Recent content by Ako

Maybe finish it and then go back to the game?

I actually got inspired from the SCVI art by Kawano. I never thought of Mina as a character with an intense glare. But he made it look so cool, I wanted to try the same thing. Thank you! I made it like that to give an idea of how the volumes would work. =) Hahaha, maybe I could charge someone...

So, I figured out the Ivy thing. What you do is block her 66A (the swirly thing). The attack has two parts, a close-range one and a long range one. The long range part is the problem. It hits mid, and if it's a counter (it doesn't specify it on the movelist, but it triggers for sure while...

B+K does work. I found it a good option, albeit one to use sparingly, because if they see it coming they can really punish you. Another thing that worked for me is blocking and moving forward. That way she can't spam it as much, and once you're in mid range you can interrupt it, GI the first...

On the topic of getting help, Azwel and Ivy. What do you do against a decent Ivy? Specifically against the spiraly attack, which LE's when you're doing 8WR. I tried crouching, can't be done. Guarding doesn't let me get any closer or punish. GI didn't work, stepping obiviously is a no-no...

I've practiced them with the AI set to guard and they work pretty well. In the thick of battle it happened to me a couple of times that I screw up the range (which is pretty generous anyway) and either the first hit or the kick whiffs.

Indeed. 2A has been saving my life. 2K followed by 1KK gets them every time, and though I hate RE, it has its uses. Against Talim in particular, I can GI her pretty often. And then alternate between A+B to get the nice Lethal Edge, or 4A to get some space. 6K works too because it's delayed...

These are great! It helped me extend some series I was using. I want to add that, for some nasty ring outs, I've been using 6A after the big launchers such as 22B. It's simple to do, too. The one that gives me trouble is the pogo jf. I can only sometimes do the first jf, and never the second one.

I need to try some of those setups. I was trying her last night and she has so many moves that I don't know what to do. I saw her movelist and I cried tears of joy. 11_44_77K is her old A+K, but it doesn't ring out. 33_66_99K is still the 3 kicks, but it doesn't stun. The videos help a lot...

About the mood swings. I've been playing her in the beta and sometimes getting to gloomy is near impossible, while other times it happens quick and then it sticks. It also happened to me receiving a multi hit attack from Talim (I think) that she changed back and forth. There are more moves that...

Thank you very much! I'm so hyped I want to do another one.

Yeah I'm not a fan either, that bikini thing is weird. I do like how it's attached to her sleeves though.

I've always wanted to do some fanart for Soulcalibur, and even more for MIna since she's my favourite. So I thought of sharing it with the community. I've uploaded two more images showing the process with the pose and some anatomy, for a fellow artist that was looking for advice in another thread.

This is great advice. You can try many poses, don't be limited to just one piece and think it as part of the process. You can even use a picture that you like and get the pose from there. Doing that a lot will also give you an idea of how muscles work and where they are, which in turn will...

Hi everyone. I've been out of the forum for years (since sc5 came out) but since Mina's back, so am I. I'm very happy to be able to play her again, even if she ends up bottom tier again. With the help of the people here I was able to win quite a bit, even if I'm not a competitive player. And...