Last updated on Dec. 29, 2011
Notable Normal Moves
Blanka's overhead attack. You must hold down the Medium Punch button in order to give the move overhead properties. Unfortunately, it takes quite a while to come out so you'll more than likely be attacked before it hits.
Should you land the fully charged Rock Crusher, you can link it into multiple moves such as your Crouching Medium Kick or Ultra 1.
Blanka slides half-screen for an attack that hits low and knocks the opponent down. This attack is safe at maximum distances and is an absolute nightmare for fireball characters since Blanka can punish them without a charge.
This attack is very punishable if used incorrectly and some characters can punish much harder than others. It's also vulnerable to Focus Attacks, so make sure your opponent cannot see it coming.
This attack comes out at a weird angle that makes Blanka harder to anti-air.
These are all of Blanka's anti-air normals. Hard Kick is for when the opponent is going to land slightly in front of you. Hard Punch is for when they are right above you. Crouching Medium Punch is when you have reacted a little too late to use standing Hard Punch.
Special Moves
Damage
Light
100
Medium
110
Hard
120
EX
110
Properties
The button pressed determines the distance Blanka travels as he spins forward for an attack. This is either a really good or bad move depending on the character and situation you are facing. A few characters have a lot of trouble dealing with this move and you'll want to be pestering them with it. It has great range and speed along with armor breaking properties.
The Light Beast Roll is the safest on block as it flies back the farthest. It is still possible for quite a few characters to punish this though. Hard Beast Roll lands the closest on block and is easily punishable by Ultras and other heavy hitting combos. On hit, the move is nearly always safe other than a few fast Ultras that can punish it (such as Cammy's Ultra 1).
If you perform the Hard Beast Roll in a combo and it lands within its first few active frames, it will knock the opponent down. This is really great to prevent being punished on hit for using the Beast Roll and gives you a chance to Hop closer to the opponent without being attacked.
All Beast Rolls recover quickly on whiff, meaning that an intentional whiff of the Roll into a throw is a very strong technique.
EX Version: Using EX causes the Beast Roll to travel a little faster than the Hard version while being invulnerable to projectiles during its forward flight. It's just as punishable as the Light Beast Roll on block.
The EX Beast Roll knocks down in its first few active frames, meaning that using it in combos is a worthwhile endeavour since you can FADC for tricks.
Damage
Light
120
Medium
130
Hard
140
EX
150
Properties
Mashing on the punch buttons will generate high-priority electric attacks from Blanka. The hitboxes for Blanka's electric powers are very dominant if you are in range and they offer large amounts of frame advantage on block.
The Light version comes out the fastest, but has the smallest range and offers the least frame advantage. Hard is vice versa. All versions of Electric Thunder take five inputs or more to be activated, which forces players to memorize pianoing techniques.
Blanka's Electricity loses completely to low attacks such as sweeps. The upside to this is that if you activate it closely enough to the opponent they will be unable to throw out an attack (because extending their hitbox will allow them to get hit) or walk away due to the range of the attack forcing them to block.
The multi-hitting properties of the attack also prevent Blanka from being hit with Focus Attacks while he is generating his electricity. Be careful with this though.
Don't try to use this on wakeup unless someone poorly times their safe jump. It has no invincibility and the startup is very slow, making it tough to interrupt attacks.
EX Version: EX Electricity has the same range and startup as the Hard version and it does slightly more damage. Not really a useful EX move at all.
Damage
Light
110
Medium
120
Hard
130
EX
120
Properties
Blanka hops back for a bit and then descends on his opponent for an attack that knocks down. You can control the path of Blanka with whatever version you choose with Light Kick traveling the least distance. Unfortunately this attack is very vulnerable to Focus Attacks, invincible reversals and Ultras especially if you choose to land in front of the opponent. It's definitely a move you'll want to be using sparingly as Blanka.
EX Version: This version on the other hand is really great but not for its intended purpose. It offers total invincibility as Blanka hops backwards and it gives Blanka total manual control as he flies forward. Using this move Blanka can traverse the entire screen and escape the corner. It is difficult to stop the EX Backstep Roll as it will usually hit opponents trying to get in its way. This is a great move to save EX for as there aren't too many characters gifted with corner escape moves.
Don't try attacking with the EX version unless you are going for a chip KO, because it is still vulnerable to Focus Attacks. Even if you try to dodge the Focus Attack by landing behind the opponent, good players will dash and throw you when you land. Blanka has almost instant ground recovery when he lands from this move, but it's still vulnerable.
Damage
Light
100
Medium
110
Hard
120
EX
120
Properties
Blanka's anti-air special move. The strength of the button determines how far Blanka travels and how many active frames (hitting frames) the move has, with the Light version having the least range but the most active frames. This attack is really unsafe on whiff and it doesn't offer any invincibility, so you have a high probability of trading hits or losing to attacks.
When it comes to using the Up Ball as a reversal, its use in this regard is questionable. Since the Up Ball doesn't knock down and your opponent recovers from the hit before you recover from the attack, there are quite a few characters that can punish the Up Ball on hit. The regular Up Ball has no invincibility either, so using it as a reversal or anti-air is really unsafe.
EX Version: Up Ball offers some startup invincibility, making it extremely unlikely that you will trade hits. It also travels slightly farther than the Hard version and has just as many active frames as the Light version. Blanka's best anti-air move by far.
Since this move has invincibility, you can use this move as a reversal to blast through moves from your opponent. It knocks down on hit, but if this move is blocked you will be in an extremely punishable situation. In other words, this really is an all-or-nothing reversal should you use it.
This move is faster than Blanka's dash, and you can store a down charge for Up Ball while moving forward just in case. The hop is invincible to throws and low attacks after Blanka leaves the ground, making this a powerful surprise approach option.
This move gives Blanka a lot of potential for mixups. After you knock the opponent down, you can repeatedly hop over them to force them to guess whether to reversal, tech a throw or backdash. After hopping a bunch of times you can choose to throw, shock them with Electricity, Up Ball or Beast Slide(to punish a backdash). Don't forget that hopping around and over a charge character will disrupt their back charge.
Blanka ducks down and can avoid almost any projectile in the game, minus Juri's ground fireball and Akuma's air fireballs. You can even duck under low Tiger Shots with this.
Blanka will stay crouched until you move your joystick in another direction. You also have the option to Hop out of the Coward Crouch if you like.
Super and Ultra Moves
Properties
A very damaging Super, but it's a little hard to combo into it outside of a punish since Blanka's hit confirms aren't too spectacular. It does quite a lot of chip damage just in case you need to finish with a chip KO although the opponent can easily just perform an invincible reversal to knock you out of it.
Since Blanka relies on his EX moves quite a lot, it's not a good idea to deliberately save for this. Blanka needs EX for invincible reversals, anti-airs and corner escapes.
When Blanka activates the Ultra up close, the first hit has to be blocked low. The next hit where he rolls into the air and descends has to be blocked high, and then the final rolling sequence can be blocked high or low. While it might trick new players, good players will be able to block this every time. After you activate the Ultra and Blanka spins back onto the ground, you can hold down all of the Punch buttons to delay Blanka's forward movement until the opponent descends in front of you.
Blanka can combo into this Ultra from a crouching Medium or Light Kick, but it's extraordinarily difficult to do. Comboing after a Focus Attack is possible, but you must not dash after the Focus Attack has landed. If you want to use Lightning Cannonball for a chip damage KO, keep in mind that this Ultra has zero invincibility once Blanka has started moving into the air.
If you are in a situation where you need to turn the tables in your favor, then you can go for something called the ambiguous Ultra crossup. In order to use it, you have to throw the opponent forwards (Blanka's biting throw) then perform Lightning Cannonball while walking forward very slightly using the forward motions of the Ultra. Blanka will descend on the opponent and it will be very difficult for the opponent to guess which way to block as they stand up. It's a high risk, high reward technique which should be used sparingly.
Damage
Punch Motion
500
Kick Motion
420
Properties
Depending on the buttons you press, a different version of this Ultra will come out. The Kick version causes Blanka to slam electricity all over the ground and the Punch version summons an anti-air electric column.
The Kick version is a great counter to fireball throwers, and it's also good for chip damage against a lot of characters without aerial or invincible options. The recovery of this Ultra is massive, so you must be very certain that your chip KO attempt is not avoided. During the Kick version of Shout of Earth Blanka is invincible only to projectiles, not attacks.
The Punch version is a very damaging and quick anti-air. While Blanka does have good anti-air options from a down-back position, this is a big way to capitalize on a jumping opponent. The spacing is specific though, so you must be careful since the recovery of this version is almost three times longer than the Kick version.
Tips and Tricks
Against characters that can always punish your Beast Roll, you have to attempt other options to get inside and do damage. Blanka's good pokes can help you force your way into the opponent's range to begin your confusing crossup attacks and throw mixups. Rely on your sweep and your crouching Medium Punch to get close.
If you want to play Blanka effectively you should be able to buffer Electric Thunder at your leisure using one of several techniques. All of these are demonstrated by
Quakefingers. It takes five inputs of any punch button to generate Electricity and the last button pressed determines the version that is generated.
Never do a Beast Roll or an Anti-Air Roll if you are in the corner with your back to the wall. This forces Blanka to land closer to the opponent on recovery, leaving him open to Ultras and other heavy punishes.
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Rock Crusher (Overhead)
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Hard Punch Blanka Ball
Posted by sf333 on August 26, 2008 at 5:51 p.m. #1
thanks dude, you really helped me
Posted by CWheezy on August 30, 2008 at 1:12 a.m. #2
Yo, you have Abel instead of blanka in there
"ist of all of Abel's normal moves"
the abel should be blanka
Posted by Blanka on September 14, 2008 at 9:45 p.m. #3
ARGHOOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted by Nacho_Chz on November 3, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. #4
also want to add to this move:
<<EX-Backstep Rolling (Hop Back Arcing Roll Attack) • >>
you can control where you are landing using the joystick. good cross attack if you control it right
Posted by Nick on January 26, 2009 at 1:11 a.m. #5
Under combos you should probably add jumping medium kick, standing jab into electric. just jump in with medium kick and mash low punch for an easy 3 hitter.
Posted by sf2 fan on February 12, 2009 at 7:29 a.m. #6
hady guide people, really. very informative stuff. I didn't notice if you perhaps had a feature on the plot of the game? I've been looking all over the place for it and have thus far been unsuccessful
Posted by confused on February 13, 2009 at 2:39 p.m. #7
On his super roll i believe u havta <charge> < > punch but its not workin neone else figure this out?
Posted by lolol on February 14, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. #8
blanka's for scrubs.
Posted by Carlos on February 15, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. #9
• EX-Rolling Attack (Beast Roll) • *Armor Breaking*
An excellent EX move. It goes through projectiles and EX projectiles.
that EX-move sounds great!!!!
Posted by Confused Kidd on February 19, 2009 at 5:18 p.m. #10
Conyahz@yahoo.com
Can someone please explain to me how to do these.. like man I never was good at games like these with doing combos and stuff like that, I'm not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be pushing.. and how the hell is it possible to hold left and right at the same time.. I don't understand.
Email me
Posted by Joeyc on February 21, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. #11
I have having trouble with the timing of his super and ultra, any tips on the charging ?
Posted by jayshwan on February 21, 2009 at 7:16 p.m. #12
the great viscant contributed to this? <3, no homo.
