DNFD/Vanguard/Frame Data

Glossary

System Data Glossary
Health	The amount of damage characters take varies per character
Guard Bar	The amount of guard damage characters take varies per character and when it reaches 0 the character's guard has been broken
Guard Break	If the guard gauge reaches 0, the guard will be broken and that player will be unable to block for X frames
MP	MP is used for performing mana skills which consume a certain amount to be performed
Exhaustion	A temporary negative state that occurs if a character uses an MP Skill with exactly or less than the skill's MP cost available, pushing the MP Gauge to 0 or into an invisible negative amount.
Techincal input	MP skills performed with technical inputs will have a shorter cooldown before mana increases compared to shortcut inputs
Awakening	When a character gets to 30% or lower Health they enter Awakening which gives access to awakening super and awakening buffs.
White Health	Health that slowly recovers over time but also can be consumed to perform conversion.
Conversion	Consumes white life to perform conversion which can be done after most moves or any time in neutral.
Guard Cancel	An invincible attack that launches the opponent away on hit that can only be performed while guarding. It costs 100 MP and cannot be performed without at least 100 MP.
Prejump	Number of frames before a character becomes airborne from a jump, during which they are throw invincible but cannot block.
Backdash	The total duration, and airborne duration of a backdash in frames.
Forward Dash	The total duration of a step-based forward dash in frames, if uncanceled. Most characters have a run instead of a step.
Jump Duration	The total duration of a jump in frames, if uncanceled.
Jump Height	The maximum height of a jump in in-game units of distance.
Walk Speed	The speed the character walks forward.
Backwalk Speed	The speed the character walks backward.
Initial Dash Speed	The starting speed of the character's forward dash.
Dash Acceleration	The amount of speed gained per frame of forward dashing, prior to friction calculations.
Friction	The amount of speed to lose one unit of acceleration, thus how quickly they lose acceleration. Note that a lower value means better overall acceleration.

Frame Data Glossary
guard	How this attack can be guarded.
startup	Number of frames for this move to reach its first active frame (includes the first active frame).
MP Skill startup	Generally will be 3+15+X (iXX); 3 frames of the game at normal speed, 15 frames of game slowdown, X frames at normal speed; iXX represents the frame it can punish certain moves on block due to slowdown
active	Number of active frames in this attack. Values in () are for gaps between hits of an attack.
recovery	Number of frames this move is in a recovery state before returning to neutral.
onBlock	After blocking this attack, how soon the attacker can act compared to the defender. A positive value means the attacker can move first. A negative value means the defender can move first. Assumes that the attack connects as soon as possible against a standing/crouching opponent, and that the attacker does not cancel the attack into anything else.
onHit	After getting hit by this attack, how soon the attacker can act compared to the defender. A positive value means the attacker can move first. A negative value means the defender can move first. Assumes that the attack connects as soon as possible against a standing/crouching opponent, and that the attacker does not cancel the attack into anything else.
guard Damage	How much the guard Damage is done when this attack is blocked.
MP Gain	How much the MP is gained when this attack hits.
MP Cost	How much the MP it cost to perform this move.
level	Attack Level determines the amount of hitstun, blockstun, and hitstop this attack will inflict.
invuln	Attribute and hitbox invincibility for this move.
prorate	How much additional damage proration this attack has. There are two types of proration: Initial and Forced.

System Data

Name	HP	Guard Gauge	MP Regen/sec	Prejump	Backdash	Forward Dash
Vanguard	1100	1200	12	4

Normal Moves

Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel
Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel
5A	50	Mid	9	2	18	-1	-2	20	60%	none
5AA	60	Mid	11			-2	-3		70%	none
5B	60	Mid	11			-17	KD (+3)		75%	none
2A	40	Low	7			-5	-5		60%	none
2B	60	Low	13			-20	KD (+5)		75%	none
j.A	40	High	8	4	Until landing(+2)				70%	none
j.B	70	High	10	6	Until landing(+3)				75%	none

