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I always knew blade was a nazi. The shaved head and eye color gave it away.

You make your community what it is. And from what we saw, it was fucking glorious. Don't let us down.

last time we went to toronto, we only left you guys with the burning desire for moar awesome FITE, glorious battle, and rekindled spirit ! I can't wait to see how freaking hype you guys are !!!! Do you really think another clash with MTL will make you guys want to quit ?! OH NO SIR ! Get ready to be addicted to the adrenaline of going all out for glory ! RAISE THAT SPIRIT TO SURVIVE !! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE !? RAR !!

DEMON !

UPDATE 2.0 !! I replaced all the combos that had Nezu's box loop with cross loops !! I had a hard time deciding where to put the cross loop to balance difficulty and efficiency in those specific combos. I believe i settled on the right decision. They are all easier to do then the box loop now, do more damage, have more heat gain and take less space to do. I also included some short cut information on those specific combos to make them even easier to do for a bit less damage. Just read the tricks underneath them. I added a very good Gold Burst starting combo that nets 5.6k damage and builds it's own heat. Great to use in a tight spot and not hard to use at all if you learn the basic BnBs. I added an example of combo of how to add gold burst to most of the BnBs for not only better damage per hit, but extra cross loop cycles. The benefits are multiplicative ! Enjoy the update, this one was pretty big so the guide is officially at 2.0. I have no more plans of adding stuff to the FRKZ section, im going to focus on seals next.

Oh my.. I really don't deserve it! I am deeply humbled. What makes me more happy then a Medal is how well received this guide is. I'm glad my feelings are understood as i was unsure of the quality of my explanations. Id also like to ask that if anyone ever finds some part of the guide unclear or ambiguous to please point it out ! Ill be glad to rewrite any part however many times necessary to make sure it all makes sense. Let's all show that BURNING TAMASHII ! ..gozaru !

First i want to thank you for posting some of Tsuuna's awesome combos !! But when i made this guide it was to help people get over the biggest obstacle of FRKZ; using them in real fights with variable circumstances. In fact when CSX comes out you will notice all the combos i have here are not execution heavy in the least ! The cross loop is alot easier then previous loops. I've watched alot of american and japanese players attempt to use FRKZ, and all too often, what i see is not combos dropped due to execution, but rather, opportunities ruined due to lack of hit confirm, or whiffs due to lack of optimal circumstances. You will notice none of the combos in my guide are character specific, none of them require counter hits, and none of them need you to deviate from the blockstring (this is the MOST important part!). This means alot to me, DLM ! Thank you for the positive feedback. Its appreciated more then i can show ! Thanks for pointing this out as well Zeth ! Id also use this opportunity to mention pretty much all those combos will still work anyway, even in CSX. I really wanted to tackle the blockstring into hit confirm into combo aspect of FRKZ. The whole guide is themed that way. I can tell you now there are definitely more damaging combos for ALL the starters listed in my guide. There's always something better, more situational, that you can do to squeeze out more damage. AND There's always a way to cut each one of the combos short for almost the same damage. The Notes section on building your own combos is kind of about that, because i dont want to clutter the guide with shortcuts. I'm sure everyone will invest the short amount of time necessary to figure out theres alot of spots you can fit a distortion early.

im going to foonzo today, if no one's there i will practice on my own with bubble tea and wraps.

Actually Linear, i mention this in the guide. It's what makes the j.D, 2DASH possible, because at that point all your dashes would be exhausted. It still works this way.

It makes me very happy to hear that, guys ! ill have the other combos that use the box loop replaced soon as well, sometime this weekend.

having a time limit/scheduel for Danisien will only make people more hungry at the end of the meet for the coming week, and make them grow stronger. When we did Danisien with Zeth, he broke us all down in groups and we didnt choose our opponents. It was a set rotation. I think this is also an important factor. Because the wins have to be as averaged as possible, its not good to just jump on and off the station whenever we please. Perhaps one of you programmers could write a small browser based app that can take in all the entrants and their data and generate matches for danisien for us? Or we could break into groups of similarly ranked Dan players and fight until all matchups are exhausted.

