Yazumatto

So the Arc Revo cup brackets are up: http://arc-revo-cup.jp/tournament/ Goro will be fighting a Nu first round. The winner of that faces either a Ragna or a Tao. The only thing we can do now is wish him the best of luck. Japan is really good at STSFN so I hope he has some of that because single elimination means the Nike effect is always in play.

That multi-dump combo was too manly.

Well yeah, 5B > 6C > Shooting Star seems hard to drop no matter how drunk you are and you'll be doing that like 90% of your matches when you've claimed corner. All of my yes. I'm also glad that we as a collective came together with a name for her new jacket/coat

Please... don't remind me. I might break into tears again. ;-; #ripyokomakoto #ripskunkoto

Let's not turn this into a waifu war, alright? I'm fairly certain you've played other characters too. I made a conscious decision to get back into EX with Makoto, the same character that got me playing BB in the first place back in CS1. I could have sped up the reintegration process with Hakumen but I didn't. It's... uhh... difficult to say the least. That's what I get for ragequitting BB 9-10 months ago. :/

I feel you man. I don't find her as boring as you do though. Overdrive is going to give me some nostalgia for roughly 10 seconds at a time. Oh and Unlimited Makoto for some makeshift OD combo practice lol. That being said, I'm already on the Azrael hype train. #jacketkicks

Oh hey, a Makoto at Game Chariot that's not free. Kusakabe (Makoto) vs. Yumura (Tager) http://youtu.be/DeEXDwNcuJM?t=10m18s Kusakabe (Makoto) vs. Mahiro (Litchi) http://youtu.be/LL6-7WMXWlc?t=8m40s Kusakabe vs. Kaqn (Bullet/Hazama/Ragna) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUnPyNvmuZg EDIT: Goro vs. Souji http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hztTet_MEMs#t=0s ArcRevo LCQ: (Kuroku and Matsu are present; time-stamps are listed in description) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I-wQ3y-kUw&feature=youtu.be

I thought she got some decent buffs imo. It's just that they don't matter in the long run. :/

Forever stubby. ;-; Also, Kaqn tried playing Makoto recently according to his twitter. He's uhh... wondering how people do it. Goro said something to him but google translate isn't letting me context clues my way into understanding. >.>

Oh it fatals. I've seen it. You can get a sandwich before following up, it's disgusting. I explicitly remember a link to a video where an Azrael ate one of those being posted in this thread. I'm studying for an exam (and watching Toryuken: still ass) so I can't dig it up right now.

The data should mention that 5D (lv 3) fatal counters. Everything else looks good. Thanks Chao!

You could do it. Regular OD has invincible startup according to the wiki so as long as they aren't mashing low, you could parry that shit and make them pay. Granted, if they see it coming, you'll just eat a counter-hit combo afterwards as well as lose your OD so there's a trade-off.

More OD combos from Kuroku http://youtu.be/OnIINO_jbAg Someone asked what happens with when you combine a successful Parry and OD. Well, there's your answer(s). Parry into OD combo w/o PF = 5.2k Parry into OD combo w/ PF = 6.3k And if for some reason you want to use Parry in OD... well you don't need meter for an RC to combo off of it. (max) OD Parry combo w/ 2 DDs = 8.3k (max) OD FATAL counter (lol kuroku) Parry combo w/ 2 DDs = 8.6k Oh and for your entertainment, Goro's win percentage against the cast since we didn't do this when the game first came out like everyone else did: vs Ragna ：135戦112勝（83％） vs Jin ：158戦115勝（73％） vs Noel ：48戦45勝（94％） vs Rachel ：51戦36勝（71％） vs Taokaka ：61戦44勝（72％） vs Tager ：91戦84勝（92％） vs Litchi ：73戦64勝（88％）<- eww vs Arakune ：53戦36勝（68％） vs Bang ：78戦67勝（86％） vs Carl ：25戦23勝（92％）<- double eww vs Hakumen ：65戦41勝（63％） vs Nu ：40戦38勝（95％) <- so the player formally known as based nu/lambchops god can't be realistically beaten by another nu vs Tsubaki ：60戦42勝（70％） vs Hazama ：58戦49勝（84％） vs Mu ：53戦38勝（72％） vs Makoto ：25戦22勝（88％) <- <not 100% <wtf goro vs Valkenhayn ：66戦53勝（80％） vs Platinum ：41戦38勝（93％） vs Reluis ：31戦24勝（77％） vs Izayoi ：8戦6勝（75％） vs Amane ：37戦32勝（86％） vs Bullet ：45戦36勝（80％） vs Azrael ：47戦35勝（74％） We can build our matchup charts from this right? #s-tiermakoto #inb4someonetakesmeseriously

