Yeah, people are ignoring Air Gold Crash. Heck, if you have 2 more levels, that’s a free level 3 super!

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/sm6237429 - This lightan is GOLDEN(and sometimes RAINBOW). You must watch.

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Gold Lightan is too good: a video by me.

On a more serious note though, I think that knowing what cancels into what to avoid ending lag on his moves is probably the most important thing about playing gold lightan effectively, so here’s a little chart off the top of my head. (For the record anything that empty cancels will also cancel on hit.) Also, a cancel does not imply a combo, for example, a 5c xx 3c will not cancel (although a 5c bbq 3c will), this is intended to help with pressure strings more than anything else.

5a:
on hit: 5a,2a,5b,4b,2b,6b,5c,2c,3c
empty: all specials, supers

2a:
on hit:2a,5b,4b,2b,6b,5c,2c,3c
empty: all specials, supers

5b:
on hit:4b,2b,6b,5c,2c,3c
empty: all specials, supers

4b:
NOTHING, use this only as a finisher on combos, as it does large amounts of damage but inability to cancel makes it unsafe

6b:
NOTHING, for bbq use only

2b:
on hit:2b,4b,6b,5c,2c,3c
empty: specials, supers

5c:
on hit:2c,3c
empty: specials, supers

2c:
empty: specials, supers

3c:
on hit: jump
empty: specials, supers

j.a:
on hit: j.a(x1),j.b,j.c
empty: hcf+2p

j.b:
on hit: j.b(x1),j.c
empty: hcf+2p

j.c:
on hit(aerial): hcf+2p
on hit(landing lag): all specials, supers
empty(aerial): hcf+2p

hcf+p:
empty: supers

good stuff, yourmother! :tup:
Maybe I missed something, but was it said anywhere why the giants are banned?

My new theory is that they aren’t and that was a translation error at some point along the line. However, if they are banned I think it would be because of how lopsided their matchups are most of the time. One one hand apparently Karas v PTX is a 10-0, but on the other hand, I’d say PTX v Roll is probably something close to that in PTXs favor, as playing against the giants she loses basically all of her damage options except for a lvl 3 which you’ll never build meter for, she loses her ability to heal, there’s basically nothing she can do. Just my thoughts though.

Wow… Lightan. O.o

I posted this in general discussion, but some independent research (i.e. buying the tougeki damashii magazine) has revealed to me that Gold Lightan is in fact not banned, nor is ptx. They don’t rank them because of how differently they play from all the other characters, so their degree of success can vary wildly. However, they did say PTX seems better than lightan :-(.

This information pleases me.

Although it has nothing to do with game play a Golden Shoryuken is too funny for me to not post here :stuck_out_tongue:

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the lack of lightan since march makes me cry inside =(

Playing Lightan is tough man. The fact that he has no low attacks and thus no mixup really, really hurts him.

If all people have to do is throw a projectile, Baroque, block high, escape the corner and continue, then this character has been relegated to the “advantageous to those who don’t know the matchup” bin.

If Capcom is serious about Lightan being tournament-viable, then they’ll make his crouching jabs or his crouching fierce a low hit.

Sorry didn’t even see you replied. Agree with all you said.

Also just saw the US SBO qualifier winner was a Lightan player. Amazed the shit out of me. No one could beat a Lightan? Then watched the japan qualifiers and every Lightan got merked, badly.

But yea, once you know to just keep away and projectile spam againist Lightan he’s pretty much free. Kind of sad because i like playing him. Oh well.

Good luck fellow Lightan players.

edit: i found it.

Where is this vid?

um why isnt anything comboing when i play lightan now?

also i thought it was funny that if you pick gold lightans silver costume his name changes to S. Lightan

Actually he has a lot more combos now. Very dangerous and damaging, Gold Lightan is now.

Although he doesn’t have low hits still, every hit Lightan lands can usually combo into something. Also, Gold Crush hits OTG.

2C, gold quake, gold crash all hit low now. But not air gold crash!

Oh, that explains that.

By the way, it looks like the matchup with Tekkaman Blade is impossible with that projectile of his.

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enjoy

Very nice Lightan video. That tank slice can be buffered to combo into a lvl 1 gold crush. I also find tank slice to be very helpful in causing PTX to be knockdowned.