ok i was playing yesterday at my house with rog now i never played with this guy before in mmy life but now im starting to see he has potential in the cvs2 game i was wondering what kind of game does he play and what strats does anybody have for me playing with him i was doing this yesterday begining of the match i was holding and releaseing the PPP and then as soon as it was over i was doing charging back forward P or K it seems to work but i need to know what other kind of tactics or strats i can use to make him effective also what are some of his poke strings aswell thanks alot guys peace.
He’s a poker. He can mix up his attacks. Sagat matches up poorly against him and possibly other tall characters.
The PPP turn punch sucks. Gigaton Blow punishes Fire Ball whores. His dashing upper is a better Anti Air than Buffalo Headbutt.
You must control the range of his moves. If you use the HP Dash Straight, he’ll wait until he’s up close to the opponent and then punch. Using the MP or LP version, you will stop in an Arms legnth and punch while keeping Rog more safe.
he has some of the fastest recovery in the game…maybe right behind Cammy. Use that to your advantage…don’t be afraid to bait people in by whiffing a LP Dashing straight/upper. Mix it up with that dashing trip move he has…and his Crouching and standing HP are both awesome…abuse them. I like him on A-groove because his CC is VERY easy to do (dashing upper with LK over and over and over until your meter is almost out, then super move…probably the easiest CC in the game…and it does decent damage!). He is also pretty strong, and his roll is GOOD, so he’s also good on K or N grooves. Balrog is an awesome character, but he gets kind of boring…
For the 2 days I played him, I was impressed with his standing and crouching fierce. But I didn’t do too well against projectile characters. His jump sucks as bad as zangief’s, and without RC, he just gets owned by fireballs.
yea roll canceling with Balrog is pretty sweet…Balrog is a pretty good rushdown character…and he’s very strong. So I guess N-groove would be good for him? He gets power boost, roll canceling, and run for rushdown. I don’t think his air game is that good. As far as pokes go…I was never really impressed with his pokes…but his standing fierce is AWESOME (better than Yamazaki’s standing roundhouse?)