Carl always gets the best birthday pics. <3

The closest thing she has to a "slamming the ground" animation is her Crush Trigger and she doesn't touch the ground at all. She does the cartoon windup motion with her arm before dropping a wicked overhead elbow on the opponent (not an overhead btw). The "Squirrel's Elbow" if you will. Can you smell what Makoto's cooking?

...that's not up to us? EDIT: More OD combos from Kuroku http://youtu.be/OnIINO_jbAg

"The Tachikawa Massacre" feat. Matsu. Goro vs Komuya (Hakumen) / Shokuin (Amane) / Masashi (Valkenhayn) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1FIowWAOUA&feature=youtu.be Goro vs. Shino (Noel) / 8C (Platinum) (We were THIS close to having a Blood Pain match between Goro and Matsu. Then Goro decided to run face first into a giftbox.) http://youtu.be/b7_KklqwcRo?t=3m30s Matsu vs. Yoshiki (Nu) / Chin (Hakumen) (Goro's team was fucking STACKED: 3 godlike players + final boss Hakumen anchor lol) http://youtu.be/b7_KklqwcRo?t=14m8s Goro vs. Hane (Litchi) / Ryuusei (Jin) / Sekido (Ragna) http://youtu.be/eZbbWfAdS2o?t=4m23s

Even if he's not trolling, I can see where people would have trouble with the question, "who is worse than Makoto?" Yeah, she's significantly better than her EX counterpart but when you get right down to it, she's still booty-butt checks compared to everyone else. At least Izayoi looks like she has some considerable options and Amane has those drills. In any case, I'm glad that she's still considered the worst character in the game for the second version in a row while gaining a considerable amount of options from the previous version. I guarantee you, someone's going to bitch about this character and then you can say: "She's the worst character in the game though. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)"

I posted this in the OST thread already but here's the order of characters you fight for Course S. Tao Bullet Tager Tsubaki Bang Carl Relius Azrael Amane Litchi Arakune Makoto Noel Mu Nu Rachel Platinum Valk Hazama Hakumen Izayoi Jin Ragna The entire run was basically abuse of the AI's tendencies. Running towards them and attacking or meaty 5B on their wake-up to get a counter-hit. Inferno Divider on their wake-up when the AI is low on health. Burst if they touch you period. The only time the player got close to losing was when U. Rachel got out of the corner. You pretty much lose if they get going. There seems to be an underlying pattern in the course order which looks interesting to me. The course starts off with the gatekeeper Tao. Then it looks a bit random while you fight pairs along the way. After Arakune, things get artificial until you get to Rachel. Then you fight the Six Heroes and the current storyline boss before ending it with the two poster-boys of BB.

I was under the impression that it was similar to the Abyss mode variant where you could hold it but why would you? Does it say somewhere that you can't hold it? Besides, they should be dead when you crack the X-Factor.

So is this a legit tier list from Dora or is this just a way to get a shot at Goro? If it's the former, it looks good. If it's the latter, I'm gonna need to see a FT10 MM.

I think her OD combos are probably where the most fun will come from. It's so ad-lib lol I'm pretty sure he could have continued the combo after the Lightning Arrow but ending it with BBS was hype. If he was closer to the wall, that Cosmic Ray could have connected.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19946986 Kuroku's OD combos in HIGH DEFINITION. 5D midscreen > Comet Cannon/Break Shot > Lightning Arrow > BBS = lololol Also, corner combo: 8715 damage off of a 5B starter in OD using 100% meter. More practical than it looks because of OD's i-frames.

...see now I want old parry back. Back then, I wasn't reading into frame data much. All I knew was that parry was really good for some reason. P1 120% and safe? Damn. :/

Makoto needs to kick more. She gets godlike stuff like 3C and j.B when she kicks people. squirrel legs 2stronk Aww yeah, lets forget she ever had a drive.