Alex is fun. He also doesn't have much in the way of real shenanigans if you know his gimmicks, so his success always comes down to good reads. That's what makes him so fun to watch; he's a not-great to okay character with a massive skill ceiling. A lot like Alex, Hugo, and Q from 3rd Strike.
***** Just bought him. I can't say I really have a main at this point, as I've only been playing for like... five days or so. But he looks like a lot of fun, being this almost... I dunno', pseudo grappler, kind of like Laura, who is a character I have a lot of fun playing. Beyond Gunfight here, any good Alex players to check out?
There are very few Alex mains who are active tournament players, sadly. Most are online warriors. There is still a lot you can learn, and it's still very fun to watch. Alex isn't tournament material because to reap huge rewards he has to damn near bet his life on everything, which higher tier characters don't necessarily have to do.
As awesome as Gunfight is, he dropped a couple really easy combos that cost him rounds. I was practically shouting at the screen when he was kicking Daigo's ass in one round, got him with the Sledgehammer, and then instead of finishing with the powerbomb to close out the round, he stood there! And then Daigo made a comeback and won the round and the match. I know top players are just people, but shit, stuff like that makes me wonder how a guy gets to be the top Alex in the game.
Kazuya but he isnt tier whoring? Daigo even played Guile back in the Sf2 days. He just picked him up after Ryu became shit. Daigo definetly hasnt lost his step. Hes just having more fun now. Hes still the Daigo we know.
IMPORTANT I JUST FOUND OUT ALEX HAS LESS HITSTUN ON SONIC BOOMS YOU CANT DO GUILES CORNER COMBO ON HIM: sthp,crmp,light boom,dfhk ! IT WORKS ON EVERY CHAR BUT NOT ON ALEX IVE SEEN DAIGO MISSING THIS COMBO ON GUNFIGHT TOO !! ALSO LOOPS ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SINCE HE RECOVERS TOO FAST FROM SONIC BOOMS !!! GOOD JOB CAPCOM GOOD FUCKING JOB
Czesnek He didn't drop Ryu. He's been playing Ryu a lot lately too, and his Ryu is a lot better now than it was in Season 1. He has always used both characters. He used to play Guile long before a lot of his current fans even knew who he was.
Czesnek To be fair, Guile in SF5 is way more OP than he was in SF4, and I do think he's better overall as well. But I guess that's come come down to preference for some. I've seen a lot of players that didn't even touch Guile in 4 using him in 5. He's better here.
Well as these are ranked matches Daigo didnt pick him into Alex to counter but he used to swap between some charakters in the past. As far as i know he is playing more ryu lately, but i dont think that we can always get a answers to the question why he plays a ceartain charakter because he might just swap them cause he feels like it every now and then, even without any changes on the charakters
They nerfed his st.lk, Daigo said he didnt care about his other nerfs but that was the one that made him drop Ryu. Tokido also dropped him for akuma and even Kuroda switched from Ryu to Urien.
Then the system is broken. For a character like Alex, who has a 3:1 strength ratio compared to someone like Rashid.. off of a stun? 3 power hits and that didn't finish the opponent. But had it been the golden boy Ryu a weak hadouken would have killed... yea, the scales are tipped..
Official Master It's kind of hard not to be good with Guile tbh. Guile's game plan is basically always the same: Spam enough booms to force your opponent into making mistakes and then flash kick when they close in, lol. His VT can also combo into the most damaging combo in the game. I prefer his Ryu tbh. In the end, all Guiles end up looking the same.
Damn, Gunfight's Alex is always amazing to watch.
I suddenly have this immense desire to play Alex.
Alex is fun. He also doesn't have much in the way of real shenanigans if you know his gimmicks, so his success always comes down to good reads. That's what makes him so fun to watch; he's a not-great to okay character with a massive skill ceiling. A lot like Alex, Hugo, and Q from 3rd Strike.
***** Just bought him. I can't say I really have a main at this point, as I've only been playing for like... five days or so. But he looks like a lot of fun, being this almost... I dunno', pseudo grappler, kind of like Laura, who is a character I have a lot of fun playing. Beyond Gunfight here, any good Alex players to check out?
Gunfight, Donpachi, THE_COOL_KID93, The_stormKUBO, 801_Strider, and DARK, off the top of my head.
There are very few Alex mains who are active tournament players, sadly. Most are online warriors. There is still a lot you can learn, and it's still very fun to watch. Alex isn't tournament material because to reap huge rewards he has to damn near bet his life on everything, which higher tier characters don't necessarily have to do.
***** I suppose that makes sense. He sounds like a comeback junkies dream.
Can we all just marvel at the fact that once again a SF 2 character and a SF 3 character meet in battle once again? And, shit was it epic!
i tell you what this is one the best fight vids I've watched!
Yeah me too. Just the little details like Alex air dive over the sonic booms. I love this matchup.
C-Dub Carter Yeah two great players. This Alex is as good as I've seen.
gunfight dropped alot of stuff but still amazing to watch. thanks for chucking the jazzy nyc theme in there aswell
The Sonic Boom show.
Man I'm learning Alex again and this video gave me some motivation to continue! Thanks for sharing! This is a difficult match up!
