Efreet Custom/Kai

Pilot: Nimbus Schterzen

Cost: 1000

Health: 350

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Main villain from the first part of Gundam Side Story: Blue Destiny. Uses the EXAM system which was copied over to Blue Destiny Unit 1 by a defected Zeon scientist.

[A] Wrist Grenade Launcher

Fire two rocket grenades from the wrist. Two shots until reload. Has some homing.

[AB] 6-Tube Missile Launcher

Fires 6 missiles in a straight horizantal line towards the enemy. Has some homing.

[bC] Command Strike

Dashes forwards and hits enemy with a melee attack. After attack, Efreet poses and the enemy explodes. Explosion restores 30 EXAM. Can be cancelled out of with B. You do not get EXAM if you cancel or if the enemy dies from either the explosion or the hit.

[AC] EXAM Dash

Dashes forward with help from the EXAM system. Blocks some shots. Can be cancelled into B. Uses 40 EXAM.

~WIP~

Indicated by a red aura around the Efreet. Starts out at 100 and does not go down with time. When active, several changes happen to the MS. When amount reaches 0, unit gets a debuff and the gauge refills up to 100.

~WIP~

Name: YMT-05 Hildolfr

Pilot: Demeziere Sonnen

Cost: 1000

HP: 300

Movement Type: Ground | Mode Change: Yes | Transform: No | Special Burst Effects: No

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Hildolfr is a long range suit that has many different weapons as well as good movement. Hildolfr's movement has been described as being one of the tougher suit-specific things to learn in EXVS, due to pretty much pushing buttons constantly the entire match, but with practice the player can learn all of the brake cancels and sidestep shenanigans Hildolfr is known for. Due to its low HP, learning how to move properly with it is very important. It was nerfed quite a bit coming from EXVS to Full Boost, but is still no slouch, and only went from being completely stupid to just being a good suit. No Sean-level nerfs here!

On a personal note, moving well with Hildolfr and dodging stuff like a champ is probably my favorite thing to do in this game. It's really fun.

MS Mode: Slower than tank mode, but has the ability to block as well as smack people with shovels. Can cancel AB into BC to zip back into tank mode and replenish boost. It can get airlifted too but that doesn't have much use.

Tank Mode: Faster, has more ammo options (but loses the machinegun). Can't block or melee, but it can spin. Whee.

Stagger the timing of your shots. As fun as it can be to fire them out as fast as you can, doing so makes it a lot easier for the target to dodge them.

Watch your boost meter. While playing as the tank you will pretty much never run out of boost, provided you mode switch before overheating.

Be sure to integrate sidestepping into your movement, just boost dashing isn't always enough to dodge stuff. If you see a red arrow that indicates an attack is headed your way, try to sidestep out of its vector, e.g. if an attack is coming from the front, sidestep left or right.

When someone is trying to shoot you, it is best to have your suit facing them to decrease the size of your hitbox. This is less important at longer ranges, but when closer and/or vs. bigger beams it makes a big difference. Spinning can be used to change the direction you are facing by switching modes when the tank is lined up in the direction you want it to be facing.

If your partner is being attacked with a melee combo, the APFSDS round is usually your best bet to try and cut the enemy. For suits with tougher melee combos to cut, like Quanta, cutting is generally a crapshoot(though you may be able to punish the landing).

If you are being approached by a melee suit and can't pick them off of you in tank mode, pop smoke and switch to MS mode to be able to block. For suits with whips like X1 or Master, blocking will be the safest bet to take. Against suits without whips, another option after popping smoke is to boost away/sidestep and fire AB or sidestep and go in for your own melee attempt. Generally attempting to melee a melee suit with the tank is a horrible idea, but with smoke active it becomes a decent (and entertaining) strategy. Upon getting a knockdown, or at least stunning them, waste no time in getting out of there. Try to avoid getting knocked down while in tank mode, especially if you don't have smoke-- you are almost guaranteed to lose a huge chunk of HP.

MS Mode: AB→BC

Overall mobility nerfed

Tank mode 5B changed

Tank mode Main 1(Incendiary) guidance, muzzle correction, explosion size nerfed

Tank mode Main 2(APFSDS) Muzzle correction nerfed, guidance slightly buffed, speed nerfed, reload time increased, damage reduced.

Tank mode Main 3 (Anti-air) now blows back instead of normal stagger on hit

New Move: Tank Mode Main 4 added.

Sub proration, guidance, blast size, damage nerfed

Smokescreen starts at 0 instead of 100, reload time increased to 20s and cooldown time is 1s

BC mode change slower

Tank mode brake cancel spin is slower

Gained a Burst Attack

nerf champ

[A] Beam Rifle

- Standard BR

- Rechargeable

[CSa] Beam Gun

- Fires a pair of beams that will cause knockdown

[CSb] Power of a Cyber Newtype

- Most attacks deal increased damage

- Increased movement speed

- Third melee added to 5B and 4/6 B combos

- Lasts ~16 sec.

- Recharges in ~10 sec. (after ~10 sec. cooldown)

[AB] ReGelg Assist

- ReGelg assist fires three pairs of grenades from forearms

- Knocks enemy airborne

- Damage increases with consecutive hits

- 3 uses, does not recharge

[AC] Pressure

- Short range, spherical AOE, heavy stun

- Recharges (~12 sec.) after cooldown (~15 sec.)

