Arifureta

Tsubaki with no install == Absolute worst character Different story if she has it though. It's not as big a jump but it does kinda up her game a little. Of course, if you have Tsubaki people who don't use it then... Rachel's damage output is preeeetty low without heat (and even with heat, it's still kinda iffy). So, I dunno, she can punish but not significantly, which is one of the reasons why I think she's pretty low tier.

Eh... Lambda's in the same tier as Hazama so it's not really as if you're tier whoring when you pick her. If you really wanted super low tier, you could always go with Hime-sama. :V Which actually isn't as bad an idea now since ever since her nerfing, most of the people I watch with her just go with super defense and insane yomi to catch out their opponents. Of course, I could be totally wrong.

Combos aren't really strict. They're more, uh, very situational since it's really easy to shut him down so you'll have to improvise a lot. Waiting for your opponent to make a mistake as Hazama isn't really that bad of an idea since, aside from all his corner shenanigans, you don't really need any setups for any of his BnBs. Although you are sacrificing a huge part of the game's momentum (i.e. your opponent's the one dictating the match), if your really good at defense then it probably shouldn't be a problem.

Whoa, wut, sign up's on Thursday? And 32 person cap? That's not looking good for my two day Friday pass. ._.

The chart speaks only truth. :V

That's an insanely unbalanced diagram. :V

^ Truth I dunno, I just double tap it reeeeally lightly so my finger's out of the way when I hit the next input. The beauty of his dash is that since it's a fixed distance every time, I don't even have to hold it.

Touche. If your opponent's not going to shut down your BnB then just waste as much heat as you'd like. I like doing the Jayoku > 214D~C > dash crossup > corner combo. It's so fancy.

If it's not going to kill, it's probably not worth throwing a Jayoku in midcombo.

^ Nah, he'll just snicker. :V Dude who voiced him in CT had a pretty awesome laugh imo, and that's all that really matters.

Carl might not be a problem but his sister gets in the way of everything. :V

Not really the case I think. Probably more dependent on when the first chain hit.

^ The chain's fine provided you don't get too overenthusiastic with it and pull yourself in without a hit confirm. Otherwise you'd eat the aforementioned anti-air. :V Mizuchi's another option. Or RC > 66 > 214D~~C.

^ His Jayoku is like an investment since you get back ~40 of the 50 heat you used for it. :V Use for j.214B: Trolling.

^ There's also the superjump 7 > 6D option.

^ I'm starting to really enjoy the mindgames since I die if I don't use them. ._. And 6A is my new favorite move. No one ever sees the overhead coming. :V

^ It could, I think, although since the normal Baden Baden Lily combo is used with at least one pole active, I don't think the damage will be as great when you just use it by itself. But at least it'll break 2k. :V

Not really. If you watch closely, they do it consistently. :V

^ His pressure game is laughable, and closing distance after they've figured out that blocking is more than enough to stop the chains takes a bit of creativity. Not to mention that IADing a cancelled chain is very much in your opponent's favor so you can't even spam that. ._.

TRUTH. So, yes, his BnB is crazy easy to learn but applying them in a real match with a competent opponent is a whole entire issue altogether. It's so very easy to shut him down. ;_;

I keep saying this: He's not very hard to learn. :I

What is all this talk of banning I don't even- It's very very easy to shut down any of Hazama's easy heat gain BnBs (block low, block chain, rinse and repeat) so, if you're playing against him right, the issue of a Jayoku reversal shouldn't even come up until you've had some time to try your own tricks against him.

Noel's a little tricky but Lambda's hitbox is like the perfect size for any combo. For serious. Even the taunt loop gets a little easier when it's her.

Two more months before I can play Mu. D: Everyone will swarm him, and then be like "wtf no dash" and leave. :V

^ No no, it just adds an extra jakou BnB into the C mash ender, which bumps the damage up. Can't do that without the crossup. It's different here: 214D~C > j.214B# 214D~C > (crossup) 5B > 2C > 4D~A > 623D > 2B > 5C > j.214B#