Following the events of Continuum Shift, Noel Vermillion has deserted the NOL and fled to the land of Ikaruga. Under the guidance of Sector Seven, Noel now seeks the strength to save her friend, Tsubaki Yayoi, who has been brainwashed by the NOL.
Drive: Chain Revolver
Noel's Drives function two different ways. Upon initial Drive press, Noel uses a Drive attack, and then she is in a a chain revolver state where all of her normal commands are different and three more special moves are available. The chain revolver state lasts until you stop inputting commands or perform a special/distortion cancel.
- Noel may cancel any Drive move into any other move, with the exception that she may not repeat a move twice in a row.
- If chain revolver ends without a special cancel, Noel performs a short reload animation before being able to perform any other commands again.
- Noel is limited to 4 normal commands after the initial drive stater. Attempts to perform more will be ignored, but she may still perform a special cancel at this point.
- In drive state, Noel can use any special move she previously had access to, as well as 3 special moves exclusive to Drive: Spring Raid, Bloom Trigger, and Assault Through.
Overdrive: Chain Quasar
Activating Noel's Overdrive has numerous positive effects:
- Faster startup speed for drive moves
- Faster recovery on drive moves (Loses "Reload" animation)
- Distortion Drive damage increase
- Thor allows Noel to recover in the air after the missile fires
- Bloom Trigger hits more than twice
- Assault Through has increased invuln and short invisibility before going active
- Spring Raid has increased untech time allowing for combos
Strengths/Weaknesses
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Weaknesses
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- High mobility.
- Good corner carry.
- Alright ground normals.
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- Short effective range, can't really contest most other characters from far away.
- Bad reversal options which force her to basically toss a coin, with bad odds.
- Heavily meter dependent - usually a rapid is needed to do any sophisticated mixup attempts.
- Really inconsistent combo transitions from stray hits.
- Careless drive usage is easily punishable.
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