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Matchups

Table of Contents

Detailed

Replay Theater is a great resource to find high-level matchup footage.
High-level replays may also be found in-game (Main Menu > Collection > Replay > Search).
The Counterstrategy page will generally have some basic counterstrategy against each character in the game.
Please keep in mind that matchup charts are subjective and not all players may agree on them.

Anji Mito

Anji

Favorable

Short Summary Goes Here

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Anji's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardAllStartup5Recovery10Advantage-2	f.S, 2S, 2D	6S	5K	6P, 2K, 236P
6PGuardAllStartup10Recovery25Advantage-17	2S, 2D	f.S, 6S		6P, 5K, 2K, 236P
5KGuardAllStartup8Recovery9Advantage-2	6P	6S, 2D	5K, f.S, 2S	2K, 236P
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery21Advantage-9	6P, f.S, 2D	5K, 2S, 6S	2K	236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Axl Low

Axl

Favorable

Axl is capable of out-zoning Happy Chaos at full screen until you've landed Curse. Once Curse is applied Axl struggles to contest moving ATR shots and or quick Steady Aim shots.

After connecting a shot, either hit or block, you're free to apply pressure and retake control of the match.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Axl's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardLowStartup10Recovery14Advantage-6
5PGuardAllStartup7Recovery19Advantage-11 [-3]
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery22Advantage-13
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery19Advantage-8
2HGuardLowStartup11Recovery26Advantage-18 [-8]
214SGuardAllStartup24Recovery21Advantage+3
214HGuardAllStartup14Recovery29Advantage-24
IADB j.SGuardHighStartup14Recovery18Advantage-

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Baiken

Baiken

Even

ParryGuard-Startup1Recovery32Advantage- makes pressuring Baiken after knockdowns, and in blockstrings difficult as Clone cannot be used to make Oki safe to her meterless reversal.

The reward for successfully baiting a Parry is very high.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Baiken's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs	Clash
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery19Advantage-10	2S	f.S, 6S, 2D		5K, 2K	6P
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery15Advantage-7		2K, f.S, 2S, 6S, 2D	5K	236P	6P
2SGuardAllStartup11Recovery19Advantage-8	2D	6P, 5K, 2K, f.S, 6S	2S	236P
Walk Back 2HGuardLowStartup17Recovery26Advantage-13	5K, 2K (2D CH)	6P, f.S, 2S		2D, 236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Bridget

Bridget

Favorability Goes Here

Bridget's f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery18Advantage-9 and 5HGuardAllStartup11Recovery29Advantage-17 excellent tools for punishing greed in neutral. Attempting to recover resources or enter Steady Aim without first establishing advantage will frequently lead to eating a counter hit, and possibly put you inside the Yo-Yo Vortex An offensive sequence that starts with a very difficult to block mixup, which then causes a knockdown if it works and loops back into the same mixup over and over again..

StarshipGuardAllStartup9Recovery39Advantage-28, Bridget's DP Dragon Punch A move that has invulnerability during its startup, long recovery, and a rising motion. hits four times, making it effective at hitting through CloneGuard-Startup10Recovery43 totalAdvantage- on wakeup.

Bridget does not have a lot of HP, and doesn't do a large amount of damage, so generally the Risk / Reward on individual interactions is in Chaos' favor.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Bridget's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Curse once applied makes Bridget far easier to control in neutral.

Offense

Defense

Bridget's Yo-Yo Okizeme if done correctly is unfuzzyable and a safejump, though the last part isn't important when playing Chaos. If the opponent is not using TK Roll Okizeme, Bridget is susceptible to being hit with wakeup 6P.

Once you enter the Vortex An offensive sequence that starts with a very difficult to block mixup, which then causes a knockdown if it works and loops back into the same mixup over and over again. there is no easy way out, as Bridget will still have the opportunity to continue pressure after blocking the two or more mix-up attempts that occur during Yo-Yo Okizeme From Japanese "起き攻め". Attacking an opponent about to wake up after they were knocked down, usually with meaty attacks or mix-ups..

Chipp Zanuf

Chipp

Favorable

Chipp suffers for having lower than average effective HP in this matchup.

2K and 2S are especially useful to control space, and lead to great reward on hit, but be careful not to whiff as Chipp will whiff punish you.

