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Thanks, much appreciated. -Tha Hindu

NP. GOOD LUCK SOLDIER!!! -Tha Hindu

Alright, so I am really glad you had me try this out. It seemed in the beginning that Arakune's Astral Finish was just really crappy and would never be able to hit anyone until now. After seeing all that it is able to do it seems that it is most likely the best non-comboable Astral in the game. First off if you have not seen the Astral Finish here it is below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkPIMjnvWzA#t=3m40s Basically Arakune turns into a Huge blob ball with a huge eye and the user can control him to shoot straight forward two different times, appear and bounce doing a V shape three different times, just fall straight down three times, or jump down and bounce three times trying to finish the opponent off. Arakune will attempt the Astral 3 times each time reappearing on the opposite side. The Astral is "blockable and "Barrierable" also however but not the whole time. Here is the list of things that happens to the opponent if they are touched by the Astral: Confirmed Hit: Death Barrier: Kills Barrier Gauge for opponent and they are sent into Danger Mode Block: Guard Crush Insta-Block: Guard Crush Now don't think that every time this Astral hits the opponent it does multiple hits. It does one clean hit/ touch to make the above happen so it's not like the opponent will lose partial barrier and such. On to the fun stuff If the opponent is cursed before the Astral goes into affect Arakune is still able to summon bugs as normal. This is very good to lock chars down and makes hitting them with the Astral all the easier but that's not all. It seems that if you do 236B before going into Astral that the Astral is COMPLETELY INVISIBLE!!! Now, I don't mean invisible like Arakune usually is when he activates 236B because in his normal form he still has the aura smoke around him which helps the opponent know where he is. In Astral form there is no aura, no nothing. Also, the background turns black for most the time being which makes locating the outline of the invisible Arakune even harder so opponents won't know if they should duck, block, or just stay stationary. Dealing with the invisibility and the bugs at the same time will make them want to . Where's your messiah now? Hope this helped. -Tha Hindu

Yeah, tried them out and it seems where they are most effective is in the corner mainly. 2A version is for pressure while the other is just a fast mix up game. Of course 6D is very very slow and no one is going to let you keep pressuring them until it hits so corner trap would be the best solution here. Maybe that's why we haven't seen these in any videos . -Tha Hindu

I also found some nice high low mixups with Arakune and some new combos such as a 9 dragon combo . I will be adding this in my combo/ strat vid I am making. -Tha Hindu

So I found out 2 days ago that Arakune does not have 1 but 2 unblockables. Unblockables: 1. Summon a hat (6D). Hat must be blocked high so you can do 2A. If they block low you get a curse, if they block high you get a hit. 2. Summon a hat (6D). At the right moment do a j.5D. Either way they block they get cursed. Corner trap game just became a heck of a lot better . -Tha Hindu

Yup, basketball is a thing of the past. Dude, isn't that kind of risky? You're basically wasting meter there if they don't burst. You'll probably get at the most with that super then like 2k and with 1 loop of C maybe add another 300 or so. C loop his ass. -Tha Hindu

I think Eddie chose the wrong host this time What's up with Man-May? I did see this one and thought it was very good and it definitely deserves some praise. -Tha Hindu

Niku-Q (TE) / Niga (SL) / Ogawa (ED) vs. Arisaka (SL) / mike (JA) / Satoshi (PO) Part 1/3 http://youtube.com/watch?v=6izKUktWAqw Part 2/3 http://youtube.com/watch?v=lWxvjeV2Ruk Part 3/3 http://youtube.com/watch?v=sac8RYraPZ0 Altogether it's 24:29. Enjoy guys. -Tha Hindu