GGXRD/Faust

Faust

Overview

Although Faust's appearance is bizzare, he's a surprisingly fundamental spacing character that uses abusive normals and truly random items to keep his opponent at bay. Faust also has a command grab (proximity unblockable) and a variety of overheads which, combined with various items, make for a deadly oki(post knockdown) game. Faust has both straight-forward combos and game plan which makes him a strong choice for beginners to pick up, while the focus on fundamentals means he's also difficult to master.

Strengths

• Great range on many normals
• Random items keeps opponent guessing
• A Spacing character with a command grab (or close enough to one)
• Drill cancel jumping kick instant overhead
• Has a grab bag of good anti-air and air-to-air attacks

Weaknesses

• Low defense and large hitbox in hitstun means he dies relatively quickly
• Random items keep you guessing
• Has limited options on defense
• Longer range attacks suffer lengthy recoveries and many can be low profiled easily

Movement Options

Double Jump, 1 Air Dash, Dash Type: Run

Defense Modifier: x1.00

Guts Rating: 1

Stun Resistance: ??

Jump Startup: 3F

Backdash Time: 13F

Backdash Invincibility: 1-7F

Move List

See also: Faust Full Frame Data

Normal Moves

5P

5P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 10 Mid - - 6 4 6 2 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

5K

5K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 30 Mid - - 7 8 11 -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

c.S

c.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 30 Mid - - 8 6 6 2 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

f.S

f.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 38 Mid - - 10 4 18 -8 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

5H

5H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 24×3 Mid - - 9 2,2,2 17 -2 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

2P

2P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 12 Low - - 7 2 7 1 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

2K

2K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 12×3 Low - - 7 3,3,6 5 1 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

2S

2S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 28 Mid - - 9 9 12 -7 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

2H

2H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 40 Low - - 14 2 25 -8 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

j.P

j.P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 13 High / Air - - 7 6 6 - 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

j.K

j.K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 20 High / Air - - 7 5 18 - 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

j.S

j.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 32 High / Air - - 14 3 20 - 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

j.H

j.H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 50 High / Air - - 9 8 12 - 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

j.D

j.D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 40 High / Air - - 13 11 21 / 4 Landing Recovery - 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

6P

6P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 32 Mid - - 7 3 23 -12 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

6H

6H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 80 High - - 25 9 45 -35 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

j.2K

j.2K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 35 All - - 12 Until Landing 4 After Landing / 4 Landing Recovery - 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

2D

2D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 38 Low - - 13 3 23 -12 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

5D

5D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 25 High - - 26 2 15 -3 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

Universal Mechanics

Ground Throw

Ground Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,60 Ground Throw: 78750 - - 1 - - 51 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

Air Throw

Air Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,55 Air Throw: 192500 - - 1 - - - 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

Dead Angle Attack

Dead Angle Attack File:GGXRD Faust DAA.png	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 25 All - - 9 4 20 -10 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

Rerere Thrust

Rerere Thrust 41236K

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Attack 20 Mid - - 21 12 18 -11 Pull Back Rerere > 4 - - - - - - - 7 Hello! Pull Back > 236P 40 Mid - - 7 12 12 - Can't Hear You! Hello! > 236P - - - - - - Total 32 - Hello Again! Can't Hear You! > 236P 80 Mid - - 43 8 18 - 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

Hack n' Slash

Hack n' Slash 214H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16×8 Unblockable: 175000 - - 5 48 12 - Whiff Total 34F 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

Going My Way

Going My Way j.236H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 18×4 All - - 11 28 8 After Landing - 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

What Could This Be?

What Could This Be? 236P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - - - - Total 23 - 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

From the Front/Behind/Above

From the Front/Behind/Above 214P/K/S	Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Front 214P 44 All - - 63 2 25 -13 Behind 214K 44 All - - 63 2 25 -13 Above 214S 38 High - - 52 Until Landing 32 -31 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

Spear Point Centripetal Dance

Spear Point Centripetal Dance 236S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 44 Mid - - 17 4 7 3 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

Pogo Movement

Pogo Movement Various commands on Pogo File:GGXRD Faust ???.png File:GGXRD Faust ???.png

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Forward 66 40 Mid - - 4 3 16 -5 Backward 44 40 Mid - - 4 3 16 -5 Small Jump 9 - - - - - - Total 18 - Doctor-Copter 8 13×n All - - 21 68 25 - Cancel 2 - - - - - - Total 24 -21 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

Pogo Attacks

Pogo Attacks Various commands on Pogo File:GGXRD Faust ???.png File:GGXRD Faust ???.png

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Just A Taste! P 32 High - - 10 3 8 3 Growing Flower K 36 Mid - - 7 6 23 - Growing Flower (Charged) [K] 52 Mid - - 24 10 23 - See? I'm a Flower! S 36 Low - - 16 2 7 5 See? I'm a Flower! (Charged) [S] 48 Low - - 32 10 7 2 Going My Way H 16×4 All - - 13 28 23+3 After Landing -23 What Could This Be? D - - - - 9 - Total 17 - 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

Love

Love j.236P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 1,40 All - - 21 Until Landing (15)3 Total 39 - 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

Taunt (Face FLASH!)

