Soul Calibur Stupid Question

[iloveannie]

Can someone give me some advice on the Soul Charge? I should know, having played the DC version to death on its initial Japanese release, but somehow seemed to get by without it. Any other tips on this title will be very welcoming (like a bloody translation for the "Big Bit" :-)).

Kind Regards,
alan m

[stroppa]

I find it completely useless to be honest, other than for posing when playing versus.

[Che Musashi]

Yes the Soul Charge is a waste. You'll get by fine without it.

[TheShend]

Yes the Soul Charge is a waste. You'll get by fine without it.

You won't on some of the stages in the Missions.

Where it actually serves a purpose!

[bungle]

With some people it causes a better attack (Cervantes) which produces a higher launch move so more can be added in. However the same can be used when you catch people off balance (half way through a move or something similar) thus making the soul charge pretty redundant too.

Oh, oh.....!....! I just remember Yoshimitsu has a throw which can only be done as above too. I thought the exclamation marks were appropriate.

Edit: spelling mistake

[Saurian]

The Soul Charge causes the next successful strike to act as a counterhit - which means juggles will be higher, or the opponent will stagger on certain attacks. It was very good with certain characters in SC1, but now it's just a waste of time

[C']

The Soul Charge causes the next successful strike to act as a counterhit - which means juggles will be higher, or the opponent will stagger on certain attacks. It was very good with certain characters in SC1, but now it's just a waste of time

No way, I seen Yunsung and Talim become absolute demons when there moves are fully charged up.

Yunsung's 66+A+B for example becomes unblockable and the moves impressive range (resulting from the dash forward from the 66) makes it an incredibly useful to his arsenal.

Plus, I would argue, that the fact you can now move whilst soul charging makes the move even effective. Like you say, the effectiveness of the move differs from character to character but I would certainly argue against the move being a waste of time.

[bungle]

Yunsung's 66+A+B for example becomes unblockable and the moves impressive range (resulting from the dash forward from the 66) makes it an incredibly useful to his arsenal.

Don't mean to be an arsehole here but, no it doesn't. I read your post and thought, being a Yunsung player, 'interesting, I'll try that'. So I did. It isn't unblockable and it hardly increases range at all.

[C']

Yunsung's 66+A+B for example becomes unblockable and the moves impressive range (resulting from the dash forward from the 66) makes it an incredibly useful to his arsenal.

Don't mean to be an arsehole here but, no it doesn't. I read your post and thought, being a Yunsung player, 'interesting, I'll try that'. So I did. It isn't unblockable and it hardly increases range at all.

Whoops, wrong character. It's Mitsurugi's 66+A+B that becomes unblockable .

There are other moves that take advantage of the soul charge properties and Yunsung still benefits from it's use more than some other characters.

However, I never said the Soul Charge increases the range, but anyway.

[ZeroRisk]

Whoops, wrong character. It's Mitsurugi's 66+A+B that becomes unblockable

Cool! Cheers C' I'll give that a go tomorrow!

[bungle]

Yeah, I just read the range bit in my head really badly. 'The moves impressive range(.....' I think my brain thought the bracket was a full stop or something.