Sarah's bouncie tid-bitties

I'm not sure bounce combos belong in VF, as they take a step away from the "realistic" fighting simulation that VF has been touted to be in the past. But they're here, and I have to say they're a cool addition to game play, creating some new fun combos.

Here's what I've found for Sarah:
<ul>[*](MC)/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f_.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif (to bounce) > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif (79 pts)
is actually easier to bounce with than (MC)/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif with no extra punch. Along with all the girls, it works on 3 mid weights, El Blaze, Brad, and Kage. Stance is irrelevent.[*](MC)/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif (to bounce) > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif (69 pts)
works on everyone but Wolf, Jeff, Akira, and Lei Fei (Lei is an odd one here /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif ) It works in either stance vs. everyone else except for Goh, Brad, and Kage, which require open stance. Range is critical vs. some characters. The combo is usually more successful at the longest range possible.[*](MC)OM/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif (to bounce) > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f_.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif (74 pts, 71 pts vs. Jeff)
works on everyone, in either stance. Woot! Tid-bitties indeed. =)[*]wall splat > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif (to bounce) > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/d.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif
Wall splats are when a character is plastered against a wall and slides down slowly. Sarah's /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif will cause them, but if you have your opponent backed up to a wall, /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif might be better, as it has better range and is much safer if blocked. (Are there other attacks that create wall splats that recover in time to combo?) Wall combos are very dependent on the angle at which you come at the wall. It's actually better to be slightly off perpendicular to the wall. This gives the bounce room to float higher, and makes any combo easier. This combo will work against all weights. Try /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif as a finisher after the bounce vs. lighter characters when the angle is favorable. [/list]
Are there anymore bounce combo starters?

edit: The knee /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif will also cause a wall splat, but I don't see the purpose of Sarah's knee anymore... it's a frame slower than the DC and significantly less damage. Maybe it doesn't throw clash, but I doubt it. Will check...

edit2: The knee clashes.... F'it.
But I found that /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/d.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif will give a wall splat. That's useful.

 

I almost mistook the topic title for something else..

Nice info you've got there, cheers!

 

Re: Sarah's bouncie bouncie tid-bitties

<span style='font-size: 20pt'>Double Bounce Combos!!! </span>

I was looking thru some earlier Sarah threads and I can't believe I missed this... (It's in the first VF5 Sarah thread for chrisakes, all the way at the bottom of the forum. Thanks again noodals! =) Freakn' August of 2006, and I thought I was stumbling onto some new shite... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif )

(MC)OM/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif (to bounce) > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif (to bounce again[/size]) > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif (80 pts)

Will test other ending attacks... maybe get a few more pts out of it.

Noodals' critical point for the above is that the OM/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif is more affective to the stomach side of Sarah's opponent. I've been using the 2P side for my recent round of tests, and primarily hitting back sides... oops.

edit: kickflip ender = 78 pts; DC ender = 79 pts
Maybe a rising knee at the end but I suck... Myke? =)

edit2: this combo only works in closed stance to the front side of Aoi, Pai, Vanessa, Kage, Lion, Jacky and Lau. It does not work on Eileen or Sarah-- I can't get them to bounce twice. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

 

Re: Sarah's bouncie bouncie tid-bitties

That's because Eileen has no tits, and Sarah has ones that almost don't bounce /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif They are just not meant to bounce more than once /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

A little more offtopic: When Sarah deos one of her opening stances (I think it was the "I'm no pushover sweety" one), when she turns around, one of her tits doesn't keep up, so it bounces once in a strange wat. I noticed it in her C costume. Anyone has the same thing? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

 

Re: Sarah's bouncie bouncie tid-bitties

I am almost certain Sarah has the biggest bust size out of all the VF females..... not that I spend time taking note of this but yeah just guess-tamating and I'm pretty good at it (former DoA player).

Anyhow, the OM bounce combo was actually found a long time ago Yupa, it's in the first Arcadia issue that has Sarah's basic combos.

 

Re: Sarah's bouncie bouncie tid-bitties

Yeah, 2006... I can't believe I missed that one...
It's weirdness that it works on big bro' Jacky and papa Lau but not on the squirt Eileen or in a mirror match. Lau is the 4th heaviest character. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

 

Re: Sarah's bouncie bouncie tid-bitties

I think it better that they bounce a bit less than have a life of their own like in some games..