Okay guys, mAc's only building the hype meter by admitting there will be room to be impressed by seeing these combos LIVE, and i totally understand that. And i thank you mAc for coming in and saying it !! I hope we get a chance to have some awesome matches someday if you come up to MTL or if i travel to a major with brice and crew in the states. Afterall, FRKZ is not only about doing great mixup and damage to win a fight. I truly believe its about style and "going all out". It thrives on the hype of people who get excited to see them happen for real. MORE IMPORTANTLY !! seal combos, against valk and carl you can never do 6C j.D against them without a jump cancel, but you can do wall bound seal combos and get 3 seals off 5a. These are tough to do and im actively working on them so i can post them up with videos to show you guys. Against RACHEL however its not so bad, if you are all the way into the corner, the 6C, j.D will work. There are alot of possibilities here and i want to come up with a simple way to organize the seal combos. I dont want to list all possible combos either. Just like the FRKZ half, i want to keep it general. I want to go over the concepts of standing seal combos on character groups, corner seal combos on character groups and how to use wall bound with 6C or 6D to get seal combos by character group. I'm going to work on this tonight for sure. I also promised to add some stuff to the FRKZ guide, that is coming up very soon. Expect a big update because ive found a way to phase out all the nezu box loops for my cross loop instead. Making them easier to do and more damage.

Toronto is a land of glory and hype ! We in MTL admire you guys and look forward to your amazing talents next time we FITE !!! SHOW US THAT UNDYING PASSION !! edit: what TO is really missing is a kirbster. King of T12.

ROFLMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is making my sides ache XD!!!

mAc ! Come to MTL so we can show you the power of Love and Justice and BURNING TAMASHI. ..gozaru

Thanks for amazingly positive feedback ! It really feels good knowing this is useful afterall. No shortage of awesomeness from you guys ! Coming very soon, im going to add gold burst starting combos, and using gold bursts mid combo for more damage. (i may have also found a way to phase out all the nezu box loops and replace them with my crossloop instead. This will make all relevant combos do more damage and be easier to execute. Check back very soon for this)

gozaru !

After reading what Buraido and Sophis wrote, and taking into account Omar and Lythium wouldve loved coming to MTL but cannot because of lack of notice, I definitely agree that this time we should just not have a tournament at Nemesis and instead hold our own major when BBCSX is available for NA. This will give everyone time to get comfortable with the game, and give everyone from out of town time to plan and come to our wonderful city ! Nothing stops us from having local tournaments and events in the meanwhile to make up for this shortcoming, for those who would've rather have something sooner. The truth is, the attendees will not be any different for any event we run sooner then February. You can fight to win money, fight to prove yourself, fight to get adrenaline, fight to get better, but our FITE has always been about bringing everyone's spirits together into a super crash collision ! Meeting people from Toronto was a blast, having Halifax come to MTL was such an honor, having players from the states here will be such a pleasant surprise. I would like to emphasize more on the people then the game.

I distinctly remember them saying that if you want to keep mashing C the old way it would still work. Am i mistaken?

UPDATE 1.1 !! I added a ton of new information. Most importantly the missing combo that branches from the 6A portion of the blockstring. Also added a situational combo section for very specific stuff that is useful to know, including what to do when you reach the corner midway and a practical 6C punish combo. I also added video footage of both blockstrings ! I added Huey's excellent trick for timing 6C after 2D I added many details to the previous information to go a bit more in depth with certain combos that i found weren't explained properly. Most notable of these was more information about the j.C combo, since it is the most important one, and how to get more out of it if you use a better starter then j.C. Thanks for all those amazing seal combos Zeth !! I dont think i want to list all the possible seal combos in the second part of guide. Just like the FRKZ section, i'm going to try to cover tips and tricks on how to get the tricky seals out of the wall bound or out of specific characters. As well as the basic seal combos by character group. I'm going to need more time and experimentation though, im under the impression there is alot more to learn about the new seal combos then even FRKZ. The seal combos you posted are going to be VERY useful. You've seen way more CSX vids then i have and your list of combos will greatly accelerate the testing any of us can do !

Thanks for the positive comments ! it's a really good feeling to know this was worth it ! I will keep updating this as we discover new stuff. Also it's really nice to offer to proofread, a second pair of eyes will definitely help to get any errors i missed ! Thank you ! I have an update planned for the next couple of days and some things i want to add, i will edit this into the guide as well if it makes it easier ! Thanks Huey ! Some things im going to add are; the challenge 10 FRKZ combo from CS2 which still works. I feel this is incomplete without at least having what to do when you get to the corner. Another thing i need to add is a video example of how to do the GRAB->Rapid combo. Some other situational advice on moves that should be omitted depending on what the starter was.

