Overview Persona 4 Arena is an upcoming fighting game slated for release in arcades as well as on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The game will feature characters from both Persona 3 and Persona 4 on the roster accompanied by their personas. It is being developed together by Atlus, the creators of the Persona series, and Arc System Works, whose fighting game credits include the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series.
Two months after the events of Persona 4, Teddie suddenly disappears. A new rumor begins to spread across Inaba about a television program that appears if one looks into a turned off TV on a rainy night; a program by the name of "P-1 Grand Prix" where high school friends fight each other.
At the same time that this rumor starts, members of the Investigation Team start to go missing. The remaining members watch this program only to discover Teddie introducing the main characters as challengers of a tournament, but with catch phrases that they wouldn't normally say. The characters are surprised by this, so they decide to get together once more and enter the TV World to find out what happened to Teddie and what he is doing. However, while entering the Midnight Channel, something goes wrong and the characters who entered are separated and somehow brainwashed into fighting each other.
Given that the story takes place two months after the events of Persona 4, which ends on March 21st, 2012, P4U will most likely take place around May 21st, 2012. The story will also tell of how Aigis (who was originally in Persona 3) came to Inaba and how she became a participant in the P-1 Grand Prix.
Mitsuru, having become a university student and socialite since the events of Persona 3, visits Inaba after having a certain object stolen from her. Akihiko, having gone to college after graduating high school and then travelling the world in order to become a better fighter, receives an invitation from Mitsuru to join her in the tournament and returns to Japan. Persona 3's weapon's seller, Officer Kurosawa (who has since left the police force) makes a non-playable appearance.
The game's story mode will initially have four characters to choose from (Yu Narukami, Chie Satonaka, Yukiko Amagi and Yosuke Hanamura), with other characters being unlocked as the Story Mode is played through. It has been stated by the game's director Kazuhisa Wada, on the P4 Arena Official Blog, that Persona 4 Arena's story mode will be around 30 to 40 hours long.
Aigis Age: N/A Date of Birth: Manufactured on September 10th, 2000 Height: 162 cm Weight: Unknown Weapons: Heavy Firearms Persona: Pallas Athena Arcana: Fool English voice actress: Karen Strassman
Aigis is a fighter with two different stances or modes: Normal Mode and Orgia Mode. Her moves vary between them. With the limited number of bullets at her disposal, they are used to keep opponents away and punish them for reckless use of a Persona. When Orgia mode is available, it is best to get close to the opponent and attack them to conserve ammo.
Mitsuru Age: 20 Date of Birth: May 8th, 1991 Height: 166 cm Weight: Unknown Weapons: Rapier Persona: Artemisia Arcana: Empress English voice actress: Tara Platt
Mitsuru is a fighter who has a long reach granted by her rapier and can freeze opponents via her Persona, Artemisia.
Akihiko Age: 19 Date of Birth: September 22nd, 1991 Height: 175.5 cm Weight: Weapons: Fists Persona: Caesar Arcana: Emperor English voice actor: Liam O'Brien
Akihiko, being a boxer, is a close range fighter who is effective at rushing opponents. He needs to be close to the opponent in order to be effective, so his Persona has the ability to attract opponents near him.
Elizabeth Age: Unknown Date of Birth: Unknown Height: Unknown Weight: Unknown Weapons: Compendium Persona: Thanatos Arcana: Death English voice actress: Tara Platt
Elizabeth is the character with the least amount of health in the game. Elizabeth constantly regenerates SP and has a great number of skills at her disposal, making her Persona extremely important for her in battle.
Labrys Age: N/A Date of Birth: Manufactured on April 20th, 1999 Height: 160 cm Weight: Unkown Weapons: Axe Persona: Ariadne Arcana: Wheel of Fortune English voice actress: Cindy Robinson
The more Labrys swings her axe, the more powerful it becomes (with 5 different levels of power), therefore maintaining the offensive makes her a dangerous character to deal with when her axe is colored red (her axe's strongest level of power).
Shadow Labrys Age: N/A Date of Birth: N/A Height: 160 cm Weight: Unkown Weapons: Axe Persona: Asterius Arcana: Wheel of Fortune English voice actress: Cindy Robinson
Shadow Labrys relies on the extension of herself, Asterius, to attack opponents in conjunction. Playing as her requires essentially controlling both her and Asterius, who is always on the screen, at the same time.
Yu Narukami Age: Unknown Date of Birth: Unknown Height: Unknown Weight: Unknown Weapons: Katana Persona: Izanagi Arcana: Fool English voice actor: Johnny Yong Bosch
An all-around fighter capable of fighting at any distance. He has simple electric attacks as fireballs and plenty of options when fighting close to an opponent.
Chie Age: 17 Date of Birth: July 30th, 1994 Height: 158 cm Weight: Unknown Weapons: Kicks Persona: Tomoe Gozen Arcana: Chariot English voice actress: Erin Fitzgerald
Chie is most effective at close range rushdown. She mainly uses her Persona for mix ups.
Yosuke Age: 17 Date of Birth: June 22nd, 1994 Height: 175 cm Weight: 58 kg Weapons: Kunai Persona: Jiraiya Arcana: Magician English voice actor: Yuri Lowenthal
The fastest character in the game, Yosuke uses his speed and tricks to deceive opponents.
Kanji Tatsumi Age: 16 Date of Birth: January 19th, 1996 Height: 183 cm Weight: 65 kg Weapons: Folding chair Persona: Take-Mikazuchi Arcana: Emperor English voice actor: Troy Baker
A grappler who fights close to his opponent.
Yukiko Age: 17 Date of Birth: December 8th, 1994 Height: 164 cm Weight: Unknown Weapons: Folding fan Persona: Konohana Sakuya Arcana: High Priestess English voice actress: Amanda Winn Lee
A "keep-away" character who fights at a distance using her fan and her fire attacks.
Teddie Age: Unknown Date of Birth: Unknown Height: Unknown Weight: Unknown Weapons: Claws and random objects Persona: Kintoki Douji Arcana: Star English voice actor: Sam Riegel
Described as a "tricky type" character, Teddie can toss and use a variety of items and has several comical attacks.
Naoto Age: 17 Date of Birth: April 27th, 1995 Height: 152 cm Weight: Unknown Weapons: Firearms Persona: Sukuna-Hikona Arcana: Wheel of Fortune
Described as a "shooter type" character, Naoto is a keep-away character who has several fast moving projectiles attacks. Her Persona, Sukuna Hikona, is used to divert the opponent's attention away from Naoto as well as launch the opponent, set off traps and cause status effects such as "Mute" which disables the opponent's Persona use.
Glossary 7 / 8 / 9 Up Back / Up / Up Forward 4 / 5 / 6 Back / Neutral / Forward 1 / 2 / 3 Down Back / Down / Down Forward j. Indicates a jump 214 Indicates a "Quarter Circle Back" motion with the analog stick. 236 Indicates a "Quarter Circle Forward" motion with the analog stick. [P] Indicates a move that requires a character's Persona to execute. [AIR] Indicates a move that can be executed in the air. [SB] Indicates a move that has an Skill Boost variation. [CH] Indicates a move that can be charged.
