Arcana Heart

[CrimsonDisaster]

I've found a pretty nasty strategy for basically all the arcana so far but not niptra. : \ How do you use niptra anyone? I know those little water balls absorb hits but other than that it seems kinda crappy.

You summon bubble or bubble super after every combo then continue to mindlessly rush in, trusting that the bubbles will eat uppercuts or stop combos

[pbjmixxa]

With water arcana, it depends on the char. Bubbles are generally good for rushing down as they allow you to safely advance on your opponent. However, the char also has to work very well independent of the arcana to effectively use it. It has to be more of a situation where the bubbles are an added bonus rather than a necessity. The fact that they take a hit for you makes them good for beating your opponent's GCs. I generally use water arcana to help if ever I make mistakes (which is pretty often), not to mention turning the tables around at a crucial moment. But like I said, not all chars can use it well. Chars like Maori and Liese can't use it too well but chars like Heart and Mei-Fang are VERY beastly with it.

[Hazard]

Yeah I just found out. Thanks anyway though. It's pretty vicious for rush down. Until more people play it with me it's not as useful against the AI. Since the AI isn't like "Oh shit...what do I do...?!" But I'm going to test it on my friend soon for sure.

[Cadenza]

So what are Mei Fang, Saki and Maori's most useful/flexible arcana selections? Basic Mei Fang goes with fire, and water was already said to be good. Anything else flow with these 3? These are the characters I play of course :P I'm still an Arcana scrub.

[Hazard]

For Maori: I've found that arcana that give ranged abilities to be pretty useful. For example, lightning helps add the pain while the older sister comes from above. Also, I like the metal arcana quite a bit for ranged or defensive types like her. Also, earth and water are good for Saki and Mei in my opinion and while it isn't AS effective; it's mighty sexy to vine grab them and pull them to you for a combo. But what do I know? I've only been playing for like a week.

[pbjmixxa]

Courtesy of Orka: Maori's arcana tier list s+: dieu mort (poison) a: bhanri (lightning), lang-gong (fire), gier (dark) b: parthenias (love), tempestas (wind), moriomoto (plant) c: oreichalkos (steel) d: anutpada (time), niptra (water), ohotsuchi (rock) Saki only has one arcana, lightning. Sure ones like fire and rock are good but the best is, without a doubt, lightning. You're far better off sticking with lightning if you plan to main Saki. Mei-Fang's best arcana is easily fire. However, if you're an extremely offensive player, you'd also do well with dark and water. Dark-Fang = TOO STRONG!!!

[vmoney48]

I play Saki with plant and it works out well.

[iora]

lilica! wooo! still figuring out what arcana i wanna use mainly though toss up between lightning, time, and dark... but im yet to try 3 of them

[purify]

re: water, the water grab is pretty good too actually.

[Effenhoog]

How well does the love arcana work out for most people? I've been using it with Fiona and it seems pretty nice with all the lasers and whatnot. Most people seem to use fire for Fiona, which makes sense for the good fireballs and unblockables, but IMO it's a little boring and looks kind of stupid. I suppose that's not the best reason to not use something in a fighting game, but whatever. Needz moar lazuas, *pew* *pew* *pew*

[Hazard]

The love arcana is pretty sexy for cancelling out projectiles but I think earth and steel do that pretty well anyway. I mean, it isn't TOTALLY worthless. But think about it, what do you expect from the arcana of love?

[pbjmixxa]

Love arcana's actually one of the better arcanas in the game. It zones like no other and offers good oki with love ball super. Not to mention love ball offers an easy and safe means of getting in on your opponent from fullscreen. Lazer super's good if you want to get that finish, but otherwise it's probably the only "not quite so useful" move that love has to offer. I know chars like Heart, Saki, Konoha, Mei-Fang, and Maori can use it pretty well. Oh, and "slow fall" offers decent mixup opportunities.

[SolxBaiken]

Just in case anyony is interested I'm currently working on my Arcana Heart theme for PS3 and should be done with it tonight! forgot how tediuos making a theme is...but it pays off in the end!

[CrimsonDisaster]

Lazer super's good if you want to get that finish, but otherwise it's probably the only "not quite so useful" move that love has to offer.

lovelazer super does a big chunk of damage, it's actually a really damaging super and helps tack on damage for some characters (Yoriko comes to mind).

[Hazard]

lovelazer super does a big chunk of damage, it's actually a really damaging super and helps tack on damage for some characters (Yoriko comes to mind).

Master spark!

[iora]

OMG TIME-LILICA 6S CROSSUP SHENANAGINS! hehe easily my main, i dont even need to play the rest of the cast, land 1 za warudo and youll see why but the whole shadow clone pressure game is pretty sweet, especially with lilica ^_^ im havin a bunch of fun with this game, good purchase imo

[bbq sauce]

Hey, I just started playin this game, wonderin' if you guys could answer a few Qs.. what are the best arcanas for kira / liesolette? My friend left his PS2 copy at my house, and I've only played training, so I have no idea.. Kira seems like she'd be good with time arcana.. the teleport move > piledriver seems like it'd be pretty abusable..but i havent had any comp to point out a weak point in it.. I dunno about Lieso, but I like her just cause she reminds me of a puppet nin.

[Necrosis]

Play any arcana you want for Kira, but personally I really like stone. I have no idea what's considered best, I just play stone and 6D and people try to hit my autoguard for some reason and I throw them and/or do a stone punch loop.

[iora]

i was playin someone using kira/stone with lilica/time and while neither of us were really any good, it did help him, cuz he would super armor my hits and then kira-buster me lol seems like its a good choice, but arcanas fit the playstyle more... so id say figure out what you wanna do and pick one that compliments it

[pbjmixxa]

Kira's best arcana is certainly rock. She also does well with lightning and time but, as was said before, use whatever arcana you want to. Just coz rock's her best doesn't mean it'll work well for you. Liese can use just about any arcana. I've seen a lot of good things with lightning, love, and fire, but she's not very arcana dependent. As her doll gives her such an amazing offense and defense, most players tend to use arcanas to protect the doll or have an easier time getting the doll back.

[CrimsonDisaster]

Liese's best arcana is pretty much Dieu Mort, gives her ways to set up the doll, protect the doll, turn her combos from great into retarded, etc... As for avoiding Kira teleport grab, 4D away.

[Xploit Neo]

Liese's best arcana is pretty much Dieu Mort, gives her ways to set up the doll, protect the doll, turn her combos from great into retarded, etc...

As for avoiding Kira teleport grab, 4D away.

Yes, I've seen some japanese matches with Liese using Dieu Mort......INSANE!!!! She's a monster.........a monster.:scared:

[Cadenza]

She's Eddie.

[Jissai]

Wonder if anyone could help me out with some Lilica trouble. In a 2C 6D 5A 5B 236a~C 236B 236C, etc... After the 236B when going for the 236C, the computer ALWAYS manages to recover before that Heel Cutter can connect. Is it even supposed to connect, or is it more along the lines of hoping the person I go against will miss the right time to recover? -Edit- Nevermind, I was standing too close when doing the 2C. >_>

[CrimsonDisaster]

If you are too close when you start, you'll have to do some 5B XX flashstep reps to adjust the distance/height. Lilica is too crazy.