All moves use standard movelist syntax for Tekken -
Joystick movements:
u = up
d = down
f = forward (toward opponent)
b = back (away from opponent)
df = downforward (diagonal)
db = downback (diagonal)
uf = upfoward
ub = upbackward
N = return joystick to neutral
SS = sidestep, tap either u or d very gently - not to crouch or hop, but
to sidestep.
1 = Left punch
2 = Right punch
3 = Left Kick
4 = Right Kick
5 = Tag
+ = at same time
~ = not at same time, but with no pause whatsoever between
, = immediately after
If a direction is capitalized, HOLD direction as opposed to tapping
This isn't meant to be an in-depth moves guide, for those, go check
GameFAQs or something. It's just a few moves with better descriptions
than usually given.
Disclaimer: None of the characters and most of the moves aren't mine.
I'm just borrowing them. Don't sue.
Background:
Tekken is a fighting game for Arcade/PSX/PS2. In Tekken 3, a demon
named Toshin AKA Ogre absorbed the life essences of the strongest
fighters in the world, the participants in previous Tekken Games. Ogre
was defeated in Tekken 3, all the fighters that had been absorbed
were released. However, the essence of Toshin was not completely
destroyed and bonded with the soul of Jun Kazama (a woman in Tekken 2).
Jun broke free, but a part of her remained with Toshin. In an attempt
to regain its power, Toshin assumed the form of an Unknown woman with a
ghostly aura and summoned the greatest warriors in the world - the
competitors in all the Tekken tournaments. The competitors were
ordered to battle for their souls until one pair remained standing, at
which point Toshin would take the souls of the defeated and free the
victorious pair. Of course, it was lying, but the fighters had no
choice. Ranma and Ryouga had happened to be in China searching for
Jusenkyo and were tending to the wounded Jun Kazama who they discovered
in a field. When a magical vortex appeared to drag Jun in, they
foolishly followed and became one of the pairs of contestants fighting
for their lives.
Ranma 1/2 is an Anime/Manga. Ranma Saotome is the main character, he's
a Japanese kid who's a martial artist. There's a hidden place in China
called Jusenkyou with cursed springs, you fall in and from then on cold
water changes you into something, hot water changes you back. If you
fall into the spring of drowned man or woman, you can remove your
curse. Ranma is cursed to change into a girl. He's got 3 fiancees due
to various events too complicated to quickly explain, and another girl
chasing after him. Akane is the one he really loves, Shampoo and Ukyo
he likes, and Kodachi is insane. All are martial artists. This occurs
after the end of the Manga. Akane was murdered by the other fiancees
while Ranma was incapacitated by Kodachi. Ryouga is an old friend/rival
of Ranmas who gets lost incredibly easily. He changes into a pig, who
Akane nicknamed P-chan and slept with not knowing it was Ryouga.
He hates Ranma, but is also sort of his friend. Both Ranma and Ryouga's
ki blasts have the capacity to destroy a SUV in one blast at this point.
They bumped into each other on one of the periodic trips they made to
try and find Jusenkyo (neither has yet thought to learn Mandarin and
ask) and were keeping a temporary uneasy truce while they searched.
Ryouga blames Ranma for Akane's death, but accepts that he needs to
train harder to avenge Akane.
Ranma's Special Attacks -
KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGIRUKEN AKA CHESTNUT FIST - using ki, he speeds his
punches to several hundred per second for a brief period
MUOKO TAKABISHA - A ki blast that draws power from Ranma's emotion of
confidence
HIRYU SHOTEN HA - Ranma moves in a spiral around his opponent then
uppercuts thin air, creating a ki tornado
Ryouga's Special Attacks -
Bandanna Throw - Ryouga has an endless supply of polka-dotted yellow
bandannas, he can stiffen/sharpen them with ki and throw them.
BAKUSAI TENKETSU AKA BREAKING POINT - He uses ki to strike the
ground/a boulder and breaks it. Doesn't work on people.