Mode Change (22A or B) [SB]: Aigis engages Orgia Mode. 7th Gen Gatling Blast (236A or B) [SB]: She summons a gatling gun and fires it, pushing her opponent back. 7th Gen Radical Cannon (214A or B) [SB]: A large cannon appears from Aigis' back, and she fires an anti-air shot. 7th Gen Vulcan Cannon (j.236A or B) [SB]: Aigis fires a spread of bullets downward. Orgia Boost (Hold 6): When in Orgia mode, Aigis will thrust herself forwards rapidly. Back Boost (44): Aigis will thrust herself backwards rapidly. Hover Boost (j. hold 8): Aigis temporarily floats in the air. Megido Fire EX (236C or D): Pallas Athena spins and attacks the opponent with fire attacks. Pandora Missile Launcher (214C or D): Aigis thrusts herself backwards while firing a barrage of missiles towards the opponent. SP Skills
Goddess Shield (236236C or D) [P]: Athena covers Aigis with her shield and they bash an enemy. Awakened SP Skill
Heavenly Spear (214214C or D) [P]: Athena appears and throws her spear upwards. Instant Kill
Heritage Liberator Palladion (j.222C + D) [P]: Aigis launches a massive spear to impale the opponent.
Mitsuru Furious Action
Getsu-ei (B + D) [AIR]: She jumps into the air and performs a crescent slice. Skills
Coup Droit (Hold 4, then 6A or B) [SB]: She makes a straight-edge thrust forward. Bufula (Hold 2, then 8C or D) [SB / P]: A wall of ice advances slowly on the ground. The D version makes it follow Mitsuru a little as she walks. SP Skills
Myriad Arrows (236236A or B): Mitsuru performs a rapier combo filled with thrusts, and blows the enemy away. Bufudyne (236236C or D) [P]: Mitsuru summons a pillar of ice in front of her, piercing her opponent. Awakened SP Skill
Mabufudyne (214214C or D then C or D) [P]: Artemisia appears with a large amount of ice summoned, and with C, she fires two large chunks of ice, while D allows you to mash small chunks of ice. Instant Kill
Niflheim (222C + D) [P]: Artemisia whips the opponent into a giant block of ice followed by Mitsuru who pierces that block.
Akihiko Furious Action
Double Uppercut (B + D): Does a couple of uppercuts sending the opponent upwards; has short range. Skills
[1] Kill Rush (236A or B) [SB]: Akihiko rushes forward, and delivers a flurry of rapid punches. [1] Assault Drive (214A or B) [SB / AIR]: Akihiko dive-bombs from the air in a flaming fashion, the EX Version following up into a Kill Rush. [1] Dodge Strike (214A or B): Akihiko negates a projectile attack by hitting it. Corkscrew (from [1]: 6A or B): Akihiko delivers a single, powerful punch while dashing forward. Boomerang Hook (from [1]: 4A or B): Akihiko delivers a body blow. Duck (236C or D / from [1]: 6C or D): Akihiko moves forward while ducking and avoiding projectiles. Weave (214C or D / from [1]: 4C or D): Akihiko stands still and dodges projectiles by weaving. SP Skills
Cyclone Uppercut (236236A or B): Akihiko charges his fist up, and the higher Lv. he's at, the stronger this uppercut becomes. Thunder Fists (236236C or D) [P]: Charges his moves with electricity. Awakened SP Skill
Maziodyne: (214214C or D) [P]: He shocks his opponent with this supercharged spell, which covers the entire screen with electricity. Instant Kill
Earth Breaker (222C + D) [P]: Akihiko's opponent lands on the miniature globe that his Persona holds and Akihiko delivers a final blow after falling from the sky towards the opponent.
Yu Narukami Furious Action
Big Gamble (B + D): An attack that sends Yu jumping in the air with his electrified sword similar to a Dragon Punch. Skills
Move List Raging Lion (214A or B) [SB / AIR]: Yu leaps and performs an overhead strike on the opponent with his katana. Swift Strike (214C or D) [SB / P]: Quick attack that has Yu slide with Izanagi who has his electrified sword propelled forwards. Zio (236C or D) [SB / P]: Izanagi sends forth a ball of electricity that shocks the enemy. The EX variation inflicts shock status, which prevents the enemy from moving for a short period. SP Skills
Ziodyne (236236C or D) [P / AIR]: A large and powerful electric attack delivered by Izanagi that travels across the screen horizontally. Awakened SP Skill
Cross Slash (214214C or D) [P]: Yu delivers a powerful slash to the opponent, followed by Izanagi who appears through an iconic Persona 4 arcana card on top of the opponent and delivers a final blow. Instant Kill
Myriad Truths (222C + D) [P]: Yu plunges his katana into the ground, electrifying the opponent. He then performs the same attack he used to end the final boss in Persona 4 by having his Persona become Izanagi-no-Okami and send a massive lightning bolt towards the opponent.
Chie Furious Action
High Counter (B + D) [AIR]: An unblockable counter that delivers a flurry of kicks. Skills
Rampage (236A or B) [SB / A] : Chie does a short hop and flails her legs. Skull Cracker (236A or B): Chie will perform one overhead kick and a low kick as Rampage ends. Dragon Kick (236C or D) [SB / P / AIR]: A kick given by Chie where she is propelled in a forward and diagonal direction by Tomoe Gozen. Black Spot: (214C or D) [SB / P]: Tomoe appears and poses, while Chie palms forward, hitting the opponent into a wall-bounce. SP Skills
God Hand (236236C or D) [P] : Chie's Persona calls upon a giant golden fist from the sky to crash down on the opponent. Power Charge (236236A or B) : Move that temporarily buffs Chie's damage and can be stacked up to three times. Awakened SP Skill
Agneyastra (214214A or B) [P / A] : Sends forth 10 flaming meteorites to rain down on the opponent. Instant Kill
Galactic Punt (222C + D) [P]: Tomoe sends the opponent flying with while Chie prepares to perform her famous kick, sending the opponent flying into the sky.
Yosuke Furious Action
Dodge (B + D): An invincible counter that negates an opponent's attack and inflicts damage. Skills
Tentarafoo (236C or D) [SB / P]: Jiraiya sucks in air, and slaps the ground, blowing air into the opponent. It is unblockable and causes "panic status", which temporarily reverses the opponent's left and right controls. Dash Spring (236A or B) [SB]: Yosuke rushes forward and bounces on the opponent. Flying Kunai (j.236 or 214 + C or D) [SB]: Yosuke jumps up and throws some daggers into the ground, which makes the opponent bounce into the air on hit. Moonsault (j.236A or 214A or B) [SB]: Yosuke jumps and flips in the air. Crescent Slash (A): During Moonsault, Yosuke will slash downwards at the opponent. Mirage Slash (j.2C or D) [SB / P]: Jiraiya sends Yosuke hurling downwards and he then slides towards his opponent. SP Skills
Garudyne (236236C or D) [P / AIR]: Yosuke calls upon Jiraiya to envelop himself in a large whirlwind that players control for a short period of time. Awakened SP Skill
Sukukaja (214214C or D) [P]: Yosuke has Jiraiya cast Sukukaja, which increases Yosuke's speed significantly. Instant Kill
Brave Blade (222C + D) [P]: Yosuke and Jiraiya attack the opponent with a barrage of slashes after sending them in the air.