[bC] I can not be defeated

- Grabs enemy and spin kicks them away

- Pressing A during grab will throw enemy behind and fire BR

- Pressing 2B during grab will sacrifice self for high damage

- Range of forward movement and explosion radius roughly equivalent to Pressure

A -> Everything

CSa -> A, CSb. BC

(All except 8) B -> BC

CSb <-> CSa

5BB > 5BB

5BB > 8B

2B > 5BB

2B > 8B

With CSb active

[A] DX Buster Rifle

Standard BR

[CSa] Hyper Beam Sword

Chucks a sword that stuns on contact. Doesn't really have much guidance.

[AB] Leopald Destroy / Airmaster Summon

Calls in either Leopald or Airmaster Assists

[AC] Twin Satelite Cannon

Fires a huge gerobi. Has super armor.

[bC] Activates G-Bits

Summons G-bits that float around you, firing when you fire for a fixed amount of time. Can amekyan into BR. Pressing BC while G-Bits are on will force them to fire automatically.

(A) Beam Cannon

8 shots.  Causes stagger on hit. Decent tracking.

Grenade Launcher

2 shots before reload. Shoots four grenades per shot that have decent tracking.

[AB] Mega Beam Cannon

2 shots before reload.  Causes knockdown on hit.

[AC] BWS Mode Change
Launches BWS at opponent and causes knockdown while changing Re-GZ into mobile suit. Can only be used ONCE per life.

[bC] Barrel Roll
Does a barrel Roll

[A]Beam Rifle

4 shots before reload. Standard Beam Rifle shot.

Beam Saber

Standard melee weapon

[AB]Tube-launched Grenade 1

2 shots before reload.  Shoots two grenades from wrist-mounted tube launchers.  Has decent tracking.

[AC]Tube-launched Grendade 2

1 shot before reload. Shoots two grenades from hip-mounted tube launchers.  Has decent tracking but slower speed than wrist-mounted version.

[bC]Dummy Launcher 1 use before reload

Shoots a dummy balloon to lose enemy target lock.  Explodes and causes damage if enemy touches it.

[ABC]Extreme Burst Attack

Beam Rifle and Grenade/Missile barrage

Combos:

5BBB

4/6BBB

cc8BB

[A]: GN Lance

Live-like ammunition GN rifle.

• Damage 24~82/24~109 | Ammo 40/60.
  
• Fires 8/12 shots.
  
• 6 Second / Full ammo reload.
  
  
  [AB]: GN Beam Rifle
  A single or burst beam shot.
  
  • Damage 65~137 | Ammo 3/6.
    
  • 1 Shot / 5 Second reload | Always reloading.
    
  • Can be shot once or held down for multiple shots (3 max).
    
  • Has bad muzzle correction.
    
    
    [AC]: I'll catch you, Gundam!
    Replenishes and increases max ammo of BR & Sub.
    
    • Starts at 0. Usable when it reaches 100.
      
    • Lasts for 18 seconds.
      
    • Cooldown time is 4 seconds | 20 Seconds / Full ammo reload.
      
    • BR ammo count increases to 60.
      
    • BR shots increased to 12.
      
    • Sub ammo count increases to 6.
      
    • Improves movement momentum and swiveling.
      

    [bC]: Special Movement

    Dashes in the intended direction.

    [*]Dashes in the input direction with no guidance.

    [*]Consumes 1/4th boost.

    [*]Plummets at end.

    [*]Can link anything after use.

    [*]Can be rainbowstepped and very useful.

    [ABC Super]: THE IMMORTAL COLASOUR!

    Grabs the target and kamikazes.

    [*]Damage 302 [Assault] 282 [blast]

    [*]GN-XIII Durability is reduced to 1.

    [*]Super armor on start-up.

    Cancel Routes:

    A -> AB / AC / BC

    AB -> BC

    AC -> BC

    (Any)B -> BC

    Combo List:

    Note: -> means normal cancel, >> means boost dash cancel, > means rainbowstep cancel.

    cc8BB (2 hits) > 2BBB [Damage 221~]

    cc8BBB -> 8BC > 6BB [Damage 232~]

 2B>BC>2B>BC>4B or 6B - A double uppercut followed by a haymaker, pretty much a stronger version of Triple Uppercut.
 Boost Dash 8B>BC>8B>BC>8B - pushes the opponent back and follows up with a lunging attack twice.
 4B or 6B>BC>4B or 6B>BC>4B or 6B - Triple Haymaker, this move is actually really difficult to land, but it will get you the most damage.
 
Almost all of Karate Zakus combos are based around his Special dash BC, which will cancel the last move into the next one with the exception of AC, the combos I've listed here are gonna be the most used combos for him, and they are all based around timing, so practice, practice, practice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgAL4wNLno

Perfect example of a follow through combo, as the opponent attacks with MG, Doan uses BC to avoid, followed by A to destroy the missile that the opponent only had time to fire because of the intervals between MG and Missile, an interval that matters not to Karate Zaku, a devastating combo.