@ Linear, i have several character group based seal combos. I will try to organize them neatly and post them in the second half later this week, perhaps. However, even among those combos i don't have anything worthwhile on valkenhayn. I do have 2 suggestions for valk in the meanwhile though. If you're near the wall, do (5A), 5B, 6C, jc j.D, land, 2B, Super Crash, and you can connect a 5D after wall bound. Then if you IAD forward you can tech trap a back or forward tech. And the best thing to do overall, is to use alot of grabbing in your mixup. You should be able to get 3 seals on valk off of a grab, i will post the combo later when i test it to be sure. You only need 1 grab combo and a random seal in that case, so the jc j.D doesnt hurt as badly as you would think. @SuperScience it would be very unlikely to not have the heat to perform these combos, they're all at least 50 heat building except 2 which are 49. And the one of those 49 heat combos is meant to be used after the opponent has blocked at least 1 hit, so you will definitely have 50 for that one. EDIT: IN VERSION 2.0 ALL THE COMBOS BUILD OVER 50 HEAT If you are improvising or adapting for a wall combo, yes you can always replace the final j.4C with a j.C instead, that's what i usually do. Another thing you can do is a very good tech trap. Drop your final j.4C and instead 2DASH to the ground. Then do a 9DASH grab as they tech. This is ridiculously strong because its very easy to place during FRKZ and if they back tech it leads into your 7.2k air grab combo and this time you will have tons of heat. UPDATE: i added info about combo building in NOTES section and added ground grab rapid combo info in the BNB

I had alot of stuff to add to my post, so i made a thread in Bang subforum instead. Check it out for more BBCSX FRKZ info BBCSX FRKZ MiniGuide

