It's finally the end of this LONG series of tournaments sponsored by Capcom to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Street Fighter. The finals took place this weekend in both Street Fighter X Tekken and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Version 2012.The top three names in this tournament are no strangers to anyone who follows the competitive scene of Street Fighter, so it's no surprise to see Daigo Umehara (multiple time EVO Champion), Infiltration (EVO 2012 Champion), and Fuudo (EVO 2011 Champion).
Here in Winners Finals, it seems that Daigo has learned from his mistakes that gave him such a hard time against Infiltration's strong Akuma game. Regardless, Infiltration's Akuma looks just as strong as he did at EVO this year, if not stronger. Daigo manages to pull the win and send Infiltration into losers.
Fuudo is starting to turn heads again and reminding people that he was the EVO 2011 Champion for a reason. After the nerfs that Fei Long has received in the Version 2012 update, Fuudo still manages to make him work for him. At the same time, Fuudo still relies on Fei Long's high damage output and his nonpunishable specials to save him more than pure technical skill. Get the fuck out of here with spamming Rekkas for a damn easy cheap victory. That's online scrub tactics 101. Fuudo had a few good reads, but Infiltration still managed to secure his spot back into a rematch against Daigo in Grand Finals.
This is where things got interesting. Infiltration turns things around completely and beats Daigo in 6 sets straight to nothing. Daigo had some moments, but I don't know. It seems like Infiltration has his Ryu figured out and Daigo may want to consider switching to Yun against Infiltration. Being overly defensive does not seem to be effective in the least against him and with the entire first set advantage that he could have just thrown to the wind, Daigo would have been able to benefit from more gutsy play than rather in those small bursts that he displayed throughout these two encounters.
That being said, Infiltration continues to impress me with his continued dominance in this game. Most players don't know that Infiltration is well-versed with multiple characters in this game, so there is little he does not know about the various character match-ups and their individual strengths and weaknesses. With the announcement of Infiltration's interest being peaked in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as well, we can continue to hope to see more variety from this skilled player.
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