Yeah when you look at his nerfs they look bad at first but what they really translate too is
-Fei is slightly easier to frame trap.
-Fei can punish less things with light punch rekka.
-Fei’s command grab setups are less air tight and scale a little more.
When I look at it like that he sounds really good considering the buffs.
Yeah, fei will still be a monster, slightly smarter play will be better rewarded similarly. He still is a footsies god. RFC at this point seems like a silly use of meter for fei, (except for that comb sendmaster posted in the video thread as a round ender) three ex rekka / cw seem a more valuable investment.
Hey guys zaferino is going to ECT you should all watch the stream and check his fei play out. I think he got top 16 in either Defend the North or Winterbrawl I don’t remember… He’s also going to play ultra and I’ll ask him how fei feels next friday (we have weeklies every friday in Boston) and see if anything changed from arcade build to now.
Anyone who thought Fei would be trash is silly. Cammy also.
I think he got top 16 at DTN, and lost to Chris G/Knuckle Du (have to check this).
I disagree. Meter is ALWAYS well spent if it nets you damage, and honestly, 400+ damage off a command throw seems pretty damn good for three meters. It’s situational, but when the opponent sees Fei has meter, he’s gonna be a lot more scared than before, which means he’s more likely to make mistakes.
P.S. Has ECT ultra test already happened? If yes, is there a stream archive?
Zaf has given me some updates and says hes still top 5 lol. He said he likes cw , st.hp x RFC , U1.
RFC off a command throw is actually great for Fei, it’s just that the buff to his partial Ultra 1 negates it since he gets about the same damage(that’s what math is telling me anyways) for 1 less bar. It’s pretty much only for characters like Cammy where you can’t get full hits from a juggled chicken wing.
Thing is with the CW hitting 3 times after the FADC on those characters you’re better of doing CW, St.hp xx FK FADC CW - Ultra for one bar less and probably the same damage. Same from a Tenshin.
I don’t think that combo makes that much of a difference in the scheme of things. It’s just another situational tool dependant on a bunch of things. Fei will still be a really good character and not much has changed for him apart from probably Akuma getting better and a few of the zoners getting a bit worse. A few match ups might shift a little but really he’ll still be top 10.
Minor Spoiler:
Third round shows off how Blanka can combo into U1. Not sure if that’s new or not. Impressive third rd by the Blanka player, btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtoHvVkWjI
Not often seen though. Probably cause 90% of the time, if you see a Blanka overhead, it was an accident.
Starnab tweeting that cr.lk links into cl.hp now.
Very good buff if true.
He also mentioned lp rekka is now -5 on block.
Still, I really like that cr.lk buff so I’ll take those new changes.
also this
Does this mean HK FK now does 120 damage? 1(tenshin) + 100(st.hp) + 120*0.8(hk flame kick) adds up to 197 damage
Or maybe Tenshin scales twice? Like Ultras and Focus Attacks?
Been playing the ultra mod. I’ll definitely have to play Fei Long differently now…
This means cr.lk is +4? Which means cr.lk into cr.lp is no longer a 1 frame link? If true, that’s pretty huge
I don’t like the fact that lp rekka is also -5 now. Less reach AND less safe on block? Judas Priest.
I think many of the changes sound much worse on paper than they actually are. Besides… rekkas were probably the best special move in the game, a little nerf was to be expected
-5 is big though. If it’s body to body I can understand but what else do we pressure with? That means he can get punished for every blocked rekka. I think it’s funny they keep nerfing Fei and he’s still top tier lol.
Yeah but… we should be thankful we even have one safe special to pressure with. I mean even Cammy doesn’t have one, and a crap load of characters as well. We just might have to rely on it a bit less