Skullgirls Gameplay Discussion Thanks For Playing

tilopud_rye · 2012-05-31T05:22:28.000Z

I was looking around and couldnt find the info but for anyone who’d know: What time does the WNF tournament start tonight and what time do players need to be registered by? I’m waiting for my ride now but it’s not looking like I’ll get there before 8

RustyShacklefurd · 2012-05-31T05:29:54.000Z

I was looking around and couldnt find the info but for anyone who’d know: What time does the WNF tournament start tonight and what time do players need to be registered by? I’m waiting for my ride now but it’s not looking like I’ll get there before 8

I get there around 8, i think sign ups close towards 9. That’s when things usually get rolling anyways. $5 Venue fee, $5 per game entered.

ukyo_rulz · 2012-05-31T05:36:46.000Z

Throws are supposed to be unblockable, that’s the point.

I’ve hated crouch techs since I first heard of them. They were the straw that broke the camel’s back and made me quit SSF4 (the ONLY game in my collection that I hated so much I never bothered to get the Platinum trophy). Maybe it’s just personal preference, but I actually have never liked option selects in general. I want people to make a prediction, commit to it, and then get punished if they guess wrong.

he wants you to give up holding any variation of down if you suspect a throw.

I like this philosophy.

Omni is currently the best player overall I think (at least east coast) I bet he wins ect.

When I first watched Omni play and saw that we independently came up with many of the same Valentine mix-ups and were running fairly similar setups, I realized that he must be very good. Great minds thinking alike and all that.

girlystyle · 2012-05-31T06:28:00.000Z

yeah crouch techs are pretty wussy .

I don’t mind some option selects, like in ST (but pretty bias in that department, I am a Honda player) but in some games they can be really really really stupid.

Age_of_Fools · 2012-05-31T07:57:22.000Z

Preblock seems like an interesting mechanic. Is it true that you are vulnerable to grabs/command grabs during pre-block?

I was messing around with it to figure out what triggers it. Seems like horizontally it’s triggered just outside the move’s range, but vertically you can be as high or low as you want and it will trigger. The other notable thing was the length of the preblock depends on the move, specifically it appears to last much longer for moves with long recovery. This means that a move like Cerebella’s j.LP which leaves her in that rapidfire pose for a while can lock them in preblock for almost an entire jump arc, and since it can be rapid-fired even on whiff, 2-3 air jabs can take up the whole super jump arc.

If they’re in the air I don’t know if this is exploitable (they can still tech airthrows right?). On the ground I think there’s potential for some nasty setups with mortuary drop, maybe merry-go-rilla, and diamond drop is a bit fast for this maybe. If I’m correct about how this works, DHCs from air supers like gregor samson, buer thresher, scalpels, and EKG into cerebella’s showstopper could be inescapable if they’re blocking.

evilweevle · 2012-05-31T08:18:00.000Z

im pretty hyped to see what the turnout is like for skullgirls at EVO. hopefully a lot of players can bring some good hype to the game and it doesnt turn into a X character/doublebutt fest. although im betting it probably will.

I was messing around with it to figure out what triggers it. Seems like horizontally it’s triggered just outside the move’s range, but vertically you can be as high or low as you want and it will trigger. The other notable thing was the length of the preblock depends on the move, specifically it appears to last much longer for moves with long recovery. This means that a move like Cerebella’s j.LP which leaves her in that rapidfire pose for a while can lock them in preblock for almost an entire jump arc, and since it can be rapid-fired even on whiff, 2-3 air jabs can take up the whole super jump arc.
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interesting. wonder if i could figure out some kind of tricks using fortunes qcb K move above the opps head and call bella diamond drop assist while they are stuck in preblock…

edit: in fact, now that i think about it, this may have happened to me a while back now. a filia player dropped (at least i thought they did at the time) a combo and did hairball super above my head, and then DHCd into bella 360 grab. i was holding back while waiting on the ground for a punish, but now i wonder if i had been holding upback whether i would have been held on the ground by preblock anyway.

also, bonus cerebella video!!!

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Honor_Basquiat · 2012-05-31T08:22:56.000Z

I got another 100% combo for Parasoul. I think this one is Patch proof too

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/20048323.jpg

Seriously though, details and transcript please, or it didn’t happen.

Bang_Em_Banks · 2012-05-31T08:26:40.000Z

God damn that is scary tech right there

Interesting…

KhaosMuffins · 2012-05-31T08:35:50.000Z

Mike Z is on now. I like 3% speed increase. Also, green techs?

Urichinan · 2012-05-31T08:38:40.000Z

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!
I found FOUR anti-burst setups.
Three with Painwheel, one with Parasoul.

:3

EDIT: FIVE

Mr.X · 2012-05-31T08:40:26.000Z

Fortune Headless Purrserker Barrage DHC into Bike Super on Double isn’t hitting on the patch build. I’m gonna test this to see if it works now.

Update: I haven’t missed it yet but Double did fall out before the drill part once. Can’t reproduce that.

Honor_Basquiat · 2012-05-31T08:45:10.000Z

Mike Z is discussing the green tech now, basically Napalm Pillar is nerfed now because you can tech the shit earlier, after 7 frames I think he said.

Hawkingbird · 2012-05-31T08:45:28.000Z

I’m liking the sound of green techs.

Mr.X · 2012-05-31T08:50:45.000Z

Mike Z is discussing the green tech now, basically Napalm Pillar is nerfed now because you can tech the shit earlier, after 7 frames I think he said.

It’s only applied to hitting an assist.

GrayFox814 · 2012-05-31T08:50:49.000Z

Sure its annoying for those of us that abused Napalm Pillar, but I think the green tech is a good thing.
Its still a great assist.

BTW was that severin doin the sick resets with that Cerebella assist?

EDIT: Apparently it was Jason D.

ataconazi · 2012-05-31T08:59:42.000Z

lol i love when you bait mashing as parasoul and napalm pillar yet lose anyway to rolling star or double h butt. so funny

and i just realized that the stupidity of double’s car super only hitting fortune’s head goes both ways. if double has two meters, you can just do whatever standfierce gun cattelites, immediate do car super to get free half damage from the car on the head, while continuously chipping with the cattelites

Urichinan · 2012-05-31T09:03:26.000Z

Bwahahaha, I found two more. Now I have SEVEN burst safe combos. =D

Honor_Basquiat · 2012-05-31T09:10:12.000Z

Sure its annoying for those of us that abused Napalm Pillar, but I think the green tech is a good thing.
Its still a great assist.

It’s noticeably worse now. Not that I’m complaining, even though I do love to “abuse” Napalm Pillar, just stating the facts. Not super crazy about all the drastic changes we are seeing though. I really like the way this game is now, I’m sure I’ll still love it, but don’t fix something if it aint broken.

Deps · 2012-05-31T09:15:43.000Z

Green tech is the best change yet. Love it.

Darklightjg1 · 2012-05-31T09:17:10.000Z

Man watching Valentine on stream I wish there was a Teamspooky easter egg on her level 3 where sometimes instead of her speaking, Spooky voice comes on like “sup guys… this is spooky on the mic” and you get the spooky skull.