Becoming The #1 Asuka Is Harder Than I Thought (Guilty Gear Strive Online Matches) 

Every time anyone talks talking about Asuka combos/strats, my brain stops working. What a cool character!

I have virtually no knowledge of fighting game mechanics but I used this video as background noise while trying to sleep and it was quite nice.

I think 6K is gonna be good once people start blocking the overhead card. A multihit low with the threat of a fast overhead seems pretty good.

Lol i like how around 13:35 he was recharging mana with hp and wonders where it all went

Dude, I've known about you for a while but just started following. You're EXACLTY what I'm looking for in terms of FGC content/presonalities. Calm, level headed with a smile on throughout. It's a shame it's rarer within these circles, but you will undoubtably be rewarded hard for just being you. Much love! 💎⚔ P.S. Asuka mirror matches are SO aweome watch lmao, love this character so much... too bad all my time moving forward will be on sf6. Dude's WILD fun.

What i like to do is change spells or cast the "long time casting" spells in the air like the staff ones, he freezes a bit when you do and most of the time the opponent can't punish properly, its a good way to manage your resources (I play on floor 10/Celestial). Also for the staff spells that change the direction of your cubes, it will actually make the opponent go in that same direction, i get to do like a reverse corner carry to my side some times and its really cool looking

I really wish asukas supers recovered his mana like chaos’s recovers bullets and zato’s recovers Eddie gauge.

i suck at fgs and i never really tried to get into the fgc because it feels really intimidating, but you’re so calm and fun to watch! I love your personality and videos

Something to note about the half circle forward kick super is it actually refills your mana, so you can use it in a pinch to get your shield back.

I main Asuka but only on floor 5. Seeing these combos, mixups and utilization of spells is so eye opening. I’m going to model my playstyle off of yours.

I think full import is also one of the best spells in test case 1, during combos instead of canceling into bookmark to replace the spell you can cancel into recover mana and still combo and once you're finished you can either cancel the final spell into full import for a full hand or cancel the last normal into it spending less mana and getting more back overall. You can kinda do the same with it in blockstrings and use it to go ham with better mixups and if it doesn't work out restock with full import. Finally any counterhit combo where you have the lightening cube you can change test case use another spell or two in the combo and finish with full import to cycle into the new case quickly and then cancel back into test case 1 and hopefully have some useful spells to work with (potentially top decking exodia or other powerful combis without having to commit meter or scramble with the test case if you pull some awkward spells)

Good luck, bro. I have been playing with Asuka and using your vids to help me learn the character. Thanks, and hope we both get to heaven!

It was a fun set, GGs Diaphone!

Big props to Caste, the editor, for putting in the character themes for music :)

You're on a roll with the content recently#bringbackthemoustache

Any other Asuka mains struggle with bookmarking where you end up taking spells away that you already have because wrong inputs?

5:25 The burst here from the Ram was actually really smart. This Ram seems to know the Asuka MU, she blocked the overhead projectile because she saw you had it on deck and used burst knowing you had no mana to close out the round instead of risking some fullscreen Asuka shenanigans once you got MP back.

I think doing 2D into a buffeted Super is going to be important for when you don’t have spells, it works at max range too

this might be the coolest character to watch.

I'm curious as to what your thoughts are on using health or meter to refill mana.

Finally the Yugioh arc.

Teleport isn't good raw, but is great for combo extensions from midscreen or left-right mixups with the lockdown metrons. TC 3 has the 5 cube metron spells, the slow hovering multihit one, the one that fires in 2 bursts, all of which offer opportunities to teleport while they're in blockstun. I imagine teleporting after a 5H or 6H hit will set up combos too.

Can't wait to use this character for myself and losing my braincell from too much work

I believe after watching you... it would be beneficial to switch back to test case 1 after the exodia attempt. That way you limit the chances of getting crappy cards. You instead will get infinite projectiles

Now I wanna play just to get Exodia. :(

That’s awesome I was the first ram first game ❤ tbh I know I’m not good with ram haha but I try

Asuka the grappler strikes again

Gotta be so honest I don’t think you have a chance now that gobou is on him💀

I kinda wish he had a proper exodia type set of cards, but I understand why they did not do it

Use 6K with the overhead spell as a mixup.