Kanji Furious Action
What a Pain! (B + D) [P]: Kanji surrounds himself with electricity via his Persona, damaging opponents who are in proximity to Kanji. Skills
Cruel Attack (236A or B) [SB]: Kanji leaps and slams his chair vertically downwards towards the opponent. Added Cruel Attack (236A or B) [SB]: Kanji leaps out and slams into the opponent chair-first. Can be executed after certain attacks. This'll Hurt! (214C or D) [P]: A command grab where Kanji throws their opponent across the screen and his Persona then impales them with its weapon, electrocuting them. Gotcha! (236C or D) [SB / P]: Kanji's Persona moves into the air, grabs the opponent and shocks them, and then finally drops them into the ground with a body slam. Bet Ya Can't Take This! (j.214A or B) [SB]: Kanji pounces on the opponent and delivers 3 hits while the opponent lies on the ground. SP Skills
Ass-Whoopin', Tatsumi-Style (236236A or B): Kanji throws his folding chair at the opponent in a straight line, kicks and punches the opponent. After a delay, the thrown folding chair falls down on the opponent. Awakened SP Skill
Burn To A Crisp!! (214214C or D) [P]: A command grab that launches the opponent in the air and has Take-Mikazuchi punch the opponent into a wall. Instant Kill
The Man Series: Brofist (222C + D) [P]: A command grab where Kanji throws the opponent in the air, his Persona impales them with a lightning bolt and they both crush the opponent with their fists.
Yukiko Furious Action
Dia (B + D) [P]: Allows Yukiko to heal HP as long as the buttons are held, and also absorbs projectiles. When used at first, it pushes back the opponent if they are close to her. Skills
Agi (236A or B) [SB / P / AIR]: Yukiko summons her Persona to perform an instantaneous fire ball. The distance of this fireball depends on which button is pressed to execute it. It can result in two hits if the opponent is too close to Konohana Sakuya when the move is performed. Maragi (236C or D) [SB / P]: Yukiko summons her Persona to perform a wave of fire that travels at the bottom of the screen. Once it hits the opponent, the wave becomes a vertical column of fire. Fire Boost (214C) [P]: Increases the strength of Yukiko's fire attacks and it is stackable. Its level can be seen via Yukiko's fire gauge. Fire Break (214D) [P]: Makes Yukiko's next fire attack an unblockable move. It is visible by a red aura that surrounds Yukiko. Fire Amp (214C + D) [only SB / P]: Skill Boost variation of Fire Boost, Fire Amp will increase the effectiveness of Fire Boost by two. SP Skills
Agidyne (236236C or D) [CH / P]: A delayable strong fire attack where Konohana Sakuya wraps herself around the opponent and launches them across the screen. Awakening Move
Maragidyne (214214C or D) [P]: Yukiko summons her Persona to send a large and powerful wave of fire on both sides of Yukiko. Instant Kill
Full Bloom (222C +D) [P]: Yukiko murders her opponent with cherry blossom petals.
Naoto Furious Action
Shield of Justice (B + D) [P] : Naoto sends forth an immense shield that blocks attacks. Counter Shot (A or B or C or D): After blocking with Shield of Justice, the opponent will be hit with a small, melee range burst of energy. Counter Shot EX (6A or B or C or D): After blocking with Shield of Justice, Naoto sends a projectile towards the opponent. Skills
Double Fangs (236A or B) [SB] : Naoto kicks the opponent, and goes into Aim. Aim (214A or B) [SB] ::Naoto goes into her Aim stance. Snipe (Front) (A): Naoto shoots her opponent five times in her front direction. Snipe (Ricochet) (B): Naoto shoots the ground five times while the bullets are propelled upwards. Snipe (Anti-Air) (C): Naoto shoots towards the air five times. Cancel Aim (214A): While in Aim, Naoto cancels her stance. Hair-Trigger Megido (214C or D) [SB / P / AIR]: Naoto sets a detonator on the ground or in mid-air, which drops the opponent's Fate Gauge down if it connects. If Naoto is hit, the detonator disappears. SP Skills
Anti-S SP Pistol alpha (236236A) [A]: Naoto jumps backwards and fires several bullets from her assault rifle, muting the opponent. Anti-S SP Pistol beta (236236B) [A]: Naoto shoots a violet bullet from her shotgun, forcing the opponent's Fate Gauge down by a lot. Hamaon/Mudoon (236236C / D) [P]: When the opponent is at 0 with their Fate Gauge, either move will kill them instantly. Hamaon takes the place of a beam of light from the ground, Mudoon is a black smog that comes from the air. Awakened SP Skills
Raid (214214A or B then while walking, A or B): Naoto attacks her opponent by shooting a barrage of bullets. Critical Shot (214214A or B then while walking, C or D): Naoto kicks the opponent with a kick that bounces them all around the walls. Instant Kill
Judge of Hell (222C + D) [P]: Naoto flips her pistol in the air, aims at her opponent and performs a fatal shot.
Teddie Furious Action
Teddie Decoy (B + D): Teddie strikes a pose and blows the opponent away as an unblockable counter. It induces the "Rage" status effect. Skills
Bearscrew (236A or B) [SB / AIR]: Teddie spirals towards the opponent with his claw lunged in front of him. Puppeteddie (214A or B) [SB / AIR]: Teddie outstretches his arm while transforming his hand to attack the opponent. Teddivision (236C or D) [SB / P]: Teddie places televisions on the ground for teleportation. Teddie Warp (236C or D) [SB / P]: When televisions placed by Teddie are on the field, this sends Teddie flying out of them. 2D Teddie: (22A or B) [SB]: Teddie flattens himself and lays on the ground. SP Skills
Tomahawk (236236C or D) [P / AIR]: With the help of Kintoki Douji, Teddie throws a tomahawk missile towards his opponent. Awakened SP Skills
Circus Bear (214214C or D): Teddie jumps on a large ball and rolls it across the screen as an unblockable attack. Instant Kill
Kamui Kablooey (222C + D) [P]: Kintoki-Douji crashes on the opponent and is sent flying towards the sky to finally explode in fireworks with the opponent inside Teddie's Persona.
Elizabeth Furious Action
Shuffle Time (B + D): Elizabeth moves forward with invulnerable frames and performs a throw on the opponent that deals no damage. Depending on the amount of SP Elizabeth has, the opponent will then be inflicted with a certain status effect. Skills
Maziodyne (236A or B) [SB / AIR / P]: Thanatos fires a large, horizontal, purple beam of electricity towards the enemy. Mabufudyne (214A or B) [SB / P]: Fragments of ice are launched towards the opponent in an upward, diagonal direction and the opponent is inflicted with freeze if hit. Magarudyne (236C or D) [SB / AIR / P]: Thanatos carries Elizabeth in a green gust of wind. Elizabeth's direction can be influenced while performing this skill. Maragidyne (214C or D) [SB / P]: Columns of blue flame rush towards the opponent either from the front or from the back depending on which button is pressed to perform the skill. SP Skills
Mind Charge (236236A or B): Elizabeth converts her health into SP to automatically go into her Awakening mode. The health converted this way become blue health. Mahamaon (236236C) [P]: Thanatos creates a Hamaon circle underneath him that takes 10 seconds to activate. If the opponent is in this circle when it activates, they automatically lose all of their health. If Elizabeth is hit or blocks an attack, the circle disappears. Mamudoon (236236D) [P]: Elizabeth places a Mudoon circle in the air that activates and shoots dark fog after 10 seconds. If the opponent is in the air and in range of this circle when it activates, they automatically lose all of their health. If Elizabeth is hit or blocks an attack, the circle disappears. Awakened SP Skills
Diarahan (214214A or B): Elizabeth recovers 20% of her HP. Ghastly Wail (214214C or D) [P]: Elizabeth summons Thanatos to perform a command grab. If the grab is successful, the opponent receives significant damage and is inflicted with the fear status effect. Instant Kill
Megidolaon (222C + D) [P]: When hit while performing this, Elizabeth will imprison her opponent with tarot cards and launch some at them as well. Thanatos then performs Megidolaon, which causes a huge explosion of energy from above.
