Why Guilty Gear players STRONGLY DISLIKE Slayer. 

If I remember correctly, Slayer wasn't even considered that high in the tiers. It's just that everyone agreed that, occasionally, if you made a mistake, he would just EXPLODE like a stick of dynamite sometimes.

"A slayer player blocking is as rare as a birth of a sea turtle" -Teresa

Sajam had a great point about the topic of hating what someone else's character does. "Nah my character is fine, they're honest you know. They really have to work for it." "YOUR character on the otherhand?..."

0:42 It’s over strive bros 😢

It's because they can't handle dandyism.

eager to see this become a series, "Why Guilty Gear players DISLIKE X" and you just go through every character on the roster

you dropped this a few years early

As a guilty gear player i hate every character that is not my character when i'm playing it.

00:40 -> You are no longer safe

say what you will about slayer the man's a true gentleman. he doesn't waste anybody's time. if he can kill you, it'll be quick. it's the least he can do to be courteous to his opponents

As much as I want Slayer to be in Strive, I know for a fact he will get heavily nerfed. His damage probably won’t be as high and he will probably won’t have so many of his shenanigans. But as long as I can Mappa Hunch into wallbreak I’ll be happy

As a Slayer main I feel the need to comment on here. Slayer is definitely a frustrating character to play against, especially when you don't know how to deal with him, although he has some distinct weaknesses that, despite being stressful and annoying to play against, generally make him sub-par (at least in Xrd). He also has some pretty bad matchups in +R despite being very strong due to his weakness to projectiles (although he has enough tools to move around things if you know how) I feel like you should have mentioned how Slayer's neutral functions, you sort of touched on it talking about his dash, but his neutral is generally very committal and risky. He also is especially vulnerable to projectiles and even more so projectile yrc (a system mechanic he can't use all that well outside of movement and a safejump, which isn't bad, just not nearly as good as many other chars yrcs). He also doesn't have access to one of the most important movement options in Gear which is dash fd brake. Not having dash fd break makes it really hard for him to safely approach or cover distance between fireballs. He can dash through stuff and bdc around things, but that is usually committal, or doesn't really allow him to approach, just avoid. Also, Slayer's damage is only good with a counter hit or with meter, most of his meterless, non-counter hit combos aren't going to do too much damage, although he does get pretty consistent knockdowns outside of longer range grounded hits. Overall, I think Slayer is mostly a very stressful character to fight. He's the kind of character that can kill you off of one or two mistakes, so it can be stressful to keep him away and locked down, especially with bdc available. Also good video LK! I've been watching your stuff lately and I really like the insight you give into fighting games as an experienced player, keep up the good work!

"A sea turtle will be born before a Slayer player blocks" -Teresa

Here comes daredevil

I did small french tourneys back then with Guilty Gear XX in Paris, and Slayer was outright banned

This aged like fine wine

I love Slayer....in +R. Hate his Xrd self, so much less cool stuff he does now, and he just kills you super fast to compensate. He is one of the chars that was hurt the most by the removal of force breaks.

"i hate every character that isn't my character" every gg player ever.

Probably the best thing about bdc jump is that it makes it possible to "block" unblockables if you have the meter for fd

Guess we don't need a reupload on this one huh

damn how does he get these videos out so fast

People don't like slayer so much that hes been top5 usage rate in arcades since forever

man really changed the thumbnail on a 2 year old video huh

Me, from the future. We are not safe LOL Please update this video when this character drops. :)

LK so ahead of the game that he went back in time to drop this one

What a time to have this in my feed.

this is the character that made me stop playing rev2 honestly. this was when I wasn't quite as good at adapting to people playing crazy and I would probably have more patience nowadays but slayer and Leo both made me just feel like a moron. I feel like the overlap between "characters people strongly dislike" and "characters that make you feel stupid" is very, very large

I’m soooo ready for him to drop his design is insane

If he does come to Strive i PRAY he gets his +R dandy step back. It was such a fun tool and his Xrd version not having it always made him feel boring to me :(

