You Can't Escape - The Alex Thread

[TheDarkPhoenix]

Few combos I capped. No idea if the stuff is good or bad. Didn’t do any research on Alex before I went into training mode. Will work on some more stuff tomorrow.

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Good stuff, i was doing some similar combo’s but i like your much better.

I can’t pull any of em off in a match tho, but can get it all day in training mode. :lol:

[Daidoji_Kage]

A+B Stungun travels less distance than B+C Stungun.

[M.D]

Alex doesn’t really gain any massive game breaking combos from assists, because all his hyper moves require the opponent to be grounded, so they can’t be used with assist combos (other than those Roll trap shenanigans mentioned above). However his only damaging non corner combo without meter/assists/baroque is basically 2a,2b,3c or j.c, 3c, so at least Casshern is one of the assists he can do a 20bil+ midscreen b’n’b. Basic midscreen would be 2a, 5b, 2b, 2c, c elbow, p, j. c (whiffs), 3c, j.a, j.a, j.b, j.b, powerbomb. You need to call in Casshern’s assist late enough so it gets a few hits on the wallbounce, or it’ll just knock them out of Alex’s launcher range. Though with Casshern this does less damage then say, with Ryu, since you’re only getting partial damage on the assist. I’m sure there are some corner combos variants too, though I doubt anything as good as Polymar’s.

I wouldn’t say that. I’ve been in the lab alot with Alex and Tekkaman lately and there’s some good chemical there (no pun intended.)

There’s a lot of combo potential with Tekkaman’s assist. Basically, he can catch opponents with his rope off of Alex C Elbow wallbounce. You can do something like:

j.C 1A 1A 1B 1C 6C P

It’s a good launcher setup and you can juggle with it. I like to juggle with Boomerang Raid for 3 hits, then DHC into Laser Beam super. On Ryu, it does about 40%. Nice combo againist Mega Crush-happy players coming up on 2 bars. I’ve only scrapped the surface so far. I’m sure you can do crazy stuff with BBQ and Crossover Air Raid.

[Wedge_Antilles]

A+B Stungun travels less distance than B+C Stungun.

Yeah, you can’t usually combo into it otherwise.

[TheSnail]

Alex doesn’t really gain any massive game breaking combos from assists, because all his hyper moves require the opponent to be grounded, so they can’t be used with assist combos (other than those Roll trap shenanigans mentioned above). snip.

I main Alex/Doronjo, and Doronjo’s assist grounds the opponent so it has worked out great in many situations.

[trag]

Well, Alex has ridiculous damage without any supers, so anything that knocks him up should allow him to do Alex Loop (j.B…B, land, j.B…B, land) into an air combo for huge damage. Plus, you can also go into snapback shenanigans.

[Spooty_Whiteboy]

Quick question. Can Alex safely reset to powerbomb mid-air like Polymar and Ippatsuman can do with their supers?

For instance: …3c, j.abb, pause, powerbomb.

Or is it not guaranteed?

[Wedge_Antilles]

I main Alex/Doronjo, and Doronjo’s assist grounds the opponent so it has worked out great in many situations.

O rly? I’ve never used her, that sounds great for Alex though…

[True_Grave]

Alex still feels like a bit of an awkward choice for a VS. game, but he turned out quite solid, actually.

Fifth game’s the charm, I guess.

HUGE props to capcom in their creativity with that choice. As opposed to just throwing Zangief in their for the billionth time!

Alex himself is also pretty cool, he is interesting to play and his moves do nice damage.

[Spooty_Whiteboy]

HUGE props to capcom in their creativity with that choice. As opposed to just throwing Zangief in their for the billionth time!

Alex himself is also pretty cool, he is interesting to play and his moves do nice damage.

If only he had a low that was useful, then he could get a hit.

[Sh33p]

Quick question. Can Alex safely reset to powerbomb mid-air like Polymar and Ippatsuman can do with their supers?

For instance: …3c, j.abb, pause, powerbomb.

Or is it not guaranteed?

I’ve done it by accident, but I’m not sure if it’s safe.

[MetaMeeks]

Sorry if this is already known but I’ve spent about zero time with alex. I found out that if you combo into an assist that has multiple hits like chun li or polimar then you can charge up the unblockable 236 C. This helps alot with someone who keeps blocking your combos. I was putting it on people all night with him and polimar.

[mr_tolkien]

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[g0est]

Quick question. Can Alex safely reset to powerbomb mid-air like Polymar and Ippatsuman can do with their supers?

For instance: …3c, j.abb, pause, powerbomb.

Or is it not guaranteed?

Yes. I usually do (j.C and/or 1A, 1B) 3c, sj.ABBC, pause 63214C

The j.C whiffs and you catch the opponent as they’re falling but before they can tech. The timing is very strict if you’re not in the corner since you can dive too far away from the opponent for the Power Bomb to connect.

[TheSnail]

I played around with the pausing a bit tonight.

I was able to pause after AAB, ABB, and AABB. I think as long as you touch even their foot with the grab it will register the powerbomb. Not sure if the damage resets though, I kind of neglected paying attention to that… back to practice mode.

[aer0blue]

If anyone uses Casshan, you can do:

j.:snkc:, :snkd:, j.:snka::snka:, j.:r::df::d::db::l::snka:(Power Bomb)

16.8k damage. You must call Casshan the instant your j.:snkc: hits. Don’t know if it’s safe though, haven’t tested it out in a match.

[Keits]

16.8 K is not a lot for Alex. You get more off j.C combo starter by simply launching and doing AABBCxxPowerbomb

[aer0blue]

16.8 K is not a lot for Alex. You get more off j.C combo starter by simply launching and doing AABBCxxPowerbomb

Agreed. I managed to improve it a bit. Still requires Casshan for assist.

j.:snkc:, :snkd:, s.:df::snkc:, sj.:snka::snka::snkb::snkb::snkc:xxPower Bomb

This is 23.1k. Much better than before. Whatcha think?

[La_RENCE]

I’ve been playing around with set ups for the unblockable. Here’s one with Tekkaman’s assist.

1A , 1B, 1C -> 6C (Slash Elbow), D , J. Up and back, 236 C

You want to wait a split second before jumping up and back.

[Iduno]

I played around with the pausing a bit tonight.

I was able to pause after AAB, ABB, and AABB. I think as long as you touch even their foot with the grab it will register the powerbomb. Not sure if the damage resets though, I kind of neglected paying attention to that… back to practice mode.

You can reset like that, (j.A,j.B,j.B,xx,powerbomb) timing to make it not combo but not miss is a bit of a bugger but it can be done. (This is coming in from a VAR not from a launcher if that changes anything.