Labrys Furious Action
5th Gen Axe Slash (B + D): Labrys performs a large upwards swing with her axe which launches the opponent away. Skills
[1] Chain Knuckle (236A or B) [SB]: Labrys stretches her arm across the screen. [2] Winch Dash (During [1]: 6): Labrys drags herself towards the opponent. Brake (During [2]: 4): While sliding towards her opponent, Labrys halts the movement. Extra Attack (During [2]: A or B) [SB]: After sliding towards the opponent, Labrys jumps and swings her axe. Guillotine Axe (214A or B) [SB / AIR]: Labrys performs a large downward strike with her axe. Weaver's Art: Sword (22A or B or C or D): Ariadne summons a sword from the ground that hits the opponent and traps them after impact. The distance of the skill varies based on the button pressed. SP Skills
Weaver's Art: Beast (236236C or D) [P]: Labrys charges towards her opponent and then strikes them upwards after impact. Awakaned SP Skills
Weaver's Art: Breaking Wheel (214214C or D) [P]: Ariadne summons three gears on the ground in front of Labrys. Brutal Impact (214214A or B): A skill with a slow startup, Labrys charges at her opponent with her axe and performs an unblockable swing. Instant Kill
Weaver's Art: Inquisition (222C + D) [P]: After Ariadne traps the opponent in a web, Labrys swings madly at them with her axe and performs a final, downwards swing.
Shadow Labrys Furious Action
5th Gen Axe Slash (B + D): Labrys performs a large upwards swing with her axe which launches the opponent away. Skills
Guillotine Axe (214A or B) [SB / AIR]: Labrys performs a large downward strike with her axe. Flame of Hades (236C or D) [SB / P]: Asterius unleashes a powerful blast of energy towards the opponent which ends with a column of fire. Buffalo Hammer (214C or D) [SB / P]: Asterius smashes the ground with both of its fists. Massive Slaughter (charge 4 then 6C or D): Asterius grabs the opponent, brings them through the ground, attacks them and launches them back to the surface. SP Skills
Challenge Authority (236236C or D) [P]: Asterius throws his fist towards the screen, hitting the opponent and breaking the fourth wall. Awakened SP Skills
Brutal Impact (214214A or B): A skill with a slow startup, Labrys charges at her opponent with her axe and performs an unblockable swing. Titanomachia (214214C or D) [P]: After inputting a string of commands for Asterius to perform while he is charging, Asterius will unleash a full screen attack. If no commands are given to Asterius, it will immediately perform the full screen attack. Instant Kill
[1] Labyrinthos Gate (222A + B) [P]: Dark flames envelop Shadow Labrys. Additional attack (after [1], near opponent: 222A + B) [P]: Before the dark flames from Labyrinthos Gate dissipate, Shadow Labrys can perform this command grab where she throws the opponent into the abyss, where Asterius lies and traps them forever.
Tutorials
Tutorial #1: Learning the Basics
Tutorial #2: Advanced Techniques
Tutorial #3: The Basics: Autocombo, Meter & Awakening
Edit: Still under construction but I will try and update as much as possible.
Sad to see not much hype in this thread, this is the fighting game I've been waiting for.
Who's everyone looking at maining? I came into the game wanting to play Labrys or Mitsuru (because I am a Chun/footsies-oriented player) or maybe Yukiko, but now I think I'm going hardcore Chie and maybe experimenting with Naoto. Chie is just tooooo cool as a character and her pressure seems impossible to deal with.
Not gonna lie, I think this is a masterful game; it is the most fundamentally sound of all airdash-offense based fighters. Every character is unique and interesting, the game is not hard to pick up, it has a low execution barrier, but it retains all of the depth of games like MB and BB. If anyone is on the fence about this game, just buy it and give your soul to it, for real.
So sour about the fact that Australia is yet to get a confirmed release date for this. Was a huge fan of BlazBlue back in the day (about a year ago ). Hope it gets shipped to our shores soon.
On August 08 2012 19:54 bLecK wrote: So sour about the fact that Australia is yet to get a confirmed release date for this. Was a huge fan of BlazBlue back in the day (about a year ago ). Hope it gets shipped to our shores soon.
Pretty sure the PAL (EU) version which is released on Sept 7th works with Australian PS3's.
Tho yeah, the wait sucks and torturing myself watching all the hype/streams surrounding it certainly isn't helping.
at this point i wish i had more fighting game experience as there is so many technical things for someone who got it for being Persona related over fighting related. Right now im 2-16 online. loving it otherwise
Waited for GameStop to open and picked up my copy yesterday morning and played it for about 4 hours before work and I'm fiending to play some more lol. My main is Akihiko but I dabbled with other characters trials and I love the styles from each member of the cast. As stated already by other players Chie is fun as hell to play as, her offensive pressure is wild.
I haven't gotten on PSN to play but how is the netcode? Also I'm up for some games to help level up, I'm on PSN and my handle is KingKosi.
On August 09 2012 00:19 Kingkosi wrote: Waited for GameStop to open and picked up my copy yesterday morning and played it for about 4 hours before work and I'm fiending to play some more lol. My main is Akihiko but I dabbled with other characters trials and I love the styles from each member of the cast. As stated already by other players Chie is fun as hell to play as, her offensive pressure is wild.
I haven't gotten on PSN to play but how is the netcode? Also I'm up for some games to help level up, I'm on PSN and my handle is KingKosi.
Almost exactly my story. Got to gamestop at 10am, had to work at 3. played the entire time in between. IMO as someone with minimal PSN experience the netcode isnt awful. Dont let the prefight scare you to much, it looks like its going to lag horribly but as the fight start it clears up a LOT.
My copy is supposed to arrive today, I'm so excited to play but the online play still needs to be fixed (360). Oh well, I will just have to practice Narukami or Naoto till then.
In P4U moves can clash aganst one another. What I'm going to say is purely speculative on my part so if anyone with more knowledge has anything to share, feel free. To me, it seems that whenever 2 moves collide without hitting a player's hittable zone (ie, the character's body) is when you get a clash. There might be some sort of priority that moves have in this game, but I have no idea. In any case, since both players are using the same move with the same character, that point is moot. The move they're doing has invincibility on startup so neither player is ever coming into contact with the other's hittable zone. Hence the clash.
What seems to be the case is that after a clash, you can cancel the rest of the move into something else. Or maybe the move automatically gets canceled. If that's the case than this video is even sillier. Both players decided to cancel their DP into another DP until the timer ran out.