 
Tips:
 Karate Zaku's BC is also very useful to avoid beams, head on attacks or to move out of the area quickly, it's almost like rainbow stepping, but like a man.
 Try not to leave only 1 small boulder in your ammo, always use all 3 or the meter won't refill.
 AC, like most assists, is useful to set up for combos, follow AC with A>BC>Combo for best results, select your combo based on how many times you hit you opponent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfnZKFqku0I

[A] 75mm Gatling Gun

Machine Gun rounds with good tracking and strength. Max 50 ammo that does not reload. After you run out, it reverts to 3-barrel 35mm Gatling Gun

[A]3-barrel 35mm Gatling Gun

Usable after you run out of the 75mm ammo. Slow and pretty weak. Max 10 ammo and reloads slowly

[AB] Heat Rod

Fires a grappling hook forward that will stun the enemy. Press B once it hits for a followup attack. Great for combos. Max 2 ammo that refills once Gouf touches the ground

[AC] Heat Rod (Downwards)

Fires a grappling hook downward that can stun the enemy if it hits. If it hits the ground, you can pull yourself into that direction. You can control the direction of where you initially fire it. Shares ammo with AB

[bC] Heat Rod (Movement)

Fires a grappling hook upward that will pull Gouf into the direction and lets him swing across great distances. Hold C to stay in place in the air with the help of a corefighter and input AC to throw the corefighter while in the air. Can do two hooks in succession. Extremely useful movement move that you will be using the entire match. Shares ammo with AB

[2B] Bridge Throw

Gouf grabs a piece of a bridge and throws it. Has guard properties that blocks ranged attacks and some melee attacks. Good for defense, pressure and oki

• You will be using BC to move around the battlefield about 50% of the time. Use it at the start of a match and when you are trying to gain distance on an enemy MS (or escape one). Since you consume little to no boost while doing it, you can get a good upper-hand on an enemy if you close in on them. For very long distances use both rods to move. For normal encounters stick to one rod you can escape when needed or extend combos. A good technique is to do a short boost and use BC right after.
  
• After swinging off of a BC, opt to do a fuwastep/fuwafuwa to dodge attacks as you move forward.
  
  

As a 1k, you will generally shift to being a support unit but don't be afraid to take the front lines as that is where you shine. Always try to attack units when they are separated so they don't interrupt your combos.

[A] Main : Beam Rifle

Standard BR.

Ammo : 5

Damage : 75

Reload Time : 3 seconds per ammo

Staggers in 1 hit.

[CSa] Shiva

Fast physical projectile from the shoulder cannon. Railgun-type.

Damage : 95

Charge Time : 2 seconds

Instant down.

[AB] Sub : Missile Pods

Fires missiles from the shoulders. Hold the input to fire the 5 missiles in a row.

Ammo : 5

Damage : 40

Reload Time : 5 seconds, reloads when empty

Staggers in 1 hit, down in 5 hits.

[AC] Special Shoot : Buster Gundam Assist (Shoot)

Calls Buster Gundam for a short intervention. 3 different ways to shoot :

NAC : Hyper Impulse Long-Range Sniper Rifle. Fires a gerobi at the target.

4/6AC : Hyper Impulse Long-Range Sniper Rifle. Fires a gerobi at the target and moves in the inputted direction slowly.

2/8AC : Anti Armor Shotgun. Similar to Sazabi's CSa. Staggers in 1 hit.

Ammo : 2

Damage: 120/

Reload Time : 15 seconds, reloads when empty

[bC] Special Melee : Buster Gundam Assist (Follow)

Calls Buster Gundam. It follows you for a limited amount of time. Fires its missiles along with your Main and Sub ?

Timer : 100

Damage : 75

Reload Time : 10 seconds, reloads when empty

Cooldown Time : 8 seconds

[ABC] Burst Attack : Buster Gundam Assist (Last Resort Full Power Bazooka)

Fires Buster's Bazooka at full power. You can change the beam trajectory during the attack.

Damage : 251

[A]>[AB]

Main>Sub

Beam Rifle>Missile Pods

[A]>[AC]

Main>Special Shoot

Beam Rifle>Buster Gundam Assist (Shoot)

[A]>[bC]

Main>Special Melee

Beam Rifle>Buster Gundam Assist (Follow)

BC consumes boost if done in mid air. it will also slightly slow your descent a bit during it's animation. Even if you over heat you can still repeatedly perform BC.

[2B] Santa Balloon
Bernie leans forward and plants a Santa balloon that goes forward VERY slowly. Anyone hit while in the middle of a melee animation is paralyzed. anyone running into it otherwise are made to kneel for a moment. Great for countering reckless melee attempts, watch out though, as rainbow steps will avoid it entirely. Can block shots.

When a Santa is out, if the enemy is targeting you, Assist Calls, be they Melee or Shooting WILL target the Santa. Doesn't matter what lock.
When a Santa is out, if the enemy is NOT targeting you, Assist calls will NOT aim at Santa. This will not cover for your team mate.

Santa stays out for 7 seconds, after which it will explode, It will damage the enemy in the unlikely chance of them getting caught it its explosion.

Ammo: 3
Reload time: 10 Seconds. Reloads upon all being expended. Even if Balloons are in the field, the reload will begin.

[ABC] Burst Attack
While in Burst pressing ABC will make Zaku Kai throw a grenade forward, it has Super Armor during the animation, this grenade throws out five pillars.

Performing AC does not consume boost and can be done even if you have no boost.

AC Can be rainbow stepped. 

Armor: 100
Reload: 25 seconds. Reload begins immediately upon armor being broken.

[ABC] Burst Attack
Alex does a Shin Shoryuken, if Armor is available she will equip it during the rising portion, and purge it at the end. if Armor is not available she will still do the purge animation. Can be combo'd into from a melee. BEWARE! If your opponent does a full burst they will flip out of it.

Doing AC to Purge Armor DOES consume some boost, however it can be done even if you have no boost.

AC can be Rainbow Stepped.

[ABC] Burst Attack
Alex does a Shin Shoryuken, Purges armor at the end. Can be combo'd into from a melee. BEWARE! If your opponent does a full burst they will flip out of it.

