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In CS2 it doesn't connect well. I've had 5b 2b 5b whiff the 3rd hit very often on barriering opponents unless i'm running towards them and using run momentum. Or wind.

Same. Not that I had any intention of being any help. Lolis before bros mang.

come sunday. Or you know, since we only have one TV at foonzo, it's actually pretty good if we're not like 25 people hugging one arcade cab (which most of us don't use) and a single TV.

I dunno, I still disagree with reduced combo rate. Reduced damage would've been fine, but having to cut short already short combos is just bad imo.

You're kinda masochistic, aren't ya?

Except in CT :razz:

Hachioji Central 2on2 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15871389 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15871442 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15871530 edit: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15871569 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15871643 and yet one more http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15871989

6b is an excellent poke if you know your spacing and can fish for counterhits very well. Also, how is 3cd punishable? At worst, it leaves you unable to take the advantage if ib'd

Nishinipori http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15870687 hakumen 7500 dmg grab corner mugen combo

Chariot http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15869698 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15869835 edit: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15869934

Even more Sakuragaoka Central aftertourney stuff http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15867945 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15868087 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15868550 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15868777 Mizonokuchi http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15868626 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15868960

Central Sakuragaoka (thank god for translation tools, can't read kanji) http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15867113 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15867277

If it's not CRT, your argument is invalid

I, for one, am really pleased with this change. I fetch for 6B counterhits ALL THE TIME so this is definitely gonna rape. Thank god, that batch of vids made me really optimistic about her again. That j2C special cancel is a godsend IMO.

no you could always do that, it's just very unoptimized because in most instances you can go 5B j.C 2D jc j2C 5CC instead; maybe it's Rachel's best option now. as you can see here, Rachel's 5CC hits extremely low to the ground, i don't think any characters can escape it. Also as seen in http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15862375 at 13:17, I can confirm that 6B is NOT wallbound, but WALLBOUNCE. It combos midscreen

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15862226 Rachel vs Arakune 1:39 interesting stuff on both sides Rachel vs Valkenhayn 9:29 (possibly more to come, I'll edit along) http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15862329 Rachel vs Tager 7:11 Rachel vs Noel 12:45 (edit 2) http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15862375 Rachel vs Makoto 12:43

what badly delivered lines @ CapAm: If we took your drugs away, what would you be?

We haven't either, all we got are Tager/Lambda matchups, which are very shitty by nature

Yeah, judging from the videos we've seen, pumpkin looks fine.

Ok so they do exist. Might be only cancellable on hit.

You can already do that in CS2, so it's nothing new. What IS new though is that you can special cancel j2c on hit, as shown in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVQ8jdhaA7Y#t=17m25s which you definitely CANNOT do in CS2. What is unknown is if it's special cancellable on block, too. Are there any other moves in Blazblue that are cancellable on hit that aren't on block? I can't think if any right now.

YES! http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15844478 Confirmed at 17:25, j2c cancel into pumpkin on hit! Awesome! j2c is special cancellable! Now, if it's cancellable on block, i will never complain again. Though, even if it's not, this opens up many interesting possibilities, such as new setups, more powerful oki after j2c combo ender, possible j2c lvl2 combo variants, etc. etc!

Well i'm not really happy that Rachel was given a handful of nerfs and seemingly nothing to compensate. It's not like she was owning left and right in CS2, she was just OK. At least those nerfs apparently aren't catastrophic.

Wasn't j2c supposed to be special cancellable on hit, possibly on block? I'm starting to doubt that, i haven't seen anyone use it yet

from what little videos i've seen of makoto i can tell you that she's already a thousand times better than cs1 rachel ever was