@@BigTiffany both. He was heavily overtuned when he launched to where he outclassed most of the cast in nearly all areas. Even after a long list of nerfs he is still comfortably top 1. A lot of people contend that he was made broken on purpose purely as a means of advertising SF6, and was a thorn in anotherwise great final season.
noticing a pattern where sajam says "this character is a nightmare" and also "this is the character I played in this game" about the same character every video
"You know what I've realized, is that I don't know if there's like a video that exists that's like 'why everybody hates Elena.' Except all the videos where I, Sajam, talk about why everybody hates Elena. But they were about other stuff too, so it doesn't count."
@@Nofixdahdress As the years march on, I’ve gradually begun to suspect that the good version of growing old in life is largely just about cheering for your favourite reruns. 😌
He just did injustice a few days ago. And I watch the old video regularly because I fucking love when nasty shit happens then sajam says "this is a game that people played for money."😂😂😂😂
If this comment gets popular enough, maybe Sajam will show that vid on stream. That's what happened with the LK vid, more stuff deserves the light. We are fortunate to live in a time where's its quite hard to know everything
I hope they make Elena's punch buttons and kick buttons in SF6 visually distinct in some way like how they made Ed's kick buttons the flicker attacks with different animation styles to his punches.
People only talk about her ultra 2 for good reason but the crazy part is her ultra 1 was great too. Super versatile and combos from basically everything. Quite a few characters would kill to have it but picking it on Elena is sub optimal because of how broken healing is.
Incredibly good timing; I'm a pretty low level SF4 player compared to my locals and we played USF4 this weekend. I picked up Elena based on Sajam's advice of "yo press these 3 buttons and ex mallet smash is godlike" and did REALLY well compared to how my 1trick kara-throw Ken usually does against my local buddies! Thanks!
Putting her healing on a super could have fixed soooo many of these problems. She wouldn’t be able to do it every round and her wicked EX moves would come at the cost of being able to heal. That one change I feel could have really extended the tournament life of Ultra. All that said SFIV is still my favorite game to watch at high level.
As a long suffering Dee Jay player in SF4, Elena was the bane of my existence. Everyone played her too so it was universal suffering I played Hamad (noted Fei Long player) at Frosty Faustings and he looked at me and apologized as he picked Elena. Even the dirty SF 4 Fei Long player knew she was messed up
TL;DR - Lack of weaknesses, good poking and easy hit confirms, EX specials basically played the game for you, had a figured out gameplan from the get-go, Ultra 2. Post-watch edit: Vortex mix, stupid backdash and strong movement, goofy hitboxes, easy fireball evasion, she fits into the universal systems like a glove, almost like Ryu did.
@@DANCERcow Why are we lying? She had strong footsies and can easily lame out the match as much as possible with U2 basically giving her a free life lead. It isn’t THE issue with the character but it’s definitely an issue with everything else accumulated.
bafael's bad balance video on elena is an excellent deep dive into what made her broken, delivered in a very straightforward way. in fact, all of his bad balance videos are incredible, i'd love to see you cover them at some point.
I watched that legendary infiltration gamerbee evo set, not knowing much about SF4 (pretty much only casually viewed EVOs). And I was like wtf this character looks brutal do people not complain about this?
Annoyingly healing is kind of her signature move at this point so I'd be surprised if they remove it. I really hope they can make this character not that annoying to fight, I'm gonna believe in them since they already revamped the hell out of Dee-Jay.
Honestly my thought is that it’s a Drive Gauge charge she can use at a distance, and her SA2 will be the alternate Super from Omega mode where she uses the wind to suck you in, it feels more conducive to the game’s systems
It's not really. It was pretty much never used in SF3 despite also being there. It most likely will be in her SF6 kit but they could definitely get away with not having it.
Sf4 players "I love playing neutral and footsies new players just dont understand" so one of the most lame character is the most hated in the game that makes sense.
