The Coolest Fighting Game Mechanic 

kind of funny how teddie can give every status except charm

Love this game! Fun fact: the fear+ghastly wail interaction IS in the game. It's just exclusive to boss Elizabeth.

Probably the closest thing we'll get to a modern HFTF

It’s always nice when adaptations match the originals in some mechanical way that works well

It's worth mentioning that Adachi can always inflict the Fear status by using his 236C/D, Evil Smile, which is a specific space covering attack that deals no direct damage, but has to be ducked to avoid its effects. It is something he always has access to, rather than needing to have the Magatsu Mandala buff active

It's a nice touch making debilitate do negative penalty, that's a clever bit of adaptation right there.

P4AU is such a fun game with a lot of unique stuff, and the small community around it is super chill, it really did deserve better

Also worth saying: while a lot of status effects singlehandedly define a character’s strengths (see: Mitsuru being the most terrifying and honest character simultaneously somehow), Kanji and Shock status are a match made in heaven. While P4AU zoners are kinda left high and dry in balancing, Kanji gets plentiful access to a status effect that even further simplifies the grappler gameplan. For new players, it lets you play ignorant of how grapplers function, and for experienced players, it enforces your strike-throw in the most direct way possible. Most of the time a grappler needs a bunch of extra specialized tools to cover jumps and movement, but Shock really does most of the legwork once you’re in as Kanji.

Y’all remember when the name for persona 5 strikes was leaked and everyone thought it would be P5 Arena?😭😭 I still cry about that sometimes…

Ken can also inflict shock with SP Thunder Reign and SP Gigantic Impact!

I like how the devs saw Makoto's SA3 and said to themselves "Are you sure that's _really_ an install"

I've been playing this game for a while since the re-release, and I still love this game. The characters are all super unique and not a lot of games could ever replicate something like it.

13:00 don’t forget Ken, he can also inflict shock using 236 236 A and B,

As a fighting game dev who hasnt played every single fighting game, i really appreciate your videos!!

I love these videos so much. Get yourself a quality mic to match the quality video and script! *Oh man! Congratulations on 10k!

Good vid bro! P4Arena is so cool to me, obviously a Persona x Guilty Gear game is gonna be awesome but still. Hope that P4AU cup run back happens soon 🤞🏽

Really needed this video. Just got into P4AU and i needed an explanation for the status effects. Thanks!

Lots of great stuff from you the past couple months, loving your stuff

Great video Im glad you like the status effects! The best part about this game imo is the presentation and how the game feels very welcoming to people coming from the RPG series, with status ailments contributing to that! Also I see a familiar name in that description 👀

Rage reminds me of the Typhoon weather effect from Touhou Hisoutensoku

Funny how oddly specific content overlaps. Qmanchu did this exact subject about 2 weeks ago only his was more in a broad sense. Tbh yours is refreshing cause it covers one of my favorite fighting game.

This game is great, but one of my favorite mechanics is strives "looking really cool"

I think it would be interesting to put status effects in a team fighter as team composition is part of both RPGs and team fighting games. You could even have status effects that only interact with the benched characters and stuff like that.

Darius' wound is gonna be added to the list of cool debuffs soon.

