GGXRD-R2/Leo Whitefang/Combos

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Leo Whitefang

Character Name Abbreviations

7	8	9
4	5	6
1	2	3

Numbers represent direction on a keyboard numpad. For example,

+

becomes 236P.

> = Proceed from the previous move to the following move.

▷/land = Indicate that the player must land at that point in the sequence.

, = the previous move into the following move.

->/~ = the previous special into a follow-up special.

dl./delay = Delay the following move.

whiff/(whiff) = The move must whiff (not hit).

c. = Close

f. = Far

j. = Jump

hj./sj. = High Jump/Super Jump

jc = Jump Cancel

hjc/sjc = High Jump Cancel/Super Jump Cancel

dc/adc = Dash Cancel/Air Dash Cancel

CH = Counter Hit

AA = Anti-Air

IAS = Instant Air Special

[X] = Hold input.

]X[ = Release input.

(move) = Move is optional.

[X] or [Y] = Perform sequence X or Y.

[sequence] xN = Repeat sequence N amount of times.

(N) = Hit N of a move or move must deal N amount of hits.

IAD = Instant Air Dash

MC = Mortal Counter

JI = Jump Install

RC = Roman Cancel

RRC = Red Roman Cancel

YRC = Yellow Roman Cancel

PRC = Purple Roman Cancel

IK = Instant Kill

Eisen Sturm = [2]8S/H

AN =

Answer

AX =

Axl Low

BA =

Baiken

BE =

Bedman

CH =

Chipp Zanuff

DI =

Dizzy

EL =

Elphelt

FA =

Faust

IN =

I-No

JA =

Jam

JC =

Jack-O'

JO =

Johnny

KU =

Kum Haehyun

KY =

Ky Kiske

LE =

Leo

MA =

May

MI =

Millia

PO =

Potemkin

RA =

Ramlethal

RV =

Raven

SI =

Sin Kiske

SL =

Slayer

SO =

Sol Badguy

VE =

Venom

ZA =

Zato-1

Combo List

All damage values are damage dealt to Sol unless the combo cannot work on him, in which case the character with the closest defense modifier is used.
Damage values listed for combos with interchangeable combo parts assume the highest damage variation unless otherwise stated.

2P starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes	Videos
2P (2P) 5K c.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	117 (111)	Everyone	Easy		https://youtu.be/46JsPs_MkpA
2P (2P) 5K f.S 2D	Midscreen	61~ (63~)	Everyone	Easy	Used to knock down when c.S isn't possible because of range.	https://youtu.be/Hblh1BXsNss
2P 5K c.S 6K 2P 5K 2H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	125	Leo, Elphelt, Potemkin	Medium		https://youtu.be/cwXTt5h1shU

5K starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes	Videos
5K c.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	137	Everyone	Easy	-	https://youtu.be/Tr_HA8ILcB0
5K c.S f.S (2S) 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	154 (164)	Everyone	Easy	Crouching Only	https://youtu.be/uxbR8WWViag
5K c.S 6K 5P 5K c.S f.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	171	Everyone	Easy	Crouching Only	https://youtu.be/0ktFpckTM5I
5K 6P dl236H 69 j.P j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	164	Everyone	Medium	Crouching Only	https://youtu.be/q5hxTdzKuLs
5K f.S 2D	Midscreen	67	Everyone	Easy	Used to knock down beyond c.S range	https://youtu.be/_O4EZAjKU8o
5K c.S 5H [2]8H(2) RC (j.D whiff) 6H dash 5K c.S j.K dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	225	Everyone	Medium	-	https://youtu.be/a87vEabqPI0
5K c.S 5H [2]8H(2) RC (j.D whiff) 6[H] bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K j.236H	Corner	240	Everyone	Medium	-	https://youtu.be/a7B3659bm6g
5K c.S 6K 2P 5K 2H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	150	Leo, Elphelt, Potemkin, Chipp, Faust, Bedman, Jam, Kum, Answer	Medium	Sometimes Requires Dash Momentum	https://youtu.be/9AukCqpuUgo

6K starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes	Videos
6K (CH) microdash 5K c.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	153	Everyone	Easy		https://youtu.be/_1Mos4Kw1Uk
6K 5P 5K c.S f.S (2S) 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	161	Everyone	Easy	Crouching opponents only	https://youtu.be/-qTliQyu62Q
6K 2P 5K c.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	147	Leo, Elphelt, Potemkin, Sin, Chipp	Easy		https://youtu.be/qv-xl8q0ctY
6K 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	101	Everyone	Easy		https://youtu.be/26knF8dWjVY

2H starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Videos
CH 2H whiff 5D 6H dash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	212	Everyone	Easy	https://youtu.be/zx8gASCKt6Q
CH 2H 6(H) bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K dj.K j.H j.236H	Corner	247	Everyone	Easy	https://youtu.be/FTqSxLbCBe0
2H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	115	Everyone	Easy	https://youtu.be/wakFO6e4CTM
CH 2H (delayed 236S whiff) j.D 6H 236H dash 5K c.S (JI) SJ j.K j.S dj.K j.H j.236H			Everyone	Medium