Skills

Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel
Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel
Side Slash	5S	90	Mid	18			-4	+1		80%	none
Cleave: Upper	2S	80	Mid	14			-12	KD (+30)		80%
Cleave: Cut	6S	80	Mid	21			-9	-4		80%	none
Cleave: Slash	4S	80	Mid	20			-10	0		80%	none
Impact Strike	j.S	50, 40	Mid	25		Until Landing+25	-8~-4	KD		80%×2	none

MP Skills

Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel	MP Cost
Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel	MP Cost
Brandish	5M	60,80	Mid	21			-10	0		90%×2	none		30
Lunge Strike	623M	50, 40, 80	Mid	13			-40	HKD (+11)		90%×2, 50%	1-?? All		70
Earthshatter	236M	100, 80	Mid	15			-7			80%, 85%	none		40
Devastate	214M	20×7, 80	Mid	15			-2	HKD (+37)		90%×8	none		50
Doom Glaive	j.M	60, 80	Mid	15,16	2,6	Until landing+18	+2	HKD (+64)		85%×2	none		50

Brandish followups

Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel	MP Cost
Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel	MP Cost
Inferno Charge	5M	20×3, 40	Mid	20			+1	+8		90%×4	none		10
Crescent Slash	2M	100	Mid	28			-14	HKD (+81)		85%	none		20
Dread Bore	6M	20×5, 80	Mid	25			-12	HKD (+45)		90%×6	none		30
Behead	4M	120	Mid	30			-2	-2		90%	none		20

Other

Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel	MP Cost
Name	Input	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On-Block	On-Hit	guard Damage	Proration	Invul	Cancel	MP Cost
Throw	A+B	150		5	2	22		HKD(+4)		0%	none
Guard Cancel	6B+S	70	Mid	23				+10		0%	1-?? Strike/Projectile		100
Demonic Inferno	AS	400	Mid	2+16			-39	HKD (+2)		90%	none

Cancel Table

Ground Cancels
	A	B	S	MS	Other
5AGuard: MidStartup: 9Recovery: 18Advantage: -1	5AA^[+]	5B, 2B	-	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
5AAGuard: MidStartup: 11Recovery: Advantage: -2	-	5B, 2B	-	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
5BGuard: MidStartup: 11Recovery: Advantage: -17	-	2B	-	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
2AGuard: LowStartup: 7Recovery: Advantage: -5	-	5B, 2B	-	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
2BGuard: LowStartup: 13Recovery: Advantage: -20	-	-	-	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
5SGuard: MidStartup: 18Recovery: Advantage: -4^[1]	-	-	2S, 6S, 4S	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
2SGuard: MidStartup: 14Recovery: Advantage: -12^[1]	-	-	5S, 6S, 4S	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
6SGuard: MidStartup: 21Recovery: Advantage: -9^[1]	-	-	5S, 2S, 4S	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
4SGuard: MidStartup: 20Recovery: Advantage: -10^[1]	-	-	5S, 2S, 6S	5M, 623M, 236M, 214M	Super, Conversion^[+]
5MGuard: MidStartup: 21Recovery: Advantage: -10	-	-	-	-	Super^[-], Conversion^[+]
623MGuard: MidStartup: 13Recovery: Advantage: -40	-	-	-	-	-
236MGuard: MidStartup: 15Recovery: Advantage: -7	-	-	-	-	Super^[-], Conversion^[+]
214MGuard: MidStartup: 15Recovery: Advantage: -2	-	-	-	-	Super^[-], Conversion^[+]

Air Cancels
	A	B	S	MS	Other
j.AGuard: HighStartup: 8Recovery: Until landing(+2)Advantage:	-	j.B	j.S	-	Conversion^[+]
j.BGuard: HighStartup: 10Recovery: Until landing(+3)Advantage:	-	-	j.S	-	Conversion^[+]
j.SGuard: MidStartup: 25Recovery: Until Landing+25Advantage: -8~-4	-	-	-	-	Super, Conversion^[+]
j.MGuard: MidStartup: 15,16Recovery: Until landing+18Advantage: +2	-	-	-	-	Super^[-], Conversion^[+]