Posted by Daniel is MrSvR on February 23, 2009 at 4:31 p.m. #13
Nice job!!
Posted by ImPr0v on February 24, 2009 at 7:40 a.m. #14
For the people how have problems pulling blanka's charge moves hes a tip.
When you *charge* simply HOLD LEFT for 2 seconds. Usually it will hold the charge if you keep holding back on the stick opposite of the direction your facing for however long you hold back on the stick. Starting on the left Hold the stick back for 2-4 seconds(Player 1) then tap forward + P for the beast roll. It executes as so...
Holding back on the stick ..1..2..3.4. -->, P, = Beast roll!
so... <-(1)--(2)-, ->, P
Posted by killcycle on February 25, 2009 at 4:37 a.m. #15
he has no grab attack?
Posted by NAYF on February 26, 2009 at 3:50 a.m. #16
My thumbs are already aching after 10yrs off since SF2 on SNES. Fight!
Posted by edhavok on February 28, 2009 at 5:44 a.m. #17
whoever thinks blanka sucks, clearly does not know how to play the character. Simply put, hes freaken AMAZING. He can avoid block damage from projectiles by going under them and going through them with some of his moves. Hes very fast and very hard to predict, if you can master this monster, you'll kick some serious ass. Challenge me and find out xbox 360, Edhavok.
Posted by WG on March 1, 2009 at 12:06 a.m. #18
hey can anyone tell me how to combo blankas ultra and super? thankx :D
Posted by Chanthaboury on March 1, 2009 at 7:21 p.m. #19
anyone who thinks Blanka blows ass needs to challenge me on PS3 Chanthaboury. If u win (which u won't) then he sucks
Posted by Bili on March 3, 2009 at 4:37 a.m. #20
Man... That Hard Trial 5 is giving me a hard time, all the others are fairly simple.
@WG, with super, you can cancle into it from a lot of moves, c. mk, c. hp, c. lp etc. with ultra you have to link, but it isnt worth doing in real play
Posted by Khaos on March 3, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. #21
I'm having alot of trouble with his Hard Trial 4. Don't suppose any one has any tips other than persistence?
I feel like i'm learning something with this guy every other match but that trial feels ridiculous...
Posted by Dima on March 4, 2009 at 11:03 a.m. #22
If you think Blanka sucks in this game.. you probably haven't used many other characters. Blanka only sucks against Sagat, Balrog, Bison, and possibly a few others.
Posted by LAWLSTFU on March 4, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. #23
blanka doesn't suck against anyone,could be just because you garbage with him lawl,he owns and can woop any SF character with ease,if played right
Posted by CantBlockThis on March 5, 2009 at 3:52 a.m. #24
I'm having trouble figuring out how to block Blanka's ultra - it's not a simple matter of a low block - I must block high for the jump portion of the lightning roll? And then low again? (or can I block high for the remainder of his ultra?).
I'm not a Blanka player but knowing this would be really helpful.
Posted by Khaos on March 5, 2009 at 7:31 p.m. #25
Okay I done hard trial 4, that's under my belt now. Hard Trial 5 is kicking my ass though...
Also, its true, it doesn't seem Blanka has any disadvantageous match-ups; save for E.Honda (damned headbutt <_<).
Maybe Cammy also, but I find her annoying and get frustrated, so that's just a bad match for me (using any character...), not Blanka.
Posted by HowdoIdoBlankaUltra? on March 7, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. #26
I got this game today and am really confused about doing Blanka's ultra and super attacks, can anyone try helping me out please?
Posted by CFC24 on March 9, 2009 at 6:59 a.m. #27
i won't lie i hate blanka, its only because he is so hard to beat. His moves seem so hard to defend against or defend against.
Posted by Bert on March 10, 2009 at 9:39 a.m. #28
I cant get past Trial Normal 2!! Jesus Christ... how exactly do I perform the transition from crouch medium kick to rolling attack?
Posted by Bert on March 10, 2009 at 9:40 a.m. #29
I meant, Trial Normal 2, my bad.
Posted by George on March 11, 2009 at 8:34 p.m. #30
@ Bert,
Charge back down, medium low kick, the immediatly after follow with forward and Hp.
Posted by whattheheck on March 12, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. #31
ok... so on trial level 5 hard... jump heavy kick... medium punch.. joystick at neutral.. crouch medium kick is where charge needs to start right? down-back.. then for light punch i'm assuming hold straight back... then cancel into heavy rolling... how the heck do you get the light punch to guarantee? and that medium kick too?
Posted by branka on March 15, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. #32
@ whattheheck
the rhythm i found that works is i push MP IMMEDIATELY after jump-in HK, then right after i push MP before it even hits i hold d-b, wait just a little longer to push MK, then standing LP and HP Ball quick. so since its five moves total, my rhythm is fast fast, wait just a split second, fast, fast, fast. hope this helps.
Posted by DreamMorpheus on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 a.m. #33
Yeah, there are a handful of characters that can easily punish a blocked blanka ball. Balrog and Cammy are the worst about it. I rock pretty much any character that relies on projectiles with him. (Read, all shotos) Quick, Aggressive, Tricky, and reactive. Hes my favorite character in SF4. (Guile is a close second) If you can time some of those crossups right, you can just rock people. I also love coming JUST short with a ball and popping out electricity. Or just whiffing the crossup roll on a wakeup and popping it out real quick.
Of course, nothing beats being within chip damage of death against ryu, having him pop out his ultra, ducking it and beast rolling for the win. You can also - EX blanka ball, slide under it (SUCH a great move!) or step back blanka ball it.
Honestly, I think he plays a hell of a lot more like a3 than ST. I cant stand ST, it feels like playing SF underwater. Untill they add Necro (we can only hope!) or Oro, hes going to be my go to guy.
Posted by MSU ROX on March 18, 2009 at 8:31 a.m. #34
How the hell do I get past Normal 3 Challenge mode?
Posted by xclaviclx on March 18, 2009 at 9:18 p.m. #35
How do you do Blanka's ultra after you do a surprise forward and are behind them. I saw it in the video.
Posted by M-80 on March 18, 2009 at 10:19 p.m. #36
@Clavic
You hold back and press forward and all 3 kicks at the same time then back foward with all 3 punch 2 do the ultra if u did it at the right distance it will start the move behind ur opponent instead of in front of them
Posted by xclaviclx on March 18, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. #37
I tried that but it's not working. I can do the regular forward hop into ultra but hoping behing them just does the f**king head butt. Do you have PSN? If so, what's ur login? Can I add you and can you show me some time?
Posted by xclaviclx on March 18, 2009 at 10:38 p.m. #38
Look at this link:
Start it at 1:43
http://www.getyourtournament.com/mult...
Posted by de bunk da junk on March 19, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. #39
blanka has a glitch in ths game which is to his advantage.
im sure some people know about this...but its a really really good glitch and possibly a game breaker.
Posted by branka on March 19, 2009 at 11:47 p.m. #40
@ de bunk da junk
interesting...mind sharing?
Posted by Keats on March 20, 2009 at 7:49 p.m. #41
Ya Street Fighter IV is better then MK but I dont know why half of you say Street Fighter is pure skill considering 90% of the people i play online use Ryu and Ken and crossover, low kick, shoryuken 24/7.
Posted by some dude on March 20, 2009 at 8:28 p.m. #42
is it just me or does blanka stun people really easily??
Posted by dfsafas on March 22, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. #43
how do u do the last move on normal stage 3
Posted by dfsafas on March 22, 2009 at 8:01 p.m. #44
how do u do the crouching high punch into the Ground Shave Roll (Super).
Posted by gamero on March 23, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. #45
what's the glitch?
Posted by ransome on March 24, 2009 at 7:59 a.m. #46
blanka > guile
Posted by JerseyFame on March 24, 2009 at 8 a.m. #47
Blasphemy!!!!!
Guile > Blanka
blanka = poop!
*runs away from stream of angry blanka players*
Posted by RanSomE on March 24, 2009 at 8:02 a.m. #48
yeah well your a loser
come see me
Xbox Live:
o RanSomE o
Posted by JerseyFame on March 24, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. #49
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
Ground shave roll is useless.
Posted by RanSomE on March 24, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. #50
Double Sommersault = useless
Posted by JerseyFame on March 24, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. #51
If u stopped blocking and monkeying around in the corner, maybe I'd respect Blanka...but all Blanka players are the same.
I will mash you!
Posted by RanSomE on March 24, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. #52
@JerseyFame
if you'd stop turtling and actually coming at me with your fist's and fight maybe i'd respect guile but all you lot play the same
Posted by MarkyB on March 25, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. #53
Having a problem with his 2nd hard trial. I've done the combo 5 times now, it says 4 hit combo which it should be. but it's not clearing the stage. anyone have the same problem?
It's the heavy rolling attack that doesnt register but im using heavy punch and it connects to combo
Posted by MarkyB on March 25, 2009 at 8:21 a.m. #54
nevermind i just got it to work. although i did nothing different this time around
Posted by Blanka User on March 25, 2009 at 6:07 p.m. #55
To anybody who uses a good blanka. I was wondering does anyone have a strategy to beat a good bison and balrog? Those are the two I just can't really beat consistently.
Posted by anon on March 26, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. #56
If you want to beat a good Balrog, chances are they turtle like crazy because they want to charge their headbutt when you jump. They also are expecting you to roll at them so they are waiting to block it and counter with a dash punch. You should do a lp roll and stop short to grab and bite him. Once he learns this strategy he will begin to stay further back so you can't do that any more. You can mix it up by doing a lp roll and jump at him doing a HK and combo him. At the distance he is at right now, you can do a HK back step roll and cross him up. When he's down, cross him up with MK because the only reversal he can do is headbutt which will trade hits if he does it right but it's worth it because it usually does not land. Use your electricity if he tries to rush you. They will back off. Crouching MK is your best friend from a distance because it will stop all his dash punches for executing at ALL!!! Hope this helps.
Posted by different anon on March 30, 2009 at 11:12 a.m. #57
I main balrog, and I'm moving to Blanka as a secondary character. So I can tell you what gets me... If you're Blanka, try to stay close. This might be contradicting to do against a balrog, but being close really screws him up.
From close up, your options are:
Pressure with electricity (walk up jab to elec.). Balrog has no safe moves close up to beat you. He has to hit you with the tip of his fist, which is hard if you're in his face. All he can really do is jump back HP or HK. Learn to stop your elec. and block + punish.
If you get caught in his jab block strings, spam elec. It'll beat him if his string isn't perfect.
If you see him dash anything, you can either ball on reaction which breaks his dash even if EXed. Don't ball first, make sure he is dashing.
If he dashes from a distance, slide him. The slide hits him before any of his dash punches come out. Be careful though, if it's EXed, you're gonna eat it...
Cross up on balrog is key. There is very little he can do on a good crossup. Best chance he has is to try and hit you with a headbutt, which whiffs most of the time, and you can punish with a slide before he lands.
Whatever you do, don't jump HK him when there is an ultra waiting. I get jumping Blankas 100% of the time when I have ultra waiting.
Most importantly, never, ever ball a waiting Balrog. That's a free lp rush punch at best, and a free ultra at worst...
Posted by different anon on March 30, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. #58
forgot to add, stay ducked. His BnB combos into headbutt into ultra whiffs a ducking blanka...
