LegendaryRath

As a starting point, I would suggest simply using barrier to push her away and then either backdash or jump out once you feel like you're at a safe distance to do so. It's not "THE" way to deal with her pressure, but escaping is generally safer than pressing buttons.

Personal opinions about her legitimacy as a "competitive" character aside, she suffers in several respects, some of which Azrael can sympathize with. Her neutral game is lacking and just looks awkward. She has no smooth way to maneuver around the screen, giving her huge issues with characters that can control a large portion of the screen, Kokonoe being the best example. She's honestly not scary at all until she can power up, which is a big risk for her to do in neutral (most characters can punish on reaction, IE: GUSTAF). At her default level, her drives are punishable on block. Her standard overhead is very easy to reach to. Similarly to Azrael's pressure, her pressure is not very effective once she gets pushed back some distance. Even at level 2, Bullet's drive mixup (high/low) is not as effective as people would hope it would be. First of all, it requires her to lose a level (which is a HUGE deal for her). It's also possible to sort-of "option select" block both options, high and low, because of how the low is always a few frames slower than the high (IE: stand up and then delay block low. Try it out in training mode and you might see what I mean.). I feel that her only "real" option for mixup in many cases is grab based. While she has potential for explosive damage once she gets her heat gauge up, in general it actually seems pretty average. Her DP is pretty mediocre. Going back to neutral, she definitely struggles getting in. Most bullets tend to be more defensive during neutral. her anti-air is fairly strong and her drives can be used to catch sloppy approaches and reckless anti-airs. Many characters get to run all over her in neutral, but I feel Azrael needs to take it a little slower because of how similar his neutral is to Bullet's. Don't take too many unnecessary risks. It's ok to be fairly passive until you can get started. The difference between Bullet and Azrael is how it's easy for Azrael to win off of one touch. Bullet has manageable mixup/pressure, with less damage in most cases. I don't play Bullet myself, but hopefully that helps understand her shortcomings, which might help you understand how to fight her a little better.

We're going to have casuals, MTG, and a 2v2 tournament. I'm expecting to be there all afternoon/evening.

Tucson can only stay until 8pm. Considering the time that several people are taking off work just for this, I really don't want to start much later than 3:00 or 3:30. For anyone that comes too late for the tournament, there will still be a 2v2 tournament afterwards (most likely). Maybe I should look into a small prize for that.

I made an event page for the second BlazBlue ranbat https://www.facebook.com/events/604513289645205/?ref_notif_type=plan_user_joined&source=1 Please go ahead and just invite anyone and everyone who you think might be interested in going. My friends list is pretty limited. Also, what time works best for you guys to start the tournament? I was planning for 3:00pm, but I'm not set on a certain time yet. If you have work on Saturdays, when do you get off?

Nevermind. Brownies are in the oven. I repeat, BROWNIES ARE ON THE OVEN

I was just really sad that I didn't get to pig out on brownie batter.

If any of you have some time and aren't going to be at PCC tomorrow, remember that the first BBCP 1.1 ranbat starts tomorrow. I'm not expecting great attendance, so it'll be really casual. Also, the brownies were a lie. I'll make sure they're ready to go next time info

Was... Was that necessary? Yes. Yes it was Hope everything ends up ok tho. What model was it?

I've been hearing that a lot. Maybe we should skip the first one on June 7th? If some people still want to go, we can probably do casuals + just hang out, if nothing else. edit: definitely still running the event, just going to have it be more casual oriented. Points awarded will be cut in half, as a sort-of compromise.

I created an event page for the ranbats on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/1618956988329537/?ref_notif_type=plan_user_joined&source=1 Many of you are already invited, but since I don't have everyone added on FB, I'd appreciate it if you guys could invite anyone who I may have missed. It's an open event, so feel free to say you're going, even if you didn't get an invite for some reason.

About setting up more tournaments at UAT: The general consensus seems to be that Saturday works best for everyone, so I'm going to stick with that. Jimmy says he'll schedule the time to get the space at UAT, but we need to have a general plan for which days to go. I'd like the first event to be on June 7th. With that as our starting point, would you guys prefer to do bi-weekly ranbats (June 7th, June 21st, and July 5th), or would you prefer to try and have one every weekend (5 total, June 7th - July 5th)? It would definitely be nice to have a consistent weekly time and place to hang out and play (anything) offline, while still getting to be competitive to practice for evo. I'm just not sure people would want to be there EVERY week without breaks, especially those that may have transportation hurdles, like the Tucson guys. I would like EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED to let me know what they would prefer to see. This isn't a serious thing. There's no money involved (unless you count my brownie costs or possible prizes). I just want to set something up that works for as many people as possible. edit: Marvin says some of the Tucson guys are down to go Saturdays. His vote is for Bi-weekly, main concern being that there might not be much consistency, attendance-wise, if we did weekly. That's a main concern of mine too.

Would you guys be comfortable continuing this conversation with private messages? I'd like things to stay on topic.

That could be interesting, and pretty easy to pull off.

