Small Tekken probably comes from the baseball expression, to play "small ball", meaning focusing on the down to earth basics of just advancing runners with strategy, clean hits/bunts, and a solid running game
Poison draining Drive gauge would be demonic. It'd probably be disgusting even if it only prevented Drive gauge from recovering. Imagine how horrifying those poisoned neutral standoffs become if she's regaining Drive and you're just not. Nightmarish.
@@pakkumon5730 Came here to say this. AKI's burnout strings are already borderlin inescapable. If you couldn't avoid burnout, she'd be simply unfair (and worse, unfun) to play against.
@@imtx_xmti I highly doubt it, though it's not like they keep you frozen for 8+ seconds anyway. It'll just be like getting set on fire by Dhalsim: visual flair.
That second match with mizuha vs kobayan is crazy, both with the chip out calculation and cammys subsequent death because of the decision to chip out the previous round
Dota 2 added a behavior score that improves as you play if you aren't toxic and when I was low on behavior score at the beginning (starts at 7000) the game was so extremely toxic. Then when I got above 10k the game is great. I think I've had like 3 griefing/toxic players in like 50 games
One hopes Tokido just needs more time before he feels comfy on akuma in tournament... I MUST see more murder-face raging demons in high-stakes situations
Yep. It's a native american word that means where the mountains meet the sea, and it's also the name of the Japanese company that sponsors this tournament. And no, I don't mean it in the sense that the two words sound alike. They literally named the company after the native american word.
Sajam: "Lily is a tough match up for Zangief." Kobayan: "I don't give a fuck." *perfect KOs the second round.* (Unfortunate that he still lost after being so dominate in the first game though)
Small Tekken probably came from Soul Calibur players. I often hear commentators referring to 'small Calibur' to describe short range, quick, safe moves.
Unless you want to remove the pp scaling from damage, I think you should be pro scaling on yhr drive gauge... If you concede you shouldn't get full reward off pp, and we know how important having drive gauge is.... I think it makes so much sense it almost seems like they overlooked it in the first place.
Herman Miller does have gamer chairs now. They're just as expensive as their other models and not as nice as far as I can tell, so no idea why you'd get one other than aesthetics I guess. But they do have them, lol
@joaquinbitancor1269 dmg wise no shot, but a level 2 follow up probably would have burned out aki in the corner. Aki would still have options because she has 3 supers, but chip out would have been on the table
So am I the only person that thinks Lily is kinda flying under the radar in terms of her strength level? Like I'm not putting her in Top 5 or anything, but she doesn't seem to have any really bad matchups. And her defence isn't great, but man her advantage state is pretty brutal 😅
Zangief's meter seems infinite he was never in burnout unless he just drc over and over again. He basically builds as much as he spends on block or hit.
After 100 attempts I ended up using the Lightning Perfume Bottle with Rolling Spark before they nerfed it. Honestly, fuck that last boss lmao, I have no regrets.
I’m split on the parry changes. On the one hand, I get why they made each individual change (The endlag on whiffed parry and the drive gauge change on PP), but I think doing both just made the system less fun. Parry is my favourite drive system of the lot, so seeing it get nuked while Drive Rush is still so dominant is kinda stinky imo
Parry is just more balanced now but is still extremely good. A perfect parry backthrow can single-handedly win rounds for you. Old parry was just horribly balanced and was straight up overpowered.
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High level Dhalsim, Lily, AKI, and Zangief in a tournament is so refreshing to see.
Yeah man, shows how well balanced the game is. I am still impressed of how well thought out the characters are. Great respect to each arquetype
And a chun li :)
Jamie players can't win
Also
/me picks Lily and spams medium punch to master
@@whizthesugoimaster is still online dont kid yourself
@@Kannon_Shots aren't a ton of tournaments online
Tokido Ken hurts me emotionally. I was more hype for Tokido Akuma than i was for Akuma himself.
Maybe when they make Akuma Ken level of cheap he'll switch(don't @ me Ken mains you know your main is cheap asf 😂)
Buffing Akuma is the only way
I'll never understand this.