They're called DP's because they share similar properties to Dragon Punches in Street Fighter, but they have some very different properties as well. For one, to perform a DP in P4U, you only need to press the B and D attack buttons simaltaneously instead of needing a forward, down, down-foward motion plus attack in SF4. The tradeoff is that it costs health to perform a DP. So they both burn all their health performing this attack until only a sliver is left which results in a draw.
Mashing DP in fighting games is similar to what 6-pooling every game is to SC2. Brainless, completely scrubby, effective against bad players and subject to a lot of ridicule.
On August 08 2012 12:47 Cel.erity wrote: Sad to see not much hype in this thread, this is the fighting game I've been waiting for.
Who's everyone looking at maining? I came into the game wanting to play Labrys or Mitsuru (because I am a Chun/footsies-oriented player) or maybe Yukiko, but now I think I'm going hardcore Chie and maybe experimenting with Naoto. Chie is just tooooo cool as a character and her pressure seems impossible to deal with.
Not gonna lie, I think this is a masterful game; it is the most fundamentally sound of all airdash-offense based fighters. Every character is unique and interesting, the game is not hard to pick up, it has a low execution barrier, but it retains all of the depth of games like MB and BB. If anyone is on the fence about this game, just buy it and give your soul to it, for real.
I wasn't sure if I was going to get this game as most of my friends aren't really into fightng games and I'm pretty bad at them in general. I watched the youtube recording of the Cross Counter pre-release tournament, caved in and ran to my nearest Gamestop to pick up a copy (literally ran to get there before it closed).
When Labrys was first announced I 100% wanted to make her my main. Unfortunately, I'm already feeling kinda "meh" about her style so I'm continuing down my list to Yukiko. So far she's clicking with me a lot more and I'll probably stick with her for now. Though the more I think about it, the more I really want to try out Aigis. Selective mixup offense with decent deffensive options attracts the Blanka player in me. The fact that she does incredibly high damage is just icing on the cake.
Hope to see some Capcom game regulars playing this at WNF tonight. Been really loving Chie in this, which isn't surprising since I'm a Jam player in GG. dat 2DD oki
I'm sure a lot of top players will try and take a crack at it as they do with most games but will see where it's at in a month. I think this game will have longevity though it's pretty damn good.
- hit me up if you want, but im experiences in the 'anime' fighting game, so be ready is all ill say about that.
up to c grade, 250ish psr after 2 days. games a blast to play online
also! if you played on XBL day 1 or day 2, you may have noticed it wasnt amazing. it apparently got patched today, so should be better now ^^
as someone with 0 modern fighting game experience im a bit jealous as imsitting at E- with 48 psr. given i was 4-22 to start, but ive hit a current stride as of today and gone 5-1.
On August 10 2012 00:45 SaetZero wrote: also! if you played on XBL day 1 or day 2, you may have noticed it wasnt amazing. it apparently got patched today, so should be better now ^^
Does the patch bring it up proper? I was holding off on buying it until online was fixed, but now that it supposedly is, I may go out and buy it tomorrow.
On August 10 2012 00:45 SaetZero wrote: also! if you played on XBL day 1 or day 2, you may have noticed it wasnt amazing. it apparently got patched today, so should be better now ^^
Does the patch bring it up proper? I was holding off on buying it until online was fixed, but now that it supposedly is, I may go out and buy it tomorrow.
It should be the same as PSN now, yes. There was just one bug on the XBox version, otherwise the netcode is identical.
I loved BB but didn't care for the characters so much. To me, GG has some of the best characters and design I'm fighting game history and I think they fell short in BB a little.
Anyway going to try my hand at some ranked today, wish me luck!
On August 10 2012 00:45 SaetZero wrote: also! if you played on XBL day 1 or day 2, you may have noticed it wasnt amazing. it apparently got patched today, so should be better now ^^
Does the patch bring it up proper? I was holding off on buying it until online was fixed, but now that it supposedly is, I may go out and buy it tomorrow.
After getting the patch all I have to say is that it's a night and day difference
Netplay is amazing now. (equal to or better than sf4 on xbox live)
On August 10 2012 08:42 Kingkosi wrote: Since a lot of us missed The Big Two yesterday do to the Spooky stream going down here are the matches from Grand Finals:
Got the game and its pretty cool. They spent a lot of time giving each character a personality, and that's pretty refreshing to see. The game play is very nice, at least for someone like me without much Fighting game knowledge. The controls are not complicated and there is not an endless amount of moves to learn, but the mechanics of the game keep things very interesting. I would recommend this
On August 10 2012 07:00 imMUTAble787 wrote: I'm trying to search around and find high res images of what the various DLC looks like, but not having any luck so far.
Yooo this game is craaaaaaaaaaaaaazy. Thought I was going to be running Yukiko but after getting a few minutes with Akihiko, I'm sticking with da boxer.
Still don't know what I'm doing, but I'm liking Akihiko's normals/ damage/ level mechanic. Landing lvl 3 hits off ex crossups, lvl 3 4a, or throws are hella fun.
And lol @ the status ailments. Got hit with the one that reverses your controls somehow.
Ggs Trumpet, going to hit the lab hard after playing you. Akihiko Mirror was so fun, we definitely need to get more games in later.
Sung, it actually played really well on my side. The netcode is really well done honestly. I wish KOF13's would of came out as good as this seeing how I think the netcode will help this game go along way.
man im really slightly obsessed with this game, i have to work a lot lately but i wake up in the morning wanting to play and when i get home i try to eat and get in a few hours before i conk out. havent felt like that about anything since SF4 vanilla
On August 11 2012 13:00 red.venom wrote: man im really slightly obsessed with this game, i have to work a lot lately but i wake up in the morning wanting to play and when i get home i try to eat and get in a few hours before i conk out. havent felt like that about anything since SF4 vanilla
Agreed. I've got about 50 hours logged so far. The other day I was like, "Man, I need to take a break"...went to the computer, watched P4A match videos for about 10 minutes, couldn't help myself anymore and said "Well...that was a short break."
On August 12 2012 09:16 GreYMisT wrote: Think I feel good enough to start playing online, Thinking of running Elizabeth or Yoske. Any tips?
Both are somewhat difficult to play; Yosuke I would say is the most advanced character in the game. I won't discourage you, but if you want to play Yosuke, master the mechanics of jumping in this game. Learn your jump, double jump, super jump, airdash, instant airdash, air turn, Moonsault, and cancelling airdash into 2B into A+C.
It sounds like a lot, but most characters need to learn this stuff too, it's just more important for Yosuke. He's very unique so he can blow people up at low levels even if you're not very good, so that kind of evens things out.
I don't know much about Elizabeth, but you should definitely study her combos so you can figure out how to combo into status effects (mostly Fear/Paralyze) and pull off her insane max damage. Use EX moves a lot since you'll have meter to burn.
I don't think anyone has made a comment about the Story Mode of this game yet. I love that they made this a ligitimate sequel to the RPG with incredible story consistency. None of the characters seem forced or out of place including the Persona 3 characters. It pretty much works as if it was the next dungeon you had to do in the RPG.
