LegendaryRath

I'm glad we get meter for countering projectiles now. There's been so many times when I do that in Ex and think "Man, I should have full bar by now".

But Dark Souls is sooooo goooooooooooooood. I'll just go to the bank and "purchase" 70 dollars. Let me know when you're able to pick it up or something.

Awwww I missed it. Ruben, computers working again. Fry's replaced my motherboard and that fixed it.

Since I have literally no interest in it, you'll have to work hard to convince me that it's worth my time. That's what I meant.

Edited my last post more than was probably necessary. Some interesting clips in there that are making me think seriously about some possible combos.

We can indeed absorb Amane's drills http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y89HBit_DDc#t=119s And again here, it's very practical, it would seem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y89HBit_DDc#t=170s Also, using Phalanx cannon in corner combos. It adds some damage, not a whole lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y89HBit_DDc#t=140s And holy crap, look at this combo. Maybe it's character specific or something. It reminds me of Tager/Haku only combos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y89HBit_DDc#t=218s TCL after sentinel dump midscreen. The combo ends up dropping when he tries to launch in the corner, most likely because of which starter he used. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y89HBit_DDc#t=268s And again here. Something tells me that he wouldn't be trying unless he thought that it could end properly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y89HBit_DDc#t=455s

BHS is pretty great as a combo ender or a fat punish. I'm interested in seeing how practical unblockable setups will become.

I'll tell you what. The next time you host, I'll go early and you can help me make a facebook. If you do a good enough job explaining things, I may even use it.

Thanks, it looks fantastic! I agree with Nemesis, you deserve a better avatar :P

Doesn't tech after Agito and get's a surprisingly nice combo. I'm assuming that this should work off of CH as well, certainly not bad for spending 1 magatama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bviP9QDo8Do#t=366s Worth noting that he ended up with more orbs than he started with. And this is a pretty good example of how fast Haku can take down your health now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bviP9QDo8Do#t=401s

Xechs, I wanted to thanks you again for the awesome avatar Lately, I can't post anything without cracking a smile. If it isn't too much trouble, could you change one small thing about it? Since the image of Azrael is from the side, it doesn't make sense to show more than half the glasses. Is it possible to change it so it just shows half, kind of like this? Once again, thanks for the work. Sorry if I'm getting a little bit OCD.

Regardless of what each individual person thinks, it's certainly nice to have the option. Also, here's a pretty good confirm off Tsubaki > Hotaru midscreen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qH-letpxA04#t=724s I think he got around 4.7k with this, but I bet you could probably do one more loop for around 5k. Either way, that's pretty good damage off such a quick overhead. I still see more people use Zantetsu tho.

I think Hakumen's OD is better suited for later in a round. 3 stars just isn't worth losing an unburstable mega-combo or your burst, especially with his faster meter gain.

Ruben, I know you wanted me to get a Koko avatar or something, but this was just too good to pass up.

Yuki, we're like foreign twins now.

OK? It's better than OK. This is fantastic, thanks so much! You're amazing

Besides for some small damage nerfs, he's got a lot going for him. We can't confirm off weak normals like 2A for big damage anymore without being wasteful with meter. But the good starters, especially stuff like 5C, gives massive damage anywhere if you have meter to spare. He can also get amazing damage off of CH 3C and 6B now, which are very common hitters. Meter builds more quickly. I don't want to put much more time into thinking about it, but there's more than that. Merry Christmas.

Eric, we will never tell anyone what Aigis does with those batteries. GGs

Hopefully we'll at least be able to get a standard combo off it, even if we can't do Hornet Chaser as a follow up. But this is all assuming that it's a viable anti-air in the first place. The fact that it has guard point and can be held, is very promising. It could be used similarly to Litchi's guard point staff move that's so annoying. Does anyone know how safe HB is on block?

Looking at the OP's values, it is potentially one of his best starters. If a CH could allow for a follow-up without a LW, then it could give some scary damage. I suspect that a CH could enable a full-ish combo. Forgetting which moves exactly, I've seen plenty of instances in matches where (without a WP) someone landed a CH and it had so much hit stun that they could follow up.

Maybe. I'm curious how it acts on CH.

Yuki, I hope you don't mind but I made an avatar request similar to yours. I wanted Azrael with kamina glasses :P

YukiBlue got me pretty jealous with his new shiny, awesome, mega-super-duper-amazing Azrael avatar. If it isn't too much trouble, I would like to make a similar-ish request. Could you get any picture you can find of Azrael and then give him Kamina glasses? They look like this (In case you haven't watched Gurren Lagann ) I'm not sure how difficult it would be to do something like that, so I apologize if it's a hassle. Also, could you put an American flag behind him? That would make my day! Thanks for your time

Keep in mind, that it is unsafe for Mitsuru to continue pressuring you at this point. If she decides to continue pressing buttons then you will get a CH. At the very least you get to start your own blockstring, assuming you're starting with fast normals. Mitsuru has good options to mix you up when she has meter to spare, but in general she relies on the opponent making mistakes. Her AOA is slow and easily punishable and her j.B can only capitalize with 50 meter. This makes her high low mix-up poor for most of the match. Mitsuru's will typically try to trick you into thinking you're about to get grabbed and then fatal you. I'm not saying that you shouldn't tech throws, but just to keep an open mind about when she can throw you. Predict that she could throw you, but don't tech it until after you see it. You get plenty of time in this game, so it shouldn't be much of a problem.

Yuki, I'm loving your new avatar. How do people make stuff like that? I always imagined that if Azrael had glasses, they would be like Kamina's.