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The BlazBlue Thread: all the imports!

Scamp

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Valkenhayn is not the best in the game, that's just absurd.

People (read: Xbox players) just haven't learned how to play against him yet because he's so new. If he were really better than Bang or Litchi, or even Hazama, he would already be dominating the tournament scene since he's been out on PS3 for like 2 months now.
Oh yeah, that's absurd.

On another note... what tournament scene?
 

Wave⁂

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Not a big fan of the two purple ones. Maybe I just don't like purple.
 

Wave⁂

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God I am so bad I picking colors palletes, my eyes are terrible. Also, merry Christmas.
 

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Can anyone tell me what Valk and Platinum's playstyles are? I've looked at Dustloop, and they said Platinum was like a combination of some GuiltyGear characters, but I don't know their styles.
 

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Generally, like most BB characters, people are considering her a combination of several characters:
- May: little girl, big weapon (decent damage, good range)
- Faust: random element
- Zappa: has summons that change her playstyle/moveset depending on what you get

That's what I've heard, though keep in mind that no one really knows yet.

Not gonna lie, I think all of Platinum's colours are decent. I like the second one.
 

Rutger

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I don't know what to think about CS2 Tao.
At least she doesn't look to be CS1 Tsubaki level.

Still waiting for videos I guess.


Looking at it more, Tao doesn't look that bad really.
Man, Dustloop making me worry for nothing. :mad088:
 

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Generally, like most BB characters, people are considering her a combination of several characters:
- May: little girl, big weapon (decent damage, good range)
- Faust: random element
- Zappa: has summons that change her playstyle/moveset depending on what you get

That's what I've heard, though keep in mind that no one really knows yet.

Not gonna lie, I think all of Platinum's colours are decent. I like the second one.
Thanks, but that doesn't tell me anything about what to expect for Platinum. I mean, is she rushdown, zoning, Schrodinger fu, okizeme, etc.?
 

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Can anyone tell me what Valk and Platinum's playstyles are? I've looked at Dustloop, and they said Platinum was like a combination of some GuiltyGear characters, but I don't know their styles.
Valkenhayn, I can't really compare to Guilty Gear since I don't play it, but he is rushdown character with tons of super fast mixups that automatically equal either half your health or almost all of it depending on the poke. He can also camp like Tao with D spam, but it's not especially recommended since his wolf dash takes a huge chunk out of his wolf meter. He's basically poking around until he actually touches you and then you'll be blocking forever.
 

Scamp

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The changes to Tao are really difficult to judge since the way certain Japanese players play her *cough Tsujikawa cough* is at such a high execution level that I can't really comment on her full potential.

Valk is so very much like Slayer in terms of playstyle. Still think he's stronger than what Gates and Lythium say of him, but with no real way to prove or even test it I'll just leave it at that.

Thanks, but that doesn't tell me anything about what to expect for Platinum. I mean, is she rushdown, zoning, Schrodinger fu, okizeme, etc.?
I don't know what Schrodinger Fu is but here's what I think to expect from Platinum so far.

Most people have pointed out the combo of May, Faust, and Zappa. Personally I don't see the Faust in her anymore, other than some of her items are Faustian. Also I dunno if you're familiar with GG. So...

She looks to have basic pressure strings with decent but not very long ranged normals. She doesn't seem to have a normal overhead so her mixups will probably revolve around her command grab.

If her opponent can keep her away (or gets knocked down, or whatever) then she'll look to pressure with her random summon projectiles. With someone locked down by projectiles you can then add jump-in pressure to your offense, which is kind of like an overhead mixup. Also one of her summons seems to add a mixup.

It doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to zone and keep away until you get the summon you think is best for offense given whatever matchup you're in. Tough to really say what her non-offensive gameplay is like without actually playing her or seeing her extensively.

And, of course, keep in mind that things could change since it'll be a while until we actually see her. Also, if you want more detailed info on everything Platinum the best source of info on her so far seems to be this blog: http://kalfisquine.net/blog/?page_id=843
 

X the Derp

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...Is anyone on Shoryuken NOT a **** in their posts?

They're cool in real life, though.
 

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Platinum colours:



A bit of Platinum gameplay footage from Bururaji:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya7MpxXX-5U
I call Black★Rock Shooter Platinum. =3

Platinum's Astral Finish so has a Nanoha vibe. =D

THIS SALT ON MY OPEN WOUND FEELS SO GREAT!!! )=<

So that means... I won't be playing Blazblue on Live until next Spring. T_T
 

Minato

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I like how Black Rock Shooter became super popular on day 1.

I forget her origin though. Was it a figure first or a fan drawing with vocaloid?
Fan drawing, then they made a song on it.

I never really considered that a BRS color. I guess it kinda is.

 

Raziek

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GG's Minato.

I should probably get back to studying anyway. xD

I also really need to learn how to deal with rushdown. T-T
 

Minato

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GG's Minato.

I should probably get back to studying anyway. xD

I also really need to learn how to deal with rushdown. T-T
GGs. Hazama's drive is annoying and I'm trying to see how to get pass that.
And yeah, my goal as a Rachel player is to somehow get you into a corner and then rush you down until you die. lol

Hazama's tricky for me since I don't think he's 3C-able. :ohwell:

 
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