@charlieharrington9555 why you gotta come up here and be negative. Talking about footsies in SF4 doesn't mean you have never played it what a dumb statement. Maybe think before you type next time
I think one of the big reasons people complain about her being lame is because her counter pick was Chun, because Elena couldn't go under her fireballs with slide, so it led to two characters very slowly poking each other to death (or a time out). That match-up being played optimally made Guile mirrors look fast lol
I'm SO glad he showed off Viper's burn kick missing her. At the beginning of Ultra, people thought Viper was top tier and basically, because of Elena, Viper disappeared from top level play as the game went on.
She’s the one I’m looking forward to the most in the season pass. I liked her because she was Shmoovin’ and was fun in Arcade mode. Plus the commentators of the tournament footage I would watch were trying to sound positive to not get fired by Capcom, so I didn’t get how busted she was at the time. I still think healing wouldn’t be so bad if it was off of the super gage, since it would be a lot more rare and you’d have to give up EX moves. But they probably didn’t want to make another Ultra attack animation. I also think they’re going to add an OP character that annoys everyone at the end of SF6’s life to complete the pattern.
With Elena in USFIV, I got two of my favorite SF characters in the same game for the first time (the other being Rose), so I was always happy to have her in. I'm really looking forward to Elena in SF6.
Elena is amazing, it just sucks she has that stigma from SF4. Was so happy when they announced her in 6, been playing pretty much exclusively AKI but definitely gonna play Elena when she comes out.
Healing feels like tier "enhancer" tool where it doesn't change character tier by itself but just makes it. More explicitly noticeable. Low tier will be more pronounced since some more health won't solve by itself issues that make character low tier. But Elena wasn't low tier. So that high tier factors of her meant you had to deal through more of Elena BS to win the round which inherently came with mental damage of seeing hard work of dealing damage being undone.
I am an uber layperson that just got into the FGC recently and i'm 6 seconds into the video, but it's my understanding she was so uber cracked that people would learn chun li just to counter pick against her in tournaments and modern FG players who complain about balance are big babys that have no idea just how bad machups were in the past.
Tbh I'm less salty about Elena existing, and more salty about Gamerbee mashing out ultra on a dropped daigo combo, getting him into top 8 lol. He's lucky the GF was so good, and memorable (for various reasons). Still remember people booing him at some events when he'd swap off Adon for her.
im just gonna say it. i cant wait for her to be in SF6. we really didnt get a chance for her to really get nerfed and see what she couldve been because of SFV. I think they will do her justice in SF6
SF4 was the first Street Fighter I took seriously. At that time I didnt know anything about frame data or have the specific knowledge as to why I loathed playing Elena so much aside from the healing. This video sums up my rage so perfectly. She was the perfect character. Still hated Rolento more 😂😂😂
My mad scientist prediction is still they're going to give her healing but somehow tie it to Drive. I feel like theres a 1% chance of them actually doing that but even if its so little healing its not worth it, I have to imagine all the SF4 players would Scream in terror at seeing that in her kit if it was ever announced
She also made Fei Long basically useless (rip Fuudo), the only character that could punish rekkas for free... also she was pocket pick for basically everybody in the last USFIV EVO. Bees in my hair 🐝
It's a testament to sfiv system that despite a half baked patch and Elena, the char itself didn't win that much considering all. Momochi won evo using her sparingly, Xian played mostly Gen, and other premiere's were just won by other chars (Daigo, Kazunoko, Mago, Tokido and so on). In fact I remember Capcom Cup top 8 had zero Elenas. Xian played Gen all the way through except a Dhalsim at Losers Finals. Heck we had Abel and Makoto but no Elena. It's cool to see the playerbase doing the homework, despite GF having been the other two boogeymen of the game E. Ryu and Yun. But still, Daigo and Kaz played out of their mind so well deserved.
