Is this guy the only good Shiki player in ranked??

When playing some Ranked with Jubei in Samurai Shodown, we ran into a pretty good Shiki player!! I think Shiki is probably on the lower-end of the tiers in this game, but she still has some stuff! Hope you enjoy the match!
Twitch (I stream every weekday from 5-8 EST): / jmcrofts
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[@kingstongreen6041]

Jubei is literally Geese Howard. Lol he has Repukken, raging storm, the arm folded laugh and a predictabo parry 😁

[@x_ganta_x]

Damn now that you mention it I can see it now

[@tunzv7282]

Omg. How has this haven't been a thing after all theese years

[@FelipeHoshi]

Make sense!

[@garretwoeller7669]

Yeah but he isn't as cool as Geese also this guy is stupid broken and easy to play unlike Tekken 7 geese god I hate how they made him so hard for no reason damn you namco

[@MarkLoweCEO]

Yep true but Genjuro is voiced by Geese Howard lol

[@zredhc4344]

Wishing anyone who reads this a good day/week! Stay awesome my fighting game brethren

[@tonyx2469]

You too

[@tendericed2749]

How nice of you, have a good one mate

[@tonyx2469]

Thanks, hope you have a good day too👍

[@chippy89ify]

you too

[@theedwardian]

That shiki player was really good at empty pressure. Just standing awkwardly close and not committing to any options can be a very difficult mind game to deal with.

[@yamiryuu]

The only good match up for shiki is vs shiki, and on that im not even sure if it is a good much up, it is like a 40/40

[@donnie9047]

Is shiki really that bad?

[@TheDarkness4560]

@@donnie9047 I main her and yes the only good things about her are combos, teleport on recoil and Her super special move is really good but everything else is bad and 1 real bad thing is her overhead is throw punishable on hit i tried everything and she always gets thrown while other characters can just neutral jump or backdash.

[@salj.5459]

Slamming Marc Damn, that's rough.

[@Brandon_Y.]

@@TheDarkness4560 what about the guy on the cover of the game

[@omrizubary]

Jmcrofts : *uploads* Me: never pressed so fast in my life...especially with Shiki on.

[@rashidclark]

Shiki was fun to play in "Snk vs Capcom: Choas". If what everyone is saying about her in this game is true, that's a shame.

[@christhechilled]

Imo, Shiki is a "Counter on Whiff/ Rushdown" character due to the fact that she just running up close on when there is a opening and she has no projectile pressure.

[@robertmacdonald5496]

Shiki, Kyoshiro and Wu need buffs badly. Yashamaru to an extent as well.

[@hioxd]

This game came out last month its only been a month.

[@dianadamanita8079]

Yashamaru rated high in japan. I don't think he will get buff.

[@TheBAGman17]

I wouldn't bush Yasha yet, he just feel like he requires a little effort right now.

[@moiseivitch1098]

Yeah as a Yasha main I can vouch that while he's not GOOD, he's salvageable. It's just a climb. Shiki actually NEEDS a buff to be viable.

[@turdchurner4012]

Shiki and Kyoshiro possibly need buffs...then again it could be too early to tell as I feel that I'm literally the only person playing Kyoshiro. He seems good for keep away but not many safe options

[@well...alright]

Jmcrofts: best shiki? Also jmcrofts: beats her 3-1 with a choke second match

[@Nywraper]

Dead ass I tho 🤣

[@littlelinkrocks]

Yo great video, keep up the great work

[@theDr_Fist]

EVERY MATCHUP IS HARD FOR SHIKI 🤣🤣🤣

[@garretwoeller7669]

I can't wait to flex on kids when Sieger comes out

[@actanus108]

HS : Have you seen someone good with Darli ? i'm desperate ...

[@saltyluigi4011]

Waiting for a Wu/Kyoshiro player.

[@Dasmesee]

Wu = Chris G Kyo = Wolfgang

[@saltyluigi4011]

@@Dasmesee kinda hard to find a kyoshiro online or in a top 8

[@poketdoom]

*reads title* Shiki player in the first episode: but i 2-1’d you when you were using the best character

[@Diegohfmn]

On ranked I only played against one Shiki player. I won the 2 first times. Then he/she beat me 3 times in a row. So theres no need to underestimate Shiki.

[@kingstongreen6041]

A very cheeky Shiki lol😏

[@Happojee]

Yes, better just tryhard with broken characters and make fun of people trying something different.

[@rks1676]

Happojee bruh..... when did he do any of that. Also jubei isn’t “broken” nobody in this game is super strong. His criticisms are legitimate criticisms of the character, not dissing the player. I’m lost

[@zackroshaven8900]

That overhead is busted jeez

[@gatesofnocturne3700]

Just buff her overhead and I honestly think she goes from bottom tier to mid

[@yamiryuu]

Stop bullying shiki bro

[@JP-hh3mt]

Angel_Shiranui is also great with Shiki.

