This is a significantly shortened version of a guide teaching you how to master the timing of Shadow Flare so it can be utilized to true combo into moves up to and including Octaslash! I am not a content creator by any means and do not have the equipment to produce a high quality video with competent voice overs or any of that stuff so, for those of you that don't want to sit through 40+ minutes of lame text slides but still want to learn how to use Sephiroth's Shadow Flare to its full potential, this video will teach you the counting technique I use to consistently use it as a true combo extension!
If you're serious enough about mastering Shadow Flare to the point where you don't mind reading 40+ minutes of text, here is a link to the FULL version of this guide. It will teach you the counting method detailed here as well as provide additional context to the combo clips (and a few more combos in general), provide examples of pro level games where my technique could have changed the outcome of the game single-handedly to show this tech's viability, go over some potential uses of Shadow Flare as a frame trap of sorts and provide a few extra tidbits of information about the mechanics of Shadow Flare:
(Long Version) [ Ссылка ]
The first 5 or 6 minutes are virtually identical between the 2 versions.
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