I personally think BlazBlue's Drive Mechanic, which is a unique action for each character is the greatest fighting game mechanic as it allows for more diversity in the cast: Ragna, A character whose drive allows him to steal health from the opponent with every D attack, this is balanced with the fact that he has some of the lowest health among the cast. This functionality is unique ONLY to him. . Valkenhayn a character whose drive transforms into a wolf. He is more agile in this form and gains a completely new moveset to his already existent one in human form. You will need to be able to move flexibly in both human form and wolf form to best play Valkenhayn. While it may be difficult at first, the reward for taking time to learn this character will transform you into a fearsome player, as he has some of the best neutral in the game.Valkenhayn's wolf form has a special pruple guage, and while in the werewolf form, the purple bar above your heat gauge will slowly deplete. If the gauge reaches 0, you will be unable to transform until the gauge fully refills. In addition to this, direction + D will allow the wolf to dash in that direction, and will deplete the gauge faster. 5D will revert you to human form. It is important to conserve your wolf gauge for optimal pressure and look for very minimal methods of depleting meter whilst dealing damage. The gauge will slowly refill as Valkenhayn is on the ground, but not in the air. You also cannot block in wolf form, so it is mandatory you are constantly moving around to make it very difficult for the opponent to land a hit. This drive mechanic is unique ONLY to him and that is on top of all the universal mechanics I mentioned in my previous post. Amane Nishiki, A character who whose drive does chip damage, this mechanic similar to Valkenhayn is also tied to a guage that has a total of 3 levels. The Gauge increases upon using D attacks and decreases over time, though you can charge with the D attack as well to get it go up faster. Drill attacks last longer and do more damage with higher level. Gauge builds even on whiffed D attacks. Each attack will deal more hits if the button is held down, with each hit contributing to the Gauge. You can also stop holding moves at any time. Level 3 D moves do a very high amount of chip damage on block. Again, he is the only character that does chip damage this Massive, which at level 3 can turn the tide of match with ease, but he's not broken. For one, the drill can overheat if charged for too long. When overheated, D moves and D specials cannot be used, which is what he thrives on in order to win matches. Secondly, he lacks in defensive options relying soly on the game's universal mechanics, In addition, he's not strong at close range with the opponent, preferring to attack at a distance. He also has below average health compared to the rest of the cast. Hopefully you now have a better idea of how unique this game is. And these unique actions doesn't even go into the unniversal system mechanics, but there is a tutorial on youtube titled "BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Basic System Mechanics" on youtube if you want to learn more about the game. As "BlazBlue Central Fiction", the most recent mainline entry in the franchise, is more of an evolution to the game, and most of the overall system mechanics carry over, with a few additions like "exceed excel" and "active flow"

Sick video, keep up the good work

Confusion used to flip blocking too but this was changed in the most recent version

Touhou Hisotensoku also has a block preventation status, though that one applies to both players as part of the weather mechanic.

Fun fact, rise can actually inflict shock too but it’s very specific conditions because the opponent has to be scanned and hit with sb arrow rain but it *can* happen

I like that Elizabeth essentially becomes a "true grappler" every time she lands a hit, since ideally you want her combos to end with Fear inflicted on the opponent, and she can actually combo after her regular throws on counter for some pretty respectable damage. It's an interesting gameplay design choice for a character that has pretty bad mix at face value.

For freeze you don't actually have to mash anymore that was just in 1.1 you can now just hold a button best decision they ever made.

Hello from Persona Fight Club!

Huh, I also got another video on this kind of thing recently. Neat theme

Baiken in plus R can also completely remove a characters ability to block, burst, attacks, or jump with her counter super.

Some of these statuses remind me of Baiken's Baku FB in +R. She could force CH, make the next attack unblockable, remove dash and jump

Ultimax is so fucking sick, I am so glad I grew up with it. Will never forget cutting class with my best friend just to go buy copies and run matches night 1.

RPG ailments in an FGC game *LOVE* it!

What are the odds we'd cover status ailments in FGs within 5 days of each other?? Glad i stayed away from P4U lol

6:20 if i'm not mistaken baiken in guilty gear ac+ can also remove the enemie's block with her counter atack

In the case of Rage, in the Guilty Gear XX games, Baiken could remove the opponent's ability to block with the S followup off her Baku force break. The attack is effectively a counter, and a very powerful one at that.

Baiken can also make you unable to block in +R

Will you do any vids on ASBR?

Yamazaki in KOF15 also afflicts poison in a super he has and lets him get big damage after doing thr otg stomp. Why? Idk he didnt have it in previous games, hakkeshu power i guess

new vid letsgooooooo

Adachi

I whole-heartedly Pray they make a new or expanded Persona Arena game one day...! ( ；∀；)

Am I crazy or did you already release this video before?

lol i was playing this game last night

You forgot to mention that Elizabeth being the status effect goddess that she is can also inflict charm

Does NP also occur if you repeatedly taunt your opponent here?

I feel like this video didn't really answer the question I clicked on it for. Why are status effects "cool"? Sure, they're a cute tie in with the RPGs, but over half of them disable at least 1 option. Why is getting rage reset cool? Why is not being able to tech throws cool? Why is mashing out of freeze cool? Even shock, the most open of these, can't be too interesting because it can't be designed around Kanji, it HAS to consider other characters getting it. This is one of the mechanics that made me grow to hate P4AU back in the PS3 days, and I was hoping to get some new perspective on what I think is one of the worst mechanics of all time. Also, shoutouts to negative penalty not activating for an air turn retreating forward air dash. Incredible implementation good job arcsys.

Atlus needs to get persona arena 2 going and add guest characters like demifiend abd nahobino

Fuck no who tf said stat hits are awesome