BlackYakuzu94

...OK, I officially have no idea what the hell is going on anymore. Just when I thought couldn't get anymore confusing, this shit happens.

So Kagura is the Hero of Ikaruga now I assume? Why else would he be the leader of the fourth squadron. And if Tsubaki is Jin's lieutenant now, what about Noel any mention of her? Man, this timeline is getting fucked.

Wow, Jin got fucked lol. I assume the Power of Order is the reason he's the only who remembers things properly. So wait, who has Jin's rank?

Yo this fold by Tetsuwo against camelia tho lol. Something I noticed Cameila does a lot is 5D Jin's 2D when he lands, and then he cancels into Guren. I know Jin's 2D is only special cancellable, so I don't know what it can beat, but it's an interesting thing. EDIT: I fucking hate this forum system...

From what I've been told, it's really dependent on what items she has at the time. Like, she'll probably beat you in neutral when she has the kitty hammer more often than not. Other than that, I really don't have much to say...I guess I can ask a Platinum player I'm familiar with.

How does Raquel being Nine's vessel begin to explain any of that./

Technically yes, they're just centralized; you can find them on the front page. Which matchup?

Now this is what confuses me, what does Ameterasu count as "saving" in this case?

That note is weird, it doesn't even mention 6D being 1f. Makes me a bit scared it's not actually true. EDIT: Also, yea that earlier thing about Yanagi is a mistake, its supposed to read like "Use it to press position, but don't use it as a reversal", it was a pretty wonky translation so that's my bad.

Yea, its not a 1:1 translation, but Yanagi not being a good for pressing neutral is really odd, what's it supposed to be used for then. And the evernote doesn't mention anything about his counters being punishbable. Something that important I think would have been mentioned.

Yea, I think so; also thanks to a good friend, some of the notes got translated:

Ok, so from what I can tell from Google translate; first impressions seem to be that Hakumen hasn't really had any significant changes from CPEX, aside from the obvious damage nerfs. Other than that, its mostly things already posted in this topic. A few things not noted tho: 6A seems to have been increased from a Level 3 attack to a level 4, and I think its possible to link it from 5B? 2C's head invul starts from 9f~ (which may be more), frame advantage is -17 and its only jump cancellable on hit. Because of its new float property, its possible to 2C>Tsubaki>5C. j.C damage was nerfed from 1300->1000 Guren floats less and has less untech time(?) I think Kishuu has head, body invul from 5f~ Agito no longer carries momentum from hop. Enma is free and seems to have more untech as you're able to link 5B after a it. Thinks its much stronger than in CPEX Tsubaki fatal counters. That's all I can really understand.

We do still have a matchup thread, they're located on the front page under the Blazblue section: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/forum/345-bb-matchups/ The old matchup threads are also archived in the lower part of the forum front page: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/forum/85-ragna-matchups/ With Nu, you can stay in mid-range and challenge her pretty hard; you don't want to stay full-screen tho. I wish I could explain more, but my Nu experience is pretty lacking with Ragna.

Those are probably where everyone plays, so yea you can probably play everyone else.

Have you tried going to the lobbies?

I come bearing more news...its good or bad depending on who you ask, but I'm fine with it - Hotaru no longer avoids bursts; needs to jump cancel on hit if you want to bait a burst with it - Renka's 2nd hit is whiffing a LOT. If you're a bit far away and the opponent is crouching it'll whiff already - Guren has less untech time - Kishuu either has longer invul or low profiles again - Agito deals more damage - You're pushed very far away when 6A is blocked now - Tsubaki, Zantetsu and Shippuu no longer ignore combo rate; they aren't dealing significant damage in combos at all - j.D can't be followed up with anything.

Naoto's Astral Yes, it is Black Onslaught in case you were wondering.

That flashkick punish with the burst was pretty nice.

6D being 1f again is literally the best fucking news of this entire ordeal.

Does anyone know how to read moonrunes here?

Oh jeez, get ready for some revenge meter. That said, this was kind of expect; as fighting games get more mainstream, they attract a more casual crowd and therefore, they create mechanics to help benefit casual play. Even Guilty Gear did this and SFV is currently doing this. Its happening.

Well I don't know the metagame is over in Europe, so I'd say just keep playing and improve.

You can just take it to the matchup threads you know.

Its probably still pretty shit for him, he just can actually do something against her once he gets in now.

This is a game where long-ranged normals excel above all else, so in that regard, Phonon is definitely one of the better characters in the game for it.