Demon Wind Bomb

Alright guys, I've hit a really bad wall with this match-up and I need some advice. Basically how do you guys approach this match-up? His superior pressure and neutral game makes this match-up really frustrating. On top of the fact that Ragna starts pressuring me I am completely unable to escape it. I feel like there is something I'm overlooking so any advice in this match-up would be greatly appreciated.

You can use 4D to beat it. Plat isn't too hard to deal with because her entire game plan is telegraphed by her items. You just have to keep track of what items she has, learn what options she has has with each one, and prepare a countermeasure for each option.

ggs to Errol and everybody else I played today. It was a surprisingly fun day for BB.

Want to team up?

No they'll block it unless you are in Overdrive.

You'll never know how sad I was when I found out you already formed a team.

Anybody want to be my partner?

I'm glad you didn't. I needed to practice punishing Terumi stuff. good games all the same though. Also good games to TectalEastside and everybody else i played this weekend.

I've been using 6D to kill George.

ggs to everybody I played over the last weekend.

3/22/2014 Central Hachiouji 3on3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-E_h-3AZC4#t=25m40s Noel vs Koeru (Izayoi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMgxALojviI&feature=youtu.be#t=25m54s HARA (Ragna) vs Noel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uioRmg0hSbg&feature=youtu.be#t=28m15s Noel vs ESP (Kokonoe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gxjBKnu9I&feature=youtu.be Noel vs ESP(Kokonoe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTnGCpDLfkU&feature=youtu.be#t=19m04s Koeru (Noel) vs Rachel

3/21/14 Tachikawa 3on3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-o8N-PBW7o#t=5m35s Yoshiki (Nu) vs Shino (Noel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAF4Wg3OsQ&feature=youtu.be Demodori (Noel) vs Shirushi (Terumi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAF4Wg3OsQ&feature=youtu.be#t=2m5s Demodori(Noel) vs Sekido (Terumi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYz_-pzO2w&feature=youtu.be Demodori (Noel) vs Goro (Makoto) 3/19/14 Shinjuku Sportsland Singles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOl-mWLo_PY&feature=youtu.be#t=7m10s Isa (Taokaka) VS Mion (Noel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbkusx0UQrU#t=2m47s RYO (Ragna) VS Mion (Noel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbkusx0UQrU#t=8m15s Mion (Noel) VS Abusoru (Izayoi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr100sSYf7o&feature=youtu.be#t=2m20s Mion (Noel) VS Setoka (Tsubaki) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr100sSYf7o&feature=youtu.be#t=6m33s Tetsuwo (Kokonoe) VS Mion (Noel)

Here's some footage of BBCP1.1 Noel https://www.youtube....outu.be&t=3m43s Makoto vs Noel https://www.youtube....utu.be&t=32m51s Noel vs Azrael https://www.youtube....outu.be&t=52m1s Noel vs Tager Also from the twitch archives Team Exe http://www.twitch.tv...exe/b/513247426 9:47 Hazama vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 13:26 Terumi vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 16:45 Arakune vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 47:29 Kagura vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 52:59 Kagura vs Noel 56:06 Terumi vs Noel 58:33 Kokonoe vs Noel http://www.twitch.tv...m_exe/c/3930385 16:13 Azrael vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 47:24 Terumi vs No Brand Noel (Noel) http://www.twitch.tv...exe/b/513214402 5:10 Shini (Kagura) vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 9:47 Kagura vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 14:44 Litchi vs No Brand Noel 20:40 eb and flow@R-2 (Noel) vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 27:45 eb and flow@R-2 (Noel) vs FF Player (Jin) 31:36 eb and flow@R-2 (Noel) vs Shini (Kagura) 55:37 Noel vs Litchi 1:11:10 Noel vs Litchi 1:37:33 Hazama vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 1:41:16 Hazama vs Noel 1:43:56 Kokonoe vs Noel 1:47:04 Litchi vs Noel

