Contest is fierce in any case, but a recent moment from a New York City local tournament takes the cake as perhaps the most bizarre cycle Street Fighter V I have seen it since the release of the game.
Capcom Cup striker Derek “Dom” Ruffin and Sanford legend “Santhrax” Kelly have met in the final Street Fighter V bracket to the next Level Level War Circuit, using Poison and Sagat, respectively. Unfortunately, Dom shot a 2-0 lead, and in just one round, he looked to win. However, Santhrax has not been available to date. After narrowly escaping death's near death, he transferred the life of the iDom to a carefree person. With both of these players praying, it all comes down to who can come first.
In any other game, Santhrax's strategy is simple: throw up distractions like Sagat and try to catch iDom blocking. But because Street Fighter V it has no chip kills — shortening the opponent's life to zero in the form of small damage medicines they take in preventing some attacks — with no means to pass, you need to be lucky with a single attack or create a situation where he could force Dom to block its top move. IDom, on the other hand, had little chance of selling Sagat and winning the game since it was already coming up in one round.
With or without chip killing, the Sagat firefighters have played an important part of the Santhrax strategy. By producing a consistent stream of projectiles, he was able to stay out of the iDom and Poison range and press the Capcom Cup winner a bit into the corner. Like his back to the wall, the iDom options were limited, and Santhrax used this forcing his rhythm into that game. That said, Poison is well at maintenance They are not opposed to going with his whip, which means Santhrax could not speed Dom out of sight. In the end, Santhrax gambled on the kara station – the best way players can add to their attacks by canceling the usual whiffed on special moves – and held the iDom down, gave him a roundabout and kept his hopes alive for the finalists.
That is Street Fighter V Better without killing a chip is another day's conversation, better with people who are smarter than me. The players' failure to win with chip damage here, however, has created a complex, co-ordinated situation that has resulted in the back striker gaining victory due to his level of experience. IDom may have gone on to win the rest of the tournament, but in this moment, Santhrax has shown why he's still the church to be named after all these years.
(h / t HiFightTH)
Ian Walker he loves fighting games and loves writing about them and more. You can find her on Twitter at @iantothemax.