6P starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes	Videos
CH 6P dash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	147	Everyone	Easy		https://youtu.be/7hc7fnELkFo
6P 236H dash 5K c.S j.K (j.S(1)) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	152 (162)	Everyone	Medium		https://youtu.be/TbCwkB0B360
AA 6P dl236H dash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	162	Everyone	Medium	clS is range-specific
6P dl236H 69 j.P j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	141	Everyone	Medium		https://youtu.be/Tpn0OaoUcAA

5D starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Videos
5D9 j.H j.H j.K j.S(2) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	127	Everyone	Easy	https://youtu.be/bsx4UHe-qio
5D9 j.H j.H j.K j.S(2) dj.K j.S(1) j.H j.236H	Midscreen	129	Sol, Bedman, Faust, Johnny, Kum, Leo, Ky?, Potemkin	Easy
5D6 2H 2H c.S j.H c.S f.s 5H 236S 236H 214S	Corner		Midweights and heavyweights, not Zato	Easy
5D6 2H 2H c.S j.H 5K c.S f.s 5H 236S 236H 214S	Corner	153	Everyone	Easy	https://youtu.be/hDDZe7sLzog
Anything grounded RC 5D6 2H 5H [4]6H microdash 5P 5K c.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Corner		Everyone	Medium
Anything grounded c.S f.S 5H dash c.S f.S 5H 236H 236H 214S	Corner		Everyone	Easy
Anything grounded RC 5D6 2P 2S 2S IK mode > IK	Corner	DESTROY	Everyone -Faust	Medium

H Eisen RC Starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
H Eisen (2) RC j.D (whiff) 6H 236H 66 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen		Everyone	Easy
H Eisen (2) RC j.D (whiff) 6[H] bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K dj.K j.H j.236H	Corner		Everyone	Medium

c.S starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Tension Gain	Works on:	Difficulty
c.S 5H H Eisen	Midscreen	148	~18%	Everyone	Easy
c.S 5H 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	136	~18%	Everyone	Easy
c.S 5H H Eisen (2) RC j.D (whiff) 6H 236H 66 5K c.S j.K dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	245	-~22%	Everyone	Medium
c.S 5H H Eisen (2) RC j.D (whiff) H Eisen (2) RC j.D (whiff) 6[H] bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K dj.K j.H j.236H	Corner			Everyone	Medium

Brynhildr Combos

bt.K starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes	Videos
bt.K bt.P bt.K bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	93	Everyone	Easy	More lows and stagger points	https://youtu.be/frkW6obpUvM
bt.K bt.S bt.H bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	100	Everyone	Easy	More damage less mixup
bt.K bt.P bt.K bt.P bt.K bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	102	Everyone	Easy
bt.K bt.S bt.632146S 6[H] bt.S bt.214S c.S ^ j.K ^ j.K j.H j.236H	Corner	206	Everyone?	[3] medium
bt.K bt.S 632146S 2366H microdash 5K c.S j.K (j.S(1)) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen			[3] medium

bt.D starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
bt.D dash bt.S bt.H	Midscreen	91	Everyone	Easy	Optimal for Johnny and Leo
bt.D 236H bt.P bt.S bt.H	Midscreen		Sol, Faust, Zato, Raven, Chipp, Venom, Slayer, Axl	Easy
bt.D 236H bt.P j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen			Easy
bt.D bt.214H dash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen		Dizzy, Elphelt, I-No, Jack-O, Jam, May, Millia, Ramlethal	Easy
bt.D dash bt.K bt.S bt.H	Midscreen		Potemkin, Kum	Easy
bt.D dash bt.K bt.P bt.S bt.H	Midscreen	104	Bedman	Easy

bt.H starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
bt.H bt.S bt.H bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	145	Everyone	Easy	Overhead meterless combo
bt.H bt.P bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	130	Small crouching characters - Jam, Millia, Sol, Ky, Faust, ??	Easy	bt.H must hit late for bt.P to combo.
bt.H bt.S bt.H bt.S bt.214S	Midscreen	135	Everyone	Easy	Used to push the opponent into the corner
bt.H bt.632146S 6[H] bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K dj.K j.H j.236H	Corner	263	Everyone	[3] medium
bt.H bt.S bt.H bt.632146S 6[H] bt.s bt.214S c.S j.K j.236H	Corner	246		[3] medium	Fewer hits pre-super does more damage overall, but you can gain the meter for OD with extra hits.
bt.H bt.S bt.H bt.632146S 6[H] bt.s bt.214S 2P [2]8H	Corner	235		[3] medium
bt.H 632146S 2366H microdash 5K c.S j.K (j.S(1)) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen			Hard

bt.S starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
bt.S bt.H bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	139	Everyone	Easy
CH bt.S bt.214H microdash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	206	Everyone	Easy
CH bt.S bt.214H microdash 5K c.S (JI) sj.K j.S(2) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen		Everyone	Easy
CH bt.S bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	119	Everyone	Easy
bt.S bt.214S RC dash 6H microdash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	200	Everyone	Easy	Use RC when too far to convert with super.

