Bloody Roar Extreme/Ganesha the Elephant

Overview

Move List

Combos

Strategy

Matchups

Resources

Introduction

Ganesha is an ultra-heavyweight, offensive grappler who is able to dish out significant damage and snowball quickly, but also has a lot of trouble getting started.

Ganesha is a unique character within Bloody Roar: he's the only character to have no strings at all. To make up for this, almost all of his normals can be special-canceled, allowing him to go for many feints and kara-throws as well as having devastating cancel combos. Ganesha struggles greatly when pressured, however: his mobility and attack speed are the worst in the game, his Guard Attack has a very low amount of Guard frames, and his grab range is (ironically) the shortest in the game, making him a very polarizing character. Ganesha really shines in his Hyperbeast Form: he gets Super Armor at all times as well as Cancel Points on all of his attacks, negating his primary weaknesses. In short, Ganesha is like an unwieldy sledgehammer or a wrecking ball: slow to start, but hard to stop when he gets swinging.

Playstyle

Ganesha is an ultra-heavyweight grappler who uses unique pressure sequences to set up devastating throw mixups.
Pros	Cons
High Damage: True to his archetype, when Ganesha lands a hit, it hurts. Once he gets going, Ganesha can turn one wrong guess from the opponent into a ton of damage, the threat of which can scare people into submission on its own. Strong Defensive Stats: Ganesha is blessed with not just a naturally high defense rating, but also a unique weight class, which means that many air combos that work on every other character have a tendency to fail on Ganesha. Ignorant Hyperbeast: When Ganesha activates Hyperbeast Form, he gains passive Super Armor that is active at all times, which means his pressure suddenly becomes almost completely impossible to challenge.	Terrible Movement: Also true to his archetype, Ganesha is by far the least mobile character in the game. Sporting slow walk and dash speeds, as well as very limited access to jumping attacks outside of Human form, Ganesha will struggle against opponents who are patient enough to try keeping him out. Is Not Doing Strings: While Ganesha does have access to significantly more Cancel Points than most other characters, this comes at a significant cost -- he has no strings whatsoever. This means that his ability to keep opponents locked down is significantly limited, and he has no real capacity to run quick mixups out of his basic pressure sequences. Poor Defensive Tools: Ganesha can certainly take a hit, but he isn't very good at stopping himself from getting hit. With incredibly slow attacks and a very weak Guard Attack, Ganesha's ability to challenge the opponent's offense is limited almost entirely to Hyperbeast activations.

Stats

Human

Weight	Attack	Defense	Walk (Forward)	Walk (Backward)	Dash/Run	Backdash (Distance)	Backdash (Duration)	Jump Height
1100	100%	0.80	16.05	8.46	-	14.62	36	-

Beast

Weight	Attack	Defense	HP Recovery	Walk (Forward)	Walk (Backward)	Dash/Run	Backdash (Distance)	Backdash (Duration)	Jump Height
2500	133%	1.11	40	13.12	11.22	-	14.63	36	-

Hyperbeast

Weight	Attack	Defense	HP Recovery	Walk (Forward)	Walk (Backward)	Dash/Run	Backdash (Distance)	Backdash (Duration)	Jump Height
2500	133%	1.11	40	13.12	11.22	-	14.63	36	-

Ability Plus

• Super Armor: Light Guard becomes permanently active, and the character can no longer be put in hitstun (still takes damage).
• Any Cancel B: All normals and specials become special-cancelable; a special cannot cancel into itself, but can be canceled into other specials.

Key Moves

5P

5P {{{name}}} [[File:BREX_{{{char}}}_5P.png | 175x250px | center|class=lazyimg]]	Base Damage Attribute Startup Active Recovery Light Guard Blockstun Heavy Guard Blockstun Hitstun Counter Hit Hitstun - - - - - - - - - special property move description