Rising Up: Season 4 at a Glance - Ken

[@liamg9334]

Me: haven't played sfv in a while. lets see how ken got buffed... WTF

[@tatoslab1502]

Although there are definitely some nerfs in here, the buffs are pretty nice. Better corner combo damage is great on a character whose combos already have amazing corner carry, the hk tatsu change allows for some really cool new cc combos, and VT2 finally feels like a legit trigger. It's a much more reliable anti fireball tool with the range buff, and the juggle buff means that Ken finally gets the huge reward off using it for anti airs that he always should have gotten. We're talking 267 dmg meterless/311 dmg for a bar off of an anti air. Combine this with his great v reversal and the fact that the trigger can be used extremely quickly, and I think it's pretty solid for a 2 bar.

[@largolagrande]

It has... begun! Season 4 is coming :) I'm always excited about the series. Even if I don't play SFV that much anymore. Would love to see Zeku anytime soon.

[@Snow_Piercer]

All these people surprised that Ken is getting it this badly in SFV Season 4, didn't these people see the writing on the wall when Capcom decided to nerf Ken's face? Capcom obviously hates Ken players.

[@dirtynewyorker4542]

Dammit Capcom why cant you give us third strike ken instead

[@haydarrencuzogullari5736]

No

[@budafuka]

I guess with Ryu and Sakura moving up, at least one shoto had to be thrown in the trash. RIP Ken. At least he still has his corner game.

[@frigidkitsune]

I don’t know much about Ken, but from what I’ve been seeing on Twitter air ex tatsu seems to be nerfed, which sounds like it can range from -1 to -5 on block, and his b. MP has more pushback on hit. Neither of which was mentioned in the patch notes

[@henriquerodrigues7795]

He can't get cr.mp into target combo in some situations now, which is so stupid, i don't even play Ken, why would they Nerf his bnb

[@Geniuss]

Interssting, that Capcom nerfs Ken more. In S4 every Ken main pro will drop Ken finaly. Everyone waited for buffs, but Capcom nerfs the last strengh points from Ken to neutralize him extrem. I think, there is nothing left for Ken. No horizontal approach through stubby normals with bad framedata (every character in SFV outclas ken in normals) ... he had already extrem problems in neutral game and no Capcom even nerf his already bad sHK. Ken air approach was also weak and risky, now his bad ex.air.tatsu gets even more worse. If you look closely on Kens architecture, you will recognize, that he dont have any strenghes more and almost everything is gimmiky and risky sHK, DPs (punished now more on block), ex.tatsu (cc punish, if you whiff, fireball (to slow and to high recovery frames, easy to jump over), VS run (now, after reducing input lag, easier for opponent to react to the run), ex.air.Tatsu (slow, risky on block and easy punished even from light normals) Absolute no strong ground or air approach. Everything is weakend and risky. Also the VT2 buffs are fakebuffs, useless stuff ... you can even get more damage, without the tatsu juggle. Also its extrem unstable and risky, you never really now, if it links or not. Even his exTatsu after VT2 is risky and sometimes it hits sometimes not. You have to exactly know, what you have done bevore the VT2. If you do a mDP, in the combo bevor VT2 activation, you can juggle into mTatsu, but if you hit the DP 2 times, your mTAtsu wiff ... this is only 1 example of many other. Ken is absolute not viable in trournaments. his fundamental structure is weak (neutral game) ... Its not worth ... Capcom not only bring Ken down to mid tear, also cause his instability, he is worse than mid-tier. Ken needs more stability, better normals and at least 1 good air approach with ex.air.tatsu ... his VT2 is still useless and not worth.

[@ulurius]

A VT that you get at least twice a round that gives you 280 damage on low forward confirms, 260 in standing strong confirms, 270/290 in anti airs and 250 in standing roundhouse confirms that on top of that gives you oki right looks pretty fucking strong. Now you can also punish -8 moves from any distance with EX tatsu. Also EX tatsu can now be buffered from standing LK, making it an insane hit confirm when whiff punishing. Finally he also got a new 300 damage CC meterless combo which leads to oki in the corner(around 30 more damage than before). The nerf to roundhouse is pretty much irrelevant because it still got stuffed a lot of the time before. About Ken's "structure", it seems that you simply do not get how his gameplan works. Ken isn't about being aggressive in neutral to immediately lead to pressure, ken is about whiff punishing and counterpoking and then you get your extremely extended pressure. A couple of wrong guesses from the enemy and they can go from full health to dizzy in a matter of moments. Ken can turn around any game with 1 good read or 1 good reaction, that's why his normals are stubby, if they weren't then he'd be stupidly strong. Can you imagine a nash low forward that confirms to fucking 300 damage? That's what you'd have if ken's normals were not stubby. Ken could use some more buffs, but the disregard for VT2 is what is holding back ken players at the moment.

[@AbsolutelyAbsurDDD]

I don't understand why SFV continues to nerf low tier characters. Glad they buffed Ryu at least

[@JonathonTheAsshole]

They didn't nerf any low tiers in the S4 patch. Ken was mid tier. All the actual low tiers (Alex/Ryu/Vega/Sakura) got a ton of buffs. And frankly Ken has always gotten way too much reward off of retarded play so I honestly don't feel sorry for Ken players.

[@UNFDsBRO_TCY_7916]

They buffed F.A.N.G but not Ken which is bullshit.

[@rampant1apart]

LOLxHP-Principal Alicinia exactly. We are all so tired of seeing nothing but FANG mirror matches in pro play.

