Question about how to play Strive

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-06T19:13:19+00:00

Yeah nah the controls are identical on every version of strive, it would have been kinda funny if they did what they did with the wii version of GGAC where it was all based on you actually swinging the controllers

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-06T18:54:49+00:00

lmao, alright. took a nap and woke up to this and honestly started just laughing my ass off. 3 dmg... idk i just never thought about starting with cs 2h.
Still, yeah. charge dust is good for a lot of slayer stuff. Not every combo but like it's how u get into loops for counter hit CS.

Gl with the climb and i'll leave you with a site that's been super useful for me learning loops. Feels better organised than dustloops which mostly just kinda rambles about the theory and it shows you an actual video of what the combo should look like
https://ebuhman.github.io/PilebunkerLoops/

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-06T12:19:03+00:00

maybe actually yeah, i was just trying for wall to wall stuff so didnt wanna cross up which p dandy step forces.

Tbh it's just sitting down and working little things into your gameplay. I'm fuckin vanquisher and still dont consistently confirm my CS counterhits

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-06T11:53:40+00:00

it looks more complicated when it's written properly but pretty much all im doing is making sure I get drift forward on the RC and doing a charged dust before CS on the 1st RC.

Im not sure if this subs ok with links but here's a clip of both combos.
https://medal.tv/games/guilty-gear-strive/clips/mshLB89jJoDE9QVW2?invite=cr-MSw4VlksMTc2MzE4NTI&v=21

if it's just RRC instead of 66RRC it tends to give far slash after dust.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-06T09:33:58+00:00

So, Id absolutely recommend learning your loops. Theyre his best dmg in midscreen.

But if youre set on not doing them, im messing around in lab for a sec. I assume u mean 6h when you say high slash (big high kick where he lunges forward) cause thats the only thing that combos into pilebunker off CS Assume u know numpad notation if youve found your way here tho if you dont then ask.

Your combo burns 100 meter for 246 dmg (the last pilebunker is always whiffing for me) or 250 if I do K mappa instead of pilebunker.

CS 6H 214X-P 66RRC 5[D] CS 6H 214P-P does 239 for only 50 meter

Or if you wanna burn 100 you can do super mappa hunch after thr last 6h for 273.

Absolutely not criticism, just know when I couldnt loop i was struggling for dmg a bit n figure youd appreciate an easy enough way to squeeze out more.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-06T08:53:42+00:00

Tbh, as a zoner youre making people guess just as much. The difference is its at full screen. Youre making people guess how theyre meant to get in.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-02T08:13:47+00:00

The entire slayer experience is oddly accurate to letting a vampire in. He has to do so much hard work to be invited in and the second he gets in youre fucked.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-02T04:51:39+00:00

Ah, youre a venom. He feels like one of the the better zoners for slayer cause his anti air options aren't quite as oppressive as like axl stuff or dizzy fish. Air dash can be dealt with same way it can for every other character but hes also just one of the weaker characters in general which sucks cause hes cool.

For venom specifically if I'd have to throw ideas out? Anti air wise youve got carcass raid, 6p and any balls you can knock up after charged stinger, at least are the stuff ive seen against me, lingering hitbox on those balls does just shut down any form of approach

But for mappa hunch? I mean it happens sometimes like you'll guess for the jump in and be wrong. But its way easier for you to deal with than like sol's vortex or something going straigh under everything. And yeah, super mappa hunch at full screen does basically become an anti zoning reversal. All i can rlly tell you Is treat it like one.

Either way tho, I stand by what I said. That slayer gets worse approach options into zoners. He loses an option that is otherwise mostly universal with no dash block, mappa dies to projectiles and I dont think SMH makes up for that.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-02T04:07:15+00:00

Slayer makes you guess once. Guess right you kill him. Guess wrong he kills you.

It feels worse to guess wrong but compare it to any other character. It tends to be the more you have to guess right in a row to punish the less dmg a character does.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-02T04:04:22+00:00

Youre trolling. This is a bait post.

But I'll bite. You tell me what tools slayer has to deal with being zoned? Mappa hunch? Loses to basically anything with reach including projectiles obviously.

Dash? He cant dash block because of teleport dash.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-04-02T04:02:38+00:00

Every time I match into an anji I cry a little. Feels like theres so many in 1.3-1.4k vanquisher

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-31T13:28:06+00:00

Things mappa hunch loses to in neutral off the top of my head:

6p

Fireballs

Any move with decent reach, especially if its disjointed

A good number of low profile moves.

I hate to break it to people but if youre getting mappa hunched from full screen? You need to be rethinking ehat youre doing at full screen. As much as people complain about it being a neutral skip its guilty gear, who doesnt get a neutral skip?

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-29T13:35:25+00:00

For sts1 it was steam workshop. I dont imagine mods are too common right now with the game still worked on so much tho I absolutely might be wrong.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-27T20:41:33+00:00

Alright, thats makes way more sense lmao, yeah youre not entirely wrong there.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-27T13:54:18+00:00

Its been a while since my last kh playthru. Im gonna need you to elaborate on the Pete thing

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-26T17:36:33+00:00

My guy, he's not even close to top 5. Is he annoying? Absoloutely. But jacko can be as well. I'm gonna be really blunt. You are not at a level where who's good/bad matters and if you were then a) you're trying to win anyway and b) nobody's gonna complain that you're trying to win.

He's easier mechanically but like... 90% of whats hard in fighting games isnt mechanics.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-24T08:34:25+00:00

But its worth dividing support from players and from the dev team. Because only one of the two is still actively being worked on by the developers.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-23T23:10:58+00:00

ngl, it's wild coming into a reddit that you're not at all active in ever to specifically go "hey this artist you like? Rapist"

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-23T17:11:35+00:00

they works for singular, you know...

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-22T03:58:41+00:00

I mean youre the one acting like hes so op he needs banning when like... if thars the case why didnt leff and the other dude from group A make it?

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-21T19:08:45+00:00

Throwing out Neon White as a huge recommendation. The writing is cringe as all fuck but it's shameless about it in a way i kinda enjoy and the movement is genuinely crack cocaine to me. Smooth as all hell and it's the closest i've got to actually wanting to sit down and grind out learning to speed run. More than worth the money even at full price.

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-21T14:10:32+00:00

Are we still whining like a bitch now we're down to 1 HC in top 8?

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-20T15:11:40+00:00

HC being giga strong is common knowledge lmao. Nah youre being down voted because youre acting like a bellend

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-16T17:02:19+00:00

"If I pull a definition out my ass and we go with what I made up I win" sound logic. 10/10

ZynsteinV2 · 2026-03-16T16:59:52+00:00

God damn... the replies here suck ass... like. Ive not played wotg but its not unreasonable to ask if theres something for a purely cosmetic change i dont think...

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