Guilty Gear Strive's Nagoriyuki defense guide 

Can we stop and appreciate that LK is using the 3 houses OST while being sensei?

How I keep track of blood is: Special moves build 2 Fukyo builds 1 5H/2H/jH hit reduces by 1 fSSS hit reduces by 3 fSSS block reduces by 1 10 seconds past reduces by 1 Pop at 7 It's not exact but it works well enough, and it's much easier to keep track of everything in the heat of the match when I simplify it like this. Maybe it'll help someone else, idk. Edit: Also ino 2S does beat 623H if it's first frame, it actually beats every common roundstart except 5K

defense guides are so useful. thanks for this amazing video.

I'm thankful for this guide. As a Nago main I'm not looking to downplay him, but there are answers to his gameplan most of the time. I'll be sending this video to any friend who needs help!

I'm glad you showed I-no vs Nago in round start, it genuinely hurts my body and mind to lose that rps and get out ranged or in a full combo to corner.

"You have to find something to beat 623H at round start" me, ino player: im pretty sure i tested everything but maybe there is an option i forgo- *video shows all the ino options failing* ........lol

LK, this is a godsend, this type of stuff should motivate people to lab more often and wisely

The HC matchup is so fun, it's like a game of Red light Green light

I absolutely love videos like this. Showing how to defend against a character WITH MULTIPLE CHARACTERS! Please do more videos like this on the rest of the cast!

Definitely appreciate these guides a lot

God damn I love this channel. Great nago match-up tech. Thank you. As a chipp main I struggle against nago

Videos like these are amazing, would love if you did more of these for the different characters

This guide's level of detail is 🔥🔥🔥 *Bonus Tips!* The Blood Gauge signals 🚥 more than how close Blood Rage is! LK mentioned that the Blood Gauge affects Nago's HS buttons (5H, 2H, 6H, even j.H)--these attacks have worse frame data AND range before blood reaches 1 bar. Nago is *heavily* encouraged 🤤 to use blood specials before 1 bar: not just since he has blood to burn, but to get functional zoning tools too! This means Nago is encouraged to use blood specials *instantly* ⏩. Zone out Nago's specials early & bait Blood Rage later to make this bloodsucker's meter management *MUCH* harder! 😈

Can we get an updated defense guide on Nago. A lot of what you talk about in this video helps a lot even in season 2 but I would like to know more about beyblade and his new blood normals

excellent work here. I love the specificity!

This is real content. You rarely see defensive guides and this probably has the most important info on how to improve as a player.

excellent info! Thanks for making this vid.

“Baby Gear” 👶🏼🍼 - Lord Knight

The FD guide was so useful, thank you!

Thanks for the guide bro! Time to go try and apply this in game! :D

Thank you so much for this guide. Nago players get away with more stuff the less you know about him!

as a gio main I actually think nago is the most fun character to play against in the game. stopping his momentum and staying close to him is super satisfying, tho playing against heavily defensive nago's is where I find the most trouble. but yeah, not once have I ever found him too overpowering in this game from my own experience

LK university. I swear, I love these videos so much. After each vid my view of the world changes afterwards.

Ah this is great ima try it out later

This is why I try to keep it under 2 blood and play conservatively with it. Don't go nuts with blood combos, don't spam blood moves on block. Just save them for when you have an opportunity or a read. Obviously you're going to have go spend blood to get around, so take that into account as well. This is also why I try to work in f.sss when I can. It has great corner carry and drains blood.

Thank you professor, see you next class.

You exposing my man on black history month 💀💀💀 W guide tho I usually just throw away all my meter with fd so targeting specific normals will definitely be helpful

Its just those pokes that piss me off. But once I’m in I am having a ball until a wake up throw or some shit

Please do more of these

One thing that you didn't talk about here that I feel like you could have was using your burst to disrupt Nagoriyuki pressure. Maybe it's less valuable at tournament levels of play, but I find that threatening burst at any moment that Nagoriyuki overextends the blood gauge significantly impacts that way that he'll pressure you and do damage to you while you have an unspent burst. Especially in some of the more polarized matchups.

Great guide LK, thanks for this! Kinda funny how the two biggest complaints a few weeks after launch were 1) FD doesn't do enough, and 2) Nago is OP. Those two issues were definitely connected!

Yo LK this has nothing to do with the video but can you make a video about how to use replays in order to improve and how to lab efficiently because I feel like people including me do this but they don't really know how to make the most of it. I just end up watching replays and not really know what to do after

My Boi Nago a problem out here. Big ups to LK for helping folks out.

With the BBCF Rollback out of beta, do you plan on making any more BlazBlue content in the near future?

I only play characters who can't hit Nago's 623H roundstart, living the hard life.

I really wanna see some LK gio gameplay, I'd love to see how you approach her as a character.