I would recommend using the other mana regaining options more. When you use exclusively the health mana, it takes away any health advantage you might have. Use the tension gain more often and even the regular one in certain situations where you can

Should have given my man a Command Grab Spell

The only thing I've done so far with Asuka is create combos. Funny thing is when I do couch coops I cast no spells or supers and use 22k to refill my mage armor. Best not to listen to my advice though. As of writing this I've not done a single online match with Asuka.

Some great gameplay, I add my two cents, because I wish I was a professional backseat gamer. 1. Your gameplan includes too much zoning. When you fought Bongo, the Ramlethal, he just started airdashing at you. I already saw that your anti-air game is insanely good. But throwing spells in melee will on average lead to losing situations, because they are that weak. Spells from deck 1 have rarely good payoff and leave you open for a long time. Especially against Ramlethal where she can throw a sword on reaction almost and will start to win neutral. 2. The more the other player rages, the more likely you are winning. Your match against Kyron_Dudebro was an impressive showcase: He was confused in the first rounds, because you overwhelmed him. But when he started to play aggressive, you faltered. And when you went into melee range, without many resources, the odds were in his favor and he abused your aggressive play. 1:48:23 for a timestamp. Asuka should use oki to replenish, just like HC. The best Asuka players tend to take their time, relatively speaking. 3. I think test case switch is a bait. Every test case shares some of the same spells. But every case has some advantages. Currently, I think that test case 3 is op, but that is just my personal opinion. Now I go for the boxing analogy: There are south paw and orthodox stand which are just mirrors. They are not inherently better than each other, but they have the potential to confuse the other boxer. Yet it is rarely successful, because the mental stacks it creates for the user is larger than the mental stack for the other player. If you are not 100% able to play Asuka completely fluid and like a flow chart, it is a self nerf. I would use knockdown to switch my test case once and never look back. And especially switch as early as I can. 4. Otherwise, you are doing extremely well and the rest is just practice. Maybe I am completely wrong, but I like to share my strats/want to interact, because people may disagree and discussion creates new strats for me to copy :D

Another problem i see for myself is always trying to do cool shit and be saucy with this character. As of now im just gonna try to focus on playing the game, but if cool aht happens, i guess its a plus.

Lmao the Sol he played 3 times is my best friend i was in discord when he matched him.

In conclusion: Slim, tinier, wimpier potemkim

Diaphone continuing his journey of maining every character in the game love to see it

there is no way that is not gitting nerfed

That fire spell can bounce enemies, right?

I love asuka but he reminds me of the worst years of my life when i worked in a boring office. man i hate cubicles...

So we doing ftks and otks now? Xd

I'm so awful with this character, but I'm so overjoyed that I get to play'em every night.

what controller you using?

Asuka's great cuz one person can play him and make both people feel stupid

Please use the meter version of recover mana. It's the safest option

Part of me wonders if people are overly complicating asuka. Yes he has a lot going on. My god does he have a lot going on. But really fundamentally what are you trying to do while playing him?

I love ggst. It really is for everyone. Its like, this guy has 26 spells to memorize, and this bitch literally just has a rekka

2:02:18 you are correct lol.

As if a divine truth seeker...

1:05:00 that guy called it lol

The cursor there was very small, but so distracting between 21:28 and 25:13.

what are you playing on?

man im not even celestial yet💀

I dont think exodia is the strat lol. Exodia is cool but if ur low on health calmy flip through your cards as fast as as you can. I fck myself up when i spam spells because i may teleport close to the enemy and if i havent spammed the proper cards to provide myself cover i get punished and it was all for nothing.

I cant get past floor 9 to save my life. 🤦🏽‍♂️

imo 2D is asuka best normal

So you can build mana with health and tension right? Bc he said he prc all the time since he doesn't have anything else to spend tension on in the same match he used up at least half his health on mana😂 Also the match start where they both used the big red explosion and he lost, am I crazy or did he not def use his first even looked at it slowed down but have no clue what happened, maybe a spacing thing?

Every time someone makes a "summoning Exodia" joke when talking about cards in other games, the YGO player in me twitches a little. You don't summon Exodia! He activates if you have all pieces in your hand! He does nothing when summoned! Still funny though.

um how did u get lvl 200 so fast

Twitch chat was driving me absolutely insane in this one, just absolute whackadoodle day 2 assumptions. Like you said, no one even knows how to use all 3 decks properly, htf can you make form a reasonable opinion on this character yet.

27:51 the music was really getting fire lol

Nago+chipp+zato= bad match up 😥😥😥

Win a game without using any cards :)

Scum dipper at 200ms