The lack of SF3 rep is why I’ve been playing Tekken 8. Had 1,000+ hours on SFV and ~191 hrs on Tekken 7. Now its the complete opposite. I’m diamond 5 with ken and barely touch the game anymore because we have more SnK characters than SF3. It just doesn’t make sense how we are introducing “New Generation” of fighters and we STILL don’t have Alex, Remy (he can stay ngl), etc. At least we have the cousin of the twins which is as close apparently as we are going to get. I hate these wasted spots like Lily, nobody asked for this character! You have your sf2 rep! You have the veteran players’ attention! Stop! I’m at a point where I will take Hugo. Just please one character (and they fucking chose Elena)
I wondered about this like a year ago, I knew that people hated Elena but I never actually found a video explaining it, but I was also not so interested I would actually search google etc. Thanks Mr. Jam
I really do think the last few characters are a big reason SF4 doesn't quite have the same scene for it that SF3 does. Who they hell wants to fight this version of Elena or the previous versions Rolento\Yun\etc lmao
Imagine being a Street Fighter fan. Now imagine you're waiting on one of your characters to be added to the game before you can even get into it. Now imagine for the entire year, you get 2 Street Fighter characters. Now imagine one of those characters is Elena.
On top of all that good stuff Elena has, she also has one of those ex pass through you glitch 😢. I think I saw it done on excellent adventures. Sf5 was on its way out at that time and I think when I saw that glitch, I was like "oh hell no, sf5 now" 😂 I think evil ryu, ryu and dudley had that glitch as well. Anyway, good video. Bad trip down memory lane 😂. Stay blessed.
Everyone talks about how much of a problem Elena was in SF4 but not talk about her in SFXTekken! Yeah we all know just how badly poor that was with its gems an all but never we talk about how her gameplay once she was added as dlc. And between her in that game to SF4 is completely night and day where her healing wasn't as stagnant.
I unironically adore Elena tbh. We had YEARS of the game being dominated by shotos. For once there was a fairly accessible, footsie focused, throwback character who was dominating on the big screen and I loved it. It's exhausting to watch Akuma or Seth brutalising the cast through pure shoto fundamentals in every single version
elena was my nightmare the few times i went to a local as a kid, i know she will not end up as strong as in ultra but im not excited about her in 6, the trauma as a little scrub is just too deep
Looking forward to the sequel, "Why SF5 Players PASSIONATELY RESENT Luke."
I think Luke is more hated for his design then his play style.
@@BigTiffany both. He was heavily overtuned when he launched to where he outclassed most of the cast in nearly all areas. Even after a long list of nerfs he is still comfortably top 1. A lot of people contend that he was made broken on purpose purely as a means of advertising SF6, and was a thorn in anotherwise great final season.
Pretty sure s3 Abigail takes that spot
we already have one for abigail though lmao, there's gotta be at least 1 video shitting on sfv luke
You mean Abigail
noticing a pattern where sajam says "this character is a nightmare" and also "this is the character I played in this game" about the same character every video
really makes you think
Is because he is a smart person.
Sanford:
sanford kelly said pick a top tier and sajam listened
sajam is a DEGENERATE
jk blame capcom for creating this whack ass character
Skirting right around that LordKnight copyright
Sajam's legal neutral is immaculate. No one can match his footsies in the courtroom.
Copyright jam
That part of the cycle where we get another sajam elena discussion vid. Time is a flat circle i love it
were so back
"You know what I've realized, is that I don't know if there's like a video that exists that's like 'why everybody hates Elena.'
Except all the videos where I, Sajam, talk about why everybody hates Elena. But they were about other stuff too, so it doesn't count."
"Babe, wake up! Sajam just dropped an Injustice 1 video about USF4."
@@Nofixdahdress As the years march on, I’ve gradually begun to suspect that the good version of growing old in life is largely just about cheering for your favourite reruns. 😌
He just did injustice a few days ago. And I watch the old video regularly because I fucking love when nasty shit happens then sajam says "this is a game that people played for money."😂😂😂😂
I think Bafael's Bad Balance on Elena is the closest we got to another video like this.