The usage of mythology is still clever despite being so heavy handed (Labrys=Labyrinth, the dungeon being a maze, several bull/minotaur motifs, giant axe, and Labrys' jumping c attack actually hitting you with a maze). The set up gives a very compelling reason why everyone would be fighting each other. At least as far as Persona logic goes .
For anyone that enjoyed the Persona 4 story, but isn't into fighting games, I highly recommend you get this game. You can finish the Story Mode fights by running up to the computer and mashing light attack, or any button really, until they die. It's set to a pretty easy difficulty by default and, as far as I can tell, can't be changed. You might even enjoy the gameplay itself and try out Arcade Mode or against other people.
On August 12 2012 09:16 GreYMisT wrote: Think I feel good enough to start playing online, Thinking of running Elizabeth or Yoske. Any tips?
Both are somewhat difficult to play; Yosuke I would say is the most advanced character in the game. I won't discourage you, but if you want to play Yosuke, master the mechanics of jumping in this game. Learn your jump, double jump, super jump, airdash, instant airdash, air turn, Moonsault, and cancelling airdash into 2B into A+C.
It sounds like a lot, but most characters need to learn this stuff too, it's just more important for Yosuke. He's very unique so he can blow people up at low levels even if you're not very good, so that kind of evens things out.
I don't know much about Elizabeth, but you should definitely study her combos so you can figure out how to combo into status effects (mostly Fear/Paralyze) and pull off her insane max damage. Use EX moves a lot since you'll have meter to burn.
Thanks, loving elizabeth, its just hard because of her low health. Luckily if i get caught out of position, I can use my burst attack to get some nice distance. Just need to figure out those combos as you said.
this seems to be the next big thing in fighting games and i have to agree it looks interesting, also great netcode is always a big plus. is there any information on whether a port to the pc is planned for this?
On August 13 2012 04:14 whoso wrote: this seems to be the next big thing in fighting games and i have to agree it looks interesting, also great netcode is always a big plus. is there any information on whether a port to the pc is planned for this?
When Atlus did their launch day stream they said there are no plans for PC.
On August 13 2012 04:33 Kingkosi wrote: I haven't even touched the story mode yet honestly but definitely plan too soon. Just having so much fun on the multiplayer side of things.
Whoso I think it's already been mentioned in the thread but there is no plans for a PC version at the moment.
my gf gets mad because i just play online and make 0 story progress....and she knows that i avoid spoilers because she hasnt played P4 RPG yet and i HAVE to play the game...girls just dont understand.
She says she will start P4 when she finishes P3 The Answer, so maybe then she can see some spoilers. Until then, i battle other nerds.
Those were some great matches and it was nice that they added the 5v5 at the end. I'm enjoying this game a lot so far and it's fun seeing all the different unique characters being used.
the timing on double super can be tricky. it's easier if you do an a super first, i think. that could just be my experience though.
for all the aki players here, blocked kill rush, 4a, 6ab, 6b is a godlike mixup. fast crossup that allows for followup combo off the wallbounce.
also just found out if you charge the 4b followup, it's unblockable. everyone probably already knew that, but it was news to me lol
The good stuff i've found is that mitsuru's 5aaa chain is punishable on block with a kill rush if she does all 3 hits. so is her 5b if she doesn't cancel it, and if the mits player is canceling 5b into sweep (as opposed to the stab), you can just 2a her out of it.
@celerity
On dustloop jiyuna wrote: If you crunch the numbers, you'll notice that each individual character's proportion on the chart translates DIRECTLY to their CTWP (Chance to Win Percentage)
For example, if Aigis(28%) fights against Yosuke(11%), then there is a 28% chance Aigis will win the match, and an 11% chance Yosuke will win.
Akihiko vs Liz: 15% chance Akihiko will win, 13% chance Liz will win. Narukami vs Mitsuru: 21% chance Narukami will win, 26% chance Mitsuru will win. Etc. Etc...
Compiling the data and making the chart wasn't easy, but we tried to make it simple enough and used many bright colors to ensure the Americans would also be able to understand.
On dustloop jiyuna wrote: If you crunch the numbers, you'll notice that each individual character's proportion on the chart translates DIRECTLY to their CTWP (Chance to Win Percentage)
For example, if Aigis(28%) fights against Yosuke(11%), then there is a 28% chance Aigis will win the match, and an 11% chance Yosuke will win.
Akihiko vs Liz: 15% chance Akihiko will win, 13% chance Liz will win. Narukami vs Mitsuru: 21% chance Narukami will win, 26% chance Mitsuru will win. Etc. Etc...
Compiling the data and making the chart wasn't easy, but we tried to make it simple enough and used many bright colors to ensure the Americans would also be able to understand.
what gave it away?
That won't stop most people from believing it, as illustrated by this pie chart:
On August 14 2012 05:04 Trumpet wrote: the timing on double super can be tricky. it's easier if you do an a super first, i think. that could just be my experience though.
for all the aki players here, blocked kill rush, 4a, 6ab, 6b is a godlike mixup. fast crossup that allows for followup combo off the wallbounce.
also just found out if you charge the 4b followup, it's unblockable. everyone probably already knew that, but it was news to me lol
The good stuff i've found is that mitsuru's 5aaa chain is punishable on block with a kill rush if she does all 3 hits. so is her 5b if she doesn't cancel it, and if the mits player is canceling 5b into sweep (as opposed to the stab), you can just 2a her out of it.
What are you followups after a crossup 6b? I usually do a run up 5b j.b j.a JC j.a j.b 214a ender. Although I wouldn't be surprised if I can throw in some 5b j.5 loop into a super ender.
Oh and Labrys is roflllllllllllllll I was getting straight gimmicked by so many online Labrys its pretty funny.
edit: mmmm i did land dbl super once using a super into b super but I'm still not consistent with it. But this seems to be doing the trick tho.
after crossup 6b I use 5b, j.b, 5aa, 2ab, 236a, 6b (3600 damage), but the timing is somewhat strict on it so I may just switch to using the ender you listed.
Ok doing it b version first than a version makes it work 99% of the time for me now. Can't seem to land double b supers but oh well.
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On August 14 2012 06:25 Trumpet wrote: after crossup 6b I use 5b, j.b, 5aa, 2ab, 236a, 6b (3600 damage), but the timing is somewhat strict on it so I may just switch to using the ender you listed.
mmm pretty sure your ender is the best non super ender to go. 5b j.b 5.b j.b j.a jc j.a j.b 214a does less damage and the ender will drop sometimes if you aren't careful which leaves you open to an ass whooping.
Anybody playing story mode? Lol If it's as good as P3/P4 was I should seem playable for me.
At first, I bought this game for the story mode... and now, I can't put it down! It's just so much fun looking at the little details, playing online, and having different navigators support you!
Heading back to the apartment in AZ next weekend (left my ps3 there). Can't wait to play!!!! I know you guys have said it's good, but after a little more thought, do you really think it's good?
On August 15 2012 14:09 Risen wrote: Heading back to the apartment in AZ next weekend (left my ps3 there). Can't wait to play!!!! I know you guys have said it's good, but after a little more thought, do you really think it's good?
Yes, for me at least it's the best fighter I've played since MvC2. Kind of similar in a lot of ways. It's very accessible to all skill levels, but the better player will almost always win. Every character has options which require a great deal of execution and practice, but also easy BnBs and universal mobility. Some other games have a higher barrier to entry or are more random. Finally, the cast is fairly balanced (unlike MvC2, lol).
