BBCPE/Iron Tager

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Overview

Iron Tager is a Sector Seven professor who has been mechanically enhanced to perform field-work. Originally the leader of a Sector Seven assault team sent to retrive Nirvana in the 4th Hierarchical City of Naobi, Tager suffered a mortal wound during the mission, and due to being the only survivor, was forced to withdraw. He was revived as an enormous cyborg by Kokonoe, whom he pledged loyalty to afterward. After his revival, he bears a similar resemblance to a demon, which resulted in him dubbed as the "Red Devil of Sector Seven". He is feared by many, but in truth he is very calm and calculated, only engaging in violence when necessary.
Iron Tager

BBCP Tager Portrait.png

Health: 13,000

Combo Rate: 60%

Jump Startup: 6

Backdash Time: 23

Backdash Invincibility: 1-19

Movement Options
Magnetism, no Double Jump, no Airdash, no Run
Drive: Voltic Battler

Tager can magnetize opponents for a small duration by landing these attacks on hit or block. If the opponent is already magnetized and gets hit by a magnetism attack, the duration increases (max 960F). When the opponent is magnetized, certain attacks will pull in the opponent. The magnetism duration normally reduces at a rate of 1 point per frame, but if Tager is taking damage, the rate changes to 1 point per 2 frames (when Tager performs a tech, the rate goes back to normal). Magnetism duration does not decrease during superflash or hitstop.

In addition to magnetism, Tager has an extra gauge: the Spark Bolt Gauge. This gauge fills up at 1 point per frame (freezes during hitstop and superflash) and has a maximum of 1200 points. When the gauge is full, Tager can use the Spark Bolt attack.
Overdrive: Voltic Field
Magnetized opponents are constantly pulled towards Tager, and the Spark Bolt Gauge fills up quicker.
Pros
Cons
  • Really good close range game
  • High damage command grabs
  • High meter gain on magnetized opponents
  • High level pokes for easy confirms
  • Fairly large hitbox moves
  • Backdash has many invincible frames, useful for getting out of nasty situations
  • Very effective at punishes
  • Possesses the fastest projectile in the game
  • Big hit box, allowing for easy fuzzy/unblockable setups
  • Lack of mobility
  • Has trouble against zoners
  • Spark Bolt not always accessible
  • Gameplay revolves around corner and magnetized opponents
  • Requires knowledge and a lot of patience to win at high levels
  • Magnetized foes can sometimes work against you, pulling foes in to confirm an attack they might have whiffed otherwise


Remaining Health vs. Overdrive Duration (in Frames)
Health 100 - 90% 89 - 80% 79 - 70% 69 - 60% 59 - 50% 49 - 40% 39 - 30% 29 - 20% 19 - 10% 9 - 0%
Overdrive 180F 210F 240F 300F 360F 420F 480F 510F 540F 600F
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Normal Moves

5A

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
460 SOJR All 7 3 7 +4 B -
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5B

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
520 SOJR L 10 3 14 0 F -
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5C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1000 SOR HL 15 4 18 -3 B -
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2A

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
400 CSOJR All 8 3 9 +2 B -
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2B

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
650 SOR L 11 3 9 +5 F -
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2C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1200 SOR HL 15 2 39 -22 B 11-14H
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6A

Version Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
Uncharged 800 SOR HL 19 7 37 -27 B -
Max Charge 800 SOR HL 52 7 37 -23 B HBP Super Armor from frame 16-end of Active frames
  • Has Super Armor throughout the charge animation
  • Groundslides* opponent on hit.

Tager's 6A is a very good all-purpose tool. It brings the opponent closer to him, allowing him to start close range pressure and grab mixup. It also is a very good combo tool that causes groundslide and combos into 6B for oki and 2C-Collider for additional damage. However, due to it's very high recovery the move can be unsafe on HIT at times so be sure to cancel it into any special move, preferably A sledge to remain safe or a sweep to combo after.

