The Official Fighting Games Topic - Page 100

.\mike says (1:46 PM):
baroque only eats your red life. no super cost
Bill says (1:53 PM):
ohhhh
Bill says (1:53 PM):
okay, thanks
Bill says (1:53 PM):
does the amount of red life you lose affect it?
Bill says (1:54 PM):
e.g. does it last longer if it eats more red life?
Bill says (1:54 PM):
and is there a minimum amount of red life you have to have to use it?
Bill says (1:55 PM):
otherwise, seems like if you have only a sliver of red life, you should use Baroque liberally.
.\mike says (1:59 PM):
oh ok
.\mike says (1:59 PM):
here's how baroque works
.\mike says (1:59 PM):
you can activate when you have any amount of red life
.\mike says (2:00 PM):
it lasts until you attack/end a combo
.\mike says (2:00 PM):
the amount of red life affects how much damage your normal combo attacks do.
.\mike says (2:00 PM):
so if you have a sliver or red and do a combo, you'll do tiny damage during the baroque
.\mike says (2:00 PM):
conversely with large amounts of red
Bill says (2:02 PM):
ohhhhh
Bill says (2:02 PM):
so that's why when Brett went Baroque with PTX in one of those videos, his jabs did HUUUUUGE damage
.\mike says (2:02 PM):
yea omg
Bill says (2:02 PM):
I assume supers aren't affected, though?
Bill says (2:02 PM):
what about specials?
.\mike says (2:02 PM):
yea they are not
.\mike says (2:03 PM):
specials yes
.\mike says (2:03 PM):
they get a static damage boost
.\mike says (2:03 PM):
so like, if you do a small red baroque combo, you may want to super finish
.\mike says (2:03 PM):
but if you have huge red, you would want to do an air combo instead
Bill says (2:03 PM):
yeah
Bill says (2:03 PM):
so I guess Baroque is most useful when you have only 1 guy left
Bill says (2:04 PM):
'cause you'll never be able to heal
Bill says (2:04 PM):

.\mike says (2:04 PM):
yeah.
Bill says (2:04 PM):
I wonder if I can do something with Morrigan like...

2A 2B 2C Baroque 5C 3C air combo

which should do huge damage if Morrigan has a lot of red life
Bill says (2:05 PM):
hmmm so I guess my opponent in that situation would want to Mega Crush?
Bill says (2:05 PM):
do you know what the exact properties of Mega Crush are, e.g. why does it seem to consume different amounts of life?
.\mike says (2:05 PM):
yea that's what I'm thinking
.\mike says (2:06 PM):
i don't know about that actually
.\mike says (2:06 PM):
I thought it was a set amount
Bill says (2:06 PM):
so the conditions for a BIG DMG Baroque combo would be:
1. lots of red life
2. opponent has < 2 supers
.\mike says (2:06 PM):
yeah
.\mike says (2:06 PM):
but that's for a combo extend baroque
.\mike says (2:06 PM):
you can use baroque to save your life
.\mike says (2:07 PM):
like you do a special move and the opponent starts a semi slow super
Bill says (2:07 PM):
I can see that being useful against someone who has a team where one character is a lot more fearsome than the other, since it'd be beneficial for me to have one character on the verge of death (esp. if it's Karas, who's my weaker character imo) if it kills their better character...
.\mike says (2:07 PM):
you can baroque cancel and block
Bill says (2:07 PM):
ahhh
Bill says (2:07 PM):
so you can empty-cancel into baroque?
.\mike says (2:08 PM):
um yes? empty cancel is what
.\mike says (2:08 PM):
idle?
Bill says (2:08 PM):
I mean, a move whiffs but you can still cancel it
.\mike says (2:08 PM):
yea
Bill says (2:08 PM):
okay
Bill says (2:08 PM):
cool
.\mike says (2:08 PM):
do a move and activate
.\mike says (2:08 PM):
normal or special
Bill says (2:09 PM):
wow, TvC's actually a pretty intricate game. seems like you have to take a lot of factors into consideration for decisions like when to Baroque to save yourself, or when to Baroque to do pressure (a la Morrigan), or when to Baroque to do huge damage, etc.
.\mike says (2:10 PM):
yea, I never use it outside of karas
Bill says (2:10 PM):
so if I do A-fireball Baroque with a sliver of red life, it will not scale down my attacks afterwards if I'm just dashing in, will it?
.\mike says (2:10 PM):
cuz I don't know when or how
Bill says (2:10 PM):
like, I assume that's why the char goes all rainbow: that's when the Baroque scaling is in effect, right?
.\mike says (2:10 PM):
I'm not really sure to be honest
.\mike says (2:11 PM):
I haven't tried it
Bill says (2:11 PM):
I thought it was just a good way to indicate clearly when a character has cancelled, lol
.\mike says (2:11 PM):
yea rainbow is they're in baroque mode
.\mike says (2:11 PM):
it'll stop glowing after you end the combo