SHI SHI HOUKODAN - A ki blast that draws power from Ryouga's emotion
of depression.
PERFECT SHI SHI HOUKODAN - The ultimate version of Ryouga's ki attack,
it hits everything in the area around him with incredible force.
This is the first match Ranma and Ryouga fight - against Forrest Law
and Paul Phoenix.
Chapter 1 - First Match: The Old American and Bruce Lee
Ranma and Ryouga looked at their opponents. Forrest Law was an
analogue to Ranma - deadly fast, but very strong. Paul Pheonix was
Ryouga's counterpart - slower, less agile, less flexible - but
massively strong. An unearthly voice boomed out "Ranma Saotome and
Ryouga Hibiki versus Forrest Law and Paul Pheonix!" announcing the
match.
Law stepped forward and assumed a loose Jeet Kun Do stance, bouncing on
the balls of his feet. Ranma walked up to Law, and stopped about 3
feet away. Not recognizing Law's unique family stance, he fell into a
basic Anything Goes stance, i.e., pretty much the same as Law's -
formless, fluid, ready to react to anything. Law had never heard of
this particular opponent before. He decided to test Ranma's abilities
with a quick left jab.
This is a simple left punch: 1
Ranma saw the punch coming and barely managed to raise his arms to block
the jab.
"Man, you're fast!" said Ranma. Law grinned and replied "You're not so
slow yourself...DRAGON TAIL!" as he suddenly crouched down, balanced on
his hands, and spun both his legs forward in a sweep.
This is a move unique to Law, and very useful: DB+4
Taken by surprise by the sudden attack in the middle of a conversation,
Ranma didn't react in time and had his feet swept out from under him.
He landed on his back as Law stood up. Ranma immediately performed a
kickup into Law's chest, but Law blocked his legs and Ranma landed
immediately in front of Law. In the moment he needed to steady
himself, Law performed four left jabs right after each other. Ranma
took the first three right on the jaw, but managed to block the last
one. Law continued seamlessly with a right punch to the face, a right
elbow to Ranma's gut, and a right backfist to his face, all blocked by
Ranma
This is a move only Law and Lee have. It's Machine Gun Arrow
linked with the Rave War Combo. It's very fast and
seamless...unless one of the first jabs is reversed, you are
safe doing this: F+1,1,1,1,2,2,2
He then returned to his basic stance without an opening for Ranma to
counter attack. Ranma shook his head to clear his mind and decided to
go on the offensive. He started delivering a series of rapid jabs,
alternating right and left. All of them were blocked, but Ranma simply
continued and didn't let up. He slowly forced his opponent back,
waiting for Law's guard to break under the constant
assault.
Law was in trouble. This guy was as fast as he was, if not even
faster. He couldn't lower his guard if he didn't want to be hit
repeatedly, and he couldn't counter attack without lowering his guard.
Law nodded at Paul and suddenly ran away from Ranma, tagging out to his
partner.
Tag out (duh): 5
Ranma stopped his barrage of punches as Paul entered the ring.
Anticipating Paul to be much slower, he snapped out a high right kick.
Instead of dodging or blocking it, Paul grabbed the leg and twisted it,
flipping Ranma over onto the ground.
This is a reversal. Only a few characters can reverse, Paul
being one of them. As Ranma's kick was a right kick, you do the
right reversal: b+2+4
He then jumped on top of Ranma and started delivering alternating left
and right punches to Ranma's face.
This is something everyone can do. If you are fairly close in,
simply run at your opponent and you will straddle them.
Alternate between left and right punches for a few points of
damage. Some characters (including Paul) can do an armbar.
Both the alternating punches and armbar are reversable. Paul
has a unique Power Bomb series of attacks on a downed opponent
that is very damaging and not reversable, but very hard to pull
off: F, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2
Ranma grabbed Paul's left arm on the second punch and pulled, flipping
them over so Paul was on the bottom. Not releasing his hold, Ranma
turned and pulled, dislocating Paul's left shoulder. He released his
opponent, thinking Paul out of the match.
