SSFIV: Are Ultra combos a big part of your game plan?

[Chousuke]

I play Dudley a lot, so yeah… It would be stupid not to use the ultra. Good damage and a bazillion ways to combo into it… mmmm…

Corkscrew Cross is also an awesome reaction punish against roll- or slide-happy Blankas and similar characters. I once caught a Dhalsim’s whiffed c.mp (or something) on reaction. That was exhilarating.

Depending on character I also use the ultra as a “panic button” in situations where I’m low on life and would be screwed anyway, such as after a whiffed ex mgb. Some people try to punish it with really slow moves.

And sometimes I just go “scrubby” and throw it out randomly (usually on wakeup) if my opponent seems aggressive. It doesn’t work that often but sometimes catches people who think they’ve already won and get careless.

(The above tactic gets me way too often still I’m not a very good player yet, but I’m learning. Recently I’ve been trying to learn footsies but I honestly have no idea how well I’m doing.)

[G-Boobie]

Basically, the answers you’re going to get are going to be heavily dependent on what characters people are playing. The FADC/combo into Ultra is a big part of the gameplan for Rufus, Sagat, Ryu, Rog, Chun, etc. etc. etc. I play Blanka and Honda, and as a result, I tend to rely on footsies and shenanigans for my damage.

It’s fun to land the occasional cross up Blanka Ultra 1, or use Honda’s Ultra 1 as an anti air at JUST THE RIGHT TIME, but I can’t count on that every round.

[Justice_Berrys]

ill use my ultra if i can combo into it or if the guy im playin messes up otherwise ill leave it alone

[Zerenade]

beside the obvious dp fadc combo, you can juggle off of spinning back fist (EX and mp are the least shit, although even with the ability to juggle afterwards, they’re still not used much) and off of a perfectly spaced spiral arrow. You can also link off of EX cannon strike, and counter hit cr. fierce.

You probably can’t actually do those (except for the two non-fadc juggles, which are more difficult to get your oponent to fall for), but they are there.

As for my character, for chun, if I’ve picked Ultra 1, I’ve done it to shut down specific moves I think my oponent is going to try, so it’s a huge part of my plan, if I’m using U2, then the only plan is “if they leave an opening, combo into Ultra”. For other character’s it’s different, and the OP really needs to learn, that to get anwers for questions like this, you need to tell people your character.

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Except not only did I post which characters I use, but I posted which Ultras I typically pick with them as well.

I appreciate you reading my post, though.