Ultra Street Fighter IV - Page 311

On July 03 2013 03:04 Corvi wrote:


mms bsida is good, but shouldnt be much of a problem for someone who won against infiltration. really hope the europeans can make something happen at evo, but i kinda doubt it. anyone knows if luffy will be there?

On July 03 2013 01:13 Shikyo wrote:
Calling Air a top player is a little far-fetched in my opinion. He's definitely pretty good and probably knows what he's talking about to a certain extent though.

Basic option selects also imo aren't that advanced, especially with Ryu with whom you can just throw and faceroll with the option select safejump against almost anyone. It's very easy to get the timing down so that it's automatic and it will piss opponents off to no end, especially if you also have a safejump setup off a sweep.

Sakura being able to confirm into 400 dmg with 2 bars off almost anything is completely amazing, by the way.

On July 03 2013 21:43 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Also, Excal how do you find the Adon matchup? Its hard to approach him but the second active frame tatsu combo she gets on him is super scary (cl.fp xx tatsu, c.fp xx tatsu [hits 2nd active frame], c.mk xx fp shou). On a 900hp character that is a ridiculous combo. Hits him for about 45% lol

Whats your oki game on him? I find a lot of conventional setups don't work and its harder to fake crossup j.fp on him

and it seems that many Sakura players are following my genius and using U1 in almost every matchup. The damage you get from a lightly scaled, full bar Ultra 1 is maybe the highest on a confirmable ultra combo out of everyone. I think the only competition in that field might be Cammy's counterhit c.fp to U1 link. Its a very powerful tool. It means that nearly every character at 40% hp is dead if punished, and dead if hit by a counterhit fp xx ex tatsu. Knowing this and how it affects the mind of your opponent is super important, and much more useful than her U2.

U2 provides corner carry and a hard knockdown, but the oki afterwards is pretty shitty midscreen, and her combos corner carry already, and you can finish her combos with Shou for better oki. The only real perk of U2 is that it can be confirmed in the corner without meter, but you lose the devastating killshot that is Haru Ranman. Not a good trade-off imo. U2 is probably still preferable vs Gief and Hawk tho.

On July 03 2013 21:43 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Whats your oki game on him? I find a lot of conventional setups don't work and its harder to fake crossup j.fp on him

On July 03 2013 21:39 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:


Sakura doesn't need two bars to do 400 damage. FP Shou is useful but its a difficult link, and you often can't get a max damage tatsu loop when forced to begin with cl.fp. You should only really FADC FP Shou when you land a c.mk and you absolutely need the damage right then and there, otherwise its better to save the meter and just use the FP Shou knockdown for oki. If you confirm off lights, FP Shou FADC is almost never worth the meter due to the combo scaling. Better off to wait for a third bar and either blow through something with EX Shou, or even hit confirm c.mk xx EX Shou and FADC cuz you'll get a max tatsu loop from it since you can start with cl.mk

also just wanna throw this out there, on many characters in the corner (shotos, balrog, anyone you don't get much from starting loops with cl.fp) its more damaging to use fireball FADC to extend combos. The fireball does ~30 less damage than the 3-hit FP Shou FADC, but you'll get a bigger loop after the FADC.