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 With the release of Season 3 of Killer Instinct as well as the PC port, I wanted to go ahead and start fresh with a new thread. After seeing a bit of positive buzz from you guys playing, I wanted to get some resources for a lot of the newer players. What is Killer Instinct? Killer Instinct is a Free to Play fighting game for the Xbox One and Windows 10. Originally helmed by Double Helix, Iron Galaxy took over the second season and have turned the game around. The game is divided into 3 seasons of 9 characters. The game rotates the free character weekly giving players to test out the cast without heavily invested. Characters can be bought in individuals seasons for 20 dollars or peace meal. A complete edition of the game with all 3 current seasons is being sold for 50 dollars. The game is both cross-play and cross-buy. Anything you buy on the Xbox One version carries into the Windows 10 version and vice versa. How Does it Play? Killer Instinct is unique from most fighters due to the way its combo system works. Combo's can be broken with specific button presses allowing a smart player to make a comeback from a particularly vicious attack. A lot of higher level play is based around this. The risk/reward system balances more damaging combos having a better chance to be broken. The longer your chain, the more chances an opponent has to knock you out of it. This is also balanced by the lockout systems. If your opponent makes a bad read they get locked out of another combo breaker for a set amount of time depending on the strength of the button. The general combo system also has a specific flow that looks like this: Opener ->auto double/manual->Linker->Ender There is a fair amount of variation between those, but that is what your general combo flow should look like. Combos are not infinite and each move of the string puts players closer to what is called a blowout. A blow out occurs when the player does too many hits in a combo without cashing out their damage with an ender. Cashing your combo out adds a significant damage boost and leaves your opponent at disadvantage. Letting your opponent blow out puts them at a small advantage and can kill momentum. I'll be giving some links to a better explanation of the systems in the next post. Features Killer Instinct is one of the more robust and fully featured fighting games. Some of the cooler stuff includes: -Fully fleshed out tutorial -Shadow A.I system that lets players play AI versions of themselves -A plethora of training modes and options including full combo breaker training, hitboxes, frame data -Character move lists include frame data for everything -Fairly diverse roster of playstyles and skill sets -Extensive Ranked league with tiers, options for best of 3 and 8 player lobby support Controller Support Killer Instinct right now only supports XB360 fight sticks with XB1 coming at a later date. For the rest of us who have PS3/4/etc sticks, this guide will help you make it possible to use those via XOutput. It's what I personally use and it is similar to what you have to do to make PS4 sticks work for SFV. https://www.reddit.com/r/killerinstinct/comments/4ciyx5/steps_to_getting_xoutput_to_work_with_ki_pc/ SethSeries fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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Where do I start with learning the game As stated in the prior post, the actual game tutorial is the best place for a new player. It is incredibly comprehensive and covers every system the game has in depth. It's an excellent resource. Once you feel comfortable with that, we move on to a different source material. The Guide Infil's SF Players Guide to Killer Instinct is by far the best resource for the game. It covers the finer points of the combat system as well as extensive guides for every single character in the game. It features gifs, videos and numerous explanations for anything you want to know about the game. It also is what the character descriptions I'm using come from. The guide can be found here: http://ki.infil.net/index.html Characters Jago http://ki.infil.net/jago.html Style: Balanced Most Similar To: Ryu Players to watch: YOMI JagoBlake Sabrewulf http://ki.infil.net/sabrewulf.html Style: Rushdown Most Similar To: Cammy, Guy Players to watch: EG Justin Wong, MyGod Glacius http://ki.infil.net/glacius.html Style: Zoning Most Similar To: Dhalism, Dormammu(UMvC3) Players to Watch: Rocksteady, F3 Hollywood Sleep Thunder http://ki.infil.net/thunder.html Style: Grappler Most Similar to: Zangief, T HAWK Players to watch: Rico Suave Sadira http://ki.infil.net/sadira.html Style: Aerial Rushdown Most Similar To: C. Viper, Ibuki, Akuma Players to Watch: TSwagg Orchid http://ki.infil.net/orchid.html Style: Rushdown Most Similar to: Fei Long, Dr Doom (UMvC3) Players to watch: YOMI Saltface Spinal: http://ki.infil.net/spinal.html Style: Projectile Rushdown Most Similar To: Seth, Makoto (If you replace command grab with skulls) Players to watch: BassNS Fulgore: http://ki.infil.net/fulgore.html Style: Balanced Most Similar to: Guile, Ken, Seth Players to watch: Nicky, Rico Suave Shadow Jago http://ki.infil.net/shadowjago.html Style: Balanced Most Similar to: Demetri TJ COMBO http://ki.infil.net/tjcombo.html Style: Grappler Rushdown Most Similar to: Balrog, Abel Players to watch: Rebelo Requisite Geoff the Hero tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNFhOwzNzCY Maya: http://ki.infil.net/maya.html Style: Projectile Rushdown Similar to: Nobody Players to watch: CD Jr. Kan-ra: http://ki.infil.net/kanra.html Style: Trap Zoning, Ranged Grappling Similar to: Uhh.... Players to Watch: F3 Hollywood Sleep Riptor http://ki.infil.net/riptor.html Most Similar to: El Fuerte, Dudley Style: Rushdown, Hit and Run Players to Watch: GfromtheStreets Omen http://ki.infil.net/omen.html Style: Balanced Most Similar To: Rose, Ibuki, Firebrand(UMvC3) Aganos: http://ki.infil.net/aganos.html Style: Armored Rushdown and Zoning Most Similar to: Charles Barkley's Monstars clone in Space Jam Hisako: http://ki.infil.net/hisako.html Style: Surprise Grappling, Counter-Attacking Most Similar To: Makoto, Cody, Rose Requisite GeoffTheHero Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tb-A4f3VQY Cinder http://ki.infil.net/cinder.html Style: Highly Mobile Frame-Trap Rushdown, Hit and Run Most Similar To: Decapre, Magneto (Marvel vs. Capcom 3), Snake (Super Smash Bros. Project M) Players to Watch: DOMI Baal explaining Cinder in his car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2rWZN1PkTw Aria: http://ki.infil.net/aria.html Style: Balanced Most Similar To: Jago, with C. Viper, Fei Long, and Sagat flavors, on a Marvel vs. Capcom team Season 3's cast will be put up here as their guides are updated. TUSK http://ki.infil.net/tusk.html Style: Mid-range Bullying Most Similar To: Birdie (SFV), Waldstein (UNIEL) Rash Kim-Wu Arbiter http://ki.infil.net/arbiter.html Style: Balanced, Trap-Based Mixups Most Similar To: Arbiter (Halo series) Mira Current trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqhxGE-IyA IG offical character walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmwstSikfuY SethSeries fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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I'll update the OP with that in the morning.
