Guilty Gear -Strive- Starter Guide - Asuka R♯ 

this is about to be the biggest knowledge check in the entire game, for *both* players.

The only starter guide that left me more confused than the original trailer

For his overdrive, he summons the unbeatable exodia, ending the duel immediately

This man isnt just a complex character, he is the entire Powerpoint Presentation

Oh, he only has 4 special moves? What a fun, approachable, new player friendly, and straightforward chara-

"Eyo dude lemme check my moves rq." "Sure man" *2 hours pass*

If anyone is wondering about the name, the symbol is a doppelkreuz, so it's likely pronounced "Asuka R Doppelkreutz". The character is a doppelganger of Asuka R. Kreutz that is doing his bidding on Earth while the real Asuka continues podcasting on the Moon, it is said that he does this because actually doing it himself is too physically taxing for him.

Just be glad this character debuted in Strive. If he showed up in XX he'd have 3 unique airdashes, a wacky dust attack, a meter that replaces tension, 4 supers and 15 different normals along with the rest of his kit.

Maybe in a year or so we will see a pro Asuka that actually knows what the hell is he doing.

That feeling when the character is so complex he requires a *separate menu*

Sakurai: We had so many spells that we wanted to make into special moves for Hero that we devoted one of his specials to casting them at random. We felt like this was a good compromise! Arcsys: Asuka has a lot of spells so we made his entire kit revolve around randomly casting spells. Good luck, have fun 👍

This character is perfect for Guilty Gear novices, because even if you play against an expert, they’re just as confused as you are

For his Overdrive, he summons Pot of Greed!

You know the character is complex when the starter guide doesn't even explain all of it's moves and just tells you to read the menu

i am going to learn this character despite never having played guilty gear before and NOBODY CAN STOP ME

8分の動画見たはずなのに何も覚えてないのも魔法？

Looks at the timer: Holy 💀 you can tell they really wanted to dive back into their old roots with all the crazy complex mechanics with this dude. Well done.

See y’all in 4 years imma go get my phd to use this character

I automatically have major respect for anyone who plays this guy. I’m a Nago main and just monitor blood, I can’t imagine keeping tabs on all of this during a scrap.

3:20 He really said "Just look at the command list, I don't have time for this." lol

I remember when the most complex thing about Asuka was actually trying to explain That Man to people. Good times, long gone.

ArcSys really said we're tired of people saying this game got dumbed down from previous iterations, so here's the most complicated fighting game character ever

I love Asuka's playstyle is exactly same as how Ky described the combat style of sorcerer in Xrd story cutscene. Poke 'till the enemy gets exhausted then the final blow.

The impression I get from this is that he's gonna be a heavy knowledge-check character to fight against. Its gonna take a long time for people to adapt to him and learn how to recognize what spells he currently has access too and how to deal with them

Asuka really just showed up to the fight with 3 whole yugioh decks of spell cards When the announcer goes DUEL 1, Asuka was prepping for a whole different duel

We have around 20 characters playing Strive, 1 playing Samurai Showdown, another playing Super Mario, some other guy playing Apex, and finally Asuka playing MTG/Yu-Gi-Oh What a game

Can we just appreciate just how good the spell at 5:14 looks??? How do arcsys do it man

> Specials depend on which spell card you use > Spell cards are drawn at random, but can be drawn again if you use meter > Spell cards are categorized into 3 categories depending on use case Asuka is a Touhou character thinly veiled as a Guilty Gear character

Card counting is a FG mechanic now. Someone in the future is going pull off an RNG combo that's going to have like a 1% chance of occuring because they kept track of every spell they played so far and remember what spells they have left in the deck.

Asuka’s basically Magic: the Gathering or Yu-Gi-Oh as an entire character LMAO

Glad to see he was given the complexity he deserves. Honestly super excited to mess around with him and see what dumb stuff people can find

This is so sick! You guys outdid yourselves. I'm really looking forward to the release!

The Asuka Knows where he is at all times, he knows this because he knows where he isn't.

It's actually pretty simple when explained but definitely something that's going to be complex in execution. What a cool character.

He has literally 1 special move... But that shit is more complex than any character's entire kit by itself

The Spell knows where it IS, by knowing where it ISN'T. Once the Spell knows where it isn't, it can infer where it is after adding where it wasn't, to where it won't be.

A character having a moveset so complex and obtuse it needs an entire extra page just for one spell is very fitting for That Man

They really just gave Nine The Phantom a run for her money with Asuka.

Asuka mirrors are going to be legendary

Love the lunar motif used for each deck 🌙 ✨

This series is literally my childhood and it's unexplainable how good it feels seeing Asuka finally become playable. I don't care if I end up maining the guy or not, he deserves to be in this game. Super happy.

Strive starting roster: Just do strike throw mixup and use specials to get advantage. Strive DLC roster: so you have three different gauges and also a minion that helps you out, unless you forget to feed it every 10 seconds of the rpund, otherwise he attacks you. You can use your resources to lockdown enemy in the corner, but every tiesday of every second month of each season you jave to get additional chrges to activate "Destiny shift" that will decide the outcome of the match automatically with 50% of activating "Full Throttle", that gives you a buff if you didn't forget to pray to lord before bed. I seriously have no idea what I just watch, and I love it.