Reserved in case it's possible to add Seal combo section

UPDATE 2.0 - JAN 08 2012 UPDATE 1.1 - DEC 29 2011 Hello ! I'm writing this up in hopes of sparking some interest in Fuu Rin Ka Zan, but more importantly to help people get past many of the hurtles that I've come across while learning to use it. I hope i can help people who will want to venture in this direction by sharing my blockstrings, combos and some of the coolest and most stylish things possible in this game !! I recorded all the videos myself using an old adaptec gamebridge and my PC on an imported copy of BBCSX. I hope they will be useful as notation alone is a bit heavy when it comes to FRKZ combos. This is an intermediate guide and assumes you have only basic knowledge of Bang. No expert knowledge should be needed as i will go into detail about everything and try to provide tricks to pulling certain things off. However the guide does assume you can read Notation and understand a little bit about Fuu Rin Ka Zan Dash canceling. You can always get help with notation here: Notation Guide It's important to know that i will be marking Bang's Dashes as 1DASH, 2DASH, 3DASH, etc. I will always write them in relation to Bang's position to his opponent. So a 6DASH does not always mean to the RIGHT. If Bang has crossed up his opponent due to dashing mid combo, a 6DASH can very well mean going LEFT. DASH CANCELING: I will not be able to write every single dash cancel into the combo notation(except the important ones) or it will become very difficult to read. However Dash Canceling into moves that normally cant be used in succession actually comes rather naturally with a bit of practice. There are videos that show what everything is supposed to look like so i invite people who don't know how it works to watch and try to imitate what they see and it should be fairly straight forward. Small example: 2C, 6A, 6C. Normally you cannot cancel 2C into 6A into 6C, however because all the DASHes count as SPECIAL MOVES and both 2C and 6A are special cancellable, this link becomes possible. What's happening is the 2C is getting canceled into a dash, but the dash does not come out because 6A is pressed immediately, etc. 1. BLOCKSTRINGS Once you get used to moving around in FRKZ, the next MOST important thing you need to know is your blockstring. The blockstring is so important because it's your main tool for putting pressure on your opponent. At neutral, Bang in FRKZ is actually at a big disadvantage and very prone to getting zoned or reversaled. That's why its very important to capitalize on any opportunity where your opponent is stuck blocking you. In FRKZ you can turn any blockstring into damage. The mixup possibilities are very strong. The main blockstring to learn is: j.C, 2DASH, 5B, 2C, 6A (to see example of this blockstring, see 6A counter combo below) This is a short and easy to remember blockstring. If you try it you will notice that the 2DASH seems optional. This is NOT the case. Using the 2DASH tightens up the blockstring and makes sure you wont get reversaled out of it by someone who is mashing. The second thing you will notice is that the 6A can be timed in a way that moves you forward a bit before coming out. This is a very important thing to practice. If you go too far, you create a big hole in your blockstring. Remember your 2C, 6A is already a frame trap, so keep your dash forward as short as possible. However you WANT to move forward a little bit because this simple normal allows you to RESET pressure immediately by letting you gain more ground and fight pushback from barrier or regular blocking. As soon as 6A hits, you can do a 9DASH to reset with another j.C and do the same blockstring again. If you do the 9DASH far enough you can CROSSUP your opponent and do the same blockstring in the other direction. A third option is to repeat 6A again with a mini dash. This is a very good trick to use against people who will want to try to jump out of your pressure to chicken block your incoming j.C. Another very important option is to 6DASH and GRAB !! There is a very strong grab rapid cancel combo i will share further along in the guide. the next blockstring is ideal for air to ground and air to air situations. Strong mixup for tough ground blocking opponents, or jump blocking opponents: j.B, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, land, 5B, 2C, 6A (for example of this blockstring, see GRAB RAPID combo below. Also see the j.B abare combo to see what it leads to on hit) This blockstring is a bit longer, and is not very tight at the beginning, but if an opponent is getting airborn too often, this is the way to go. The 6A at the end has the same properties as the previous blockstring and is ideal for gaining additional ground and resetting pressure after it. An alternative is to do j.B 6Dash GRAB. There is an extremely strong air grab combo i will share later in the guide. UPDATE: Also note against certain characters when crouched, even a lowest to the ground possible j.4C will still whiff (like Mu-12). Against these characters you can do j.B, 6DASH, j.B, 6DASH, j.B OR j.B, 6DASH, j.C. 2. COMBOS Here i am going to share with you the combos i've discovered on my copy of BBCSX. It's the japanese version and i dont think there will be further revisions on the US release in February but i suppose it's possible. The combo section is closely tied to the Blockstring section. Im going