[A] Beam Rifle

[b.] Beam Saber

[AB] Fatum-01 Launch

[AC] Beam Boomerang

[bC] S-Freedom Assist

[ABC] S-Freedom Full Burst

[A] Beam Rifle
Ammo: 4

Damage: 65

Reload: Manual
- Standard BR. This beam looks wider than most BR's... And it's manually reloadable after emptying it, which is even better.

[AB] Bazooka Launcher

Ammo: 3
Damage:  140 at point blank. If you hit with spray parts, it will do slightly less

Reload: About 5 seconds

- Same as Emma's. You can do A > AB just fine for a knockdown if you're close enough. If you're not, it will just put the opponent in stun.

[AC] Hyaku Assist 

Ammo: 2
Damage: 147
Reload: ~15 seconds *Timed with a stopwatch. 

- Hyaku will move forward and fire three shots which will knock the opponent down. After testing this suit online, this assist has semi okay-ish tracking. You can not do A > AC unless you BD. 
*I almost want to say it attracts' enemy assists, but I don't have a viable way to test that, sadly.

[bC] Zeta Assist

Ammo: 2 

Damage: 117
Reload: ~15 second *Timed with a stopwatch

- Zeta will come in and shoot three shots which knock the opponent down. Zeta will fire his shots pretty fast, and since he moves after every shot, my guess is that it's gonna be hard to shoot him down.
 

[ABC] Gundam Team Salvo

Assault: 292
Blast: 268

- Hyaku and Zeta will spawn next to Elle and fire a...well, array of shots along with Elle.

There's something interesting about this super. If you press the initial ABC for the super, Elle will shoot at the target you've chosen. If you aim at the opponents' partner, she will proceed to shoot at him/her after she reloads her gun. 

Pretty sure she also homes in on the opponent if he/she moved from their original position. 

Melee Moves:

5BBB - Simple slashy combo

5BB AC - Two slashes ending with a napalm that sends the opponent up hella. So far, I haven't found ways to combo off of it. 

4/6BB - Two slashes that put the opponent up in the air. Normally not combo-able off of, but if you're close enough to the wall, you can do BD > 5BBB or something.

2B - A slash that sends the opponent flying, allowing for followups. Have fun with that.

Cancel Routes:

So far, I've found:

A > AB 

AC > BC

BC > AC

JP Wiki:

[A] Bean Cannon

Shoots two beams from his cannons. Consumes 1 ammo

[AB] Beam Cannon Multi

SHoots several consecutive beam cannons at the target

[AC] Call BaCUE

Summons BaCUEs on his sides which run towards the target

[bD B] Drill Spin

Spin to win.

[bC] Spin Attack

Spins in place. Where are you looking at?

[ABC] Burst Attack

Hey look I'm new!

Run around and don't get hit too much. Watch out for those slippery slope maps since you are low profile, your BR will often hit the slope instead of going up over it like most standing mechs.

Brake cancelling is a staple and luckily for LaGOWE, he has many options:

- BC the standard brake (slow but no cost). Note: like most of LaGOWEs brakes, this must be done ON THE GROUND or else you will lose everything good about this

- BC -> rainbow step -> br (optional) Improved from vanilla, cuts tracking with the rainbow step and has better skid correction than standard BC brake

- AC stops most momentum and dogs can potentially take hits for you, if you can figure out the recovery timing a very strong option

Despite the 8B > dash nerf, the general reduced guidance nerf kind of cancels it out so you are still relatively "safe" in the gap where you are falling before you actually hit the land so make use of the new cancels a lot

-general gameplan

Stay close to your teammate and pressure/support from the rear. Chase when you see the opportunity but don't do it too recklessly or you (and subsequently your partner) will get punished for it

A -> AB

A -> 8B

AB -> 8B??

Useful to note the recovery of AC ends extremely quick with respect to the number of dogs that come out (3 dogs feels like you recover when the 3rd dog is out) so you are capable of "linking" inputs with 8b after AC without it being an actual cancel.

Note: -> means normal cancel, >> means boost dash cancel, > means rainbowstep cancel

[5BBB] Basic Combo

Dog Combo. Woof

[4/6BBB] Side Combo

Attacks the enemy from the side then ends in drill spin

[2BB/A] Back Combo

Chase them down then kick them with your hind legs. Optional BR air hit afterwards

3k -

Get ready to work hard. I feel like there's two ways this matchup goes. 1) You die early, so you go in hard since you are going to overcost anyways and the 3k is forced to play back. 2) You don't die but the 3k has to do double duty since your priority is more survival. Doable but not recommended.

2.5k -

Standard team comp 1. Gives you the freedom of 1 death before overcosting your partner, but then you get 2.5 lives which is really nice.

2k -

Standard team comp 2. I feel like this comp is harder than 2.5k but with the right ally you can make it work just fine. 2ks received some pretty well-deserved buffs since vanilla but overall you might have a hard time finding openings against more turtle-y/defensive players/comps

1k -

Pros: Lives. Cons: Generally weaker and still needs to find ways to make plays while not having great/YOLO options like the higher cost mechs

I feel like Lagowe works well with both assault or blast burst. Blast burst is great for an extended pursuit due to its increase in lock range, ammo recharge speed, and its overall duration. You can chase pretty hard for a good amount of time. Assault on the other hand is great when you are in that punish situation and need to spit out some quick damage that you don't normally get in the neutral game. Pick the right burst for the team comp (are you fronting? chasing? backing? etc) and general playstyle.

[A] - Beam

Standard beam rifle shot.

1 reload per 2.5 seconds. Max ammo of 6.