*Why Guilty Gear players LOVE SLAYER oh and yeah he is getting announced at Arcrevo for sure and I’m so happy

Dang he already this uploaded? The teaser just got out. Excellent work.

it wouldve been funny if you reposted this vid again

Slayer's the sort of character who struggles with fundamentals in places; bad at conversions off ordinary normals, he has trouble with long range and keeping the opponent pressured for long periods of time, and thus applying risc. But *if* he gets that counter hit or that corner Heavy or that anti air, his opponents explode. His ability to make any special move of his a reversal is also very interesting. He's the sort of character who's going to be working harder than his opponent, but who also gets rewarded for that hard work if the user really pushes themselves, he's sick.

I've played a little gg over the years but I've always loved slayer just for his animation. I just feel strong when I see slayer. He just fights with absolutely everything he has. It's beautiful. If you can every throw a punch or a kick even slightly like slayer, then you're getting close to perfect. Just power, pure power.

inb4 this aged well

this aged like wine

Loved the editing in this one!

Welp…. Look who they added to strive

but isn't that true for EVERY GG character tho? everybody fucking hates every character except (sometimes) their main

your no longer safe

Hopefully he doesn’t come to strive. I’d rather have fair and interesting characters like Raven, Elphelt, and Johnny

Everyone else: "why don't you block????" SL mains: "make me"

Kinda unrelated but I've gotten into Fantasy Strike lately (cuz I'm hella broke lol) and having never played any GG game before Strive, online I was hearing for the first time that Slayer inspired my favorite FS character/main, DeGrey. The design philosophy for the moveset is almost 1:1. I get why he was such a problem 😂

Can confirm. I love all of Baiken, Slayer and Johnny and Strive is the only GG I've played more than an hour.

Bro really does NOT want slayer in Strive

Does anyone have the link to the original? 0:53

Yall aint safe no more

I strongly like Slayer so I'm excited for this one 😁

A character like Slayer built to whiff punish could be really fun. I'm scared of how much damage strive slayer would do, though!

0:40 Not anymore you aren't.

Im looking for the 5 pilebunker combo, you guys know where I can find it?

its funny cuz i just got rev2 recently and picked slayer

Could you please make more ultimax videos. I’m really excited for the game and I want to play competitively

I like that you use the Vanguard Princess ost

I know I'm late af and I didn't play xrd, but, would giving him a blood rage similar to Nago help make him bearable in strive? That way he can't just loop specials in the corner.

Slayer really felt he was a Strive character. This makes you think if that would benefit for him in Strive because he is gonna even do even more damage or won’t benefit him because most of the cast can do high damage conversions in Strive

Yep... Slayer is back in Strive.

"ive done vids for characters that are not in strive" well well well slayer is now teased at for strive LMAO

Any tipps herr for strive beginners? I played a lot of fighterz but I can’t really get into strive it’s a bit more complicated 😕