to go one by one through the combos based on WHICH PART of the blockstring your opponent failed to block ! J.C Combo using my cross loop ! J.C, 2DASH, 5B, 2C, 6DASH, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, pause, 6C, 8or9DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, land, pause, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C) x 3, 236236A (ASHURA) 6.8k Dmg 55 HEAT This is the BNB to learn in BBCSX. It works Mid Screen, does tons of damage, builds it's own heat, and looks glorious. Go into this combo after connecting a j.C in your blockstring. You can hitconfirm with the (5B, 2C) that comes after it. You can also do this combo directly starting from 5B in case they did block the j.C but for whatever reason failed to block the 5B. Another possibility is starting this combo from either j.B or j.4C, as in the second blockstring. If you are using the second blockstring and manage to start the combo with a single j.4C, you can do 4 cycles of j.4C (instead of 3) at the end of the combo and total at 7.5k damage for no more heat then what the combo generates !! You can also get more damage out of this combo if you start it with (GRAB, Rapid Cancel, 5C) instead of (j.C, 5B). Rapid cancelling the ground grab fuels your combo with very good proration, and following up with a free 5C capitalizes further on that (see notes section about 5C). (Update 1.1) Here I demonstrate an example blockstring in the beginning of the video. Because of the nature of the combos and how they are built along side the blockstring, ANY hit can be hitconfirmed and picked up into a solid combo. This is a true asset in FRKZ. In this version i repeat the j.C combo but with GRAB, RAPID as a starter as described previously. Also, because of the Proration values of the first 2 hits of the grab, the combo allows for a 4th cycle of j.4Cs ! The damage climbs up to 7.2k, and requires 53 or 54 heat to do the rapid and have enough for Ashura at the end. The variation is due to the heat gain cool down after rapid cancel. Tricks: Be patient with the button presses, theres alot of this combo that can be done with slow controlled inputs. Learn to time the pauses in the combo, this is important to make it work. (Update 1.1) After the 2D in this combo, you can 6CANCEL, GRAB (whiff), 6C instead of just 2D, pause, 6C. This makes timing the 6C much easier. (this trick thanks to Huey!) Pitfalls: There's alot of parts in this combo that can go wrong, in very unlikely places. you must learn to dash cancel into your j.D. At first you will see you do not need to do anything fancy to connect the j.D in this combo, and to a certain degree that is correct. However, by holding 6 just before the j.D and pressing the D button BEFORE the 6DASH happens, the j.D will cover a great distance forward WITHOUT CONSUMING ONE OF BANG'S AIRDASHES ! This is a crucial trick to learn as it is integral to all the combos im going to share. When you learn this trick, it opens up ALOT of room for error and adjustment mid combo so you do not need to be perfectly placed to make things work. after the j.D, when you 2DASH for the landing, the opponent will be bouncing on the ground. This is more then just a mere effect. The position of the opponent when you hit them with the 2B affects the untech time, and how easily you can hit them with the next move. Generally you want 2B to connect while they are flat on the ground. Practice this. My special j.4C loop in this combo is NOT like Nezu's new box loop which i discuss in the next combo. This is actually easier to do even if it does not look like it. Because it is so close to the ground, you can skip all the 2DASHES that would normally be necessary. Simply hold the direction of the next dash and press C at the right time. Practice it and use the video as a guide since the notation can be confusing. When it comes time to input Ashura, try to finish the 236236 and let the stick return to 5 while bang is still in the air, then press the A button as he lands to execute Ashura without crossing under the opponent. Crossing under the opponent will get you a shiny bumper instead of Ashura. 2C Combo using my cross loop ! UPDATE 2.0 2C, 6DASH, 6A, 6C, 8or9DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, pause, (9DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C)x4, land, 236236A (ASHURA) 6.4k Dmg 57 HEAT Works with 5B starter as well, this combo exists solely to capitalize on your blockstring. All too often good FRKZ players will miss out on damage by trying to j.C right after a 2C. If 2C is not blocked and you go for j.C, it causes emergency tech on the ground and ruins Oki too ! This is why its important to follow up 2C with 6A in a blockstring. Tricks: after the 2C you have time to mini 6DASH forward. Do not cross up the opponent before the 6A. Use this to close the distance and to do the 6A as close as possible. This also gives you extra time to hit confirm! Once the 6A hits, the 6C that follows has to be IMMEDIATE. There is no freedom of timing AFTER the 6A hits. Take your time to do long DASHes for the first cycle of the cross loop, in the video i went out of my way to exaggerate the dashes of my first cross loop cycle to demonstrate this. The reason is to make the opponent stay lower to the ground. Going into cross loop after a 2D instead of 2B can be a bit more challenging but here is a shortcut: you can replace the (6DASH, 5C, 2D) in the combo with a 6DASH, 2B. Pitfalls: Similar to previous combo, learn to 6CANCEL into j.D ! Make sure not to cross under during Ashura input. Make sure the opponent is ABOVE you when you hit them with j.D or the 5C will not connect. When doing the cross loop from a 2D, the pause is important so the opponent is a bit lower to the ground. It's not strict, but try not to go as fast as possible for the first cycle. 