Ken General Thread: Go with the Flow

oh nvm, I read it wrong and was thinking of St.Fierce CC.

I guess it’s okay. What situations did you had in mind using this? The only thing that comes to my mind is whiffed DPs, but it never made me feel like Cr.Fierce was a good choice unless I had super in stock (Low Fierce xx V-Skill… Jab DP xx Super) since it was the most damaging super setup I could find from whiffed DPs. Forward Tatsu might be more consistent for that instead of Jab DP since timing is strict, so I might probably mess around with it when I get the chance. If it’s anything outside super, then I would imagine most of the damage would be coming from St.Fierce CCs primarily.

The second combo I listed in V-Trigger does 360 damage. Also you can do EX Tatsu in place of EX DP outside of V Trigger it will carry them from mid screen to the corner while still doing about 263.

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Oh! Wow! LoyalSol! I have been glad to see you here! I miss training with you. I just noticed you are a mod here. That is great for you! This forum has a great “mod inside” here. Keep up the great work!:slight_smile:

  • KaizenMaster

I have trouble using vtrigger with Ken… i wish it didn’t dash so i could just activate like ryu/nash etc. so many games end with full trigger :frowning:
Are there any safe ways to activate without getting a hit first?

It’s better to combo into it. You can hit confirm it off of a fireball or even off an uppercut.

i also wish you could practice activating it in training mode and not have to wait for it to auto refill each time :frowning:
also dont see an easy way to combo it after dp. using medium dp like a lot. hp dp is horrid

Press start and go to the reset option after you activate it. And yeah fireball is the better option for comboing into it. Mp.srk is the better dp to use for canceling into,but I do recommend using fireball instead. It keeps them standing so you can link into other things like target combos and whatnot.

So how is the Ken hype going on ?

Fellow Ken Brethens found something ?

He’s not bad just setup based. I don’t know how he will do when people start actually playing neutral and he can’t rely on his godlike anti-airs but he isn’t tier below everyone else thanks to those 50/50 setups i posted. I could flesh them out but i’ll wait to release.

Small buff to b. MP would be nice though shit you not point blank fireball because they dashed into it activated into v-trigger and the fucker whiffed. Fuck that move.

this is something that worries me as well
How is Ken gonna survive against the likes of Karin, Birdie or Chun in Neutral, lol

Be honest i’m actually holding my own against good player now with just whiff punishing, anti-airs, and stuff. Hard to hit the MK tatsu party starter sometimes but think i need to adjust other combo’s I’m still in Cammy mode so keep doing dumb stuff, but you really have to play honest against Ken which is a good thing.

I’d add Claw to that list. The answer is not easily :stuck_out_tongue:

The thing to keep in mind is that i’m not shitting you one CC into MK tatsu into ambiguous jump in is the round. He stuns them and they die. Considering they can’t reversal either that is a really strong option.

Remember to do dash throw and dash->cr. forward and dash->cr. MP in the neutral when far away guys. Shit works, 15f dash is amazing.

He’s also -2f after a st. RH -> run on hit so it is worthless without CC.

I believe you mate. Still, i am not happy they decided to turn Ken into SFIV Gouki.

Nevermind training moded it, guess i just pressed the buttons late. These beta 2 tendencies make me drop so much shit.

People keep ragequitting me today : (

Found out why they made his neutral jump different it kills the setups in the corner against quite a few reversals.

Why is it only after c.mp, TC, mk.Tatsu, does the ex.srk work?

If I do a raw mk.Tatsu I can’t link the ex.srk. If it’s a TC xx mk.Tatsu the ex.srk does not connect either. Same with mk xx mk.Tatsu.

Guys this is the first time im actually not enjoying myself. It seems like Kens normals all get stuffed by I dunno half the cast? I’m not some pro player that can just mixup like crazy and be unique every round. How the hell do you safe poke with Ken? I mean I think he is very mediocre now. He can just punish the crap out of u.

Any video ? that tech is making my dick hard on paper

o@sephiroth tks man…working on it now, I’m almost ready to give up. So many close rounds loss to bison and Kens crazy goldlylock apprentice

Some of my Ken matches from the Beta. Still have a ways to go before I’m decent, but I’ll get there.

https://youtu.be/FG4u79fbPEQ

(The frame rate on the vids gets a bit screwy at the start of a round but it evens out quickly. Stupid bandicam)

Really need to get his BnBs and punishes down in muscle memory.

Also, does EX Tatsu go through fireballs by any chance?