GGXRD-R/Axl Low

Axl Low
Defense Modifier: x1.06 Guts Rating: 1 Weight: Stun Resistance: 60 Jump Startup: 4F Backdash Time 16F / Invul: 1-8F Movement Options Double Jump, 1 Air Dash, Dash Type: Run

Overview

Axl originally lived in the 20th century. During this period, he fell in love with a girl named Megumi. He grew up in the slums and eventually found himself in the middle of a gang war. Thanks to his strength, he was able to put an end to the conflict in six months (with no casualties). It was sometime after this victory when Axl was forced to go through his first time slip into the 22nd century.

Axl enters the Sacred Knights Tournament in hopes of finding a way to get back to his own era. He was apparently led to believe that the winner of the tournament could have a wish granted to them. In Xrd, Axl confronts I-No yet again to tell her to bring him to That Man with important information. I-No brings Axl to The Backyard to meet That Man. Axl tells That Man the message, and then learns that he has no way out to escape.

Axl is the resident zoner of Xrd, and although his chains may remind you of a certain fire-breathing yogi, Axl has the tools to rumble with opponents at any range instead of relying purely on keep-away tactics. If you can read the opponent's movement, Axl is more than capable of tagging them with his phenomenal anti-airs that reach more than half the screen, and his ability to convert anti-air hits into highly damaging combos is second to none. If the opponent remains grounded, Axl's Rensengeki is an extremely potent keep-away tool that rips through opposing projectiles, has a built-in anti-air follow-up and can be YRC'd as it comes out to control any approach with ease. Axl's main weakness is his lack of offensive momentum; although his frame trap game is decent, his pressure and okizeme is much less oppressive than most of the cast, meaning he must often grind out his wins in the neutral game instead of riding a single hit to victory. In addition, most of his best pokes extend his hurtbox dramatically and are exceptionally bad on whiff. However, with a great low-profile 2K and a fully invincible DP, Axl is far from helpless once the opponent gets in, so if hitting the opponent for 40% of their life off of a single anti-air sounds appealing, give this goofy time-traveler a try!

Strengths

• Fantastic long-range normals to pester opponents and shut down approaches from basically any angle
• Strong anti-air game that leads to big damage and knockdown off practically any hit
• Rensen YRC

Weaknesses

• Pokes are slow and situational, meaning Axl gets whiff-punished if he covers the wrong angle
• Pressure is very reliant on frame traps and is not especially oppressive/doesn't lead to much

Normal Moves

5P

5P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 28 Mid S YRP 7 6 19 -11 Mostly an anti-air, but can tag taller characters out of their setups/projectiles/what have you from full screen.

5K

5K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16 Mid S YRP 6 3 12 -3 Axl's jab. It's not as fast as most jabs and it's on the wrong button. Dodges some low attacks by putting your foot out of the way.

c.S

c.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 28 Mid SJ YRP 7 6 10 +1 Mostly a confirm or a poke at close range (Good throw OS, for example). A decently fast anti-air as well, but not as reliable as 2S

f.S

f.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 33 Mid S YRP 9 3 22 -11 Huge long-range poke that's way faster than most things with the range it has. Staggers on counterhit.

5H

5H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 42 Mid S YRP 16 4 17 -2 Slow, but decent range, damage, and a little bit of upper-body invincibility. Extremely big counterhit.

2P

2P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 24 Low S YRP 12 6 18 -10 Probably your worst low poke, but nice if you need something fast at long range. Can gatling into 6H.

2K

2K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 9 Low S YRP 7 5 6 -1 Low profile like crazy. An awesome poke and an awesome tick throw. If you're going to spam a normal...

2S

2S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 22,18 Mid SJ YRP 8 9,6 15 -5 One of the best anti-air moves in the game, and your main confirm into TK Axl Bomber for knockdown. Hits twice, second hit has a vacuum property. Jump cancel-able from either hit.

