Its going to be a few more days for the final disc of Xmania V. I have to reformat both of my harddrives on my PC. It just wont run right.
Untill then i will continue to seed the first disc of Xmania V.
Some really nice matches to watch there; can’t wait for the next cd.
Any news of x-mania cds? :karate:
Hey guys…Out of these characters? Which are the hardest matchups for Blanka? I still have some trouble with him. Out of Vega, N. Ryu, O.Ken, O. Sagat, Honda, who gives Blanka the most trouble?
BTW…which version of O. Sagat is closer to the arcade: Old Super Sagat in AE, or O. Sagat on the PS1 version?
I would wager that Honda has the most disgusting advantage over Blanka than just about any other character in the game, mostly because his Uchio throw really limits Blanka’s throw shennanigans. Otherwise, a solidly played shoto will have great odds against the beast.
(I’m going to assume by “Vega” you mean Dictator.)
For Blanka, I’d say from the easiest fight to the hardest fight, it goes something like this:
Vega
O.Sagat
O.Ken
N.Ryu
Honda
Please keep in mind that I am not a Blanka player. I am just basing this off of the Blanka matches I’ve seen. Honda definitely seems to be his worst match.
I don’t really understand what you mean by “Old Super Sagat”. Is that SSF2 Sagat, or ST’s O.Sagat?
At any rate, the PS1 version of ST O.Sagat is not changed from the arcade, as far as I can tell.
PS1 O.Sagat is nerfed close to HSF O.Sagat. His FB’s are slower then arcade but that is about the only difference.
Also, Sorry for the delay for the delay on caping the second CD of Xmania V. My PC has crashed on me 3 times in the last 2 weeks. I have attempted to recap but the softwear keeps crashing each time. I may have to wait till i get a new motherboard at the end of the month. I will do my best to get it done sooner.
Vega
O.Sagat
O.Ken
N.Ryu
Honda
That sounds right, no matter which Vega you mean. I’m not sure about Ken vs. Sagat by Honda is the hardest followed by Ryu, and Vega (of either variety) the easiest.
Honda can turtle with the headbutt and his normals stack up well against Blanka. Ryu can be really annoying with in your face fireballs as well as pokes like low strong, it’s really difficult for Blanka to get anything going and landing a crossup is pretty difficult.
Ken and Sagat fireballs at close range are easier to get around than Ryu’s.
What makes honda vs blanka so hard for blanka ? And what makes blanka vs vega (claw) so easy for blanka ?
Given that the Honda player have anything above old man reactions, Honda vs. Blanka is free. Normals are better, jab torpedo stuffs all air assault, and ochio takes care of the rest.
Just don’t forget, Blanka walks under high tigers.
The Headbutt beats pretty much everything (absolutely everything?) that Blanka has, so Honda doesn’t have to do anything to win. He can pretty much just hold down/back and react to whatever Blanka does. Blanka can never do ball unless it will kill Honda, because Honda gets free retaliation Headbutt, even if Honda got hit by the ball. Blanka has to STRUGGLE to break through the Fortress of Honda, and even if he somehow manages to get in and start some shenanigans, Honda’s command throw pretty much nullifies any throw attempts Blanka could try. :sad:
Blanka has really good jumping moves (and a fast jump), so he can harrass people without good anti-air. If Blanka gets in and starts some cross-up shenanigans, it’s really, really hard for Claw (or Dic) to do anything because they don’t have any good reversals. (Keep in mind that Claw will lose his charge when he gets crossed-up.) :sad:
Basic rule of thumb for Honda is: if they don’t have a projectile, the fatass tank is golden.
Dunno about the claw having such a hard time with crossups. He’s like blanka in that he can just hold back and mash the button for the special… if he has the down-back charge that is. I don’t play him, but i see it a lot.
I also can’t get over how anti-crossup Blanka is. The rolling ball is so damn easy. You trade, but who cares. Even if you get hit, you’re in the air.
Blanka owns Vega pretty free. He cant get around jab version Blanka Ball and jump short (crossups) tick.
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I don’t think that Claw has such a bad matchup against Blanka. Blanka cant ball withoout being hit by Fierce. Expect to see lots of Claw’s crouching strong v/s Blanka’s crouching forward. Blanka has better air game, jumping jab and jumping forward, in the other hand Vega’s air throw could be useful if Blanka jumps too often. He is not Chun Li.
Thank you NKI, your words mean a little more to me than everyone else’s on this board. 
Speaking of it though, why is that if EVO commissioned someone to build a few of these compact superguns, ST couldn’t just be run on some TVS of RGB monitors? Joysticks wouldn’t really be an issue as you could easily build db15 adaptors (some sticks even come this way. I won’t speak of ZERO 3 as it looks like we have a solid port coming (even if it is Capcom USA were talking about.
Anyways, just a thought. Hate to ST die after 2006. It’s the 10 year anniversary after all!
PS: Thank you also JMS
I wouldn’t say that Blanka has an easy time against Claw, but it’s one of his easier matches overall. For Blanka that’s not saying much.
The thing about Blanka matches is that generally Blanka has to work 2x as hard as his opponent to get anything done because they have stupidly easy strategies that work effectively. Take Chun for example. Her ground pokes dominate Blanka and her jump-ins are really annoying to deal with as well.
Vega (claw) doesn’t dominate Blanka on the ground, air to air or air to ground.