6:39 Gunfight is amazing but that attempt at a reset on Daigo, I knew wouldn't work LOL
08:00 that really intense match , holy shit
holy crap, those matches kept me on the edge
5:32 *laughs in Alex-main*
I keep coming back every month to laugh at this comment
pizzaiolom aaawwww thank you
otis zumdick np fam, this stuff is golden
The first half stage and music is sick!!!
Man, I used to like daigo
2:46 that parry was pretty sick honestly
Parrotus IKR? Clean play's from ya boy gunfight
heck his guile stormed thru the ranks!
Leberon Jamames It's diago umahara.
back and forth. nice game
7:57 wow.
7:55 Yooooooooo. This Alex is godlike.
You know it's a close match when 2 beasts miss simultaneously. 11:10
oooooooh 1st match guile slipped ONCE....and got rekt for it
As awesome as Gunfight is, he dropped a couple really easy combos that cost him rounds. I was practically shouting at the screen when he was kicking Daigo's ass in one round, got him with the Sledgehammer, and then instead of finishing with the powerbomb to close out the round, he stood there! And then Daigo made a comeback and won the round and the match. I know top players are just people, but shit, stuff like that makes me wonder how a guy gets to be the top Alex in the game.
bimmyvandal It wasn't even that, he literally kept jumping in on light booms and getting fucked.
damn ...... the disrespect well ithappens to the best of us
The taunt bro the taunt
Gunfight proving Daigo needs to get good again, and stop tier whoring. He's lost a step or two over the years.
Kazuya but he isnt tier whoring? Daigo even played Guile back in the Sf2 days. He just picked him up after Ryu became shit. Daigo definetly hasnt lost his step. Hes just having more fun now. Hes still the Daigo we know.
12:30 😨
That hard read bro
Guile with this costume looks like popeye... kkk
Alex can deal some MASSIVE damage
who won? (What happens is that I did not see the whole video.)
lmao 😂😂 1:04
Is Daigo no longer playing Ryu?
IMPORTANT I JUST FOUND OUT ALEX HAS LESS HITSTUN ON SONIC BOOMS YOU CANT DO GUILES CORNER COMBO ON HIM: sthp,crmp,light boom,dfhk ! IT WORKS ON EVERY CHAR BUT NOT ON ALEX IVE SEEN DAIGO MISSING THIS COMBO ON GUNFIGHT TOO !! ALSO LOOPS ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SINCE HE RECOVERS TOO FAST FROM SONIC BOOMS !!! GOOD JOB CAPCOM GOOD FUCKING JOB
What they changed about Ryu he dropped him?
Czesnek He didn't drop Ryu. He's been playing Ryu a lot lately too, and his Ryu is a lot better now than it was in Season 1. He has always used both characters. He used to play Guile long before a lot of his current fans even knew who he was.
Remy
I know he used to be Guile main, but this change is really out of sudden. His Guile in SF4 sucked.
Czesnek To be fair, Guile in SF5 is way more OP than he was in SF4, and I do think he's better overall as well. But I guess that's come come down to preference for some. I've seen a lot of players that didn't even touch Guile in 4 using him in 5. He's better here.
Well as these are ranked matches Daigo didnt pick him into Alex to counter but he used to swap between some charakters in the past. As far as i know he is playing more ryu lately, but i dont think that we can always get a answers to the question why he plays a ceartain charakter because he might just swap them cause he feels like it every now and then, even without any changes on the charakters
They nerfed his st.lk, Daigo said he didnt care about his other nerfs but that was the one that made him drop Ryu. Tokido also dropped him for akuma and even Kuroda switched from Ryu to Urien.
Really @ 11:56? That charge move didn't finish guile off. Wtf? Then the hits right after? This shit fixed?
its called scaling
Then the system is broken. For a character like Alex, who has a 3:1 strength ratio compared to someone like Rashid.. off of a stun? 3 power hits and that didn't finish the opponent. But had it been the golden boy Ryu a weak hadouken would have killed... yea, the scales are tipped..
capcom
ariesone3221 yea...because scaling works differently for every character.......it's a conspiracy.
ISDD > DAIGO Guile by far ....
#ISDDfan
Ahahaahahahahahahaha nice try man, nice try ahahahahahahahahah
Daigo que aburrido juegas mientras q alex da buen show te falta dinamica
rekt scrub do u think daigo has a good guile
Official Master It's kind of hard not to be good with Guile tbh. Guile's game plan is basically always the same: Spam enough booms to force your opponent into making mistakes and then flash kick when they close in, lol. His VT can also combo into the most damaging combo in the game. I prefer his Ryu tbh. In the end, all Guiles end up looking the same.
ISDD's Guile is unreal, some the tech he knows is amazing if you can wade through the madness!
You don't need flashy move or shit. Strong fundamental win the game
I think a lot more ppl would be playing Guile if it were that easy.
TriFF51 If he wasn't a charge character he'd be a lot more popular. Let's not forget that charge characters have never been the most popular.
he uses sonic boom too much it's lame
metal head have you ever played the guile alex match up as guile? Give it a shot without sonic booms and come back and tell me how it went.