SFV Final Patch at a glance - Rainbow Mika

[@passiveengie5868]

I definitely think re-adding the magic wall but making it the backwards throw only was a great addition. It's a great way of adding choices to Mika's playstyle without brainlessly throwing the opponent at the wall. It's also not exactly like it was in S1 as the clap still has it's pretty severe frame data nerfs from over the years.

[@Te_LaSoul]

Yeah I always thought they essentially solved the issue back in the s2 patch. It wasn’t the wall it was how safe the clap command normal was to throw out over and over

[@Sasiskin7823]

I think rope throw was removed because nobody used st.mp - st.hp - hard peach combo. Rope throw was always optimal both for damage, mixup potential and corner carry. Adding back rope throw but only for a backswing is smart, because there are situations when mp to hp will be preferable, because it doesn't sideswitch and carries into corner.

[@robertgeorge4602]

I love the reversion back to season 1 Rope Throw. Would have also likes front rope throw being back but I think this is more fair. And generally, I think Mika is near perfect in gameplay design and viability. Which is odd because there a lot of characters who i wished got a little (or a lot more).

[@Te_LaSoul]

“I want you to put the word out. We back up.” - Stringer Mika

[@justingoers]

Awesome changes. These really make Mika a lot more interesting and restore some of her shine.

[@cloudmv15]

Mika’s ⬇️MK could low profile some moves in the previous patch like Mikas’s charge ➡️HK and Akuma V reversal but with the hurt box change she can’t do that anymore

[@MonkeyBiznessFGC]

That must mean that low MK isn't a safe meaty against Urien's EX Headbutt anymore. Just kidding, that move isn't invincible anymore.

[@WayToTheGrave]

glad to see rope throw return. the fact it was removed never sat right with me, mika wasn't top tier the way cammy was top tier; she just had this one extremely good option in what was ultimately a disappointingly primitive game in s1.

[@Masterfm1000]

You forgot to mention that her vskill 1 can now be used to counter fireballs, good luck winning the fireball war against a character with an armoured projectile

[@Bafael]

Did anything change to make mika vs1 better against fireballs besides the shorter duration? I think it works fine fullscreen but being halfscreen doing a 75 frame install feels iffy to me even if it has armor.

[@Masterfm1000]

@@Bafael It's mainly the shorter duration, it may not work half screen but you can't zone her like before, all your zoning attempts get stopped

[@beganfish]

@@Masterfm1000 Remember that she still takes grey life from every fireball absorbed

[@Clickstop24]

holy shit i knew mika players were happy with the patch but I hadnt looked at her notes yet. Mika players have every right to be glad. between this and rose buffs joey gonna have fun in NLBCs

[@Gingbro]

The LK buff is actually pretty good imo. It allows Mika players to use their LK like G, buffering it into specials or punishing buttons like Karin's cMK and other buttons like it

[@stilmaho]

I've always enjoyed watching Fuudo play Mika. Hopefully we will see it more frequently now.

[@LolaliciousSmiley]

I'm glad that they apparently reverted passion rope throw-backdash, because I bought the game a few days ago and I've been using combo guides from season 1! Before the recent patch and I would have been bashing my head against the wall thinking I was failing the timing.

[@YaBoiBigSmoke147]

Great series Baf, really helps out!

[@diaracing]

My TOEFL listening nightmare would be keeping up with one of your videos.

[@Sasiskin7823]

I think cancellable lk is good in whiff puniahing context, kinda like G's lk to ex smash.

[@ensanesane]

Wow I forgot she could combo into command grabs

[@justingoers]

Only after a successful v-skill

[@ronmexico7256]

stLK ex peach is a really strong counter poke now

[@Neogears1312]

I wish Mika comes back with more alpha 3 callbacks like her weirder moves, her old mentor, and her personality. She’s cool but she’s a bit watered down in exchange for being *functional* which idk I feel like the most extravagant command grab super in history should probably make a comeback.

[@ChaoSTrophicS]

I know right, always loved her winning animation when her coach comes and then she ties that tire with a rope around her waist and runs 🏃‍♂️

[@WeirdAlYankoviced]

Very happy with the buffs, far more than I was hoping for. I wish they'd removed the white life damage on successful parry, but the VS1 buffs mean I'll pretty much never pick VS2 again

[@jasongriffin7927]

Agreed. Though, I Never Saw VS2 As The Better Choice In Any Matchups.

[@IzzoSkizzy]

WE'RE BACK BOYS

[@HashTheGrappler]

crMK is huge not just as a poke but as a meterless confirm from stMP.