I could deal with the Tokido Ken if he just didn't use that damn costume 3
@@jfm5864 lmfao,no you couldn't lil bro stop kidding yourself 😂💀
Small Tekken probably comes from the baseball expression, to play "small ball", meaning focusing on the down to earth basics of just advancing runners with strategy, clean hits/bunts, and a solid running game
This is an amazing analogy.
As a baseball fan, I love this.
Honestly so cool to see 3 previously "low tier" chars in season 1 place top 3 in this bracket (gief lily aki)
Aki wasn't really low tier, not even between " "
Kobayan is GAMING FOR HIS LIFE in that Zangief/Lily matchup
Honestly shows how strong S2 Gief is that he was able to keep it that close.
@@TheGreektrojanNah, it shows Kobayan is a beast, the Lily match-up is miserable for Gief.
@@mappybc6097 I think its both but thats totally fair.
i call it a super turbo ass matchup because it literally feels like one of those cheap unwinnable matchups in old games
im loving this topanga league watchalong series thanks so much
3:53 I loved that ex fireball. So simple but so fun to watch work
Hit em with the super mario lmao
ngl forgot he was in sf6
That chatter who let sajam know how drive impact works is the real goat
This Hibiki guy is a real fucking gamer, might be my favorite player to watch, either him or oil king
Glad to see him perform. He just needs to do the same in person.
yea yea but lily is the antithesis of hype
Poison draining Drive gauge would be demonic. It'd probably be disgusting even if it only prevented Drive gauge from recovering. Imagine how horrifying those poisoned neutral standoffs become if she's regaining Drive and you're just not. Nightmarish.
not to mention AKI is burnout queen
@@pakkumon5730 Came here to say this. AKI's burnout strings are already borderlin inescapable. If you couldn't avoid burnout, she'd be simply unfair (and worse, unfun) to play against.
As an aki main, ur right, it would be WAY too much. Aki is completely fine now imo, shes good
This made me think when they finally release kolin or gill, would they make their freeze state stop or slow down drive gauge recovery
@@imtx_xmti I highly doubt it, though it's not like they keep you frozen for 8+ seconds anyway. It'll just be like getting set on fire by Dhalsim: visual flair.
On one hand, i want kobayan to win becauee hes fun to watch and hes nice with it, on the other hand i dont want them to nerf gief
Imagine being me and wanting both :))
Common Aki W. Both Hikaru and Broski single handedly representing the last 15 Aki mains(I'm one of them 😂)
There are DOZENS of us!!! There's actually lots of AKI players here in Australia.
@@HiggiWiggidamn didn't know that. In the states and the Aki population is very scarce over here. Thank god the game has crossplay right XD
AKI 4 lyfe
Yep I picked her up cuz of outfit 3 lol. Also I'ma sim main
I play aki as well, she is the most fun to use in the game.
the way hibiki closed out the set against kobayan, he was SO pissed off lmao that was some serious "fuck you" offense
Really enjoyed this watch-along, thanks.
Really like your commentaries! You talk about really cool insights and tech. Thanks for that!
That second match with mizuha vs kobayan is crazy, both with the chip out calculation and cammys subsequent death because of the decision to chip out the previous round
24:25 Kobayan was killing it and then choked this round. Was pushing it and then when he almost won he pulled back the pace.
hikaru vs kobayan was hype, them level 1s
The Dhalsim gameplay is super sick
Dota 2 added a behavior score that improves as you play if you aren't toxic and when I was low on behavior score at the beginning (starts at 7000) the game was so extremely toxic. Then when I got above 10k the game is great. I think I've had like 3 griefing/toxic players in like 50 games
id rather gief be good than generic shouto#3. Atleast this way its more fun to watch the tourneys
Sako is a mad man for trying that whiff punish into super vs sim
One hopes Tokido just needs more time before he feels comfy on akuma in tournament... I MUST see more murder-face raging demons in high-stakes situations
So how would that zangief guaranteed 60% kill work on Will it Kill? Cuz it was all true but technically not a combo
That's a hard one. I mean, there was no escape, it might as well have been a combo in that regard.
