Terra and link glitch questions

[Madoka Titus]

Copypasta from gamefaqs:

Is the HC link glitch possible from Holy? Meltdown/Graviga/Meteor into HC link glitch works, but how come Holy doesn't?

Also, is there a link glitch for Fire > Firaga?

---------- Post added 06-24-2011 at 08:20 AM ---------- Previous post was 06-23-2011 at 03:23 PM ----------

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[Kit]

I'm not sure what your asking, If your saying how come holy combos flares can link glitch right after meltdown hits the opponent and holy can't, is because holy doesn't have flare. And for the second question not that I know of.

[Madoka Titus]

No, I'm asking why HC can't activate Flare even if Holy hits, i.e. I cast Holy, then HC, Holy hits, I can't activate Flare.

As for the second one, can't I do something like, say: the opponent is in the air, I cast Meteor/Holy/Meltdown/Graviga, then Fire, any of those spells hit, activate Firaga even when Fire didn't hit? I mean it should since that's the essence of all link glitches, but I can't. Hence this topic.

[LonelyGaruga]

Do you mind providing a video example for the first issue? That would make it much easier to pinpoint what, if anything, you're doing wrong, and make it easier to answer your question.

[gray_kaiser]

There are many videos of those link glitches on YouTube and NicoNico.

[Madoka Titus]

*headdesk*

Okay, I'll try and up a video of why something won't work.

Edit: Okay I've seen a vid wherein Meltdown > Firaga works. That's what I was talking about. I couldn't do it with Meteor and I've tried many times. Maybe it just doesn't work?

[LonelyGaruga]

I suppose the problem is that Fire isn't out fast enough after Meteor to allow you to trigger Firaga. Meltdown has a much longer duration, so you'd have plenty of time to use Fire, and have a window to activate Firaga after Meltdown connects. I don't main Terra, so I'm not too sure if this is accurate. Hopefully someone can come up with an answer once you post an example.

[Madoka Titus]

Hmm, that makes sense. Well, I could just do Meteor > let Fire connect > Firaga when they're on or near the ground, but I'd rather make my enemies go WTF when they randomly just explode after being hit by Meteor in the air or when they're not in Fire's range.
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---------- Post added at 08:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 PM ----------

Well, here's the vid.



At 0:14 in is the first Holy > HC > Flare attempt. The next are failed attempts and are probably very tedious to watch so just skip to 2:30, wherein I finally had the positioning done for an EX mode Holy > HC. As you can clearly see, this should've allowed me to activate Flare when Holy hit Sephiroth, but it didn't. T

The next is a failed Graviga > Fire > Firaga and then the Meteor > Fire > Firaga attempts (skip to 3:16 for a decent shot, but still failed). Last is finally a successful Graviga > Fire > Firaga, which even assist changing couldn't save Sephiroth from.

[Zodiark]

You seem to not get why the "Link Glitch" Works.
It works when a move Hitstuns (Invulnerability)
A Perfect example is Tifa's Blizzaga.
It can chain perfectly well into her HP Attacks, and that's because it's registering the Hitstun as a hit (Throughout their invulnerability.)

[Khell]

Hmm, that makes sense. Well, I could just do Meteor > let Fire connect > Firaga when they're on or near the ground, but I'd rather make my enemies go WTF when they randomly just explode after being hit by Meteor in the air or when they're not in Fire's range.

You'll never get Meteor -> Fire to work properly as a Link Glitch because you'll never have enough time to land and get Fire off before that last meteor spawns and hopefully connects. It's just a problem with the cooldown of Meteor + Landing lag.

As for Graviga > Fire > Firaga, the AI just didn't change at the right moment. :P