6A Counter Combo using my cross loop ! (Update 1.1) 6A counter, 9DASH, j.C, 2DASH, 2C, 6DASH, 5C, 6D, 2D, pause, 6C, 8or9DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, pause, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C)x3, 236236A (ASHURA) 6.2k dmg, 55 HEAT This one is very important. 6A connects the frame trap in your blockstring. You've seen the combo to do if they can't block your j.C, you've seen the combo to do when they can't block your 2C, but what if they're blocking correctly but mashing? or trying to jump out? When 6A hits your opponent, if it is a NON COUNTER hit, the (9DASH, j.C) that follows will net you a completely FREE RESET, this is practically unreactable after they believe you've started to combo them. If they continue to mash or jump out, the j.C will get you a HIT while they are still glued to the ground because there aren't enough frames for a jump to finish startup !! When 6A hits your opponent and it IS a COUNTER HIT, the (9DASH, j.C) that follows will COMBO with it. This is good and it is bad. It's good because it means there is no more risk of losing potential damage, but it's bad because 6A is a terrible starter. This combo is very difficult sometimes because it's the only one that doesn't have the 5B in the beginning. Which means you need to land the 6A, follow up with j.C, and hit confirm from there to go right into the 2C sweep attack ASAP (or it wont combo). Usually you will be able to hit confirm a 6A counter before you even hit with j.C though, the untech time is really long and you have a lot of time to do the j.C. The reason to omit the 5B is to save as much proration as possible to be able to continue the combo until the end. Tricks: same as the j.C combo Pitfalls: The hardest part of this combo is hit confirming it quickly enough to do the j.C into 2C as fast as possible. This is a very tight link and if you hesitate for a moment it will not combo. The reason why 5B is in all the other combos is to streamline the transition from blockstring. This combo is different in that the transition must be made in time for the j.C. AIRGRAB Combo using my cross loop ! UPDATE 2.0 AIRGRAB (with at least a single DASH remaining), 2DASH, 6C, 8or9DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, land, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C) x 5, land, 236236A (ASHURA) 7.5k Dmg 59 HEAT Potentially you're strongest mid screen combo, Air grabbing an opponent is VERY easy in FRKZ. Most of the time people will jump block to avoid mixup, so any time you would normally go for a crossup j.C, you can do crossup grab, and if they jumped they will get sucked in. It works very often against a variety of skill levels. Tricks: Make sure you have least one DASH left when you grab the opponent. Hold down immediately after grabbing to automatically cancel the grab and skip it's heavily prorated final hit. When inputting the 6C you can afford to mini dash forward to close up the gap for a tighter combo, this makes it easier. You can cut the combo VERY SHORT by inputting Daifunka right after the 6D for only slightly less damage but it's better to do this if it will finish off the opponent. You will do this VERY often most likely so practice it as well ! Take your time to do long DASHes for the first cycle of the cross loop, in the video i went out of my way to exaggerate the dashes of my first cross loop cycle to demonstrate this. The reason is to make the opponent stay lower to the ground. Going into cross loop after a 2D instead of 2B can be a bit more challenging but here is a shortcut: you can replace the (6DASH, 5C, 2D) in the combo with a 6DASH, 2B. Pitfalls: Being unable to 6CANCEL the j.D will make this combo near impossible. Make sure you practice this. Make sure the opponent is ABOVE you when you hit them with j.D or the 5C will not connect. As with previous combos, try to finish inputting the Ashura as you touch the ground so you do not cross under. When doing the cross loop from a 2D, the pause is important so the opponent is a bit lower to the ground. It's not strict, but try not to go as fast as possible for the first cycle. J.B Abare Combo using my cross loop ! UPDATE 2.0 j.B, 6DASH (long), j.4C, 6DASH (long), j.4C, land, 6C, 8or9DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, land, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C) x 4, land, 236236A (ASHURA) 6.4k Dmg 59 HEAT This combo can be difficult, but its very good to practice. A random hit with j.B air to air could lead to 6.4k damage combo that builds it's own heat. And there are tricks to make it more stable. The combo also does more damage if started with a j.4C first instead of j.B. This can be possible if the first j.B is blocked and you follow up with a 6DASH j.4C just like in the second blockstring. Tricks: Make sure to do nice long 6DASHes in the beginning. This is necessary for a few reasons; it helps you hit confirm, it lets the opponent get lower to the ground, and it puts you in the right