Just trying to get a handle on who the top current Ryu players are and what SA’s they are using at the moment. So far the best 4 I have seen are Georgia, Ruu, TTM and Frankie3s. Haven’t seen much of TTM but what I have seen has been damn impressive, I’m just suprised I havent seen him more often with his insane groundwork.
As is my understanding Georgia and TTM were converted to the church of Denjin by Frankie3S??? Exactly what is it that changed their minds?
Also, it seems to be from the footage I’ve seen and what I’ve heard from the SBO2, Frankie3s wasn’t able to get as much time with casual japanese competition as Pyrolee and Arileth before the tournament, and it seemed to me that his game at that time didn’t seem at the same standard Arileth and Pyro were playing at. Maybe he just had a bad day though???
Has anyone talked to the different Japanese Ryu players and asked their opinions on why they stick to one SA almost always?
Hope someone actually visits these forums once in a while. heh
i don’t know squat really about the Japanese Ryu players since i don’t see them too often. well, that and all i really look for are Dudley players :lol:. but i can testify to the fact (can i get a witness? i’m a witness!) that watching Frankie3s play has made me love using Denjin. i use it against people more than Shinkuu or Shinsho. i don’t rely on EXes too much, i guess. it’s not my style of play.
the Japanese Ryu players i’ve seen (most of them i saw in that tournament where it was all Ryu vs. Dudley), i’d say Shinkuu was used 70% to 80% of the time. they all were using a lot of EX Hadoukens. with Shinshoryuken or Denjin, i feel that the purpose of having those supers is to use it whereas with Shinkuu, it’s not your objective to build the super to use the super.
i guess the best comparison is with Chun-Li. she builds her super not for EX use, but for the super. Shinkuu Ryu builds his bar to make sure he has some meter to chuck EX Hadoukens or maybe counter with s. fierce -> EX Joudan. the latter is kinda rare, so you often see pressuring with EX Hadouken and some throw games.
well ive only seen Frankie3S, and since then ive been playin Denjin too. i think its his best SA cause its all about playin mind games. anybody have Ryu videos?