GGST/Elphelt Valentine/Matchups

Matchups

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Detailed

• Replay Theater is a great resource to find high-level matchup footage.
• High-level replays may also be found in-game (Main Menu > Collection > Replay > Search).
• The Counterstrategy page will generally have some basic counterstrategy against each character in the game.
• Please keep in mind that matchup charts are subjective and not all players may agree on them.

Asuka R

 Asuka R

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Hitting Cubes

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Use that range to your advantage to swat cubes from afar!

Elphelt is remarkably good at striking Asuka's cube spells from distance. Many of her normals cover these spells from far away, with really strong gatlings and special cancels to follow-up from. It can be very hard for Asuka to actually set up at distance without a potent combination of spells. This also makes it difficult for him to simply outspace Elphelt as she closes distance quickly.

Breaking Cubes

Each of the following spells can be broken with many different tools. This provides a list of common reliable tools to do so.

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Howling Metron

Very fast, loses to all attacks. It is extremely hard to check on reaction due to its speed, but easily dealt with on prediction.

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Delayed Howling Metron

Similar to Howling Metron, but with a noticable delay. Loses to all attacks, but its delayed timing can punish whiffed attacks trying to preempt the spell.

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Howling Metron MS Processing

Large sweep of cubes, able to break a lot of anti-cube attacks thanks to the lower angled cube. All three cubes can be reliably removed with 6P or f.S. 5K can be used at close-range for a fast reaction. If needed, it is possible to use a well-timed 2P > 2P at long-range.

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Bit Shift Metron

A rapid-fire spread. A more threatening version of Howling Metron MS Processing when given more than 1 cube. Extremely hard to break through by force, only reliably breaking to f.S > 5H > (~H or 214K) at range. A preemptive Out of RepairGuardAllStartup14Recovery10Advantage-8~+3 can work but is very slow to start up and must not run out of active frames, requring good preemptive timing and usually only at 4 or less cubes.

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Metron Arpeggio

A slow sweep of cubes. If allowed to set up, it's almost unbreakable. Options are limited to either carefully using 2S to cut out a gap for Elphelt (note that standing cancels will get hit), or from distance use 5H~H > (214K or 236D) to cut through the waves.

Miss Charlotte Trading

With Asuka's single-cube spells including Howling Metron, Delayed Howling Metron, Delayed Tardus Metron, and Bit Shift Metron (1), Elphelt is able to neutralise it with her own Miss CharlotteGuardAllStartup16RecoveryTotal 50Advantage-15. This is usable very preemptively to mitigate his next spell. When trading this way, Asuka will not gain any Tension, spends the full Mana cost, and loses his cube spell, making it able to potentially drain his resources this way.

If Asuka performs 236X~4X to replace the spell, he is in recovery for 8F less than Elphelt. However, if Elphelt performed this 8F earlier than he cast the spell, this puts her in a functional frame advantage, in addition to the Mana cost exerted.

The risk in this strategy is Asuka is still capable of evading the shot while casting spells and replacing resources, or closing distance to punish with a jump-in. In addition, this is almost completely useless against multi-cube spells, making it significantly weaker in Test Case 3.

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Giovanna

 Giovanna

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Defense

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Sol Poente

Unlike other characters, Elphelt's 6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery20Advantage-10 hits higher up, allowing it to Counter Hit Giovanna's Sol PoenteGuardAll, HighStartup{4} 27Recovery21Advantage-5 early into the animation instead of clashing. This allows Elphelt to act preemptively and still win the exchange without risking Giovanna Clash Cancelling.