Chipp can be annoying to pressure due to his meterless reversal, Beta BladeGuardAllStartup9Recovery23Advantage-27, and 3F 5PGuardAllStartup3Recovery10Advantage-2, but the reward for successfully baiting a DP is high.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Chipp's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery25Advantage-16	2K	5K, f.S, 6S, 2D	2S	6P, 236P
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery20Advantage-8	6P, 5K, 2K	f.S, 2S, 6S, 2D		236P
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery17Advantage-7	2K, f.S,	6S	6P, 2S, 2D	5K, 236P
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery19Advantage-7	2K,	6P, 2S, 6S	f.S, 2D	5K, 236P
IAD j.HGuardHighStartup8Recovery17Advantage+4~5 (IAD)	5K, 2K	6P, f.S, 6S	236P	2S, 2D

For IAD j.H : 5K and 2K recover in time to CH with 6P. 236P will recover in time to trade with 5P. 2S and 2D will recover in time to block.

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Faust

FaustDon't let him throw items.

Favorable

Faust struggles in this matchup without the help of lucky item pulls. Effective use of both gun stances are able to deny Faust the opportunity to pull items in neutral.

Once Faust reaches 50% Tension Gauge, ScarecrowGuardAllStartup54 [84]Recovery10 [7]Advantage-8 [+7] PRC can be used to attempt to punish zoning from full screen.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Faust's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardLowStartup7Recovery11Advantage-3
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery32Advantage-21
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery8Advantage-2
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery20Advantage-8
2HGuardLowStartup14Recovery29Advantage-12
j.2KGuardAllStartup10Recovery9 after LandingAdvantage-

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Giovanna

Giovanna

Slightly Favorable

Short Summary Goes Here

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Giovanna's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery15Advantage-9	2S, 2D	5K, f.S, 6S		6P, 2K, 236P
66 5KGuardAllStartup6Recovery12Advantage-2
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery16Advantage-4	6P, 2S	6S, 2D	5K, f.S	2K, 236P
2SGuardLowStartup9Recovery15Advantage-6	f.S	6S	2K, 2S, 2D	6P, 5K, 236P
5HGuardAllStartup10Recovery19Advantage-5	6P	5K, 2K, 2S, 6S	f.S, 2D	236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Goldlewis Dickinson

GoldlewisDon't lose neutral.

Favorable

Goldlewis struggles to deal with Happy Chaos in both Neutral and during Pressure.

Level 3 DroneGuardAllStartup57Recovery34 TotalAdvantage- is important to play around as Goldlewis can use it to effectively 'skip neutral', circumventing this is vital to winning as once Goldlewis has won Neutral Happy Chaos lacks any strong tools to stop him snowballing into a victory.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Goldlewis's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery27Advantage-19
5KGuardLowStartup10Recovery12Advantage-7
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery23Advantage-12
684HGuardAll* (Guard Crush)Startup12Recovery21Advantage-5
j.DGuardHighStartup14Recovery14Advantage+13 (IAD)

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Happy Chaos

Happy ChaosExecution Check

Even

Happy Chaos lacks strong defensive tools to deal with Happy Chaos's offense. If cursed in neutral dealing with Happy Chaos's Steady Aim is incredibly difficult.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Happy Chaos's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2KGuardLowStartup7Recovery12Advantage-4
2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery18Advantage-7
6SGuardAllStartup12Recovery24Advantage-14
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery19Advantage-8
236PGuard-Startup-Recovery29 totalAdvantage-

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

I-No

I-No

Favorable

I-No is difficult to contest up close, but becomes easy to zone once pushed to full screen due to lacking a normal dash.

Getting an Air Guard Crush against I-No will allow you to recover more resources than usual as well as greatly increasing the horizontal pushback of the shots.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
I-No's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs	Clash
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2K	5K, 2S, 6S, 2D, 6K	2S	236P	6P
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13	f.S, 2S	5K, 2K, 2D, 6K	6S	236P	6P
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11	Walk Back 2S	6P, f.S, 2S, 6S	2K, 2D	5K, 236P
2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	f.S, 2D	6P, 2K, 6S, 6K	2S	5K, 236P
H StrokeGuardLowStartup28Recovery16Advantage-2	2K, 2S, 2D, 6K	6P, 5K, f.S, 6S, 236P
66 j.SGuardHighStartup8Recovery20Advantage- / j.HGuardHighStartup12Recovery21Advantage-	f.S, 2S, 6S, 2D, 6K	6P, 2K		5K, 236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Jack-O

Jack-O

Favorable

Jack-O suffers at roundstart, and in neutral. Good useage of both gun stances can deny Jack-O the opportunity to get minions out.

If Jack-O does manage to successfully get minions out in neutral they are easily killed as Chaos's gun can hit or force Jack-O to block from anywhere on screen.

2S is an incredibly strong button for controlling neutral, as most of Jack-O best buttons will lose to it.

