I was just watching the TS5 dvd trailer and noticed BAS did this with sakura;
qcb+hk, s.lp, activate, s.lk, s.mk, shoshosho
Got me just wondering, how consitent are people (by ‘people’ read: japanese) at 1-frame links thesedays? I know that I still find them far, far too inconsistent but that’s just me :rolleyes:. Has anyone started to actually incorporate them into their tourney games or is it just saved for casuals? I remember noone said RC could become consistent and that 3frames was too unreliable but we got passed that. Think the same would ever be true for 1-frame links?
P.S If you CAN consitently do qcb+hk, s.lp with sakura, then you have one hell of a bnb :tup:.
Show me proof! A translation out of the Japanese CvS2 book would be great for example. A confirmation from BAS himself or one of the respected players he plays with would work as well.
“Somewhat consistent” is an oxymoron. Either you are or you aren’t.
That Sakura combo isn’t character specific, unless there is some character in the game that can duck Sakura’s standing jab.
kcxj, just watching match videos. Some characters (Slayer) basically have the links as their B&B. They aren’t that much harder than 2 frame links.
I heard that Kindebu used two of them in one combo during the finals for something? That sounds like confidence to me.
And that frame omission thing can’t be true. Then 2-frame links would have a random 20% chance of becoming a 1 frame link, omitting one of the two frames possible for the link to exist on. Which would make any 2-frame link only 90% sure.
ask bucktooth he seen me do axl FRC alot(when he was around). Not as much as I can now but still a good 80 %(or maybe it was tragic? fuck i cant remember)
Yeh I’m still very skeptical on the existence of this ‘disappearing 5th frames’. I’d love to hear a reason WHY this would happen…
As for the 1-frame links I guess it’s a question of risk/reward. I used to be able to do akuma’s c.lp --> c.hk link fairly consistently (I’d hazzard a guess to say around 70%) and that wasn’t worth it when I messed up. It ment that 30% of the time I’d lose a CC opportunity (I’m not gonna lie, I can’t do Akuma’s ‘proper’ CC myself - but it’s the principle of the thing =P).
Does anyone know if the Bas scenario I listed above in the trailer was in a tourney match or casuals?
Well, the risk-reward is based on the damage potential/advantage of that move or combo in particular.
If you want to know if you can manage them consistently (around 100%) with practice, then yes, it is possible and I bet many players use it based on how confident they are in it. But unless it gives you a large benefit over some other alternative, then I wouldn’t suggest it, unless you are going to pull it in casual to be flashy.
Thankyou for explaining about the dissappearing frames. This all makes a lot more sense now :).
What we still don’t have however is anyone’s flatout opinion on whether 1-frame links are viable in CvS2 tourney play. We know that the most consistent you can ‘inhumanly’ be is 80%, and we know that number scales drastically with multiple 1-frame links in the same combo. From what I’ve heard here I still get the impression that they’re just for flaunting in casuals. I’d by happy to hear different if someone says so.
Omni showed me the TS5 trailer cuz he said it was the best trailer of all time. When we got to the crazy bas combo, he said, “and that bullshit is the reason bas loses tournaments.” Tournament or not, people like to show off.
we like what you post, Laugh. I think most of the people who appreciate it tend to just read, while the doubters tend to be more vocal…happens on pretty much any forum…