This (as a Balrog player) pisses me off more than anything else in this matchup. Blanka has a weird duck in that his height barely changes, and in the heat of the moment I can't tell if the Blanka I just hammered was ducking or not, so I go into my headbutt only to whiff.
Posted by 0357 on March 30, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. #59
I play as Sagat. I've noticed there are alot of very skilled blanka players out there. He is quite unpredictable and hard to keep away from you. Always a challenge to fight blanka!
Posted by evilweevle on March 31, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. #60
iv noticed a lot more people playing as blanka since the new tier list came out recently since hes at the top, im having real trouble beating him online his specials leave him very safe if blocked and dont get me started on his ultra!
that being said he seems a v easy character to play as, i got whupped by him and then played a rematch against the same guy blanka v blanka and kicked the other guys ass even though i dont use him at all really and im certainly no slouch at the game using either zan or ken.
Posted by Kashanhimura on April 2, 2009 at 12:37 a.m. #61
I am curious to know who all uses an arcade style joystick and who uses the regular gamepad. I've found that I play better with the gamepad, but have the feeling that maybe I should swich to an arcade joystick. What are your thoughts?
Posted by Bobby on April 6, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. #62
Personnaly I find the gamepad horrible, espiecially for charge characters. I'm forced to play a button mashing game with the gamepad. I will get a fighting stick for sure but those are really hard to find. I'm still waiting for Hori to refill amazon site.
What strategy do you use with Blanka against a defensive Balrog player. How do you get through? I find it hard to play against a player who turtles.
Best regards,
Bobby
Posted by lurk on April 6, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. #63
u actually can't. Its been discussed, if they're both pros of equal skill blanka will go down...hard.
Posted by x-s on April 6, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. #64
is there a point in doing the light punch versions of any of the rolls, like which situations does it call for doing the light punch versions instead of the heavy punch ones..if there is any.
Posted by help u out on April 6, 2009 at 6:49 p.m. #65
@ x-s use a slow beast ball to fake the other player out, to confuse him, change it up, if you always go medium, he will get used to it, when this happens be prepared to be punished
Posted by usa on April 7, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. #66
um..is there a better guide than this?
Posted by hot roll's on April 8, 2009 at 6:47 a.m. #67
Just to revise "help u out"'s post, mix up the roll's if your just sitting around with the charge. From full screen, a mp. roll will land you right in front of the opponent, where as half screen, a lp. roll does the same. If your doing a combo, use a hp. roll because you might as well get the most dmg out of the combo anyways.
Posted by burningdojo on April 8, 2009 at 12:14 p.m. #68
I finally beat his hard trial 5! I set my medium kick button to turbo. That helped a lot. It took me about four hours to finish the last step. =)
Posted by lolo on April 8, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. #69
@burningdojo
Could u explain what u meant when u said u put it on turbo? I didnt no u could do that, how do u put things on turbo?
Posted by ljay103 on April 9, 2009 at 2:17 p.m. #70
@lolo
i believe he means turbo on his controller. having turbo set up on your controller can really help out with combos, i personally dont use it but i hear it helps.
Posted by lol on April 9, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. #71
@jay103
could u explain what turbo is, how you use it, and what it does?
Posted by Kashanhimura on April 14, 2009 at 6:06 a.m. #72
To de bunk da junk,
What is that glitch you are talking about?
Posted by ljay103 on April 15, 2009 at 8:52 a.m. #73
@lol
turbo on the controller pad is when you have it programmed so that when you hold a button, it REPEATEDLY presses the button. for example if you program turbo on a turbo controller, instead of having to press JAB a billion times, you just hold the jab button and it does it for u without having to keep on pressing it.
Posted by o RanSomE o on April 24, 2009 at 5:05 a.m. #74
Hey who is the best blanka player in the world if there is one
Posted by tom on April 24, 2009 at 3:11 p.m. #75
just yesterday i notice that blanka up ball will lose to ken jump in hard kick. and blanka standing hard kick will win some and trade alot with ken hard kick. so why ken hard kick is so powerfull?
Posted by o RanSomE o on April 26, 2009 at 6:41 p.m. #76
@tom
cause ken is magic
Posted by Boxer on April 27, 2009 at 5:20 p.m. #77
whats the best way to get past that stupid electricity with balrog (boxer) ?
Posted by tom on April 28, 2009 at 9:58 a.m. #78
i do know how to HOP forward and use ultra right way way.but i dont know how to hop forward and use beastroll
can anyone help me with this one. i have seen video that some use hop forward and then use beast roll right a way. thanks.
@o ransome i think your right.
@ boxer JUST sweep blanka but dont do it too closed because boxer animation just step back and sweep it where the tip of his gloves hit blanka.
Posted by Blankizzle on April 29, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. #79
@Keats on March 20, 2009 at 7:49 p.m. #56
Because they're not actually playing the game the way it's supposed to be played. Don't worry, I too, hate the Shoto-spammers on Xbox Live. (I'm sure 90% of the people who read this will agree with me)
Posted by Big J on April 30, 2009 at 9:38 a.m. #80
wow wow.. i enjoy using blanka because he's simply a BEAST man! My skills are really limited and i can't win against turtle players, like those who wait for you to do the first move and they block and hits you back. I always lose to these kind of players when im using blanka. Im more of the offensive type, always love to play mind tricks and putting pressure on the other players. But Im at a loss when facing turtle players. Can anyone give me some good old advice? Thx..
Posted by yogi on April 30, 2009 at 12:01 p.m. #81
@ big j
use the hop and throw alot. if you hop on the other side, they will thing you are performing a move, but instead you are ready to throw them.
Posted by Big J on May 1, 2009 at 5:46 a.m. #82
I love the hop and throw move. what if the other guy is using blanka too? at first when we VS, i'll win him because he do not know my playing style so he go offensive towards me which is to my benefit. After losing.. he stay at a DISTANCE. really a distance that i cant even get near to him not to mention hop and throw. argh i suck. =(
Posted by yogi on May 4, 2009 at 1:09 p.m. #83
@ big j
if the other guy is using blanka, the backstep arched roll is pretty good. and abuse the beast slide cause ITS BEAST! it works very well, and if you got a character jumping back, they wont be able to HK you and by the time they land they'll get tripped up. if you cant get near him, get closer by using the beast slide twice to reach and if he attempts a cross up just hop forward.
Posted by DreamMorpheus on May 5, 2009 at 3:22 a.m. #84
Blanka rocks shoto. (Except maybe some good ken players)Therefore, if you play blanka online, you will own with him. The only characters I ever have trouble with anymore are Bison (Dict)(hes REALLY tough for blanka) and Boxer. Thats basically it. Cammys used to give me trouble, but she is usually pretty damn predictable. (It took me FOREVER to consistently remember to block spiral arrow low! Too much A3) I don't think I have been beaten by a shoto (or a sagat) online since the week I picked this game up. I had 1 really good ken matchup that I was lagging really bad on, but that's it. Gouken in particular is laughably simple with blanka. Just stay at mid range and keep sliding his fireballs, it's hilarious.
Posted by Big J on May 5, 2009 at 6:21 a.m. #85
Alright.. thxs. I think ill have lesser problems fighting range players. Haha.. I tried a combo yesterday and it's a success. This is what i did, Jumping HP, foward MK, Crouching MK, Hop behide the player, Crounching LP than cancel into LP electricity. All the hits landed and it does pretty decent damage. =)
Posted by Smexy Millz on May 5, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. #86
Add me anyone on xbox live i play a very good blanka agressive mix up rush down for the win Gamertags smexy millz
Posted by Kashanhimura on May 5, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. #87
Does anyone know about some glitch that Blanka has? What is it exactly?
Posted by panda0717 on May 6, 2009 at 10:20 a.m. #88
I find it extremely difficult to block he Ultra or Super Combo up close there a way to counter it? or block it because it is always a sure hit
Posted by sf2 vet on May 6, 2009 at 10:23 a.m. #89
@Keats and @Blankizzle
fireball spammers do exactly that because you haven't given them enough reason not to. they will stop as soon as they realize that they leave themselves too open for you to rock em as soon as they throw that fireball. just focus on their pattern and take advantage of their vulnerability during their fireball: 1) jump in for a combo 2) perform an EX move that will go through their fireball and smack em 3) or slide sweep them if you're using an appropriate character.
Admittedly, it's harder to get close to Akuma, but just keep dashing and time your movements with when you anticipate their fireballs.
no one spams me because they'll just lose the round.
Posted by Blankaman on May 8, 2009 at 10:03 a.m. #90
I am on a boat.
Posted by immortal technician on May 8, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. #91
i don't think you have to block low again after the first hit of blanka's ultra. i usually block the first hit low, and the rest high.
Posted by tom on May 8, 2009 at 3:58 p.m. #92
@immortal technician
if have to block low again if blank does his ultra VERY close to you.
Posted by Sephiroth417 on May 8, 2009 at 5:54 p.m. #93
Screw Blanka where's Gouken's new Character Guide at?
Posted by Prototype909 on May 9, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. #94
Only scrubs play as Blanka. Who wants to fight against some ass hat who just alternates between three moves all match that 90% of the roster can't even punish? No one.
Posted by Anonymous on May 9, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. #95
Calling people scrubs has become a substitute for calling people cheap. Prototype909, it's YOU who's the scrub. Blanka is mid tier, for **** sake. Stop crying and up your game. It's pathetic. "Scrub" is a mindset. A scrub will bitch about unfairness, and invents his own rules to play the game. A scrub calls people cheap when they play to win. The only scrub here is you, and yet you'd probably never even realise it.
Posted by Blanka on May 9, 2009 at 10:01 p.m. #96
I am cheap, I admit it...
Posted by Blanka on May 9, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. #97
... and this isn't my true hair color...
Posted by Big j on May 10, 2009 at 6:53 a.m. #98
I would like to post a question about Blanka.
How come when i do the normal combo move on the oppenent and i tried to "Hop" behide and grab him i would normally get hit before i Hop.
I see players Hop over like it's a piece of chicken feet but when i tried.. I just can't get to Hop behide them and NOT to mention that i'm slow. Im pretty fast with my buttons. Hmmm..
why?
Posted by Kashanhimura on May 10, 2009 at 8:15 p.m. #99
What is the glitch with Blanka that people keep talking about?
Posted by Douchebag on May 26, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. #100
Yeah, when it comes down to it, it is all dependent on the player's skill to counter Blanka effectively. Although I do agree he is an overpowered bastard along with Sagat.
Posted by BlahBlah on May 26, 2009 at 10:31 p.m. #101
How do you do Blanka's electric thunder without an initial punch? Every time I try to do it, no matter how fast I input the punch button, he always punches first. I can't get him to do it on command. Any tips?
Posted by SFIVfan on May 27, 2009 at 11:20 p.m. #102
im stuck on hard trial 4 jump med kick low med kick electric thunder never comes out whats the best way to land I charge on the jump and the low med kick and still nothing plus Blanka is real sneaky with the Ultra so cool to gave your opponent waiting for an attack than just do a hop and ULTRA
Posted by Pulled a blanka.. on May 30, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. #103
Dunno if its any good to any1 but a jHK, cMK, LP, cancel to HP-Beast roll, cancel to super. Its remarkably easy to mash the super on the end of such a straightforward combo, with devastating!