[CSa] - Funnel Salvo

Funnels fire in a wide pattern in front of Qubeley.

Does not consume ammo.

2 second charge time.

[AB] - Funnels

Sends out a group of 3 funnels. Can send out up to 3 groups at once.

One funnel reloads every 2.5 seconds. Max ammo of 12.

[AC] - Bawoo Assist

Summons an assist that shields you. It fires A when you fire A(but moves off to the side to do so, so it will not shield you when you are firing). It faces the target that you are targeting- so if you want to use bawoo to prevent a landing punish, for example, target the enemy who you are most worried will punish you with a beam shot. Otherwise, bawoo may not be on the right side of you needed to block the shot!

Lasts for 8 seconds.

Reloads in 15 seconds. Only starts reloading after it is destroyed or leaves.

Can be summoned during BC.

[bC] - Funnel Mode

A special mode where Qubeley stays still and you control funnels with A and B. A fires them, B changes their positioning. Can cancel out of this mode in multiple ways. You are very vulnerable during this, but Bawoo assist and terrain can help defend you.

Lasts up to 10 seconds if you use the full gauge. Takes 3 seconds to start reloading again, then takes 15 seconds to fully reload.

Can do 2BC to not rise into the air.

[ABC during EX] - Super funnel mode

This sends your cloud of funnels to hover around an enemy. Lasts about 12 seconds. During this, you hit AB to cause the funnels to fire at the enemy(cooldown of about 1.5seconds). This does not consume AB ammo.

Has super armor.

Red qubeley is a 1k suit with some special long range and "close" range options, but is rather unspectacular at "mid" range without AC.

Her redlock range is incredibly long. Use this to your advantage when poking with A to get BR punishes(or at least pressure) that few mechs can.

Her funnels are much less versatile than other funnels as a poking tool. The reason for this is that at closer ranges, they get into a special formation which ruins their muzzle correction. If there are any advantages to this formation, I cannot figure them out because they make the funnels bad at both simple punishes and controlling vectors.

The ideal range for summoning funnels is around the edge of your redlock range. Much closer and they get into that crippling formation, too much farther and they may not be close enough to be of much use in controlling vectors or punishing. At this ideal range, they are alright for punishing boost hops and they are fantastic at punishing someone if they simply keep moving in one direction.

Don't just fire funnels aimlessly and then forget about them. Think of funnels as firing beam rifle shots in the future- in about 2 seconds, those shots will fire. By themselves, these are pretty useless, especially since it is hard to predict things 2 seconds in advance. What you want to do is use them as a centerpiece. The enemy is spending lots of boost, but they might land before those funnels shoot- so fire earlier to prevent that early landing. Or, the funnels forced the enemy to change direction and thus spend more boost, and then you can clutch it out with a BR zunda.

However, while non-ideal ranges are subpar for funnels, if you have max funnel ammo you might as well throw out AB because they do sometimes get punishes or prevent movement when they get into that silly formation. They are just worse than pretty much all other funnels at it at that sort of range. But the funnels are vernierless, so the risk is nonexistent to simply throw out that extra filler. They can still be alright for punishing overheats or extended vernier.

If the enemy is simply moving left/right, funnels(when summoned from proper ranges) are pretty great at punishing them if they dont charge direction/swerve/hop. Boost hopping makes most funnels pretty easy to avoid. However, you shouldn't just think of the enemy boost hopping as "oh, they're avoiding my hits." Boost hopping changes their positioning dramatically. If they run away, you can focus on the other enemy. They may end up cornering themselves. If they move closer, they become easier to punish. Boost hopping is evasive, but it means a large, telegraphed amount of movement.

At closer ranges, dont use funnels very much aside for doing turnaround A-AB for fastfalls. At close ranges, csA and AC can be particularly valuable. AC will shield you, allowing early landings, and it fires when you fire, helping you punish/pressure/use less A ammo. AC also shields your melee approaches, but raises when you actually attack. Regardless, this can help make your melee less vulnerable to projectile counter attacks, forcing the enemy to run or try to out-melee you.

csA is quite nice. You do over 200 damage with csA into two A shots. If they sidestep, they'll get hit. If they change from moving left to moving right, they'll probably get hit. If they melee, they'll probably get hit. So you can use csA to make them hesitant to melee, sidestep, or move in certain ways. If you're close enough and they try moving left/right to avoid csA, your 4b/6b can be quite nice They can fuwa hop to deal with both csA and melee, but that is quite boost inefficient so you can take advantage of that. And if they run away, they may be handing the advantage over to you due to your long redlock range and AB. Leaping melees like Exia's can be particularly annoying vs csA, though, so don't try to do csA tactics much against mechs with special options like that.

Do note that csA has a bit of a deadzone right in front of it where it wont hit, so if a melee approach gets deep enough your csA will not hit them. So use it more in anticipation rather than raw reaction.

BC is pretty nice. You pretty much always want to 2bc instead of normal bc, because being low to the ground lets you take advantage of the terrain. Try to identify useful spots to hide behind on each stage, such as buildings, hills, etc. Indestructible natural terrain like hills are preferable to buildings. If there is none for you at the moment, use AC to shield you when shots start coming.

Use it to punish your enemies for landing no matter how far away you are, or to prevent them from doing attacks that vernier them. I do not have much advice for how often you should tap B to rearrange the funnels, but I guess if they seem like they're not on a good vector or not close enough, hit it. I generally tap B periodically during BC.