Paul stood up, in pain. He had a lot more left in him, however. He
grabbed his left arm with his right and twisted, popping his arm back
into the socket. He snorted, and prepared to deal his trademark move -
"PHOENIX SMASHER!" He dashed forward while crouching in one smooth
movement and delivered a massive right punch.
Better known as the "Deathfist" Paul's Phoenix Smasher is very
powerful, easy to do, and one of the cheapest moves in the
game. Beware, experienced players can easily reverse it, but
the damage it does is insane: d, df, f+2
Ranma barely managed to block the attack and was driven back several
feet by it.
Ranma grunted. "Heh. That's a good punch you have there. Now, try
one of mine." As he spoke, Ranma dashed forward, seeming to blur and
teleport to right in front of Paul and delivered a massive uppercut,
right through Paul's guard. As Paul went flying, Ranma jumped into the
air with him and delivered a flipkick. The impact of the kick kept
Paul up in the air as Ranma landed. "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGIRUKEN!" Law
watched in horror as Ranma delivered more than a hundred punches in the
space of a second. He could feel the gusts of wind Ranma's missed
punches were creating. Law ran out before Paul landed, but was
intercepted by Ryouga. Looking at the boy in the spotted yellow
bandana, Law dashed forward and kneed Ryouga, causing him to fly back.
This is a throw unique to Law and Lee: f+3+4
Law ran back behind Ranma and grabbed him from behind by the neck.
Pull Ranma back over his knee, Law delivered a crushing blow to Ranma's
chest, breaking two ribs.
This is Law's backthrow. Perform either a default left or right
throw from the opponent's back: 1+3 or 2+4 from back
Ranma collapsed onto the ground just as Ryouga came back and delivered a
punch to Law's jaw. The impact sent Law flying back several feet. As
Law fell, Ryouga pulled Ranma to his feet. Seeing Paul getting up
behind Ryouga, Ranma nodded to Ryouga to pull out the ki blasts. "MOUKO
TAKABISHA!" "SHI SHI HOUKODAN!" Law and Paul barely had time to see
the massive balls of energy heading for them before they were enveloped.
To them, it felt like being crushed by a massive fist at they same time
they were being punched by a giant.
To Ranma and Ryouga's amazement, Law and Paul staggered to their feet.
Law looked at Paul and nodded. Law dashed forward at Ryouga, but
suddenly slowed and came to a halt about a yard away. Law extended his
fist to within an inch of Ryouga's abdomen, and suddenly punched
forward extremely fast, dealing a heavy blow to Ryouga's solar plexus.
Doubling over in pain, Ryouga was caught unaware by a uppercut Paul
performed to his chest. Ryouga was sent flying into the air, and was
kicked one last time by Law as he came down.
This whole combo is a modified version of a Law/Paul tag combo.
First, Law comes in with a Poison Arrow: f+2~1
If you perform the Poison Arrow in the middle of a dash, Law
slows and performs it. On a counter hit, the opponent crumples
over in a gutstun. Then, you tag out to your partner. Almost
every other character will come in and do an automatic attack
after the Poison Arrow. Paul specifically has a special combo -
he comes out and will automatically do a sway (d, db, b).
Follow up with Paul's Stone Breaker: 2, 2
Law comes back in his Fake Step parry stance. Now, here, I have
modified it to do a right kick. In actual gameplay, you do a
Fake Step Blow backfist for some major damage and the announcer
will shout "GREAT!" To do the Fake Step Blow, tap 1
So, the whole sequence is - starting with Law: f, F+2~1, 5, 2,
2, 5, 1
While Law and Paul had been performing their combo on Ryouga, Ranma had
been circling around them in an ever tighter spiral. As Ryouga landed
just outside Ranma's circle, Ranma delivered an uppercut at the space
between Law and Paul, apparently missing. "HIRYU SHOTEN HA!" Out of
nowhere, a massive tornado erupted from the ground, sending Law and
Paul flying up hundreds of feet. Paul fell like a stone and hit the
ground HARD, but Law managed to right himself and landed on his feet
next to Ranma (hey, he's got practice landing from all those
backflips). Not expecting Law to have landed without serious injury,
Ranma was taken unawares as Law fired a very rapid series of
alternating punches into his side, finishing with an uppercut that sent
Ranma flying.
