” tactics?

hop>>ultra is pretty dirty

Some of this stuff can be pretty risky but nice to throw out once in a while that might be considered “dirty”:

  • RR or EX RR whiff into throw
  • cr. FP focus cancelled into fwd. dash into throw
  • coward crouch into elec or hop forward/back into elec
  • ambiguous crossup ball into elec on their wakeup (if chances are good they won’t reversal you)
  • double hop forward into EX upball

rainbow roll…nvm…lol

yea ive controlled ex rainbow rolls so it lands right in front of the opponent and i throw’em…good times =)

He may just mean that you need more variety…or you need to bait/wait him out (since that match up is a lot of waiting and reacting)…actually, I dunno wtf he means by dirty.

Hey!

The way I see it, dirty is: Not Clear or pure… Something that is distasteful, borederline cheap, foggy or unclear… leaves a sense of what the hell and frustration. Basically something that surprises the opponent. Yea? No?

Here are some of the dirty Blanka moves I try to pull…

1- I find that at start of game lp-ball into grab is freakin dirty… Doesn’t work all the time but it’s dirty as hell. Thanks Viscant for the tip.

2- Hop Ultra and Hop Cross-over Ultra is always dirty when it hits… Guess I need to thank Moval for that one.

3- I like 2-hits to the jaw standing Mk. Sooo dirty especially after a Mk Cross-over into whatever. Hey it’s two hits so it counts for dirty!

4- When peeps attempt to jump over/cross-over you elec is so also pretty dirty…

5- When the opponent is at max range, I find that EX rainbow roll full tilt in their direction will hit em for some more dirtyness. But yea we all know it’s a gamble…

6- Any combo above 4 hits with Blanka is also pretty dirty!!

This is my first post, but been reading the forums since Alpha 1… Add me on Live if you wanna play.

I’ve been trying to do Blanka’s Fierce Flaming Shoryuken for weeks now, but can’t quite get the timing right. I’m thinking that it’s definitely his dirtiest move, which is why its so hard!

:slight_smile:

In all seriousness, I don’t consider anything Blanka does as “dirty.” Whatever you make of it, is fair game.

When I get a knock down, I like to push up close to the other character and bounce up and down. I call this teabaggin. This is something new that I invented so if you use it, you must give me all the credit :stuck_out_tongue:

Agreed, what people call dirty is what makes Blanka so good.

I like to use every dirty trick in the book, pissed off people play worse.

I think Daigo performed his famous parry while a little angry.

“6- Any combo above 4 hits with Blanka is also pretty dirty!!”

j.hk, c.mk, s.lp, s.lp, hp.rolling attack, focus …dash forward electricity (or throw)

that’s a cool lil’ 6 hit combo i like to do with a lil mix up at the end =)

I posted the below in another thread, but this one is far more relevant. If you are good at combos then great, but the hard part if finding the openings to use them. “dirty Blanka tactics” I consider to be tricks for surprising and baiting opponents in an effort to find those openings - he has many of these tricks and below are some different and personal ones I use that I have not read much about.


Some of my most evil “cheap” tricks off the top of my head (these are good to throw in only occasionally when you need them and most are reasonably safe opener attempts)…

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[]I love the combination of Blanka’s short electricity and insanely fast (and good priority) crouching HK… The fact that he electrifies for only one second, THEN you stick out your foot just when they’ve realised they should probably try to sweep you. After doing this, opponents can get very scared and unsure what to do if you accidently electrify in front of them when you shouldn’t. …It’s very important to get used to pressing jab exactly 5 times and then timing the roundhouse (or even slide sometimes) well. Doing the electric for too long is a big Blanka weakness …and something you see a lot - continued electric shouldn’t ever happen unless they are in the air.*

[*]Also, jump in > cower is a similar trick. If my jumping attack is blocked when I’m trying to put pressure on, cowering down right in front of them for one second then going straight into ex-vertical ball (or ex electric) is a nasty trick.

[*]Another good one is his standing HK. He somersaults and it looks just like he’s going to rainbow ball (ESPECIALLY if you’ve conditioned your opponent to expect a rainbow ball), do it as bait then slide.