position for the 6C. Mini dash before the 6C if necessary like in the previous combo to gain some ground. Take your time to do long DASHes for the first cycle of the cross loop, in the video i went out of my way to exaggerate the dashes of my first cross loop cycle to demonstrate this. The reason is to make the opponent stay lower to the ground. Going into cross loop after a 2D instead of 2B can be a bit more challenging but here is a shortcut: you can replace the (6DASH, 5C, 2D) in the combo with a 6DASH, 2B. Pitfalls: This combo will not work if the opponent is too high in the air. Also, make sure the opponent is ABOVE you when you hit them with j.D or the 5C will not connect. In this case, land and 2B into cross loops x5. Try not to cross under at the end or Ashura will turn into a bumper. When doing the cross loop from a 2D, the pause is important so the opponent is a bit lower to the ground. It's not strict, but try not to go as fast as possible for the first cycle. Situational Combos Gold Burst Combo UPDATE 2.0 GoldBurst, 6DASH, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, pause, 6C, 8DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, land, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C)x4, 236236A (ASHURA) 5.6K Dmg, 54 Heat Being in FRKZ at neutral can be tough. Being in a knockdown situation in FRKZ is even worse !! If you need to use a gold burst on wakeup or to make sure you get the opponent, follow up with this combo for guaranteed 5.6k that builds it's own heat. Tricks: This is very similar to the other BnBs, be sure to check out the tricks in those combos since they apply to this one as well. The 6DASH at the very beginning is unnecessary if the opponent is very close to you. Simply doing 5C as they come close to the ground will connect. Pitfalls Learning whether you need to do the 6DASH at the beginning or not is probably the hardest part, and its not very complicated. Learn the timing of landing the first 5C as they come down, you have alot of time to focus on it as they float back to the ground. Combo Into Gold Burst UPDATE 2.0 J.C, 2DASH, 5B, 2C, 6DASH, GoldBurst, pause, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, pause, 6C, 8or9DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, land, pause, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C) x 4, 236236A (ASHURA) 7.4k Dmg 63 HEAT This is to turn a BnB into a must-kill combo. Take any BnB in the previous section that uses a 2C, and you can fit a gold burst in there easily. There's alot of time to decide to do it or not, and nothing gets changed in the BnB, so its not too difficult to pull off. Despite having lots of time to decide to do it, its still quite early in the combo, allowing the gold burst to fill the rest of the combo with good proration. Not only does the gold burst improve the damage of all the hits that come after it, the improved proration allows a whole extra cycle of the cross loop (add 1 cycle of the cross loop count to whichever BnB you're putting the gold burst into). The culmination of more damage per hit and extra cycle make this 6.8k combo turn into a 7.4k one. The same can be done to other BnBs with similar benefits. Tricks: Time the 5C as they get close to the ground to make this easier. Pitfalls The same as the BnB that you are using this gold burst with. Corner Combo UPDATE 1.1 j.C, 5B, 2C, 6DASH, 5C, 6D, 2D, 6DASH, 5C, 4DASH, 2B, 6C, 8DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C, j.D, land, 2B, 623B, 6C, 8DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C, j.623B, land, 236236A (ASHURA) 7.2K, 61 HEAT This is the Challenge10 combo from CS2. There are perhaps new better combos for the corner, i will replace this one when i discover it. I feel the guide needs one solid corner combo to be complete, and this one is powerful, easy, universal and builds more heat then it needs. Most importantly of all, it works with the blockstring in part 1. Tricks: this is the easiest combo in the guide, very straightforward. If it gives you trouble you need only keep practicing it. You have more time then you realize after the super crash to do the 6C. Make sure you take the time to do it right and it will come out without dashing forward. Pitfalls: The game has a strange way of interpreting inputs in FRKZ. Because all dashes count as "special" moves, we're often asking the game to interpret many moves at the same time when we input something like 623B. Normally it's clear what move we want, but in FRKZ there are alot of "special" moves that can be interpreted from the same input. In order to eliminate as much of the interpretation as possible, the 623B must be perfect. Even with a perfect 623 you can still get a forward dash instead of a super crash under certain circumstances. I find the most reliable way to make it work is to make SURE you return to NEUTRAL position after the 2B (just before the super crash). Try releasing the stick for a moment before inputting the 623. If you slide from the 2 to the 6 (to do 2B, 623B), there is a good chance the resulting 3 input will be interpreted as a dash, even if your 623 is PERFECT. 