TITANIUM BEAST!!!

shrug just go ahead if you want and I'll close this one.

Wow, so you don't like it when people force their views down your throat, like the way Ed does? There is no such thing as having a discussion with Edward. Ed likes you because he doesn't see you as a threat to him, period.

Just preordered the messenger bag, excellent timing with that koogy!

I mean, most of my complaints about Carl point to him being very, very un-fun to fight. I don't even think he has a solid advantage in that matchup, it's just incredibly stupid and boring when both players know what's going on and how to play the match. Like, I want to level my Hazama up further just so I don't have to play that match with Ragna. Dale, as a player my only negative thought of you is that you get angry/frustrated way too easily. I have the same problem and it only makes it harder for you to learn when you're trying to pick up new games. Otherwise, I don't think you're necessarily a bad player, you're just in the learning phase still.

Not many good video examples, this is probably the best one: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11797354 Very annoying match, you basically can't be aggressive and Carl pretty much controls the flow of the match. Be very patient, is all I can say.

True, but more often than not it's out of necessity rather than capability, if you get my drift.

This is not a creative game. You get punished for trying to be creative more often than not.

Just goes to show what audience ASW is catering to. When people bitch about a character and the character gets used a lot, said character gets nerfed, regardless of how good they actually are. See again, Noel from CT -> CS.

Overall it would be nice if combos were shorter and did good damage, though I think that's mostly an aesthetic preference. A lot of the super-long combos in CS are oversights.

shrug people play in the way that best suits them, let it go folks.

Probably doesn't work off of any combo starting with A attacks. Just tested with 2A-5B-3C into 2B pickup and no dice. EDIT: Some data from testing. 5B-3C, 2B-5C, HJC hj.C-D, JC hj.C -> BE, dash 6D-j.D, JC j.C -> BE, dash 5D -> 22C 3739 dmg, 48 heat Goes to 3751 dmg and 51 heat if you tack on a 5B after the 22C. 5B-3C, 2B-5C, HJC hj.C-D, JC hj.C -> BE, dash 6A, HJC hj.D, JC hj.C -> BE, dash 5D -> 22C 3722 dmg, 50 heat Goes to 3734 dmg and 52 heat if you tack on a 5B after the 22C. This is a good example, although this is only one combo possibility. You sacrifice a tiny bit of damage for an extremely tiny increase in heat gain. I would say in most situations, it would make no real difference as far as heat, so aside from midscreen setups, 6D variation is the way to go.

Bit old news. It's an interesting alternative that works much better midscreen than the 6D version, but it doesn't work off of every setup and it does less damage usually. Occasionally you get slightly better meter gain due to the height you do the BE at.

I like this.

hahaha I keep forgetting that you should always test things by hand. Apparently, even if you set the CPU to block everything with Barrier and then let it jump, it will still get hit by air unblockable moves. GJ ASW.

Whoops, my bad. Way to fail me, training mode. Sorry for spreading misinformation.

Jakou is completely air-unblockable, even if you Barrier, FYI.

6A rarely works on Arakune, especially if you're spacing your attacks correctly. Use 2B pickup combos instead, you're only missing out on about 300 dmg and they're way more reliable.

Um, no. EDIT: To clarify, if Houtenjin DID punish an IBed 2C, then it would have to be 4 frames or less startup. However, it does not.

Looking at the data, it's 6+1 startup, which is 6 frames before super freeze and 1 after.

Minor correction, isn't Houtenjin 7 frames? Dunno why you said it was 0-3.

Another thing, everyone keeps moaning and groaning about Ragna dropping, when he's basically still A tier (A- if you want to get really technical with it). Are people really surprised, or even upset by this? He's still in the top half of the cast as far as how good he is, he's solid as fuck. All the characters above him have something he doesn't, but he's still good. So why are people so adamant about insisting he's still top 3 or 4? Let it go.

If you actually understand how defense works in this game, Ragna is not that scary, unless he has meter. He remains strong because of high damage output and meter gain, combined with a semi-decent ability to control space and relative safety. The characters above him not only have more viable mixup options, but most of them control space better than he does and are generally much safer. I would say don't sleep on Ragna, but stop exaggerating how good he is. Also, people really need to broaden their horizons when it comes to knowing what a mixup is. A mixup is usually a 50/50, make other guy guess on SOMETHING. It's a lot broader than simply high/low or attack/throw. I'm looking at YOU, smooshman.

Generally, I just try to neutral tech until I get out. Probably not the best idea, but every Litchi I play seems to do different combos, even though they all appear to go on forever.

Is this the Duke/Elon football game, by chance? Cuz I'll be there.

The Chang sprite is the only one that actually looks like one of the KOF XII/XIII sprites, the rest look...incomplete, I guess? Which would make sense, though I'm curious about the inconsistency there. Maybe they were seriously considering putting Chang in the game.