This is Law's Triple Gut Punch combo. Not recommended, as you
get incredibly lagged on the last hit and is quite easy to
block: SS, 2, 1, 2, 1
Ryouga got up from Law and Paul's combo and saw Law punch Ranma.
Ryouga was even slower than usual in his injured state and tried to
think of a way to attack Law without being countered. Inspiration
struck. "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Law turned to Ryouga, anticipating some
sort of attack. Instead, Ryouga stabbed his fingers into the ground,
sending up a shower of rocks and dust. "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" "BAKUSAI
TENKETSU!" "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Ryouga repeatedly
performed the breaking point at the same spot as fast as he could, not
giving the ground time to explode out and relax. Finally, under
repeated assault, the ground exploded, sending dozens of rocks and
hundreds of sharp small shards toward Law. Law watched in horror as
the barrage threatened to break every bone in his body.
Paul got up from his fall, amazed that arms and legs weren't broken.
Seeing Law about to be hit by a hail of rocks, he ran forward and
tackled Law out of the way. As they landed, Paul released Law and
rolled. Standing up, he found himself standing next to Ranma, who was
just beginning to rise. Paul crouched down very slightly, and focused
all his ki, all his pain, all his anger into his right arm and
delivered a single incredible blow. "BURNING FIST!" he screamed, as he
hit Ranma with enough force to kill an Elephant. Ranma raised his arms
to block to no avail, and was sent flying.
This is Paul's unblockable. In regular gameplay, this should be
sufficient to take out 90% of your opponent's health if it
connects. A very big if as you can't block while charging it
and it takes some time to charge, but if it hits...: B+1+2
Ranma landed in the most pain he'd ever been in in his life. Worse
than the Neko-ken training. Worse than the full body cat tongue. This
exquisite agony was beyond anything he'd ever experienced. If it
hadn't been for the ki he summoned to an attempt to buffer the attack,
he'd probably be dead by now. He staggered to his feet, and looked at
Paul.
Ryouga watched on in horror as Ranma went flying. He'd had plenty of
experience hitting Ranma, and knew he'd never managed a blow of that
strength. Finding that not only was he less capable than Ranma, but
also apparently weaker than this gaijin who didn't even perform ki
attacks...Ryouga sank into a deeper and deeper depression.
Ranma saw Ryouga standing, not moving. Realizing why, he drew as much
ki as he could and added it to his defensive aura. He dashed at Law
and Paul and started jabbing randomly at his opponents. Pushing
himself to near amagiruken speeds (he couldn't afford to use any ki to
actually perform the chestnut fist), he started taunting Ryouga even as
he forced Law and Paul towards the eternally lost boy. "You're so
weak, Ryouga. You couldn't defeat either of these two. The American's
an old man, almost fifty, and he hits harder than you do. The Chinese
is faster than you'll ever be. Even if you were there when Shampoo and
the rest attacked, you wouldn't have been any use. You're pathetic.
Akane's dead, and you wouldn't have made any difference at all."
As he heard Ranma's words, Ryouga's depression and anger grew. With
that last remark, he broke. "PERFECT SHI SHI HOUKODAN!!!"
When the dust cleared, Paul and Law were knocked out and bleeding.
Ranma was lying on the ground, panting and coughing up blood. "Not
bad, P-Chan." "Dont...call...me...that." panted Ryouga. The two boys
were completely drained. "Just think," groaned Ranma. "There's at
least 9 more fights to go...and they aren't going to get any easier."
