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Hey guys. I represent a community of Samsho5sp players that play on fightcade, xzone, and PS4 and wanted to get a thread started and hopefully drum up a bit or interest in the game.

We have folks of all skill levels from straight up beginners to some top players from back in the day so anyone wanting to play, there's a good chance you'll be able to find someone of your skill level to play against (there are also some KoF players among us as well!) It's a good group of folks who are really into the game and we have biweekly tournaments on fightcade as well.

This is a link to our discord channel here: https://discord.gg/UbQQ3fm  In addition to chat, it has channels with resources for learning the game including matchup charts, basic guides and movelists, and videos, some of which I'll post below.

A few resources to get you started:

Character pros & cons by President for those trying to pick a main: https://pastebin.com/VugS5MN8

Mizuumi wiki: http://wiki.mizuumi.net/w/Samurai_Shodown_V_Special

Some high level Japanese play: https://youtu.be/tzEhrdr7iNo


Aaaand a hype combo video: https://youtu.be/oJ2BAFuMMPc

Lotta good food for thought in here, thanks guys!

Idk about that because ralf can also use qcb+c which also neutralizes fireballs and builds a nice chunk of meter. Also ralf having meter is a lot more problemactic for Athena than Athena having meter. Ralf can punish a lot more with even 1 bar and with 2 Athena can't even jump at ralf or even away from at a certain distance because Ralf's level 2 super goes pretty far and is extremely fast also also it has guard point on it so it will eat moves up no problem.

Also there's are quite a few characters athena has to go to. Chin, Goro because of his ground slap, Hwa (if she is concerned about drinking, Kyo doesn't do a bad job at it, Terry ground wave, and Leona. Can all make her come to them.

RE: Ralf's qcb-C, I don't know that I'd use that to nullify fireballs as by the time he recovers, she'll already have thrown another one. Unless I misunderstood what you meant by that. If you're up close and you can catch her at the same time she throws a fireball (in which case, I imagine you'd still trade hits).

Thanks guys. I'll keep these things in mind when fighting her. I could never see the point in trying to win a fireball fight with her, even with King. The only thing I seem to be able to do to get around a lot of that is an EX Venom Strike or EX Fireball with Robert for a knockdown. If I'm playing as Ralf, forget it. :P I never seem to be able to get close enough to cross her up, but i'll have to try that tack next time.

Her recovery is really what gives me trouble. If she didn't recover so quick from her fireballs, it'd be pretty easy to just get in and punish.

I've been playing a little while (since May) and while I've been able to figure out strats and weaknesses against some of the characters I have trouble against, I can't say the same about Athena.

I play Ralf, King, and Robert, and I've yet to find a good way to deal with an even halfway decent Athena player. Her fireballs are good, recovery is excellent and she seems to to have tools to deal with any situation. You try to play keep away and she can zone you out. You try to zone her, she sends all your projectiles back at you and if you try to roll her dp is quick and has little recovery. I Find when I get close she uses that levitation thing or some of the other stuff she has. She doesn't seem to have any weaknesses that I can suss out. Help!