Just practised that combo you're having trouble with too, I charge as soon as blanka's feet lift from the ground, so I tap up-forward and almost instantly hold down and back. While holding down a back I perform the jMK and keep holding, untill almost the instant you touch the MK button for the cMK. It's litterally as you press kick, start sliding your finger forward and the imput should maintain a crouch punch. The rest is just a lightening thumb action. The window to land it is EXTREMELY tight. Patience and practise my friend.
Posted by Pulled a blanka.. on May 30, 2009 at 1:43 p.m. #104
Tell you what aswell, the last hard trial combo cancels into an extremely hitting combo with a super cancel at the end... I find this alot harder, though this may be some use to very skilled players...
Posted by Blanka on May 31, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. #105
RAOOOR... Would any body like some pancakes?
Posted by Cheese on June 10, 2009 at 7:17 p.m. #106
the biggest cheese in this game and sagat
Posted by Agreed on June 13, 2009 at 1:54 p.m. #107
I agree with you, blanka is a freakin cheese. Noticed all the americans love him, but the japanese use good characters to the fullest not cheesy characters like blanka.
Posted by Madness on June 14, 2009 at 4:53 p.m. #108
I dunno, all the flowchart kens and crossup ryu's that i play online sure seem alot cheesier than any blanka.
You mean to tell me all those ryus and kens are japanese?
Posted by Cheese on June 14, 2009 at 8:19 p.m. #109
Japanese or anything, people play cheesy a hell of alot..Ryu and Ken's cross up cheesier than blanka???? Idk what you are saying but blanka is a cheesy character, of course none of blanka playeres are going to have the balls to say it but hey that's life, keep using your cheesy blanka to win.
Posted by WtH on June 14, 2009 at 8:23 p.m. #110
so basically what you are trying to say that blanka is the biggest punk in the game? so what about zangief who abuses the spinning lariat, what about ryu, akuma, ken, and sagat who abuse the their projectiles, and E.Honda who is a strength maniac, dhalsim who does nothing but sits back stretches, guile who just sweeps and sonic booms. Seth who can cheese in many different ways? the list goes on, is not about a character being cheesy, its about the player being cheesy, because every character can be cheesy.
Posted by Cheese on June 14, 2009 at 8:28 p.m. #111
i seen impressive things with those characters. NOt so much zangief, but blanka? Let's be serious, there is nothing impressive about just doing annoying ball attacks over, and then when you do so called combo with blanka, its a dumb crossup then light punch then electricity..So impressive, blanka is a cheesy ass character and the so called good players, what do they do with blanka thats so impressive? Light rolling attack to stop in front of me and grab me? Blanka is a pussy character for all you people who just love to spam and cheese.
Posted by Madness on June 15, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. #112
And ryu and ken are cheese characters for all the players that want the developers to help them win, but still can`t seem to get past kens flowchart to crossup or ryu`s SRK into ultra or crossup.
Posted by Jungle Fever on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 p.m. #113
Shotos suck and Blanka was made to show how lame they are. If you do the same the cheesy combos you're just as cheap as any Blanka player. Ken anyone? Ryu's not much better. Forget about Sagat and Akuma. And they're boring. Really, really boring. It seems like the only four characters online sometimes.
Posted by True on June 16, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. #114
everyone uses blanka sagat akuma ryu and ken.. yet all they do is cheese with all 5 of those characters. I played several good c.vipers, rufus', and sakuras. I want to see you people play good with different characters, not your cheesy ass blankas or shotos or sagats. All you fagats with blanka sagat and shotos just cheese, especially blanka.
Posted by WHAT?! on June 16, 2009 at 12:48 p.m. #115
ryu and ken cheesier than blanka ?? 0_0 is the guy stupid. And MADness? if you cant beat a wack ken who just sweeps all the time then you suck, thats your problem. Blanka is obviously on his own level of cheesyness. Wow ryu and ken cheesier than blanka hahahahaha bullcrap. Obviously you blanka players arent gonna admitt how much you guys love using one of, if the most cheesiest character of the game. You guys suck ballz, try using some other characters like viper, abel, rufus, and sakura( MY CHARACTERS). Then maybe you will some respect instead doing dumb ass rolling attacks and shockinng me. Stupid green fagat
Posted by CCheese on June 16, 2009 at 3:52 p.m. #116
lmao your mad funny, got a psn ?
Posted by Yeah on June 16, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. #117
my new psn= daiigo, I dont want you having my primary one. No hard feelings
Posted by Madness on June 17, 2009 at 3:37 a.m. #118
The thing is that i don't even use blanka, but i definitely would. Blanka players know what they are doing, ryu and ken players just seem to toss out randomness and they can still be fairly effective because the designers gave them so many advantages. There just might be a reason so many people play them, why isn't everyone playing blanka?
For example, ryu can just toss out srk and if you try to hit sometime he can launch you to flowchart ultra. Or he can have some magic during jumpins and your anti-air somehow gets stuffed, that's not skill. You don't even know what ken flowchart is so the prosecution rests...
Rufus can easily be super cheese as well, but i'm not hating. Make sure you have fun in your next blanka match:P
Posted by XianHan on June 17, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. #119
When I read a comment thread for a character guide, I expected to see discussions on strategies, not how cheesy is Blanka.
Posted by Anti-shoto on June 19, 2009 at 8:53 a.m. #120
Blanka doesn't need as much strategy out of the box because he wastes people right off the bat, awesome character
Posted by Smexy Millz on June 19, 2009 at 4:28 p.m. #121
Can most of you stfu about blanka everyone loves to complain about a character they find hard to beat.. blanka players can easily be beat if they dont understand how to play him properly...
The amount of rage mail i receive because of blanka being cheap and having a lack of combo's... First of all he has like two main combos.. rare use for fadc moves unless your doing them out a ball of or C.HP to catch someone by suprise..
A ultra that cannot be easily combo'ed into such as say ryu or sagat's and you stupid f*ckers still complain.. instead of crying about him being cheap learn the match up and what moves can or cannot be punished... shoto's stop throwing out random hadoukens/tigershots and not expect to get a slide because that sh*t doesnt work..
Blanka has problems as well as other characters and has to be cheap as you call him because those are skills built into his moveset and if you dont know how to deal with them then go sell your game and stop crying about it
I have a 85% win rate on xbla with blanka and im not one of those people who just think hes awesome so i picked him ive used him since launch date and im telling you if a player knows all blanka's trick and shananigens then you start to run into real problems against anyone..
My advice to you crybabies is to check the blanka thread on srk and read the strategy and match up tips thread and you will see he suffers in alot of match ups... If i find someone hard i study them... go to training mode and find out what attacks can be focused, punished and reversal'd.. before balrog was a problem until i went training mode and realised you can focus his dash punches =O
My gamertag is the same as my name used on here so if your upset about me telling most of your to go f*ck your mums you little crybaby p*ssyholes then we can do this
Learn the match up.. stop crying simple
Posted by wow on June 19, 2009 at 9:13 p.m. #122
that guy # 122 just explained it all, blanka neeeds no strategy. I rest my case
Posted by lol on June 20, 2009 at 7:35 p.m. #123
yeah he really did, then this idiot writes a whole essay as if we give two craps about what he has to say about his beloved blankda. Get over it man, even the pros say this guy is an annoying ass character, why cant you people just grow some balls and just admitt you play with a punk ass character.
"Blanka doesn't need as much strategy out of the box"
You are truly right my friend lol
Posted by Madness on June 22, 2009 at 5 p.m. #124
Shoto strategy is to whine to capcom to get everyone who isn't a shoto nerfed, their movements dumbed down, and activation and recovery times reduced.
Blanka players know what they are doing, shotos look for luck and game mechanics to get their wins
Posted by mhm on June 23, 2009 at 7:43 a.m. #125
yea sure, you mean besides abusing rolling attacks and electricity, you kno what you are doing? And besides doing a light roll to grab me? So your saying shotos players, pick shotos because they can use luck? Wtf? So out of all the top contenders in sf4 name the one who uses blanka. I said top contenders so dont give a little girl like DSP or the japanese player named black mamba. Luck..let's see you face daigo or choi, your the one that will need luck. I play as rufus and guile, I think I need some luck to beat you cheesy ass blankas
Posted by stfu on June 23, 2009 at 8 a.m. #126
all of you need to stop bitching, I main dan, so all you blanka fags and ryu ken n sagat fags, just shut up. I have bad matchups and I win and lose, all you people need to stop. You will have to fight spammers like blanka,sagat, akuma, and ryu. Then there is the gay ass turtle players like guile and balrog. I lose alot, so what, I play for fun, thats obviously why I main dan, its hard to fun when you play 98% pussy ppl, I have only played 7 great ppl in this game. Two were viper players, one sagat, one ken, one bison, one ryu, and one sakura. So if everyone were to play real good instead of real, I wouldn't mind losing all the time, but of course I live in america where we are all ignorant and just cheese. Can't wait to visit Japan in August =).
Posted by h on June 23, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. #127
madness says he doesnt play as blanka but yet can't seem to hop off blankas dick
Posted by Madness on June 23, 2009 at 8:52 a.m. #128
If i didn't play Guile i'd play blanka, it's noones fault that you're not smart enough to come up with a strategy against him and want him dumbed down so you can beat him with shotos.
Go ahead and name drop like little girls, we ALL know how cheesy crossup ryu and flowchart ken are online. If you were half decent players, why would you be crying? I beat blanka all the time with a nerfed Guile who blanka is supposed to have an advantage over.
Posted by stabicron on June 23, 2009 at 9:56 a.m. #129
Sorry to say as I only rarely have problems with blanka, but he is a retarded char. Spam ball and electricity to get to high ratings.
Posted by who on June 23, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. #130
who the hell said anything about beating him with shotos. Im pretty sure they described what characters they play as, they never specifically said ryu and ken. So once again hop off blanka's dick. ( By the way I main E.Honda and Cammy)
Posted by Madness on June 23, 2009 at 4:28 p.m. #131
Only shotos cry about how "overpowered" anyone who beats them is. Capcom gave them tons of advantages so little kids like you who don't know left from right can still jump online, win, and hence still play the game.
Stop switching names to make it look like you've got friends, if you can't figure out how to beat blanka stick to megaman.
Posted by Really on June 23, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. #132
Really only shotos complain, I've beaten blanka plenty of times, I simply called him a cheesy bitch along with several more characters, and you decided to suck blanka and shotos. I only switched names twice jackass. And by the way if you dont think blanka is cheeey or you dont main him, why do keep putting in your remarks, and if you put it in a remark in, maybe you should stop saying shotos since not one person mentiooned but you. Blanka is a cheesy ass character, thats what im saying, I lose to him and I beat him, along with every character in the game. Its a damn game, I just wanted all the ppl who main blanka to understand he is a cheesy ass character but you dont, your busy complaining about shotos, so go on their threads and talk crap like im doing on blankas thread, it does make sense since im on his page.
Posted by Lol on June 23, 2009 at 7:38 p.m. #133
i think both of you both need to realize this is a game, even though both of you have good points. It all remains the same, you say you hate blanka, the other hates shotos. I bet both you arent even that great great at the game, I am on the guy who mains dan side. Lol. How about you learn how to beat the cheesiest character in the game, and how about you learn how to block cross ups, and then you two should just player sf4 with each other instead going back n forth on a blanka thread lol
Posted by Smexy Millz on June 24, 2009 at 4:55 a.m. #134
I just dont understand why people would come to a blanka thread to talk crap about him... sure hes cheesy but thats how hes always been people need to stop crying about match ups and learn to play.... the funny thing is i main blanka but sub sakura and still beat people so its not just blankas crap im relying on its skill learn the match up or put your money where your mouth is and stop crying.. i swear to whatever that guy up there is called but the internet is full of scrubs who whine about things when they find them hard to deal with.. what makes me laugh is blanka is not even top tier
Posted by Madness on June 24, 2009 at 8:26 a.m. #135
Blanka isn't even that popular either, which is what you'd expect if he was overpowered cheese.