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The general consensus was that KI was a good game shackled by a bad console. It is a great game that has a lot of tools to help new players. Speaking of, my XBL/Win10 name is ManSeriesSA. Ill be on most nights this week learning Kim Wu. I'll also ve updaing the op throughout the week.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:can i use xbox point cards to buy stuff on pc Im not sure. I think you can through the xbox store but dont quote me.
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Apr 4, 2016 17:08
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For anyone curious, the free character has changed to Jago.
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Trykt posted:Played a good set last night where a couple of things finally clicked for me and I had a lot of fun. I was fully in that "just one more" mode, especially after I lost, which this game happily accommodates with its fast load times and a fuckin rematch button. So much less downtime playing this game compared to SFV! If you want, make it a linkable post or post it to a blog site. Ill add it to the op.
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fadam posted:This game is neat but people being able to keep comboing you after the KO is as aids as fatalities are. Someone call scrub quotes.
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OP is updated with controller support. Also for what it's worth, outside of online play, most players don't swag combo each other forever after death. It's not the end of the world.
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Alright, I'm going to address both of you and nip this now because I want this game to keep having people who play it. You are allowed to not like parts of a game. I'll be real frank, I wouldn't have responded with,"Someone call Scrubquotes" had the original post not compared Ultra Combos and fatalities to loving AIDs. Had your post been something along the lines of,"Man, I'm enjoying this game but Ultra Combos kinda bug me" we would be having a different conversation. Fun fact, dropping an ultra at the end of the match is a safe way to end a combo the moment someone drops into danger. It cannot be broken, and while it is flashier than an ender, it is a guaranteed kill when used effectively. If you want to learn to play and stay open minded, just about anyone from the FGC will help you. Normally when someone tells you to "get gud", you're acting like a fool. Comparing a mechanic you don't like to AIDs is acting like a fool. As far as BKB goes, I have spent the last 2 years watching people poo poo on KI. I know a lot of people who have done the same, and admittedly the scene gets screwed at tournaments pretty regularly. The poo poo that went down at Final Round isn't the first time it happened. Not once on this forums did I go out there and bitch at people who didn't like my game. Enjoyment is subjective, and I have some issues with this game myself. That doesn't give me right to show up, insult people and act like a fool in various threads. I don't like DoA, Smash, or BlazBlue games, but I don't go out of my way to enter those threads and bitch about that game to people. Come here to talk about learning, playing or just general questions about KI or get the gently caress out.
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dangerdoom volvo posted:KI sucks
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TJ is the character I learned the game with. He's got some really good tools and a fair amount of options to get in and hurt people. He's got a few bad matchups, but nothing super detrimental to having a good time.
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Apr 11, 2016 12:35
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Man, I played TJ the last few years and the switch to Kim had been real rough.
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Newest patch dropped today. Patch notes below: http://www.ultra-combo.com/patch-notes-3-04/ Looks like a lot of quality of life fixes are live as well as fixes to busted Kan-Ra and Glacius issues.
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Man, that's good.
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Apr 13, 2016 14:56
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I signed up. I'd encourage as many of you interested to play to jump in too.
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Apr 15, 2016 21:50
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TJ Combo is the new character rotated in this week. Get them powerlines in!
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Mira reveal and walkthrough stream in 15 minutes. https://www.twitch.tv/irongalaxy
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Baal posted:Anonspore wanted some Cinder info so I made this vid while driving. Watch it if you want a totally professional summary of Cinder and why he's the coolest despite being a fire man. Went ahead and threw that in the op if you don't mind. Also threw Miras trailer in there and I'm adding her character walkthrough as well.
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New patch notes and balance changes are live. Just about the entire cast is affected: http://www.ultra-combo.com/patch-notes-3-1/
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:yeah but MS has like 3 or 4 different kinds. didnt know what to grab They unified the currency cards awhile back.
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Admittedly this game didnt come into its own until midway through season 2 when Iron Galaxy proceeded to lose their fool rear end minds. Thats when Shadow AI, Breaker Training and a lot of the other tools came in. S1 was pretty rough.
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The only character who feels good on pad is TJ and only because he has MK inputs.
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