Soul Calibur IV comic

A real cool comic i found that rings SO true about online SC IV players.

More tips on SC4 Ivy; includes tips against online mistu and seigfred

Couple things i have now found – well more like i can now do since i have left the ranking of a beginner – that greatly improve my game play.

Again, I am going to explain use the numpad keys as form of a representation of directions on the controller. Therefore, 3A stand for lower right plus the horizontal attack.

First of all i found remapping the keys helps out exceptionally. I use PS3 so i map A+G to L1, B+G to L2, A+K to R1 and B+K to R2. This make moves a lot easier and does wonders with Ivy. The reason is 90 percent of ivy moves allow for change of stance when instead of inputting the command A or B you place A+K or B+K.

This leads to a whole new level of possibilities as you will realise there are some unlisted moves that occur because of switch in command. Example would be the Whip 6AA attack, where swings the whip and barrels forward with whip flaying everywhere. Another way to perform this attack is in coiled stance. simple press 6A,A+K, which will not only perform the move but also leave you in whip stance. It also makes for a great opener.

SC4, Quick easy tip on how to perform Ivy’s Calamity Symphony and Summon Suffering grapples

The Calamity Symphony and Summon Suffering are by far the most difficult and awe inspiring move in Soul Calibur IV. This is because of the new restrictions on buffering moves, while performing other moves, that have been placed in thise version. If you don’t know which two moves i am talking about here is a video of them:

I have been practicing them in training mode for a week straight and I was only able to pull of summon suffering (The whip mode super grapple) 1 out of 12 times. As for CS i was never able to pull that off even once. That is, until i came across a neat tip on Gamespot forums.

I am going to use Summon Suffering and the Numpad numbers as directions, for my example; the basic way to perform this move is 1236173+(B+G) where the last direction 3 and B+G need to be pressed together in whip state. From 1236 it easy, but breaking your momentum to do the the last three commands almost always screws up the move.

I found it much easier to spin the joystick in a 180 degree motion instead of 1236 part and a  360+ 180 or 40 degrees (both work) in the other direction. so in numpad numbers summon suffering would look like 41236 then 32147896321 or 321478963 +(B+G). It is much easier to pull two circular motions swiftly than to do the crazy joystick boogie dance. Using this technique I went from pulling of SS 1-out-of-12 times to 1-out-of-5 times and went from never being able to pull off CS to being able todo it 3 times in a row. I even manage to pull off CS in a fight once. Oh one more thing! You have to be really fast at doing the spins from my experience.

For those of you who think that this a pointless grapple, you have no idea what you are talking about. Not only does it do a lot of damage it also psyches the other guy out. Everyone knows the difficulty level of pulling these moves off and when they became a victim of one, the sound of them going “Oh damn!” just soothes your soul and leaves your opponent awed just long enough that you can pull off a second cheap one.

This is an excellent technique, however, I don’t know why but the technique is easier to pull off if you are Player 2. The original post also said the same thing. Its weird but true.