 Now it's gonna be Yamini versus Boki. This is gonna be a loud one. I anticipate for those wondering Boki is an Austrian native here He is now gonna be the hometown hero and it's understandable with this crowd is gonna go nuts for him But he has a very unorthodox style of Kung Lao and this ain't no hat trick player here This is Lotus fist. This is the orbiting hat You're gonna see a lot of crazy tech a lot of crazy buttons, but Yamini we have to give props to Yamini too This guy put his name on the map at VN Alley a couple of years ago upsetting players like Slayer Madsen with that premium Green arrow, but now he plays Johnny Cage And I feel like I play we don't get to see too often as well You know, I know we used to see Boki at quite a lot of European events back in the day and yeah a button check Of course, I know that they were they were talking on the way in so I expected that's what we'd see I think while we load into this and get the button check done though We need to talk about what Lotus fist actually brings to the table but before we do that though I want to give a quick summary as to the way that Boki plays and I swear I swear to you. This is his own words They were talking about the the straight the straight Kung Lao hat toss that is minus seven Talking about the straight hat toss that is minus seven on block Boki went no plus seven You're only as minus as you believe you are anything is plus if you believe in the eyes of Boki But honestly, there is a big unfamiliarity factor that comes with Lotus fist Like a lot of people don't realize that when you cancel things to become minus seven You spend two bars one bar of offense one bar of defense for the the hats become minus seven But what it does do is it makes a bunch of more famous strings safe There's a reason foxy in hat tricks doesn't use a lot of those extended strings because they are death on block and death on win But Lotus gives you the energy dresses those but here we go We're starting things off the forward one to already enforced here a button that I mean it's the different variations here We go okay now that's important Yamini going for that that little you know down one the crouching punch into the nut punch Not a legit thing right in terms of like on here. It's not going to combo But on block you're looking for them to move after the the down one and you want the nut punch to catch them Yamini he was saving that for the last minute all of yesterday But in this in today immediately out of the game really sending a message I think of what he's willing to do in this match, but you know that bokeh He's gonna be way more eager to cash out on an escape failed throw a lot earlier because he doesn't enforce the same mix-up Right. He really relishes the orbiting hat the straight hat the extra strings that you really kind of get access to Thanks to the safety those special moves, but it's there, but it's not what he bases his game around right He doesn't have to be quite as protective of the crushing blows Okay, there's oh no goes into the orbiting hat instead of the spin It's gonna matter as that's me yet chip territory Yamini no defensive bar to work with whatsoever and that 4-4 Doing a lot of chip damage to kicks. Unfortunately. Yamini's starting this round with no resources He's only just built offensive bar He's gonna get flutes now remember reverse throw Kung Lao can dash in and enforce something afterwards But there it is into nut punch It really is in many ways not a real thing, but if you're gonna release block then I mean no It's it's it's one of those things that I get to call out if you know your opponent is moving and pressing after your blocks Pokes all the time. That's when you go for it It's what happens on hit that it's a bit surprising So means that Bokey's getting hit by a poke and still looking to move But I think Yamini knows that Bokey is gonna be willing to do that Which is why he's enforcing and actually has hit two for two when he's trying to go for that They're the downfall give us the plus frames. Here comes Johnny Cage. Johnny Cage a footsie scotch. Really He has to return a small hurt box and that's I don't think he quite had the bar to get the launch on that though He was just on the edge of it. Oh, oh big dive kick. Oh the walk down Oh, he's gonna get damaged here knock down I was actually I'm not I'm surprised to him pull the trigger on the fatal blow But he's gonna really bet everything on this one round There's a very expensive way one throw or a forward throw will take you the question is will that be the mix up all the jump over The jump kick to enforce the plus frames and again This may be a different variation, but it's still Kung Lao if he gets a jump kick in his pluses Hell he gets mid or he gets graph But that's just the huge difference between them right lotus fist it's got the orbiting hat It's more about you know, I suppose easier confirms it gives you access to more of the moveset But you lose the amazing setup of the Z hat and obviously your general full-screen game is quite as dangerous You just don't get the guided hat either you already get to teleport on the floor But bokeh really making it work so far and there it is now that that's gonna be a Problem I would say lotus fist has is if you cancel your pokes into lotus fist And your pope connects and they've locked the orbiting hat That means you're gonna be spending a bar of offense and defense because they even use that movie Look at his bar to even use the orbiting hat It costs a bar of each if you want to amplify it it costs everything I mean look at look at the hot sauce though of the usage of the hat there that bokeh Normally when Kung Lao uses the forward for you're so used to seeing the forward for ends and that's it But just look at that extra special move to throw people off guard and when that hits It's a good position for Kung Lao That's gonna be bokeh taking another round. Oh Pre-emptive down three again He's not looking for it because it really is the variation change that I think it messes up a lot of players No one's ready for lotus fist But the problem is the forward one completely unhicked confirmable even though he's ducking and the