End Chapter 1
Notes:
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is true. The process is called living." -- Terry Pratchett
Joystick movements:
u = up
d = down
f = forward (toward opponent)
b = back (away from opponent)
df = downforward (diagonal)
db = downback (diagonal)
uf = upfoward
ub = upbackward
N = return joystick to neutral
SS = sidestep, tap either u or d very gently - not to crouch or hop, but
to sidestep.
1 = Left punch
2 = Right punch
3 = Left Kick
4 = Right Kick
5 = Tag
+ = at same time
~ = not at same time, but with no pause whatsoever between
, = immediately after
If a direction is capitalized, HOLD direction as opposed to tapping
This isn't meant to be an in-depth moves guide, for those, go check
GameFAQs or something. It's just a few moves with better descriptions
than usually given.
Disclaimer: None of the characters and most of the moves aren't mine.
I'm just borrowing them. Don't sue.
Background:
Tekken is a fighting game for Arcade/PSX/PS2. In Tekken 3, a demon
named Toshin AKA Ogre absorbed the life essences of the strongest
fighters in the world, the participants in previous Tekken Games. Ogre
was defeated in Tekken 3, all the fighters that had been absorbed
were released. However, the essence of Toshin was not completely
destroyed and bonded with the soul of Jun Kazama (a woman in Tekken 2).
Jun broke free, but a part of her remained with Toshin. In an attempt
to regain its power, Toshin assumed the form of an Unknown woman with a
ghostly aura and summoned the greatest warriors in the world - the
competitors in all the Tekken tournaments. The competitors were
ordered to battle for their souls until one pair remained standing, at
which point Toshin would take the souls of the defeated and free the
victorious pair. Of course, it was lying, but the fighters had no
choice. Ranma and Ryouga had happened to be in China searching for
Jusenkyo and were tending to the wounded Jun Kazama who they discovered
in a field. When a magical vortex appeared to drag Jun in, they
foolishly followed and became one of the pairs of contestants fighting
for their lives.
Ranma 1/2 is an Anime/Manga. Ranma Saotome is the main character, he's
a Japanese kid who's a martial artist. There's a hidden place in China
called Jusenkyou with cursed springs, you fall in and from then on cold
water changes you into something, hot water changes you back. If you
fall into the spring of drowned man or woman, you can remove your
curse. Ranma is cursed to change into a girl. He's got 3 fiancees due
to various events too complicated to quickly explain, and another girl
chasing after him. Akane is the one he really loves, Shampoo and Ukyo
he likes, and Kodachi is insane. All are martial artists. This occurs
after the end of the Manga. Akane was murdered by the other fiancees
while Ranma was incapacitated by Kodachi. Ryouga is an old friend/rival
of Ranmas who gets lost incredibly easily. He changes into a pig, who
Akane nicknamed P-chan and slept with not knowing it was Ryouga.
He hates Ranma, but is also sort of his friend. Both Ranma and Ryouga's
ki blasts have the capacity to destroy a SUV in one blast at this point.
They bumped into each other on one of the periodic trips they made to
try and find Jusenkyo (neither has yet thought to learn Mandarin and
ask) and were keeping a temporary uneasy truce while they searched.
Ryouga blames Ranma for Akane's death, but accepts that he needs to
train harder to avenge Akane.
Ranma's Special Attacks -
KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGIRUKEN AKA CHESTNUT FIST - using ki, he speeds his
punches to several hundred per second for a brief period
MUOKO TAKABISHA - A ki blast that draws power from Ranma's emotion of
confidence
HIRYU SHOTEN HA - Ranma moves in a spiral around his opponent then
uppercuts thin air, creating a ki tornado
Ryouga's Special Attacks -
Bandanna Throw - Ryouga has an endless supply of polka-dotted yellow
bandannas, he can stiffen/sharpen them with ki and throw them.
BAKUSAI TENKETSU AKA BREAKING POINT - He uses ki to strike the
ground/a boulder and breaks it. Doesn't work on people.
