The Comprehensive Firebrand Thread: Lab Notes for Beginners (almost done)

Kresent · 2013-04-12T20:57:00.000Z

<Insert Name Here>;8088196:

TheCape:

Anyone have a solid combo for the incoming unblockable if you they decide to be hit by your lock down move?

That would depend on the lockdown assist in question. Tenderizer? Cold Star?

IIRC, I think you can just release the Demon Missile early before the lockdown assist stops hitting, then combo afterwards. The damage would be scaled, though.

If they take the hit, you can’t build a full bar solo. He’s asking if anyone has found a combo that does build a full bar if they decide to take the hit from Tenderizer.

_Insert_Name_Here · 2013-04-13T04:14:46.000Z

Kresent:

<Insert Name Here>;8088196:

TheCape:

Anyone have a solid combo for the incoming unblockable if you they decide to be hit by your lock down move?

That would depend on the lockdown assist in question. Tenderizer? Cold Star?

IIRC, I think you can just release the Demon Missile early before the lockdown assist stops hitting, then combo afterwards. The damage would be scaled, though.

If they take the hit, you can’t build a full bar solo. He’s asking if anyone has found a combo that does build a full bar if they decide to take the hit from Tenderizer.

Oh. In that case, never mind.

ChomP · 2013-04-13T04:20:42.000Z

Does anyone have any setups on characters that can fly/double jump. I usually do air bon voyage and then air grab them if they advance guard. I’m settled with my new team FB/Doom/Ammy, had to drop Dorm and Sent, missiles/beam and coldstar assist too good lol .

MysticRay · 2013-04-14T07:36:38.000Z

Firebrand and Sentinel need bathrobe alts.

soniczero9 · 2013-04-14T23:07:59.000Z

MysticRay:

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/311/2/0/super_skrull_alt_dlc_umc3_by_marvelminds-d4fef4i.jpg

Firebrand and Sentinel need bathrobe alts.

But then Firebrand wouldn’t be nude. Sent on the other hand would be amusing.

CriminalUpper:

Trying to perfect these low Wall Cling Fireballs the way Zak does. Wasn’t sure at first, but I think these are easily his best moves when done correctly since they cover so much space whilst covering his own approach, and they have some serious durability too

Any advice on how to keep them low whilst staying close to the corner though? I’m doing u/b,b,b+Atk, stressful on the hands but it seems to work out till around the 3rd or 4th Fireball where I’ll be too far to Wall Cling again. Better yet, how do y’all do it (if you can)?

I’ve been using b, u/b, b+A. I don’t know if that’s any better because my hands are too stupid to get more than 2 fireballs out of that. I forget how Zak said he did it. He described it once last year when he was at the FGTV house before EVO

HenDozung · 2013-04-17T08:00:06.000Z

I TK heavy helevator then tap back, however I only use this at midrange to w medium fireball for mixups and hard tags. Try it out, hopefully it’ll help?

TheCape · 2013-05-03T06:30:12.000Z

Anyone find any unblockable setups with Doom? I’ve seen one with missiles, but have not seen one for anything else.

UnSaxon51 · 2013-05-03T21:34:37.000Z

You can also set one up with Molecular Shield, but the timing is REALLY strict. And compared to other lockdown assists, it’s not too difficult to escape. Plus you then lose Missiles (arguably the best assist in the game) or Plasma Beam (probably Firebrand’s best assist in general).

TheCape · 2013-06-15T23:38:43.000Z

Gentlemen. I have found a double over head with Firebrand.

jL as if you are doing an instant overhead. Cancel with Hell’s Dive M and land with jM or jL into a cL. Double overhead!

Kresent · 2013-07-13T08:43:55.000Z

Hey guys I have a FT15 coming up with another top NC player named Jon Slayton.

I’ve played this guy a lot but does anyone have any tips for fighting Zero/Dante/Strider?

soniczero9 · 2013-07-14T15:19:57.000Z

Kresent:

Hey guys I have a FT15 coming up with another top NC player named Jon Slayton.

I’ve played this guy a lot but does anyone have any tips for fighting Zero/Dante/Strider?

The obvious one of snap in Strider and make sure he’s dead.

cryingsouls · 2013-07-16T13:35:46.000Z

I dont have the game in hands atm so i’ll ask:

can you flame loop with bv>hard tag?

Cee_Dizzy · 2013-07-17T04:08:37.000Z

Kresent:

Hey guys I have a FT15 coming up with another top NC player named Jon Slayton.

I’ve played this guy a lot but does anyone have any tips for fighting Zero/Dante/Strider?

Its gonna be really tough, because his team just straight up counters Firebrand IMO. But what I do against Zero’s when I play Zero is I do alot of wall cling straight into Fireballs. He has to blow his buster to get through that. When he starts advancing on the ground, you can go for a hit.

Also, plasma beam blows up alot of stuff Zero wants to do. If you don’t play it, you should learn.

Kresent · 2013-09-12T01:18:36.000Z

Pool 9
Diego V - Nova/Spencer/Taskmaster
SuES Pulse
MOTP
SwaterDan
col.ShadyK - Morrigan/Dr. Doom/Vergil
Xeni
Mac - Zero/Dante/Vergil
Kresent
Musa (A friend of mine, already said he won’t be able to attend anymore) - Magneto/Dr. Doom/Amaterasu

There is my pool for TFC. Anyone got any info for me?
Also, any of you going to TFC?

EDIT/ Looking up, I guess I never gave you guys the results. I won against Jon Slayton, the Zero player, 15-4.

UnSaxon51 · 2013-09-12T01:21:03.000Z

Kill Shady’s Vergil. That’s the only practical advice I can give.

_Insert_Name_Here · 2013-09-12T01:24:29.000Z

Call Shady a “washed-up motherfucker” to his face to psyche him out.

_Hamsworth · 2013-10-05T04:01:27.000Z

Not sure if this is the place for this and people probably already know because it’s obvious but Firebrand can beat the “mash TAC+hidden missile assist OS” if you do the correct TAC bait reset.

After the final launch of your combo and you reset with j.L, do a delayed j.H into Bon Voyage, land, dash backwards, st.H, cr.H, S, SJ forwards into the combo of your choice and you should avoid all the missiles.

UncleGary · 2013-10-15T00:49:45.000Z

What do you guys do if the other player tech rolls forward out of the corner after a knockdown? I remember watching a stream with apologyman, and someone rolled forward out of tenderizer and got thrown, and ShadyK said you can’t forward roll out of tenderizer against firebrand, so I’m assuming there was some trap or option select involved.

Gamegeezer · 2014-04-25T22:36:51.000Z

Okay guys, so this last weekend i got BLOWN UP by Morrigan teams. I know this is a god awful matchup for Firebrand, but what are some useful techs and strats going into the match? Any particular normals that i should abuse more, and has anyone got any useful anti-Morrigan tech? We’re assuming the Morrigan team is running the Morri-Doom shell with missiles assist.

Helter_Skelter · 2014-04-26T10:06:19.000Z

@Gamegeezer‌. I thought your team would do pretty decently against MorriDoom.

You’ve got Plasma Beam for sniping assists. Both Nova and Firebrand are pretty good at stalling from Astral Vision spam by either getting to super jump height in the corner and putting a pulse out then hanging there, or by getting to super jump height in the corner and wall clinging. Remember Nova has High Speed Tackle which you can abuse if you have few meters that will get the Morrigan player to stop throwing shit briefly.

How’s your start of the round game with FB and have you got any new videos?