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According to the Japanese v-13 wiki, you can't cancel Act Parser's recovery like you could in CT.

played 150+ matches since CP came out, some more opinions: -His best reversal by far is his backdash, a bit like Tagers's but travels a longer distance. Even tiny pressure holes are easy to escape. Growler isn't to great on it's own(has to be really close, often trades hits, situation after hit isn't to great), but still useful in the corner or when they start reading your backdashes. Also really starts to shine against curse Arakune. -I think that most people got hit by Azrael's unblockable because they don't understand him yet. Once people figure him out, they will most times Counter Assault. Still a cool thing to have, letting people think twice about how to spend their meter. I could followup BHS RC with a 5C in the corner, but there was much push back, so I couldn't came up with a way to properly combo it. -6A is strong as hell. Wins against Platinum's bat for example. Seems to beat most attacks that aren't lows. -Tager matchup felt like HELL. Remember Slayer vs Potemkin? Most gatlings and links can be thrown even without having to instant block. I wish there were more gatlings into 6C. Zoners on the other hand didn't feel bad at all. Pretty easy to dodge projectiles with his forward dash, so i"ll assume it has some projectile invincibility. Phalanx Cannon is probably one of the best projectiles in the game, fast as hell and goes trough other projectiles. You can store up to 3 projectiles, happens fast if you use Growler against multi-hitting projectiles like rachels frog.

ways to guard Black Hawk Stinger: With upper weakpoint Standing:× Crouching:○ Air barrier:○ With lower weakpoint Standing:○ Crouching:× Air barrier:○ Both weakpoints Standing:× Crouching:× Air Barrier:○ 236236D after a guarded 5C seems to be the most realistic way to land it. My opponent told me that he couldn't use hakumens counter between the 5C and DD. So counter assault and burst are probably the only ways out after a normally blocked 5C. Don't know about instant guard. Also weakpoints didn't disappear even if it hits (unlike most other drive attacks) Combined with Azraels Overdrive or Scud Punishment this could be pretty strong.

No one was really able to react to those forward dash mixups, everyone seemed to be very surprised how fast it is. Crossing people up in the corner and carry them all the way to the opposite corner was satisfying as hell. But　people will get more used to it after a while.

I played about 100 games on the recent loketest with Azrael, some additions and opinions: Drive properties with weakpoint applied: j.D, j.2D - ground bounces 2D - knockdown which can be followed up (similar to hakumens 3C on counter hit for example) 236D and 214D aren't unblockable even with weakpoints applied and/or fully charged. 236236D - Standing unblockable with upper weak point and crouching unblockable with lower weakpoint. So you know what happens with both weakpoints applied, right? Can still be air barrier guarded though. Azraels combos are mostly links like AC Slayer, but much easier. You probably want to finish with a weakpoint whenever you can, even if you have to use some tension or sacrifice some damage. Valiant Charger combos does not only good damage, you can also carry your opponent into the corner regardless where you are. Combos I used with red weakpoint applied: Front or Back Throw > 236D > 6 > (5C>6) *2 > Crash Trigger > j.B > j.C > dj.D (about 3900 damage and weakpoint reapplied for 25%) 5BB > 236A > RC > 236D > 6 > (5C>6) *4 > Crash Trigger > j.B > j.C > dj.D (75% combo, can't remember the damage, probably 4400 or so) His forward step doesn't seem to have any invincibility, even if it looks like it does. It's like a fast, small ranged teleport, so it can still be used to dodge projectiles if you time it right. Able to cross up even with opponent in the corner. His backstep has plenty of invincibility and is also very fast. Felt almost a little bit broken imo. edit: i meant "invincibility" not "invisibility"