[@MarkLoweCEO]

Whoa!!! 😮 Holy crap thanks lol I'm Angel_Shiranui lol

[@JP-hh3mt]

@@MarkLoweCEO I fought you in a Casuals Room I created. My online name is Shadofino. I really admired your tactics with Shiki, who I also aspire to use. You MAULED me! I'm a scrub though. Then, like a day later, Alex Valle (calipower) was trying to fight you online on his stream, but you guys couldn't link up - he was trying though. At THAT time I think you would've won; now his Galford is a savage. He's prepping for Evo. Hope you go to Evo.

[@MarkLoweCEO]

@@JP-hh3mt Oh yeah I remember playing against you. I dont exactly remember who you were using but I remember the name and profile picture. Thanks I appreciate the kind words. My actual Sam Sho main is Asura but he's not playable (yet) so I'm using Shiki who has a child with him. She's tough to use for sure as she's a good bit different from her other versions but I'm getting better with this version of her day by day. Oh yeah I remember that stream with Valle. I had the room open but it wasnt showing up on his list. Maybe we'll link up some other time. I also saw him battle my SNK homie KofRomance on stream as well. Yeah Valle is legit in most any fighter. He's got great fundamentals and yeah his Galford is great and cracks me up especially when he disarms someone lol I surely want to go to Evo but time and finances at the moment are the issue this year. I definitely want to go though for sure. Also feel free to add me. 👍 I can show you some tech with Shiki if you wanted. I have some videos on my channel of her now. Just kind of started this youtube thing. 👍

[@JP-hh3mt]

@@MarkLoweCEO Found your channel and just subscribed. I'll check out your vids. When I jump back into SamSho, I'll add you. Darksiders 3 DLC dropped recently and I'm a DS fiend, so that has to come first. Should be back into SamSho in a few days though.

[@MarkLoweCEO]

@@JP-hh3mt awesome bro. Thanks for the sub. Sure thing 👍👍

[@howingcommando]

What made you want to play with jubei? Im trying to decide who to use and he’s on my list

[@rks1676]

Howling commando he’s the best defensive character in the game who rewards patience a lot. He has really good normals and simple execution. You normally want to take it really slow and condition your opponent through walling. Also, as you probably know, if you think this playstyle is lame or whatever you can even try to use his parries a lot which are suuuper read heavy but give a huge reward. Imo his kit is so solid that you can even play him like any other pseudo-agressive samsho character, kinda like how jmcrofts does. What are the other characters you’re considering, and what characters do you tend to use in other fighting games?

[@kevincahn5105]

Epic gameplay my guy

[@IrregularHunterDash]

I love this game, I want to play it but i have so much shit to play rn Maybe one day

[@x_ganta_x]

Aye my boi roko he litterly said he only plays shiki because he said it reminds him of m.bison... But sexier

[@NumeroGaijin]

I haven't played SS yet. My question is....how are people getting hit so much by these slow strikes? Most of these strikes seem rather easy to avoid....then again, I have no grasp of mechanics and such in this game.

[@jmcrofts]

You answered your own question

[@turdchurner4012]

I still don't think Shiki is as bad as everybody says..examples like calling her one ariel special trash due to being unsafe yet most anti airs are unsafe on whiff sooo yeah of course.

[@liliencalvel6151]

The Shiki player seems to be the better game, than he goes and gives the fight away by doing dumb moves. Maybe he was doing it intentionally. Maybe he was trying to get out certain attacks that just weren't happening.

[@LUX711]

Shiki might be Piccolo 2.0. You never know.

[@dio8914]

You know what they say, you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain, like piccolo

[@itraynell]

@@dio8914 Piccolo was actually the opposite. He was born a villian but lived long enough to become a hero.

[@dio8914]

@@itraynell yea I know but it's just an old joke in dbfz, since launch piccolo was considered low tier, than at the end of the year he was top tier and everyone abused his setups on fuzzies and everyone was sick of him

[@itraynell]

@@dio8914 Ohhh you mean the game. I thought you was talking about the show 😂

[@Ichithix]

She's so trash. I started out playing her and switching characters was like turning down the difficulty.

[@RozwellMunchausen]

*calls shiki a trash character* Welp, time to kill

[@Dodowingster]

jmrofts please, there are no such thing as trash characters, they just need little more time to be learned

[@x_ganta_x]

Nah shiki trash

[@Ichithix]

Definitely not true. Sometimes characters are just trash, it happens.

[@VanillaGamingCo]

Yeah, this is the only good shiki out of hundreds of thousands of players. Get out of here with that weak title. Dude wasn't even that good, I've seen way better online.

[@hayseshouhda5730]

I'd only pay $15 for this game at most. I love the graphics and art. But the gameplay just doesn't look exciting to me.