Instead most of what you really see is ryu or ken. *shrugs*
It's really tempting to play blanka sometimes, it looks so fun
Posted by Smexy Millz on June 26, 2009 at 2:39 p.m. #136
Playing blanka is fun all i see are ryu's and sagat's in championship mode along with balrog and geif.. oh wait yes there all top tier ¬_¬ people complain about blanka because they rarely play him enough to know what can and cannot be punished.. you know what scrubs do when they get upset and find something they cant overcome.. yes thats right they complain loooool add my gamertag: Smexy Millz im always up for a good match..
Posted by DenmanFalcon on June 26, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. #137
OPEN CHALLENGE TO ANYONE IN THIS BLANKA ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!
Im on xbl, gt is denmanfalcon
I'm a G1 Zangief n im training my Gief to overcome my amazonian adversary. Let me know you're from here, i'll take everyone here one by one. Respect to you guys but i want to see how i measure up against u guys.
Posted by Smexy Millz on June 27, 2009 at 4:18 a.m. #138
Gonna add you now ;)
Posted by XsaintedsinnerX on July 5, 2009 at 11:46 a.m. #139
All you one trick pony noobs there atacks other than shock,horizontal ball, and sliding trip blanka can be a good char but you guys make him one of the most anoying to fight.Your not good its hilarious to knock you out of the blanka ball and watch you always trip or ball again imediately.Im not complaining,just asking for a little diversity.
Posted by Smexy Millz on July 6, 2009 at 2:18 p.m. #140
I love the way everyone goes around throwing the word noob about acting like there godly on this game... all im saying is blanka isnt a combo based character elec, vertical, horizontal and ex rainbow roll are the only useful attacks and hop, slide, c.hp, c.mp, S.Mp, S.Lp and S.Hk (anti air) are his most useful normals simple as..
Posted by DenmanFalcon on July 6, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. #141
Im man enough to admit when i lossed. I locked up with S Millz n he got me 5 -3 in his favor. I'll give him his props n wait for that rematch lol.
Posted by Smexy Millz on July 8, 2009 at 5:09 p.m. #142
Yeah that match was sick still lol as i said most of these people are mouth on here... denmanfalcon it would be a miracle if anyone even challenges you from here
Posted by DenmanFalcon on July 9, 2009 at 8:31 p.m. #143
@Millz
I agree this room is lifeless. You are the Vanguard of the Blanka's in this room. I've taken on challengers in my room who have asked for matches against Gief.
Nevertheless, i will still work on improving my Gief against Blanka.
Posted by Zwergi on July 10, 2009 at 6:16 a.m. #144
Hi i buyed the game 2 days ago.I dont know how i can charge with blanka,can anyone help me please?
I use logitech Rumblepad 2 on PC to play.
Thanks for answers
Posted by .. on July 10, 2009 at 5:01 p.m. #145
How can I add him if he has xbl and I have psn, ever thought of that s millz? Anyway I main blanka, im trying so hard to get people to shut up.. Blanka has a bunch of tricks of sleeves, believe it or not he actually does have combos but not alot and not flashy. I am only G2-B, im not saying im the best blanka player, but I get frustrated when people pound on blanka as the "cheesiest" character in the game..Just look at dhalsim, good character, but I dont see him doing crazy combos all the time. Blanka is a good character, sf4 is the most balanced game so any character can win, just learn your match-ups.
Posted by Kashanhimura on July 12, 2009 at 8:06 p.m. #146
Hey #147 what's your psn id? I'll add you. I'm liquidsword. I'm trying to hone my Blanka skills. Used to the controller but bought the real arcade pro 3 to get used to it and hopefully be better. Love to hear any tips you might have for blanka.
Posted by lghkljcvm on July 13, 2009 at 7:18 a.m. #147
Use of Blanka = shockingly bad player...
get some skill and use a real character.
anyone can win with such a broken character.
really needs nerfing...
major ****-up on Capcom's half - disappointed ¬.¬
Posted by Lol on July 13, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. #148
This guy cant be serious, blanka broken? Blanka is an awesome character who da hell do you use then ?
Posted by yokum3 on July 13, 2009 at 7:01 p.m. #149
Blanka is a great character. Even some of the best Street Fighter players in the world have trouble with him.
Posted by Truth on July 14, 2009 at 10:51 a.m. #150
Shoto players are such huge whiners, they get everyone else in the game nerfed because they wantt everything easy.
Posted by sean on July 14, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. #151
ok so i am having a hard time doing charged characters ultra and supers :(. I just don't understand how you're suppossed to do them. I'm not a noob, i'm a charge character noob! GO RYU AND SAGAT!!! I'm trying to learn how to use blanka cause he has some amazing mind games!
Posted by sean on July 14, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. #152
what's flowchart ken btw?
Posted by Blanker on July 16, 2009 at 8:17 p.m. #153
@ Sean
Blanka is the king of mind games. To do the super/ultra just practice. It's just like it says. Charge back (downback) then forward back forward real quick. You'll get it soon. When you can pop it on people unexpectedly it's so, so good. BTW sucky players suck no matter what character they play. Blanka's every shoto's worst nightmare :)
Posted by Akuma on July 18, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. #154
Thank you, I will practice defending the previously thought (by me ) unblockable ultra at close range.
Posted by ?? on July 18, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. #155
Blanka is every shotos worst nightmare? No way, blanka's ball can be stop with so many normal moves of any character. That stupid light ball so you can grab me is predictable, his ultra is usually done on wake up if you are closer, or just close in general, so I can just do an ultra or an anti-air move. The electricity is good when I jump in, but other than that its just annoying as hell. That ball that he can cross you up with is useful aswell, but only for so long. I noticed blanka players also use alot of ex moves so just bait them to use those moves and you will good. The only thing that I like about blanka is his x'sK move where he can go through you, but they usually grab when they do that, ultra , or just do it again. He's not dat hard to play as or beat
Posted by Help on July 22, 2009 at 8:36 p.m. #156
I would like to face some blanka's on psn, I need to learn how to beat him with my 3 mains
Posted by gpc on July 27, 2009 at 12:52 a.m. #157
someone asked bout flowchart ken? it was new to me too so i looked it up...lol
http://www.halolz.com/2009/03/02/ken-...
Posted by someguy on August 1, 2009 at 9:52 p.m. #158
people who use blanka are pathetic. he's too good compared to everyone because most people can't punish him when they block his moves. that's the only reason people use him because clearly he has advantages
Posted by Frushmushusu on August 2, 2009 at 3:26 p.m. #159
To you who whine about Blanka being too powerful: he's not. He's only very different from many other characters. He's a good beginner character since novice players don't know how to counter everything in his bag of tricks. When facing off against an opponent who is used to Blanka, fighting as him will be MUCH, MUCH harder, because you can no longer rely on your opponent being too confused to counter. He can still be good, though, it will just take more strategy.
New players just think Blanka is strong because flowchart Blanka is much stronger than flowchart Ken.
Posted by Madness on August 2, 2009 at 4:39 p.m. #160
No such thing as flowchart blanka since his whole style of gamplay revolves around being unpredictable.
I've also found he's very hard to win with higher level as by then everyone knows your basic tricks. These guys are just complaining about basically anyone who beats them, always wanting nerfs
Posted by Im Blanka on August 4, 2009 at 2:09 p.m. #161
Blanca is the best POINT!!
Posted by Xyjiryo on August 5, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. #162
Lol @ being able to link his ultra off of cr. mk
Posted by lol at someguy on August 12, 2009 at 11:14 p.m. #163
"people who use blanka are pathetic. he's too good compared to everyone because most people can't punish him when they block his moves."
You have no idea what you are talking about.
I love the new wave of players in SF4 that think people who use characters they cant beat are "pathetic".
Blanka gets completely shut out at major tournaments. There is a reason for that. Instead of going into cry baby mode try actually learning the match up.
Posted by Madness on August 13, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. #164
Blanka can destroy fireball spammers if he's good so that's why most complainers are shotos.
http://hornyyoshi.deviantart.com/art/...
I created a different account to play with him today
Posted by Frushmushusu on August 14, 2009 at 6:14 p.m. #165
"No such thing as flowchart blanka since his whole style of gamplay revolves around being unpredictable."
Maybe more so than others, but novice Blankas follow very predictable patterns just as skilled shotos can perform very impressive mix ups. For example, if I'm playing Ryu (as Madness said n00b shotos whine about Blanka), many Blankas will eventually waste meter on ex-ball to go through a hadouken at long range. At mid-range, they will slide as that too goes under fireballs. At endgame, baiting a wakeup ultra has 80 % success rate as it does insane chip damage and most decent or worse Blankas just can't resist it (and are not used to people reversing on it).
Above Blanka, which I call flowchart and you can call scrub or w/e, is crazy easy to beat, but ONLY if you know how to punish all his standard stuff. Punishing Ken DP is more straightforward than punishing the ball -- most new players just blocks and lets Blanka get chip and pressure for free, while a blocked DP gives ample time for retalliation. Plus his slide is annoying as hell if you aren't used to poking him out of it.
My advice to those having trouble is to find someone who are decent with Blanka and ask him to spar with you. That way you can get used to the way he plays and realize that when you lose it's not because he's a cheap char, it's because you f-ked up your counters or simply got outplayed.
Meh, just my two cents on why new players may consider Blanka to be broken when he's obviously not..
Posted by Blanker on August 15, 2009 at 6:28 p.m. #166
As Frushmushusu said, Blanka can certainly be beatdown by people who know the match up well. I main him (G2C) and when I play against someone who is much higher ranked, they often serve me. Ahh...
For me, he's just so much fun to play as. I've loved him since the original SF2. Who can't love a monster-man who shocks people and bites them in the neck?
Posted by yes4me on August 23, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. #167
I am going to try Blanka for 2 days but I know very well how to beat him and I don't see Blanka as a treat at all. My ratio versus Bison/Vega/Guile/Balrog are the worst, but I have no problem beating blanka or chunli. However playing Blanka could be quite nasty =(
imo he is mid/low tier.
Posted by yes4me on August 23, 2009 at 3:27 p.m. #168
ok it is been a few hours and I think I can say in more confidence that Blanka is midtier thanks to his huge damage and quick mobility.
Posted by nomoreryus on August 24, 2009 at 3:35 a.m. #169
i dont understand why. But when i go for the cr.forward into ultra for some reason i get super instead of ultra. No matter if i press all 3 buttons manualy or i press 3x punch. What the hell does that mean lol. DO i have to do it faster? slower?
Posted by Mr.NUFF on August 24, 2009 at 10:17 a.m. #170
looking to train against Blanka
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Posted by Frustrated... on August 24, 2009 at 3:18 p.m. #171
Frushmushusu, Perhaps he isn't a broken character, but he's still bloody retarded to play against...
since almost all characters lacks any kind of punishment tool for his rolls, you are most of the time guessing what he'll do and hope that just that poke will stop him. Saying that you just have to do "that and that" to stop or punish is just plainly stupid, well sure, you CAN do a poke or any other move to actually stop him during the rolls, but come on, we're not all japs raised in a dungeon for the sole purpose of training for fighting games... no offence. Most Blankas I've met are just laying in a corner or shocks...
