Jo

I didn't know Johnny could do Jackhound out of MSD. What the fuck have I been doing this whole time? Good games everyone. At least now I've got a better idea on what to practice (when I decide to pull my TV out of my closet..)! The more you know.

I POST EVERYWHERE! I think.. RJH is pretty worth it if you land the jackhound in the first place and you don't have a level 2 yet. It's pretty tough to shake off the Jackhound stagger in time to block the Return Jack since it happens almost right away. Unless you don't want to spend meter which is fine too. You could just follow your Jackhound up with a 5K>2D>Coin or somethin'. It all depends on you.

KUGLER!!!!! Let's fight like gentlemen. Bridget is too awful. Ask Purrin how to use some Bridget. Blitz too. If all else fails, ask Ruu. Assuming he is still alive.

lmao. Fucking MCR. You crack me up. I lol'd IRL. I'll make that bitch play Sol or Ky or something. Someone shitty. lol, Bridget.

Yeah, I'm not so much of a fan of 2S myself sometimes but the move is there, sooo.. Hah, well in AC Johnny's mist cancels are the quickest at L3 so maybe you'll want to stick around in training mode and keep hitting your cancels as fast as possible. I dunno. It's too bad you're on a pad though, unless you're gonna be switching from using your thumb to using your index and middle fingers to wave dash on a little pad. It'll look like you're playing a Dragonforce song or something. Clutching the controller with both your hands so close together, lol. The image in my mind is ridiculous! Personally, I don't feel that wavedashing is very essential to Johnny but knowing that I have it and that I can execute it just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Wavedashing is pretty risky as you can dash your ass into some pretty crazy stuff (pokes, uppercuts, etc.) and it's kinda tough to keep the "controlled mash" controlled. Still, doesn't hurt to have an extra card up your sleeve!

Yeah, actually if you're close enough you can do 2K>c.5S>TK if you want or do whatever. 2S sounds like a solid poke to mist cancel>throw. Hrrm, well once you become fast enough, you won't really have to worry about your dashes. I don't know how fast/how proficient you are with mist canceling, but if you really get them down well enough you'll find yourself pressuring with some sexy mist cancel gatlings. Why not try wave dashing right out of your mist cancel? This idea hit render when he was playing Slash. When you mist cancel, you're holding (assuming) K then tapping HS. Why not just hold HS and 66464.. etc. just to tighten up the blockstun? So yeah, there's a good idea if you haven't figured it out already. render's patent pending.

Yo'. Well, your ensenga won't connect. It's not a combo! Unless you get a counter hit, then maybe... but for right now, I'll say it won't connect. It's just some mix-up variety. I bet your opponents have never even seen Johnny's c.S in their lives. Don't forget your throw game! If all else fails TOSS THAT BITCH! Practice makes perfect!

What MissedFRC said! Just practice doing the motion and getting it low enough to hit most of the cast. If you do it too high then you're gonna whiff. Get used to doing a TK ensenga out of a 5K since you can jump cancel it. Players are conditioned to Johnny usually doing an HS or a 2D following a 5K. Just make sure you're doing the Ensenga when you've got meter so you can RC. Also, if you're close enough, you can do Ensenga out of c.5S-- this move is kinda tricky because you have to be so damn close to actually get it out there, but it's jump cancelable also only it's a bit easier to whiff at this close of a distance. Work on it!

Coooooooool. He's a newb at Eddie though, so it'll really take some time for him to get.. good. Still, some practice is better than nothing!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?! Trouble FRCing on pad? Like qwerty said, you should map your PKS to a trigger-- the bad part about this? You won't be using said trigger (shoulder button) for your DBT/KJT FRC's. I used to be a pad player before I converted to stick. I don't mind either, really but I find I am much faster on stick. There are things I could do better on pad but it's really nothing I can't practice on stick. If you're comfortable with pad, stick with it. You don't HAVE to go to stick. If you want to get more comfortable with the arcade feeling though, get a stick. Anyhow. When I was playing on pad, I found using the mapped FRC button was.. not arcade style. Which is funny since playing on pad isn't arcade style at all. If you use the default setting (P square, K x, S triangle, HS circle, D R1), I found it was a lot easier to tilt my thumb to hit square, x and circle for my transport FRC's back in XX. Soon I was using these 3 buttons for all of my FRC's. Maybe you could do the same. Hope this helps. Keep practicing!

SHORYUKEN IS UP AGAIN! This just in, I may have a friend that is willing to get into Guilty Gear. Might be possible to have him meet up with other players (Line, Lazrael, Ghaleon?) to get him into practice mode? What do you guys think? Get hyyyyyype!

X-menkaiJO | Jo | CA | Delay 4

lol, best post ever. ^^^^^^^^^^

I actually play this match up a lot. SOvJO, anyway. I can provide some input, I don't know if it'll be much use but, here goes nothing. 1- Start of the match: Sol players tend to use standing S at the start. Little known fact, you can 2P if you know this is coming and you get a counterhit. Not entirely USEFUL, but it stuffs that oncoming 5S and makes your opponent go "Uh?" 2- If you've successfully backed Sol into a corner, he pretty much knows jumping is out of the question unless he's a big fan of FD'ing. So the first thing he may want to do is run in and knock you down! 2D out of a run is too delicious for a Sol player to give up. Backdash the oncoming Sol and 6HS, you should hit him for whiffing that 2D. He'd be a little more cautious after that one. 3- It is definitely possible to mist finer out of a gunflame right through Sol's pressure if you've been IBing properly or if you've FD'd an attack or two. But the downside is the FRC, so try a low level 2 instead. Sol's initial block after an FRC gunflame may not be a low one. ;D 4- Dropping combos on Sol is irritating. Don't let that stop your pressure though! Once you get your pressure going again and you FEEL a VV coming, don't forget that Johnny can JC>FD his dash! That's really useful and can get you out of a couple of sticky situations. 5- Work on your blocking/watching for command throw set ups. Command throws usually work best right after a blocked burst/DAA. Something that makes you think twice about your mistake (IE obvious burst/lousy DAA timing). Don't hesitate to stick out a 2P or even a c5S. Johnny's c5S is quicker than it looks (to me, anyway). The Sol match up definitely takes a lot of patience. Just watch out for random Grand Vipers at times and Sol's jumping ppppppp VV. Divine blades are good for Sol too, just try to use them sparingly with some meter to spare (and jump install; gotta be safe). If you whiff an air throw and it leaves you higher than you expected and Sol is waiting for you below, try to drop a divine blade (if you can. Sometimes you're too high and the frames for jHS are just ending). If that Sol likes to use 5K on reaction to your air games, he'll eat a CH divine blade. Hope this helps. I should start posting more. Edit: Also, what I just put here, guess it's more of an "up your spacing" game tidbit. 2S is decent to catch a Sol during a run due to it's solid range. Just, mist cancel it please. :D

Ahh SoCal dustloop thread, how I always overlook you.

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lol, dust loop. Haven't been here in forever. Must add to favorites starting.. ...... now.

Oh, thanks. Stupid commercials.

SRK is mighty down. Been down for like, 4 or 5 days now. I really don't have any of the info on the tourney that's going down at Walnut. :/ I had the directions, but I don't anymore. ..So how about that.. uh.. ...stuff.

Yeah.. it probably does mean Single. Probably talking about like.. Vinyl records, or something. I dunno. Nice. If there's another PSM tourney, I'll be there. As usual.. really close to my place. :/

SoCal on dustloop. I'm bored, so I registered. SRK seems to be the most active, though. Btw, what the Hell do L.P. stand for? I'm assuming people are referring to music.. and no, not Linkin Park. I hate them.