Of course, be concerned about enemies using Gerobis vs your BC. Try to pay attention to when they stop in the air if you cant actually see them due to the building in your way or whatever. Boost dash cancel your BC and then input block(boost dash easily cancels into block) to block the gerobi. You may have successfully made them waste some ammo and boost. And if you bait them enough, they may hesitate to do it so quickly later, which can give you more time to freely BC. Also, it is noteworthy that you can fire your funnels at someone you suspect is doing a gerobi and then you boost dash cancel and block- you dont have to stay still for your funnels' already fired lasers to keep flying at the enemy, but they have to stay still for their gerobi to fly at you.

BC may be useful for trying to bait the enemy to pay attention to you, which can help your ally get into an advantageous situation.

Use AC to help enable riskier landings. Just make sure you're switching to the right target to block fire with it.

Because her AB funnels are rather situational and her super is quite good, I would recommend picking Assault Burst and trying to half-burst often, similar to vanilla EXVS. Try to time assault burst soon after your AC wears off and when you're rather low on AB and A ammo. Try to use a good amount of your funnels again before you super, because you'll recover about 5 funnels during the super since it lasts about 12-14 seconds. Try to always super before your burst wears off. Use it to pressure enemies to prevent them from doing attacks that vernier, and use it to punish landings that pretty much no other mech can punish without proximity. Remember, her super has super armor, so dont fret tooo much about random BR hits when performing it.

Since she both has tools that are exclusively long range(BC, AB) and exclusively close range(csA), you may feel torn between moving closer or moving away. The following factors can be important for helping you decide which to do during various matchups/situations: 1)your ally's ideal range and where they are right now. 2)The HP you and your ally have, dont cause overcost etc 3)The ideal ranges of your enemy mechs 4)How much boost your enemies have left at the moment and where they are, of course! 5)Whether or not there are any buildings left to 2BC behind.

A -> AB,

Note: -> means normal cancel, >> means boost dash cancel, > means rainbowstep cancel

5bbb is your main combo meat.

5bb>5bbb 211 damage

5bb>5bb>2b 208 damage, launch(being launched in the air=more time until they tech, more time before they can get up and help their ally)

6b>5bbb 197

BR>>BR>>BR 158

AB BR>>BR 164

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What Red Qubeley brings to the table:

-long redlock range helps her punishes in more situations and be safer while poking

-funnels can help prevent various movement choices, like simple perpendicular movement, which may be hard to punish otherwise without taking risks

-bawoo assist and A-AB fastfall help survivability

-useful super allows for exceptional punishes/pressuring

-BC gives a max range option, especially on certain stages where you can use cover effectively

-csA helps defeat melee and sidesteps at close ranges

Concerns:

-lack of tools to quickly knockdown with

-mid range has issues

-light ammo issues

-not as good at cutting melee combos as other 1k mechs

-poor melee

-does not really have an ideal range

Pairing with a 2.5k is generally the best choice.

It is probably preferable to team with someone who has a good mid range so that red qubeley can lean on her partner at that range.

Zeta:

Zeta's csB means more A, AB, and AC, so you get to poke plenty and defend yourself plenty with AC.

Both of your bursts are rather intimidating due to zeta's hyper armor and red qubeley's super.

Zeta's firepower is pretty nice for forcing the enemy to spend more boost, which can work well in tandem with qubeley's long redlock range with A and AB.

However, this team lacks some self defense.

Tallgeese:

Banshee:

Play patiently with banshee. Help her survive to get multiple NTDs. Use your funnels and AC to give a nice volume of fire, use your long redlock range to punish enemies who successfully escape from banshee flanking tactics.

Haman Qubeley:

Concerns regarding fighting specific suits, picking assault or blast burst, and miscellaneous details go here.

There are tiny deadzones between the shots of csA, so it *is* possible for mechs to sometimes not get hit while standing between the shots, but it is quite unlikely in this version unlike the last version. You may want to be more concerned about this vs smaller mechs like V1, F91 than big mechs like Zeong.

If you're facing away from the enemy you are summoning funnels at, the funnels will have to travel further because they always go out via qubeley's front before heading towards the enemy. So, if you're facing away from the enemy and you're a little too close for ideal range, facing away will help to prevent the funnels from getting in that bothersome formation.

Destiny, Gunnerzaku, Impulse, and other mechs with SEED csA Gerobis: Funnels can help you prevent them from doing such gerobis often. However, gerobis can also wreck you for trying to simply use AC to protect your landing.

VS Other funnel users: Be careful about doing BC. Funnels can be tough to react to/notice and your AC probably wont save you.

[A] Main - Beam Rifle

Standard BR. Reloadable manually like Emma's MkII.

Ammo : 4

Damage : 65

[AB] Sub - Hyper Bazooka

Same bazooka as Emma's MkII and Hyaku Shiki.

Ammo : 3

Damage : 75~148

Reload Time : 5 seconds, reloads when empty

[AC] Special Shoot - Rick Dias Assist

Same assist as Emma's MkII. Rick Dias fires its bazooka 3 times.

Ammo : 2

Damage : 120 (3 hits)

Reload Time : 15 seconds, reloads when empty

[bC] Special Melee - Continuous Kick

MkII hits the opponent with a 2-hit kick combo.

Damage : 133 (2 hits)

[ABC] Burst Attack : Zamanaize !