This move also has a strange property where the ground-sliding animation and untech time lasts MUCH longer when the opponent is hit by this at a low height. The untech time is long enough to allow combos of all kinds, as major examples, if you get the long-untech time version, 6A will combo into B sledge, 6C, and Crush Trigger, allowing a lot of combo possibilities. It's advised to use this only at the beginning of combos, using this at the end of them where proration is high is ill-advised.


Charging 6A simply extends the armor frames and allows you to delay the attack. Useless, expect if you read that a hit is coming and you want to guard point through it. Charging 6A does nothing else, neither more untechable time neither more damage.

6B

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
960 SO(J)R H 24 2 28 -11 B -
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6C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1500 SO(J)R H 28 2 33 -16 B -
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3C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
760 SOR L 14 3 22 -6 F -
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j.A

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
500 CSOR HA 7 3 9 - H -
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j.B

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
700 SOR HA 12 9 12 - H -
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j.C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1050 SOR HA 13 5 12 - H -
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j.2C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1200 R HA 15 Till L+2 18 - H -
  • An all-around amazing, medium-risk high-reward move to use. Causes Fatal Counter.
  • Can be punished on block but a Rapid cancel, good spacing or falling from high above can make it safer.
  • Hard knockdown on any hit, Fatal Counter hit causes ground-bounce.


Tager's j.2C is probably his best air normal. It causes him to fall straight down, which can be used to bait 6A's, DP's, but most importantly, it causes a hard knockdown which is easy to combo after provided the opponent was hit high enough. It is one of Tager's fatals, the other one being 6C, but this is his best one. Fatal Counter unlocks a lot of new combo options for Tager, a few as examples :

               *A sledge > 5A > 5c
               *5A > 5C (optional 6C afterward)
               *5C > 6C, usually followed up with j.D
               *j.C > j.D

If the opponent did something very unsafe, like a DP, don't hesitate to punish them with this. The combo options that open up from the FC, espicially 5C > 6C are very deadly and can be used for some high damage combos, around 4k meterless on most of the cast. It's still an unsafe, punishable move if used recklessly, so use this seldomly, and smart use will pay off very well.


Drive Moves

5D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1100 SOR All 23 7 20 -4 B -
  • A big poke used to get magnetism in neutral. Causes the enemy to be magnetized. Special cancellable on hit or block, not jump cancelable.
  • Wallbounces on air hit, blows back on ground hit. Bigger wallbounce on counter hit.
  • Usually combined with Gadget Finger if a combo uses 3C, or Atomic Collider to bring the enemy back in. Has SMP.

Tager's 5D is one of his more important tools. It is an all around useful normal, which can be used in combos, a long range big poke, counter hit fishing (trying to force a counter hit), sometimes also for frame traps and as a situational anti-air. The easiest combo path using this move is to do a combo that has a knockdown move in it (for example, j.2C or 3C), then do 5C > 5D, and use Gadget Finger after the wallbounce (Finger should not be held). However, overusing 5D too much will lead to painful CH combos against Tager because of its slow speed, so use but don't abuse. Like all of his Drive moves, also has same attack proration.

2D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1200 R All 26 10 24 -1 B -
  • An unsafe move that,if whiffed, will leave Tager wide open for a punish.
  • Great move if the opponent did something unsafe or with high recovery, as you can close the distance with this.
  • Impossible to follow-up midscreen with anything practical, even with a Rapid cancel and counter-hit.


2D is overall quite a bad move. It is ridiculously slow, has no projectile invulnerabilty whatsoever, and opponents like Jin or Ragna even have the option to 5C this move as Tager is trying to close in on them. However, if you can get the enemy to block this in any way, it's great, as then you can force the opponent into the same mixup as the 4D mixup, or just simply retreat a bit and try to bring them in closer on your terms with the magnetism. Out of all grounded D normals, 2D causes the highest magnetism time. Even if instant blocked, a command grab can be used to get out most of the times as opponents will try to punish after IB-ing this, which can be exploited by the command grab's invulnerability.

