Hope they “redesign” him back to ST Balrog.
I’m okay with this.
Balrog’s s. lk is now an actual kick to the shins.
Rage.
I hope the change is he gets plastic surgery and looks like Adonis Creed.
You know what?
I think that if Balrog indeed remains a charge character in SF5, then his V-Skill should be a long-recovery feint Turn Around Punch, that’s special cancellable into another Turn Around Punch, since so many characters have way to avoid fireballs already
His regular TAP’s will probably lose the projectlie invincibility property, while EX will be completely invulnerable to them
yeah we need a speedy balrog with a reliable low rush again. but its not casual friendly so capcom wont do it
Have you ever played a good ST Rog, that shit is a living nightmare. Watch afro legends play.
Also the OG announcer said Barlog in multiple versions of SF. I know he was called that in the Super Turbo X version for Dreamcast.
Because before he was totally different.
Yeah i played with Afro many sets, he usually use DJ against Dictator but i also played with his Boxer many times. And yeah i know what ST Boxer is capable of. But man i love that match up, like i said in the Dictator thread, i love playing against the top tier in ST, those are the most exciting matchups for me in the entire game.
I like playing uphill battles.
From 4Gamer:
Woshige: However, we’re considering a variety of things.* Balrog for example we think that we can make into a character that has a different type of fun from his previous versions**. Look forward to the new characters.*
Different type of fun. Kicks confirmed
For all you numbnuts who don’t know nothing bout Barlog…
https://youtu.be/KUNGe109kBE?t=694
If the timestamp doesn’t work embedded, go to 11:35.
And also…
MIRROR MATCHES HOLY SHIT
"THE ULTIMATE FEATURE! SAME CHARACTER VS. SAME CHARACTER!"
It’s funny to think that a nowadays-conventional feature wasn’t even a thing in the genre’s inception, thus having to advertise it on the cabinet itself.
Balrog as Juri’s Taekwondo rival. Confirmed!
V-skill could be a clinch type move with follow ups.
His S.HP and S.HK was pretty good… in a game that “focus” on crush counters and fundamentals… Barlog only needs like 2 buttons to win in this game.
He actually was. Go through his portrayal in Alpha 3, his diagloue, win quotes, etc. He wasn’t dumb and certainly not a thug. Boxer was the heavyweight champion of the world and all that title entails. Yes, he was greedy and wanted power like any good villain, yes he was brutally violent in the ring, but again he wasn’t a thug. He was a Shadaloo King who worked his way to the top of the hierarchy. If you want a black thug, we have Birdie. Boxer is a king and a champion, and should act like one.
His portrayal in SF2 and subsequently SF2 the animated movie had a level of class SF4 Boxer wouldn’t understand even if it punched him in the face.
Anyway, Buffalo Head for V-skill. Make it happen.
Bet you V-Skill’s gonna be a sway, which can be canceled into a turn-around punch.