FADC nerfed - still useful? basic questions

Newbie Saikyo Dojo
1

Hey all,

I’m new, and just got my fightstick delivered (stoked!) and maybe i’m putting the cart before the horse, but I’ve been practicing HP shoryuken > Focus attack dash cancel > ultra all day with Ryu. I haven’t even played any online matches yet.

I’ve been reading a lot about combos etc, and I wanted to get my hands used to the stick, and FADC seems as good a place to start as any.

But from what i understand Ryu’s cancelled shoryukens are nerfed; does this make the move less useful?

would I better served to just play matches for a week or two instead of trying to nail this one move (which, btw, I can’t do yet :open_mouth: I get the cancel in, but the ultra isn’t connecting.

Chris

2

of course it’s useful. given that you have two bars of meter, would you rather have 150 damage or 398 damage?

3

well the dp itself trades with alot of stuff now (usually when you use it as an anti air) but combo still useful, damage is reducded a little since vanilla, but damage was nerfed all around. but it still works effectively.

4

could you clarify that, i’m not getting how bars of meter affect combo damage.

5

You need 2 bars of meter to FADC

6

Use the lp srk for fadc purposes???

7

Ah i get you… given that I use 2 bars, I want to connect with big damage after the cancel

8

Don’t forget that pulling off unsafe combo’s alone don’t win the match. Know your footsies too.

9

Although it is definitely still useful, you should probably practice bnb combos first.

10

Will do Star, I feel like I should be practicing more than just one move too. What are Ryu’s core combos?

11

Check the ryu forums. You’ll get an extensive list there.