Emblem Lord
The Legendary Lord
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This thread was made to give the Ryu community a way to come together and level up as a whole. By breaking down high level Ryu videos and gaining deeper insight on their decision making, we can learn from their weaknesses, emulate their strengths, and really see how a Ryu player can become more well rounded. No player is perfect. No one player is going to have ALL the answers. That's fine. This thread is a way for everyone to come together, analyze, learn, and grow.
This thread is NOT meant to chastise, berate or belittle the players we analyze. It is a tool for the advancement and growth of the Ryu community. We aren't here to look down on true competitors that trade blows with worthy opponents. We are students of the game. Always learning. Always improving.
On a weekly basis at the start of the week, usually Sunday afternoon, I will post up a new video and we will focus on that video for a week. All videos will be linked in this first post btw for easy access. For the analysis once the week is near it's end I will do a full breakdown. What we can learn from the video. Good habits as well as bad ones. When analyzing here are some concepts we should look at.
Neutral Game - How does the Ryu player handle the neutral when neither player has advantage?
Advantage - Do they safely press advantage? Do they overextend?
Disadvantage - Do they take huge risks to get back to neutral or do they play it cool?
Footsies - Do they have a strong poke/counter poke game?
Stage Control - Do they maintain strong stage presence and awareness?
Edge guarding - Do they attempt to go for damage or close stocks when their opponent is knocked off?
Bad habits - Do they roll alot or in a predictable fashion? Is there alot of Focus Attack spam in certain situations?
Adaptability - Do they keep doing the same things again and again? When their opponent shuts down one gameplan do they switch to another?
There are other concepts too so just be sure to keep an open mind and try to really pay attention to what is going. This is an open discussion thread. Don't worry about trying to sound like an expert. As I said we are all students. And for the players who's match gets posted in this thread, I invite you to come in and talk about the match and give your thoughts on it. Again I encourage EVERYONE to post. Think of this thread as a conversation. I will definitely make good on my word to give breakdowns so don't feel pressured to give a full blown analysis if you do not want too. Just any little thought or question is MORE than enough. Now onto the good part.
For our first match we have Venom vs Supergirlkels. This video actually inspired this thread tbh. When I saw this, I saw things that I knew the whole Ryu community could benefit from seeing. At the time of writing Venom imo has the potential to be the best Ryu on the planet. The match I am posting is actually the second part of his grand finals match vs Supergirlkels at LAN ETS 2016. Again let's be objective when we look at the gameplay. Bashing or looking down on others won't make us stronger players.
So let's take our time guys. After all we do have a week so no rush. Just watch the video and post your thoughts and ideas. What did Venom do right? What did he do wrong? What did you learn to do and not to do? Did he give you any ideas? Anything that might change Ryu's meta for the better? Or maybe you saw some holes that Ryu mains could benefit from if they worked on that. Let's have fun with this and hit the next level together.
Match Que
Venom - Ryu vs Supergirlkels - Kirby
https://youtu.be/uAcIvSvwHok
Ryo - Roy vs DJ Jack - Ryu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsB25FHh8A
False - Ryu vs Boss - Luigi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqGz6eS9_1k
This thread is NOT meant to chastise, berate or belittle the players we analyze. It is a tool for the advancement and growth of the Ryu community. We aren't here to look down on true competitors that trade blows with worthy opponents. We are students of the game. Always learning. Always improving.
On a weekly basis at the start of the week, usually Sunday afternoon, I will post up a new video and we will focus on that video for a week. All videos will be linked in this first post btw for easy access. For the analysis once the week is near it's end I will do a full breakdown. What we can learn from the video. Good habits as well as bad ones. When analyzing here are some concepts we should look at.
Neutral Game - How does the Ryu player handle the neutral when neither player has advantage?
Advantage - Do they safely press advantage? Do they overextend?
Disadvantage - Do they take huge risks to get back to neutral or do they play it cool?
Footsies - Do they have a strong poke/counter poke game?
Stage Control - Do they maintain strong stage presence and awareness?
Edge guarding - Do they attempt to go for damage or close stocks when their opponent is knocked off?
Bad habits - Do they roll alot or in a predictable fashion? Is there alot of Focus Attack spam in certain situations?
Adaptability - Do they keep doing the same things again and again? When their opponent shuts down one gameplan do they switch to another?
There are other concepts too so just be sure to keep an open mind and try to really pay attention to what is going. This is an open discussion thread. Don't worry about trying to sound like an expert. As I said we are all students. And for the players who's match gets posted in this thread, I invite you to come in and talk about the match and give your thoughts on it. Again I encourage EVERYONE to post. Think of this thread as a conversation. I will definitely make good on my word to give breakdowns so don't feel pressured to give a full blown analysis if you do not want too. Just any little thought or question is MORE than enough. Now onto the good part.
For our first match we have Venom vs Supergirlkels. This video actually inspired this thread tbh. When I saw this, I saw things that I knew the whole Ryu community could benefit from seeing. At the time of writing Venom imo has the potential to be the best Ryu on the planet. The match I am posting is actually the second part of his grand finals match vs Supergirlkels at LAN ETS 2016. Again let's be objective when we look at the gameplay. Bashing or looking down on others won't make us stronger players.
So let's take our time guys. After all we do have a week so no rush. Just watch the video and post your thoughts and ideas. What did Venom do right? What did he do wrong? What did you learn to do and not to do? Did he give you any ideas? Anything that might change Ryu's meta for the better? Or maybe you saw some holes that Ryu mains could benefit from if they worked on that. Let's have fun with this and hit the next level together.
Match Que
Venom - Ryu vs Supergirlkels - Kirby
https://youtu.be/uAcIvSvwHok
Ryo - Roy vs DJ Jack - Ryu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsB25FHh8A
False - Ryu vs Boss - Luigi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqGz6eS9_1k
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