Rufus Strategy/Combo Thread (because you can't poke forever...)

Hey guys, having a little trouble with ryu’s lp dp. Supposedly you can punish with cr.mk xx hp tornado, but they always seem to block the tornado. Does cr.mk hit confirm, or am I being a noob and executing it too slow. Are there also any other punishers for lp dp. Thanks!

you gotta walk a bit forward while he is coming down from the wiffed lp dp. safest punish would be c.mk xx ex tornado. no walking required.

I just picked up Rufus yesterday, and I can’t seem to get this basic combo down for the life of me -.- Maybe I am reading it wrong, but I can hardly even get the s.lk -> s.HP to connect…

Any tips with this?

The s.lk -> s.hp is a link, so you gotta wait until the animation for lk is done. Basically put a little pause before you input s.HP. Takes practice to get 100% down though.

Thanks, and also I forget the lingo around here (haven’t been around since long ago MVC2 days). What does the “xx” stand for in the string? Is it EX?

xx stands for cancel. For example you can cancel a HP Tornado from a s.HP

s.HP xx HP Tornado. Hope that helps. :wgrin:

can we have a hey bobino thread? :smiley:

shi-, kindevu are you out there? lol

Cancel like an FADC or just your regular cancel in some strings? I’m thinking the second one. Also, can someone please tell me how to connect this Rufus combo. My main problem is HP>Tornado [media=youtube]Eo5EWWjgFvk[/media] I have completed all of the normal combo trials except for this one and one from Chun-Li. Thanks :wgrin:

How about a Hey Darksydephil thread!

I kid I kid.

I swear your able to Galactic Tornado xx Ultra to these characters: Balrog, Sagat, Vega, Zangief.

Used to be able to do it with ease, I went into training mode to fuck around and I couldn’t pull it off even once. Can someone check to see if this still works, its either my shitty ex2 or just me. lol

Oh yeah and if anyone didn’t know to, Sagat you can Cr.LK xx Low Snake strike think it might be a character specific

I thought you can’t cancel into Ultras. In a corner, you can land the Ultra after a Tornado, but not cancel it. AFAIK this works against all characters.

Yes, lp Snake Strike hits grounded characters if they’re “big”. Don’t know specifically which characters are though.

^^

Thank him 10x

i was able to do this to Claw and boxer from midscreen, timming is strict but it does work, didn’t know it worked on sagat too, ill try that later

Nope it works in mid screen with a few characters, does not have to be in the corner.
Works on: Zangief, Balrog & Vega.

Thanks StreakSRM for doing the video.

I’ll wait till I get my new stick an i’ll try this out again.

My bad got it wrong does not work on Sagat!

I am pretty sure it does not work on Sagat.

I tested every character and it only worked on 3 people. Zangief, Balrog, Vega.

If you do a standing Hk from sweep distance, you can juggle that into ultra.

recommend looking at the other sub-forums for match-up advice too; I know the guile and rose forums currently have vs. rufus threads going

Regular Cancel. The combo you mentioned is a perfect example of using a cancel to execute it. During the cl.HP animation, you input the HP.Tornado command and it will combo. A very good punisher when someone whiffs.

the key to HP xx HP tornado is holding forward after you do the tornado punch. if you go to neutral he’ll just spin in place and it won’t combo. kind of like how you can control the distance of fuertes moves by holding forward / back

good to know =)

btw, how do you guys feel a mirror match, i was playing yesterday and it feels that who ever start the rush has the advantage, its hard to stop meaty/well timed dive kicks and messiah all over the place is retarded :looney: