Welcome back to Jett Vs., the series of blog posts where I analyze some of my fighting game matches for your entertainment. You may learn a thing or two from my match analysis as well, though I don’t claim to be an expert in anything.
In this post, my Rose takes on MOMOHUBBY‘s Ken, who was the 29th highest ranked Ken in the world on XBOX Live when we played each other. Do I stand a chance against high quality competition?
The Rose vs. Ken Match-Up
This match is generally considered to be even, as neither character has any inherent advantages over the other. While Ken is often associated with scrub-level play due to his popularity with newbies, Ken is now a really good character in Version 2012. If he gets in close to his opponent, he can do all sorts of crazy damage and put his opponents in tricky mix-up situations.
As a Rose player, I want nothing to do with Ken’s inside game. I want to keep him away from me with fireballs, fend him off with pokes from footsies range, or intelligently pressure him in close without opening myself up to eat a huge combo.
The Match
I set the tone of the match by playing within footsies range. Once I’m in there, I tag him with staccato and long range pokes such as Rose’s slide, her standing medium kick and crouching medium kick. I back off when I want some breathing room and when he gets too close, I throw him away. In the second round, he opens me up a bit, but that’s primarily
In Hindsight
This video wasn’t posted because it was a flashy match, or because I beat a high-ranked Ken. I posted it to show how my specific strategy of keeping Ken outside worked out. Luckily for me, it worked well on this one. I never really let Ken into this match because I kept him out of the my face, where’s he’s the most dangerous. Thanks to MOMOHUBBY for the match, though I’m sure he’d figure out my ways and light me up with a number of Shoryukens. Here’s to hoping he doesn’t read this and uses this against me next time.
In Third Person 