2H

2H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 22,18 Low,Mid - YRP 11 8,6 16 -4 A good way to stop ground approach or just poke at someone from far away. Staggers on both hits, but doesn't really get you a combo without meter. Post 1.10 patch the second hit will knock down on counterhit.

j.P

j.P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 10 High / Air CS YRP 7 4 9 - Kind of a weak air jab, mostly just for chaining together air normals, or dodging fireballs when you hit with a jS

j.K

j.K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 18 High / Air SJ YRP 8 8 12 - Your best air-to-air poke, huge untech on counterhit.

j.S

j.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16,12 High / Air, Mid / Air S YRP 11 8,8 9 - A very strong approach tool and safe jump from far away. Hits twice. Can even reverse gatling to j.6P.

j.H

j.H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 38 High / Air S YRP 10 12 9 - Your main falling normal into damage. Also the best way to hit below Axl

j.D

j.D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 40 High / Air S YRP 10 2 22 / 5 Landing Recovery - A launcher from the air. You use this to confirm air-to-ground into a real combo for no meter. Post 1.10 patch gives wall splat effect.

6P

6P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 32 Mid SJ YRP 9 3 16 -5 Upper-body invuln, but not very, and also not a very good hitbox. Situational anti-air or ground poke

3P

3P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 24 Low S YRP 11 4 8 +2 Godlike low poke and frame trap. Launches on counterhit. Great for baiting reversals.

6K

6K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 22,18 Mid,Mid SJ YRP 11 5(2)8 15 -5 An anti-air that covers a range that 2S doesn't cover. Good against jump back, and also a situational confirm into knockdown on some characters where 2S wouldn't work. Hits twice.

6H

6H

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 46 All - YRP 23 9 9 +1 A big overhead that you really want to hit meaty with. There are tricky ways to do this with 3P-6H, but the easiest way is obviously just to meaty it on oki. Gets off the ground pretty early, so it'll beat lows and prevent throws a lot of the time (Though it will lose to most throw OSes). Also good for calling out a backdash, and as a situational anti-air. Bounces opponent on counter hit leading to combos.

j.6P

j.6P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 24 Mid S YRP 7 6 14 - Excellent poke for certain ranges, also a good confirm from a falling jS

2D

2D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 30 Low S YRP 8 10 12 -8 Sweep with a decent amount of range. Not much else to say

5D

5D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 25 High - YRP 26 6 15 -4 We jumpin' rope, kids. Pretty telegraphed compared to other dusts, but also has some lower-body invulnerability.

Universal Mechanics

Ground Throw

Ground Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,50 Ground Throw: 78750 - R 1 - - 71 A strong, comboable throw, which can go into knockdown and decent damage for Axl against most characters in the game. Throws the opponent behind Axl, which makes the backthrow/forward throw tradeoff work backwards for Axl.

Air Throw

Air Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,60 Air Throw: 192500 - R 1 - - - Pretty standard fare airthrow. Knocks down. You can RC and combo with 5P but it's not really necessary at all.

Dead Angle Attack

Dead Angle Attack	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 25 All - - 9 2 17 -5 Kind of a lame DAA. It is pretty fast, but 6P is one of Axl's worst hitboxes. Not usually worth the meter.

Blitz Shield Charge Attack

Blitz Attack	Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Uncharged 50 Mid - R (15-48)+13 3 Hit: 11 Whiff: 20 -2 Max Charge 50 Mid - R 50+13 3 Hit: 11 Whiff: 20 -+5 List what the move is used for List interesting properties in bullet points like invul, floating opponents on CH, etc. Follow the Help:Writing_Character_Pages guidelines

Special Moves

Sickle Flash

Sickle Flash [4]6S Sickle Flash Melody Chain Spinning Chain Strike

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Attack 20×3 Mid - YRP 12 12(3 Hit) 39 -15 Melody Chain Sickle Flash > 8 or 9 35 Mid - YRP 1 12 35 -6 Spinning Chain Strike Sickle Flash > 2 or 3 26×5 Low - YRP 7 [2(5)]×4,2 17 -5 Sickle Flash (or "Rensengeki", usually abbreviated "Rensen") is a staple of Axl's gameplan. It's fast and hard to contest on the ground, which makes it a strong tool for stopping approaches from midscreen, killing projectiles, and punishing attempts to do stuff far away from Axl in general. Rensen knocks down on hit and can be YRC'd as a pressure tool. Melody Chain is mostly used to prevent opponents from jumping over a Rensen to get in, but can also put them in an unfavorable position to tech from, and can be RC'd for a combo into knockdown. If it hits your opponent when they're very close, you can continue to combo with 5P. Easy, damaging combos after a counter hit. Spinning Chain Strike provides a more damaging knockdown option in the corner, and can also be a pressure tool when Rensen gets blocked, allowing a quicker low option than is otherwise available to Axl. Catches attempts to jump out of corners as well.

