Since I’ve been seeing a lot of people asking about the Soul Fist combos, I want to help out with that so I sort of made this step by step guide thing to see if it helps anybody out.
Okay, so are you having trouble learning how to do soul fist combos? Don’t know how to do 'em?
Here’s how.
Here’s the first thing you should know about soul fist combos:
Each one of her “segments” ( your jump loops after her F.H or Soul Fist) has its own rhythm. It’s got a beat to it that once you get down, it’s pretty hard to forget. Let’s look at this combo so I can explain what I’m trying to say.
J.:s:, St.:l:, Cr.
, Cr.:h:, Foward + :h:, J., J., J.:h:, :qcf:, :qcb::s:, :d:+:atk::atk:, J., J.:h:, :qcf::h:, :qcb::s:, :f: (Walk forward for like half a second), :s:, SJ, J.,J., J.:h:, :qcf:, :qcb::s:, :d:+:atk::atk:, J.:s:.
Alright, so the segment that I’m referring to is this one
Foward + :h:, J., J., J.:h:, :qcf:, :qcb::s:, :d:+:atk::atk:, J., J.:h:, :qcf::h:, :qcb::s:, :f: (Walk forward for like half a second), :s:,
This is the part of the combo where the soul fist and the fly cancels and unfly cancels are at. The hard part for those new to Morrigan. So, I’m gonna try to explain step by step how to accomplish this part of the combo, because a lot of Morrigan fundamentals are used and learned by just doing a combo like this. But remember, RHYTHM is the thing you gotta listen for to master these combos.
Let’s start with the steps:
Once you’re comfortable with her ground chain (her regular :l: :h:), you need to move on to using Forward:h: into the rest of her combo. So here goes:
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[]Press Forward :h:, and hold :uf:. (Roll your stick to up-forward if it makes it easier for you).
[]Now right before you reach her max jump height, mash out her first J. . This makes it so that it’s easier to link moves from her :d:+:atk::atk:.
[]Go into her J., J.:h:. She should be at max height by now.
[]Now here’s the soul fist. Launch her :qcf:. Once you’re done with the :qcf: part, you should already be inputting :qcb:. You should press right when you reach the end of the quarter circle forward ( :qcf:, (This part “:f:” ), but you should also be buffering the input for her :qcb::s:. So it’ll look like this.:qcf: + into :hcb: :s:. This is the cancelling of the soul fist. You should be cancelling it RIGHT after the fireball has come out. (Morrigan should only say “SOUL --” when you’re cancelling it, or at least when she’s in Japanese audio she should be.)
[]Good, now you should be in flight mode! This is where the rhythm is essential to listen to. Dash downwards ( :d:+:atk::atk:) and wait till you reach the bottom of her arc. Your opponent should be right in front of Morrigan preventing her from going up when dashing down. Now, go into her J., J.:h:. Keep trying it, and you’ll eventually hit the right rhythm. Experiment with your button pressing tempo and timing to get that rhythm down.
[]Once you’ve got that part down, go into :qcf::h:, :qcb::s:. It’s the same exact motion as in Step 4. So, it’s basically: :qcf: + :h: into :hcb: :s:. You should cancel it with the unfly ( :qcb::s:) right when she lets the fireball loose. Same stuff as Step 4.
[*]Once you’ve hit the ground after your unfly, you want to hold forward for half a second, and press :s:.
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Now you can go into your air series, and finish off the combo with J., J., J.:h: XX :qcf::atk::atk: or go into J., J., J.:h:, :qcf: , :qcb::s:.:d:+:atk::atk:, J.:s:.
The key to getting this Morrigan combo is learning how to cancel that soul fist with the half circle back motion, and learning the rhythm of it. Trust me on the rhythm part. It helps a lot especially when you get into learning Morrigan combos with like 4-6 Soul Fists.
Hopefully it helps people who are having trouble with the Soul Fist combos. They’re not as hard as people make them out to be. Just add practice and it should become natural.
, Cr.:h:, Foward + :h:, J.