The reason people use c.lp is cause it’s quick. c.mk is a little slower, so it can’t beat everything c.lp will beat in speed.
If you want to use c.mk-c.lk combo, go for it, it’s your thing, like you said it’s better damage, plus its a low hitting combo.
I like c.lp ~ c.mp, but c.lp ~ c.lp is easier.
I dunno about you but, I’d sacrifice a bit of damage to help me land a combo.
yeah c.mk wins imo. c.lp clk does jack all dmg.
not only that,** c.mk must be blocked low** it makes a world’s difference. in this case preference does not prevail, because i.e
jump-in was blocked, enemy standing. (jump-in must be blocked high)
c.lp is blocked HL, so its blocked regardless.
c.mk is blocked low,c.mk hits, c.lk xx ex RU, c.lp x 2 xx hb ultra.
c.mk, c.lk xx can be landed with neutral j.hp too.
only time c.lp starters are viable is beating throw attempts.
its also the difference between veterans and beginners. balrog is very combo reliant, so you cant 1 trick pony your way if you seek to improve.
my 2 cents.
Definitely, definite needs more Dudley!
The Gentleman Pugilist deserves to be in Street Fighter IV.
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check it out at 1:38
Balrog buffering Ultra in FADC… abosrbs Tiger Shot goes into Ultra right away
04:15
and even more more WOW in and other FA whatever happened here Ultra
okay pros… how do you perform this? common spill the beans
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db,SA (MP+MK),f,f ( dashcancel ),b,f +PPP
its not a technique one would commonly be used in a real matchup, considering you would rather be safe and juggle instead of unloading something that is a gamble (a near full-screen recovery counter.) And even if you land the first part, the last part may whiff (it happened to me.)
and to ryodragoon, i agree that consistency is very vital to rog’s gameplay. But my preference came from 4 months of maining rog 
I’d still recommend c.mk to combo for damage if you’re capable, but its not for a beginner still learning the ropes.
I vote sticky…
I normally don’t really post and just read around here, but I thought might as well now. Had a few matches with a friend last night and I was wondeirng if you could help me point out where my biggest shortfalls are (apart from me constantly missing to hit my links, just need more experience on that one I hit them 100% in Training just need to get used to actually being able to apply it into matches)… oh and of course just to randomly headbutt to wait for my punishment caused by pure stupidity on my end. Yeah these are the two things I am aware about myself, but anything you could point out that might improve my game would be highly appreciated.
I am playing Balrog and he’s playing Akuma & Gouken
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Sweet. HD stuff. How can you guys record in such quality? I’d really like to know how.
Hmm, seeing how i got some time to spare, i’ll check it out. But keep in mind my opinions are just simply what I would rather do, so you dont need to stress the importance of changing your style.
Firstly, I’ve noticed you do alot of ex dash punches. for an ex-meter, they dont provide enough utility to keep doing. It doesnt knock down, it doesnt give you an advantage at all. I’d recommend ex-Rush Uppers, but i think you’d need to work on your c.lp, c.lk xx headbutt combos first. Dash sweeps are very effective way to pressure them too. Another is that you use TAPs way too much. Its very vulnerable on block if the TAP is meaty, and I personally play to reduce the chances i get ‘countered indefinitely’ (its a cantonese term which means if you did that action, you ensure your opponent can most definitely counter you.) TAPs should be used past mid screen fireballs or just for mobility, but I can see that you use it mainly in your offensive. The obvious point is that your headbutt too much outta the blue. Either catch him in the air, or only use it in combos. Headbutt is exactly what i’m referring to as an easily countered move that should be used very sparingly out of combos (i almost dont do it out of an EX headbutt to counter my opponent’s moves) You need to mixup your various punches much more, because in the video, Akuma can in theory block high the whole time without much problems. Sure you sweep alot, but he can judge the range. An overhead punch, clk, headbutt would’ve been a huge help.
So in short, you use dash punches way too much, and did too little of zoning and playing rather recklessly. You need to use balrog’s normals much more (c.hp, st.hp, st.hk) to be on the offensive. Against a projectile opponent, that form of play style puts you at a severe disadvantage because of the fact they’ll score alot of counter hits on rog, which does 125% of their original damage.
familiarize yourself with all of balrog’s combos in the combo thread, and read up on my thread on the mindgames after you can flawless execute the combos there like its second nature. If you have any problems with matchups, refer to the match-ups thread. How I play my rog is that i zone and try to remain relatively close to my opponent (just outside sweep range.) Slowly force them to a wall. If they jump in, c.hp/st.hp, and sometimes pressure with dash straights. I follow up dash straights with st.hk to catch them trying to counter.
Would that be a good summary? Theres still some ways to go though, so hit training mode
Wow thank you for crushing me like that haha, nah serious though I appreciate it 
I just saw you’re on PSN as well - if you’d ever wanna teach me a thing or two in a match, that’d be cool too (pleeeaaase… well I am in London so the connection might suck big time though :/). But yes I’ve just hit training mode and keep on working on those thanks again for all the input, hopefully the next batch we post will be a bit more in my favor.
i’m also interested in recording with HD quality.
i dont mind, but im almost keeping my rog strictly in arcades since latency affects my combos hard. but take my word that im competent
how does the hd recording work? i’d like to make some tutorial videos hehe
I don’t actually do the recording myself as I only have a composite caputre device… and to recrod with that I’d need to play in SD… which is a NO for me lol. A friend of mine (Adamski eg. the Gouki player) just recently bought the Hauppauge HD PVR and does the recording via component through that.
It’s really straight forward plug and play USB and has an internal split already so you don’t need to buy amplifiers and other costy shit. I saw some videos on YouTube on that device before I think, just give it a YT query should be quite a few reviews out there.
I’ll try to stir my game up a bit, all the things you’ve mentioned make complete sense to me just needed them to be pointed out by someone else. I am really bad at self criticism, so again thanks for that.
Unfortuantely you’re right. Doing any type of EX upper/c.lp combo can be quite difficult if there is any lag.
Ephemeral, do you exclusively play Boxer or do you have others? I find that when I play with others, my Boxer gets rusty… I’d like to pick up Vega or Dan as serious alternatives…
i play bison and rog interchangeably. they tend to compensate each other’s flaws. some of my tricks are inspired by the other counterpart. my gief is very rusty but decent. im interested in viper and gen when my bison is more consistent. (my rog is pretty settled)
Yo guys, just want to mention Arcade Infinity Ranbats will start soon and hopefully I get to show off some original stuff:china:
Remember all Rog (hopefully tournament worthy) vids are welcome in my thread! Lets get some non-Japanese stuff in here. You guys are competent rogs right? lets see them!
<<<<add me on Xbox if you want some games in :nunchuck:
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Thoughts gentlemen? I find it good for begginer’s at least.