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Round Start

Jack-O likely isn't to press buttons at round-start if they know the match-up. Most of Jack-O buttons lose to many of Happy Chaos' most common round starts.

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Jack-O's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup10Recovery20Advantage-12
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery17Advantage-9
5HGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-6
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-19

Notable Interactions

Jack-O's 5H meterlessly punishes Scapegoat. Due to being an advancing multi-hit, if done close enough the 5H can proceed to punish Chaos even after the first hit was negated.
Fire ignores Defend Command. Despite being a literal gun, both variants of Fire do not count as projectiles and thus cannot be blocked by Defend Command.
Jack-O's j.D is always reaction punishable using Deus Ex Machina, or Fire. Even if the gun is not active you have enough time to ready the gun, allow it to focus slightly, and Fire, before she leaves Recovery. This makes Jack-O's j.D extremely risky in all situations, and generally not useful in the matchup.
Holding a servant prevents escape from Deux Ex Machina. After the animation, Deus Ex Machina hits on Frame 7, making it impossible for Jack-O' to safely drop a servant she is holding. In fact, attempting to do so gets Counter Hit for an additional 10% damage. This makes Deus Ex Machina naturally a very strong response to any use of holding a servant in neutral.
Cheer Servant On is unsafe. Normally Jack-O' can use the S version in neutral to set up, with some RPS, especially when holding a servant. Against Chaos this is not the case: she has zero options to launch a servant and hit Chaos before he can shoot her with Steady Aim, trading so favorably he can still oki with a guard crushing Steady Aim shot, giving him substantial room to disregard the servant. If Jack-O' is Cursed, he can shoot her before she even launches the servant with a long-range move like 236K or 6P. If Chaos doesn't wish to even deal with the servant, without the use of Curse, he can use Deus Ex Machina to eliminate the servant entirely, while restoring Bullets and stalling out the Cheer Servant On S buff.

Neutral

Utilize 2S often.

If Jack-O attempts to zone use Steady Aim.

Offense

Jack-O has no meter-less invulnerable reversal, and her metered option Forever Elysion DriverGuardAllStartup10+1Recovery58Advantage-41 does not hit airborne opponents.

Defense

Do not get knocked down in the corner, there is no easy way to escape, you will have to hold that, and will likely die.

Ky Kiske

Ky

Slightly Favorable

Ky is a well-rounded character who processes a meter-less reversal in Vapor ThrustGuardAllStartup11Recovery43Advantage-33 [-28], which means that there is no overarching weak point for you to exploit.

Stun DipperGuardLow, AllStartup7Recovery30Advantage-19 [-14]'s almost instant 5F of startup forces you to be wary of it's advancing low hitbox at any time, with 50% Tension making the threat scarier.

Shock State is applied by a variety of Ky's moves with the most notable being his projectiles, Stun EdgeGuardAllStartup13RecoveryTotal 46Advantage-14 and Aerial Stun EdgeGuardAllStartup21RecoveryUntil Landing+10Advantage-, and his minus on block meterless ender, Dire EclatGuardAllStartup14Recovery25Advantage-8 [-6]. While affected by Shock State Ky's non-shock state inducing moves will gain enhanced properties and frame data on contact, but remove Shock State.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Ky's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs	Clash
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery17Advantage-8	2K	5K, f.S, 6S, 2D	2S	236P	6P
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery16Advantage-5	2S	5K, 2K. 6S, 2D	f.S	236P	6P
2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery20Advantage-8	Walk Back	6P, 2S, 6S	2K, f.S, 2D	5K, 236P
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-10	Walk Back / Wait	6P, f.S, 2S, 6S	2K, 2D	5K, 236P
236KGuardLow, AllStartup7Recovery30Advantage-19 [-14]	Block Low	Everything, 236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Due to Vapor ThrustGuardAllStartup11Recovery43Advantage-33 [-28]'s 11F of startup it is possible to safejump Ky's DP after a super wallbreak. This does not work against wakeup Ride the LightningGuardAllStartup8+1Recovery99Advantage-82

Defense

Foudre ArcGuardAllStartup24Recovery6Advantage-2~+6 [+5~+12] should be blocked standing as it will reduce it from being plus on block to Ky to -1 on block. If able to react earlier to Foudre Arc's 24F of startup it is possible to interrupt with a 5P for significant reward. Foudre Arc is always plus on block while in shock state.

Stun DipperGuardLow, AllStartup7Recovery30Advantage-19 [-14] if blocked without Ky having 50% Tension should send Ky to an early grave. The second hit of Stun Dipper is always extremely minus on block and cam be punished with a c.S starter if Instant Blocked, or 2K if normal blocked. Stun Dipper becomes much scarier once Ky has enough meter to RC after the first hit allowing him to stay safe on block, or get a high damage combo on hit.

