Vulcan422

I have heard the developers say that it was hard to balance out characters like Talim, who has a fast, close-up fighting style that dominated everybody in Soulcalibur 2 so they nerfed it in 3, but kinda got it right for 4. While this doesn't relate to Zasalamel, I can see why they wouldn't add him. Xiba, for example, uses Kilik's style - a long range style that's good for poking and punishing. Zasalamel is similar to that. With the scythe you have godlike range, moreso than staff users. What sets Zas apart from them is that the scythe can not only keep you out, it can also pull you in for frame advantage and stuff like that. With their balancing team going on about making it "more balanced for short-sword users", the answer becomes clear: long-range characters and characters who are either too difficult to balance or have styles that capitalize too much on short range could potentially be broken.

Step 1 to having no friends.

Fixed properly.

Oh God no...

I'd actually put her as a substitute for Zero. Both of them are rushdown, and need stuff to get in, which Trish's trap assists do. Morrigan provides everybody with meter.

There's a reason they called SC4's bottom tier "Rock Bottom".

Team Boobs, you say? Zero / Trish / Morrigan Can't go wrong when they're visible.

I wish he had a Godot or Char palette, but I guess I'll settle with Faust, Edgeworth (Color 2) and Color 6 (black).

Wow, that's just pathetic. That guy needs to get off of ranked match and learn to play the game so he can EARN those wins. Probably a glitch. Some friends of mine got it for not doing anything at all.

Looks perfect to me.

New year, new avatar request. Size: Standard for the forum Description: Relius' new Extend Story Mode art (the infamous "air guitar" stance) on I-No's Instant Kill background (the concert). OPTIONAL: Bonus points if you can make Relius go up and down, and if you can get the speakers to move like I-No's IK.

Went and opened up Relius' defeated story sprites, instant nightmare fuel. God, the new character art seems half-assed and derpy at times, yet hilarious at others.

I think it's on the latest episode for it (check the thread for episode 6 or so). You'll need a Nico account.

This isn't an Arcadia list, so as far as I'm concerned this thread is worthless. Someone please close this like mAc said.

So far that mode is only for online. From what I've seen of it on BlueRadi it's pretty interesting.

Top Tiers in each iteration CT: Nu, Rachel, Arakune (zoning characters) CS: Bang, Litchi, Ragna (rushdown/combo characters) CS2: Makoto, Noel, Jin (oki/corner carry characters) Top Tiers in each iteration of SF4 Vanilla: Sagat, Ryu, Akuma (zoner/jack of all trades/rushdown) Chocolate (Super): Honda, Dictator, Guile (charge characters who are good at close/any/far range) Strawberry (AE): Yun, Yang, Fei Long (Hong Kong Trifecta, dive kicks/mixup/solidarity) EDIT: Point being, BlazBlue has had retarded balancing in pretty much all 3 games, catering to a specific characters. SF4 has only had one case of retard balancing: AE.

BlazBlue + Balanced = DOES NOT COMPUTE

Thoughts on the 4 "secret" characters. Alpha Patroklos: While it does seem like a lazy waste of a slot, he does have a hodgepodge of Setsuka and Apprentice's moves. Omega Pyrrha: Now THIS is definitely a waste of a slot. She plays EXACTLY like Sophitia, whom she and Patroklos are supposed to be BASED OFF OF. So we basically have 3 of the same character. Kilik: I've hated this motherfucker since Soulcalibur 1, and him mimicking every male character doesn't make it any better. We already have Edge Master, so why bother adding this cocksucker back? Fuck Kilik. Elysium: This, on the other hand, is a character I am comfortable with, but she still shares my disdain for Kilik mirroring fighting styles, in this case she uses female fighting styles.

SRK is not useless. They're the go-to site for UMVC3 strats. GameFAQs on the other hand is filled to the brim with every single idiot on the planet. Its moderation and rule system is fucking stupid, and the forums are filled with nothing but stereotypical bitching about how what they want isn't in the game, and kids who love to talk shit over the internet and can't fucking spell correctly. Fuck GameFAQs.

The powerups for Rachel, Taokaka, Carl, Tsubaki, and Valkenhayn are missing from the list. Do they have any?

Just look at it. It's a huge fucking buzzsaw with crazy range. Its priority would be even more godly than Ragna's 5B, and Arcsys won't allow anything to outprioritize Ragna's 5B.

Hilde and Raphael alts are classy as fuck. And then we've got Mr. Kara-I mean Yoshimitsu. Cannot wait for this game!

The problem is that this game has fucking awful netcode and no release date for the patch has been set because of SNK Delaymore.

Circ you are a godsend and it's great to have you back, even if it's temporary.

Personal opinion on your team setups. Team 1: Replace Gram with Vajra. When you get your opponent in the corner, your only choices as combo extenders with the team setup are Rapid Slash and replacing Hadangeki with Shippuga. You're better off with a "get off me" assist when you're using low-health characters. Team 2: First things first, put Nova on point. Nova is a much better point than either of the other two because he can get in with airdashes and he has very powerful combos. Take out Gamma Wave assist for Hulk and put in Anti-Air Gamma Charge. With Nova on point, you could have either Ryu or Hulk as an anchor but I recommend putting Hulk on anchor because with Level 3 X-Factor he deals a fuckton of damage. Team 3: Since you have Morrigan with Dark Harmonizer, I recommend having Hsien-Ko on point. She doesn't DHC well with Morrigan on point (only Chireitou and Gold Mode super are good with DHCs from Morrigan), but with her on point you can go from any of her supers to Shadow Servant. Be very careful when building meter and use it wisely.