How Good Is Slayer, Really? 

How are you feeling about Slayer these days? (also pls subscribe)

His ability to get in is very linear so it's easy to spend most of a round "losing" with him but he has so much health that he can survive with a sliver very often and it almost doesn't feel like he's losing especially if he has meter because there's always that little voice in your head saying "I just need one touch" and then you get it and your opponent dies

as an asuka player, slayer is insanely terrifying. if he breaks your mana shield and has last horizon ready, that will one shot at any health

"The intern was cooking" love that shit

Playing against Slayer gives me flashbacks to Dragonball figherz, where everyone just throws their full screen buttons.

17:10: "Baiken can't anti air 5p, which means you have to do a bunch of shi- different things..." I felt that

4:22 LordKnight: "You basically get 50 meter from round start, neat." Me: "What do you mean Zato is already almost f*cking dead?"

They changed his drip as hell 6p Completely unviable

That opening line made my heart skip; Slayer is NOT the final character to be added to Strive lmao he’s the LATEST character, they did confirm that there will be another round of DLC characters for season 4

Slayer is very cheap lmao BUT tbh I actually appreciate they made him strong considering so many of the dlc characters released shitty and desperately needed buffs

I love Slayer but I do think some nerfs should happen specifically to k mappa and the bunker loops. The loops are inconsistent but they're always worth going for since the return is so high. He needs to remain a high damage character but currently it's too easy for him to run his gameplan unless you're fighting like, Testament bridget or axl.

I just think that slayer needs to harder to play if they want to give him such high damage since he just ruins the lower tower floors, my friend who is HARD stuck on floor 2-3 can play at my level and im floor 7-8 but only as slayer. I think slayer is super cool i just wish he was more fun to play vs and didn't have so much health and damage

Very informative! Will continue to dodge every slayer player

"slayer is the final character to be added to gulity gear strive" wasn't season 4 already confirmed?

I miss having a back dash

LK I think your awesome, I went to ceo and saw you I wanted to introduce myself but I be shy lmao, maybe one day 😅

What Makes Characters Good in Guilty Gear Strive, Slayer Edition Offense 0:31 Does the character have any plus moves? 1:38 Does the chararacter have a unique overhead (instant overhead, offensive fuzzy guard)? 2:10 Does the character have a safe 5D? 3:00 Does the characrter have a real 50/50? 3:38 How quickly does the character build meter (On offense)? 4:37 What does the character get off their throw situation? 4:59 How safe is the character against Burst? 5:57 Does the character have to hit the opponent to win, or can they win from making the opponent block? 6:56 How high is the character's damage output? 7:24 What type of Wild Assault does the character have? 7:56 How good is the character against Deflect Shield? 8:10 How good is the character's Wall Break situation? Skipped: "How good is the character against YRC?" Defense 8:43 How fast is the character's fastest button? 8:59 Does the character have a meterless reversal? 11:02 How fast is the character's reversal super? 11:24 Does the character have a horizontal or vertical super? 11:53 How good is the character's backdash? 12:28 How fast does the character's 6P upper body invuln activate? 13:05 How fast is the character's jump? Skipped "How fast does the character gain meter (On defense)?" Neutral 13:26 Can the character attack from safe ranges? 14:10 How fast is the character's airdash? 14:26 Does the character have a slow j.H? 14:44 Can the character stall in the air? 15:29 Can the character 50/50 the opponent from neutral? 16:13 Can the character get in on the opponent immediately after Gold Burst? 16:28 Does the character have a burst RC option (aka a neutral skip)? 16:47 How good is the character's anti-airs? (Replaces "How fast is the character's 6P?") 17:18 Does the character have ways to make the opponent play differently from the way they normally do? 18:17 Can the character convert all their hits into combos (without using meter)? 18:25 Can the character dashblock? Knockdown 18:52 Can the character win off throw? 19:22 How much resource does the character build after landing a throw? 19:45 Can the character protect themselves from reversals while continuing their offense? 19:58 Can their good knockdown be looped?

slayer has rizz

he makes the bridget player in me quiver in fear but he's so cool and fun to play i cant stay mad

Fighting against him is pretty fun except for the ungodly amount of damage he deals. As an ABA player, I do feel a biy jealous (heh) that he gets to do moroha damage without having to build gauge first.