Leo Whitefang

Leo

Even

Short Summary Goes Here

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Leo's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup10Recovery17Advantage-5
66 5KGuardAllStartup9Recovery13Advantage-3
2KGuardLowStartup7Recovery11Advantage-5
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery21Advantage-13
2SGuardLowStartup10Recovery13Advantage-2
2DGuardLowStartup12Recovery19Advantage-8

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

May

May

Slightly Favorable

Short Summary Goes Here

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
May's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-7	2S	5K, f.S, 6S		6P, 2K, 2D, 236P
5KGuardAllStartup8Recovery11Advantage-5	6P	f.S, 2S, 6S, 2D	5K	2K, 236P
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery18Advantage-7	Walkback 2S	Buttons	2D	236P
IADB j.HGuardHighStartup12Recovery15Advantage+9 (IAD)
S DolphinGuardAllStartup7Recovery20 (24 OH)Advantage-3	6P, 5K, 2K	f.S, 2S, 6S, 2D, 236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Millia Rage

Millia

Favorable

Short Summary Goes Here

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Millia's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery16Advantage-11
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery12Advantage-3
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery19Advantage-7
2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery18Advantage-6
2DGuardLowStartup12Recovery19Advantage-8

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Nagoriyuki

Nagoriyuki

Favorable

Roundstart is incredibly important, as losing Roundstart, can often mean losing the game.

Nago's blood gauge will determine the pace of the game, Zoning is risky when it's low but one of our strongest win conditions once Nago has reached high blood.

ScapegoatGuard-Startup10Recovery43 totalAdvantage- is an incredibly strong tool for controlling screen space as Nago will struggle to move past it, and can open opportunities for whiff punishing.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Nagoriyuki's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery15Advantage-6	2K, 2S, 2D	5K, f.S, 6S		6P, 236P
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery14Advantage-2	6P	f.S, 6S, 2D		5K, 2K, 2S, 236P
2S	f.S, 2S, 2D	6P, 5K, 2K, 6S		236P
214HGuardLowStartup14Recovery17Advantage-3	6P, 5K, 2K, f.S, 2S, 2D	6S, 236P
214KGuardN/AStartup-RecoveryTotal 16AdvantageN/A~6 214HGuardLowStartup14Recovery17Advantage-3
623HGuardAllStartup11Recovery21Advantage-7	2D	Everything	2S	236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Potemkin

Potemkin

Favorable

Potemkin cannot be zoned out like most of the other large characters due to the amount of armored moves he has, specifically Slide Head and Hammer Fall.

This forces you to structure your game plan around Chaos' strong neutral and pressure while leaving behind Zoning.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Pot's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardAllStartup8Recovery9Advantage-1	2K	6P, 6S, 2D	f.S	5K, 236P
6PGuardAllStartup11Recovery25Advantage-15	2S, 2D	f.S, 6S		6P, 5K, 2K, 236P
2DGuardLowStartup13Recovery18Advantage-8	f.S, 2S, 2D	6P, 5K, 2K, 236P	6S
FMFGuardHighStartup25Recovery16Advantage-6	5K, 2K	6P, f.S, 2S, 2D, 236P		6S

If Potemkin does roundstart Forward Mega Fist, 5K and 2K recover in time to block, which leads to a punish, do not attempt to Anti-Air.

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Ramlethal Valentine

Ramlethal

Even

Short Summary Goes Here

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Ramlethal's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2K, 2S, 2D	5K, f.S, 6S	6P	236P
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2	6P, f.S	6S	5K, 2D	2K, 2S, 236P
2KGuardLowStartup6Recovery9Advantage-2	f.S, 2S	6S	2K, 2D	6P, 5K, 236P
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery21Advantage-10 [-13]	6P, f.S, 2D	5K, 2K, 2D	2S	236P
2SGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-5 [-8]	Wait	6P, f.S, 2S, 6S	2K, 2D	5K, 236P
IADB j.SGuardHighStartup12Recovery24Advantage+5 (IAD)	6S	f.S		6P, 5K, 2K, 2S, 2D, 236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Offense

Defense

Sol Badguy

Sol

Slightly Favorable

Our low profiles moves of 2K and 2S are very strong in neutral.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Sol's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery20Advantage-11	2S	5K, f.S, 6S	2D	6P, 2K, 236P
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery13Advantage+2	6P, 5K, 2K	2S, 6S	f.S, 2D	236P
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery15Advantage-7	Wait / Walk Back	6P, 2K, f.S, 6S	2S, 2D	5K, 236P
6HGuardAllStartup9Recovery43Advantage-27	5K, 2K, Block, Walk Back	f.S, 2S, 6S, 2D, 236P	6P
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-4	Wait, Walk Back	6P, 6S	2K, 2S, 2D	5K, f.S, 236P
Dash 623HGuardAllStartup13Recovery19+10 LandingAdvantage-26

Notable Interactions

Neutral

2K and 2S can cleanly beat many of Sol's best neutral poking tools like 6SGuardAllStartup15Recovery20Advantage-9.