2:32 Zappa noises
Topanga.. isn't that the chick from Boy Meets World lol
Yep. It's a native american word that means where the mountains meet the sea, and it's also the name of the Japanese company that sponsors this tournament.
And no, I don't mean it in the sense that the two words sound alike. They literally named the company after the native american word.
Not sure if it's just me but the sound sometimes seems to clip a little bit, like around 13:10 (when sajam says "for throw")
Sajam: "Lily is a tough match up for Zangief."
Kobayan: "I don't give a fuck." *perfect KOs the second round.* (Unfortunate that he still lost after being so dominate in the first game though)
Small Tekken probably came from Soul Calibur players. I often hear commentators referring to 'small Calibur' to describe short range, quick, safe moves.
Unless you want to remove the pp scaling from damage, I think you should be pro scaling on yhr drive gauge... If you concede you shouldn't get full reward off pp, and we know how important having drive gauge is.... I think it makes so much sense it almost seems like they overlooked it in the first place.
Akuma back heavy kick>charged fireball doesnt give followups midscreen. Only in corner, or uncharged midscreen
Depends on juggle height on an anti air. Sometimes it’ll fall out on single hit but combo with double
46:44 someone's prepared for fighting bison
Herman Miller does have gamer chairs now. They're just as expensive as their other models and not as nice as far as I can tell, so no idea why you'd get one other than aesthetics I guess. But they do have them, lol
1:51:25 - As a Gief main, I would rather fight a Sim or a JP before a good Lily. Good Lilies just toy with Gief. It's a hard matchup.
You main Gief so much you look like him 😂👍
35:34 yo this air to air was freaking OD
Yeah that was sick, i honestly ask could he kill if he went into level 2 after the EX move?
@joaquinbitancor1269 dmg wise no shot, but a level 2 follow up probably would have burned out aki in the corner. Aki would still have options because she has 3 supers, but chip out would have been on the table
17:45 Would this be a valid WIK submission? /k
Dang Tokido made a lot of critical mistakes. Maybe he hasn't been taking his dose of drops and his eyes are clouded
Sajam letting Nuckledu's daughter play on his valorant account
Hell yes! More Topanga League with Sajam! 🔥🔥🔥
Aviana Grande is impeccable word play
That’s a lot of Topanga league man
So am I the only person that thinks Lily is kinda flying under the radar in terms of her strength level? Like I'm not putting her in Top 5 or anything, but she doesn't seem to have any really bad matchups. And her defence isn't great, but man her advantage state is pretty brutal 😅
Hibiki makes her look better than she is. She's still solid mid tier/B tier at best. SF6 is just really well balanced.
The problem is that hibiki has been cooking even since before the buffs. But i think she is underrated.
Zangief's meter seems infinite he was never in burnout unless he just drc over and over again. He basically builds as much as he spends on block or hit.
After 100 attempts I ended up using the Lightning Perfume Bottle with Rolling Spark before they nerfed it. Honestly, fuck that last boss lmao, I have no regrets.
30 seconds ago whoa
I’m split on the parry changes. On the one hand, I get why they made each individual change (The endlag on whiffed parry and the drive gauge change on PP), but I think doing both just made the system less fun. Parry is my favourite drive system of the lot, so seeing it get nuked while Drive Rush is still so dominant is kinda stinky imo
Parry is still incredibly strong, there's just a higher risk now
Parry is just more balanced now but is still extremely good. A perfect parry backthrow can single-handedly win rounds for you. Old parry was just horribly balanced and was straight up overpowered.
parry still busted bro😂
Zangief is disgusting he wins of like 2 interactions jesus
1steenthish
Unsurprisingly no Juri. Everyone says she's so good, but you don't see her in top 8. The results doesn't match the narrative.
Juri downplay is crazy
Juri has always gotten top 8s and still does. Her best results have never come from Japan
Cough cough Aiai cough cough
@@deaditedude9201 I bet you play Ken
It's an invitational. There's no juris only because they didn't invite any.