SHI SHI HOUKODAN - A ki blast that draws power from Ryouga's emotion
of depression.
PERFECT SHI SHI HOUKODAN - The ultimate version of Ryouga's ki attack,
it hits everything in the area around him with incredible force.
This is the first match Ranma and Ryouga fight - against Forrest Law
and Paul Phoenix.
Chapter 1 - First Match: The Old American and Bruce Lee
Ranma and Ryouga looked at their opponents. Forrest Law was an
analogue to Ranma - deadly fast, but very strong. Paul Pheonix was
Ryouga's counterpart - slower, less agile, less flexible - but
massively strong. An unearthly voice boomed out "Ranma Saotome and
Ryouga Hibiki versus Forrest Law and Paul Pheonix!" announcing the
match.
Law stepped forward and assumed a loose Jeet Kun Do stance, bouncing on
the balls of his feet. Ranma walked up to Law, and stopped about 3
feet away. Not recognizing Law's unique family stance, he fell into a
basic Anything Goes stance, i.e., pretty much the same as Law's -
formless, fluid, ready to react to anything. Law had never heard of
this particular opponent before. He decided to test Ranma's abilities
with a quick left jab.
This is a simple left punch: 1
Ranma saw the punch coming and barely managed to raise his arms to block
the jab.
"Man, you're fast!" said Ranma. Law grinned and replied "You're not so
slow yourself...DRAGON TAIL!" as he suddenly crouched down, balanced on
his hands, and spun both his legs forward in a sweep.
This is a move unique to Law, and very useful: DB+4
Taken by surprise by the sudden attack in the middle of a conversation,
Ranma didn't react in time and had his feet swept out from under him.
He landed on his back as Law stood up. Ranma immediately performed a
kickup into Law's chest, but Law blocked his legs and Ranma landed
immediately in front of Law. In the moment he needed to steady
himself, Law performed four left jabs right after each other. Ranma
took the first three right on the jaw, but managed to block the last
one. Law continued seamlessly with a right punch to the face, a right
elbow to Ranma's gut, and a right backfist to his face, all blocked by
Ranma
This is a move only Law and Lee have. It's Machine Gun Arrow
linked with the Rave War Combo. It's very fast and
seamless...unless one of the first jabs is reversed, you are
safe doing this: F+1,1,1,1,2,2,2
He then returned to his basic stance without an opening for Ranma to
counter attack. Ranma shook his head to clear his mind and decided to
go on the offensive. He started delivering a series of rapid jabs,
alternating right and left. All of them were blocked, but Ranma simply
continued and didn't let up. He slowly forced his opponent back,
waiting for Law's guard to break under the constant
assault.
Law was in trouble. This guy was as fast as he was, if not even
faster. He couldn't lower his guard if he didn't want to be hit
repeatedly, and he couldn't counter attack without lowering his guard.
Law nodded at Paul and suddenly ran away from Ranma, tagging out to his
partner.
Tag out (duh): 5
Ranma stopped his barrage of punches as Paul entered the ring.
Anticipating Paul to be much slower, he snapped out a high right kick.
Instead of dodging or blocking it, Paul grabbed the leg and twisted it,
flipping Ranma over onto the ground.
This is a reversal. Only a few characters can reverse, Paul
being one of them. As Ranma's kick was a right kick, you do the
right reversal: b+2+4
He then jumped on top of Ranma and started delivering alternating left
and right punches to Ranma's face.
This is something everyone can do. If you are fairly close in,
simply run at your opponent and you will straddle them.
Alternate between left and right punches for a few points of
damage. Some characters (including Paul) can do an armbar.
Both the alternating punches and armbar are reversable. Paul
has a unique Power Bomb series of attacks on a downed opponent
that is very damaging and not reversable, but very hard to pull
off: F, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2
Ranma grabbed Paul's left arm on the second punch and pulled, flipping
them over so Paul was on the bottom. Not releasing his hold, Ranma
turned and pulled, dislocating Paul's left shoulder. He released his
opponent, thinking Paul out of the match.