This is what you play this unit for ! Kamille will trashtalk your opponent while bodying him

Damage : 242 (Assault) / 224 (Blast)

[A]→[AB],[bC]

[AB]→[bC]

[AC]→[bC]

[NB]→[8B],[2B],[bC]

[8B]→[bC]

[2B]→[AB],[bC]

[6B]→[8B],[2B],[bC]

5bbb -> BC - Bottom Fighter Mode only

WIP

Name: MSM-04 Acguy

Pilot: Akahana

Cost: 1000

HP: 330

Movement Type: Ground | Mode Change: No | Transform: No | Special Burst Effects: No

JP Wiki

A→2B

A→AB

A→AC

A→(dir+)BC

AC→(dir+)BC

(dir+)BC→AC

2B→AC

2B→(dir+BC)

Sub changed to rocket launcher

AC is the EXVS vanilla Sub

BC at neutral and side now control the other two assists he has.

Movement

• Equipment Change is your friend for ground moment. While depleting your boost gauge, switching resets it to full so you can continue dashing. This allows for (somewhat) infinite boost while on the ground. Great for escapes or chasing down opponents. There is a slight pause and slide while you switch so be wary. This is known as brake cancel.
  
• Always try to out-maneuver your enemies while on the ground. EZ-8's air options are very poor and slow
  
  
  
  Offense
  
  • Don't attempt to take the front lines, you mostly a support unit and your melee attacks aren't great. Keep your distance and annoy your opponents from afar with cannon mode.
    
  • Most of your offense will come from your beam rifle and cannon shots. Dash cancel them whenever possible for combos and to avoid opponents moves. Cannon shots can hit twice with the first hit knocking down, while Beam rifle shots hit up to 3 times.
    
  • When close to an enemy MS, Full Fire and Assists are a good way to knock them down for a retreat or to keep pressure.
    
  • The ground gundam summons are mid-range style moves so use them to pressure and annoy your opponent when in that range. The Net shot sticks to an opponent for awhile to slow them down while missiles can knock down if both of them hit. Tank is good for pressure.
    
  • Learn to abuse cannon shots at long-range when both opponents have their focus on your partner. Your red-lock range while in that mode is one of the highest in the game and can catch many units at the end of their boosts or combos. Sniping mode has great tracking and speed. Hitting an opponent from far while in green lock is possible if you can punish their recovery.
    
  Cancel Routes

  BR Mode

  CC8B-A

  180 Cannon Mode

  CC8B-A

  8B-A

  Combos

  Note: -> means normal cancel, >> means boost dash cancel, > means rainbowstep cancel

  Combos ending with AC, Net stays after they wake up, missle only hits once.

  BR Mode

  NBB>AB or BR

  NBB>AC/NAC

  8B>AB or BR

  2BB>BC or AC/NAC

  180mm Cannon Mode

  cc8B >> cc8B >> cc8B or NB (can end with NB at any shoulder tackle.)

  4/6BB > A or AC/NAC

  Video

  General tutorial video for Vanilla version of EZ-8

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Akl5tNjSaQ

  alot of the same stuff applies to Full Boost

  Use the replay feature to look for matches or the Nico gundam archives(need a niconico account to see)

  http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22837620 <-- one of my favorite videos

  http://horibuna.web.fc2.com/EXVSFB/EXVSFB_sjsd9sd6asd4as.html <-- archive of hundreds

  Full Boost Changes

  Cannon mode red-lock shortened

  Assists and mode-change preserve some momentum

  Running jump now gives a proper boost hop (like Mobile Fighter types)

  In BR mode, mobility and turning capabilities nerfed, 6B nerfed

- Down Values: When down value on a suit reaches 5, they yellow out. Down value on a suit resets after 3 seconds without taking damage.

[A] - Beam Rifle

Standard beam rifle shot.

1 reload per 3 seconds. Max ammo of 6.

[AB] - Beam Bazooka

Fires a shot with especially good tracking.

Max ammo of 3, only starts reloading after all have been used. 6 second reload time.

[AC] - Shrike Team Assists

Various attacking assists. They reload 1 at a time every 6 seconds.

5AC summons a beam rifle assist, fires three times.

8AC summons a kamikaze assist.

2AC summons a missile assist, firing twice.

You cannot summon two of the same assist at the same time. You have to wait until the previous is done. However, you can summon one beam rifle assist, one kamikaze assist, and one missile assist all simultaneously.

[bC] - Shrike Team Defensive Assists

3 GunEZs surround and defend an ally. When the one in the middle is destroyed, one of the ones on the side take its place. 60 HP on each defender.

20 seconds to reload. Starts reloading once the previous group of assists have been destroyed. If you reload it with burst, you cant use it again until the previous group has been destroyed.

The assists face the enemy whom the carrier is targeting.

They lift up out of the way when the carrier fires. However, attacks like funnels and assists do not cause this, because you user is not the one directly attacking.

If you input a direction with this, it will go to your ally. If you leave the direction at neutral, you get the assist.

Unlike The O and Red Qubeley's shield assist, these shield assists lift up the moment you start using a melee move, as opposed to only when the melee attack actually swings.

[ABC during EX] Shrike Team Assault

Several GunEZs do a flurry of attacks. AC is unusable during this. Pretty good utility, they attack for a long sequence and from multiple angles. Looks cool as fuck.

Gunez is essentially a pretty standard BR mech with a special BZ chain, tons of assists, and a nice shield assist that she can give to allies.

BASICS

Her A ammo is a bit low, so use AB and AC to compensate. knockdown from A into AB, and sometimes use AB for poking instead of A. the ABs all reload at once, so they are pretty convenient ammo wise for poking.

AB chains into itself twice and gunez re-aims for each shot. AB is faster and tracks better than A, so doing AB AB AB is pretty great for clutching out a landing punishes. No boost left to zunda? No problem!

her melee isnt very good, but 6b is alright, so use that in certain situations when doing 6b 66 6b would probably work. 2b and 8b have decent priority and naturally, 5b is the fastest melee you have.

