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Scott The Scot

Where there is smoke, there is cancer.
Absolutely, PSN is ScottTheScot_ and my CFN is ScottTheScot hmu man. I can play Cammy, Guile and of course the Gief mirror sort of lol.

Oh god how on earth would that mirror play out? lol. What if we both EX SPD on the same frame at point blank. So many questions lol.
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Feel like I don't use knee hop enough. I walk everwhere pretty much.

Ah so you can punish his options after sythe but you can't punish him for actually throwing the sythe out there, gotcha lol. Thanks man!
Knee hop works great after a few crouching jab block strings, when you condition them to block. Assuming they aren't jumping (use roundhouse after the jabs) or mashing buttons (SPD to grab limbs). You'll get the hang of it!
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Absolutely, PSN is ScottTheScot_ and my CFN is ScottTheScot hmu man. I can play Cammy, Guile and of course the Gief mirror sort of lol.

Oh god how on earth would that mirror play out? lol. What if we both EX SPD on the same frame at point blank. So many questions lol.
We both whiff and look at each other menacingly, lol. I play a decent Alex and can play Ryu, Guile, Necalli, and I'm learning Bison.
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Absolutely, PSN is ScottTheScot_ and my CFN is ScottTheScot hmu man. I can play Cammy, Guile and of course the Gief mirror sort of lol.

Oh god how on earth would that mirror play out? lol. What if we both EX SPD on the same frame at point blank. So many questions lol.
Absolutely bro! I'm ChoseDeath on everything. Can't play tonight, got a lady friend coming over. But I'll hit you up this weekend, for sure.
 

Scott The Scot

Where there is smoke, there is cancer.
We both whiff and look at each other menacingly, lol. I play a decent Alex and can play Ryu, Guile, Necalli, and I'm learning Bison.
Sounds excellent, can't wait to get a huge set in with you featuring various MU's! :)

Absolutely bro! I'm ChoseDeath on everything. Can't play tonight, got a lady friend coming over. But I'll hit you up this weekend, for sure.
Hope that goes splendedly then! I'll definitely be on at the weekend man, thanks!
 
Right Urien is a problem, I had a good couple of games earlier with a guy I kept getting matched with in Casual match (I will upload when I have time to record it off of CFN) His chariot tackle seems to have the same kind of weird stun like Juris flip kick on block, and his stand mk reminds me of Cammy and Karins mk but with more range.
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Right Urien is a problem, I had a good couple of games earlier with a guy I kept getting matched with in Casual match (I will upload when I have time to record it off of CFN) His chariot tackle seems to have the same kind of weird stun like Juris flip kick on block, and his stand mk reminds me of Cammy and Karins mk but with more range.
I have a follow up to this. That damn Ex headbutt. Good fucking god. It anti-airs, it crushes or avoids low attacks, it's invincible, and it's fast as hell. I loathe it.

Also, how freaking plus is he on his pokes? I get counter hit out of jab incessantly, even on block. I just mash them to try and find gaps, but I'm not doing so well with that, lol.
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Im having trouble with the flex part of Giefs V-Skill, trying to time it so it can hit is a pain in the butt.
Yeah it is, lol. The best I can tell you is let go as soon as the attack you are trying to hit them after connects with you.
 
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Yeah it is, lol.
Just trying to figure out other ways to hit so I can use the trigger off of it. Also I was having trouble against a Ryu the other day, I flexed the 2 hits on his solar plexus but couldnt walk forward to absorb the hit from the shoryuken cancel since I cannot recover in time to SPD.
 

buyacushun

Normalize grab immunity.
Yesterday, got matched against a Zangief on my first day back. Guess what he does? walk, mash cr.LP, churn butter. Eventually got him to start jumping and that match was mine. Typical day at the office fighting the legions of cheap Zangief players.
 
Is it just me or does Gief fare pretty well against Alex?
I think it is 5-5 but some say Alex beats him. Alex's best bet is to whiff punish and poke Gief until knockdown then go ham.

Yesterday, got matched against a Zangief on my first day back. Guess what he does? walk, mash cr.LP, churn butter. Eventually got him to start jumping and that match was mine. Typical day at the office fighting the legions of cheap Zangief players.
Still crying eh?
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Yesterday, got matched against a Zangief on my first day back. Guess what he does? walk, mash cr.LP, churn butter. Eventually got him to start jumping and that match was mine. Typical day at the office fighting the legions of cheap Zangief players.
Ok smart ass, please enlighten me on what magic tool we have that we should be using. Please share your bountiful wisdom! Or are you just that bad that you're crying about the worst character in the game being cheap?
 

ChoseDeath

Seriously Casual Player.
Crying because I have to destroy all the potential wasted on zangief. I message every single one of them if they know about the glorious powers of MIKA and how it can change their lives.
And if that's all you're saying (which isn't a bad point at all) maybe try not sounding like a douche on our forum.