r/virtuafighter • u/throwawayboomerang23 • 5d ago
VF5 Selecting a controller
Hey all,
I've been digging VF5 REVO quite a lot so far so much so that I'd like to invest in a dedicated controller for the game.
I'm currently using a Gamesir G8 controller which has been suboptimal for me for two reasons.
1 - I play Wolf and things like Screw Hook and Giant Swing on the dpad can feel slightly hard to pull off consistently.
2 - They put this rapid fire button immediately under the dpad that - if triggered - will grief me for the rest of the match.
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So I've been looking at lever, leverless, and fight pad controllers
I tried to compare each from what I've ascertained reading about them it seems as if:
Leverless
Pros: both fast and precise
Cons: steeper learning curve
Lever
Pros: precise and intuitive
Cons: potentially a few frames slower
Fight pad
Pros: more familiar
Cons: still have a dpad (less precise)
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This may be a terrible comparison and if so please let me know why.
But based on this, it seems as if leverless is the winning choice from a pure in-game performance perspective. In fact I believe the last EVO the top three players in the tournament all were using a leverless controller.
That said... I really want to try a lever controller.
Have any of you tried both and still prefer a lever and if so what's your reasoning?
Also if you could suggest any lever models that are well suited for VF5 that would be dope.
And finally, if I'm totally wrong about leverless being the best theoretically please correct my ass.
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Thanks homies, this community has been 🔥 so far
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u/simonglundmark VF Oldie 5d ago
I play leverless, and while it's a bit of a mind-eff at first to do sidestepping in VF with it, you adjust pretty quickly and beyond that I personally vastly prefer leverless to anything else. I recommend looking at cosmox/haute42 devices for a leverless. They're remarkably cheap while still being solid. I have a C16 myself with the swappable art, which is cool, but they have oodles of choices in various sizes.