I’ve built my style around pressuring my opponent. SFV’s version of Bison fits me like no other character.
Laura, because I want to help her spread her legs Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu worldwide
(also, she’s brazilian like me)
Gief. Grappler hero for life.
Laura.
Boobs.
Seriously.
Karin.
Her footsie tools are fun, her pressure suits me well, and her combos are satisfying. All I want in a character, besides maybe a fireball.
Mika bc her airgrab can cancel a lot of air moves if it’s timed right… also Nadeshiko is nice to look at imo
Ryu - Because its always good to have a solid Ryu in your arsenal.
Necalli - Looks great, hits hard, permanent install. Add to that a DP, divekick, command grab. Great all-rounder.
Bison - Just because he is so menacing and has good buttons.
Also want to learn a mobility character and a grappler so will add Cammy and Alex to the mix as well.
Birdie because of the similarities him and I share.
Having to pull up pants.
Having great hair.
Donut love.
Being a bit pudgy so I finally have a video game character I can dress up as for Halloween.
Being a bit of a douchebag troll.
Also his moves have so much range and scaring people into getting away from you baits out chains. I’m still pretty garbage at the game, but I have really clicked with the big man.
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energetic balance
Laura.
I had a friend named Laura who died in a car crash last July August. A couple of months later in October, the first news of Laura in SFV is revealed. Out of all of the names Capcom could have chosen, why Laura? I don’t believe in coincidences. Everything happens for a reason.
She’s the perfect character for me. I have an offensive rushdown style and her command dash is just what I wanted. Plus you can cancel into her command dash on hit or block.
Holy shit. That’s pretty crazy man.
Yeah Laura is an interesting character and I might pick her up someday. I didn’t realize she was a grappler tho so that kinda threw me off but still! Probably worth a try
cammy, simple, good buttons.
I think that I’m going to start out running F.A.N.G. I’m a bit of an odd duck, but I really like using less popular characters. For starters I like seeing more diversity of characters online so I like to contribute to that by picking less popular ones. And secondly by picking someone less popular I figure that at the casual brackets that I play at I might have a bit of an advantage by picking a less familiar characters. Everyone knows what Ryu, Ken or Chun Li is about but not all my casual opponents might have the same grasp of someone like F.A.N.G.
I guess that as I’m just starting I’m not sure who will be the most popular or not online. But given that F.A.N.G. is not an old school character, is not a attractive female, and has an odd charging moveset I can’t see him being too popular.
At the moment I’ve been playing Gief and Nash, because their gameplay is satisfying yet varied if compared to each other.
I’m still waiting for Balrog though, since he was my main alongside Gief in SFIV. Alex is also something that I’m looking forward to.
I’m looking forward to Balrog too and Urien, Ibuki, Guile, Decapre… This list goes on and on.
I’m also curious to see the proper new characters they’ll have.
I want to main Urien, Balrog, and Ibuki along with my core mains.
I started on that same path, except with the added difficulty of FANG being the first charge character I’d tried maining.
So I quickly gave up on that. Switched to Rashid. Who’s also kinda tricky but at least he’s got QCB motions and a reversal.
I also promised myself I’d play Birdie ever since he was revealed, because I love goofy, trolly characters (same reason I started with FANG - dat flap flap). So I’ve been learning him as well.
TL;DR: Rashid, Birdie, and once I get properly decent with those, FANG.
I have been running into the occasional FANG online - about as often as Rashid, and definitely more often than Laura or Birdie.
Dude takes a lot of thought to play right, but yeah, once you get him rolling he’s also got a lot of stuff to catch casuals unaware. I sucked at playing him but still won matches. Respec’ to those who get him going at a higher level.
I’ve stuck with Mika because she shits on Chun Li, Karin, and Vega. Of course no one knows that yet because they’re busy derping with Mika trying to throw people all the time.
I was rocking Gief but I’ve hopped on the "One More Down " Train with Laura recently.