From SC2 to SCV - eek! (A few questions)

[Bovrillor]

Just got SCV a week ago, haven't played much as I was waiting for my Fight Commander pad to show up - which it now has. My previous game of choice was SC2 on Gamecube, and I more or less skipped the games between as I really disliked various aspects of them.

Now I've made the leap, I have a few questions...

* Have A+K moves been ditched completely? I haven't found any yet and I'm not really one for reading move lists

* Ukemi - G+direction at the moment you hit the floor, is that right?

* Just Guard - this one is hurting my head. I was county champion at SC2 and suddenly I feel like a drunk baby when on defence. I gather that a single tap of the guard button is required, but I'm not so sure of the timing. Should I have pressed+released G before the attack strikes? How soon? Do experienced players use this as often as SC2's GIs or is blocking the new defence?

Hopefully once I've got to grips with the above, I'll be able to get back on form with Ivy&Taki... err Natsu (sigh). Man do I miss Ivy's stances.

 

[RT0wn]

1) As far as I know, at least Siegfried has his A+K moves from SC4. If you aren't really one for reading move lists... well... I can't really help you. There is a wiki tab up there that has all the information you'd ever need, though.

2) Ukemi - G+direction before you hit the floor. In SC4, hitting it the exact moment was a Just Ukemi.

3) There is some literature on it somewhere in the forums, but I believe you are supposed to hit G 4 frames before the opponent's attack hits. Simply tap it. It is a difficult thing for most casual gamers to do reliably, and will require patience and testing in Practice Mode.

 

[Bovrillor]

1) As far as I know, at least Siegfried has his A+K moves from SC4. If you aren't really one for reading move lists... well... I can't really help you. There is a wiki tab up there that has all the information you'd ever need, though.

2) Ukemi - G+direction before you hit the floor. In SC4, hitting it the exact moment was a Just Ukemi.

3) There is some literature on it somewhere in the forums, but I believe you are supposed to hit G 4 frames before the opponent's attack hits. Simply tap it. It is a difficult thing for most casual gamers to do reliably, and will require patience and testing in Practice Mode.

I spent a while trawling the WIKI for A+K moves, but couldn't find any, even for Siegfried. Just a couple of aK or kA slides. My disdain for move lists isn't laziness, I find they kill the excitement of finding the moves for myself. Seems odd that there'd be a macro option for A+K when it's not used.

Got the Ukemi down now!

4 frames? Brutal. Can't see that being too reliable online, but knowing what to aim for is half the battle.

Thanks for the info, that should see me through the learning curve :)

 

[RT0wn]

Seems odd that there'd be a macro option for A+K when it's not used.

That's a really good point. Guess Project Soul might have had some ideas for A+K but left them out. I understand the decision for pad-players (like myself) since it's hard to A+K without button mapping (which might turn off some younger players who don't want to fiddle with controls).

 

[Bovrillor]

That's a really good point. Guess Project Soul might have had some ideas for A+K but left them out. I understand the decision for pad-players (like myself) since it's hard to A+K without button mapping (which might turn off some younger players who don't want to fiddle with controls).

It also makes me wonder why they didn't swap G and B in the default config. If you do that, you can do all the combo presses with your thumb (throws being on L1/L2 already)