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The biggest issue she has now is that her damage output is low and she doesn't get meterless oki/advantage like she did in AH3. That much being said, all her buttons are intact, so she's still great there, it's just her minimum hits to kill is probably +1 compared to the rest of the cast (rest of the cast is 3-4 hits, so she would be 4-5 -- Zenia and Clarice are 2-3 hits).

I'll probably do ECT and see if I can't crash Achtzehn's house. :o

OutlawVinegar -- nice to see you! Long time no see! What did you mean by "nonexistant"? She got a bunch of changes to her damage values and she doesn't get meterless advantage/oki anymore. She's not a bad character, but she was definitely weakened from AH3 to AH3LM and she's probably near the bottom of the cast now, sadly.

When is ECT again? I may be down for that.

Yeah, it's still strange to see some of the underused Arcanas in AH3 actually getting used in LM, haha. I think the biggest change is the usage of Tyr and Fenrir. Tyr isn't actually bad in AH3, but it's underused, and Fenrir was formerly bad and now it's pretty good. lol I still like that, even with it's nerfs, Wind is still one of the best Arcanas in the game.

Yeah, Daverost. Sacred got a good amount of buffs, the least of which was fixing the bug with the passive E moves and Extend Force. They improved the projectiles and made the EX flash much better. It also got Spirit Shotgun, which was used heavily when AE was introduced, but not as much now (probably since it's not very good as a combo ender and doesn't give you too much). A localization would be nice, but there has been no announcement of it yet. Don't rule it out though! As many have noted, despite the PSN outage, US AH3 outsold ASW's expectations, so I'm sure they are interested in localizing it and putting it on PSN!

Big thanks to everyone who came out to my place -- it was a really great time! ggs to all! Let's do this again sometime! :o

Address DM'd! Just bring a console and a monitor! Maybe a pillow or two too. lol

Nope! Clarice received pretty much only buffs -- she's currently top 2 in the game. lol She still gets the same amount of damage, roughly, even with the system-wide HP buffs. Her slashes now hit 3 times and it doesn't seem to affect damage scaling at all, really. Her j.1C was sped up and now it can be used as a combo move and it's even better for mid-screen cross ups. They also added the ability for her to detonate her circle super, which gives her another great option during a clash or to prevent the opponent from mash. She's super strong right now!

Yeah, they buffed a lot of the underused/weak Arcanas to be usable either by buffing their moves, or adding a useful Eclipse.

To be honest, the most of the random BS has been removed from AH3LM - the unblockable resets have been fixed, and a lot of the weird character stuff has been addressed. That much being said, pretty much every character is good in LM and there is a lot of stuff that will blow people up if they don't know how to deal with it (the aforementioned Luck Arcana). That much being said, Luck is not that good if you know how to fight against it, but its made slightly better with the Luck Arcana Eclipse in LM. I would say just pick a character and figure out what's strong with them. General strong Arcana choices are Love, Thunder, Wind and Sacred in LM.

Jimmy is out so it sounds like Setra and ehrik are the only confirmed heads right now. We definitely have room for more! I'm definitely down for a weekend of games and eats!

I think there will be a LE, but we have no details on it! I think this version of AH3 will ultimately be much easier to learn since a lot of the random BS was removed and the system is a bit more forgiving in a lot of instances.

Uh...let's say no more than 5. So if Jimmy, Setra, ehrik, AJ, Tigre (maybe) -- that should be fine.

Kamui got a lot of buffs that help her neutral, mix-up and combo stability. She's probably solid A tier right now (pretty strong)!

I think we're having a small gathering at my place this weekend? The Christening™?

Here is the official console version website: http://www.arcsystemworks.jp/ah3lm/index.html Fiona seems to be B+ or maybe A- tier. Not bad, not great, but able to hold her own.

ggs guys! Thanks again to Jimmy for hosting! Shout outs to hunger!

Maid swings? Do you mean Fiona? I'm not super versed on Fiona but she's more or less the same -- she has some new combo routes which give her better damage and oki. Biggest change is that generally the top tiers got nerfed and the system changes (addition of Extend Blast, minimum homing height requirement, et cetera) benefit her.

Jimmy can I come earlier on Sat so we can watch Kawaii International?

I think I'd rather just do Jimmy's house if it's open all day Sat. Would that be fine Jimmy?

Yeah! I'm always down with the clown (what does that even mean?????)!!!!!

Cool! I'd be down for Jimmy's or GJ!

Oh also, RurouniLoneWolf: http://homingcancel.com/arcana-heart-3-general-discussion/basics-of-ah3-offense-and-defense-wip/msg39978/#msg39978 Greats wrote up this article which outlines offense and defense in AH3, but it is a little dry. I feel like this content could be better presented (and better understood) in a video, so a video on this is still on the table.

Dealing with and escaping pressure? Can do that! Any other things people would like to see covered?