On August 15 2012 14:09 Risen wrote: Heading back to the apartment in AZ next weekend (left my ps3 there). Can't wait to play!!!! I know you guys have said it's good, but after a little more thought, do you really think it's good?
Yes, for me at least it's the best fighter I've played since MvC2. Kind of similar in a lot of ways. It's very accessible to all skill levels, but the better player will almost always win. Every character has options which require a great deal of execution and practice, but also easy BnBs and universal mobility. Some other games have a higher barrier to entry or are more random. Finally, the cast is fairly balanced (unlike MvC2, lol).
Annnnnd I'm sold (though I didn't really need to be since I already bought the game, but reassurance is nice )
So still working on the story and dabbling in the other modes for trophy purposes, can I just say the score attack based trophies feel almost impossible. The AI in score attack do stupid amount of damage compared to normal fights. Also I suck at the challenges. Made it to C online, and 25% done with story, really liking it overall.
All this makes me want though is Persona 5...so ready for it.
The biggest hurdle for me is getting used to the movement since I never played games with airdashes double jumps running etc.
This game is really fun, though. They did a good job of making it accessible to new players while still having a great level of depth to seperate new players from people willing to invest time in the game to get better at it.
Remember guys to watch the demonstration of trials if you have a hard time. Sometimes it shows you extra 'moves' which aren't actually shown inputs to make the combo possible.
Hey guys I'm pretty new to fighting games, is this a good one to pick up to try to play "semi seriously" ? I played vanilla sf4 when it was out for a while but that's it. I played p4a at a mate's house and it was so fun for the little I played. So I wanted to know if it's actually hard to pick up and is there any skill ranking online ? I'm used to getting rolled but it's always easier to get better with people slightly above your level, not getting perfecte'd in 10 sec every round.
I like 8 myself. Man haven't had time to play much since Sunday because of work and I'm in dire need to get my fix lol Thinking about calling into work tomorrow to catch up on sleep and to play :/ lol
Day 2 on Persona 4 Arena, almost at C-. The online is much easier than BlazBlue (I first started out with Extend) but holy shit do Chie's auto combos piss me off. I know damn well that I would beat 99 percent of the Chie's so easily if they did not have their auto combo.
getting EXTREMELY tired of plug pullers. Was in a me rank up him rank down match and he plug pulled AFTER i had the last hit, fight didnt count and then I didnt get the chance to rank up again...
I am approaching B rank now...the sad thing is, it feels like being Masters in StarCraft II. In BW, I was D rank then found myself ranked really high in SC II only to realize that I am still worse than most of the original TL BW players.
So I've never played a Persona game, or any anime fighter really. But I've seen a bunch on Maximillians channel, and I'm quite interested. I come from a Marvel 2 background, would you guys recomend it?
On August 20 2012 12:51 BanditX wrote: So I've never played a Persona game, or any anime fighter really. But I've seen a bunch on Maximillians channel, and I'm quite interested. I come from a Marvel 2 background, would you guys recomend it?
Yes. This game has more in common with Marvel 2 than any other "western" fighting game, but you'll have to try to calm your mashing instincts like I am.
Dear God...I watch both of them...again. Very exciting
And I finally made it to B rank...however, it feels like a really low accomplishment since the average BB player can beat me...and sung_moon really destroyed my ego.
dont think I posted this yet, for our akihiko players:
in the corner, whatever into kill rush, 4a, 6ab, bd if they tech backwards / neutral, you get a free 2b into whatever (most consistent combo I have atm is the j.b, j.a, dj.a, dj.b, 214a You can also troll a bit with it by ending that combo early without the meteor, landing before them, and if they tech again just 2b again and do it over lol
Watching jiyuna's stream has me in awe of some of the people he gets on there.
in case you didnt know you can reset your online record by deleting the save data off the hard drive on xbox360. imagine it works the same on ps3 as well
be forewarned this erases all your other stuff too like trials etc
On August 23 2012 20:07 imMUTAble787 wrote: in case you didnt know you can reset your online record by deleting the save data off the hard drive on xbox360. imagine it works the same on ps3 as well
be forewarned this erases all your other stuff too like trials etc
Does it erase navis that you unlocked in score attack?
MAAAN I wish I had made it home in time to watch, gonna have to check the archives.
Also, lol, found out if akihiko has burst & 50 SP and gets a corner CH 5b, he can kill the low health characters like Naoto in one combo from 100% to dead. Now to land it in a real match.
Found some odd bug with akihiko's maziodyne (full screen electricity) super. I hit someone with it near the corner and for some reason they were to tech out before the last hit or something and punish me on HIT. Needless to say, I was mad. Still no clue why it happened after watching the replay.
*Sigh* My brother noticed someone oldside and I asked "Who is it?" and he said the cops. I ask again and again and he said the cops again and again. Then I hear a really loud and unsettling knock on the door and I get so fucking scared that I shut off the PS3 in the middle of the game possibly going to lose a lot of points for this and it was not the cops. Really scary moment.
On August 24 2012 06:10 Shiragaku wrote: *Sigh* My brother noticed someone oldside and I asked "Who is it?" and he said the cops. I ask again and again and he said the cops again and again. Then I hear a really loud and unsettling knock on the door and I get so fucking scared that I shut off the PS3 in the middle of the game possibly going to lose a lot of points for this and it was not the cops. Really scary moment.
Did you steal the PS3? Were you being really loud? Tell him to get the door?
On August 24 2012 05:20 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: this game is fucking rad. playing mitsuru, my girl from P3 grew up to be a foxy dominatrix, i knew it
yea thanks for making me never want to play chie that matchup is worse than tiger obstacle course lol
Really? Chie:Mitsuru is considered to be 5:5 or in some cases 5.5:4.5 in Chie's favor. It's very hard for Mitsuru to get Chie off of her, and proper use of rolls and IAD crossups will usually let Chie get in. Mitsuru is pretty much universally 5:5 with the rushdown part of the cast, it's just that she completely dominates everybody else.
it probably is closer to even, but thats assuming the chie player is competent which im not don't really have experience playing the type of character that she is
i just cant stand the lack of range on her normals, even if she blows people up once she gets in close. not a fan of her 2b either. she's got the best corner lockdown in the game tho imo.
On August 24 2012 06:10 Shiragaku wrote: *Sigh* My brother noticed someone oldside and I asked "Who is it?" and he said the cops. I ask again and again and he said the cops again and again. Then I hear a really loud and unsettling knock on the door and I get so fucking scared that I shut off the PS3 in the middle of the game possibly going to lose a lot of points for this and it was not the cops. Really scary moment.
Did you steal the PS3? Were you being really loud? Tell him to get the door?
I was more worried about my drug habits being exposed and my shady past on the internet. Plus I have some extreme political views but there is no way that the police would arrest me for that, but still, it was scary.
And quick question, how do you properly fight Kanji? Whenever I play against him, I always run away and harass him rather than fighting him in close quarters because of his throw.
Oh my God...I hate Kanji so much. He is currently my worst matchup. Chie is alright, but it is annoying to see B-A ranked people that only know her auto.
And how do you know which side Teddie will roll from when using his awakened super?
