BlackYakuzu94

It would help keep things more concise.

Duodecim swag.

So how do you fight this matchup considering you hate it?

Yes, it is matchup dependent; because every character in this game plays so differently, you need to understand how to play against them to get the upper hand. Thinking about what options you have when you're positioned on screen, and how to capitilize; Hakumen's general gameplan is to keep his opponents out of his range while he builds enough stars to start getting high damage combos, which is why blocking and patience are key. Predicting the opponent only really works if they're gameplan is just really two-dimensional, if someone figures out you're trying to predict them they can easily throw it back in your face.(I.e. Trying to predict the opponent by using a counter, and then the opponent grabs you). With Hakumen, its better to learn to react than to predict, his defense options are pretty fast so if you're reflexes are good enough you can turn the tables. You can play any character without combos, its just gonna be a bit of an uphill battle for you because of how much damage you're forgoing.

^^Shout outs to that Astral against Terumi Anyway, your general problem seems that you don't really have a game plan and just mostly mashing buttons; I recommend studying the moves that work best in neutral and close range and think of a plan of attack. - You need to learn some combos, there are a lot of spots where you could have got some decent damage; like those CH 3C in you Carl matches could have led to stuff like: Zantetsu>2C>stuff, or just 2C>J.2A stuff. - Stop relying on your counters so much, they're situational. This holds true especially for this game because of our inability to combo off of them. Start learning to play without your counters to circumvent this. - You're wasting a lot of your precious meter; Don't try to constantly fish for Yukikaze, especially when you don't have any stars left afterward. Like Sophi said, Throw>Shippu mostly works when its a killing move. - Learn to block. You're getting CH'd because you're trying to mash on wake-up. Hakumen is a very defense orientated character, so you have to be patient with him and look for an opening. That's my critique, hope you improve...its nice to have more Hakumen players.

I find Agito very iffy for Air-to-ground situations because 4D either clashes, or is outright beaten by it. If you use it, you'll probably better off using it after she's in startup. I've been playing against my friend's Noel for quite a while now and it mostly feels in our favor, but I wanna play more Noels to know for sure. Its kind of annoying how she can just 2A out of a blockstring. If you get knockdown, don't get too used to using 6B on her wakeup because she can 5B us out of startup.

Noontide's alright, I prefer Keep the Flag Flying tho. Which reminds me, I wonder what Sol & Ky's vs. theme will be in Xrd.

Hiding in fear of the wolf.

..Oh I get it, Childish Killer now the name makes sense.

All I was saying is that the translations make it seem like Jin & Tsubaki are siblings, which would make people think she's related to Ragna. Its just...weird.

INCEST EVERYWHERE.

Hakumen's fun factor is the only reason I play him. If he wasn't fun, a part of the game would die for me.

He can definitely approach better and with the meter gain buff, he can dish it out faster too; I'd say offensive.

Well its a story about time loops, so its not like it is out of the ordinary.

They probably did it so it can foreshadow when she sacrifices herself for him when Ragna faces Terumi. I wonder how they're going to handle Jin overcoming Yukianesa tho, are they going to play the same scene with him and Tsubaki? Yo, it was so weird seeing Bang treated seriously; there was no comic relief with him at all, not even when he was with Litchi. That's....an improvement.

...Well...that escalated quickly. See Jin, this is what you get for being such a jackass; you lose to the comic relief, and your girlfriend stabs you in the chest.

Its funny because I thought Jin was just being...ya know, Jin but there's some truth to what he said; Ragna just got shitted on so hard in this game that killing him might be preferable.

Its probably one of those standard "There's no hope for him" deal, but Ragna, being the stubborn bastard he is, is probably just gonna suppress the beast. He's already been shown to be able to restrain his blazblue if need be, so its not like it wouldn't foreshadowed.

They could just make the Gag Reels OVA's

I'm gonna do that now whenever I fight my friend's Bullet.

Basically everything says whenever he fights in CP, especially against Hazama; He does all of the insulting for you Hakumen's new filter makes his lines even more badass. "VANISH, WINTER'S REPOSTE" "You cannot prevail. Not against me" Terumi gets a special mention: "HeheheHAHAHAHAHA, weak., you're too weak" "Quit meddling in my shit"

Alright, I'm probably gonna move onto my Valkenhayn today, I played with him a bit already and realized that w.5B doesn't launch anymore. So just so I know, any other changes for Valk I should know about.I know he has two new wolf moves for an overhead, but anything else?

And people were complaining about Terumi...

Nice. In other news, have close up shots of Terumi and Kagura's character portraits? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

She's clearly channeling Wario in english.