Paul stood up, in pain. He had a lot more left in him, however. He
grabbed his left arm with his right and twisted, popping his arm back
into the socket. He snorted, and prepared to deal his trademark move -
"PHOENIX SMASHER!" He dashed forward while crouching in one smooth
movement and delivered a massive right punch.
Better known as the "Deathfist" Paul's Phoenix Smasher is very
powerful, easy to do, and one of the cheapest moves in the
game. Beware, experienced players can easily reverse it, but
the damage it does is insane: d, df, f+2
Ranma barely managed to block the attack and was driven back several
feet by it.
Ranma grunted. "Heh. That's a good punch you have there. Now, try
one of mine." As he spoke, Ranma dashed forward, seeming to blur and
teleport to right in front of Paul and delivered a massive uppercut,
right through Paul's guard. As Paul went flying, Ranma jumped into the
air with him and delivered a flipkick. The impact of the kick kept
Paul up in the air as Ranma landed. "KACHUU TENSHIN AMAGIRUKEN!" Law
watched in horror as Ranma delivered more than a hundred punches in the
space of a second. He could feel the gusts of wind Ranma's missed
punches were creating. Law ran out before Paul landed, but was
intercepted by Ryouga. Looking at the boy in the spotted yellow
bandana, Law dashed forward and kneed Ryouga, causing him to fly back.
This is a throw unique to Law and Lee: f+3+4
Law ran back behind Ranma and grabbed him from behind by the neck.
Pull Ranma back over his knee, Law delivered a crushing blow to Ranma's
chest, breaking two ribs.
This is Law's backthrow. Perform either a default left or right
throw from the opponent's back: 1+3 or 2+4 from back
Ranma collapsed onto the ground just as Ryouga came back and delivered a
punch to Law's jaw. The impact sent Law flying back several feet. As
Law fell, Ryouga pulled Ranma to his feet. Seeing Paul getting up
behind Ryouga, Ranma nodded to Ryouga to pull out the ki blasts. "MOUKO
TAKABISHA!" "SHI SHI HOUKODAN!" Law and Paul barely had time to see
the massive balls of energy heading for them before they were enveloped.
To them, it felt like being crushed by a massive fist at they same time
they were being punched by a giant.
To Ranma and Ryouga's amazement, Law and Paul staggered to their feet.
Law looked at Paul and nodded. Law dashed forward at Ryouga, but
suddenly slowed and came to a halt about a yard away. Law extended his
fist to within an inch of Ryouga's abdomen, and suddenly punched
forward extremely fast, dealing a heavy blow to Ryouga's solar plexus.
Doubling over in pain, Ryouga was caught unaware by a uppercut Paul
performed to his chest. Ryouga was sent flying into the air, and was
kicked one last time by Law as he came down.
This whole combo is a modified version of a Law/Paul tag combo.
First, Law comes in with a Poison Arrow: f+2~1
If you perform the Poison Arrow in the middle of a dash, Law
slows and performs it. On a counter hit, the opponent crumples
over in a gutstun. Then, you tag out to your partner. Almost
every other character will come in and do an automatic attack
after the Poison Arrow. Paul specifically has a special combo -
he comes out and will automatically do a sway (d, db, b).
Follow up with Paul's Stone Breaker: 2, 2
Law comes back in his Fake Step parry stance. Now, here, I have
modified it to do a right kick. In actual gameplay, you do a
Fake Step Blow backfist for some major damage and the announcer
will shout "GREAT!" To do the Fake Step Blow, tap 1
So, the whole sequence is - starting with Law: f, F+2~1, 5, 2,
2, 5, 1
While Law and Paul had been performing their combo on Ryouga, Ranma had
been circling around them in an ever tighter spiral. As Ryouga landed
just outside Ranma's circle, Ranma delivered an uppercut at the space
between Law and Paul, apparently missing. "HIRYU SHOTEN HA!" Out of
nowhere, a massive tornado erupted from the ground, sending Law and
Paul flying up hundreds of feet. Paul fell like a stone and hit the
ground HARD, but Law managed to right himself and landed on his feet
next to Ranma (hey, he's got practice landing from all those
backflips). Not expecting Law to have landed without serious injury,
Ranma was taken unawares as Law fired a very rapid series of
alternating punches into his side, finishing with an uppercut that sent
Ranma flying.
