Yeah u can always wish for more health but there’s a specific reason why Ibuki has low health. Mainly because if she had more health against characters that will inevitably lose to her in the long run like Sagat, Hakan and Seth she would just be even more uphill against those characters. You have to think about your opponents as well. It’s like Akuma players wishing Akuma had more health. I mean Akuma was basically the best character in the last game and if he had more health…
Ibuki is fine with 900 health because she has plenty of tools that keep her from ever getting hit. That’s part of the reason why she’s very high tier. She’s not just completely close ranged based like Fei Long or Sakura. She is very good at zoning and controlling space as well and in the end u win when u don’t get hit. Don’t worry though…there’s going to be plenty of matchups where u can just bum rush people and anybody with shitty wake up against Ibuki like the shotos, Sakura, Dhalsim, probably Gen and Cody you’re going to be able to press mad buttons against. It just depends on the matchup whether you get to unleash all of your Naruto ninja ninpo or just have to play Counter Strike and lame it out.
It’s not really Ibuki’s health that’s stopping you from doing more, it’s the matchups and how you react in those matchups. Certain matchups like Honda and Gief just aren’t worth going for an all out offense in.
you can do the same with low short, it’s just harder to time with less active hit frames. but one could argue just the same that the slide would be harder to time as meaty. it would depend on the situation aka how you knock them down.
The combo I’m using most right now is
low jab > low short > stand jab > forward > forward rekka
The low short stops backdashes and gives hit-confirm ability. I’ve found a lot of stuff in training mode but I’ve yet to fully incorporate it all into my play. Like low short on wake-up > 123. If blocked, the 123 will counter hit crouch techs.
Also, I found that if you do lp mp lk hp (holding forward for lk) you’ll get either combo. This is good if you’re uncertain of the spacing for the up close 123.
I should just make a thread for random things I find :P. Would that be okay with you guys?
What i dont get,i’m sure it is not entirely the case but from the talk on the last few pages it sounds like people are sleeping on her ranged d.mp as a poke,i has nearly the range of d.mk
Has more active frames is even on block and can be combo’d easier
Yeah, that’s what I’m saying, whenever someone does that kinda thing to me I can’t do anything properly (I’m fairly sure I actually start drooling and making “hurrdurr” noises IRL when it happens). Usually I’m not that awful with my timing, but I understand I need to practice oki (actually watching it again I’m still not sure why it missed). Same with j.lk, hardly ever use it except in corners because I can’t judge the range of her jump well yet.
Okay, will try to force myself to ub+throw next time.
And yes, blanka…
Thanks for the input, both of you!
Re: bison, will have to wait there, only found 2 matches and I won those.
Crouch mp is her longest bufferable poke next to stand forward, which is good. Standing forward is 2 frames faster I believe but has less active frames. They both have there own functions.
He’s probably looking for [good/top] players that know how to play the Ibuki matchups correctly, and not shitty players playing random noobs on PSN/XBL and asking “Am I vortexing right? How do I improve?” Stuff like that belongs in the Ibuki critique thread but alas, noobs still continue posting crap videos in this thread.
/rant
What part of the game has been out commercially for less then a month do people not understand?
There was no arcade release before the console release,and new shit is being found daily.
There are several good players trying to learn her but it’s a trial and error time consuming process.
there are no super legit Ibuki players come back in about a year or so once everyone has figered out SJC-U2 SJC-TC.
If you want ADVICE on ibuki theres always DevilJin.
I don’t believe anyone is saying “Am i doing this or that right” in here. People do discussing what can be done better to fix others mistakes, if they wanted to post in the Ibuki Critique thread to ask for help on something i’m sure they would have. People post what their Ibuki’s are like here, not “Hey what did i do wrong in this video” Maybe your confused with what people are seeing in the videos and commenting about them.
Well, yeah I just don’t want the (no offense) new players doing random neck breakers and stuff. It won’t take like a year for this character to show her abilities. Remember that guy named Joe from Japan who was already doing crazy crap with Viper within like 2 months or so into the game’s release. And that was with a whole new game engine and a brand new character.
Like F-word from UK (I think?) was pretty good. Very few matches of him though. I haven’t seen DevilJin yet. I’ll check him out later. But any others?
yeah foo, there is me… ill be at wnf to teach you ibuki!!!
lol, ha ha jk but yeah we need people to start posting there newb vids in the critique thread… its better that way. also rich, how come i didnt see your ibuki at the last wnf?
f-word is the best ibuki ive seen so far, but it looked as if his opponents werent really trying to block much and that can make anyone look good.
Dime – couldn’t agree more that we need a “critique” thread and an “Ibuki vid thread” where worthy/legit vids are posted. It’s somewhat tiresome going through these pages and finding nothing but random shit. No offense to those posting vids, I just don’t really want to watch your stuff.
I’m looking for tourney player / JPN vids that will inspire me to improve…not Unsafe Neckbreaker Inc.
Good stuff I’ve seen in this thread (for example’s sake): EvilDrakeFang, Dashio, F-Word
