Spectral vs Generation/Jadou

Jadou
Health	500
Pre-Jump Frames	3
Play Style	All-Around, Zoning
Dash Type	Run

Character Background

Race: Demon
Motivation: To become the Demon King and destroy the world
Weapon: Tentacle
Likes: Destruction, Faces filled with despair
Dislikes: Humans

Character Overview

Playstyle

Jadou is a zoning-like character that focuses on mid to long-screen pressure with a get-in-get-out playstyle. He has plenty of options to support his zoning and playstyle. Jadou struggles to defend against any pressure due to his lack of defensive options. Be prepared to spend a meter for a guard cancel to escape pressure. Jadou is a tricky zoner who relies on mid to full-screen pressure and has plenty of options at his disposal.
Pros	Cons
Zoning Master: Jadou can put up to 3 projectiles on the screen at a time. With the use of the Tiger Knee technique, he can keep opponents on the other side of the screen, preventing air dashes. Great Keep Away Tools: Jadou's toolset compliments his playstyle well, from knocking the opponent back full screen with a fireball wall bounce or even catching an opponent a full screen away to confirm into a combo. He's got the tools to keep your opponent away. Tricks N' Gimmicks: Jadou has the most amount of tricks, tech, gimmicks or "options" in the roster, allowing you to vary your playstyle and try for something cheeky. Teleporting Guard Cancel: Jadou's guard cancel doesn't knock the opponent away, he teleports behind them. This is very useful since it allows you to punish moves if you time your guard cancel correctly.	No Defensive Options: Jadou lacks any meterless defensive options. When the opponent gets close, it is almost impossible for Jadou to escape pressure outside of spending meter for a guard cancel. Meter Hungry Combos: Jadou's damage relies on his meter usage. If he's out of meter, there's not much he can do in terms of combo damage or utility. Corner Dependant Damage: A good 90% of Jadou's combos rely on him doing a corner carry. Anything done midscreen is limited on damage and utility. Supers Are Awful: All of Jadou's supers are awful. Half of his supers can be ignored and can be considered gimmicks when in use.

Normals

Far Standing Normals

f.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 Mid Specials 5 - - - Jadou whips one of his tentacles

f.5B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 35 Mid Specials 8 - - - Jadou pokes with both of his tentacles Great mid-screen confirm off a fireball or dashing.

f.5C "No Air Dashing!" "No Air Dashing!"	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 55 Mid Specials 13 - - - pokes the air with both tentacles. Good mid-screen anti-air.

f.5D This won't be the last time you see this sprite. This won't be the last time you see this sprite.	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 Mid Specials 20 - - - invulnerable to lows.Jadou jumps in the air and kicks. Use 2d.

Close Normals

cl.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 mid Specials 4 - - - Another quick tentacle whip. Average chain starter.

cl.5D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 low Specials 8 - - - quick kick that hits low. Better chain starter.

Crouching Normals

2A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 Mid - 5 - - - quick low jab. Inferior to 2D.

2B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 35 Mid - 9 - - - Jadou fully extends one of his tentacles forward Good mid-screen confirm.

2C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 55 Low - 9 - - - Jadou sweeps the ground with one of his tentacles. Avoid like a plague. Hits OTG but you never use this.

2D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 Low - 6 - - - fast low kick. The best boy.

Jumping Normals

j.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 high - 4 - - - Air jab. Use 7/9a instead for air to airs.

j.7/9A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 high - 4 - - - Air jab but cooler. This is your goto air-to-air and IAD pressure check.

j.5B The G.O.A.T Normal The G.O.A.T Normal	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 35 high - 12 - - - Yes, the hitbox matches the hurtbox. This is your best reaching normal, great for using in IADs to confirm into combos. Only use when in mid-full screen. Whiffs in close range most of the time, so use j.C.

j.5C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 55 high - 9 - - - The Cinnamon Twist This is your close-up jump-in / IAD normal to start combos.

j.5D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 high - 6 - - - Use j.7/9A

Command Normals

j.2A/B/C Emergency IAD Brake Emergency IAD Brake	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 40 high - 9 - - - Not much use outside of canceling your IAD early. Use the A version, B and C versions are unsafe on hit.

4C "The Reset Button" "The Reset Button"	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 40 Mid - 6 - - - Jadou extends one of his tentacles straight upwards. Do not use as an anti-air, too slow. Good to restand opponents.

Chain Specific Normals

5A / D ~> 2C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 36 Low - 13 - - - Fullscreen sweep ground pound. Very minus on block and no combo game.

5A / D ~> 2B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 17 Low - 8 - - - Accessed by doing any grounded D or A normal then this normal. This little shorty requires you to dash before your combo starter so keep that in mind.

5A / D ~> 2B ~> 2C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 24 Low - 8 - - - Accessed by doing any grounded D or A normal then this normal. The G.O.A.T of combo chains.

Throws

A+D Forward Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 Throw N/A - - - - visually identical to 5c. Not a bad option to set up an air tech chase.

B+D Back Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 70 Throw N/A - - - - Throw them vertically and cause a soft knockdown.

Dust (Sword Series Slash)

5B+C Standing SSS	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 155 High - - - - - Triggers an air chase when you press A. To complete the air chase you must do AAABBBCCCD > 236D.

2B+C Low SSS	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 155 Low - - - - - Same as standing SSS but hits low. Triggers an air chase when you press A. To complete the air chase you must do AAABBBCCCD > 236D.

Parry (Chaos Breaking)

A+B Standing Parry Standing Parry Crouching Parry Crouching Parry Jumping Parry Jumping Parry	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block - - - - - - - Dodges projectiles and counters any physical, non-grab attacks. The Standing and Jumping versions parry anything that can be blocked High, but is vulnerable to grabs. The Crouching version only parries lows and cannot be grabbed.