5A Combo using my cross loop ! UPDATE 1.1 5A, 5B, 2C, 6DASH, 5C, 6DASH, 2D, 8DASH, j.4C, j.D, 2DASH, land, pause, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C) x 3, 236236A (ASHURA) 5.3k Dmg 50 HEAT This is the one combo that doesn't tie in with any blockstrings. using 5A brings down the damage and can break combos completely. However sometimes 5A is the only move that will fit in a tight spot, or its the only way to hitconfirm strange situations. This combo will work with 5A as a starter, but also works if you hit with j.C or j.B before it, making it very versatile. Tricks: Easier to do then the j.C combo that we learned because it doesn't involve a 6CANCEL j.D. Otherwise the same tricks apply. Pitfalls: Make sure to wait long enough for the opponent to stop bouncing before hitting with 2B or it will not connect the j.4C afterward. Adapting a Combo for the Corner UPDATE 1.1 replace part of your combo with 2B, 623B, 6C, 8DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C, j.623B, land, 236236A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vH4hT82f2Y Here is a real match example of a FRKZ combo that became too close to the corner. Should this happen to you, use this as an example of how to modify the combo on the fly to accommodate the corner. In general it involves replacing the cross loop with a ground super crash, pickup with 6C into air super crash, followed by Ashura. Tips: Ashura needs to be inputted in reverse always, except vs Tager. Pitfalls: Keeping Oki is more important, don't go for a combo youre not sure about. You do not want an air tech situation unless you're setting up a frame trap. Bang is not strong at neutral in FRKZ. 6C Combo using my cross loop ! UPDATE 1.1 6C counter hit, 6DASH long, land, 5C, 6D, 6DASH, 2D, pause, 6C, 8DASH, j.4C, 6CANCEL, j.D, 2DASH, land, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C, 6DASH, j.4C)x4, 236236A (ASHURA) 8.2k Dmg, 58 HEAT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL1yTwf8XDk This is the ultimate punish combo. It's even EASIER to do if you get the opponent in an air counter hit because it takes them longer to fall to the ground. It does over 8k damage with no requirements other then a 6C counter hit. Tips: Make sure to do a very long 6DASH after the 6C. You can start inputting the 5C before bang actually touches the ground, in the same way you only need to be near the ground to refresh his dash count. After the 5C, it helps to do a mini dash before the 6D comes out. You can use the 2D, 6CANCEL, GRAB whiff, 6C trick to time the pause between 2D and 6C perfectly (Thank Huey for this trick!) Pitfalls: It's hard to hit confirm a 6C counter hit. You could possibly go into the airgrab combo instead without the need of counter hit and it would work regardless, and do alot of damage as well. 4. NOTES In UPDATE 2.0 all the Box loops are phased out for the easier cross loop for more damage and more heat gain About Cross loop and Box loop In a real fight sometimes we don't have the luxury of optimal combos. For those moments, this bit of info might be useful. If you're doing a combo that uses a Nezu box loop and the j.D in that combo hits them while they are not high enough in the air, you can be sure the following 5C will whiff. If you DO hit them high enough in the air, but your 6CANCEL into j.D was not good and it DID consume one of Bang's dashes, you will slowly float to the ground, unable to 2DASH. In both of these moments, land and go into my cross loop instead to finish the combo. The damage will only be a bit lower and it salvages the situation nicely. 3x the loop is a safe bet to go for. In other words: land, 2B, (9DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C, 8DASH, j.4C)x3, 236236A (ASHURA) This guide is not an A to Z about FRKZ, there is A LOT of advanced pressure and more damaging "situational" combos available. This guide is really just to get someone started with a strong set of BnBs so they can perhaps build their own combos or improvise them on the spot in tight situations. some information that might help you build FRKZ combos: All 4 drives have same move proration but are otherwise excellent damage and good additions to any combo. Especially 6D and 2D, you want to try to include both of these in any FRKZ combo if possible. 2C is the keystone in a lot of combos in FRKZ. It sets up the pickup so you can air combo and do whatever you like. However it also has same move proration and can only be used once. Super Crash, just like the seals, they are amazing additions to any combo, and you should always use them if you get close to the wall. They will almost always boost the final damage of your combo thanks to high damage themselves and good proration. However they ALSO have same move proration, and can only be used once each (ground super crash, air super crash) 5C and 6C, these 2 moves are some of the BEST moves to use during a FRKZ combo because of amazingly good proration. You will find most of my combos involve going out of the way to add an extra one of these where other moves would be easier to do. This is on purpose because of how much damage they add to the combo without taking anything away. Air Grab, 6C, These are the best starters you can ask for, the damage you can make out of these can be insane. Make sure to dash cancel the last hit of the air grab as it has terrible proration. The ground grab has similar properties but must be rapid canceled as soon as possible and followed up with a 5C or 6C to truly capitalize on proration. I will be editing this further if there are errors and for clarity. Please help me make the guide as clean as possible and point out any mistakes or ambiguities in the text. Thanks !