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after the initial adjustment of controlling him i'd agree with you zoog, but at first i have to say it's gonna feel awkward as hell.

i'm kind of amazed by the 2C vivace sj.B thing. kinda sexy lol. does 2C viv-a jb work in CS1? or did 2C maybe get a slight untech buff

Lok-test =/= Final Release so there it's not certain until proven.

When u say nirvana SRK do u mean Brio? i've never though to summon -> brio as a reversal, is it's hit box able to really do that on standing opponents in NCO?

Don't you love litchi's spindly feet?

If you're psychic / they are predictable you can IB the attack before a 6C and vivace the 6C and attack from there, but honestly Valk is stupid to deal with. He has really good range, is pretty darned safe on most things if u don't IB and gets easy 4k+. He's kind of a scrub character IMO. Basically if you get him in a combo once don't ever let him go because for the most part he can dick with you pretty safely. CH Brio's are about all i can get safely against him for damage starters. And did i mention that if you're pressuring him and he CA's you he gets a free 3k combo? Gosh I love this character.

as far as i've found it's a spacing thing. the alle-can 5C 4D hit needs to be pretty darned low.

Don't you need to jump cancel between that j.b and j.2C after the 4D launch?

Just about every character's sweep can't be combo'd off of anymore.

I'm just saying if u IB and b-vivace in a pressure string at the wrong point u can totaly eat s low and it can link into a combo in the worst case, or at least a KD.

All charachters have a 2B/C -> 5B/C gatling they can combo off their lows. It was sweeps that got nerfed. not all Lows = Sweeps.

Way back there was something about Throw -> Fermatta doing allot less damage that's what i remember.

You should really note that because of damage proration changes his old combos do substantially less damage. Because of this they are far less worth while in meter cost and execution difficulty to perform. He has new toys but there are certain old (and very powerful) tricks he simply isn't going to be using anymore. That combo you've hashed out there probably won't do substantially more damage, will take more meter and doesn't give the strong (all be it bread and butter) oki of a KD into 3D, so doing stuff like that, while perfectly feasibleness, may not be worth while. I've you've ever fought against Soujiro and seen how he plays, new carl essentially craps all over his play style. its why he's unenthusiastic, and to an extent he's not wrong. His play style has changed significantly, and the optimal way to play him seems notably more clear-cut.

Flashiest thing ever. too bad she could tech the cantata. I gotta say i am really not digging the blast-back thing on Brio though. Makes it stupidly hard to monopolize off of it at mid-screen.

I've gotten 2C FC hits on accident. thats about it. when i dash instead of IAD. then 2C. and they go Hey he dashed forward i--OOMPH and then i don't monopolize on it because i'm too flabbergasted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8OZEUlM7kQ Hold the phone, did that B vivace just pass cleanly through all of that tager 5A spam?

Makotto is particularly bad tho, her mid screen combos carry you to the corner for 3+k and what can you do about comet cannon on wake up really?

Makoto seems mildly busted in general.

lol will be interesting to see how many [j.b j.2c]xn's we can fit in on what charachters off what starters i guess. ... maybe interesting isnt the word. but a good thing to know anyways. Interesting note of that vid: anyone else notice the fermatta off of single hit clap? that consistent? Would be cool to know.

Akiro's a ragin'!

isn't there something about "piracy talk = ban" lurking about in .. uhmn.. the top of every thread still?

wonderful fellow?

So a funny thing happened the other day. I was toying with anima in pressure and I did anima -> break -> green throw... and the opponent got a throw break reject. I'm wondering if this might be abusable.

Cantabile Guranteed? how so?

very unenthusiastic about this aren't we kyle o_o