Why is history repeating itself
@@Komerican because mfs anit learning
@Komerican fgc twitter talks about the same 12 topics every day for literally years. It's not a history thing we're just stupid
If this comment gets popular enough, maybe Sajam will show that vid on stream. That's what happened with the LK vid, more stuff deserves the light. We are fortunate to live in a time where's its quite hard to know everything
Shoutouts to bafael the homie
I hope they make Elena's punch buttons and kick buttons in SF6 visually distinct in some way like how they made Ed's kick buttons the flicker attacks with different animation styles to his punches.
she should just not have normals on her punch buttons. half the buttons
Sajam really going on a 20 year reunion concert with thess old classics
Is this an old video?
@@Y20XTongvaLand Him and the FGC in general tend to talk about the same topics every year
People only talk about her ultra 2 for good reason but the crazy part is her ultra 1 was great too. Super versatile and combos from basically everything. Quite a few characters would kill to have it but picking it on Elena is sub optimal because of how broken healing is.
“This move is only awesome. Wack, right?”
Truly an embarrassment of riches.
Incredibly good timing; I'm a pretty low level SF4 player compared to my locals and we played USF4 this weekend. I picked up Elena based on Sajam's advice of "yo press these 3 buttons and ex mallet smash is godlike" and did REALLY well compared to how my 1trick kara-throw Ken usually does against my local buddies! Thanks!
I love how that healing turns Elena into a grappler. Off one grab you get the effective life difference akin to an SPD its glorious
In order to get the spirit of the character, Healing will now be a level 1 in SF6
Putting her healing on a super could have fixed soooo many of these problems. She wouldn’t be able to do it every round and her wicked EX moves would come at the cost of being able to heal. That one change I feel could have really extended the tournament life of Ultra. All that said SFIV is still my favorite game to watch at high level.
As a long suffering Dee Jay player in SF4, Elena was the bane of my existence. Everyone played her too so it was universal suffering
I played Hamad (noted Fei Long player) at Frosty Faustings and he looked at me and apologized as he picked Elena. Even the dirty SF 4 Fei Long player knew she was messed up
Lmao the apology is so funny. Nice story
Bafael has a video on why she was so broken but idk if he goes into player feelings about her
and that was his main too
Dr. Baf describes all known mathematical Elena constants but maintains the objectivist framework purity of scientific empiricism. 🧐
For those interested, look up "Bafael Bad Balance Elena" - it's an extremely nuanced breakdown of all the parts that made Elena such a wild character.
There actually is a video for why people hate Elena
Bafael's bad balance series has an entry on Elena and it's excellent
Funny how just putting glowing red eyes turns a happy cheerful smile into a devilish expression without changing anything else.
Bafael did a really good bad balance video on elena a few years back. Just wanted to shout that one out in case people haven't watched it too.
TL;DR - Lack of weaknesses, good poking and easy hit confirms, EX specials basically played the game for you, had a figured out gameplan from the get-go, Ultra 2.
Post-watch edit: Vortex mix, stupid backdash and strong movement, goofy hitboxes, easy fireball evasion, she fits into the universal systems like a glove, almost like Ryu did.
Ultra 2 is very easy to handle and isn't as big of a issue as people make it out to be
You gotta be next level goofy to leave a comment that makes the video not worth watching. This comment works AGAINST Sajam, ya know?
@@DANCERcow Why are we lying? She had strong footsies and can easily lame out the match as much as possible with U2 basically giving her a free life lead. It isn’t THE issue with the character but it’s definitely an issue with everything else accumulated.
@@themancalledben2731by the time you get to this comment, the video already counter the view
@@themancalledben2731But the video has like video examples and detailed explanations. Do people just watch these like a top 10 list?
Whoah, LK looks a bit different.
that's tasty steve pal
@@TheEvilCheesecake it's MAJAS
I just look at how people felt/feel about Jago's healing, multiply it by twenty and I feel I might be close.
