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KOFXI Sawakoro Festival 2025: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen
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Last up was port24's big boss Gian, leading with Kula. This was a one-sided and decisive victory for Hiroshi, proving that his unique team and playstyle can beat the very best in this game. | Last up was port24's big boss Gian, leading with Kula. This was a one-sided and decisive victory for Hiroshi, proving that his unique team and playstyle can beat the very best in this game. | ||
Meanwhile, the B-block was progessing on the second stream, with the first match being equally brutal as ours: the Shoshinsha (=beginner) team of Aoi, Rukkora and Arata had to face (and lose to) Maru, Kentucky and Kodsuka. The block finals of the B-block were just as high profile as the A block: Maru/Kentucky/Kodsuka had to face Ozuma/Ryumi/Sawakoro. First up was | Meanwhile, the B-block was progessing on the second stream, with the first match being equally brutal as ours: the Shoshinsha (=beginner) team of Aoi, Rukkora and Arata had to face (and lose to) Maru, Kentucky and Kodsuka. The block finals of the B-block were just as high profile as the A block: Maru/Kentucky/Kodsuka had to face Ozuma/Ryumi/Sawakoro. First up was Maru against Ozuma, who is one of the only Gai players in Japan. Both players dropped a few combos, but Ozuma's Gai got three command grabs in against Vanessa, decimating her HP. Finally only Maru's Oswald was left against Ozuma's K' and Gai, which was too much for a comeback.<br> | ||
Next was Kodsuka, playing his main team of Oswald/Terry/K'. The Oswald mirror was an even fight with Ozuma being able to hold his own, and both players QSed to their 2nd characters. After a short stint with Terry, Kodsuka shifted to K', and a chaotic mirror match ensued, with Kodsuka slowly getting a lead. The decisive moment was a punish against a bad shift to Gai, and Kodsuka took the match.<br> | |||
Kodsuka now had to face "Ryuo Lon" (Ozuma was "Nikkaido Ozuma" and Sawakoro "Sawasabeth", hence the "Rival Team" name). With these two players among the best in the world, it was a real high-profile match. Oswald against Griffon can be won by either character, and both need to be very careful since the point matchup between them can end quickly. Sawakoro took a big lead with Griffon and KOed Oswald, shifting to Silber against Kodsuka's K'. This is a very difficult matchup for Silber. In crazy high-level move, Sawakoro managed to get a surprise hit in by doing a fearless wakeup small jump C crossup against K', but dropped his saving-shift-safe combo with Griffon. He had a big life lead at this point however, and when Kodsuka shifted to Terry, Sawakoro got another 1-shift stock combo in, this time to Mary. The life lead was too much, and after a bit of back-and-forth, Sawakoro took the match.<br> | |||
It was time for Kentucky, a freakishly strong character specialist. He is reknown for his Whip, but his Yuri, Kensou and leader Athena are equally impressive. Against Sawakoro, he always picks Kensou first instead of either Yuri or Whip, which is very hard to deal with for Griffon. Sawakoro had a great start however and managed to push Kensou into the corner, where he took many costly hits. Once Kensou was down, leader Athena entered, and Sawakoro managed to get a wall slam command grab into full combo in for 90% damage. Although Kentucky managed to land an LDM with Athena, her life was already too low and she got KOd. Only Whip was left, which was not enough against the the full remaining team of Sawakoro, who took the victory for Rival Team. | |||
'''A & B Block First Round Final Videos:'''<br> | '''A & B Block First Round Final Videos:'''<br> | ||