I’ve been a fan of the vampire dandy since I first started in Xrd

To give some stronger specifics on Slayer and his weaknesses; - Slayer's grounded gatlings are incredibly limited, as strong as his S buttons are, he cannot gatling into them at all, he cant gatling into his 5HS either, his buttons have pretty good stun so he can do some links and flexible pressure, but his stuff will have a lot of gaps, which hurts his ability to accumulate risc which he really needs, he has pretty flexible gatlings into his D buttons and 6P at least - Mappa Hutch his main gap closer is either minus or 0 on hit, im not entirely sure, and -2 on block, it's also usually his only ender after hitting a raw normal or short gatling, other than 2D sometimes at closer range, meaning Slayer cant apply pressure after a lot of weaker combos that safely - In general, Slayer's ability to convert into any kind of meaningful combo is incredibly dependant on either air connect, R-RC, or having his opponent right in the corner, without those he gets very little, but with them he gets quite a lot, he gets incredibly high damage if he has both R-RC *and* the corner - Dandy Step is interesting, Under Pressure (S) leads into an incredibly potent High/Low mixup (tbh if you have no risc, just taking the high doesnt hurt much), however Dandy step itself is pretty vulnerable to getting stuffed, to compensate for this, Slayer's other 3 follow ups are built to deal with different options from the opponent, Crosswheel Heel (K) is upper body invuln, not a reversal, and very minus on block, it leads to a very strong combo on hit though, Helter Skelter (HS) is low invuln, very plus on block, but doesnt lead into much on hit (more if you have 50 tension) (it's also one of the best YRCs in the game for oki pressure), and lastly Pilebunker (P) is disjointed but not invuln, doesnt give you much on normal hit, is incredibly minus on block and has bad recovery on whiff, but deals tremendous absurd amounts of damage on counter hit (or in the corner with K ver. or R-RC), all of them are mids, it depends on who he's fighting, but usually the risk/reward is in his opponents favor, Crosswheel Heel being as bad on block as it is is the biggest issue, Dandy Step into nothing into Blitz is an option in some cases, but it's iffy A lot of these things are knowledge checks, but if the opponent knows about them, they can do a lot to bother slayer, his dependency on the corner and his opponents respect for Dandy pressure especially

Welcome back everybody.

The thing that most people dont get with him is the fact that the guy has POKES that are freaking +.Now that might very well change in Strive but holyshit,Slayer's 5K,2K,2P, Dandy Step(214P/K) 2nd hit are ALL + on block.He already doesnt havent gatlings like most Strive characters dont..LOL Coming March 19th,you ALL are gonna stay Dandy my friends and kneel to _Lord Slayer_ 🤣

The baiting and burst damage the character has to make reminds me of Melee's Ganondorf tbh.

does anyone have a link to the clip at 0:53? Its fucking great.

everyone hates everyone that they don't play, is part of the GG experience

One of the best comments I’ve ever heard regarding the psychology of guilty gear fans is “every player hates every character except for the one they play”

LK was able to predict slayer in strive next he will predict answer

Well, he just got announced, so here he comes!

Do you think strive will get sin??

I main Leo in strive and strive is my first guilty gear game im really hoping slayer gets added next

Couldn't you OS a throw and a 6P for the fS iad?

Only 22 days left

Calling it Slayer will be the announced character this weekend at Arc Revo.

Welcome back my beautifully handsome dandy king.

I’ve been really loving the videos man. Keep the content coming!

new editing 👀 who dis

He didn't even talk about his knockdown vortex lol

he's rpetty much gonna be hte last dlc fighter according to how the leak had the same dialogue as baiken did

It's Roll Cancelling from CvS2 :O

Shoutouts The Arm

Cant you technically do the "reversal" trick with mirazh with Millia, although it seems like less s than what you showed. Edit: Its way more committal with Millia, I do understand that

So he basically has CVS2 RC?

Y'all about to start strongly disliking all over again.

I still like him but I also play faust so maybe that's why I don't have as big of a problem.

Song at 0:52 brought me back

Cue the maximillian clip

He...lives up to his name....

11 more days ❤️

So Slayer have a CvS2 roll cancel?

Slayer I love him I mained him at one point but I still get my ass kicked by him so can't hit a man's who feels way less shitty to lose too

Strive needs Raven and Slayer

So for the recent annoucement (as of late april 2024), i've come to check why Slayer is strong then i see 1:12 and i watch the trailer in Strive where he gets a guaranteed lvl 3 counter and im like: AWWW HELL NAH

Hello wassup , I really enjoy watching your videos! I’m thinking about trying guilty gear strive but I’m wondering if the game is hard to get into?

There is always people who hate a character, we are on the internet after all

We are not save(

I love slayer.

3:53 Milliseconds before disaster.

I play the game and i main sol but i like slayer though i prefer to play johnny over slayer

Man I really main the two characters people find annoying lol (slayer and Baiken)