His V triggers are strong as hell, but he is one of the characters that can viably win matches without them if you place good V Reversals/throw techs and dashes. It only takes one bad CC or c.MK into EX knee press into the corner and you probably won’t get to play again without burning a V Reversal or EX DP that you dont want to.
Which that obviously plays to your style, but more chances at winning is better than just regular chances at winning. There are very few characters where you will need to have that V Reversal over just having the new tools and extended damage off the triggers. A lot of the matches you lost were exacerbated by your opponents getting a lot more damage and setups by popping off their triggers while you were left playing more honest and v reversaling their shit.
Thank you. I still have a long path ahead of me, but step by step I am improving, learning new things and getting better at this.
I am nowhere ready for those tournaments I am taking part, but if I wait till I am, I would never end up going to one.
And even though they are mostly online, they have been great opportunities to learn. Getting to play against people who are much better than you teaches you a lot.
I’m almost sure Kolin’s face modelling budget when straight in her butt. There’s no other explanation for one thing looking so bad and the other so good.
Another lost because of Guile having an anti air jab and anti air cr.jab. This game balance is so stupid. Does he really need that with flash kick and cr.hp…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, the last thing you want to do if your game is predictable is to be acutely AWARE that your game is predictable. It usually only makes the problem worse.
Does Bison still have his crlp AA?
I know Kolin still has her light AA
Maybe Sakura too but I haven’t fought her in a bit
Edit: Add Karin her stLP still works
It’s never going to change anyway…if you’re still getting AA’d with a light then you deserve it. I’m a victim too because 2/10 times I’ll stlp out of muscle memeory with a character that doesn’t have one.
Capcom did a good job getting rid of light AA’s though. Remember season 1? Almost everyone had one and they were prevalent. Light AA’s and jump back os tech were an eyesore - glad they’re mostly gone now.
Well, even if Cammy is definitely top 3 material her game is well known and linear, so it’s hard to be unpredictable without being too yolo doing stupid things. She’s there on top because her game is too efficient anyway, but there isn’t much room for mix-ups with Cammy, a lot of characters can torch her in that regard. Then Punk was against Idom Laura, nuff said, but at the end he won the whole thing.
I’m mostly referring to my little habits. Things like throwing out cr.MP twice even though it can get interrupted. Throwing out a cr.MK after a cr.MP. Badly spaced dive kicks. Stuff like that. Her gameplan is straightforward, but I gotta execute that plan better.
I am absolutely hating the Cody mu.
He gets to play too comfortable against Gief.
I am pretty sure Sakura has a much better time against him, but you can’t counter pick on online ranked.
After so many matches there’s the risk of playing in auto-pilot a bit, we’ll doing this error. SFV is very volatile, it’s very easy making people uncomfortable with few things.
Yeah, they still exist unfortunately but most of the time there’s a better option from a heavy or medium. Like with Karin I basically never st.lp AA when I can use cr.hp/st.hp that have better hitboxes and damage. St.lp is good against Laura’s j.lk with its shallow jump arc, and Sim’s teleport. But I use her other options 95% of the time.
