GO1 didn't get hit for almost a minute and a half in that last game. No crossups, no command grabs, no dragon rushes, no vanishes. Absolutely unreal defense.
Esport, especially fighting games, really is a beautiful thing. It brings everybody together. Asian expertise and european pride, all in a very american competitive environment with black people hyping it up like no one else can. It's beautiful.
Leffen made use of some sneaky new tech at least three times in the final match. He does Cellβs normal blockstring pressure into a perfect attack and calls Android 21βs assist then crosses up. 21 actually has really low blockstun which if used after the first hit overrides the normally high blockstun of perfect attack and creates a tiny gap, in effect he removes the games normal blockstun crossup protection.
Shows just how far Leffen was digging to find a way to open up GO1.
I can't tell if this is a better testament to Leffens ability to pick up nearly any game and play it at such a high level, or GO1s fucking supremacy at DBZF.
Leffen should feel proud he made GO1 pop-off like that. I know winning would have been amazing but still, who has made GO1 play that nervous before and have that much raw emotion from winning because it was genuinely difficult to beat Leffen. You'll get him next time big leff!
Opening up Go1 in this game reminds me of trying to open up a new toy inside one of those hard plastic shells with no scissors or knives in sight. Not quite impossible, but you have to work for it.
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