See you all next year for “SF6 players Detest Elena”
For additional data to back up your Elena hate with facts and logic, Bafael made a great video about her I recommend
bafael's bad balance video on elena is an excellent deep dive into what made her broken, delivered in a very straightforward way. in fact, all of his bad balance videos are incredible, i'd love to see you cover them at some point.
elena's walk speed looks like shes on playing on wifi
I watched that legendary infiltration gamerbee evo set, not knowing much about SF4 (pretty much only casually viewed EVOs). And I was like wtf this character looks brutal do people not complain about this?
the cycle of infinite content continues. our USF4/Elena vid is here!
Spin the wheel, what conversation will we have again this week? Elena USF4? Luke SFV? Sagat SF4? Akuma/Bison SF6?
Elena on screen and Skiisonic on commentary.
Ultra was truly cursed.
There's a good video called "USF4 is Broken" that went into good detail as to a lot of big reasons why she was strong.
I want good things for the artist drawing Elena every day
Annoyingly healing is kind of her signature move at this point so I'd be surprised if they remove it. I really hope they can make this character not that annoying to fight, I'm gonna believe in them since they already revamped the hell out of Dee-Jay.
Honestly my thought is that it’s a Drive Gauge charge she can use at a distance, and her SA2 will be the alternate Super from Omega mode where she uses the wind to suck you in, it feels more conducive to the game’s systems
It's not really. It was pretty much never used in SF3 despite also being there. It most likely will be in her SF6 kit but they could definitely get away with not having it.
Sf4 players "I love playing neutral and footsies new players just dont understand" so one of the most lame character is the most hated in the game that makes sense.
Sf4 was a mix up vortex game at heart, the people who talk about footsies have never actually played it 😂
@charlieharrington9555 why you gotta come up here and be negative.
Talking about footsies in SF4 doesn't mean you have never played it what a dumb statement.
Maybe think before you type next time
I think one of the big reasons people complain about her being lame is because her counter pick was Chun, because Elena couldn't go under her fireballs with slide, so it led to two characters very slowly poking each other to death (or a time out).
That match-up being played optimally made Guile mirrors look fast lol
Your other SF4/Yun/Elena videos are the first videos from you i saw.
Sajam this is like the 4th video you’ve made about SF4 Elena
I'm SO glad he showed off Viper's burn kick missing her. At the beginning of Ultra, people thought Viper was top tier and basically, because of Elena, Viper disappeared from top level play as the game went on.
She’s the one I’m looking forward to the most in the season pass. I liked her because she was Shmoovin’ and was fun in Arcade mode. Plus the commentators of the tournament footage I would watch were trying to sound positive to not get fired by Capcom, so I didn’t get how busted she was at the time.
I still think healing wouldn’t be so bad if it was off of the super gage, since it would be a lot more rare and you’d have to give up EX moves. But they probably didn’t want to make another Ultra attack animation.
I also think they’re going to add an OP character that annoys everyone at the end of SF6’s life to complete the pattern.
I forgot how sick C.Viper is as a character. I think I will play SF6 when Elena comes out.
Also Akuma's best buddy. Never forget that!
*only buddy
Elena lovers we must stand strong!
You won't, because you're hitting cr.LP
Elena is my favorite character in all of Street Fighter and deadass is THE reason I got SF6.
With Elena in USFIV, I got two of my favorite SF characters in the same game for the first time (the other being Rose), so I was always happy to have her in. I'm really looking forward to Elena in SF6.
Elena is amazing, it just sucks she has that stigma from SF4. Was so happy when they announced her in 6, been playing pretty much exclusively AKI but definitely gonna play Elena when she comes out.
Healing feels like tier "enhancer" tool where it doesn't change character tier by itself but just makes it. More explicitly noticeable. Low tier will be more pronounced since some more health won't solve by itself issues that make character low tier.