My mains are Sakura and Ken.
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Posted by hobohitman on August 24, 2009 at 11:36 p.m. #172
@frustrated
Seriously, just stop lol. Abel,akuma,ryu,BALROG,dhalsim,seth,chun li, rufus,cammy can all punish the ball. ANd im sure im missing some. Not to mention u can seriosuly mash jab and beat the ball.
Posted by Frustrated... on August 25, 2009 at 4:54 a.m. #173
So you're saying that you can out tech a Blanka? Would love to see that.
What I wrote was about how you can barely read and counter/punish a Blanka... and why are you writing Balrog in caps, shouldn't he be able to? he can dash and hit someone at full screen quite fast...
And Fyi, there are 25 characters in the game... not 18...
Posted by hobohitman on August 25, 2009 at 6:05 p.m. #174
@frustrated
Who said there was 18? ANd i highlight balrog cause he can beat everything blanka does, and along with dhalsim and seth can hit blanka after a ball on block and on HIT. THat would be like dping someone, hiting them and geting hit for free every time, so if u think blanka geting hit after connecting a ball is fine then im sure hiting u after a connected dp would be ok. Ken and sakura has the tools to deal with blanka, its just not free. Its not like ur useing vega, hes one of the matchs that blanka can just put it in cruise control and win most of the time.
Posted by lmc on August 26, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. #175
blanka is annoying as hell, but I have to admitt, I rather play blanka then ryu,sagat, and balrog. Those three are great characters but when you play online all people do is cheese. Whatever happen to people using skill to play a game? Nowadays most people just cheese cheese and more cheese. I hate ryu sagat and balrog players online, they are possibly the most annoying people in the whole dam game.
I play as everyone, but my fav are abel and bison
Posted by hobohitman on August 27, 2009 at 8:46 a.m. #176
@imc
Honestly. i was just playing with ryu and was amazed with his bs. Hes just so dam easy to use, he has so much proirty, he does alot of dmg and he has so many options its retarded. RIght off the bat im doin 2x cr strong into sweep and taking off like 200 dmg lol. Its truely sicking. But yet im over here trying to link cr forward into ultra with blanka like a moron while i can me geting free ultras off of trading dp LOL. Im starting to hate this game.
Posted by drak on August 28, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. #177
i bet all these guys telling how cheap is blanka uses sagat, ryu or gief ^_^
Stop whining about blanka and learn how to beat him. Most of people on pc online don't even know how to block blanka's ultra -.-
Posted by Smexy Millz on August 30, 2009 at 6:52 a.m. #178
Did i just hear people say blanka is overpowered loooooooooolllll fcikjwanmfixabxvebmnkn what idiots omg
Posted by cutyb87 on August 31, 2009 at 8:37 p.m. #179
Blank doesn't give me no probs at all I got a system I can beat him with any shoto trust me
BTW I main RYU
PSN cuttyb87
Posted by flub on September 1, 2009 at 8:25 a.m. #180
Blanka riding a whale? WTF?
Posted by hobohitman on September 7, 2009 at 4:24 a.m. #181
cutyb87 prob just turtles and mashs dp when u get near him. Ryu is freaking fool proof. If u can get up in the morning and dress urself u can learn his basic bs.
Posted by jm21 on September 8, 2009 at 1:41 a.m. #182
blanka is the only charge character i like using but now ppl know his tricks it can be difficult especially against a good akuma.if you want a challenge main fei long like i do despite the frustration i'll persevere very satisfying beating ken with fei or blanka.
Posted by dell57 on September 18, 2009 at 6:33 a.m. #183
blanka back plus hard punch is a savior it da best anti air and best move when you are in the air.it stop saggot lean forward jumpings and trade hits sometimes.but u win da damage.it stop zangief spin punchs, bison ex head stomp.even rufus ex over head kick.found out play saggot by accident today.i g1 and now am finally winning on regular after learning da timing.i now dont turtle.i jump straight up over fireball ,wait for da idiot to jump in hp all day.it even stuffs shyruen.jump up forward immediately press down n back plus hp. lol.
Posted by Alonegoliat (ps3) on September 19, 2009 at 7:14 p.m. #184
Im agree with #126; there are alot of cheap idiots playing online, so fukin many that, actually thats why i started to play Sagat, so even if my rival is cheap and im getting my ass kiked, im still have health to recover, and predict their stupidly repetitive game, so i can punish them for being so frikin cheap. im not gonna lie, im an amazing defending-counter player, Im one of the few people that wins win a rating of ABA almost every fight HIT ME UP ANYTIME TO FIGHT A FLAWLESS SAGAT... In conclusio; Blanka, Ken and Ryu are the easiest characters to use, of course Sagat is overpowered, but his WAY to slow in generall, and his moves are easily punished when missed. Now u crybabyes need to start considering, bison as another cheap character, hes amazingly fast, he has an amazing dash, and alot of bread and butter combos, one of the strongest ultras, and he has a weird skill to grab people, for me, bison is the king of the crap fighting with that stupid head stomp, that takes almost 1/4 of your health when is an EX. But face it, Blanka has the best priority in the game. Sorry about the long post<.< im bored lol.
Posted by Alonegoliat (ps3) on September 19, 2009 at 7:21 p.m. #185
BUT THERES NO SUCH THING AS AN AUTOMATIC CHARACTER, so stop sending crapy mails when you loose, and go practice... Hit me up, i insist people, itll be intersting.
Posted by Delucifer on September 19, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. #186
#184
you are wrong in so many ways fool
Posted by hobohitman on September 22, 2009 at 8:58 p.m. #187
Blanka changes for sf4 dash
Standing strong punch from ssf2hdr
Crouching forward has more range (Again like hdr)
Standing fierce is faster
All Blanka balls are a pinch faster, jab,strong,fierce ball all go the same speed(which would be as fast as fierce). Ex ball is a pinch faster then the regular ball. It is now SAFE on hit. and it cannot be thrown.
Beast hop is more like hdr, faster, more distance and has lower foot invincibility.
Amazon river run has faster start up.
THis is all he needs. The only otehr thing i would want is the bites from hdr but that would mean either they make it a commando throw or they give everyone there holds from hdr.
Posted by hobohitman on September 29, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. #188
o yea, and the ball can NOT be sweep. it should be over low kicks like in hdr
Posted by Jungle Man on October 1, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. #189
Blanka is cool because he's the one character that doesn't throw projectiles, but yet still matches up well against projectile throwers. My favorite character is Honda, but he's worthless in this game against projectile throwers, especially Dhalsim and Akuma. So I switched to Blanka. He has more tools than honda, and he's faster. I love fighting Dhalsim players who arent' used to Blanka; when they teleport into me, I just electrocute them.
Posted by hobohitman on October 1, 2009 at 7:31 p.m. #190
honda imo doesnt need much to be up to speed.
He needs something to get through/absorb fireballs.They should give ex headbutt ex armor like balrogs rush punch, so he can absorb fire balls.
His fierce hands need to bring him forward alittle like hdr and ex hands should automaticly push forward, non of that control it on ur own bs.
But splash needs to be adjusted so it comes down faster and has alittle wider of a hitbox.
Ex ochio throw needs more dmg.
Those few right there would bring honda up to a more competitive level imo. Im sure honda mainers would know better.
Posted by CB on October 2, 2009 at 1:41 p.m. #191
I wish blanka treated me cool and not like another girl in his crew.
Posted by @191 on October 3, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. #192
That's just how he rolls.
Posted by Obeast on October 6, 2009 at 6:05 a.m. #193
Add this to the Coward Crouch:
In addition to the hop, you can link into the vertical and horizontal balls as well as electricity straight from the Crouch without having to stand up again, it's just a matter of mastering when to input the command. I'm fairly certain you can do the same with his Super and Ultra as well, just haven't tried it yet.
On it's own, the Coward Crouch is a fairly simple move. It's something that's best when you add it to all the other moves in your bag of tricks. For example, against a fireball thrower, keep Coward Crouching his fireballs. Then when he's used to it, go into an EX horizontal ball straight from the crouch to catch him by surprise and keep him guessing.
More so than any other character in the cast, Blanka plays more like a Tekken character in that it's more about mindgames and positioning rather than linking a whole bunch of hits into a giant combo.
Posted by cowboy_soultaker on October 6, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. #194
blanka needs nothing.
Posted by @194 on October 7, 2009 at 1:58 p.m. #195
maybe a chest waxing
Posted by cowboy_soultaker on October 8, 2009 at 2:32 p.m. #196
rofl, touche'
Posted by hobohitman on October 8, 2009 at 9:21 p.m. #197
People that dont understand the match think he needs nothing. In all the sf games hes in u can not SWEEP THE BALL. It AlWAYS went over low kicks, but now it doesnt. The super auto fliped to the correct side in otehr games. Here it will throw u over me and have me roll the WRONG WAY.
In reality the stuff the blanka needs isnt improvement, its just fixes that should have been in the game from the begining. All the stuff i asked for is in hdr right this moment.
Posted by cowboy_soultaker on October 11, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. #198
I'm just pokin fun. Vega's wall glitch needs fixing too.
your ball should hit if it's linked, I think. If it's not then i'd say that definitely needs fixing.
the special, if I'm reading right, jumps over the opponent, and if this happens in other games, it will change direction and head back the way it's came, toward the opponent? getting your ball sweeped is a crime against physics, but doing a forward roll, then reversing the rapid spin to go the other way is too. But, I may be misunderstanding your comment, if so I apologize.
Posted by linkintoultra? on October 21, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. #199
It's complete b.s. that you can link into blanka's ultra from a crouching lk/mk right?
Is there any way to combo into his ultra besides L2/3 Focus Attack?
Posted by linkintoultra on October 24, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. #200
link into ultra from a crouching lk/mk is legit. however, it's a 1 frame link an therefore insanely hard to do in a match.
you can combo his ultra of a jump back hk of you're in the corner.
Posted by hobohitman on October 24, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. #201
Blanka doesnt have an ultra combo, and hes fine without it. It does alot of dmg and it does ALOT of chip dmg. Its fine the way it is. U just have to be alittle more creative in how u use it.
Posted by blanka isnt a wanka on October 25, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. #202
the funniest thing is using blanka's ultra when they are jumping at you (or a missed shuriken). double hitting ftw.
ill admit, i probably play cheap;
i always seem to try and push my opponent back in the corner with river run from the start, then i try to control the game from their, with best/back step/vertical rolling.
also with non-fireball fighters i like hop trickery, so i can bait my opponent into my own corner, and then ending up cornering them.
i probably am playing him wrong coz i don't use too many combo's, but then again iv only just finished hard trial 2
Posted by dashman on October 29, 2009 at 4:48 a.m. #203
can some 1 help me on blanka hard trial 5 ive been on it for 2 days ifought i done it 4 times but it didnt resgister it said 5 hit combo but nothing happedn please can some 1 help me
Posted by @dashman on October 29, 2009 at 8:03 p.m. #204
it propably didnt do a feirce beast roll and did a jab version instead. This is because when you release the jab button to press feirce it registers the jab button again. Try doing the final hit Fierce beast roll without releasing the jab button.
