LeFartknocker

#1 awesomeness of Jayoku right here, I've gotten more hatemail for IB Hountenjin's than I ever have for any 720's

Right, I totally skipped over the 66 > 5C > 2C part, lol. I didn't even think to try 5B > 5C > 2C > 3C I'm so conditioned to the 5B > 3C from CS1 D: thanks. Also, can you only do j.B > j.C x2 > j.C x5 > 214B on shorter combos? because a lot of the time when I try it they tech out at the JC.

Jayoku is the more useful Distortion Mizuchi is the cooler one IMO, I'm just glad it doesn't do shit damage anymore... :D What would Hazama's optimal meterless corner combo be now? I got his [...] > 623D > j.6D midscreen combo down and it does great damage, but the only meterless corner combo I know is 5B > 3C > 236D > 66 > 6C > 4D~D > j.B > j.Cx5 > 214B and the damage isn't as good CS2 Hazama is definitely a breath of fresh air though, totally got me sucked back into the character (might not be maining Valk like I thought I'd be now >.<)

j.7D is definitely easier IMO, just get it down to a rythm and it should start to come pretty naturally, after watching some JPN Hazama matches it only took me 5 or so tries to get it...

If we're lucky? when the store goes up. If we're not? June 3rd... TT ~ TT

Why is Sony updating the 24th and the 31st? Is it really necessary for them to wait a week? I'm starting to think there's like, cosmic hatred for Platinum T^T

It's a bitch, but Valk's defense is honestly designed to suck, IMO 6A is good for closer jump ins/late reactions, 2C has a good hit box but you're likely to trade with it depending on the matchup, pick your poison or C-Dash to freedom, lol. The laggier start-up on his c-dashes, d-cancels, and Beast Cannons was a lot more jarring than I thought it would be when I got my hands on CS2. It's one thing to learn new, post patch combos, it's another to re-learn the same (for the most part) combos because of different timings @.@

Once I re-familiarize myself with CS2 Tager and Valk (and get my hands on Plat, f**king PSN) I'll gladly contribute to matchup threads on either...

I'm loving the oki off of 214D~A, CS2 Hazama feels so fresh...

I thought the patch was going up Thursday... Not that I'm complaining, even if we couldn't get her until the store goes back up, at least there'd be no more delaying on ArcSys' end.

Plat isn't a trap, maybe a psychological one... But everyone's a pedo in her eyes, lol

Is anyone else on PSN unable to get online? MvC3 was working perfectly but BBCS keeps saying "failed to restore default network settings" D: Edit: NVM, apparently ArcSys' server couldn't handle all us BBtards rushing back to the PSN, their servers are down D:

Yeah but at least this time we have a date, and not just "Spring 2011" This weekend shall be full of mahou shoujo madness (Unless the shit with Sony gets stupid again, which is sadly likely).

At least it's something, lol. And I definitely think they could get the store up within the next five days... At least I hope D:

My only issue with the ENG Plat is the inconsistency, I mean Sena really doesn't sound much like he did in the story mode at all... Ehh, not that it matters, I'm sticking to the Japanese anyway because I hate Hazama's dub :O

never before has a hyperlink brought me such manly tears of joy, lol... Now to wait for ArcSys to patch us D:

Because he's Tager and Mori hates him...

I think it's more to the fact that I main Valk and I've been itching to get my hands on Plat for eons now (as we all have, lol) so I'm pretty familiar with both of them at this point. I see no harm in opening the matchup threads at this point, other characters already have matchup threads on Plat so why not? :D

That's what I'm saying, Valk's mobility is all in his wolf dashes, Bubble from fullscreen to keep him from flying around and watch where he goes, if he goes over the bubble you can try and tag him with Mystic Momo, if he uses j.D to transform back and block the bubble, unless he uses barrier just 2C him. You've got the Missles or the Bombs to cover your approach, and if you get a Cat Mace then go for a knockdown. Valk has absolutely no way to deal with projectiles, which Plat has tons of, so abuse that. It seems to me that it comes down to who scores the first 6-7K corner combo, lol. All this is conjecture on my part, until (hopefully) next week, and then I'll finally get my mitts on the little mahou shoujo (I've had a $20 PSN card sitting around since the network went down, all I want is Platinum and my Castlevania DLC... D:).

5B and 5C are both long range, but they're slow, once you get in his space, Plat can shut that shit down. Most Valks are well aware people will poke you out of D-cancels and they can screw you for it too, all it'd take is to cancel a 7D into a 6C dash and crossup [w] j.B, among other evil shit, Valk's got mixup from hell... Just break through his range and start pressure, the less chances you give him to go on the offensive the better IMO.

Valk's reach is problematic (5C is just ridiculous), but I'd imagine Bubbles are a big hindrance for his air mobility with C-Dashes (I know they'd piss ME off). Bat is win, smack stupid Valks using 236A in blockstrings, just watch for his 4D and 7D special cancels because the range on that Bat is meh and could easily whiff... Use that Hammer too, Butler-sama has 4 primers, and he bleeds. Mu will suck because lasers are evil and never friggin stop coming, and unlike fighting Lambda, after you make your way in, Mu can still play her game close up... plus she has that gdlk DP Ragna will suck because he's Ragna...

I'd say that's just indicative of the better character balancing in CS2. I'd say almost any matchup could go either way, especially considering Plat's conditional options thanks to her items... Well most early tier-lists for CS2 have Jin and Hazama right up top, so that's not a big suprise, but I'll take a 6-4 any day after maining Tager... I feel cheated that NA 360 got the patch at the same time as JP, but the NA PS3 has to wait a week for no real reason... I just don't see the logic behind it D:

That looks GLORIOUS... lol

Really? I'm not gonna lie, I expected some engrish "SUGOI!" action, lol... How's Plat's dubbing in combat? the dubbing for CS as a whole is really hit or miss IMO, I hate Hazama's dub with a passion (especially any time he goes all "Terumi", the guy just sounds goofy...).

I agree, the Bridget palette looks good on Platinum, although I think almost all of the GG palettes look awesome... GOD I'm so jealous of you bastards and your 360's right now T^T