4D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
800 R All 13 5 20 -2 B -
  • Leaves Tager at minus advantage, but still not minus enough to be unsafe, and his command grabs are fast enough to grab an opponent trying to mash out.
  • Usable in combos, and wall-bounces on counter hit.

Tager's 4D is an all around amazing tool. It can be used in Fatal Counter combos, getting okizeme (4D makes the enemy drop to the ground on air hit), and trying to fish for counter hits like 5D, as it will wall bounce on counter hit. If your opponent blocks, you can force them into a mix-up of using a command grab (super or not) which they will have to DP or jump out of, but if they do not, they will get hit by the grab. If you think they will DP or jump out, you can either do Atomic Collider or one of your faster normals, like 5A, 6A or even 2C to catch jumpers.

j.D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1120 SOR HA 21 3 18 - H -
  • A slow move with huge untechable time. Causes opponent to be magnetized.
  • Often used in Fatal Counter combos, or after 6C for combos. Has SMP*

Tager's j.D is a situational move that can be used to control airspace, but Tager is usually grounded throughout the match, so it's seldom used in this fashion. However, j.D is an amazing move for combos because it has so much untechable time that Tager will usually be able to land and continue with a ground combo, even in slightly high hitstun reduction. It has same move proration* however, which means that the move shouldn't be used twice in a single combo, or the combo time will drop dramatically, often causing a loss of potential damage, oki, or simply more hits.


Universal Mechanics

Forward Throw

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0, 1500 --, SOR T (140) 6 3 15 - T -
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Back Throw

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0, 1500 --, SOR T (140) 7 3 15 - T -
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Air Throw

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0, 1500 --, SOR T (160) 6 3 10+3L - T -
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Counter Assault

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0 R All 16 2 31 -14 B 1-20 Inv
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Crush Trigger

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1000 R B 30-60 1 23 0 B -
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Specials

A Gigantic Tager Driver

360A

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0×3, 2700 - c.T (275) 11 1 40 - T 3-11 Inv
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B Gigantic Tager Driver

360B

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0×3, 3500 - c.T (210) 6 2 29 - T -
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Air Gigantic Tager Driver

360C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0×3, 2800 - c.T (210) 6 3 Till L+12 - T -
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Atomic Collider

623C

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0, 1668 --, R UNB 17 4 19 - T 4-15H
  • An anti-air unblockable command grab (even with barrier). The opponent must use an invulnerable move (like Ragna's Inferno Divider) to avoid the attack, but magnetism can pull them in again.
  • Most often used in magnetism combos as it attracts magnetized opponents. 3C > Collider is also Tager's launcher.
  • Side-switch on successful throw. Untechable and unbreakable even mid-combo. Can only be followed with with Spark Bolt or 5D.

Atomic Collider as an anti air throw is not as good as some might think it is : It is slow, easily baitable with double jumping or airdashing (expect Tager mirror match) or avoided with fast moving attacks or attacks with invulnerability (former Valkenhayn wolf dash as an example). It is good however on antipicated jumps or when the enemy is magnetized as they will be dragged into the attack regardless, but beware it has no head invincibility so don't get careless with it.

However, it is an amazing tool in combos. Like with Gadget Finger, the recovery isn't too big on this move during combos and Tager can 'exploit' it to use in combos provided the opponent is magnetized. Combined with his sweep (probably that's why it has SMP), Tager can knock the enemy slightly into the air, and if they are magnetized, drag them higher with Collider and continue a combo from there. It may be also used to slightly reduce the recovery of moves such as 5C, 6C(but this is also jump cancellable) or 5D at max range.