Posted by lulz on November 3, 2009 at 4:17 p.m. #205
i just read all the arguments about people saying blanka is cheap. Wow people you really must suck. i mean holy sh it. You guys just gotta chill out and have some fun. I also read someone saying learn a real character like rufus or sakura. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! your a tard fool. Rufus is so easy to play as all you gotta do is ex massiah kick and ta dah you win. and sakura is just a c*nt i have never lost to that shisty bi**h. Just cut the bull people learn your matchups and your fine. street fighter is a game of chess learn your charecters weakness and overcome. Quit the bull poo and have fun. And Blanka is amazing your just sad that you suck. Death to Sagat ad ken ALL HAIL THE JUNGLE KING!
Posted by hagenNORKANOIA on November 7, 2009 at 11:09 a.m. #206
i think blanka has a disadvantage in using his focus!
if the focus hits u cant even link it to ur ultra (or do i just suck)!
what possibilties do you have after hitting with 2/3 focus???
i found out that his super connects easy after a focus if you hit LP instead of HP after the super motion!
Gamertag: hagenNORKANOIA (from germany)
Posted by hagenNORKANOIA on November 7, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. #207
sorry for doublepost, but whats the difference by using LP MP or HP for the SUPER?
if you use HP he goes high, if you use LP he just seems to hop a bit!
so what are the exact differences????
as i said i just found out that his super connects easy after a focus if you hit LP instead of HP after the super motion! because the LP version hits lower which is useful cuz the enemy goes down after Focus!
Posted by chickenwings on November 15, 2009 at 9:51 p.m. #208
Are u dashing after the focus? U can dash up and ultra/super pretty easy. Or u can do a combo and cancel super, like low forward stand jab ball cancel super, or u can do low fierce super.
Posted by hagenNORKANOIA on November 16, 2009 at 2:43 p.m. #209
dash after focus into ultra???
thats pretty hard for me
is that motion right? (facing right)
charge left -> focus -> right -> right -> left -> right+3P
i cant get the dash (cancel) done (right, right) after the focus!!
whats the trick???
played against The Mullah some days ago and he comboed cr.MK into electric (crazy bastard :) after focus
Posted by unanimed on November 16, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. #210
Tanks for this cheats. i help me tooo much. Continue here
Posted by chickenwings on November 21, 2009 at 2:24 a.m. #211
Its not hard. Dash as ur hand is coming down to hit, he will continue to hit so right after u dash hold back to charge, dont worry he still dashs forward and it gives u just enough time to get the charge.
Posted by hobohitman on November 22, 2009 at 6:29 p.m. #212
Blanka upgrades 2.0
Very simple, but very effective.
Speed him up overall. THat includes all of the balls and most of his normals. This would hopefully fix some of his normals like the rock crusher and improve his pokes and hopefuly give him more combos(like his old 2x low forward ball). A faster ball is a given.
Cut the angle of the ball on block, it would still be punishable, but it would take stricter timeing. IT IS NO LONGER PUNISHABLE ON HIT. Give the jab ball the same effect as the fierce ala hdr.
Improve the beast hop. With him being overall faster the hop would most likely take care of itself. But i would just like to add a few things. First off, let low/high strong and short cancelable(last i checked only jab,low forward canceled). ANd add a few invincability frames on start up to go through pokes(no fireballs).
Outside of that the only real thing that i would love to have with blanka is the bites. It would give him that up close threat that he had in other games and would really help versus turtles. Either replace forward throw witht he bites or better yet, make it a command throw like ochio. The bites arent really needed, but imo its a big part of blankas game that missing in sf4.
Posted by @ chickenwings on November 24, 2009 at 6:53 a.m. #213
THANKS!!!
will try it when i come home!
Posted by G1 PC online Blanka Player on November 26, 2009 at 7:04 p.m. #214
Someone need some strategies with Blanka vs any other character, here are some vids i recorded during online play:
http://www.youtube.com/user/www0zeesh...
Dont copy everything, but some strategies/tactics may help you.
Posted by chickenwings on November 27, 2009 at 6:35 p.m. #215
@214
After watching two vids, u shouldnt be giving anyone tips, ur terrible. All u do is get close and mash the hell out of the punchs to get electric. All that u prove is that the people on pc suck.
Posted by oh my goodness on November 28, 2009 at 12:16 a.m. #216
pc players are terrible. that ryu in this guys blanka videos was a joke. man you guys need to try some g1 on console just to realize how god awful all of you pc guys are. those videos are like any given g2-e match on xbl.
Posted by chickenwings on November 28, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. #217
@216
dont act like xbox g1 is all that hot lol. its nothing but a turtle fest. but atleast they know when to block LOL.
Posted by Stupid american on December 5, 2009 at 2:11 p.m. #218
OMG G1 on console is where all the skill is at guys! That's how you truly know you're awesome at the game!
Posted by whocares? on December 10, 2009 at 10:35 a.m. #219
blanka has always been cheap. this version is no exception
Posted by tadaa on December 11, 2009 at 6:46 a.m. #220
i hope they will reduce the priorities of blanka's and zangief's moves. when i see my opponent is blanka, i am totally down. his straight roll is unpunishable when blocked as he goes far back after it. and is unstoppable. i hate blanka and his boring moves and his awful barks.
Posted by tadaa on December 11, 2009 at 6:48 a.m. #221
and also, i know most people will agree with me with this: it doesn't require any talent to win with blanka or zangief. so don't blame pc players in vain. i am a pc player and i know i am good.
Posted by chickenwings on December 12, 2009 at 3:48 p.m. #222
@tadaa
LOL, says the ryu player. Blankas normals suck and his moves have no proirty(u can punch him out of everything except ex up ball and ultra on start up), ur just terrible. This verison is the slowest blanka in sf history, and almost everyone has a way to punish the ball on block. And no, pc players SUCK and should feel bad about it. Theres no way in hell u have 50k points being that bad unless everyone u fight is freakin horrible.
Posted by tadaa on December 13, 2009 at 5:34 a.m. #223
1- i am not a ryu or ken or akuma or gouken or sagat player.
2-"almost everyone has a way to punish the ball on block." tell me how you can CUT his straight ball without taking any damage or to punish the blocked straight ball with Vega.
3- expressing so much hatred to pc players, i assume you are beaten up reallt bad by some pc players.
4- speak decently.
5- yes i can kick him out of his straight ball but both of us take the damage and his ball gives much damage.
Posted by chickenwings on December 13, 2009 at noon #224
@tadaa
Vega can slide the ball if he corner guards blanka. ANd blankas normals are horrible, vega can sit there and out poke him all day. ANd if u kick/punch him out of the ball u dont trade, ur not timing it right. And after wanting that kid with 50k points on pc play, pc players do suck. I watched 3 vids and the crap hes was doin shouldnt fly for someone with that many points. Kike i said before, sf4 blanka is slow as hell, so unless he mind f***s u u should be able to defend urself and out poke him(assumeing ur vega). I could imagine how much u would cry if i fought u with my turbo/hdr blanka. Double the speed better normals and bites.
Posted by tadaa on December 14, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. #225
the slide won't reach blanka when he lands after his straigh ball. i tried forward dash and slide but that comes out slower than necessary. i tried every move available but couldn't find a way to punish him as soon as he lands after blocked straight ball.
yeah the timing on the poke for cutting balls is very strict, i still cannot time well during online play as i get really nervous when i fight with blanka.
Posted by chickenwings on December 15, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. #226
In the corner it punishs even on hit. It still doesnt matter. WIth vega u can sit there and mash jab and poke blanka to deaf. His normals suck so he wont be able to footise. Just push into the corner. Unless ur like all the other vegas i play and just wait to run away and turlte. In that case ur free since blanka can turlte better.
Posted by SmexyMillz on December 21, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. #227
Pro blanka players use a stick and know how to do walking electricity took me a while but i learnt from the mullah himself... /end
Posted by lol on January 7, 2010 at 9:24 a.m. #228
I never thought I'd see the day when SF4 vega can just "sit there and mash jab and poke".
and tadaa, you just gotta learn the match-up. why don't you use the record function and practice punishing the ball. I have fought plenty of good blankas that didn't rely on this tactic, because they knew the character they were playing.
Mullah is beast.
Posted by hobohitman on January 8, 2010 at 5:06 a.m. #229
CAm they please fix the ball in super 4. U shouldnt be able to sweep him out of it. In evrey sf game the ball always went over low kicks and sweeps.
Posted by hagenNORKANOIA on January 9, 2010 at 6:04 a.m. #230
can anybody explain how the new ultra works??
how does it hit and what is he actually doing??
saw a couple of vids but the new ultra looks STRANGE!!!
there are to versions:
ground and anti-air
are there any hints for new moves or new ways to cancel, link, combo???
Posted by hagenNORKANOIA on January 9, 2010 at 11:17 a.m. #231
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61daMR...
in this video blanka cancels either close MK or LK to elec at 4:33
too bad it didnt hit cuz guy jumped away!
was that possible on SF4??? player must piano fast as hell!!
Posted by hagenNORKANOIA on January 11, 2010 at 4:45 a.m. #232
there are rumours that elec does only require 4 inputs in SSF4 cuz thats what they did to gen's slapping
Posted by n00b Blanka on January 25, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. #233
i'm having some problemas using blanka at the ps3, can any1 give me some advice about the button's configuration plz? its kinda hard for me using the default control especially trying to do the ultra with the L1 button, thx ;)
Posted by Koola99 on January 30, 2010 at 5:24 a.m. #234
Hey guys ! I'm a good blanka player, but something disturbs me.
When I do the combo down medium kick, then a rolling attack, sometimes my blanka does a Backstep Rolling instead of a rolling attack.
But I really press the punch button, but it seems that if I do a down back medium kick, then I press forward, It does the backstep rolling even if I don't press the kick a second time.
So I don't know if I have to press the punch button faster.
I hope you will answer me.
That's not a big problem, because I try to do a light punch after a medium kick to cancel that problem, but I really want to know what is the problem.
Posted by Me_cool on February 7, 2010 at 11:49 a.m. #235
@koola
releasing the kick button is the same as pushing it. So if you hold back, do a kick, release the kick button while you press forward... backstep Roll.
And... btw. Blanka is cheap
Posted by Blanka player on February 14, 2010 at 6:46 a.m. #236
Lol no way is Blanka cheap. He is a strong character no doubt. But he relies too heavily on bait tactics to do any damage. Especially on the shoto characters.
I think the only way to make blanka on par with those characters is to make all forms of his ex rolls knock down.
Posted by chickenwings on February 17, 2010 at 12:05 a.m. #237
Ima make a prediction. Dudley and makoto will be able to hit the ball on block for free(possibly dudley might be able to hit it with ultra). If ibuki has low stamina(most likely) blanka might give her a hard time
Posted by a Blanka user on February 17, 2010 at 7:45 a.m. #238
I keep hearing that Blanka is cheap, but I want to know why people think that. Please some one explain what makes Blanka a "cheap" character.
Posted by Me_cool on February 21, 2010 at 4:40 p.m. #239
# 238 Simple... he has a 7:3 Advantage over my main Char.
Posted by hobohitman on February 23, 2010 at 9:48 p.m. #240
guy,dudley,makoto will be able to hit the ball on block, cody might be able too.
