So, after the LCQ, Zhen beat Mono, Momochi, Big Bird, Kawano, AngryBird and iDom. Finished 2nd place, only lost to the champion MenaRD. What a legendary run...
MenaRD did very well. He dealt with Zhen’s pressure and gameplay very well. He deserves it no doubt. EndingWalker needs to up his mental composure. Great player but his mentality failed him.
He also refused to look MenaRD in the face when they shook hands, looked generally disgusted, and immediately wiped his hand on his jacket. He's the only person at Capcom Cup to exhibit this lack of class. I guess losing really wasn't part of his game plan.
@@Asterra2 he’s a 19yo guy, don’t take it personal. He will grow out of it and become a great person. More so, China have severe Covid issues so I suppose that was the reason for his actions.
@@Asterra2 well chinese citizens are kinda well known for being entitled a-holes in countries they visit, like infamously so. their state propaganda teaches them that theyre a chosen elite so they take things like automatic success over their lessers for granted. tho maybe the reason he acted like a jerk on camera was he was thinking about how he didnt live up to that ideal
@@Asterra2 he was just shy,typical introvert nerd dodging eye contact. wiping hands because the sweap after a very tense match. don't need to be dramatic.
Your video editing skills are perfect for non SF players like me !!! Thank you for making it enjoyable to watch these matches and keep up with the competitive fighting scene
What I love the most about Zhen's play is that he plays offense incredibly well because he understands the Defense in each matchup, the Broski example with his anti-v reversal, or how he caught both Mono and Angry Bird with anti V-shift tech with VT2 explosion. Those interactions come from great understanding on resource management and reads. He spends EX bar like it is a joke, but because he wins the game by manipulating your own V-Bar. That I would say has been his biggest strength as of now, understanding his character doesn't need EX for anything other than generating turns that are eternal, plus making you spend your v meter and then making you pay for it. A parenthesis on for me his most impressive win was against momochi for how efficiently he was able to turn the game after being cornered, just by understanding his options. Absolute monster of a player
Love seeing this in any fighting game. An unknown making his tourney debut and just dominating out of nowhere. What a run by Zhen! Hope to see him in 6 as well.
Really cool vid! I liked how you included pivotal moments of matches as well as analyses! Slowing it down and showing what both players did well was also awesome for lending perspective to the games.
at the end he beat Momochi, Idom, Gachikun, Problem X all world champs be evo or capcom Cup, this kid was insane, only MENARD manage to put him down and finally stop Zhen rampage.
Amazing commentary and I LOVE the slow motion to emphasize key moments. I am not a SF player but this was still really fun to watch and insightful. Definitely subscribing. Thank you!
ZHEN BABY. Lost not one set since Lcq all the way to winners side of capcup top 16. To remember lcq had players like problem x,shuto,kichipa and whatnot. Yep☠️. Always finds an opening somehow,since he took Lcq man I’m just rooting for him lol. the energy of all those who didn’t make it,plus he’s young,plus he was unknown till now,plus he NICE AS HELL🙌🙌🙌
Best thing about this is no Luke, that character is so lame I'm sick of seeing clips of him in tournaments. Capcom really goofed introducing such an op character at the end.
Its funny how modest Zhen looks and yet he worked his way through his opponents like ticking them off a shopping list. Follow your favourites but don't underestimate the young blood as there are various talented players such as Zhen out there that may have not had the opportunity previously to get to tournaments. It makes for interesting tournaments in any case (I'm sure the experienced pros don't see it that way but ey).
12:21 Kichipa could have CA-ed him as he landed from being hit out of the air. It's one of the most reliable ways to land Zangief's super. Would have been my immediate reaction in this situation.
I know this is too early to say and i probably will get a lot of hate from people who wants Japanese / USA players to win CapCup. But i personally want Ending Walker vs Zhen at grand final. It’s always great to watch new young blood especially not from Japan / USA who surprised a lot of people.
I am going to be completely honest, because covid I literally only watched EVO, Combo Breaker, Frosty and CEO so I personally don't know any of these "new" players like Kawano, Pugera, DCQ. This CC is going to be great to watch
Kawno, Pugera and DCQ aren't new to the scene, you're just new to the game of SF5. 😆😂🤣 Kawano and Pugera had been playing SF5 since season 2 and DCQ started during season 3 as the new comer where Oil King and Gamerbee dominated the Taiwan region CPT majority of the time.
@@drakedraven6961 I know they aren't new thats why i used quotes in my first post. I just never saw them in any TOP 8 from the tournaments I've mention. Maybe Kawano was in one of them but thats it.
@@Hlidskialf They had no sponsors at the time, traveling and events expenses were out of their budget except working full/part time and school simultaneous as their main priorities. They're there since season 2 Japan SFL. I agree that they aren't in top 8 majority of the CPT events, that leads back to what I just mentioned above. They did show up for the final SF5 EVO2022 where Kawano did won the whole event possible due to being sponsored by his team leader Gachikun, also plus the previous online and SFL team placing. If Zhen wasn't sponsored, he would never made it to the CC2022 for the LCQ plus his online CPT top 8 placing, same goes for DCQ.
@@drakedraven6961 yeah, thats why i think this CC is going to be fun to watch. All these guys who didnt travel before showing up in one of the most stacked event for sfv.
you know what's sort of crazy ? That the 1 mil prize pool will probably draw out more players from China who will try their luck. Zhen was absolutely an OVNI. Never saw a dictator played this well. Made you feel all those years, pros were not trying hard enough. Even after 6 years of SFV.
Zhen and VoidWalker definitely needed in SF for more diversity. The next Capcom Cup going to be amazing. SF6 going to be fresh new start for everyone and stake is higher.
Zhen defeated 2 former evo champ (problem x, kawano) and 3 former Capcom cup champ (gachikun, momochi, idom) and only lost to a 'honest' Luke player, what a legendary run.
SFV is a game for people who don't play Street Fighter and aren't good at fighting games, a random winning a tournament isn't anything special in this, it's just Tuesday.
