Why do you play with Lion?

I thought I could smell some pee. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif All good fun. Would really like to play you again, let me know when you're down. We should go to the pub afterwards next time. Just a shame I didnt have time last time. Keep with Lion definately, see you next time!

 

Why would we go to the pub when we can play VF5?

 

True, true.

 

Everytime I think I'm bored with Lion's style, Chibita does something that makes my jaw drop -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsXTbBeqi9U

Check out how he wins his first round! It's not a combo, right? Cos the energy bar resets, but he uses /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif in a funny way. Also, I see everyone's doing /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/d.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif,/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif,/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif after his /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif now.

 

been using lion almost exclusively since vf3 days...i've just always loved his flamboyance and his almost care-free fighting style.

i also think he has some of the most natural looking animations in the whole game.

 

Because he's cute and annoying. I love guys like that, lol. ^.^

 

Been playing Lion since VF2...
Love Mantis Kung Fu...
Would have switched to Lei Fei but I don't like characters with
stance sets....
Another Major reason is because he is low and I think that protects him somewhat, it also makes him confusing to play against sometimes.

 

The 360 VF5 is my 1st time getting into VF . I've always been a street fighter player ,since the Guile invisible throw days , and I'm sick of FPS so I got VF5
For me lion was the 1st player I actually started winning some online games with so I adopted him . As a SF player I think his low attacks suit my style more than the other characters . And he doesnt go into crazy stances where you cant move . Those are kind of a mind bender for a newbie .

I do think his victory dances are a little annoying and lame , hey but at least I win some with him

 

He looks like Eliot from DoA.
Low tier.
Not very popular.
Nice long range pokes.
And Chibita gives me really great ideas to base my style off of.

 

Low Tier? Not on this thread, son.

 

What I mean is that he needs to work harder to win.
So when I win, it means I deserve it that much more.

And this argues with you about the current tier list.

 

when both players are at equal skill level, every battle is always hard fought. the tier list is insignicant...

 

lion is such a dumb french slimy frog. but he has style /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

 

lion iz very fun 2 ply with

 

For what it's worth, I can tell you why I don't play with Lion: I really hate his voice, his "ah!", "yeah" and so on during the fight. His opening and victory banter is also SO annoying. Finally, I hate some of his moves:

/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/db.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif is simply the most physics-laws-defying move of the entire game. Also, I don't see why he has attacks and moves that pull the opponent closer to him, when the poor guy is in the air after a floater, whilst every other characters' moves push the floated enemy further

But I reckon is a very strong character, especially against other humans, because of his style, his decoys and the variety of his attacks. If there's one thing that makes the whole tier system simply unbelievable, is the fact that Lion would be one of the least strong characters in the game.

 

What do you mean pull them closer? Most of Lion's combos make your opponent travel a far distance.

 

He's referring to moves like

BT Attack --> /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif (ex. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif --> /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif)

and /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif

Both of which will pull a floating opponent closer.

 

Exactly. I find it such a cheat.

Also, I meant /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif, not /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/db.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif. He freaking glides over the ring as if gravity, inhertia and friction didn't regard him and it's feet crumple even on normal hit, I mean, what the fuck where they thinking...

 

well, he needs many combo launcher cuz he is weak. and the /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif takes a time so the opponent can block or do whatever

 

The attacks that pull an opponent back in the air aren't that cheap at all. They look weird, and that's about it... His combo list doesn't extend that much because of those moves (/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif usually ends up being a combo finisher, not a relaunch--/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif --> /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif+/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif have always led to standard combos that aren't much better than the standard combo launcher options of other characters).

Whatever you think of /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif, it looks weird but in good offline play, against good opponents, it's only really great as a high attack punisher or to punish whiffed attacks if done early enough from mid/long range. Fast opponents can evade or block the attack on reflex easily because of the long execution time.

Anyhow, Lion's a good poker, but he has to gamble a bit more than most characters to get the damage going.

side note: It's fun taking down opponents with an obnoxious character

-Chanchai