Guilty Gear Strive: Potemkin Kara Loops

Guilty Gear Strive's version of Potemkin has reworked him to remove his Xrd 6K loops but in doing so, created a new version, kara back megafist loops (kBMF). kBMFs are a powerful combo filler as well as tool to pick up from stray hits in neutral and immediately convert into an advantage, be it setting up an oki situation or breaking the wall for Positive bonus. These combos are intended for Potemkin players looking to take their combo conversions to the next level.
Music: Potemkin's Theme from GG: Strive (Armor-clad Faith)

[@Neli2789]

i play potemkin and i cannot do even nearly half of any of this, i just do standard 2s,2h,Heat knuckle. i really want to learn this type of stuff though, great video!

[@srseki]

3:23 Mid Screen Combo
4:00 Side Swap
4:35 Burst Punish

[@tatujuntunen7668]

This isnt glue sniffer behaviour!

[@chemicalexposure8537]

0:44 damn, you can hfb there? Can you do it from further and use the HF to go closer or does the combo drop if you're too far? Never got it to work from extra distance and just assumed hfb would drop it

[@DSbroTV]

c.S link needs to be from a close CH 2D. I haven't tested distance and muddling with HFing in but in theory you could possibly score a 5K pickup instead of c.S if you were further away and did a fast HFB in. If you wait a few hours I can lab and check for you 100%.

[@chemicalexposure8537]

​@@DSbroTV Oh, don't worry, I know about the distance. When I was labbing you couldn't even be half a step away, lol. I'll test the 5k pickup
It's also why there's like 3 different versions (albeit less optimal than this) of the combo on dustloop cause half the time distance fucks you over
You can also FMF after ch 2d, which is much more consistent

[@chemicalexposure8537]

@@DSbroTV Back. They drop too fast to HFB closer from any further than half a step. Sucks. Pretty confident you can't do 5k pickup rather than c.S on that combo, since 5k is slower than c.S (unless I'm missing the timing a lot)
The combo is super specific anyway, I'd argue you're better off just using the CH 2d fmf combo for 259 (270 with giganter ender) for its comparative consistency

[@DSbroTV]

@@chemicalexposure8537 Sounds about right. 2D MF route is definitely more stable too. Nice work!

[@Sayuri-1]

i dont know what im doing wrong but when i try these he dont bounce like that lol can someone explain to me why? :(

[@DSbroTV]

You need to perform kara-cancelled back megafists (2146K~P). If they're not bouncing like the video then I assuming you are mistakenly doing regular forward megafists (236P) which isn't possible to combo like this

[@Sayuri-1]

@@DSbroTV Thanks for the help :3 imma try it rn

[@Sayuri-1]

Now its working hahaha i didnt know you could kc the bmf thats really cool :3

[@babafgc3795]

@@Sayuri-1 literally every single one of Pots specials can be Kara cancelled 👌🏿

[@Sayuri-1]

@@babafgc3795 Thanks for the help yall :3

[@phatboimikey]

Hey, quick question. I was wondering what your button layout is like. I play on stick and I'm used to plinking with my index and middle finger so H and P always seem to have priority of K when doing 6K unless I use my thumb and index fingers. And info or advice would help, thanks!

[@DSbroTV]

Hey! I play on a stick as well. I use this setup:
P S D RC
K H dash X
X is a dead button I don't use it for anything except like Taunt and stuff. I do all my plinking with my index and middle finger for each kara cancel, so Slidehead, Hammerfall, Garuda, etc. It really just takes a lot of practice and I already have some experience kara canceling from playing Johnny in Xrd and using his 6K to kara cancel into coins or throw. I believe in you!

[@quintendegraaf2129]

@@DSbroTV do you do 2146K-P or 6K-214P?

[@DSbroTV]

@@quintendegraaf2129 I do 2146K~P!