#406 Virtua Fighter 5 PS3 \\ Vanessa Quest mode - Master rank gets weird :P
6Playing Quest mode in Virtua Fighter 5 on PS3 with Vanessa Lewis, from 10th dan!
0:00 - costumes & status
5:10 - fighting in Club Sega Bay Area
11:50 - promotion to Master rank!
27:30 - Sega Arena Coast tournament
37:30 - fighting in Sega Arena Coast
1:05:36 - a fight in Club Sega Bay Area
1:08:34 - wrap-up & what's next!
I'm so close to having beaten every AI in Sega Arena Coast! There's just one left who is ranked somewhere from 10th dan to Defender, and at Master rank, I can't seem to get them to challenge me--so maybe they're Defender rank, which apparently is just above Master.
Master rank is a pain because just as you rank up quickly from 10th dan simply be beating one Master, losing to one 10th dan as a Master kicks you back to 10th dan! : PDPPD Also the AIs from the "Special" group are all over your tournaments and arcade matches (that actually starts at 9th and 10th dan ranks, respectively).
Oh yes and thanks to OBEY for pointing this out to me in the comments: at Master rank, you actually ONLY gain rank for beating 10th dan opponents! So that chunk of XP I finally got was for beating a 10th dan, at 59'54. That's one down, four to go!
Against higher ranked opponents, particularly that Master rank Lei-Fei "2mph" (fights start at 14'26), I found I had to start mixing things up and taking the fight to them a bit more, so I started using the flying spin kick (G+K), which seemed particularly effective if used just as they were getting up--I suppose they can't really crouch under it at that point.
Incidentally, there are seven ranks above Master, but actually three different ranks per XP level, based on your win percentage! It goes like this (from https://virtuafighter.fandom.com/wiki/Virtua_Fighter_5#Ranking_System ):
Win% under 70:
Master, Defender, Enforcer, Sentinel, Protector, Guardian, Paladin, Liberator
Win% 70-80:
Master, Hunter, Raider, Barbarian, Assassin, Slayer, Berserker, Destroyer
Win% over 80:
Master, Warrior, Veteran, Gladiator, Vindicator, Avenger, Vanquisher, Conqueror
And you can move from one branch to another as your percentage changes--except once you reach the final rank, at which point your rank freezes, apparently, and can never change. So I guess if you care about the rank and you're Berserker or Paladin rank, you'd want to fight a ton of lowbies to get your percentage up so you could reach Conqueror. :P
According to the FAQ ( https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/932831-virtua-fighter-5/faqs/50154 ), El Blaze AI "En Fuego" in the "Special" group is Master rank, so they must be 10th dan in my version because I beat them when I was a 10th dan, causing them to get demoted; that explains why they are now listed "out" of normal rank order.
Moves:
Defensive style:
fave
hcfGP - Army Combination--high damage throw
dfGPK - good damage crouch throw
K - kick--hits mid!
dfK - great spacing tool; charged version staggers on block
PPPK - the K has enough pushback to make it safe
fGK - heel kick knockdown
dbGK - jumping heel kick knockdown (juggles)
ffK - roundhouse knockdown
bP - slow gut punch, range, pushes back
(c)dbGK - sweep
dfP - short uppercut
fK - knee
other
dK - low hit; follow P,K or P,P (down+ground) but not real combo
dangerous
fPK,P - elbow/punch knockdown
dfPK - slugger knockdown (very short range)
dbGP - slings opponent behind, can potentially ring out
charged dfK - staggers on block
Offensive style:
ffPK - takedown, then up to 3 P or dP, end w GP
ufP - leap attack
ufK - leap attack
fPK - fast elbow knockdown
dK,P,P - low kick to knockdown combo
bfPK,P - rush in knockdown
b,dfPK - wallop knockdown
ffP
Both styles:
GK - guard crush tornado spin kick
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