GBVS/Lowain/Combos

7	8	9
4	5	6
1	2	3

Numbers represent direction on a keyboard numpad. For example,

+

becomes 236L.

> = Proceed from the previous move to the following move.

▷/land = Indicate that the player must land at that point in the sequence.

, = the previous move into the following move.

->/~ = the previous special into a follow-up special.

dl./delay = Delay the following move.

whiff/(whiff) = The move must whiff (not hit).

c. = Close

f. = Far

j. = Jumping/Aerial

hj./sj. = High Jump/Super Jump

jc = Jump Cancel

hjc/sjc = High Jump Cancel/Super Jump Cancel

dc/adc = Dash Cancel/Air Dash Cancel

CH = Counter Hit

AA = Anti-Air

IAS = Instant Air Special

[X] = Hold input.

]X[ = Release input.

(move) = Move is optional.

[X] or [Y] = Perform sequence X or Y.

[sequence] xN = Repeat sequence N amount of times.

(N) = Hit N of a move or move must deal N amount of hits.

AB =

Avatar Belial

BB =

Beelzebub

BL =

Belial

CA =

Cagliostro

CL =

Charlotta

DJ =

Djeeta

EU =

Eustace

FR =

Ferry

FT =

Ladiva

GR =

Gran

KT =

Katalina

LN =

Lancelot

LW =

Lowain

MT =

Metera

NM =

Narmaya

PC =

Percival

SO =

Soriz

SX =

Seox

UN =

Anre

VS =

Vaseraga

VI =

Vira

YU =

Yuel

ZO =

Zooey

ZT =

Zeta

Template

Combo	Position	Tension Gain	Works on:	Difficulty
combo transcript	where	Net Gain	who	Very Easy
combo transcript	where	Net Gain	who	Easy
combo transcript	where	Net Gain	who	Medium
combo transcript	where	Net Gain	who	Hard
combo transcript	where	Net Gain	who	Very Hard

Combo List

Midscreen:

5XXX 214X
5M/2M 214M/H
5M/2M 214L (vs Crouching)
2L 2L 5L 214H (vs Standing)
2L 2L 2L 214H (vs Crouching)
2L 2L 5L 214M (vs Vaseraga Crouching)
2L/5L 5MMM (vs Crouching)
2U CH 214X
MH CH 5HHH 214X
236L 2H 214L f.M 214H (wallbounce) 2H 5MH
22H 5HHH 214M

Near Corner:

5XXX 214H 5HHH > Cancel into summon for oki
5XXX 214H 2U > Cancel into summon for oki
5XXX 214H 2H 236236H 5M 5L 236U
2H 214L f.M 214H 2H 236236H 5M 5L 236U (high damage reversal bait punish, can substitute 5H into 214H > the wall bounce follow up for more consistency)
623M (parry hit) 2H 214L 5H 214H 2H 236236H 5Mx2 5L 236U
236H M+H 2H 214L delay cl.H 214H cl.HHH > Cancel into summon for oki

Back to Corner:

5H (1) 236H 6G side swap 2H 214L 5MMM 214L
2M (CH) 236H 22M (delay) 5M 214M

Anti-Air:

2H 214L f.M 214M
2H (CH) 214L (whiff) 5HHH 214M
2H (CH) 22A Dash 2H 214L f.M 214M

Yggdrasil:

5M 5U
5M 5L
5M (blocked full-screen) 5H
5U (blocked in air) 5H

Combo Theory

Lowain routing tends to be a bit limited due to his lack of combo ability for his specials.

214X: Being his only real combo tool you have to manage the cooldown for this move very carefully. If you use the EX version you are without a combo ender until the cooldown is over. Making use of setups that involve his summons to allow you to get a knockdown with 2U or an air juggle will be necessary if this move ever goes on cooldown. 214H wall bounces which leads to his more extended combos. You will either combo into 5XXX for damage and oki, 2U for worst damage but best oki, or 2H to lead into an HPA combo or MH ender for damage.

214L Juggles: On airborne opponents, 2H can lift an opponent into 214L which lets you pick up with another juggle. This is really important for anti-air confirms or getting extra damage if you managed to get a launching hit from 236L or 22H. 5XXX 214L can also lead to juggles as well but you approach combo limit much faster.

Crouching Vs Standing confirms: Lowain f.L is kind of bad since it whiffs on crouchers at far ranges. Which means you have to learn a different crouching confirm for people crouching vs standing.