[@JonathanRodriguez-pn7ig]

Loving these videos, really helping me out. Will you also be covering zeku eventually?

[@Bafael]

Eventually

[@dot_exe5557]

2:48 thats not actually true. Urien's VT1 actually does this too with the 2nd Aegis and I'm pretty sure Ibuki's VT1 with the 2nd bomb explosion asweel.

[@Bafael]

Ibuki bomb has normal scaling for second use. You're right about Urien 2nd aegis though. It didn't start out like that, that was actually a nerf it got during the Arcade Edition update.

[@dot_exe5557]

@@Bafael Oh really, I was pretty sure that Ibuki had it too. Maybe they changed it again? Yeah, that was a nerf Urien got in S3 (Arcade Edition).

[@dat_senpai_guy4400]

She could've gotten something else back from season 1, if you know what I mean

[@Boyzby]

If I know what you mean, they may as well. It's not like the game has too much time before SF6.

[@jk844100]

If you’re referring to her super animation that wasn’t in season 1, it was only in the Beta

[@dat_senpai_guy4400]

@@jk844100 Oh really? My bad

[@silverwah]

You can restore the camera animation with a mod on pc, just fyi.

[@PrinceATEye]

@@silverwah PC Masterrace

[@LucasSousaSF]

Wait why was her back turned to us when the video started

[@Bafael]

if you leave her idle a while she does that.

[@Cezkarma]

WAIT how was Mika standing with her back to the camera in the beginning?

[@Bafael]

part of her idle animation

[@Cezkarma]

@@Bafael ohh that makes sense lol

[@Matt_lambie]

It should be illegal that ur not covering oro

[@Archedgar]

2:45 I still can't believe that a native JP decided that her stage name would be 'nadeshiko'. This comment is garbage.

[@junior1388666]

PAWG

[@Jetanium]

I remember when you glanced at me.

[@kambo954]

Cody

[@RunehearthCL]

That mic is so dumb lol

[@ShinStriderHiryu]

Hey " damn "

[@CamMcCoy87]

I disagree, rope throw was IGNORANT S1, I'm ok with it being with back throw as opposed to both front/back throw.

[@dylanh.3793]

I G N O R A N T

[@jk844100]

I don’t think that word means what you think it means

[@CamMcCoy87]

@@jk844100 Lacking knowledge or awareness in general. Uneducated , Unsophisticated. They could do it from round start and it didn't even need a wall to bounce you back in some instances. At least now they have to MANIPULATE the wall for it to occur.

[@jk844100]

@@CamMcCoy87 I was a Mika player day one and you always had to “manipulate” the wall. Whether you threw them forwards or backwards you still had to backdash to get them to bounce back to you

[@CamMcCoy87]

@@jk844100 my friend was also a cancerous mika player 😂. In some instances it was a literal forward/backward jump sometimes. It was not nuanced at all.... Please stop the 🧢

[@DANCERcow]

I hate top tier grapplers and think they don't deserve ever being top tier because grapplers are simply annoying to deal with! They are degenerate playstyle and not fun to fight because I get blown up for making a mistake while I was in the lead zoning them to hell and high water!

[@elim9054]

Skill issue

[@DANCERcow]

@@elim9054 no no no, it's an entitlement and impatient issue! I like many hate the grappler archytipe because it rewards them for closing the gab with unfair set ups and 50 50s, you know the things that aren't exclusive to grapplers! It's not fair that I can keep a grappler away at full screen for 80% of the match and be winning, only for them to somehow close the distance and blow me up with two grabs! And then I lose because I was playing "lame" fuhget abou it!

[@boredomkiller99]

@@DANCERcow This s**t sounds scrubby as hell. If Grapplers didn't explode you after surviving a zoning onslaught they would be no point to play them. Grapplers traditional lose to zoners anyway and zoners are arguably even more annoying. Like most grapplers are lucky to be mid tier. So yeah sounds like a skill issue

[@DANCERcow]

@@boredomkiller99 that's my point, complaining about r Mika ropes throw being to good is scrubby as hell! Because Oro nor luke are scrubby /s

[@WoWisdeadtome]

Well you could be a Balrog main like me. Can't zone em out, tough to deal with armor and no reversal option. May the lord bless my St. HPs. V-skill 2 was pretty good for unconventional zoning of a kind by leaving dash straight plus on block but that's gone now. Gief, Mika and Laura were all nightmares, Gief was literally like 8-2 Gief until V-skill 2, then it became like 8-2 Rog and I felt no guilt at all, but it really helped all grappler matches. Ultimately though, if I'm scissors I feel like I'm complaining about a buff to rock. Guile is still fine, btw.