Misc Videos Combo Videos Stream Archives Team Exe 3/22/13 Part 1 Collapsed: Match Timestamps: 9:47 Hazama vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 13:26 Terumi vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 16:45 Arakune vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 47:29 Kagura vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 52:59 Kagura vs Noel 56:06 Terumi vs Noel 58:33 Kokonoe vs Noel Team Exe 3/22/13 Part 2 Collapsed: Match Timestamps: 16:13 Azrael vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 47:24 Terumi vs No Brand Noel (Noel) Team Exe 3/22/13 Part 3 Collapsed: Match Timestamps: 5:10 Shini (Kagura) vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 9:47 Kagura vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 14:44 Litchi vs No Brand Noel 20:40 eb and flow@R-2 (Noel) vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 27:45 eb and flow@R-2 (Noel) vs FF Player (Jin) 31:36 eb and flow@R-2 (Noel) vs Shini (Kagura) 55:37 Noel vs Litchi 1:11:10 Noel vs Litchi 1:37:33 Hazama vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 1:41:16 Hazama vs Noel 1:43:56 Kokonoe vs Noel 1:47:04 Litchi vs Noel Misc

Notable Players Matches Vs. Amane Vs. Arakune Vs. Azrael 3/23/13 Noel vs Azrael Vs. Bang Vs. Bullet Vs. Carl Vs. Hakumen Vs. Hazama Vs. Izayoi Vs. Jin Vs. Kagura Vs. Kokonoe Vs. Litchi Vs. Makoto 3/23/13 Makoto vs Noel Vs. Mu Vs. Noel Vs. Nu-13 Vs. Platinum Vs. Rachel Vs. Ragna Vs. Relius Vs. Tager 3/23/13 Noel vs Tager Vs. Taokaka Vs. Terumi Vs. Tsubaki Vs. Valkenhayn

In one of the videos MF did 1840 damage, which is weird considering the max damage was supposed to be set at 1600. Is there something I'm missing or what?

I'll do it again, if that's fine with you.

Here's some footage of BBCP1.1 Noel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhYU5NaHJHY&feature=youtu.be&t=3m43s Makoto vs Noel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhYU5NaHJHY&feature=youtu.be&t=32m51s Noel vs Azrael https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhYU5NaHJHY&feature=youtu.be&t=52m1s Noel vs Tager Also from the twitch archives Team Exe http://www.twitch.tv/team_exe/b/513247426 9:47 Hazama vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 13:26 Terumi vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 16:45 Arakune vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 47:29 Kagura vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 52:59 Kagura vs Noel 56:06 Terumi vs Noel 58:33 Kokonoe vs Noel http://www.twitch.tv/team_exe/c/3930385 16:13 Azrael vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 47:24 Terumi vs No Brand Noel (Noel) http://www.twitch.tv/team_exe/b/513214402 5:10 Shini (Kagura) vs No Brand Noel (Noel) 14:44 Litchi vs No Brand Noel

Damn. Was that midscreen or in the corner?

ggs to LostSoul and everybody else I fought today. Shoutouts losing games while the opponent has 1 hp left. I thought Toan quit Nu and picked up Mu.

I wonder if the change to d.6C affects our ability to do meterless d.6C > MF combos. The Noel in the video had a chance to do it in the corner but he opted for a different combo instead.

ggs to Nemesis, Aren't_We_Clever and TD. I think I managed to improve my neutral today. Next step, is improving mixups. Shoutouts to failed astrals and mashing way to fucking hard lol.

What's your current playing schedule like? I'd love to get some matches in when you have time. ggs man. I can't believe 2D beats Mu's arrows of heavens. That shit blows my mind.

ggs to everybody I played this week. Today was the best session of BB I've had all week.

