Wild Candy

Lolz: I love how characters like Noel, Makoto, and Celicia look all happy, while Ragna is super annoyed, Jin is giving Noel the Evil Eye/Death Glare, and Rachel just looks like the little kid at the outing who just wants to go home.

Anyone feel like playing now?

Count me in! PSN: BrokenStar96 Location: Ohio Timezone: East Coast.

2 questions. One, how exactly to you properly perform Rachel's winded Overheads (J.A and J.B) And what are some general strategies when Zoning with Rachel.

Yeah, if I'm thinking of the same player, his Shadow Labrys is brutal! I got completely bodied when I faced him in the tournement. I'll probably be on for most of the evening if anyone wants to play.

Agreed, I want to at least put up a good fight with my Naoto so I don't bore you guys!

So hyped, I can't wait to see the bracket.

Good news, my issue resolved itself sooner then I thought, so I can play!

Super sorry guys, but a family emergency popped up, and I won't be able to play. Very sorry....

Yeah, now my main goal is to master the infamous SMP Loop. I'll just go ahead an say, it's a bitch. Anyway, yeah, I feel improved a lot. I think understand Naoto a little more now. (Lol, it sounds like I started a social link with her.) But yeah, from what I understand, Naoto doesn't so much pressure her opponent, but more so punishes them for every little mistake. If they whiff a move, she's at the perfect place to punish, and then set up more traps, and put herself in great positions to go into her snipe stance. Basically, you have to put in a small amount risk by giving your foe enough rope to hang them selves. I also feel like I got the hang of Shield of Justice and her SP Snipe Stance (The one where she rolls and crosses) to escape pressure! Anyway, thanks for the games.

But the increased recovery is going to hurt anyform of 2D Oki if it whiffs, and it's going to make 4/5/6 D very risky if it doesn't land a fatal counter.

Okay, I look forward to it.

Guess, your right. Want to go a round or something?

Good Games Dxmds, thanks for putting up with my lack of skills. But I'm thinking about dropping out of the tourney I entered. I don't think I'm ready for that kinda stuff yet.

It looks like Yukiko got hit a little hard during the second loketest, particularly anything involving her Agi special (I'm pretty sure this really hurts her Oki and Combo options mid screen)... Ouch...

I was looking at some of Stunedge's notes, and it seems like Naoto improved a bit from the first loctest. Basically, while her Oki is still hurt, and her DP is a counter again, she can still set up traps effectively for zoning purposes, and her new Venom Zapper is a great way to squeeze extra damage out of combos. Plus, the Traps now take off 4 Fate Counters now, so that should be pretty useful. While Naoto is far from perfect, I feel like we made a step in the right direction this loctest.

I'm going to be on a lot today to practice for the small tourney being held tomorrow. If you want to play, just post here, VM me, or Message me on PSN.

GG's Someonewhodied and TsukasaxGemini. Sorry about my lack of skills, hopefully my Rachel and Noel weren't too scrubby.

Can I get an invite please?

I didn't know you were a dustlooper to. Hopefully my Rachel wasn't to bad, was it?

So I want to try and learn Lambda/Nu because I've been doing fairly well some long ranged fighters from other games. I've managed to get down most of the simpler BnB's in training mode, and I can pull them off in a match, but I'm absolutely baffled on what to do in neutral. What are some general strategies to use in neutral in terms of zoning other then staying out of the foe's reach? Like, when's the best time to use Spike Chaser? When is it best to pressure with Sword Summoner? Or can Sickle Storm be used for anything else other then Oki and Combos?

Anyone wanna play for a bit, I want to practice my Rachel.

Like against the bane of my existence... Chie...

I didn't think I was that great with Yukiko, guess I was wrong! But maybe it couldn't hurt to put some more time into my Yukiko.

No I don't mind, but I'm not the best player around.