I just rewatched a clip of mine from a previous Blanka fight and got my unviable cap on with some thoughts.
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That was plain lucky but when I watched it I remember other clips from many other fights which proves Blankas Ultra is not an armor breaker having seen many Balrogs accidentally (or otherwise) EX DLStraight through the up-hit and go under it (Armor absorbed a hit and allowed Balrog to recover or get out of harms way).
With that in mind, would it not be possible at certain ranges to Focus Absorb the upward ball and hit Blanka out of U1, especially if Blanka held it back as opposed to just let it fly, or even just absorb a hit, bdash into block?
Yes I know, it’s all rather pointless and there are probably far more respectable/logical methods but I’m just curious.
God knows why I’m even posting this… It’s one of those ‘thinking of SF4’ nights.
I don’t see whynot…but with Balrogs FA, it’s much more likely, that you’ll whiff and get caught in ultra freeze. And also you have to worry if it’s a reversal ultra since it’ll break armor. ex.hb or U1 are much better/safer.
But if you’re going the unsafe route, why not squeeze in an armor cancel? :>
Because, me being mid/low level nub and all, I can’t even consistantly do a simple dash-ultra nevermind the armor cancel
On top of that I find reversal Ultra is dependant on range (For example, if you want to Uppercut them out from underneath as Blanka is going up during U1) - Too close and you won’t hit, too far and he’ll still land on your head - So I’m unsure just how wise a cancel Ultra would be (Guess it also depends on what you absorb) but thats all speculation - Might be worth trying it out… Would it also work on U2?
I know you can just headbutt the initial hit then Ultra Invincibility the rest but still… Just curious! I’m guessing U2 is an Armor Breaker otherwise mostly everyone could just Focus Absorb the hit and jump.
i’m pretty sure you can U2 it, if you can get it out. U2 has a single frame of invincibility, so as long as the ops grounded and in range, u2 SHOULD win.
Aye I had read the how’to but considering I’ve not honestly tried either one properly yet they will remain equally difficult until I do
The most I’ve done is Armor Cancelled with a triple-absorbing EX Torpedo (Ate all hits of Ryu’s EX Fireball and still hit him without taking damage) - Another time I absorbed 3 hits of his Ultra and hit him for a double KO but on both occasions it was pure accident so I’m pretty sure I could do it if I tried.
Thing is, considering there are only a handful of skillful opponents on GFWL these days, learning these things is often relatively futile when half the opponents are the type who spew out random garbage or jump-back fierce all day… Still, Blanka’s U1 is always a threat even by pure chip so it got me thinking.
@3nigmat1c: I actually meant absorb Blanka’s U2, not use Balrog’s U2 I’m a keyboard player so even if we did get Super, the Dirty Bull will forever remain a big fat NO-NO for me.
We all have our preferences and methods. I have, for sheer fun (when I learned Balrogs U2 was circle motion), tried to perform Piledrivers with Zangief but the success rate was 5%. I use Numpad 8,4,5,6 (Up,Left,Down,Right) so it’s not too easy for me as opposed to how it would be if my Numpad buttons were set as 8,4,2,6.
Either way it’s off-topic, wasn’t even mentioning Dirty Bull, though I do wonder if you could possibly grab Blanka out of U1 at all with Dirty Bull. U2 I wager you most definately can DBull him out of it if you headbutt the initial first hit of Blanka’s U2 and land in Range for DBull.
I should probably try it in Training Room at some stage, just to see what you can safely absorb from Blanka’s U1 and what you can possibly do from the absorb or cancel to avoid or punish the Ultra entirely. Happy enough to have learned I can reversal Ultra if I up-block the up-ball at a good distance so that alone was great for me as Vanilla Blanka’s = Ultra randomly for chip all day.
Oh and just for the sake of showing the other option (Not that anyone doesn’t know it already).
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2nd clip - Thing is I had less success rate with that purely because you can’t always be at the right distance when they activate it, so I try to avoid it. If I have enough health I’ll happily eat the chip and Ultra on rebound but when it boils down to the need of saving your HP from chip, I’d like to know every option. I’ve had no success with TAP, Headbutt or EX Headbutt (Which is space/range dependant again I’m sure) and I will never even try to jump over it.
To see someone absorb and FA a Blanka during their U1 would be very amusing for me.
i got something for you and the rest of the balrog players. did some research and come up with this against blanka’s U1. wasnt able to perform armor cancel into u2 but i believe it can be possible. also came across something i haven’t seen before against blanka’s U1, DASH UNDER ULTRA!! well anyways, watch my vid and critique/comment/speculate whatever. hope it was informative and was amusing for you all.
