You can find more matches from this tournament on Frame-Advantage.com's YouTube channel, and stay tuned tomorrow as East Coast Throwdown 2 starts and many of these same players, plus other top competitors will be going head to head.
Sagat will always be overpowered until tiger destruction is nerfed to 350-400 damage. It is too strong for an ultra which can be connected in many PRACTICAL ways. It was the most needed nerf which he obviously did not get.
SANFORD KELLY? SANFORD "Pick a top tier" KELLY? playing SAKURA? my god, this man may have redeemed himself.
@ #3
yoiu just buffer the qauter circle motion before jumping but you have to do it quickly. i cant really explain it, if you you tube it there must be some videos, but once you can do it you'll be suprised just how easy it is to do, and when you cna do it cammy becomes much more of a mind f**k
Sagat is better then before if used right. Only difference between now and before is to use him to his full potential u must be a technical beast with that scar move. All kinds of combo options, tiger uppercuts being canceled into a scar for a kara upper followup etc. nope not broken...
oh and freezing the screen disrupting the any sort of flow the opponent has maybe even causing an opponent to lose their charge should they attempt a special just as he performs the move? nope not broken
all for 1 ex stock ladys and gents.
p.s. a best of a player using a terrible char doenst make the terrible good it just means the player is that good. everybody pick sak now cause daigo used her! follow like mindless sheep!
I LOVE SSFIV. shame that my ps3 needs to be fixed. grrr.
sakura always been good dont know why people are surprised about her. There should be a a big money based tournament where there are no sagat's and shotos then people will realise there are other moves over then dragon punch and hadouken
Sakura still relies on mix-up in order to seal matches. You have to be really smart with your reads and you have to be very technical if you want to stand any chance.
Sakura is a tough character I've always says this about my main. She takes skill to master and I've been playing her for years lol Also Saget sucks..really..he's just as much of a beast as before only does SLIGHTLY less damage
oh want it to say one more thing TWEIRS ARE PATHETIC TO GO BY! Teirs are popularity contests imo. Basicly a guy plays as a character(usually Ken) and is very good so everyone hoping to be good like him picks that character. Giving said character a better chance at wins. While more ignored characters get lower scores cause not as many people think they are any good. PEOPLE LISTEN! DON'T GO BY TIERS! PICK THAT CHARACTER YOU LIKE AND OR ARE GOOD WITH! REMEMBER IN SOUL CALIBUR 2 CASSANDRA WAS LOW TIER UNTIL WHAT HAS JUST HAPPEND TO SAKURA HAPPENED TO HER(a guy showed how good she was by winning a tournament and dominating with her) Rant's over peace
WTF are these people talking about??? Surely this game is as complex as they make it sound...?
Arturo, great great player,
super bad commentator....
but just remember: "on blast."
#24: "Basicly a guy plays as a character(usually Ken) and is very good so everyone hoping to be good like him picks that character."
First, you're talking as if everyone follows the outcomes of tournaments or is frequently in arcade play. In fact, only a very small percentage of Street Fighter players know or care about such things.
Second, character rankings are typically based on evaluations of matchups by high-level players, not by some sort of massed popular vote as you seem to be implying.
#29
*looks at teir listing again*
Hmm I didn't know if coming throwing numbers aorund and not saying what it's based on is :evaluations of matchups by high-level players" :) Seriously what is this based on it didn't say. I can amke up numbers too. Either way it is FACT that alot of people when they play ranked matches will play characters of upper teirs. If you don't believe me you must not play online or go or watch much competitive. Most people pick characters who are high on teir because they think it will win so other characters are ignored and less of their potiential is shown. Keeping them where they are unless a high level player says "Let me try someone else" and wins a tourny with the character. People then go "WHO THAT CHARACTER IZ AWESOME I BETTER PLAY THAT ONE!" If you still don't believe me do alittle research on Soul Calibur 2 teirs focus on Cassandra
@30
most pros use other characters behind the scenes but then in tournaments pick their best character to use, top tiers, if they thought the low tiers they use were as good they would use them in tournaments. Also many tournament players used cammy and she never became high tier.
Sanford makes great use of Sakura's mix ups and meter building. That's the main priority of using her. While she may have a lack in certain areas (i.e. wake up game), the instant you begin to pick apart using her fundamentals, the better a chance you will have winning with her. You can't also always be using the reset options she has because by now, most players are going to have an idea of what she's capable of.
If anything she has improved with the cross up, and for some reason now, building meter seems easier for her; that and her second ultra has some great priorities. It may be a little on the low damage side, but overall, she has improved, not much, but enough to compensate for the other character changes.
I've learned to love and respect Sakura the hard way. I love her mixups and combos, some really good Sakura's have f'ed me up on xbox live, she's awesome!
@#3
On the ground, do qcb, u/f + k.
Really easy. It's the same thing for sim's mini-jump teleport, do the dpm, hit u as you hit ppp or kkk
I think the pros use the term "command input buffering". You buffer the command, so the qcb input is active as you do the jump. Afterward you immediately hit the button to trigger cannon strike. Since the qcb input is already buffered, the move comes out near instantly and immediately cancels your jump.
As you become familiar with the concept you'll be able to spot the potential for buffering certain moves almost immediately. Mini kara-karakusa (hcb, f+k) is just another example.
arturo sanchez is so annoying i feel like putting him "on blast" whatever the hell that means fat twat
@39 I played Arturo in a casual match and he was a total jerk. Not cool at all. Actually very nerdy and unsportsmanlike. Alot of whining when his cheesy setups failed and alot of turtling.
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Guile solves Sakura...end of story
@40
Was this is person or online? Yeah he seems like hes stuck up with the way hes talking about adnans dhalsim. I can guarantee i would bust arturo up in a real street fight, dunno why he thinks being good at a game makes him special. You should have dashed a brick at his head while he was talking smack!!
No offense to the bison player, but I see a lot more effective punishment options that he could have chosen