PandaKingEX

Impressive combo video from a Japanese player, Kagikou. Some great use of 214C and healing mid combo. http://youtu.be/O9s3lXbAOSc

Pretty sure 5AA, and 5AAA (hold back to stop Koromaru) is a block string, and it's what Japanese players use a lot, or use 5C and 2C to seal gaps, but you're better off trying to create frame traps, Ken can often sit outside of most characters 5A, DP and roll range with his pressure, so using Koromaru when you feel the opponent wants to press buttons is one of the things that makes Ken exceptionally strong, IMO. I will usually alternate between a Ken hit and stuff like 2C to pester my opponent until I feel like going in with a strong mixup or they crack and do something.

Btw, you can do j.B, j.2B, 2C, DP after 214C for more damage.

Made a combo video, sort of random in content, but I guess you could say it's with an emphasis on damage, using a lot of meter finishes. Some stuff is just styling, some is high damage stuff and I did a combo off of a variety of starters, including DP starters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39nTneIhIpQ&feature=youtu.be

Got a pretty nice 3.6k meterless combo off of sweep, and meter could be easily incorporated for even more damage with a DP into something, or a run up 236236x. Sweep starter seems like it might be the ideal and resource efficient way to start combos when punishing people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPM95vg4BH4

Finally made some worthwhile progression with shadow mode http://youtu.be/DlumjQZTG8A

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4-saYO7GKGEtjUJ3HRZefsfN59g7aYMJ My Ken/Shadow Ken matches and combos playlist, which I'm aiming to update daily/often.

He seems really good in first impressions, but he also seems like the type of character where others need to study the matchup against him a little more. I feel like he will be mid at worst though and has potential to be great.

Couple online matches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=145kqIx2fy8

Did a little combo video of combos using 5A as a starter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h71sTjSh7KM

How does 22B, to 5B - > 5C combos work. It seems like they always tech before 5B or in between 5B and 5C. I just use 5A -> 5A, but I figure I'm losing damage and causing more proration and scaling in cases I don't need to. Also on 2C ->5D combos, I never have time to follow up with more normals, I always have to do 236D to continue the combo. Is this a tight link or spacing issue, like for instance if I 6B -> 5C -> 2C -> 5D

Does anyone prefer to not shuriken toss after an A dash spring? What kind of frame scenario are you in if you just land?

What exactly do you mean? That seems like it would be obvious, unless you mean you can perform an attack with asterios while still holding guard and he will automatically go back into guard state after the attack?

Getting Persona broken is a problem. 8C is a good way to keep asterios safe and keep your opponent honest, even though when I was playing, 90% of the time people were not even able to recognize when I was doing the move, so they just got hit anyways. Otherwise it's just a matter of using guard while hanging back and doing good rushdown, so they focus on you more than the Persona. Elizabeth is pretty good at breaking asterios, but she is also painfully succeptable to 8C if she is focusing too much on your persona.

Watching Japanese players gave me the impression that S.Lab is really hard to use and controlling her Persona is difficult, but after playing, she is pretty easy to play overall (execution wise), and I'm surprised at the lack of extended persona combos they go for given how easy they are to setup. I'm looking forward to actually getting to try training mode, I got a lot of things running through my head already for her.