I'm gonna bite your FACE! (official blanka thread)

[FreshOJ]

I’d like to say that I agree with Decoy, and I think that even when something is risky, it can be useful if it makes something the opponent does risky too. I can talk about RR against Ryu. Ryu always could fireball at large distance without even think against Blanka, but if Blanka does RR he needs to fake sometimes to punish, and even if it is in Ryu’s favor, its harder than before.

Maybe what I said is just nonsense, since my last sf II was “The new challengers”, until hd remix for ps3 and I’m having a hard time now, so I apologize if it is the case.

Sounds like I’m going to need to start messing with meaty Beast Rolls again. Y’all know you can combo off of the short Beast Roll at or near point-blank range, right? I wish that move was more practical, though. I wish it only bounced off of people if it was blocked. Otherwise, that’d be a really really nice move to mess up peoples’ heads with.

[Mixah]

yeah, rainbow rolls are hot shit. just don’t make it predictable

mullah

the technical side of is is that your recovery frames have to be over faster than the block stun of the electricity, which requires you to stop tapping punches (each one is different) before they rise up.

[Ephidel]

what else is blanka’s slide good for? other than going underneath sonic booms?

there’s some situations when I try to slide claw underneath certain projectiles, but he cant seem to squeeze through most of them.

[Mixah]

opponents that jump in will get hit when landing in this.

[n3ss]

I would say Nohoho hands down is the best U.S. Blanka player. After that, it’s anyone’s guess.

I would say there is no best Blanka player, no one has proven anything yet… :rolleyes:

[ShinBlanka]

If you love to play with blanka then go out tonight and :grrr: someone’s face off!! :lol:

[Khiempossible]

slide is a reasonably safe poke.

just don’t be predictable with it and have it get jumped

effective anti air vs. a lot of jumps (unless your opponent is specifically trying to beat your slide, but if they’re aiming for your body slide will often take them out)

effective for going under sonic boom/max outs/chicken kicks/high tigers/jab uppercut punishing

effective for pressure.

keeps your opponent honest from getting too close and attempting fancy footwork.

i also like jump fireball -> slide = punishes a whiff uppercut/whiff sweep/2nd fireball/stand block

trades vs. dj’s low ruondhouse

[ShinBlanka]

slide is a reasonably safe poke.

just don’t be predictable with it and have it get jumped

effective anti air vs. a lot of jumps (unless your opponent is specifically trying to beat your slide, but if they’re aiming for your body slide will often take them out)

effective for going under sonic boom/max outs/chicken kicks/high tigers/jab uppercut punishing

effective for pressure.

keeps your opponent honest from getting too close and attempting fancy footwork.

i also like jump fireball -> slide = punishes a whiff uppercut/whiff sweep/2nd fireball/stand block

trades vs. dj’s low ruondhouse

I like to wake up with the shock after I slide if the person jumps after I slide under a sonic boom.

[HuStLeMaN17]

how do you beat honda? I’m having a rough time with that matchup.

[Mixah]

cross up lk

[DevilJin_01]

Jumping LK, standing LK a lot vs. Honda. Don’t try to throw smart Honda players. Stored Ochio always beats throw attempts. Just look to get j.LK cross up combos like mentioned above. Once you get Honda used to not using Headbutt for fear of j.LK beating it you can mix it up with your other ground normals. It’s a rather tedious matchup that sometimes will just come down to who has the most health when the timer is at 0. You have to play a rather basic game in this matchup because of the threat of headbutt and getting ocioh thrown.

[Mixah]

cross-up lk destroy charge for lp headbutt, if they decide to do it as soon as they turn around, they’ll still get hit, ochio wont get charged (aka, they’ll have to do it on reaction)

s.lk beats headbutts and long range poke attempts. at one particular distance, you can hit him out of thousand hands too with it.

s.hk beats sweep shenannigans.

[HuStLeMaN17]

I’ll try that stuff out, Thanks guys!

[Fulaani]

I’ve been playing around with s.lk. That move is too good if you time it right. Tonight I walked up to a Ken waking up and I could have sworn I hit him out of a fierce DP with it (I saw the fire).

There is also something hilarious about Balrog going all out with his super and getting knocked back by Blanka little pussy foot (yup I’m using that, pussy foot lol).

[Mixah]

you can s.lk the following supers from what i’ve seen

easy:
honda, blanka, boxer, cammy

medium:
sagat, guile

difficult, but possible to win the exchange:
chun, dj, ken, dictator

trades / loses / unsafe:
ryu (within range), dhalsim

N/A:
Fei, Gief, Claw, Hawk.

[deadfrog]

You know how you can hit Balrog out of his super with the slide if he starts it from further away… does anyone know if that works against any other characters’ “rush forward” type supers? I’m wondering about Fei’s… I have a feeling it would lose to Chun’s and Bison’s.

[Mixah]

Bisons will hit out if you hit him between the kicks, same with chun (you have to hit her before the thunder thighs)

feis’ is completely invincible.

[Khiempossible]

s.lk is the ultimate stuff poke and pressure poke.

walk up s.lk into sweep/grab/s.lk repeat

It’s a really stupid yomi mixup, kinda’s like chun’s repeated s.strong -> mixups/pressure

it’s a 1 step grab, so the easiest way to beat it is to press buttons, but buttons will get beat by s.lk or sweep

[deadfrog]

Thanks for the re, Mixah.

Sliding Bison’s super sounds like it’s a little too risky to be worthwhile. Agree or no?

[Mixah]

sliding is bad. s.lk will work, and if it misses, HOLD BACK!