Watch out for Night Raid VortexGuardAllStartup15~31 [32]Recovery32Advantage-17 if attempting to enter Steady Aim or recover resources greedily from full screen.

Offense

623HGuardAllStartup13Recovery19+10 LandingAdvantage-26 hits twice but has 13F of Startup. 623SGuardAllStartup9Recovery18+10 LandingAdvantage-28 hits only once but has a faster 9F of Startup. HVV will hit you through a Scapegoat but SVV will not because of this.

Defense

Testament

Testament

Favorable

Testament struggles to make use of CrowGuardAllStartup21RecoveryTotal 39Advantage+1 and Grave ReaperGuardAllStartup16~22Recovery27Advantage-4 in neutral. Denying easy access to these tools denies Testament access to TeleportGuardStartup16RecoveryTotal 35Advantage- as well as Stain State.

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Round Start

Testament players will likely want to play the Roundstart RPS as it is one of their best chances to start snowballing pressure. Their favored buttons being 2S, j.S and f.S.

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Testament's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs	Clash
6PGuardAllStartup11Recovery15Advantage-7	2D	5K, f.S, 6S	2S	2K. 236P	6P
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-7	6P, f.S, 2S	5K, 2K, 6S, 236P	2D
2SGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-7	Wait / Walk Back	6P, f.S, 2S, 6S	2K, 2D	5K, 236P
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-7	f.S, 2S, 2D	6P, 2K, 6S		5K, 236P
236SGuardAllStartup16~22Recovery27Advantage-4	6P, 5K, 2K, 6S, 2D	f.S, 2S, 236P
j.SGuardHighStartup9Recovery19Advantage0 (IAD)
Walk Back	6S	Roundstart Buttons		236P

Notable Interactions

Neutral

Keep up curse if Testament attempts to play at full screen. Once cursed ATR and Steady Aim quick shots deny Testament the ability to use both Crow and Grave Reaper. Due to this Testament will often choose to play a more normal heavy neutral revolving around f.S, a very far reaching and fast button.

Offense

Testament has no meter-less invulnerable reversal, and their metered option Calamity OneGuardAllStartup11+4Recovery67Advantage-38 has a very slow 15F of startup.

Defense

Testament's goal is to push you to the corner and then use a combination of long-reaching fast normals, Grave Reaper, Crow, Stain State, and Arbiter Sign to lock you down until you've died. Preventing this from happening is key.

Use movement like jumping, dashing, Roll, and j.2K in order to position yourself in ways that make it harder for Testament to corner you.

Zato-1

Zato

Favorable

Both Zato and Happy Chaos struggle to deal with each other's offense.

Focus on keeping Eddie out of the game, either by denying opportunities to summon, or by killing Eddie.

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Round Start

Common Round Start Interaction Table
Zato's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardAllStartup6Recovery9Advantage-3 [-1]
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery12Advantage-6
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-12
2SGuardAllStartup11Recovery20Advantage-10
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery17Advantage-9
Walk Back 5HGuardAllStartup13Recovery19Advantage-9

Notable Interactions

Neutral

You can make it very difficult for Zato to summon Eddie at a distance by using both ATR, and Steady Aim gun shots.

Gunshots pass through OpposeGuardAllStartup74 {78}Recovery(Summon Vanishes) [36 Zato]Advantage- unaffected, hitting Zato.

Zato cannot be hit with a bullet while using Break the LawGuardStartup13RecoveryTotal 28~95Advantage-.

Offense

Zato lacks any form of invincible reversal. Zato's defense revolves around useage of system mechanics like Burst, YRC, IB, FD, and IBFD.

Zato has great Abare An attack during the opponent's pressure, intended to interrupt it. tools with the fast and long reaching 5PGuardAllStartup5Recovery8Advantage-2 [0] and 2PGuardAllStartup6Recovery9Advantage-3 [-1].

Defense

PierceGuardAllStartup21 [25]Recovery24Advantage- has a 6F gap between the first and second hit, allowing you to kill Eddie with a 2P if Zato does not fill the gap with a move of his own or cancel after the first hit.