Plasma

Spark bolt is always a huge threat. Good players will know that you are trying to play defensively to bait it out if you are full screen away and take that chance to walk toward you and close the distance. Plus it's always free magnetism whether on hit or on block and you need to stay away until it disappears without staying in the air for too long. I've played a few good Noels and barely win against them :x.

Never actually got an answer to this before so I'll ask it here where it's easy to see. What's the limit on Sledge Hammer's super armor on projectiles, if any? Cause Jin's Ice Fang Distortion Drive goes through it and so does V.13's distortion drive with the huge sword and those are projectiles D:.

Also found out that one close range distortion drive sword move V-13 has goes through it ><. Is the projectile guard properties based on one hit doing 2400, or a projectile hitting more than once damaging over 2400? Ice Fang hits more than once <_<.

Some of the strategies do apply to other matches too ><. Getting them into a corner and spacing well enough so that they can't escape from Emerald Tager Buster for one :x.

Start the match by back-dashing. Since Tager is freakin slow, you can use the time away from him (unless he tries approaching you) to charge up a spark ball. I'd suggest comboing into using it instead of just throwing it out there unless you know the other guy is going to try walking up to you (which he probably won't). Also if you knock them down, Jump!. There are many people online that always fall for Genesic Emerald Tager Buster or Gigantic Tager Driver upon wake up roll and you can always punish with Arm Slam, or something less punishable if they aren't going to do it. Try to get them into a corner cause if they're on the ground knocked down, you can hold out a Genesic Emerald Tager Buster and wait for them to get up, but it's techable. Leave enough room so that if they try to roll left or right, they'll get caught either way and they won't be able to roll behind you (better with Magnetism).

Mm really? I play my brother who uses Rachael a lot and whenever he has like 2-3 rods set up and he uses Baden-Baden Lily, I'm always able to sledge through them without any problem. Though I need to check back on the damage of that move ><, it seems like one of the stronger projectile-related distortion drives though.

Are there any other long range distortion drives other than Jin's Ice Fang that Sledge Hammer can't beat? I found it odd how that move isn't considered a projectile and it stuffs sledge hammer :/. Also how all of Nirvana's attacks are considered projectiles so sledge hammer can go through them with ease.

This match up is kinda annoying cause he has the ability to cross up and a lot of people start his combo's off with jumping C. I'm glad he doesn't have too many overheads, but all of his combo's after blocking leave him very hard to punish. They know the exact opportunities to charge in at you and his needles make it easy for him to approach.

- Vaccuming Gigantic Emerald Tager Buster - Vaccuming with "D", jumping or standing - Air-Vaccuming with Automic Collider. Just don't get them to fly behind you. - Vaccum with Crouching D, good mainly for someone who might be air-dashing at you starting from full screen. You can punish them right before they land and the tackle causes you move forward quickly while they also get sucked in by it. - Tager Driver I believe has a little bit of Vaccum, but not very much since you can't hold that command throw like you can with Gigantic Emerald Tager Buster. - catching newbs and noobs off guard :p.