But Elena wasn't low tier. So that high tier factors of her meant you had to deal through more of Elena BS to win the round which inherently came with mental damage of seeing hard work of dealing damage being undone.
Shouldve shown Gamerbee vs Infiltration losers finals from evo. It was absurd but also hype
I am an uber layperson that just got into the FGC recently and i'm 6 seconds into the video, but it's my understanding she was so uber cracked that people would learn chun li just to counter pick against her in tournaments and modern FG players who complain about balance are big babys that have no idea just how bad machups were in the past.
Tbh I'm less salty about Elena existing, and more salty about Gamerbee mashing out ultra on a dropped daigo combo, getting him into top 8 lol. He's lucky the GF was so good, and memorable (for various reasons). Still remember people booing him at some events when he'd swap off Adon for her.
I played Elena in SF4 and I don't think I'll never not burst out laughing whenever I see the heal in those pro matches. God she was so broken lol
1:42 she looks possessed by a demon
I cannot WAIT for Elena in 6…. I have missed her….
im just gonna say it. i cant wait for her to be in SF6. we really didnt get a chance for her to really get nerfed and see what she couldve been because of SFV. I think they will do her justice in SF6
The Ed/Deejay apology/retry, glow up potential is strong with this one.
Big Lightning has a video talking about “broken” stuff in USF4 and it has a whole section on Elena.
Looking at SF4 does make me think C. Viper would be sick in a later season for SF6
10:03 lol commentators trying not to complain about how dumb this is
The thing about elena that got to me the most was that weird ass hitbox, could hardly do any Dan bnbs on her
4:50 Me, MKX player: what's the problem?
Man I'm so excited for Elena to comeback. She's one of the sf characters I've been wanting back for a while cause I fell in love with her in 4.
SF4 was the first Street Fighter I took seriously. At that time I didnt know anything about frame data or have the specific knowledge as to why I loathed playing Elena so much aside from the healing. This video sums up my rage so perfectly. She was the perfect character. Still hated Rolento more 😂😂😂
My mad scientist prediction is still they're going to give her healing but somehow tie it to Drive. I feel like theres a 1% chance of them actually doing that but even if its so little healing its not worth it, I have to imagine all the SF4 players would Scream in terror at seeing that in her kit if it was ever announced
She also made Fei Long basically useless (rip Fuudo), the only character that could punish rekkas for free... also she was pocket pick for basically everybody in the last USFIV EVO.
Bees in my hair 🐝
Isn’t it *beats in my head*??
I also used to think it might be “beads in my hair” lol
@@garfield1114 Yeah I think that was the joke in the community 😄
Can’t wait to see how she plays in sf6!
It's a testament to sfiv system that despite a half baked patch and Elena, the char itself didn't win that much considering all. Momochi won evo using her sparingly, Xian played mostly Gen, and other premiere's were just won by other chars (Daigo, Kazunoko, Mago, Tokido and so on). In fact I remember Capcom Cup top 8 had zero Elenas. Xian played Gen all the way through except a Dhalsim at Losers Finals. Heck we had Abel and Makoto but no Elena. It's cool to see the playerbase doing the homework, despite GF having been the other two boogeymen of the game E. Ryu and Yun. But still, Daigo and Kaz played out of their mind so well deserved.
The funniest part of Elena is that the advice goes from “just don’t get hit” to “just get hit and heal”.
And yet she somehow made it to SF6 before Urien. I hate it here, man.
The lack of SF3 rep is why I’ve been playing Tekken 8.
Had 1,000+ hours on SFV and ~191 hrs on Tekken 7.