Bleh...the thing about Tager from BlazBlue was that I was able to assault him from the air with Jin. With Kanji, he seems to be asking you to come in the air. And it is difficult to engage him up close because he can use his command grabs which does 3000 damage.
On August 26 2012 23:36 Shiragaku wrote:And how do you know which side Teddie will roll from when using his awakened super?
They get to choose, C is left side and D is right side.
Wow...so it is more of a coin toss? Well I guess it is a nice feature to the mind games.
If you super jump and air dash almost every character can dodge it no matter what side its from I think. I'm not 100% on that though.
Pretty much, just assume the worst and hang in the air if it's from the opposite side. If your back air dash is more floaty you can use that too, or air turn with it. I think Yukiko gets more air time that way (though she can just DP through Teddie's super, lol). A lot of character's persona normals also give them more air time.
Go into training mode, record Teddie doing the super, stand near the edge of the screen where he's going to appear and learn the timing to super jump it. You will never get hit by it again.
On August 26 2012 23:36 Shiragaku wrote:And how do you know which side Teddie will roll from when using his awakened super?
They get to choose, C is left side and D is right side.
Wow...so it is more of a coin toss? Well I guess it is a nice feature to the mind games.
If you super jump and air dash almost every character can dodge it no matter what side its from I think. I'm not 100% on that though.
Pretty much, just assume the worst and hang in the air if it's from the opposite side. If your back air dash is more floaty you can use that too, or air turn with it. I think Yukiko gets more air time that way (though she can just DP through Teddie's super, lol). A lot of character's persona normals also give them more air time.
Go into training mode, record Teddie doing the super, stand near the edge of the screen where he's going to appear and learn the timing to super jump it. You will never get hit by it again.
Just confirming this. Had a Teddie do this super to me raw 5 times in a match (damn gold bursts) and super jumping immediately after Teddie leaves the screen then air dashing dodged every single one regardless of which version or how close to the corner I was in. I was playing on Labrys who has some floatiness to her jump, but isn't particularly fast. Kanji has a good amount of invincibility on his DP and that super can pass through him as well. Though it might require some better timing than Yukiko.
On August 26 2012 23:36 Shiragaku wrote: Oh my God...I hate Kanji so much. He is currently my worst matchup. Chie is alright, but it is annoying to see B-A ranked people that only know her auto.
And how do you know which side Teddie will roll from when using his awakened super?
Bleh...the thing about Tager from BlazBlue was that I was able to assault him from the air with Jin. With Kanji, he seems to be asking you to come in the air. And it is difficult to engage him up close because he can use his command grabs which does 3000 damage.
As a chie i can see your annoyance. I am C and I know a few combos, but the auto just does so much more damage and it has the auto mixup that the auto is just a simpler answer than trying to do more complicated things. Its like when terrans used to 2 rax every game in TvZ--sure they could win other ways, but it made things a lot easier to get the easy advantage.
Otherwise--Im nearing the end of the story. I have to finish Aigis, Mitsuru, Elizabeth and 1 other persons story (assuming no more open up) I will be sad when its all over, but now i want P5--or P4a2
On August 26 2012 23:36 Shiragaku wrote: Oh my God...I hate Kanji so much. He is currently my worst matchup. Chie is alright, but it is annoying to see B-A ranked people that only know her auto.
And how do you know which side Teddie will roll from when using his awakened super?
Bleh...the thing about Tager from BlazBlue was that I was able to assault him from the air with Jin. With Kanji, he seems to be asking you to come in the air. And it is difficult to engage him up close because he can use his command grabs which does 3000 damage.
As a chie i can see your annoyance. I am C and I know a few combos, but the auto just does so much more damage and it has the auto mixup that the auto is just a simpler answer than trying to do more complicated things. Its like when terrans used to 2 rax every game in TvZ--sure they could win other ways, but it made things a lot easier to get the easy advantage.
If you're still winning using auto combo, you have a real long way to go in this game. Just confirm 5A into some simple oki like 5A > 5B > 2B > 2AB > 5D(D) and you'll have a lot more success. If you really need the meter, let the auto combo run until the end and then do 236C instead of the super. It's almost the same damage.
The main thing though is 5A isn't really what you want to be doing to poke anyway; 2A, 5B and 5C are much better in almost any situation. In general you want to be ending everything in a sweep or an AoA to get a hard knockdown and then do 5D(D) or 2D(D) to force them to sit there blocking on wakeup, at which point you resume your mixup game. For raw damage, most things chain into 5C > 236A > 236A > 236C at bare minimum, or 5C > 236B > 236B > 66 xx 5C xx 66 , 5A > 5C > 214C > 236236D, or 5C > 236A > 236A > 236236A , 5C > 236B > 236B > 236D/236236D type stuff if you want to spend meter, depending on the starter.
Once you understand the different ways to start and end Chie's combos, you'll realize that you can mix and match them pretty much on the fly, but there actually aren't very many things you need to memorize.
On September 01 2012 14:06 Misanthrope wrote: Why oh why aren't more fighting games released for the PC???!??!?!? FMLuuuuuuuuuu~~~~~~~~~~~
I think it's because of pirating perhaps or maybe they just don't like the idea of their games being modified. I would of love to have seen UMvsC3 on PC just to see the character mods and game mechanic tweaks. *cough* no x-factor!
I would assume its because Japan doesn't see PC gaming as a real market compared to consoles so any PC port would have to be done by a foreign company resulting in things like 6 months behind SF4 by Capcom USA, or 2 years after Blazblue:CT which isnt good for sales and not worth the politics.
just picked up this game, how bright is this game's future looking would guys say? it's so much fun, but i said that initially about SFxT and well, yeah that game was broken.
On September 06 2012 11:20 holdthephone wrote: just picked up this game, how bright is this game's future looking would guys say? it's so much fun, but i said that initially about SFxT and well, yeah that game was broken.
I would say the future is bright. The game is past its initial new game hype phase and tournaments are still getting just as many entries. There's been a market for this kind of game for awhile, but BB did so many things wrong and really turned off newer players. With the new Guilty Gear coming to the states soon, I think a lot of people will see how awesome that game is too and stay in the air dash community.
To prevent any flame war, I love KoF and that was not a stab at the game, but I happen to be in one of the areas where the community picked it up for real.
Yu player here, whenever I am getting comboed or getting pressured, I get a bit panicked and start spamming my Shoryuken. Does anyone else have that problem?
This seems the most appropriate place to put this. A new Persona 4 Arena is being worked on. The only 2 newcomers announced so far are Yukari and Junpei from Persona 3. Keeping with the theme that everyone from Persona 3 is crazy, Yukari is dressed up in some sort of Pink Ranger-esque Super Sentai costume. And to no one's surprise, she plays a lot like Hawkeye from Marvel vs Capcom 3. Junpei uses a bat and has some sort of baseball themed unique meter. But while he has the weirdest unique mechanic, his appearance seems the most normal of the P3 gang. Get hype, the battle for your souls is about to continue!
There are some pretty big changes to the game. Take a look at some of these if you're interested.
Stunedge, one of Japan's top P4A players twittering about the game as he finds out more about it. I believe this is where most of the information is coming from in the SRK article, but it's all in Japanese: https://twitter.com/hc0519
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