This is Law's Triple Gut Punch combo. Not recommended, as you
get incredibly lagged on the last hit and is quite easy to
block: SS, 2, 1, 2, 1
Ryouga got up from Law and Paul's combo and saw Law punch Ranma.
Ryouga was even slower than usual in his injured state and tried to
think of a way to attack Law without being countered. Inspiration
struck. "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Law turned to Ryouga, anticipating some
sort of attack. Instead, Ryouga stabbed his fingers into the ground,
sending up a shower of rocks and dust. "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" "BAKUSAI
TENKETSU!" "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Ryouga repeatedly
performed the breaking point at the same spot as fast as he could, not
giving the ground time to explode out and relax. Finally, under
repeated assault, the ground exploded, sending dozens of rocks and
hundreds of sharp small shards toward Law. Law watched in horror as
the barrage threatened to break every bone in his body.
Paul got up from his fall, amazed that arms and legs weren't broken.
Seeing Law about to be hit by a hail of rocks, he ran forward and
tackled Law out of the way. As they landed, Paul released Law and
rolled. Standing up, he found himself standing next to Ranma, who was
just beginning to rise. Paul crouched down very slightly, and focused
all his ki, all his pain, all his anger into his right arm and
delivered a single incredible blow. "BURNING FIST!" he screamed, as he
hit Ranma with enough force to kill an Elephant. Ranma raised his arms
to block to no avail, and was sent flying.
This is Paul's unblockable. In regular gameplay, this should be
sufficient to take out 90% of your opponent's health if it
connects. A very big if as you can't block while charging it
and it takes some time to charge, but if it hits...: B+1+2
Ranma landed in the most pain he'd ever been in in his life. Worse
than the Neko-ken training. Worse than the full body cat tongue. This
exquisite agony was beyond anything he'd ever experienced. If it
hadn't been for the ki he summoned to an attempt to buffer the attack,
he'd probably be dead by now. He staggered to his feet, and looked at
Paul.
Ryouga watched on in horror as Ranma went flying. He'd had plenty of
experience hitting Ranma, and knew he'd never managed a blow of that
strength. Finding that not only was he less capable than Ranma, but
also apparently weaker than this gaijin who didn't even perform ki
attacks...Ryouga sank into a deeper and deeper depression.
Ranma saw Ryouga standing, not moving. Realizing why, he drew as much
ki as he could and added it to his defensive aura. He dashed at Law
and Paul and started jabbing randomly at his opponents. Pushing
himself to near amagiruken speeds (he couldn't afford to use any ki to
actually perform the chestnut fist), he started taunting Ryouga even as
he forced Law and Paul towards the eternally lost boy. "You're so
weak, Ryouga. You couldn't defeat either of these two. The American's
an old man, almost fifty, and he hits harder than you do. The Chinese
is faster than you'll ever be. Even if you were there when Shampoo and
the rest attacked, you wouldn't have been any use. You're pathetic.
Akane's dead, and you wouldn't have made any difference at all."
As he heard Ranma's words, Ryouga's depression and anger grew. With
that last remark, he broke. "PERFECT SHI SHI HOUKODAN!!!"
When the dust cleared, Paul and Law were knocked out and bleeding.
Ranma was lying on the ground, panting and coughing up blood. "Not
bad, P-Chan." "Dont...call...me...that." panted Ryouga. The two boys
were completely drained. "Just think," groaned Ranma. "There's at
least 9 more fights to go...and they aren't going to get any easier."
End Chapter 1
Notes:
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