Can you give some Blanka pointers for the dreaded Balrog matchup? I seem to have the most trouble with patient ones that spam c. jab and c. fierce. I can do okay against most other Rogs, but that c. FP stuffs almost all of my jump ins! It’s bad enough that I have to hold off on a lot of my rolls (I usually only use them to close distance and stuff long range dash/EX punches), but if I can’t jump in, I feel my options are REALLY limited. I know s. MP and c. FP work well for me to beat his c. jab at a distance, but that’s about all I know of for his jab.
Any tips and pointers you can give? Very much appreciated!
Lol… so i was feeling dissed because you hadnt accepted my friend request for some days, and then i just realized i somehow typoed it as ‘epeezie’ but i didnt catch it because the guy who has epeezie has “KILLafornia” as a quote for his name.
willy277
jables and chinaman offer good tips in regards to stomp. you can also walk back or forward (if you’re cornered) and bison will land in front or behind you and just punish accordingly. ex upball beats both ex and reg stomp. if you block the stomp and bison follows up with a splash, you can punish that move with c.mp, st.fp, j.fp, upball or (what i usually do) slide. devils reverse can be punished with c.mp, c.hp, ex up ball and slide as well. i’m pretty sure there are more ways to punish it but these are the options that i choose.
iLIKEpizza
you don’t need to jump in on balrog unless you get a knockdown. and you reaaaaaaally need a strong ground game to win. I’d say follow TheMullah’s advice on this one: http://www.neoempire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4572
oh from full screen you can bait out dash punches by doing lp.ball and then jumping straight up. right when you land get ready to punish his dash punch with st.hk. also, when you see rog walking back, expect that dash punch and just react to it (slide, st.mp, c.fp, etc). you can also get a free ultra on a blocked overhead. and make it a habbit to punish his ex moves (excluding headbutt) with a throw. yes a throw beats out any of his ex moves.
electricballs: going to add you. let’s get some games soon.
finally saying whats up on this thread, i sent a msg/friend invite to ya moval. good shiet you doing here for the blanka players out here! hope to get some games sometime!
Thanks for the advice, Moval! I think I definitely need to spam s. MP more. I usually like to stuff full range dash (and especially EX dash) punches with cannonballs, but I suppose that if I can throw him out of the EX dashes then that’d give me a knockdown. For most Rog’s, I do tend to begin the round doing HP electricity (like Mullah) and I usually will slide on reaction to his first dash punches (since he has no EX meter.) I think you’re definitely right though that it’s my ground game that needs to improve and from reading Mullah’s post as well as yours, it sounds like that s. MP needs to come out a LOT more! What do you use for a non-charge anti-air against Balrog/Boxer? Does c. MP work on him or should I be using s. HK?
Thanks again!
Edit: By using ultra on his overhead, you mean his overhead dash right?
Edit2: Saw all of the above posts on Bison’s stomps. What’s the best way to punish his scissor kick? I usually upball it after block, but sometimes I get another scissor kick hitting me after. Suggestions?
really good games tonight man, it was educational to say the least. Your reputation is definatlely deserved. Some of those combos you were pulling off were damn impressive. looks like I really need to work on that, I’ve been too reliant on just landing normals through mixup. Also I see that im trying to use verticle ball and slide waaaay too much.
based off what you saw from me what would you reccomend i start to learn first as I try to get better?
Played Moval during my lunch break from work and just found out what all the hype was about. Man o man I knew i’d get whooped but I got thrashed on a whole different level. LoL Great Akuma and I guess as we all know…killer Blanka.
I’ve got a long long way to go… :razzy:
Yeah, same with me. I got excited when I won the first match against his Ryu. Apparently he was just feeling me out, since he whooped me 10 times with Ryu, and 10 times with Blanka. I don’t think I ever won a round vs. his blanka. I got close a few times, but I’ve learned that close is never as close as it seems.
played about 6 games yesterday with Moval… his Akuma and my Blanka… I can already see what Im doing wrong ( too much ballin ) and need to work on my ground game. and my end/clutch game is pretty weak too i think… good shiet Moval! hope to get somemore games in sometime…
Hey Moval, thanks for scraping my shitty Blanka in those mirrors, and sorry about the lag, again. I need to learn how to deal with elec after LP ball with in mirrors, among many other things.
ilikepizza: yea punish rogs dash overhead with ultra if you have it. in regards to punishing scissors - punish it with jab, ball, fa combo or jab, hp elec. and you can only punish mk or hk scissors.
jozu: ggs dude. be consistent with your combos and learn to incorporate them with your hop/mixup shenanigans. and yea don’t vert ball and slide too much - i made sure you were paying for it all the time.
magnusprime: ggs. answering your pm questions - i used c.mk, st.lp, hp ball, fa and then either dashing forward or back depending on your situation. you need to learn blankas ground game - poke to apply more pressure. st.mp, st. jab. c.mp, c.fp, c.hk are all good pokes. learn the ranges for each of these moves. if you’re not sure, i can show you online. as far as landing ultra on competent players - the best way is off a fa/crumple or in a combo. i also use it to break out of block strings. perfect example is ryu - c.lk, c.lp, c.mk, hadooken combo. you can either do your ultra before the c.mk comes out or before the hadooken. the only time i’ll go for chip is when i know it’s a guaranteed kill or when they can’t punish it.
beastspl and krwz: ggs. let’s play more. hit me up.
dullyanna: ggs. i’m sorry if i kept it really short with you. 1 bar connection really sucks.
happytang: blanka / fuerte son!!! i hope we ruin peoples dreams. i got my bag of sour skittles ready. we’ll be handing that shit out.
chinaman318: im usually on late nights and sometimes early afternoons during the week.
bustabust: too bad i didnt see the movie. oh team ching chongs will be at denjin tomorrow morning around 11ish. come out with dae and others! and gl today. i’ll be watching the laker game and ufc after so im a no show. top 5 son.
So Moval, what’s the technique for landing the ultra off of a FA crumble? I’ve spent lots of time trying to do it in training mode and it always misses (they crumble and fall under it.) The only way I know for sure to combo it is off of a c. MK - I usually do j. HK, c. MK, ultra. A lot of times I’ll also ultra after a double knee since many players go for a counter attack after the knee (good example would be Ryu/Sagat trying to go for a DP after the double knee.) I usually don’t attempt this though if the opponent has an ultra.
Since I can’t post new threads and I can’t find a good place to ask this, I’ll just throw it up here. =P
Anyone know of a way to make the full list of music play in multiplayer? There are all these great remixed SF tracks in the game but no way to listen to them if you don’t do single player =(
I know I’m no Moval but you can input the dash forward earlier than you think and start charging right after that. The level 3 FA will still come out and you’ll dash right after. Sorry but I don’t remember the visual cue I look for.