Artemis Hunter

Artemis Hunter 623S Benten Sama!

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 46 All - R 9 6 30 -22 Also known as "Benten Gari", or just "Benten". A pretty standard dragon punch that doesn't leave the ground. Good for interrupting pressure or punishing approach. Knocks down grounded opponents on counterhit, and has less punishable recovery than most dragon punches, though it's still -22 so you can't expect not to get punished on block. Axl's ideal RC into damage.

Thunder Shadow Chain

Thunder Shadow Chain 63214S

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 45 High / Air - YRP 28 4 13+3 After Landing 1 Also known as "Raiei Sageki". A leaping crossup attack that can dodge some attacks. Moves Axl very quickly forward, and can be YRC'd to create a giant leap across the screen, letting Axl approach in a lot of diverse situations. Knocks down grounded opponents on hit and can be used to continue combos after you RC Melody Chain or Benten. On CH leads to a free combo on grounded opponents. Decent in pressure and neutral, but since it's not quick or invincible, you need quite a few frames to do it.

Spindle Spinner

Spindle Spinner 41236H It is proper etiquette to scream "YEAAAA" with Axl when this move lands, even if you're the one being hit.	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,80 Ground Throw YRP - 27 20 38 34 Also known as "Rashousen". A very slow but far-reaching command-grab. An early RC lets you run the opponent to the corner and do whatever combo you like, but it's also extremely reactable and extremely punishable if the opponent jumps over it. Use sparingly, or be prepared to YRC/PRC it to bait jumps.

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait 214P/K U wot mate?	Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. P 0,80 - - RP - - Total 29 37 K 0,80 - - RP - - Total 29 60 P version catches Mids and Highs K version catches Lows Decent counters for shutting down long range pokes or predictable approaches. The low counter leads to a combo, but both will net you knockdown right next to the opponent.

Axl Bomber

Axl Bomber j.623H Axl koompah!	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 50 All - YRP 9 4 10 After Landing - Axl's primary combo ender, leads to knockdown and relaunches if done from low to the ground, as well as being a decent anti-air, although Axl has way better ones for most situations. Can be early YRC'd to effectively give Axl another jump.

Sparrowhawk Stance

Sparrowhawk Stance 63214H The ultimate scrub killer

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Stance - - - YRP - - Maximum 188 - →High Stance > P 40 All - YRP 41+7 16 29 - →Mid Stance > K 32 All - YRP 41+7 17 24 - →Low Stance > S 24 All - YRP 41+11 17 29 - End Stance Stance > H - - - YRP - - Total 28 - Axl's main option for oki from the entire screen away. Each chain followup can be canceled into all followups except for itself, and up to six chains can be thrown out before you are forced to end the stance. Loses to most projectiles, most jabs, and normals with lots of active frames due to the attacks still having hurtboxes. Also, a decent amount of the cast can punish on normal block if you choose to exhaust all six chains. Stance end recovery is increased by a slight amount the more chains you throw. Most useful when your opponent is almost dead, when you know your opponent can't deal with it, or when you're feeling lazy/desperate and don't want to think about how to play a matchup.

Overdrives

Sickle Storm

Sickle Storm 2363214H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 50×2,30×4 Mid - YRP 14+1 4,4(20)12{4 Hit} 39 -11 The invuln frames makes this super a decent reversal. Can be combo'd off of a 5P in the corner after a TK Axl Bomber to tack on some extra damage.

Shark Strike

Shark Strike 214214S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 20,42 Mid, All - YRP 3+2 11(8)2 6 11 Performs a full-screen sickle toss similar to Rensengeki, with a follow-up that pulls in on hit or block. Doesn't do much damage on its own, but on hit puts the opponent into an extended stagger that's quite useful for setting up combos.

Instant Kill

Amphora Conflagration During IK Mode: 236236H	Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Normal DESTROY All - - 9+15 5 32 -20 Conclusion Conditions Complete DESTROY All - - 5+12 5 32 -20 Decently fast IK. Easiest ways to combo into it is off of a corner Dust with 50% Tension, or off of a Melody Chain or a counter with 100% tension.

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