I'm going to share my matchup notes for this one. I've loosely organized my strategies based on the Jin boards matchup template. If anything seems incorrect feel free to inform me. General Strategy My general strategy for this matchup is to take advantage of Bullets poor defensive options and kill her before she gets the chance to gain a Heat up level. Bullet doesn't have a lot of options when dealing with Noel's pressure or oki, so as long as they don't have a heat up level you want to play offensively, while trying to force them into the corner. If Bullet does manage to gain a heat up level then your best option is to switch to defense until they squander all of their heat up levels. Neutral This is a very momentum based matchup, so your success depends on how well you can play neutral with Bullet. At close range Bullet retains a slight advantage because of the range of her normals and the fact that Bullet's best ground pokes low profile Noel's (Her 2B vs our 5B). If Bullet is trying to approach from the air she will normally use her j.C. Noel can respond by anti-airing her with 6A or challenging her in the air with a well spaced j.A or j.C. If Bullet is trying to approach from the ground she will normally use 2B or 5B. Noel can respond by using her 5C or occasionally her 5B. Approaching Bullet from the air is very risky considering how good her anti-air is, so try this sparingly and don't forget that we can bait out her anti-air with a well timed j.D. Neither characters are particularly strong at Full Screen. However, at this range Bullet can use Afterburner relatively safely. Noel can tag Bullet with a few optic barrels but overall Bullet could gain a much larger advantage at this range than Noel can. Offense and Defense As stated before Bullet has very little options against our offense. Her only reversals are Cutting Sheer and Serpentine Assault which are both very short range moves. This means our 22B corner oki is incredibly strong against Bullet. If Bullet a heat up level she can try to jump out of our pressure and use j.D which will hit you if you try to reset pressure so as always be wary of playing offense while Bullet has a heat up level. While Bullet's pressure may seem overwhelming there are a couple of points where we can interrupt it. Bullets will typically try to reset pressure with 5C since it's 0 on block. Our 5a will beat any of her follow ups that aren't 2C 3C or a drive move. Furthermore a well timed 4D will beat Bullet's 5C even if she gattlings into it. If Bullet does decide to end her blockstring 2C you can use 5A or 2A to beat any of her followups that aren't a drive move. Lastly if Bullet doesn't have a heat up level and tries to end her blockstrings use 5A, 2A, or if you are quick enough 5B to beat any of her attempts to reset pressure. Occasionally Bullet's may try to use the blockstring 6C>JC>j.C to catch any attempts to mash out of her pressure. If you block Bullet's 6C we can use Noel's 6A to beat out Bullet's j.C. However Bullet can use her j.D to beat our 6A so it is risky. Gimmicks and Misc Info Gimmicks Afterburner has projectile guard point, so trying to interrupt it with Optic Barrel or 5C may not work depending on the timing. In this matchup Bullet's will typically use if they are at full screen or after a Burst or CA. Cutting Sheer is her main reversal. It looks like a grab but it can be blocked and it has very short range. Bullet will typically use this in the middle of our mixup if it's too predictable or our oki. It has 16 frames of invincibility starting at frame 1. After Bullet does a combo ending in J.D you always want to neutral tech immediately. Failing to do so will result in Bullet picking you up off the ground with her 2A and comboing into another j.D Serpentine Assault is Bullet's command grab. It also has very short range and like all command grabs it loses to jumps. Bullet will use this after an unsafe move or after an empty jump in, to try to catch use off guard. Sometimes Bullets may also try to use this as a reversal. Misc Info In a blockstring Bullet can only use her 6A overhead after she does 5A, 2A, or 5B. In a blockstring Bullet can only use her 5C after 5A, 2A, 5B,2B, and 6A. Bullets Overdrive allows her to gain one heat up level. During the time she is in overdrive, she will not be able to lose heat up levels. Frame Advantage, Disadvantage, and Punishes Frame Advantage Bullet's 2A and 5A are +1 and 0 on block. Her 5C is also 0 on block and it's her main way of resetting pressure. Noel's 5A will beat all of her follow ups that aren't 2C, 3C or a drive move and 4D can clean if she gattlings into it. It should be noted that all of her drives are plus on block if she is in heat up level 1 or 2. Frame Disadvantage Bullets 2C is -5 on block and it can only be cancelled into her drive moves. If she tries to reset her pressure after a blocked 2C you poke out of it with a quick 5A or 2A Punishes 5C>JC>j.C: After blocking Bullet's 5C you can use your 6A to hit them out of j.C. Bullet can use j.D to punish 6A if they anticipate it. Afterburner: If they try to use this move carelessly you can punish it by running up to them and doing a 6C<214A combo. Be careful about trying to punish it full screen because if they may recover before you are able to punish them. Cutting Sheer: If Bullet tries to use this move, you can punish it with either 4D or j.D. 4D will work on this as long as you aren't too close to Bullet when you use it (which is fairly rare). 6A: If Bullet tries to mix you up with her 6A you can your 4D to beat it. Be careful when using this option because if she decides to mix you up with a low it'll beat your 4D and she'll gain a full combo. Crush Trigger: Use Noel's 4D to punish this. If you don't react fast enough and just decide to barrier block it remember that like all Crush Triggers it is + on block (+4 to be precise) so don't try press any buttons she does it. Serpentine Assault: If they try to use this in the middle of block string then jumping will cause it to whiff. If they try to use this move in the middle of a drive blockstring than d.2D will also cause it to whiff. If this move whiffs you can punish it with 5C >214A. 5C: 4D will beat this clean. All in all I think this matchup is still slightly in Bullet's favor simply because it's very hard for us to stop her from gaining heat up levels and once Bullet gains control of the match it's very difficult for Noel to stop her. It's a bit of an uphill battle but it's far from unwinnable.