[@TheMike5125]

JonathonTheAsshole they nerfed Juri

[@ulurius]

@@TheMike5125 they slightly buffed juri

[@EastyyBlogspot]

Nice vid :)....though i still wished they fixed his hair on the select vs screen lol

[@fissilewhistle]

Really glad they nerfed Thunder Kick but everything else was kind of excessive.

[@Eggs5232]

I feel like this was done with casuals in mind. Even though he's not that great at high level, he's a noob killer. Kind of a shame but I get it.

[@Chris-yp6zm]

yup just to appeal to the casuals who think "oh muh gawd, ken is two cheep!"

[@superbaralai]

It feels like people aren't really switching characters. Unless they got either nerfed to the ground like Nash did, or got nerfed and brought out better versions of the character like Ryu. Even if Ken was a bit better than he was in 3.5 i doubt we would have seen people switch to him. Maybe the VT gains were nerfed as they were buffing his vt2 which is a two bar and they didn't want him to have too much access to it? A lot of the other nerfs i guess have a reason behind them but with the amount their are to different things it just feels all over the place.

[@swagtasticpanda]

Fantastic news, i always had a hard time fighting online ken. Thanks Ba.

[@wilsont3108]

how to do the shinryuken？

[@dredre0702]

Poor ken....

[@sky_shu]

As a ken main im crying...guess Ill have to switch mah boi just to bad now,

[@IronChefBoyardee]

I watch these videos just to laugh at how incompetent the Street Fighter V team is at balancing a fighting game.

[@kendalobarskylucea5571]

Thanks. Could you show the changes of Abigail?

[@ShoryukenTube]

I'll do everyone eventually.

[@alejandrocanela691]

I'm a noob. What is a target combo??

[@dwaynemcfadden731]

Just when I started using the thunder kick more they nerfed it smh and vt2 still sucks even with the changes because its not an anti air the way its supposed to be, merely a superficial shell of its former self but I'll still play ken because I can still play the same with vt1.

[@RSX789]

Thanks Baf

[@emeraldknight2342]

People acting like Ken was nerfed to hell. RELAX. He got some minor buffs aswell and over all, his mid-range to corner carry feels very much the same. VT2 now has more combination options which is nice because I actually use VT2 (mainly because I love the move and like using mash max to CA or HP Shoryuken or Shoryureppa.) I personally will adapt and keep going. Everyone should too or just switch to a different character. Simple as that. Mid screen: max Shinryuken combos into H shoryuken, shoryureppa, and now H tatsu, EX tatsu, also EX hadouken. Corner: raw or one hit confirmed max Shinryuken now juggles with L shoryuken into H shoryuken or Shoryureppa. Maybe ex tatsu aswell I haven't tried that one yet. The vacuum effect of his Shinryuken getting a wider range is a welcomed addition. My only complain is I wish it was a viable anti air. Hopefully in future patches.

[@HussainRahim]

VT2 is still inferior to 1 and these other nerfs were unnecessary. Stop shilling for Capcom.

[@emeraldknight2342]

@@HussainRahim all I'm saying is the character isnt dead like people claim he is. People are over reacting and it's annoying. Unless these people are Ken mains their opinions really don't matter.

[@HussainRahim]

@@emeraldknight2342 The only people that care are Ken mains. People who hate Ken are happy to see him nerfed. Ken was already rare at high level competition and needed buffs to compete, now I wouldn't be surprised if he disappeared all together. Will make tournaments less interesting for me at least

[@emeraldknight2342]

@@HussainRahim You stated the obvious: Ken WAS ALREADY tournament rare. You're mistaking my satisfaction with his VT2 buffs and people's reaction to his nerfs as satisfaction with Ken's current status. I see the problems BUT the character isn't dead! Ken still has good mid-screen to corner carry (which is majority Ken play) and an ever-present robbery element. When you speak on high level tournament representation, who's your example? Chris T?! That Momochi cookie-cutter player (he spent time in Momochi's house learning HIS Ken) is the only pro player who stuck to Ken. Momochi on the other hand decided to use more tournament relevant characters and rarely uses Ken these days. I AM NOT DEFENDING CAPCOM'S DECISION for nerfing Ken further down the tier list! All I'm saying is I'm irritated with people acting like Ken's nerfs have made the character indisputably useless.

[@AdrianBrown]

Dan...

[@rerroubai]

I know so may brazilians offended by those changes #kappa

[@ryanmoss2128]

good.

[@MS-ql8ek]

Ken got buffed

[@MaohiKarD]

Ken nerfs is just a fucking disgrace and proves that capcom do no understand their own game. Thunder kick -6, it should be either faster and punishable or that slow but -2 but know we cumulate two drawbacks, EX airborne tatsu -4 while it has no priority on lights while Cammy is positive on block on every variation of her dive kick... VT2 is still a joke and does not fit to Ken’s gameplay. Ken needs tools to be permanently a threat like a projectile invincible roll or something. VT2 needs to make v-Skill to cancel specials like FADC to allow Ken to set up. Most of pros dropped Ken since S2 because of consistent nerfs and they find the way to nerf him even more.

[@B1az1ngSuN]

as much as i love this channel I cannot condone anyone buy or play sfv, its a god damn joke. with these new ads and how hard it is to unlock characters / stages when you pay an upfront cost only to find out 3/4 of the content is behind a fucking pay wall. Ill stick with 3rd strike and usfiv