Fighting slayer feels like you’re defusing a bomb. You can spend over half the round chipping away at him, but one slip up or you get caught mashing, you get to watch your health disappear real time. Then it’s guess for game on wake up assuming you didn’t use wild assault or bursted from a stray hit. The act of trying to get rid of him as quickly as possible before he gets any form of offense going can be stressful but satisfying when you do. When you don’t, it seems like he almost steals the game away and it can become frustrating imo.

Slayer just reminds me of Dudley from sf4

Another banger vid from LK. I'm having so much fun with Slayer. LK prob already knew this but didn't mention that in addition to his safejump he's got a safejab from his P buttons after using K Mappa to get in from pilebunker HKD. I like using it because if they block the 2P ill go for kara bite tic throw. Players just need to figure out the dandy step OS, 6P the mappa hunch, and keep him out if they want to beat him. That being said, I think he's perfect as is and is a strong character but just outside of top tier.

Can't say shit cuz I havent picked him up, but his look is cool, seems hella fun to play.

He feels bit overtuned. He gets Goldlewis/Nago tier reward on hit without the restrictions the other two has.

LK, please stop showing anti Elphelt tech. Especially when it comes to Slayer.

"He has the same plus on block close slash that everyone else has in the game." Me playing faust: ; _ ;

You should do this as a tier list format with like multiple Slayer icons just for organization, not for debating

bedman erasure!! he's got a safe 5D as well with proper error set up

I-no also can't dashblock technically. she can't block until 10 frames of hover iirc

Babe wake up, LordKnight is explaining the phases of fighting games again

Do one of these for an d character just take the free content

Haven't seen winrates so High since pre-nerf HC, Slayer is sweeping almost every match-up. All my celestial friends myself included are losing morale with this game. Season 3 feels so degenerate.

As slayer, unless you get that round start hit into momentum it really feels like I'm losing all round until the sudden random mappa/dandy followup hit, I think people know a lot of slayers are just doing fake offense stuff so they are constantly challenging in gaps ( random PB seems to work too much cause of people countering other options lol) but that can make enforcing bite or dandy pressure hard sometimes. Probably a skill issue but I also feel like I cannot take to the air at all tbh. But the damage and HP tho :)

Day 5 of waking for Zato

Q : How good is Slayer ? A : Too good

Frame trapping fs into 5h has gotten me to celestial in a weekend after not playing since launch. He definitely feels like a noob killer then once you get to players with actual fundies and D he rapidly falls off.

Really good. Haven't even watched the video, I know how this goes, he is a character that turns minor mistakes into near TODs, his 2H is a war crime, he has dirty fucking set play and some of the cheapest tools currently in the game I sweeeear if another person pulls up with "Well, erm, if we ignore the damage 🤓🤓" no, if he delt reasonable damage he'd be still very good get the fuck out

Apex Guessing Gear char lol 😂

I HATE DANDY STEP I HATE DANDY STEP

Dash cancel super jump thank me later

Honestly hated the full screen change to burst

Why they didn't give him the Akuma treatment of "high damage, low health" is beyond me

A lot of people seem to think Slayer is overtuned, while I agree he shits out damage and builds easy RISK, those are only SlayerS pros, what makes a character Top tier in Strive? Let's discuss Slayer. He has all that I mentioned before, along with decent mix with a command grab and easy access to plus frames. But, his movement is below average at best, his step dash Sucks for movement and CAN'T be canceled into blocking or be kara canceled regularly, his air buttons aren't great, and hes has a tall hurtbox. His defense is also not good. He has no mash button faster than 5 frames, and his backdash is downright miserable to use. Mappa hunch has a long startup and is 6pable on reaction and on top of that his mix up has counter play. Now let's discuss May! She has ALL of Slayers pros, shiting damage, and risk building. She has decent mixup and a command grab along with the best lariat in the game (7 frames). HOWEVER, she also has very fast movement, a standard backdash with a fantastic jump and fall speed. She has incredible jump buttons(j.s and j.h) and a 4 frame mash button. She has a small hurtbox, 8-way mix on knockdown, very disjointed buttons, a projectile, and a reversal that gives true 50/50 with 100 meter, the list goes on. Her only weakness was her inability to have long distance confirms, but with WA thats GONE TOO. Slayer is not Top tier. To be top in strive, your character has to be practically flawless, with little to no obvious weaknesses, ya'know... like May, or Goldlewis, or Leo, or Nago. Slayer has real weaknesses that aren't compensated for by other things in his kit. Therefore, he is high tier at best.

how good is slayer? good enough to make may irrelevant

He ain't as wild as people say, and I've seen far worse.

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