Drew, you guys should get some AE sets going…I’m actually really curious about the results between you three. In fact, play all the sets you can in AE/Marvel/SC. Make it happen!
JOE: What was the score in your AE set with Martin? I’m too lazy to go thru the vids and count.
General points for everyone:
After killing a character, position yourself so opponent comes closest to corner by jumping over him/teleporting through. If you kill a character while he’s grounded, he does the crumple - you can wavedash to carry body very far towards corner.
Incoming character mixups need to be a little cleaner. This is a game about momentum, so have a plan for mixup and a plan for the followup should they block it. One of my mixups is Magneto[SJ AirDashDF H (which I expect to be blocked and pushblocked) then DASH -> s.jab + assist. This gives me high/low mixup once you block triple arrow. Characters without air dash can do this, need to land a J.H as low in your jump as possible.
Xfactor needs to be used a little smarter. Kill me and Drew’s Wesker, kill Ryan’s Zero (off a throw) with it. Level 1 xfactor is amazing to use on people’s second character. Trust they can’t make a 3v1 comeback with xfactor.
When facing opponent’s last character who still has xfactor, try not to do M or H attacks. They will be xfactor guard-cancelled. It’s hard to remember blocked c.m is unsafe, but it’s important to make them pop xfactor and have to work to get in as opposed to free kill + free incoming mixup.
When you have the lead - PLAY MORE LAME, at least for a second. It makes opponent rush in and make mistakes. Need to see more SJ pistol from wesker, and UPBACK+buster+disruptor from zero. When playing against my Hawkeye 3v1, do not attack unless it’s safe. UPBACK and get ready to tech throws. Chip feels like it hurts, but it won’t kill you especially if you tag out and heal 30-50%.
Drew - Try not to save xfactor for Doom. He’s ass. Take out characters with Wesker or punish blocked moves with xfactor cancel with Nova. You’ve got jump loop and cross-up down.
Ryan - Make sure you kill! Meter is meant to be used, don’t save it for any reason, don’t build more because you can extend your combo - you have xfactor to kill next character and build more. I think if DHC will kill, you should do it as early as possible. You seem to drop a zero combo every game and that’s unacceptable off a clean hit (though dancing with lasers and busters in the air and dropping is more acceptable).
Alvin - Play more soul calibur and beat up Troy. You know you need to sharpen you combos with Vergil, use more berserker slash. Swords super probably owns Hawkeye free. Thor DHC to Vergil needs to be low to ground for max damage, so wesker assist + special xx super xx DHC is probably the best bet. I’m excited to see this team, though Vergil might need a beam assist.
9-1. Wake up ultra FTW.
Damn Joe stop beasting with the advice…good shit man. I’m liking that people are opening up and sharing. Let’s keep this + vids going (thx to Ryan).
btw, this was my favorite part:
Reading that made me realize how many rules in this game Zero breaks and why he’s the best character in the game.
Anyway, the only time I don’t kill off a hit is when I mess up, not because I wanted to save the resource; I was just confident I could build more (and my execution was ass in those sessions). My DHC’s are position-dependent anyway. Zero to Doom outside of the corner does no damage, Doom to Magneto does no damage in the corner and Magneto to Doom does no damage outside of the corner. Doom to Zero rarely matters but it’s good. There’s also something really important about me going into lightning loop rather than rekkoha/DHC: It means I have Sougenmu for the incoming character and that’s huge because I can get things like solo unblockables from it (also if I hit you with only 2 out of the 7 lightnings possible during the loop I have already done more damage than Rekkoha - Rekkoha is ass). In short - I’m not dropping combos/kills because I’m going for some unreliable hard shit; I’m dropping them because I screw up really simple shit like :h: > :s: (this actually happened in those videos) or :h: xx disruptor (happened in tournament) sometimes.
Magneto I’ll concede I need to use easier combos for now. Doom and Zero are both braindead easy characters now; if I mess up it’s a severe slip of execution, not because of a bad combo decision.
Man, seeing ppl actually talk about their fucking games is bringing a tear to my eye. Please keep this shit going…
please…
I’m heading out soon to drive her to dance, if anyone wants to do something txt my cell. I’ll even TAKE some sticks in the trunk just in case.
Joe I’ll read that big list of tips later lol
I am in London with a near dead phone. I have tried almost everyone in my contact list and no one is available to play anything. Shame on aaalllll of you
lmfao owned
My god man, I was there a week before I left for Japan and they had a friggin golden tee piece of shit. All the good stuff comes when you leave.
Ya I drove by that place today and was tempted to go in and check lol
Luckily Arvand contacted me before I gave up the hope of playing.
Session at my place after 7. I will post if I am home sooner.
After 7 is perfect for me. Alvin need to be carried?
absolutely
I’ll have to leave as early as 930 due to sister.
Fill er up
Might as well chalk up 10-0 for this guy across the board.
Leaving now to take sis, going to Will’s till ben’s place opens up
Me vs Tony at SSF4 = 7:3
FSR I’m feeling the love for sf4 lately
6-4 me VS Tony (cambodianuppercut) SF4
7-3 vs Ryan, 6-4 vs Alvin me in MVC3. 5-5 between the two of them.
Drew wasn’t feeling like playing ranked battles cause he felt off. Mind fucked because he won in SF.
Off to Winter Brawl to level up like crazy!