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The hitbox is the most important change. However, I'm going to be quite honest, I was never good in CT. My memory of CT Bang is probably quite tarnished with how bad I was, so I might have mentally exaggerated how much worse it actually was. In my memory, all the matchups where his 5A couldn't hit crouching were just awful (Tao, Carl, Jin?.. maybe Rachel? It's been too long, I can't remember which ones they were, just that I felt so crippled in them). It felt like his mix up was unable to exist, past burning huge amounts of resources on it.

I'm not going to do any shoutouts, I'm just going to tell a tale of woe and redemption So I'm pumped up, I'm about to go to this tournament. I'm drinkin on energy drinks, gettin ready to mess some people up. Show up about 10 minutes late (Which is actually an hour and a half early on tournament time, good read), pay for my venue and I'm ready to go (I also donated to AH3). My first match is with Blackmage, and I realize it's time to debut my Taokaka. The match is intense, there's so many intense mix ups and footsies. It's the last moment, the last everything, my astral lights up. Suddenly, I realize I don't know the input for Tao's astral.. is it charge back, up D, or charge up, back D? My palms start to sweat. I just don't know. I make a guess; astral flash. Black mage, the free mother fucker just committed to a SPARK BOLT. I GOT HIM. I DID IT, the astral flies across the screen so fast, and.. trips before it hits him. he mashes out a punish 720 buffered through his sparkbolt and wins. If Vineeth made a sad face when he got grabbed out of Yukikaze, I made a face that would make his look happy. Anyway, I counter pick Bang like a dick, and it's going well. About halfway through the last round, Copper fucking Dabbit shows up and says "Hey guys, sorry, I just found out that the bracket froze, and the first matches don't matter. So yeah, this is all pointless" So I'm like "Oh, full TROLL mode baby", and mash the living hell out of 6B. I get raped, we wrap our sticks up, then Coopa says "No, that was the AH3 bracket that froze; BB was fine" And I was just.. I was just at a loss. I didn't even know what to say. What could I do, complain that I had just thrown my own match? SO I did nothing. I just took the loss. I was in losers bracket out of my very first match. And I took a vow so deep and burning that I felt myself quickly climbing the ladder to the skill level of someone really powerful (Maybe like Zidane or something, like someone REALLY good).. My first match, Tone. Fuckin just body him like he's nothing. Second match, OrionXElite. By now I'm playing so well that time is literally slowing down. I can see his mix up in slow motion, like a bad horror film from the 80's. It's just too predictable. I body his broken character. Third match. Black mage. And now I know that it was destiny. The stars aligned for the rematch of vengeance. I can see the disgrace that had occurred like it was yesterday, and the emotions are still fresh. I shake his hand, and say "Good luck, sir", but what I really mean is "You're dead, kid". I pulled 5 straight perfects in 2 best of 3 rounds. It was unbelievable. Anyway, I couldn't stop there. Blackmage was only the vessel; Dabbit was the true offender. In true "Yugioh" style, the competitor I was meant to face climbed through the ranks at the same pace. Everyone was getting bodied. Coopa was the last to fall, in 3rd place. There was only me and Dabbit. I think to myself, "I got this" The end. If you missed it, show up next time there's a tournament, jerks.

Lol Spirit's tier list You made a great list spirit juice orz

Skubator the savior of all mobility-challenged players

Wow, that must be a tight link o-o

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FRKZ reversal is hilarious. Pause button > confirm attack > reversal

Pretty late, but I am officially nothing-can-stop-me confirmed. Your money is mine bitchesss

Yeah, I saw some of his other videos. It makes me so sad, that guy figured it out before anyone, but he's not as good at hitconfirming the best hits (EX, looks for 6C jD when it can't work a lot) as others. :/ He's a great player to watch though, always thinks up more ways to get more seals in.

That's actually really funny, because Rachel's 5A is almost as good in everything but damage and whiff (And the whiff is pretty comparable) His 5A is good because he would not function as a character if it wasn't (evidenced in CT) They just screwed up on the damage.

Lol @ 100's of people coming in ignoring the point of the thread and just flaming the shit out of Raiza I don't care if he was Osama Bin Laden, there could be use for this thread. Huey is the perfect example, takes the time to post some extremely good videos. Maybe someone saw this thread with a glint in his eye, like "today's the day I'm going to get good at fighting games!" then he opens it up and realizes DLoop community is just a piece of garbage (except EC, I know that most EC jumped in here just to get it in) Anyway, I hate most of you, a lot

5B not being jump cancellable has never been a problem.. the blockstun on it is inhuman, and now it's +1 on block too.

It's sharply negative on hit, but you are invincible until you are able to act. Most commonly, simply mashing backdash will beat all attempts to hit you. Justice, I don't actually think it does. Or if it does, it's certainly only if you were as far in the corner as possible.

Yeah, I really don't think it was necessary to completely berate and destroy this thread, but that's cool. The mods did it, so I guess it's fine. Would it kill anyone to just try to be helpful instead?

2B 5B utilizes 2B's forward movement without ending your blockstring, as you can mix up off of 5B but not 2B (2B only has frame trap possibilities), so, 2B 5B is very useful for avoiding the pushback problems. However, it is slightly higher risk in general, but not much.

When I optimistically said "Bang can develop soooo much", I had no idea it would be this much :toot::toot::toot::toot:

What do you mean "now I understand", I've been saying that shit from Day 1. Why do you think I mash so fucking hard?

It's very true. We will need to utilize xx 2B 5B a lot in blockstrings. It will be a lot of frame traps now. Certain situations will arise for high low, but not as often. You won't use 5D in most combos, period. The exceptions are seal combos like cornered 6D 623B 2B 5D TKj623B etc or mid/near cornered 2D jD d2B 5D TKj623B (extra 5D if near cornered for 4 seals) About Air grab 3C d2A 5B jB, almost definitely character specific, if not, throw a party.

If the stars align, I might be able to get you. I'll hit you back in less than a day. Keep trying to find a ride

Yeah, I just wanted to clarify. IB will be less "absolutely must do at all times" in CS2, I believe, but in CS1 it's a truly broken mechanic and probably deserves its own space.

Defensive fundamentals: IB/Barrier/Reversals and when/how to use in junction Neutral Fundamentals: Footsies

Oh my god, they buffed the SHIT out of 5A's whiff recovery, check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZr7bRFMiSk#t=7m50s Rachel backdashes 5A on oki, Bang's 5A recovers so fast he punishes the backdash with another one :toot::toot:

That's just semantics. Bottom-line is we get more untechable time on our 3C, allowing a follow up.