Taunt (Face FLASH!) Taunt	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0 Mid - - 55 92 56 - 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

Items

Donut

Donut	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16 Heal - - - 50 194 - - 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

Chocolate

Chocolate File:GGXRD Faust Chocolate.png	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16 Heal - - - 50 194 - - 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

Hammer

Hammer	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 44 All - - 13 41 - - 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

Chibi Faust

Chibi Faust	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 25 All - - 45 - - - 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

Bomb

Bomb	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 80 All - - 131 12 - - 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

Meteors

Meteors	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 36×6 All - - 196～ 0 - - 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

Poison

Poison	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 10 All - - 85 50 - - 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

100 Ton Weight

100 Ton Weight	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 44,0 All,Unblockable - - 13 43,1 - - 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

Drum Can

Drum Can	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - - - - - - 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

Oil Combustion

Oil Combustion	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 80 All - - 11 20 - - 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

Jump Pad

Jump Pad	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0 Unblockable - - 87 196 - - 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

Black Hole

Black Hole	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - - - - - - 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

Helium Gas

Helium Gas	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - - - - - - First character to touch it while it's sitting on the ground has the pitch of their voice elevated. No really, that's it.

Overdrives

Shigekiteki Zetsumei Ken 236236S File:GGXRD Faust Shigekiteki1.png File:GGXRD Faust Shigekiteki2.png

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 30,0,Refer to notes Low - - 11+1 80 66 -46 Damage changes based on any of the 3 Reapers and the Angel / Damage Reaper(Black):100,Reaper(Green):140,Reaper(Purple):180,Angel:Upon Self 10(RISC Level 6) 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

W-W-What Could This Be? 236236P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - - - - Total 46(Super Freeze 1) - Item startup at 7,17,27,42 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

W-W-What Could This Be? (100% Ver.) 236236236P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - - - - Total 51(Super Freeze 1) - Item startup at 4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,40 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

Instant Kill

This is...me? in IK mode: 236236H File:GGXRD Faust ???.png	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. DESTROY All - - 9+8[5+5] 6 31 -20 [ ] Indicates during Hell Fire 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

Strategy

General Tactics

• Drill Cancel: Drill cancel is a unique mechanic Faust possesses which allows Faust to break his air momentum at any point and begin falling towards the ground. This is incredibly useful technique that allows Faust to stall in the air, remain unpredictable and avoid anti-airs when jumping, and even do an low-to-the-ground overhead attack by drill cancelling just after leaving the ground and using j.K. In order to drill cancel, one must use faultless defense immediately after j.2K. This can be done by simply inputting j.1K~S (or P/H).

Combos

Basic Combos

• 2P(or 5P) > 2S > 2D > 236P
• 2P(or 5P) > 2S > 2H > 236S~H > 236P
• 2K > 2P > 2S > 2H > 236S~H > 236P
• 2K > 5H > 236S~H(or 2D) > 236P
• f.S > 236P
• f.S RC 41236K~236P~236P~236P
• CH 2H(or 5H) > 41236K~236P~236P~236P
• j.K jc j.2K dash forward 5P > 2S > 2H > 236S~H > 236P
• (corner) 214H > 5K > 2S > j.K jc j.K > j.S > j.H *
• (corner) throw > 2H > 236P
• (anti air) 5K(or 5P, 2K, c.S, or 2S) jc j.K > j.P > j.K jc j.K > j.S > j.H *

Anti-air 6P *

(Work in progress) Anti-air 6P combos are unique in that your combo both depends on counter-hit and the item you get when you use 236P. While you don't have to cancel 6P into 236P to follow up with a combo, it can either lead generous damage, extra stun, or the same combo with an extra item on the field, so learning to throw items after 6P is recommended. All combos listed will assume CH status:

• 6P dash forward 5K > 2S > j.K > j.P > j.K jc j.K > j.S > j.H
• 6P > 236P (throw hammer or 100 Megaton Weight) j.K > j.P > j.K jc j.K > j.S > j.H
• 6P > 236P (throw black hole) dash forward 5K > 2S > jc j.K > j.S > j.H land 5K jc j.K > j.D > j236H
• 6P > 236P (throw platform) ~
• 6P > 236P (throw anything else) dash forward 5K > 2S > j.K > j.P > j.K jc j.K > j.S > j.H

"*" - requires character specific testing

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