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

[ll_ViCi0uS_ll]

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

hmmm. alot of my friends at g2 say there’s a LACK of comp :crybaby:
but anyway, i usually do the rolling kick [down-forward forward kick. or mk.]
and anticipate for my opponent to do something stupid within the next second of throw them.

[cozeny]

maybe I just got lucky bt thr ws def some beefy french akumas and sagats around when I ws playing earlier. there are still plenty wtfnoobs tho, tht’s true

[MoxManiac]

I seem to be destined for to forever fight Giefs in G2. :wasted:

[svenghali]

Has anyone else ever noticed that dive kick can’t cross up in the left corner? wtf?

[System_1]

9 times out of ten ive been going up against Sagat. Wich is a good thing , i really need the practice. <3 cr.lp pokes !!

[NB2]

Has anyone else ever noticed that dive kick can’t cross up in the left corner? wtf?

Are you sure? Vicious told me something interesting. In the corner, the crossup is from a vertical dive kick, not a triangle jump dive kick. You try going vertical?

I seem to be destined for to forever fight Giefs in G2. :wasted:

I took my whole last tourney round against Gief and Blanka. Blanka had beat me once purely based off of Ultra tick damage, and I came back to destroy him in a second round fight. Gief had me down about 70% to 15% in the second round, but Rufus came back to peace him out like he deserved with some well timed Ultra combos. Damn that was rewarding. :wgrin:

[SATISFACTION]

I would like to play a good rufus. I play bison and could use the practice. If u have a psn hit me.

[ll_ViCi0uS_ll]

Has anyone else ever noticed that dive kick can’t cross up in the left corner? wtf?

how is that even a valid statement? if it doesnt work on the left side, are you implying that it doesnt work on the right side?
anywho you’re probably doing it incorrectly [timing, position, distance]

I would like to play a good rufus. I play bison and could use the practice. If u have a psn hit me.

whats your gamertag? it says “PSP:KING” but they dont have colons allowed in Gamertags.

[reaper2507]

when you hit s.lk watch rufus’s hair…there is a point that it creates an elbow and straightens out forward. as soon as the hair relaxes then hit s.hp…that was a visual cue i used to help me get it.

this realy help out give this guy some reputation^^

[cozeny]

nah, svenghali’s right, vicious, well half-right. the dive kick does cross-up (I think) but rufus can’t switch side when you do cross-up dive kick on the left hand corner. it’s a weird glitch

[gbursine]

there are a few other things i want to talk about. tho atm, i can only remember corner glitch. little tidbit of the entire game;s mechanics worth knowing, but most applicable towards rufus(b/c of dive kick).

so basic scenario is: opponent is as close & directly against the corner of the screen as possible. rufus jumps, at the apex of his jump, he’s directly over the opponent, and does a dive kick. different things happen on different sides of the screen:

on the right side- you get a crossup, and rufus’s fat ass magically squeezes to the other side.
on the left side- rufus’s dive kinda slides in front of the opponent, and he lands in front of the opponent.

doing this on a knocked down, or waking up opponent will have you cross up no matter what(provided you do it right)

its late, and my thoughts on applications are dying, but. this is good to know i thinks

posted from earlier

[ll_ViCi0uS_ll]

nah, svenghali’s right, vicious, well half-right. the dive kick does cross-up (I think) but rufus can’t switch side when you do cross-up dive kick on the left hand corner. it’s a weird glitch

how is that even valid though?
i dont have any problems doing so.

[svenghali]

I just tested dive kicking in the left corner again, and I was able to cross up hit standing Balrog with very late timing. The leniency is very different from the right corner where you can cross up from even before the apex of the jump. I still can’t cross up a shoto standing in the left corner. I was able to connect on crouching Balrog and shotos with very late timing (maybe only a couple frames window).

[cozeny]

I don’t know what you mean by valid, vicious. go to training w/ryu dive kick cross him up in the right corner. rufus will squeeze behind ryu. then try the same in the left hand corner. you’ll hit him on the back of the head and end up where you started.

or what gbursine quoted

edit: so, given svenghali’s latest post, maybe it’s character and stance dependent? it’s not an arcade/console difference is it?

[bUu_6]

this makes the st.LK > st.HP link as easy as the st.LK > st.MP link imo

nice, i just want to confirm cuz that whole thread was alot to digest on just one read lol.

so st.LK > st.HP is pressed as follows?

edit: :lk:>:hp::lp:(or :mp:)

or in words lk > hp and lp immediately after?

that’s my understanding from the thread you linked. plz correct me if im wrong

[reaper2507]

if you enter “inputdata” in trainingroom it must look like this
:mp::hp: <–Frame2 MP+HP =hp^^
:hp: <–frame1 =hp
:lk:

with this setup your good and if you mess up you may even link the :mp: wath is althou good becouse you can althou :hp: tornado after;)

this trick is perfekt for rufus link^^

[bUu_6]

awesome i got it down now

[reaper2507]

the trick is to press the :hp: a split second earlyer(and hold the hp pressed ) then the :mp:
i do it with my index and center finger since the center finger is a bit longer it happen automatik
god pless the sensitiv sanwa buttons

[gbursine]

wait, so you’re doing 4 inputs total to do the lk->hp link?

i’ve been doing just 3, and i thought i was being more consistent >.>

[Jarekov]

I seem to be destined for to forever fight Giefs in G2. :wasted:

cr. hp or start maining seth