A Sledge

236A

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
980 R All 20 3 18 -4 B 1-23GP (P)
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B Sledge

236B

Version Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
Uncharged 1100 R All 35 6 15 +1 B 1- end of active GP (P)
Max Charge 1500 R All 35 6 15 +1 B 1- end of active GP (P)
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Hammer

236A after Sledge

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1200 R H 21 16 20 -17 B 1-19GP (P)
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Gadget Finger

22D on downed opponent

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
0, 100 R UNB 7 1 16 +3 on hit T -
  • Can only be used after 3C or 6B. Causes a restand.
  • Useful for okizeme, or in combos.

Like Ragna's 22C, Tager's 22D can also be only used after a knockdown (but can catch standing opponents if they tech and you hold down D) for easy albeit easily disrespectable okizeme, or for combos, provided a sweep (3C) or 6B was used in the combo beforehand. In Tager's case, 22D has extremely low recovery but strong magnetic pull. Utilizing this, many moves that Tager has can be cancelled into Gadget Finger in a way that the Drive button is not held at all. If done correctly, Tager will just begin the animation and stop immediately and the opponent will be pulled towards him with considerable force. The two main moves that can be used as such are 5D (very practical) and 2C (not so practical, character specific, also need to use 5A most of the time, dropping damage scaling). Also used after 5A > 5B > 3C as Tager's 5A has a Very Short starter rating, meaning it is not worth to follow up with anything else other than this chain.

Voltec Charge

214D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
- - - - - 23 after end of GP - - 6-(16-90) (HBP)
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Spark Bolt

41236D / 623D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
1100 R All 13 - 48T +1 P -
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Grand Punish

63214A

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
600, 800 R All 19 6 till L+18 - H -
  • Used to end air combos for knockdown, or to take down opponents trying to jump at an airborne Tager, such as after a combo.
  • Rapid-cancellable, followup-able by cancelling second hit. Very unsafe on block and has recovery until landing and then some.

Grand Punisher (or Crimson Punisher) is a very unsafe move to just throw out at neutral. It really doesn't have too much use, since Tager doesn't (or at least, shouldn't) spend too much time in the air and there are much better alternatives to use (including the superior and not as unsafe j.2C). However, if you really need to use this when an opponent is disrespecting you too much, or if you get a hit-confirm into j.C, which is not cancellable into j.2C, then by all means use this move, in the former situation you can turn the tables and get oki if it hits or Rapid cancel if it gets blocked, and in the latter it's a good way to force the enemy back onto the ground, as j.C is usable in many matchups and situations (for example, against Taokaka j.D) if you j.C an enemy's unsafe or short ranged air move, then you can follow up with Grand Punish for some okizeme, or even a match-closing combo if you Rapid cancel it.

Distortion Drives

Magna Tech Wheel

236236B

Version Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
Normal 40×19, 2891 R Allx19, HA 7+12 4, 2×18 (15) 3 72 -56 B 1-51GP (A)
Overdrive 40, 50×30, 2891 R Allx31, HA 7+12 4, 2×11, 12×5, 12×12 (15) 3 72 -56 B 1-80GP (A)
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Terra Break

MTW -> 236236B

Version Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
Normal 3600 - All 9+25 3 43 -27 B 1-13 Inv
Overdrive 4200 - All 9+25 3 43 -27 B 1-13 Inv
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Genesic Emerald Tager Buster

720C

Version Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
Normal 0×3, 5020 - c.T (320) 5+0 5 41 - T 1-6 Inv
Overdrive 0×3, 5620 - c.T (320) 5+0 5 41 - T 1-6 Inv
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Astral Heat

King of Tager

1080D

Damage Cancel Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Attribute Invul
DESTROY - UNB 5+16 4 76 - T 1-9 Inv

Quite a silly way to finish a match as Tager, as it has no invulnerability at all, and combined with the weird input, it's incredibly hard to use in a match at all. However, if it must be used (either to end a match from a hit confirm or for style), 3C > Spark Bolt (horizontal) is an easy combo into it, provided the opponent is not near the corner. One full circle will almost be done anyway with the Spark Bolt input, allowing you to easily do the other two mid-recovery.

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