VF5FS Brad: Now With More Shoo Shoo!

There is conclusive evidence that "Slipping", "Ducking" and "Sway Back" stances are still in. Though there has as yet not been an example of Long Ducking or Phasing Turn that I've seen.

The issue regarding Slipping stems from the notion that direction specific attacks may have been removed in favour of a universal range of attacks that can be performed regardless of the direction you slip in.

Brad vs Akira: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAk0h08xOFk

Brad vs Akira: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPfirNkKgU (Wall combo practice).

 

Taka VS Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MJg46zXQ-k&translated=1

 

I think if they've taken out Left/Right Slipping, Long Ducking and Phasing Turn, it really is too much of a simplification. I don't think any of those things would have kept people from enjoying Brad, and for my part, they make him really fun.

I love checking Brad's body and moving Left/Right accordingly when I want the Smash Hook (which is like the left hook in boxing, punch that broke Muhammed Ali's jaw)

it's depth that makes it more fun, I hope they aren't also taking stances from Lei etc

 

Brad vs Vanessa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG5--ogQLHQ

1:07 = Jumping while descending is a mid hitting elbow that looks similar to his old +.

Vanessa vs Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6pISGspxY

Vanessa vs Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD2sKgG3tzM (This was originally posted via Nico Nico Douga or Zoome, I can't remember which).

Goh vs Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQ8fqwCNIE

 

beginning of 3rd round vs Goh, you can see pretty easily he does Smash Hook from Slipping Right, so looks like you're right about slipping being unified

 

Oh snap, I was right!

I've never been right before. Feels kinda good.

 

The side specific slipping and long ducking and phasing turn were the main things that I thought that made Brad a fairly challenging character compared to the others. Gotta say I don't like the look of that new mid kick counter, it looks really unsatisfying. Should've left it the same but opened up a combo opportunity off of it.

Why is it that every non wall combo with Brad since VF5R ends with that jumping double knee? I was hoping to see a bit more variety from him in FS.

 

Is that reversal at 1:32?

 

I think that's what replaced his mid kick reversal because I haven't seen it once in any of the Brad videos.

 

Yah, it's his mid kick reversal.

 

The speaker said "sabaki" tough

 

Brad VS Shun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_WfiQZz89Q&translated=1

Some awesome info from Muda!

 

Earning +15 instead of knock down!
Brad is ready!!

 

Aoi vs Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNSBi6GYo8&

Shun vs Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE0QkL0_VhA

Lei-Fei vs Brad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfO_2ufonU

 

I noticed that:

neutral throw -1 DP
new "3 knees to the head" throw -1 DP
uf+p jumping elbow > uf+k+g jumping double knees float -2 DP
f+p+k elbow to the face > df+p+k,p > uf+k+g standard float -3 DP

...of course shun still won the match.

 

Uranaha is back!
Great fight:
Brad vs Pai
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I think Long Ducking is still in VF5FS. Check out after the k.o. in round 1. Brad does Ducking followed by what looks like another Ducking and then does K+G. I might be mistaken and that could just be another Ducking but I think both Ducking and Long Ducking aren't as telegraphed as before.

Brad vs Lei
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For all you Brad players looking to get better you guys should check out this guy's youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/uranaha

He's got a bunch of old VF5 vids mislabeled with weird letters like bztgxyt and shit like that but even his oldest vids have a lot to be learned from.

 

I don't think that was a long ducking, there was only 1 shoo and that was for the ducking he did after that like dash/crouching dash or w/e he did that almost looked like long ducking.
maybe he still has it though.. but I doubt it, they probably mapped things to forward K, P, K+G, P+K instead since before you couldn't do that since you would go into long ducking soon as you hit forward after going into ducking.

 

That point at 0:52 in the Brad vs Pai match looked like a regular forward crouch dash followed by Ducking to me (YMMV).

 

is guaranteed on a minor counter hit.

 

Out of curiosity, what source are you referencing that from?

Brad vs Wolf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXPpFR1LwyA

GARI1423, the uploader of this clip, seems like someone we should pay attention to.