forward one hits It's a single hit you have to dedicate to spin which is death off block Well speaking of firms Yamini ever to get a good string into a combo there turning it into the buff Okay catches him max range. Oh, I love the sound effects when the brass knuckles are turned on Oh, he tried it again the catapult back to back good blocks, but no real all right for bokeh bokeh's still not ready for it Chases it down. Okay throw counselor. Remember rolls or makeup are definitely not immune to grabs blocks the up to try to enforce a grab instead That could have been a clean punish. Oh my word. Wait a minute. Is he gonna call it? Is he gonna call it? Is that I think that might be dead that's gonna hurt big time and bokeh did do this yesterday during the group stages as well He really has knowledge of when to use the I don't know. Is that enough? No, it isn't oh The walk down with this time Counterpoked nut punch that is one way to just completely stifle the momentum built from a fatal blow that was pixels away from killing Okay, and again bokeh, he's blocked at least three of them out and not a single actual punish Right crushing blow on the throw. It's gonna be used That's 30% down at the very beginning Yamini with a little bit of a mountain to climb now again He hasn't got a lot of resources He's got the corner though that is where trying cage gets a lot more damage than usual I mean we look at we look at these strings like how often do you see these strings not get used because they're so unsafe and here Comes the orbiting hat to just add to it. I Really love the use of this variation I just think they're different in their own way right that they're good for different tasks and different play styles is the important thing with punish Unfortunately that string definitely unsafe on the whip Okay, but the first time we're gonna see the cage Oh, but a confirm Yamini no defensive bar. He might be dead and he will be Wow Doing huge chunks of damage at seemingly every point of the combo. I think that there's no point You're getting hit that you're gonna be like, okay Well, the bulk stun now I'll be okay because everything is just hit hit hit I feel like a lot of these ranges where we're able to see Johnny cage be effective We're able to see bokeh be just as effective if not more purely because he just looks more comfortable in this matchup And I'm not surprised to hear his bill out. He is playing without fear absolutely. He's just not Again, he's not being swayed I feel like Yamini's Johnny cage is very reliant on you kind of being on the ground You know really at a specific range because Yamini here He thrives on the with punishes on the advancing buttons And that's just not something that bokeh's been a really having to worry about so far right bokeh is the one controlling How fast the matches played he's always the one on the offense Oh Okay, delayed forward one doesn't overextend, but you will now confirm you gotta amplify the spin in that situation the regular spin won't reach All the delay the walk and there it is to confirm bokeh hit confirming the orbiting hat bokeh very Openly as it actually admitted that one thing he needs to do is start confirming the hat a bit more because it doesn't allow him to get Combos and we're starting to teach a bit at the start of that round I mean, it's hard to confirm considering it. It's tight to link from it anyway, but it's also it's a single here It's quick like you have to be absolutely paying attention. Oh, that's a confirmed to spin I don't think I don't think he believed in his heart that it would work But does it matter does it help he gets a reverse grab with the gravity safe on the same Oh my word poking to special Yamini getting a taste of his own medicine right there bokeh's on match point Yamini really looking like he just has to figure something out here, but I just don't know I think Yamini he's trying to fight back. He's getting a lot of these counterpoking up punches But I thought that's where the bulk of his damage is coming from He's not really able to kind of enforce any offense on bokeh because bokeh again like again things like Rotex, he's picking the right buttons. He's using faster buttons Oh, Johnny K not really known for the same kind of advancing fast mids that that Kung Lao potentially quite has At the same time like it's just not the range for him Okay, no the down one with Yamini's enforcing a lot of defensive respect now He's sitting there and holding every mid that bokeh throws it and waits until he's minus seven And then enforces turn to press doesn't get a lot of it But at least he gets a bit of breathing space and that's what he's been desperately after against bokeh the entire time Blocks the forward four and now now the ball is gonna be in bokeh's court to finally actually start going for some grabs But when he finally does the throw escape that was so clutched from Yamini I love the reactions who Yamini's back is against the wall literally and in the tournament Oh, he loses he's eliminated if you get to look this round, but it's defense. Whoa that pressure has been so good This defense is it's absolutely impeccable all the wake-up months into the number put no punish into the throat Yamini he is fighting with every single think he has left. Oh Okay, the cancel on the fatal blow. Let's not forget Johnny Cage the only character in the game They can cancel this fatal blow. I love that That's like the coolest thing about this character dude is just the ability to cancel that fatal blow It's a big cost because you obviously lose your fatal blow until it comes back But especially at that point in the in the round when you're both that low chances are it's not gonna come back he gets the Knuckle dust is on deck is that enough to make a difference though good throw tech crucial throw tech Yamini being significantly more defensive than he was prior and it's helped him out so much versus bokeh He's spending a lot of his resources to try and get the job done. There's the hatch doesn't get much confirmed from the spin Uh-oh, that isn't gonna be right indeed knockdown another spin Oh Bokeh crushes it with the forward four and a three zero Yamini is out