The Official Roa Thread/Guide/Discussion/w/e

[Light]

Maybe try doing a special that actually exists in the air  ?

My bad, I mean H-Roa.

[Coren]

The trick to C-Roa seems to be that you need to pick what you want:

Frames or resources

Oki or damage

Orbs or gauge

And then knowing which is best to have in each matchup.

[abitofBaileys]

With F-Roa you can connect 2A after a corner throw. Timing is strict, about 1 frame or so. Out of 9 tries I succeed 1.

Characters with larger hitboxes (Wara, Nero, etc) are easier to connect.

Works on: everyone!
It's very easy on the Necos, and even 5A and 2B is possible with them.

You can connect 2A 5B -> aircombo or whatever you want,
except for the Lens, 5B doesn't connect.

[AkiraTheMastodon]

^

I said that in like...
the 5th post or something of this thread.

[Coren]

^

I said that in like...
the 5th post or something of this thread.

  he's as fast with hot tips as he is with hisui hot sex'ns.

http://blog-imgs-27.fc2.com/t/o/k/tokkablog/play.html?id=sm6104342

2B 5B 5C(2) 6C 236C 6C 22C

costs: 100 meter, 00-03 gauge

Gets you knockdown, you can follow it up with setting a TK orb.

[abitofBaileys]

oh, lol. nvm then.

[Irysa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWnLy2cNY_A

some roa stuff in part 2

kinda cool

[Coren]

Aw yeah, awesome Roa combos.

[Coren]

2 HIT COMBO!

I cannot find a single C-Roa mirror in all of YouTube and Nico². Is this just me not being good at searching or has there never been one filmed, ever?

[judge_rl]

=( Dunno mayne, most closest I have seen so far is F vs C. I might have seen an F vs H as well.

[Tonberry]

Roa cmv, all styles: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9995525

[Coren]

Those C-Roa dodge mixups are interesting Tonberry, Great find; now I actually have shit to practice.

[George Costanza]

Well it seems that Roa is shit tier which is bit of shame since I DO plan on maining him.
But that being said, does he have ANY good matchups? There's has to be something in his playstyle that gives him the high ground in some situations.

[Spidey]

Since when is roa shit tier? He's an awesome solid char. And the fact that he isn't whored around like s tier chars means he's a good matchup vs anyone who hasent played against him, alot of good players lose to lack of matchup experience vs him. 

[George Costanza]

Since when is roa shit tier? He's an awesome solid char. And the fact that he isn't whored around like s tier chars means he's a good matchup vs anyone who hasent played against him, alot of good players lose to lack of matchup experience vs him. 

Well I was just going by what people were saying on the first page, it's good to hear that he's a solid character.
But with that at ease, I would like to know, what exactly does Roa excel at that perhaps another character wouldn't be as viable at doing?

[Coren]

Since when is roa shit tier? He's an awesome solid char. And the fact that he isn't whored around like s tier chars means he's a good matchup vs anyone who hasent played against him, alot of good players lose to lack of matchup experience vs him. 

Well I was just going by what people were saying on the first page, it's good to hear that he's a solid character.
But with that at ease, I would like to know, what exactly does Roa excel at that perhaps another character wouldn't be as viable at doing?

H-Roa: excels at pressure strings and rushdown; has very good anti-air options with his lightning. Has soko darou, a jump cancelable -on block- 6C, and EX lightning to reset pressure.

C-Roa: COMBOZ SON, GET DAT LIGHTNING, DROP DEM ORBZ.

F-Roa: Solid normals and decent damage for free.