Now its the complete opposite. I’m diamond 5 with ken and barely touch the game anymore because we have more SnK characters than SF3. It just doesn’t make sense how we are introducing “New Generation” of fighters and we STILL don’t have Alex, Remy (he can stay ngl), etc. At least we have the cousin of the twins which is as close apparently as we are going to get. I hate these wasted spots like Lily, nobody asked for this character! You have your sf2 rep! You have the veteran players’ attention! Stop! I’m at a point where I will take Hugo. Just please one character (and they fucking chose Elena)
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Will It Kill ? is great fun but sajam “look how stupid this is” vids are my absolute favorite
I wondered about this like a year ago, I knew that people hated Elena but I never actually found a video explaining it, but I was also not so interested I would actually search google etc. Thanks Mr. Jam
I love Elena, one of my favorite fighting game characters along with Terry. Hopefully They don't make her broken one way or the other.
I really do think the last few characters are a big reason SF4 doesn't quite have the same scene for it that SF3 does. Who they hell wants to fight this version of Elena or the previous versions Rolento\Yun\etc lmao
when SF4 players hear the word, "HEALING!" it triggers PTSD Nam flashbacks.
Dogura has a whole series of kuso characters that are amazing videos
Imagine being a Street Fighter fan. Now imagine you're waiting on one of your characters to be added to the game before you can even get into it. Now imagine for the entire year, you get 2 Street Fighter characters.
Now imagine one of those characters is Elena.
She basically has everything. Literally everything you could possibly want. Might as well make her fly.
Loved Elena.... why did I never see her in SF4 on my version? Bring her back!!!!
Youll be hearing from lordknights lawyer about this, surely
On top of all that good stuff Elena has, she also has one of those ex pass through you glitch 😢. I think I saw it done on excellent adventures. Sf5 was on its way out at that time and I think when I saw that glitch, I was like "oh hell no, sf5 now" 😂
I think evil ryu, ryu and dudley had that glitch as well.
Anyway, good video. Bad trip down memory lane 😂.
Stay blessed.
Finally the elena tutorial we’ve all been waiting for !
HEALING! will forever trigger some ptsd
Dan would he kinda sick in sf6.
as someone that didn't play 4 or 5 I'm interested, and mildly scared
Nothing funnier to me than healing gave you more HP to get another healing
Everyone talks about how much of a problem Elena was in SF4 but not talk about her in SFXTekken! Yeah we all know just how badly poor that was with its gems an all but never we talk about how her gameplay once she was added as dlc. And between her in that game to SF4 is completely night and day where her healing wasn't as stagnant.
All Elena wanted was to make friends and have fun and everyone hated her
So glad I loved her in SFIII. And I kinda fell off SFIV before she came out. I'm hyped for her in 6.
our bro bafael made a very detailed video on why elena was a goddess
HEAL!!!
I unironically adore Elena tbh. We had YEARS of the game being dominated by shotos. For once there was a fairly accessible, footsie focused, throwback character who was dominating on the big screen and I loved it. It's exhausting to watch Akuma or Seth brutalising the cast through pure shoto fundamentals in every single version
elena was my nightmare the few times i went to a local as a kid, i know she will not end up as strong as in ultra but im not excited about her in 6, the trauma as a little scrub is just too deep
Whats funny about the "bad examples" of Gamerbee picking ultra 1 against Daigo, is that he wins by mashing it while Daigo mistimes a punish
Can you make a video about makoto?
somethings telling me I recently watched a video of you covering this topic
bafael has got a great video about usf4 elena!!!
Is this a preemptive video for her SF6 release?
Lol I stopped playing 4 right as Elena came out but boy does that kit seem cursed to deal with. Oooa baby.
I would lowkey just watch you commentate on an old USFIV tournament, reminiscing
The Bafael video does a pretty good job IMO.
“Hate is a strong word, but i really,really, really dont like you~!”
Imagine if they brought back her healing in SF6 as a joke.
SF6 Elena will be the GOAT! She will hit mediums into drive rush into +3 into strike/throw! WOWZA!
"Ultra Street Fighter 4 is broken" by Biglightning also has a great segment on her.
All they had to do was swap her u2 with the super. She still woulda been top tier and but thats the easiest change in the world
Bafael made a great video on elena in his bad balance series