” The art of Shotokan:
We’ll go in depth with what we could confirm in-game about the characters known as shotos. Ryu is one of the characters that suffers modifications: His new ultra, which imitates Gouken’s, does obscene damage. [useless stuff we already know about HP.SRK doing 2 hits]. Ken’s cr.HK is faster now and Guren Senpukyaku goes through projectilesand fullscreen. His Dash is also better.
Akuma, suffered some limitations. [stuff about the loop being gone because of far.HK being slower]. Furthermore, after an FADC’d hadoken, he can only do far.HK against characters with larger hitboxes. Sagat now has 1000 stamina points, Tiger Uppercut does less dmg and Angry Scar, an evasion move, makes his following uppercut stronger. st.lk is 2 hits now.
Girl power:
Chun got a few buffs. Her new Ultra juggles from EX.Hyakuretsu, with her Target Combo (j.HP~j.HP) and with EX.Spinning Bird when next to the corner. medium kick is also better (I assume they mean cr.mk) and EX.Legs now does more hits. Not all is good news, seeing that Ultra 1 still retains it’s juggling problems.
The consolation for Viper is that her 2nd Ultra does considerable damage. Cammy’s U2 is a counter move. Rose can now juggle Reflect xx FADC > Soul Throw. Her U2 looks good for applying pressure. Sakura’s hadoken is now fullscreen and the new Ultra can be used as an anti-air.
Misc:
From the rest of the roster we have collected several impressions. Abel has more stamina and his new Ultra has Super Armor and is a low grab [again, does this mean that the hitbox for the grab is low or that it's a hit type ultra?]. The last hit of Boxer’s Headbutt> U1 does not juggle anymore [keno told us otherwise], but his U2 does a great amount of stun. Special mention to Blanka, a lot faster than before, and with a cr.HP [or cr.MP, not sure] that does more damage and has more range –still not Dhalsim level- that now works better as an anti-air. Chip damage on U1 and Super has been reduced.
Guile has gotten some enhancements to make him more competitive. Flash Kick has gotten more range, more stamina and a projectile type U2 (Sonic Hurricane), that will probably be the most used by players. Claw’s cr.MK is now an overhead, and now has a comboable Ultra. Zangief got a new aerial Ultra that can be comboed after an FADC’d Lariat.
Rufus and Seth have anti-air Ultras, Dhalsim has an air-to-ground ultra, Gouken’s Denjin Hadoken is unblockable at full charge and E. Honda’s U2 is a command throw. Fei Long got a counter ultra.”
Thanx to Kanta-Kun for the hard work.
Keep in mind that this might not be the final build they are previewing. and although i am happy to hear that vega has now a comboable ultra, i can’t help but feel sad for the Akuma news. Oh well, i will probably still main ryu anyway and maybe, just maybe, Dudley and guy