bt.P starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty
AA bt.P b.S bt.H	Midscreen	81		Easy
AA bt.P j.S(2) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	144		Easy
bt.P bt.K bt.P bt.K bt.S 236S 236H 214S	Midscreen	139	Everyone	Easy
AA bt.P bt.S bt.632146S 6[H] bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K j.H j.236H	Corner	260	Potemkin, Sol	[3] medium
CH AA bt.P bt.214H dash 5K c.S (JI) j.K j.S(2) dj.j.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	210		[3] medium

Throw Combos

Ground Throw starter
Combo	Position	Damage	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
Throw RC 6H dash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	138	Everyone	Easy
CH Throw bt.P bt.S bt.H	Midscreen	117	Everyone	Easy	Requires 64 RISC
CH Throw bt.P j.S(2) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	187	Everyone	Easy	Requires 64 RISC
CH Throw CH bt.S bt.214H dash 5K c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Midscreen	245	Everyone	Easy	Requires 72 RISC
CH Throw bt.P bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.K j.H j.236H	Corner	248	middle weights	Easy	Requires 64 RISC
CH Throw bt.P bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K j.H j.236H	Corner	228	Everyone	Easy	Requires 64 RISC
CH Throw CH bt.S CH bt.214S 6[H] bt.P bt.S bt.214S [2]8H	Midscreen	274	Tested on Sol	Medium	Requires 89 RISC. Fantastic corner carry.
Throw RC 6[H] bt.P bt.S bt.214S c.S j.K j.S(1) dj.k j.H j.236H	Corner	161	Everyone	[3] medium

Combo Theory

Leo has two different stances: Normal, and Brynhildr. While Brynhildr has useful combo extension/combo starter/ground combo tools, Brynhildr's juggle ending options are very lackluster.

Grounded Combo Theory:

The main goal of any Leo combo is to get a knockdown or Siegesparade restand. The secondary goal is to do as much damage as possible while not jeopardizing or reducing the quality of the knockdown. It's not always possible to end in a meterless knockdown if Leo is too far away, but compared to most Guilty Gear characters Leo excels at obtaining maximum reward off every hit.

The "juicy" normal to get to is c.S because that does a good amount of damage through his 5H.

Leo has hugely rewarding meterless combos against crouching characters. Crouching opponents experience one more frame of hitstun than standing opponents. Leo gains two great combo routes against crouching opponents: 6K > 5P, and f.S (or 2S) > 5H. The difference in damage is dramatic.

Juggle Theory:

Leo's most rewarding combo tool is 6H because of its ground bounce and high damage value. In any optimal juggle situation, you would never pass up a 6H.

Most of Leo's combos can end in an air juggle into the restand j.236H Siegesparade move. Some Leo players prefer to take the Siegesparade restand, but others dislike it depending on matchup because of the inability to block afterwards. An alternative is to end combos with H Eisen which gives a hard knockdown but doesn't allow for any setups besides general meaty attacks. H Eisen combos also do the most damage, but the difference is generally less than 5 points.

In some combo routes H Eisen knockdown will be possible but an air combo into Siegesparade will fail because the combo was too long. While Xrd uses actual combo time and not number of hits to deteriorate combo hitstun, generally j.K/j.S/j.H > j.236H only works at around 10 to 11 hits on the combo counter. When Siegesparade is not possible, some Leo players will end with j.H j.D (which will not combo) to allow the opponent to tech high in the air and tech chase. That guessing game has its own problems, especially since the opponent can choose when, which way, and whether to air tech at all.

Except in very short combos (5 hits or less) or with RISC bar, Leo's j.K will always lead to more damage than j.S with 1 or 2 hits. j.K j.S(1) will lead to higher damage than either j.K or j.S alone. Every Leo air combo should usually end in j.H because j.H has the highest damage but no combo options besides ending in j.236H.

Side note about ground bounces in Xrd: Ground bounces will bounce the opponent higher when the opponent starts higher. A 6H that hits an opponent high up will bounce the opponent higher than one that hits an opponent right before they land on the ground. A lot of combo confusion stems from different 6H timings being used on different characters. For example, against light characters, the goal should be to hit 6H fairly late so that they don't bounce high above you. However, for Potemkin, if you delay the 6H then the followup combo will need to start with 2P and may no longer lead to a good knockdown. On a "high" ground bounce, it is possible to negate part of it by hitting the opponent right after they bounce.

While you can adjust Leo's combos to be easier and less character specific, you give up damage to do so. In my opinion, Leo's potential only really shows when his hits lead to the monstrous damage of which he is capable.