TITANIUM BEAST!!!

You can safely ignore JyakotuKurayami, dude is just a Bridget fanboy and your logical arguments will fly right over his/her head.

Depends on when you're doing it. The method above is for a dash buffered BB. However if you're already running, this method will not work. To do a BB while you are already running, you have to shift to down forward while running, then perform BB. This prevents the overlap with WT, but it doesn't work if you were already holding forward. So you basically have to do it like this: 66, immediately shift to 3, then after running the desired distance, do 236[K].

I don't think there's any character that he just completely dominates, provided your opponent knows the matchup.

It is very useful on characters like Ky, who are difficult/impossible to hit with airdash S-K-D after an RCed BR. For example, from distances where GF-RC-BB-Fafnir will not allow for any followup, you can use dash 5S(c) into j.D to get more corner carry. If they still aren't in the corner, a dash buffered Fafnir can tag them, if they are low enough. Example with Ky: (your corner): 2D BR(2) RC, ad.S-K-D, land, dash j.K-S, JC dj.S-HS -> VV -> 214K This combo only does 163 dmg, is very hard on Ky because you have to delay the airdash slightly after RCing or you will fly over his head, and because of the dash momentum, you often end up cornered again and he either lands right next to you, or farther away at his optimal positioning. (your corner): 2D GF RC 5S -> BB, dash 5S-2HS, JC j.S, JC dj.S-HS -> VV -> 214K This one does 189 and takes you out of the corner while putting you both at midscreen. Much better, but we still don't have that corner carry we're looking for (your corner): 2D GF RC 5S -> BB, dash 5S(c), JC j.D, D, land, Fafnir, Fafnir This combo does 194 dmg, takes you out of the corner and leaves the other player in the corner, while giving you plenty of time to immediately GF and put a meaty projectile on top of your opponent. You can also use this after using a dash 5K as anti air to convert into more damaging corner combos at ranges where it would normally not be possible.

I was talking about using dash momentum from jump cancelable combos to create new extensions.

HOS is pretty cool, bros. The new RC system makes me hype to try out almost any returning character. Look what it's done for Johnny so far.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA PRAISE BE

Experimenting with this, it works beautifully with certain routes. Allows you to turn some less-than-optimal situations into corner carry + damage. Tough to do, but really slick.

Expect Johnny nerfs!

Mist Finer can be YRCed. The general rule seems to be "if it has invincibility or is otherwise able to severely disrupt offense, no YRC or PRC". So pretty much all reversal/DP type moves fall under this category, because a move which interrupts offense that easily should always have risk involved. Even giving DPs a PRC is too much, since it basically gets you a free pass if you guess wrong, along with possibly even another mixup depending on how your opponent reacts. The exception here seems to be Overdrives, which I guess happens because they figure you're already spending a lot of meter, so the drawback to being able to cancel those kinds of moves is the huge meter usage itself. Having 75-100% meter on hand to YRC/PRC a failed OD isn't necessarily that common. This also applies to things like DI GV, because DI itself is already massively risky to just do.

Wow, so much salt over player polls that aren't official and have nothing to do with the actual voting. YOUR TEARS ARE DELICIOUS. In any case, I really hope HOS does make it in, especially if it means Kazunoko will start playing GG more. Also somewhat ironic that some people think HOS shouldn't make it because there are enough characters of his type in the game, yet these are the same people who would like to have another stupid setplay character instead.

Exchanges like these make me question whether or not FG people are normal human beings.

If you can connect with it, then yes, but it's tough depending on the combo and sometimes impossible. That and 6HS knockdown gives some interesting mixup options that VV doesn't.

The thing is that it works on a lot of the characters you listed there, and almost always leads to more damage. I'll use Sol as the easiest example. c.S 6P 5H jD jD fafnir GF 6P GF jD Divekick 6P VV does 229 on Sol c.S 6P 5H jD jD fafnir BB GF 6P GF VV does 234 on Sol Stuff like this is possible on several characters. It's just a lot easier to do GF after Fafnir due to the leniency of hitting GF after Fafnir's tumble. BB requires more precise timing. At the end of the day though, we're talking about differences of a handful of points. This stuff only becomes relevant when you're trying to KO someone at the end of a round, and then you have to deal with Guts screwing everything up. Find something you can execute consistently and do that.

It's not the max damage route. Fafnir -> BB routes are still more damaging, though the difference is usually only a point or two.

I was thinking specifically of things like Sol's GF YRC oki, especially in the corner. If you do the setup for the corner crossup, but then normal jump instead of IADing, you don't get rejected if the opponent uses Blitz, and since Blitz no longer has invincibility, you can just land and do Wild Throw to punish. For multi-hit oki like Ky's CSE, you can probably do a high/low 50/50 from further away (max range sweep or Dust), or just wait for them to finish Blitzing the entire projectile and then run up throw. EDIT: Just watched that video, note the end where Slayer gets CH out of the fully charged Blitz attack. So that's another option, since they lose the Blitz hitbox once they release the attack.

New blitz doesn't give invincibility when used against projectiles, correct? If that's the case, projectile oki actually gets strengthened by the new system, especially single hit projectiles like Gun Flame.

Ok I got it now, there's two ways to do it. Guess I just wasn't doing it fast enough before. Super confusing to block.

Anyone ever figure out how the GF YRC IAD crossup in the corner works? I managed to get it to work one time in training mode, but I can't replicate it.

Thanks. Guess the same character color has to be purchased? Glad to see my current favorite color made it into the main set.

I wonder if anyone has links to all the new colors for each character? I keep seeing a handful pop up here and there and would at least like to be able to see what new colors Sol got.

Sorry about this guys, I've been super busy and distracted by other things, I haven't even really been playing much GG lately. Plus every time I play, I keep rethinking what the optimal way to play Sol is in Xrd. In previous titles I think it was important to not be so YOLO, but with the ridiculous damage + stun of Xrd 1.1 and YRC potentially making everything safe, I dunno if that's the best way to play him anymore. You can kinda be YOLO if you have meter and get away with it because the reward is so high if you open your opponent up successfully.

I almost wouldn't bother fighting any Leo online unless you have a clean 4 bar connection with almost no fluctuation. That character is just so incredibly fraudulent and scummy in the first place, you don't need to add the frustration of lag to that.

Yes, as in, if you don't like a particular character, you have the option of picking a character that is more to your taste. Now, if the game doesn't offer a character to your taste, you're not under obligation to keep playing the game and to just pick another character that you may not like. If your entire basis for liking a game is one character, then maybe you're not the biggest fan of the game itself, but that doesn't mean you're obligated to keep playing the game. This is why you walking around saying "I play who I like regardless of viability or my own skill," and "play Pong if you only wanna play one character," in response to people saying they want their main back, makes no sense and does nothing but make you look like a fool. It's like, no shit guy, I would play who I like too, except they're not in this game!

I stated before in that Order-Sol thread that I am not dying for him to come back. I'm having fun playing Sol instead in Xrd. But it's different for everyone. In spite of what Blade's saying, I totally get how people feel about wanting their main back. I know that if the next SC comes out and Maxi's not in it, I probably won't be very hype about it. "If GG was only about picking one character you wouldn't have "character select" you'd have *cue announcer voice* YOU'RE STUCK WITH THIS CHARACTER! Play pong if you only care about one character, man..." I just wanted to quote this to point out how stupid it was. Having multiple characters to pick doesn't mean you're obligated to pick more than one character. If anything, GG is very much about having at least one character for every player, which naturally implies that some players are inclined towards particular character types or styles.