dem focus backdashes. I’ve gotten 3 heals in a game against zoners before.
You don’t necessarily need a modded stick to b-link (or s-link)btw. If you haven’t purchased a stick yet and you’re looking for a nice one try the Hori fighting edge you can reprogram the select button on the fly.
On the note of Ultras; U1 is infuriating when it trades, so I just run U2 on every matchup. Plus that little bit I recovery can be used to make your opponent move forward or do something risky.
I have a FE but the USB cord shorted out, so now I gotta use my Hori UMvC3 stick 
You know, that actually makes me really want a Fighting Edge, I’ve been wishing I could plink lp with select for years. Wonder how much they cost/what systems they’re compatible with. Kind of hesitant to buy another stick for anything but PS4/XBone now, and I don’t know which system I would even want to pick up yet.
Unrelated, Wong’s footsies against Infiltration at CEO were pretty amazing for the most part. Infiltration was whiffing so many sweeps and walking into so many overheads. Good stuff. I should probably study that for a bit to learn the Akuma matchup spacing. It’s just too bad he kept messing up EX Mallet and that tragic failed stun combo on Akuma’s short stun hurtbox at the end… I can’t imagine how that must have felt on stage at CEO, it’s painful enough for me when I do it in a random ranked match.
An FE is 200 bucks and you can get it for either ps3 or 360. It’s worth the investment imo. Though I oviously got the short end of the stick with this shitty usb cable.
Also I don’t know why I never knew this but Elena can get a kara backthrow off a plinked lk~lp, moves her one micro square forward.
is the lp+select mod only available on FE sticks or can it be done with a Qanba Q4? That’s what I have and I was really contemplating doing it. I can’t if it’s stick exclusive though…lol.
You can mod it on any stick. The FE stick is the only stick where you don’t need to mod it to make select plinkable due to the touch panel button config.
Okay Awesome! Thanks for that clarification. You know what’s funny about this character. It’s funny that the only link that I drop with Elena consistently is the one after EX Mallet Smash -_-. I wonder if that select plink would help a little more. I know the timing but since it isn’t plinkable it’s more of a visual queue and it messes me up at times.
Same here, I drop that link all day and it makes me furious. I can hit most of the other stuff fine except for f.mp, c.lp. Screw these links with long delays. I guess I can hit EX RCF, c.mp fine 90% of the time with Vega for some reason, but EX Mallet just eludes me. Select plinking would definitely help, but if I’m not mistaken, since it’s a 2 frame link, you could also double tap lp to increase consistency… but I’ve never learned to do that yet. Might have to start trying it out.
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Same here, I drop that link all day and it makes me furious. I can hit most of the other stuff fine except for f.mp, c.lp. Screw these links with long delays. I guess I can hit EX RCF, c.mp fine 90% of the time with Vega for some reason, but EX Mallet just eludes me. Select plinking would definitely help, but if I’m not mistaken, since it’s a 2 frame link, you could also double tap lp to increase consistency… but I’ve never learned to do that yet. Might have to start trying it out.
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Double tapping is not a bad idea. I’m gonna go home and practice and see what I can come up with. I’ve been wanting to get my stick modded since I got it in March, and I think it’s time to do it! Just have to find the right person to do so.
U1 was great… then the damage took a hit and makes U2 much better.
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’ve been using U2 since loke test and get much more use out of it “mentally” for myself and the opponent than U1
I totally agree with you. Not only on the damage aspect but the fact that it trades so much literally upsets me. It’s a decent anti-air ultra but when it trades with jump in, I think that’s absolutely ridiculous. I’ve gotten much more mileage out of U2 than U1.
I have no idea how to properly double tap ;_;
But ya, c.LP after EX MS is hard for me to get consistent. It’s funny that I can get c.lk, c.LP down pretty consistently and thats a 1 framer, but I struggle with EX MS. Especially online.
I gotta find out how to replace the USB cable for my FE stick.
The beauty of b-linking is that that shit helps with everything (kinda cheating though) even stuff like hands is b-linkable. I wanted to get my first stick modded but the fact that I played other fighters kind of ruined that idea. Then I’d just have a useless button on the face which would blow
Useless buttons are better than none!
I kinda wish I had started double tapping when I was much younger; I only just started a few years ago and it’s weird for me to double tap buttons like jab and then plink out of those. Just feels weird for my fingers.
Been grinding out the link out of EX.Mallet Smash and I think it’s more of a visual cue than anything else, if anybody else is having trouble with it.
If I remember correctly you can wire up :lp: and select when modding for a plinked button.
Yannick you have no idea how much I want st.hp not to exist like…at all. When I stun someone and that shit just whiffs, I just sigh (or groan) and stop caring about the match. You have no idea how much I just want that button to be nothing… =(
Why do you go for s.:hp: after stun?
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To rephrase that I mean if it keeps whiffing why not change the stun animation by doing j.:hp: first then s.:hp: xx special of choice?
I guess I’ll start doing that I usually just opt for HK RH, or St.hp xx HK SS since by the time I stun them combo proration would be butt.
Speaking of that, anybody remember Justin’s drop on stunned Akuma with j.:hp:? Was that an Akuma stun animation thing or not? I thought his jump timing was a bit early, but people have told me Akuma’s stun stance is much lower than his standing one, so I’m not sure.
I like s.:hp: for what it does, KitL. I’m not in love with the move by any stretch, but I can respect it for its limited uses. I definitely think it’s probably her worst button (either that or c.:hp:). She can’t even EX RFC it to crumple SMH -____-
P.S. - If you stun someone, just go for as much meter gain as possible since the damage isn’t really there anymore. Hard because she has some unfun links, but I think H.Mallet Smash to whatever is probably best in that scenario. If you get a 1 hit stun, though, then you can fkin go to town, LOL.