Special Moves

Evil Ghost 236A/B/C Ground version Ground version Air version Air version the projectile the projectile	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 40 Mid - 20 / 21 / 22 - - - The Fireball speed varies depending on the strength of the button. A is slower, B is moderate, C is fast. This is your Best Friend Forever, Jadou! This is your main zoning tool. Point blank, the kick causes a wall bounce. You can also use the Tiger Knee technique to do it quickly in the air.

Gale Stride 236D/j.236D

Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block Ground 52 (20, 32) Mid 1st hit Super, 2nd hit SoT 16 - - - grounded or aerial special where Jadou hovers forward a short distance and uses the move on contact Only good for combos. Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block Air 44 (20, 24) Mid 1st hit Super, 2nd hit SoT 16 - - - grounded or aerial special where Jadou hovers forward a short distance and uses the move on contact Only good for combos, in the air!

Earth Horn 214A/B/C/D Jadou's Animation Jadou's Animation The Attack The Attack

Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 45 Low SoT 16 - - - Low-hitting locational tentacles. You can use button strength to determine the distance. A is in front of Jadou, B is 1/4th of a screen away from Jadou, C is 3/4ths away and D is full-screen. This is your main combo tool for grounded BnB combos. It's also terrific for grounded punishes or catching someone air-dashing in. Be wary that it can be parried.

Hidden Devil 421D Maximum Evil Maximum Evil	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block - N/A - 42 - - - Go invisible, simple as. Lasts for 5 in-game seconds or until you get hit, block an attack, or auto-block. This move has invincibility when Jadou fades into invisibility. Jadou's location flashes during dust and parry. This move still shows effects like dash plumes.

Super Moves

Level 1 Supers

Thosand Fangs Circle 214214A/B/C more Consecutive Normal Punches more Consecutive Normal Punches	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 156 Mid N/A 65 - - - Jadou punches the opponent with his tentacles 11 times. This move is an OK reversal with no invincibility. If the opponent isn't grounded when it hits, you get next to no damage.

Energy Roar 236236A/B/C ~> A/B/C ~> A/B/C/D I swear, this is the 3rd time I've seen this sprite.. I swear, this is the 3rd time I've seen this sprite..	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 135 (50, 50, 35) Mid N/A 66 - - - Fireballs but faster. You can kick a fireball higher into the air on the 3rd rekka using D instead of A,B or C. This super isn't very useful in terms of practicality. The best use is in the corner where you can loop it.

Devil Black Ghost Circle 236236D Command Grab Command Grab Appears on hit Appears on hit	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 169 Jump N/A 82 - - - Ground-based command grab that tracks the opponent with a slight delay. This super is very deceptively attractive to use. You can use it for some tricky resets but due to it's start-up lag and short active frames, it's simply reduced to a knowledge check.

Evil Fang j.236236D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 162 High/Low, Air N/A N/A - - - - Three diet genocide cutters.. Avoid this waste of meter, opponent can air tech afterwards. Can also be done off of 236D.

Level 3 Super

Devil Dust: Crystal Tree "Kousor's Love Letter" "Kousor's Love Letter" The Projectile The Projectile	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 363 Mid N/A 69 - - - Jadou chucks a heart-shaped piece of frozen blood at the opponent. This super is best used for combo enders. If it makes contact with an opponent on block, it guard breaks them. HOWEVER, his recovery is so long that they can still punish him. Don't do this super raw, please..

Combos

Chain Combos

NOTE: You can interchange the A and D buttons for Jadou's chains.

Chain Combo	Damage Per Hit	Notes
5A ~> 2C		See Chain Specific Normals. Avoid using.
5A ~> 2B		Shorty. Finish the chain.
5A ~> 2B ~> 2C		This is your BnB chain.

Basic Combos

NOTE: Most Combo starters can be done from an IAD. 9C starters are also optional.

Combo	Total Damage	Notes
Meterless BnB
9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 236A		Leaves opponent standing with fireball hurling toward them.
9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214B		Use 214A when in corner. The opponent can air tech afterward.
One Bar BnB
9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214B (SOT) > B+C (AAABBBCCCDD > 236D)		Make sure to dash up to connect dust.
(Corner Only) 9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214A > 236A > 5C xx 4C > 236A		Forces a re-stand, and immediately puts a fireball on your opponent. If it lands, combo.
Two Bar BnB
9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214B SOT > j.9C > 236D SOT > 5C > 236A		Forces a restand. Fireball adds pressure.
(Corner Only) 9C > 2D > 2b > 2C > 214A SOT > 236A > 5C xx 4C > 236236D		Tricky reset using command grab. Only use when opponent is out of meter, if they have meter they can super through the command grab.
(Corner Only) 9C > 2D > 2b > 2C > 214A SOT > 236A > 236D SOT > 236A > 5C xx 4C > 236A		Burn an extra bar for a little more damage.
Three Bar BnB
2D > 2B > 2C > 214214D		Doesn't work with jump-in midscreen, only in the corner.
9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214B SOT > j.9C > j.236D SOT > j.9C > j.236D SOT > 236A > 5C xx 4C > 236A		Corner carries from full screen. Great damage + restand.
Burst Combos
9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214C SOT > BURST > [j.9C > j.236D SOT]x3 > 236C > 214-214D		Requires 2 meter. Uses 1 bar burst timer. You can get an additional loop if you use a 2-bar burst.
(Corner Only)9C > 2D > 2B > 2C > 214A SOT > BURST > 236A > [236236A ~> A ~> D]x4 > 214-214D		Be careful not to let bursts hit the opponent. Stagger your super fireballs so you juggle your opponent. Requires 3 meters. Uses a 2-bar burst timer.