Thankyou

when he pops from blood, remember to bait the obvious burst

Ah, so this video is why I'm having more trouble biting people recently

As an I-no player who sidemains Nago for Sol MU (coz honestly I feel it sucks more than Nago MU), I will say this: Nagos round start 623H is very dumb against I-no. She has almost no way to call it out other than blocking or backdash/backjump. So on round start you are smoked. However, if you get Nago into footsie mode you can unleash Note on him and he cant do shit about it (as his jump isnt good and he lacks a double jump or an air dash). That note then usually leads to death since while Nago does have a fuckton of HP (ie really good defense modifier) he lacks a meterless invul super and his fast buttons while good are limited to 5k, 2k, 5p and 6p and are not hard to punish with a very good mix. Plus if you get a corner counter hit on Nago with 6H you can do a roughly 250 damage combo on him and delete him. And if he doesnt press? Good, keep mixing and he will die. It is still a losing MU, but I dont think its a terrible losing MU and defo not as bad as Sol. Round start yes, it sucks. But once you navigate outa round start you will realize that Nago is limited once his resources are gone. That said you need to guess well and not get command grabbed or counter hit by virtually anything- else death. And watching for his meter is usually a good indication of what the Nago will do, unless you are playing someone like Hotashi or Uriel. Also trying Nago for oneself is good, either as a counter pick or as a way to learn where his weakness lies. There arent many but there are some really nice ones to exploit. You will sadly also realize how good hit buttons are, especially for how long they reach. And man, it sucks having to adjust back to having to actually use buttons like 2k and 5p after you get used to having so many good ways to deal with people with just your S and Hs normals and specials- plus the odd super here and there for extra spice.

Could you ever do a guide on defending against Ramalethal? I think her corner pressure and how to get out of it is disgusting.

One thing i was looking for was how to even deal with clone at all, especially if your options mainly include blocking it. Not really understanding this mechanic he has where he's just plus even after fukyo. I'm pretty stumped, been looking all over the internet for this info, but it just seems like everybody's only option is taking the throw, which is meme shit. I'm getting rolled by this carried ass fuck-neutral move lol

I still don't know what to do vs a nago that has 2-3 blood. His 5H shuts me down so hard, and it basically is a guessing game where I feel I can only do air dash to approach but if I do it and he's expecting it I die. I dont feel like my ground approach is fast enough to threaten him and by the time I reach him he has lowered 1 level of blood, and starts mixing me up with specials again

Legit got 0-30ed with millie. Perfect vid LK

quick mafs: 2S, f.S, f.SS, j.S, & j.D all reduce Blood by 8 on hit (OH) and 0 on block (OB) f.SSS reduces Blood by 115 OH and 65 OB 5H, 6H, 2H, & j.H reduce Blood by 8 OB and 60 OH Fukyo adds 45, Specials add 90 Super reduces by 200 over time (he can still pop afterwards) f.SSS into RC is a legit way to both reduce Blood and get a mixup into 5D, 2K, command grab, etc. At high Blood, he gets a free Fukyo after any H normal on hit. Air throw combos into 6H OTG > Fukyo for oki. When fighting Nago, like LK says, it's a good habit to try keep track of his Blood to see what pressure strings he's allowed (unless they don't give a shit and aim to pop anyway, which is surprisingly effective at times). The best way to learn to fight Nago is to play him. He isn't hard to learn, and his combos are relatively easy to confirm and input. You'll also get a better idea of his pressure by doing it yourself, and where there are gaps (hint: there's a lot).

One of this for every character please? 🙏

whats the background music?

Great stuff, LK! But you forgot to mention that grab/bite also regens a little bit of health, too.

This is a great vid. You should do other characters cough cough Leo and I-no

You should try jack-o vs nago, it's one of the easiest matchups ever.

Yo could you do something like that for Leo ?

Playing against this character as goldlewis makes me want to cry.

Is baiken a hard counter to nago?

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I feel like faust handles nago pretty well

This is EXACTLY why Ive been loving Baiken because I’ve been a Nagoriyuki main since day 1 and man does it suck playing him. I feel like every step of the way I’m being punished using his tools and it is so painful because I’m good with him above every other character but he’s so hard to manage and deal with.

nagos H normals are unsafe on block and he needs to special cancel to make them safe. so when hes at level 3 blood you should look for punishes when he isnt able to special cancel because of the risk or popping. if your character cant punish it, you can at least run forward and take space

And if you're Goldlewis, you're just kinda fucked lmao, one of the most precarious round-starts for sure

No, don't tell people our weaknesses, how will I be able to braindead spam if my opponents know how to play the game.

people usually dont realize the importance of defense even in a gorilla dominated game

This man is pronouncing the HELL out of nagoriyuki's name

Black history month and this man LK giving out blocking guides against the Naija representative. #Betrayed 🤣😭😭

Is he strong? Yes. Is he Sol strong? Hell no.

opponent: he wont do that, he will pop me: 👀👀👀 BEYBLAAADEEEEEE

wait why is it a baby game

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