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

[okgo]

1. possibly on counter-hit?
2. nope, you can chain st.LK, st.LK, st.HK, that’s how I do it
3. which strength dp? lp? if so, sweep

1. Nope, this is in training mode, with them just standing there.
2. Thanks
3. No, fierce DP, something where you have time to set up a good combo.

[cozeny]

fierce dp, punish with st.HP xx HP tornado. they’ll think twice abt whiffing an srk again

[gbursine]

regarding s.lk, it is unchainable, but you have so much frame advantage, its easy to link.

w/ punishing shoryukens, mp, hp, and ex versions have 18 frames of landing recovery(10 for lp version). this means that upon touching the ground, 18/60ths of a second they’re slowly going back to neutral state.

i prefer s.mp, since it’s nearly half the frames of c.rk(7 frames as opposed to 12), & is guaranteed to hit(hits mid-character level)

[cozeny]

oh, apols, you can certainly mash out those lk links tho

[ll_ViCi0uS_ll]

yah, worse than tiger knee lockdown : /

worse than a tiger knee lockdown?!
:bluu: nothing is worse than a tiger knee lockdown.
but iono maybe ur just good against sagat.

2. nope, you can chain st.LK, st.LK, st.HK, that’s how I do it

whats the purpose of linking st. lk twice into launcher?
im too lazy to check the stats on it in training mode.
i see alot of well known rufuses [or rufii?] in japan use this alot.

care to explain please??? :wonder:

[NB2]

LMAO…we are now officially the Rufii.

[PuFF]

LMAO…we are now officially the Rufii.

Huh?

lol

[cozeny]

vicious, I do it because if you just go straight into the launcher and the st.HK is blocked it leaves you vulnerable. I’m not godlike and I find it hard to hit confirm the st.HK off of one st.LK but I know the timing for the st.LK, st.LK link (“mash” lol) so it gives me a bit more time to hit confirm the launcher

[Kritz]

Hahaha! Wow, I found a good one that I might try to implement into my gameplay while testing something.

Anyone try :

LP Snake Strike <link> st.LK <link> st.LP xx EX Tornado (Space Opera Symhpony) 238/496
LP Snake Strike <link> st.MP xx EX Tornado (Space Opera Symhpony) 288/594

A little fancy, but I think it looks real slick, though you’re better off doing something else for damage.

Of course, it might be character specific so I’ll post the results for that later today

Also:
LP Snake Strike <link> St.LK <link> Cr.MK xx EX Tornado (Space Opera Symhpony)

[F1]

Also:
LP Snake Strike <link> St.LK <link> Cr.MK xx EX Tornado (Space Opera Symhpony)

All of them here.

'cept for links from links… Taking a break from hours in the danger room making dolls and… omg just one more title/icon… and it’s… SUPER!.. lol

<3F1

[Thomson]

Greetings,
what should i use to break wakeup focus?
im pretty new to rufus (playing for about 4 days with him) and i really like him and my chances on xbl arent that bad but i always fall for wakeup focus wich really hurt (full focus + usually fHP + shoryuken maybe even + FADC Ultra)

[PuFF]

Greetings,
what should i use to break wakeup focus?
im pretty new to rufus (playing for about 4 days with him) and i really like him and my chances on xbl arent that bad but i always fall for wakeup focus wich really hurt (full focus + usually fHP + shoryuken maybe even + FADC Ultra)

Any reversal, EX Messiah, jump back.

[Thomson]

sounds too easy,
when i jump back i will still get hit but it sends me flying
ex messiah is probrably the best to do
and any reversal wont to it, snakestrike and messiah won’t help either but again still sends me flying instead of crumbling state.
Medium and hard vacuum punch seems to be to slow, maybe light vacuum at least this is what i was thinking

[PuFF]

sounds too easy,
when i jump back i will still get hit but it sends me flying
ex messiah is probrably the best to do
and any reversal wont to it, snakestrike and messiah won’t help either but again still sends me flying instead of crumbling state.
Medium and hard vacuum punch seems to be to slow, maybe light vacuum at least this is what i was thinking

All reversals have armor break

[cozeny]

back dash

meaty focus is for noobs (and poongko)

[ll_ViCi0uS_ll]

back dash wont save rufus for shit on wake up lvl 3s. tried that many times.

[evilj]

^ i thought that worked universally with every character. Corner is a different story though.

[cozeny]

I don’t know if everybody knows this but if you anti-air something with a cr.MP, take a small step backwards to reset the distance and you’ll be perfect for another cr.MP if they come at you again

[ll_ViCi0uS_ll]

^ i thought that worked universally with every character. Corner is a different story though.

not necessarily, Rufus’ backdash is slightlly different but i’ll do more research on that.
i mean when i play and try to backdash outta shit [such as lvl 3 FAs] i keep getting hit which is absolutely frustrating lols.

I don’t know if everybody knows this but if you anti-air something with a cr.MP, take a small step backwards to reset the distance and you’ll be perfect for another cr.MP if they come at you again

good shit, however, who would be dumb enough to jump at you twice? lol
oh and nice uploads on ur xbl fights.

[cozeny]

yeah, tht’s mostly just a scrub-peacing out tip. I think it’s a good habit to walk back slightly after a cr.MP cos it’s a nice spacing to have anyway.

thx, I keep mashing after fights and uploading crappy replays lol just made it up into G2 and they play for keeps up here; there’s def some good comp. mostly french, oddly enough