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ROFL @ the change of character XD Kraz makes a good point. IAD works wonders in this match to get through D spamming. As for if they're D comboing, most of the combos only go for about 4-7 hits before knocking you in the air and continueing the combo there for max damage. Keep calm and when you get a chance, IAD to retaliatory combo of choice. Watch out for the Ground blades she can shoot. You have to block low on those and usually, they're at the end of a D spam if you block it. So keep an eye out for the start up frames and block low before you fall.

As another Noel player, I LOVE this match up. Its a thrill really. From what I've seen, Nu has to keep me away and all I have to do is come in. Honestly, I'm a dumb player so I'll gladly give up a quarter of life to get in and deal 50% in a combo. Word of advice to Nu players, Stay away from corners.... Really, it seems to be the thing that gets most of them. Either they do their best, try to counter, then take a retaliation to the face for letting their guard down, or its a guard crush. So stay out of the corner. Also, USE THOSE TELEPORTS. Honestly, most Noel players won't expect you to go in on them. If your the first in, you'll get the jump on most of them and it'll tear them apart (lets face it, nearly all of Nu's attacks deal more than 1 hit. Use that to your advantage). Also, if anybody needs training against Noel, Hit me up on XBL. I'm down for some matches. =o_o= Just message me first that way I know where you got my name from XD

=o_o= I'll be blunt, Ragna is a hard match up for me as a Noel player. I find that the 214A move (forgot the name) is an awesome combo starter against me. Since aparently, once I get hit, I'm down for about a 50% combo. Then again, I was playing against JC (Griever)'s Ragna and it was tearing me up. SOOOO~ I'll put this out there now. Since it seems a lot of ya'll have a hard time against pressure Noel (well... thats the only successful Noel anyways...so far...) and I'm having a hard time against Ragna, I'm down for some Noel vs Ragna training. Now I won't say I'm the best or nothin' but hey, it could help.

I'll have to test this. Since I'm sure that I've been nabbed 'n stabbed while crouching. Oh. Speaking of which, anybody up for starting a Noel training group? XD

Agreed with kuma. A well timed or sometimes lucky jC is pretty effective against it. Keep in mind that it also varies in distance so sometimes running isn't exactly the best idea. Another thing you can do depending if you feel ballsy enough for it is jD. If you feel she's gonna fly at your nuts with that grab, jump straight up and blast down into your combo flavor of preference. From what I hear though, jB is still the best.

Yesterday I played against an awesome Ragna and got my revolvers handed back to me. I caught him with a j8D a few times as well as a few jA's when he tried to start an air game. However, it seemed that once the pressure was on with Ragna, it didn't let up. Are there any tech grabs that can be done to break him out and reapply pressure on him?