Posted by EHHH on February 23, 2010 at 11:20 p.m. #241
BLANKA IS THE GAYEST CHARACTER ON THE GAME. HE TAKES ZERO SKILL. ALL HE DOES SIT ON HIS ASS AND DO THE SAME MOVES.
Posted by k on February 24, 2010 at 3:34 p.m. #242
@241 i like how you took the time to write about how much blanka sucks, if you take the time to learn the buttons maybe you'd do better at street fighter, bless.
Posted by chickenwings on February 24, 2010 at 10:58 p.m. #243
hes most likely a ryu player. Those guys arent used to puting in time, they think that mashing out should beat every thing
Posted by Blanks on February 27, 2010 at 7:58 p.m. #244
About 241... He's probably tired of getting his a$$ handed to him every time he fights a Blanka. Learn the match up and stop b!tching. In the meantime, I'll keep biting his neck;)
Posted by RandomRaptor679 on April 7, 2010 at 3:59 p.m. #245
Blanka Rocks!!!
"679"
Posted by THawk on April 25, 2010 at 2:57 a.m. #246
What's with the stupid input for his U2? I mean Guile and Chun get QCFx2 Ultra 2's... why not Blanka? ><
Posted by THawk on April 29, 2010 at 2:31 p.m. #247
Cancel what I said - I like the input now. Also, Guile's U2 is a charge move.
Blanka's U2 Ground does 150 chip and it's pretty much guaranteed no matter what if they are full screen. That alone makes it a good Ultra, imo.
Posted by BlankaBeast on April 29, 2010 at 10:08 p.m. #248
+ Above average stamina (defense).
No more!
Needs edit.
Posted by chickenwings on May 4, 2010 at 9:12 a.m. #249
they idnt fix anything. The ball is on safe as ever and its still slow as hell, and it still has a really low hitboxs which allows u to sweep him out of it1)honda doesnt have this problem 2) he never had this problem in other games. And that whole less recovery on hop is looking lke bs, he is almost exactly the same except for the short ball range nerf and the second ultra.
Posted by BlankaBeast on May 4, 2010 at 10:17 p.m. #250
Take a look around, being almost exactly the same is a GOOD thing.
Posted by InsertCoins25 on May 6, 2010 at 8:04 p.m. #251
I like Blanka. I second him for sure and main Guile. Certain characters like Dhalsim are a major pain for Blanka in Super.
Dhalsim, Guile, Bison and Cammy got some pretty good buffs.
Blanka got a little more range on the verticle roll. I'm not sure if he got much else. His cross-up is still nice. I'm not sure if there's really much different from the original SF4 for Blanka. He looks about the same to me, but just didn't get some of the buffs that other characters got.
Overall though, I think Blanka can still be a good player. He's definitely at least middle tier. His challenge is the same as it was in regular SF 4. How to mix up your strategy and not use the same things again and again.
Posted by Patrick on May 7, 2010 at 6:28 p.m. #252
I was a Ryu player up until today. I only picked him. I felt like I sort of hit a wall and just wasn't getting any better, after practicing alot. Today I just said..."f it", and started picking some other characters that I like such as M. Bison, Zangief, Sagat, and Blanka. I figured if I wasn't getting better, i might as well play for the enjoyment of it. I never knew how fun it was to play as Blanka. He's got so many weapons. Blanka's definitely my new favorite as of right now.
Posted by Patrick on May 7, 2010 at 6:51 p.m. #253
Boy, i just read through some of the posts here. SO many haters complaining that Blanka is cheesy. I never complained against Blanka when I used to play againt him. With any character, it takes skill to win. If you can't admit that, it's your own problem. This game is well balanced and pretty much any character in the game can be used at tournament level competition in the right hands. Being beaten by a certain move or tactic doesn't mean your apponent is cheap! It means you weren't able to deal with it, it's your own fault, not the characters fault, not the developers fault.
Posted by Sakanade on May 7, 2010 at 10:50 p.m. #254
one things i cant seem to escape from is the wake up crouching hard kick trap... its so annoying. any tips on a zangief matchup
Posted by Patrick on May 8, 2010 at 8:33 a.m. #255
Sakanade, I'm not an expert and I only recently started maining Blanka, but I do feel like I might be able to help a little with the Gief Matchup. FIrst of all, if he's using meaty crouching HK, hold up on wake up and I believe you'll escape it and possibly be able to land a combo on your way down. The way I usually fight Gief with Blanka is to of course be unpredictable, and try your best to never put yourself in a position to be punished after a blocked attack. This means don't slide except for full distance, don't use the beast roll (flip back roll) unless you're pretty sure you're going to catch him lariating. Also don't even try electric thunder unless you're sure it'll combo, or he's in the air (which probably won't happen much), Gief can end your night with SPD, Super, OR Ultra while you're sitting there with your little lightning bolts. Pretty much, as with any apponent...keep them guessing, get in-do quick damage, and get out again quickly. Now I need some help with some matchups as well. Can anyone give me tips on fighting Guy, Juri, and Ibuki? Those three seem to give me trouble.
Posted by JungleMan on May 8, 2010 at 3:06 p.m. #256
When you play on line, it's just an endless stream of Ryu/Ken/Akuma players spamming fireballs, upper cuts and jumping hard kick, crouch hard kick combos... ENTER: the JUNGLE MAN!!!! The only reason why I play Blanca is to teach these pathetic Ryu/Ken/Akuma players a lesson. What's that? my EX ball roll goes through your fireball? What's that, my amazon slide goes right underneath your fireball? What's that, my electricity neutralizes you jumping hard kick, crouch hard kick combo? Too bad loser, there goes your win streak!!!
Posted by JungleMan on May 8, 2010 at 3:09 p.m. #257
If Honda'a ex headbutt went through fireballs, that would be the end for Ryu/Ken/Akuma.
Posted by Gorav on May 8, 2010 at 9:40 p.m. #258
Last two weaknesses are wrong his 1st ultra is pretty much unblockable and he can cross up any defensive player
Posted by Sakanade on May 9, 2010 at 12:18 a.m. #259
can someone please help me with my guile matchups... his crouching hard kick is the most annoying thing i have ever experienced.. i understand usin wat you got but that is spammed as much as a fireball...
Posted by InsertCoins25 on May 9, 2010 at 9:05 a.m. #260
Guile has a tough time with cross-ups. He can escape from it but most of the time he can't counter it. His flash kick will miss most of the time so it's normally better for him to block or dash escape out. If your in close jump over him with a medium kick so that a flash kick can't connect but your cross up can.
Posted by Patrick on May 10, 2010 at 6:29 p.m. #261
Sakanade...can u neutral jump between the two hits of guiles cr. HK? Haven't tested it myself but it might be worth a try. Of course, then u might get flash kicked if guile is able to cancel into flash kick from cr. HK...questions to consider/ experiment with in practice mode.
Posted by Sakanade on May 10, 2010 at 7:20 p.m. #262
ok... i just got demolished by a gen... he kept flying across the screen... confusion much..
Posted by Patrick on May 11, 2010 at 9:17 a.m. #263
Yeah a good Gen is tough to pin down. My biggest problems lately have been againt Ibuki. Can't stand that lame girlish voice "Ibuki...on the scene!"...sigh...And c'mon, she's supposed to be in highschool, wearing those provocatively cut pants of hers...someone's got daddy issues now don't they?
Posted by Qorn on May 17, 2010 at 10:57 a.m. #264
i think shaq should play ibuki if they make a live action movie
Posted by BlankaBeast on May 19, 2010 at 12:17 p.m. #265
not above avg defense anymore...fix it!
Posted by Doppler on May 23, 2010 at noon #266
That rolling atack of blanka is a safe move -_-
and Blanka players only do over and over that, the same on hes slide.
Blankas only win defending and thats sad :(
Posted by BlankaBeast on June 3, 2010 at 4:56 p.m. #267
um, no.
Posted by mach1545 on June 11, 2010 at 1 p.m. #268
If you do an ex-rolling attack against Abel from full screen (not sure if that matters if it's an ex version or from full screen), even if it lands, he can still ultra you before you can block it... Anybody else notice this? If somebody already mentioned this, my bad.
Posted by mach1545 on June 11, 2010 at 1:01 p.m. #269
EDIT: I tried this out in vanilla, not Super.
Posted by BlankaBeast on July 14, 2010 at 4:19 p.m. #270
This page needs updating, he does NOT have above avg defense anymore...fix it!
Posted by RedCycloneFTW on August 4, 2010 at 12:11 a.m. #271
Hey guys can any of you help me been trying to do the beast roll cancel to blankas super but its really hard can any of you pls give me some tips on how to execute it like what inputs should i do and what to look for thx.
Posted by SF4junkie on August 28, 2010 at 3:01 a.m. #272
@RedCycloneFTW
Charge back for approximately 2 seconds, press forward and punch, immediately press back, then forward and punch again. Think of it as doing the beast roll twice with out a second charge.
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Posted by chickenwings on September 12, 2010 at 12:50 a.m. #273
Prepare for blanka to become totally useless and to be tiered right next to his buddy dan.
Posted by DickieGaloot on September 26, 2010 at 5:08 p.m. #274
#273 No maybe if you are using him but not me.
Posted by chickenwings on October 1, 2010 at 3:26 p.m. #275
@274
If the ball is totally unsafe on hit without any upgrades to conpensate hes gonna lose alot of randomness. Ie short ball tricks ie. And if ur not green bars dont combo into ball cause now if u blow the link ull prob get ultrad for free.
Posted by Super_Shoto_Fighter_4 on January 8, 2011 at 4:24 a.m. #276
His Slide is safe on block now and electricity is faster.
Posted by ExclusiveOrGate on January 16, 2011 at 5:20 p.m. #277
@ RedCycloneFTW
And don't forget it only works if the first ball is done from close range. SF4junkie implied it in his/her instructions but it might not have been obvious.
Posted by deteknician on January 17, 2011 at 8:44 a.m. #278
Good stuff and appreciated. But if you're writing a guide don't put something like "Lastly, don't forget that you can cancel into the Hop from certain normal attacks." Let us know what the "certain normals" are.
Posted by Nyoronoru on January 17, 2011 at 3:17 p.m. #279
Well, any normal move that is special cancelable.
I'm kind of slightly banking on those interested in playing Blanka to try him out in training mode first.
Posted by kidShoryuken967 on August 16, 2011 at 5:46 p.m. #280
yea because using blanka is sometimes tricky to use
Posted by Proupin on August 28, 2011 at 9:32 a.m. #281
I have heard and read a few times that Blanka has difficulty vs Sagat, amongst others... but man, Sagat being my main, Blanka is my nemesis!! I start sweating when I see his damn face. What am I missing? I know, no fireballs, but then?
Posted by shotoman on September 10, 2011 at 7:27 p.m. #282
way i look at it is sagat beats all period
Posted by nocturnal on October 1, 2011 at 10:08 a.m. #283
I can't understand the person who wrote at the guide that "Blanka Ball is one of the most unsafe special moves in the game." That just makes me laugh every time I see it. There are even characters who can't punish this move even on block. And stoping that move without trade is just a miracle.
Posted by nocturnal on October 1, 2011 at 10:10 a.m. #284
I just hope this character will be erased and will never appear in future SF games.
Posted by surrender on February 1, 2012 at 1:29 a.m. #285
Blanka is such an easy character to master. I love how flustered opponents get when they see you've chosen him.
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