Let's actually do something to get everyone together and play some BB and other asw games. Since Ruben will likely be MIA throughout June, Jimmy and I are probably going to try to set up a quick ranbat set, or at least a random tournament or two. People seemed to be excited about possibly doing a 2v2 tournament as well? Maybe we could set up both a singles and doubles tournament each day. Neither one seems like it would take very long, so it should be fun. Let me know what you guys think. I'll try asking some of the Tucsan guys on Facebook too. Assuming there's still interest, which day of the week do you guys prefer? Saturday or Sunday afternoon/evening sounds reasonable to me, but I want to hear what works for you guys. Another quick thing. I think I figured out the magic behind using headphones at tournaments. I'll be able to set it up where everyone will be able to use headphones/earbuds in tournament, so long as you guys bring your own pair. Literally anything with a regular headphone jack will work, so long as it doesn't require a USB plugin. Skull-candies, bose, whatever. Not sure if a stream will be possible at the moment. I don't really care to be honest, outside of possibly using it so people could look at their matches later. edit: oh... there will be brownies. I'll also try to double check on the dairy info this time, just so everyone is covered.

I was gonna hang out, but I spent my entire night playing monster hunter.

This sounds fun. I might be able to participate over off these times.

Athena Nipponbashi 3on3 [4/28/2014] -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Fenrich (Jin) -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Kikuchiyo (Litchi) -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Kyuu (Relius) -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Poroppicho (Hakumen) -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Zagi (Arakune) -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Fenrich (Jin) -[4/28/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Galileo (Litchi) Athena Nipponbashi [5/12/2014] -[5/12/2014] Azrael vs Kyuu (Relius) -[5/12/2014] Azrael vs V-13 -[5/12/2014] Azrael vs Zagi (Arakune) Shinjuku Sportsland Singles [4/16/2014] -[4/16/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Uma No Hone (Relius) -[4/16/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Jirou (Amane) -[4/16/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Uma No Hone (Relius) -[4/16/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Jirou (Amane) -[4/16/2014] Mato (Azrael) vs Yuuto (Tao) -[4/16/2014] Mato (Azrael) vs Ishida (Bullet) -[4/16/2014] Mato (Azrael) vs Jirou (Amane) -[4/16/2014] Mato (Azrael) vs Under (Tager) PRE ARC REVOLUTION CUP 3on3 [5/4/2014] -[5/3/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Itou (Carl) -[5/3/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Suya (Valk) -[5/3/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Wara (Tsubaki) -[5/3/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Chiri (Carl) -[5/3/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Kyuu (Relius) -[5/3/2014] Dogura (Azrael) vs Poroppicho (Hakumen) Tachikawa Same Character 3on3 [5/4/2014] -[5/3/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Bakuga (Bang) -[5/3/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Bakuga (Bang) -[5/3/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Judo (Bang) -[5/3/2014] Roriotto (Azrael) vs Judo (Bang) -[5/3/2014] Roriotto (Azrael) vs ZEL (Tager) -[5/3/2014] Roriotto (Azrael) vs Barell (Tager) -[5/3/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Barell (Tager) -[5/3/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Under (Tager) -[5/3/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Kotsube (Mu-12) -[5/3/2014] Pet (Azrael) vs Keba (Mu-12) -[5/3/2014] Roriotto (Azrael) vs Keba (Mu-12) -[5/3/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Keba (Mu-12) -[5/3/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Serizawa (Mu-12) [4/27/2014] -[4/27/2014] Fujio (Azrael) vs Tsujikawa (Kokonoe) -[4/27/2014] Fujio (Azrael) vs Tsujikawa (Kokonoe) -[4/27/2014] Tanaka (Azrael) vs Tsujikawa (Kokonoe) -[4/27/2014] Tanaka (Azrael) vs Tsujikawa (Kokonoe) Tachikawa 3on3 [5/9/2014] -[5/9/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Osaka (Litchi) -[5/9/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Rusaruka (Mu-12) MAXIM HERO Red VS White [4/27/2014] -[4/27/2014] Shotono (Azrael) vs Koru (Relius) -[4/27/2014] Shotono (Azrael) vs hime sama no kutsu (Jin) -[4/27/2014] Shotono (Azrael) vs Momi (Relius) -[4/27/2014] Novu (Azrael) vs Momi (Relius) -[4/27/2014] Nokado (Azrael) vs Tapyu K (Terumi) -[4/27/2014] Ikamen (Azrael) vs Zekuso (Ragna) *17th Dan Azrael* MAXIM HERO Singles [4/27/2014] -[4/27/2014] Yurihara (Azrael) vs Naoya (Ragna) -[4/27/2014] Tamotsu (Azrael) vs chō hansu jin (Bullet) -[4/27/2014] Ikamen (Azrael) vs Katsuo (Hakumen) *17th Dan Azrael* Tachikawa Singles [5/16/2014] -[5/16/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Marushi (Tager) -[5/16/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Ryuusei (Carl) -[5/16/2014] Akashi (Azrael) vs Kokonoe

Welcome to the Azrael forums. In order to help keep things organized, I quoted your post in the Nu-13 matchup thread. Be sure to make use of all the resources available on these forums!

All I want is a rematch button.

delay the first j.C after j.A > j.B. That should give you enough time to land and do hj.C

Thanks again Raeko and Alex for helping with the video thread! I feel like it's pretty safe to say that Yamashita is taking Mitsuru very seriously right now. That guy seems pretty creative. I was away from home all day yesterday and I will likely be today as well. Since I'd rather save my phone's data, I'll get around to watching all (149!) of his videos tonight or tomorrow. When I clean up the Main posts with all of the new links, I'll be sure to include his channel.

Thanks for hosting Ruben. As tired as I was, it was really nice to be able to just chill out with you guys for a change.

That's quite possibly the best thing I've ever seen, Jimmy. Team Ranbats sounds hype. I got dibs on Kouhai Kevin.