1:11 it's a very small thing but I like that fact that his coat still blows behind him even when a spell fails to cast, it's as if he's still exerting some magical force it's just not quite coming together into a full spell. I think it makes the magic seem much more realistic then if he just struck a pose, since it feels like there is more going on that we can't see

Someone just wanted to make an Invoker from Dota 2, yet managed to crank him up 1000% And I love it!

asuka was stuck in overture for so long he forgot guilty gear was a fighting game when he finally got the invite

"Hold on lemme switch to my side deck real quick"

Narrator: Extensive breakdown Me: Galaxy Cape 😎

Dude's playstyle is a mix between PS2 start up screen and bookmark simulator.

I feel like I just took a physics course watching this. Asuka looks absolutely insane and I love it.

it's genius to make separate decks that have an overall theme, makes the gameplan just a bit easier to plan. but still gunna fry my brain

It took me about 2 watch-throughs to fully grasp him but now he seems pretty simple and fun!

Asuka out here playin Yu-Gi-Oh wtf.

I have never seen a zoner this complicated on a Guilty Gear game that is supposed to be simplified.

To summarize: He can read, really well

Out of anything, i'm glad they made a really fun to play looking character. I think most of us were disappointed that the last character this season wasn't a legacy character, but they went crazy with Asuka's visuals and style in trying to give him final boss vibes.

I stopped keeping up with GG when Strive came out but That Man makes me wanna give Strive another shot. Love his Nine/Magicka/BlazBlue mechanics.

It took me a minute to realize they're listed all of the moves that Chant can cancel into and timestamp for each of them. Giving us all this info that players usually would find out ourselves makes me very excited. It took us about half a month to figure out Happy Chaos, I can't wait to see how long it'll take for us to figure out Asuka.

This is the most impressive character I've ever seen in a fighting game, this time you outdid yourself. It was worth waiting so many years for That Man

He is definitely worthy of being a 1 star ease of use character he looks amazing and super fun to play as and use its just theres gonna be ALOT to remember and keep track of and with enough time and experimentation and losing some brain cells learning him he's gonna do serious some damage both competitively and online so really looking forward to the 25th

This is a really complex character and i love it

Mk12, SF looking strong as usual, and Asuka bringing half of his deck? Its an awesome time to play FGs.

*8 minutes and the narrator is talking very slowly* Yeah, Asuka is gonna be insane

I'm getting a very "we need to talk about parallel universes" vibe from this character explanation.

Oscar looks like a great character. Looking forward to practicing soon

This is the most "I'm playing chess while you're playing checkers" character I've ever seen in a video game.

After watching this, I can easily say that Asuka is one of, if not THE most, complicated character in a 2D fighter I’ve ever seen, and, if someone can win a major tournament with him, they absolutely deserve it.

This is it, we thought you couldn't get more complex than the f*ckin' Baseball Gauge in P4AU but you managed to make a character whose interplay of meters required A NEW MOVELIST COMPLETELY. That's awesome, never change ArcSys

Sick af character design right there.

I can't believe they put in a character that requires you to be as smart as them for you to play as them

Coolest animations I've ever seen in a fighting game, give these artists a raise

I love it! Quintessential Guilty Gear character if I’ve ever seen one.

This starter guide is so insane compared to the others. And I fucking love it!

Flick is going to singlehandedly save this matchup for Potemkin. It's nice to finally have a zoner that uses actual projectiles.

He's a freaking JRPG boss

Oh man, my favourite Podcaster from the moon

Ah FINALLY.., a truly awesome DLC!, this is the best/ coolest DLC soooo far! ❤

Other Fighting games: Okay so here's a sexy lady who can kick Guilty Gear:

his moveset is literally just as long as the damn book he's holding

This character is a game within a game! I love it.

That Man…Coming…

First mental mix up character. If you don't get lost in your own combo, you're already a winner!

They did it. They made a character that is even more complicated than happy chaos.

Finally! HC's student, their battle is gonna legendary. I already imagine myself slowly decay in the corner

Only been waiting like 20 years for this

So I’m gonna need a doctorate to play this guy. Fantastic!

They really wanted to make clear that he is by far the best magic user

this is the best take of a spellcaster type character in a fighting game i've seen ever.

Top tier animation, its like watching anime but you are in control.

Thank goodness that arguably the most important character in the entire series, the one who set all events in Guilty Gear into motion, is complex as hell and an absolute wonder to behold. This is what I wanted when I heard "That Man" was coming to Strive, an almost mythological character that works outside of the rules any of us even know. The mechanics behind this character puts Zato to shame. Bedman literally trembles in fear when reading the moveset alone, and there's an entire spell sheet too. To me, Asuka R# mains are literally gonna be the rulers of the Strive player base. Witnessing anyone that can make this character work by using strategy within a game in an entire other game will be a truly humbling experience. It's like realizing your character is nothing but a wet pool noodle, and you're fighting a character God himself has sponsored. Well done Arc Sys, well done.

TL;DR: Your opponent is playing checkers, and you’re piloting a helicopter.

the narrator must have been SO CONFUSED at recording that day

Thank God we're going back to the crazy shit from the earlier games, this is what I live for

I can’t believe that he has 3 books from which he can choose from, that’s so sick.

I'm going to need a book of forbidden knowledge to play this character. Perfect

My new main for sure! It's love at first sight!

Up there with the most bonkers stuff I’ve seen in a fighting game.

I am impressed. This is one of the most interesting but complex character I have ever seen in a fighting game.

I don't have a degree in alchemy or magical science, that's not something I should apologize for when I try this character. This is by far one of the if not the longest guides to a character this channel has ever produced. Kind of fitting for a character that is subsequently responsible for the state of the Guilty Gear world and its tragedies.

spell mechanic looks so fun definitely gonna play him a lot

The narrator's delivery on this guide is so wooden, you could drive it through a vampire's heart to kill them.