[*]Everyone uses shortball > throw or hop > throw. But it’s surprising and funny the times you can get away with just walking straight up to them and eating their face!! Especially on those tense match moments when they’re a little afraid of you. …I think there is something unexpected and pressurising about Blanka strolling towards them …You’ll probably only get away with it once though …and I don’t really need to say this, but it’s obviously UNSAFE …But then again, the worst reaction is usually just a panicky jab jab (with no follow through) or a tech throw escape.

[*]Last one: scratch butt (I mentioned this earlier). It’s one of my favourite moves. It pisses people off big time, but it’s a quick enough pose to catch them when they retaliate …And they usually always do!! I use it in tense “match point” situations, or when they wiff an ultra, and I always use it when they have been dizzied - this REALLY enrages people!! lol

[*]Bonus (very last) trick: we all love our hop over on knockdown shenanigans, but they’re pretty easily stopped by opponents who are used to fighting blanka. I like to use this pre-conditioning to my advantage by hopping near/over them, then a well timed hop backwards when they’re rising to their feet and hopefully going for a wake up move or ultra. …Excellent baiting trick this one. This timing is character dependant (be especially wary of chunli’s ultra’s long jump forward), but is often a good way to get them to waste their ultra.
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…I almost feel like I shouldn’t be sharing these dirty Blanka secrets. :smile:

When it goes right… A few of the above unexpected tactics sprinkled into the usual cheeky Blanka mix up have got me a couple of perfect wins against very decent players.

They’ve also earned me many, many “ragequits” :smokin:

The main thing with blanka is DON’T OVERUSE ANYTHING. You don’t want to be cowering down in front of people more than once. He has hundred’s of tricksie options, there’s no need to let the opponent learn to expect and get used to anything.

“finding a opening is the hard part” <<< so true…

anyways…thanx a lot for the above info…exactly what i wanted to read from this thread =)

Also I played a great Blanka mainer the other day, “aracdeLEGEND”, he used this very simple tactic and the only valid thing i could do was block and his sweep was safe on block.

Cross-over hop, sweep…rinse and repeat (over and over and over)

I tried:
-vertical roll (it hit but on the way down he can hit back with amazon river run because the bounce back is short)
-wake-up throw and wake-up elec (frame data didnt allow it)
-wake upultra (this worked but how many times in a round can you rely on this? also the timing is strict)
-ex rainbow roll (worked to escape but i like to save meter for focus cancels)

I hate Mirror matches btw.

…Blanka/Blanka’s especially.

To be completely honest, I just can’t follow them both when I’m fighting another Blanka, the match goes crazy and my tactics go out the window. I feel like I’m one of two bingo balls being rolled about in a tumbler. :xeye:

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[*]Everyone uses shortball > throw or hop > throw. But it’s surprising and funny the times you can get away with just walking straight up to them and eating their face!! Especially on those tense match moments when they’re a little afraid of you. …I think there is something unexpected and pressurising about Blanka strolling towards them …You’ll probably only get away with it once though …and I don’t really need to say this, but it’s obviously UNSAFE …But then again, the worst reaction is usually just a panicky jab jab (with no follow through) or a tech throw escape.

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I love doing this but yes, very unsafe LOL

dope. i just tried coward crouch to vet ball…PURE WIN =)

thanx for the tip pub :rock:

Bold is QFT. I think it’s just a step above Guile vs. Guile when it comes to crappy mirror matches, which is retarded on almost every SF ever. Sit…wait…hope you guess correct to gain lead. It’s unsatisfying when you win and feels just so…fucking…stupid when you lose.

i just love it:
(vs boxer)

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watch the 3rd round :wink:

Hehe! That’s the stuff. Like it.

Also, it looks to be not a bad habit to do regular random HKs like that as it sometimes catches pokes. On top of which, as you beautifully demonstrated, it makes the rainbow ball much more surprising - if they don’t know what your doing during the move’s somersault “spring”, then it gives you (what?) a 30 frame or so head start.

Your welcome. But Christ! 17k BP??? Your good enough as it is!

Anyway, I was trying the coward crouch into vert ball in practice mode and was surprised how fast you can spring out of it. I think the vert ball cancels the crouch or something.