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One of these days I wanna play PozerWolf. But he's never online. :/

But I looove beating top tier with Haku~~~!!!

I can't really say, but I suspect it probably isn't. Ky only used the Fuuraiken during situations where a mission called for it, such as an investigation. In that situation the sword he's using looks more for public decoration or simply for private use. The Fuuraiken itself is an OutRage fragment after all, so just using it bears some deal of responsibility. Of course, speaking chronologically, Ky used up the Fuuraiken's power to prevent the Maiden of the Grove's Sublimation. As to when that actually took place is unknown as of yet. Probably just prior to the events of GG2 whereas that scene where he's meeting with Sol was at least 2 years before, since Sin hasn't grown much yet (thinking in Gear terms). Also, a side mention, Ky and Sol both have gotten into the habit/hobby of weapon modding. Sol altered his Fuuenken, and Ky modified the Aquila to function similarly to the Fuuraiken.

It's knowing WHEN to use Hell's Fang that's the hard part.

Is there such a thing as a combo that is "too long" for Nu...i.e. makes it easier to tech out?

Just me saying this but...it seems like Jin is more effective in corners rather than Midscreen. Can anyone suggest what I could do to up my Midscreen offensive?

By Translation you mean from the "original" Japanese Text? I don't believe so...but then I also believe that the current Accent Core Plus would be a sufficient enough translation to get you what you need to know. Didn't you know it came out stateside by Aksys Games from Arc System Works?

I don't remember but, did I ever play your Arakune, Tolore? Just curious. That and for round starters, I think it depends on if it's the first round or not. Haku gets a Free Star on the second round and any after that. I start with Gurren or Enma dash sometimes but I'm also wary of any rushes that come so I throw out D moves if that's what I think the opponent will do. I love how Haku can read the mood of a fight if you play him long enough.

Actually I mean the character art is fuzzy and looks like its out of a sketchbook with a pencil.

I see a lot of good Jins blocking Ragna's wakeup DP and punishing, but is there a point where his wakeup DP is unsafe? Also looking for stuff to beat Hell's Fang at mid range.

I played a decent Haku player with Tao recently and I got away with a lot of stuff surpringly, jB has a decent low hitbox for jump ins and links to jA for overheads. 22C I use to get out of being cornered and escape with D. She's really good at sword dodging. Are there any safe moves from Wall Cling? Also any good moves from 3 crawl?

Could use a cleaner design IMO.

If only Michael Jackson had a fighting game.

Well, it's not safe to use 2C to dispell the cloud overhead, so most Hakus won't use it unless they can get it to hit Arakune too. Side comment: I vote for the title of this thread to be called "Fly-swatting practice". :3

It's the move that really hurts your pride and most people waste Rapid Cancels on. I'd have to say most of what you said is right except Overhead Cloud...it's too high to be dispelled unless you dispell it early with j2C or jD. Haku can either sword swing or use D moves to null anything that's a projectile, but more than that, he can Null AND Grab so staying away from him might not be a bad idea...but Haku thrives on predictability and patterns. He'll being doing his best to read you like a book. I've punished air and ground Arakune strings if they come near me, and since most Arakune's don't like dealing with pressure (especially Haku pressure), they tend to fall back into old habits. Even cursed, if you have bug patterns, Haku will try to read them, he can use stuff like 2C to deal with your D Bug if timed right, and if you didn't know Haku's sword guard moves don't do a thing to Guard Libra. j.2C can handle Bell Bug, and since IAD is Haku's thing, you won't be able to just plain escape. Your best bet is to hope for jumping crossups and shield cloud, while working on 2D spit games, but even that's predictable and not guaranteed. Haku's 5D can null both hits of 2D spit if he times it right. His 2B, 5B, and jB have fuzzy guard so if he throws that out instead of jC or j2C you might need to rethink what he's going to do. If you do get a successful Overhead Cloud though, you actually might want to use that in your favor since you can pretty much guess he's not going to jump into that. But he will use his rush moves on you or just plain hop after you and hop moves can hide instant Overhead if you're not careful.

Why do Litchi players rushdown after Pole spin? You know Haku can null it...don't you know he can null AND grab too??? Also, teching the other way saves me a lot of combo grief. It throws off Litchi's flow of hits too.

Strangly enough my above methods with her tend to work if I'm not focused on doing anything fancy but just playing around with random D crossups and feints to random pokes to 236A or C or 222C if I feel a tad pressured. About the only matchup that can endure most of that is Bang. I do throw certain kinds of jumpins out too, not just D. No offense to players I played.

I should mention that Bursting is also one of the methods Haku can get uncursed. That, and you'd be surprised how many Arakune's are too obsorbed in their bug curse combos that they forget Haku can still use Yukikaze to disrupt you or close the gap, about all I've seen to escape it is corner warp but that actually may leave an open hole in your bug pressure.

This is sortof half a question, half a to-do list regarding current GG text resources based on mooks and book guides available. --Translation of GG2 Overture Stories -Raven and That Man's are done courtesy of Suzaku. -Sin, Dr Paradigm, Valentine, Izuna, Sol, and Ky remain. --Translation of GG Bible Text (besides the timeline) --Translating small notes from GG 10th Memorial book. --Getting info from Dust Strikers and Isuka Guides on Leopaldon and Gig. --Any side book interviews/comments from Daisuke, including art drafting notes if pertinent. --Making some character-specific relationship charts with mini-timelines on them if possible.

One of these days I'll share my one GG Fanpr0n, but it's not all that great.

I tinker with Tao a bit, but I sorta have misgivings on how I play her, spamming j2D on block and such, or 2A 6B poke games into Slashyslashy. Just her overall style feels mashy and scrub-like to me, am I thinking about this the wrong way? I don't know her air combos really well, though I play mind games and can crossup well... Is there a bad way to play Tao?