USING ASSISTS PROPERLY

Most of the time, you want to give your BC shield assist to your ally. However, the assists can actually be destroyed in transit, so use your best judgment based on the situation. If your ally has no HP and is far away the shield assists may end up completely wasted. Furthermore, BC can help you safely summon AC assists.

You should aim to summon at least 2 BCs per life. They recover in 20 seconds, so this should be quite reasonable to do.

Keep in mind that the shields are not good against melee, large explosions(hildolfr), gerobis, or funnels, so in some matchups BC is not as helpful. Shield assists can help you/your ally land safely and get advantages and save life, but you can still get called out with a DX Gerobi or Zaku2 grenade.

Remember, the assists face who the protected mech is targeting, so the user needs to judge who is most likely to punish their landing.

AC is the central piece of your offense. While AB AB AB helps you clutch out landing punishes, AC is what helps you set up good situations.

-The BR assist is more solid for quick punishes than the other two.

-The missiles assist has incredible tracking. It also a long delay between the two barrage, which helps it control a vector solidly and force the enemy to sidestep/spend lots of boost.

-The sword assist has fantastic tracking, but isn't as fast as other melee assists(or shots, of course), and so I generally think this is best used when your other two assists are already firing but you want to throw out more. I may experiment with it more soon.

Use the beam rifle assist and missiles assist often. When playing neutral cautiously at redlock range,summon one of these to help you pressure the enemy. if they react to this by spending more boost, that can give you or your ally an advantage. if they react to this by running away, you can move forward with your ally, and perhaps pressure the other enemy. if they react to this by sidestepping, you can gain space on the enemy since sidestepping means they're not changing their positioning very much- unless they sidestep and then boost dash, which means they're spending quite a bit of boost gauge and can end up easier to punish.

ASSIST CIRCLING

A particular tactic I like to use with GunEZ is what I call "Assist Circling".

The idea is:

1)summon beam rifle or missile assist.

2)boost dash cancel to another side of the enemy, and summon the other assist.

3)boost dash cancel more and fire from another angle depending on how the enemy is reacting to these attacks.

Circling around them with these assists makes it harder for them to move because they're being fired at from multiple angles, so it is difficult for them to choose the correct vector to move in. it also makes it harder for them to retaliate because it becomes harder for them to simultaneously face you and be moving in a direction that avoids fire, which can help you get a quick landing and thus a major advantage over them. (Or, of course, they simply get hit because they stopped mid air to shoot at you and then your assist beams or missiles hit them lol)

Burst

remember that as 1k you will probably have 1 half burst after each death, so probably 3 half bursts per game, so try to find a situation where getting more boost+ammo through burst would guarantee some damage. AB AB AB ABC AB AB AB?!

Whenever you burst, you get a V1 Hexa assist that follows you around and fires when you do A or AC. This seems to have a set time it lasts unrelated to whether or not you're still in burst, but i need to test this. For those unfamiliar with assists that follow like Sazabi, Hyaku Shiki, DX, and Duel's: When the assist fires, it stops moving. So if you move a bunch while it is firing, you can use it to fire from multiple angles at once. Or perhaps, you move to one direction which causes your enemy to move to a different direction to get away from you- but they still end up close to your V1 Hexa Assist, who can then help you punish their landing due to how close it is.

I currently favor assault burst with GunEZ, but I have not thought it out thoroughly. Discussion of this is welcome.

AB -> AB -> AB

A->AB

Note: -> means normal cancel, >> means boost dash cancel, > means rainbowstep cancel

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You generally want to partner with 2.5ks and 2ks as a 1k.

Some characteristics one may look for in ally mechs:

-Mechs who have attacks like assists or funnels, since they can do them while they have your BC shield without the shield raising up.

-Mechs who have power-ups like Gundam Mk-II or strike, since your BC can help their survivability, which means they may be able to spend more time in their power-up mode per life.

-Mechs which can gain serious advantage from moving closer, so that enemies do not want to spend time sidestepping your assists and so that your BC's ability to protect their landings has more offensive impact. "Melee mechs", Banshee(boomerang at flank is scary), and gerbera tetra may be good examples of this. Kshatriya's 4/6AB can help vs those who sidestep as well.

-Mechs who can also fire from multiple vectors with their assists or funnels, such as hyaku shiki, raphael, and qubeley may help you create situations where the enemy has an incredibly tough time moving.

BC:

Like with other shield assists, since they lift when you fire, sometimes the protected mech will take a hit when they are firing, but then the enemy's attempt at a combo fails because the assists returned downwards to protect the mech.

If fire, causing the shields to lift, you can make the shields go back down earlier by boost dash canceling.

You can also do this by cancelling your shots into something vernierless that doesnt trigger assists to rise. For example, qubeley A-AB.

BC assists will actually go away on their own after like 30 seconds.. but what the hell is going on for them to not be destroyed in that time period?!

Concerns regarding fighting specific suits, picking assault or blast burst, and miscellaneous details go here.

Matchup notes:

F91: Can summon csB, which will attract assist shots to it.

Zeta: csA does same as ^

Nu: csB does same as ^

Zaku2: Santa(2b) does same as ^

Versus those with beam cloaks such as X1, you need to be more careful about your ranged combos early on because you have almost no attacks that aren't beams. You may need to lean on melee/missile assists or your ally a bit more than usual until their cloak is destroyed.