Dual Souls: The Last Bearer/Mirei (Assassin)

Kore wa sadame, waruku omou na.

Story

"Mirei is the twin sister of Kanae, being the last two members of the noble Ozawa family.

When Mirei was a small child, her family, as well as the residents of her village, were killed by assassins. Mirei was then kidnapped and raised by these assassins, who influenced her to believe her parents were disloyal to the Emperor. She believed that this clan of assassins were serving the Emperor, who aimed to bring peace and unification to her homeland. During her ruthless training, Mirei heard voices in her head, talking about justice, aiding others in need and protecting the weak. This voice was what drove her to survive the training, where she would have otherwise failed due to the overwhelming loneliness she felt, missing the love of her family.

One day the voices in her head spoke: "A person of unbelievable power is about to arrive. Follow him, and obtain the power we desire to uphold our justice, to protect those that are good."

The man arrived, calmly stepping through a rift in space. Mirei approached the man, and questioned: "Is my sister also seeking this power? Will I have to face her?" The mysterious man responded: "Yes, she seeks it as well. Your conflict is inevitable." Mirei looks at the sky, hoping her father is watching over her. After a brief moment of contemplation she silently follows the man through the portal." ~Arcade Mode Introduction (paraphrased)

Introduction

Assassin Mirei is a glass canon, specializing in rushdown and vortex gameplans. She has access to one of the fastest walk speeds in the game, easy hit confirms, many different knockdown and reset combos, good frame advantage on normals and many mobility tools. But since nothing comes free, she pays for it by having the lowest HP in the game, is one of the easiest to stun, and has no access to true reversals without her Powers. This makes her prone to being heavily punished in neutral or pressure, but in the hands of a skilled player, she can contest any character and force them to play her game.

Character Stats

Health	Universal Overhead Startup	Meditation Charge	Default Chaos Drive Duration	Mobility
8500	17 Frames	4% per second	9 seconds	Super Jump (can cancel from 5BS, 5SL, and 2BS), can hold forward dash to run.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Easy hit confirms with Dagger Toss Good anti-air with Dragon Rise Consistent Air Crush Safe, fast normals Access to a wide variety of techs and mixups with Shadow Clone(s) Easy access to hard knockdown with Slide Kick and Big Slash Great punish tools such as dashing normals and Slide Kick Small hurtbox High pressure	Made of actual glass Air crush doesn't lead to combos on counter-hit and has a small hitbox Struggles on defense without using her Powers, Blocking is risky because of counter-hit punish Is very meter hungry and needs to keep building bar both for offense and defense Low health Short range

Moves

Standing Normals

Slash Moves Mirei forward slightly Moves Mirei forward slightly	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 700 Mid 10 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 3 +4 +8 -5 Cancelable.

Big Slash Chargeable (Hard Knockdown on aerial/juggle) Chargeable (Hard Knockdown on aerial/juggle)	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 850 (charged version is 1290) Mid 10 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 18 +2 (charged version is +30) +6 (charged version is +36) -8 (charged version is -25) Cancelable.

Kick - -	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 539 Mid 8 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 15 +3 +7 0 Cancelable.

Forward SL AIR CRUSH AIR CRUSH	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 300 Mid 6 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 11 +0 +11 +2 Can be used in combos.

Forward Kick - -	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 332 Mid 5 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 11 +4 +6 0 Can be used in combos.

Crouching Normals

Crouching Slash Hit Freeze Hit Freeze	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 500 Low 7 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 14 +6 +8 -6 Hit Confirmable

Crouching Big Slash Creates new combos on crouching opponents Creates new combos on crouching opponents	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 900 Mid 12 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 16 +3 +7 -10 Can be used in combos.

Crouching Kick Futbawl Futbawl	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 300 Low 7 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 13 +2 +4 -5 Mirei's longest ranged crouching normal

Jumping Normals

Specials

Forward Dash Jump Cancelable, Special Cancelable & Power Cancelable Jump Cancelable, Special Cancelable & Power Cancelable	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Mirei's forward dash can cancel into normals.

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Dashing Slash or Helps Mirei approach Helps Mirei approach	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 800 Mid 10 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 45-18 +2 +6 -12 Huge combo tool and opens up new combo routes.

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Dashing Kick - -	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup 600 Mid 10 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. 3-17 +3 +7 0 -

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Dashing Crouching Big Slash +	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - -

Super Jump or Mainly used for setups after knockdown. Mainly used for setups after knockdown.	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Character Specific

Throw Switch throw sides by holding and then pressing Switch throw sides by holding and then pressing	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Unguardable - 10 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - -

Overhead Continue grounded combos after Overhead Continue grounded combos after Overhead	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Overhead - 17 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Universal Overhead

Shadow Fade Can also fade from forward dash by dashing forward and tapping PW twice Can also fade from forward dash by dashing forward and tapping PW twice	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Air - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Fade from the air and reappear where you were just standing.

Shadow Vortex On aerial opponents Mirei can connect into Shadow Vortex On aerial opponents Mirei can connect into Shadow Vortex	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Spin from the air and come down on the opponent with a slash.

Mist Dash Follow Ups (Jump Cancelable and Power Cancelable) Follow Ups (Jump Cancelable and Power Cancelable)	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Command Dash - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Dash with follow up attacks.

Front Thrust + Combo Tool Combo Tool	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Launcher

Slide Kick + Hard Knockdown Hard Knockdown	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Low - 9 Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Mixup tool and decent combo ender.

Back Thrust + Quickly do Back Thrust by pressing as soon as you input Mist Dash Quickly do Back Thrust by pressing as soon as you input Mist Dash	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Auto crossup, guaranteed mixup.

Dashing Counter + Counters Attacks Counters Attacks	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Counter - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Perform Mirei's Shadow Counter while Mist Dash is active.

Dashing Overhead Kick + Advanced Mixup Tool Advanced Mixup Tool	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Overhead - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Perform Mirei's Overhead while Mist Dash is active.

Dragon Rise Dragon Punch  (high profiles) Dragon Punch  (high profiles)	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Hold Dragon Rise to inflict more damage.(2 hits)

Shadow Counter A Version (Counters Low Attacks) A Version (Counters Low Attacks)	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Counter - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - When Counter is hit, Mirei is given the ability to teleport in any direction depending on the input that you press.

Shadow Counter B Version (Counters High & Overhead Attacks) B Version (Counters High & Overhead Attacks)	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Counter - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - When Counter is hit, Mirei is given the ability to teleport in any direction depending on the input that you press.

Aerial Shadow Counter or Performed in air Performed in air	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Counter - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Counters anti-airs, air-airs, and other grounded attacks from the air. Mirei floats down while the counter is active.

Dagger Toss 'A Version (Power Cancelable) 'A Version (Power Cancelable)	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - -8 Heavy combo usage.

Dagger Toss B Version Force Break B Version Force Break	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Mirei throws another dagger projectile out.

Aerial Dagger Toss or Performed in air Performed in air	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - SL version is faster and travels downward vertically while BS version has a version that goes in different direction when performed at forward jump.

Shadow Clone A Version  Limit Break (hold clone in place by holding A Version  Limit Break (hold clone in place by holding	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - Low - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Mirei poses and sculpts a shadow clone that's ready to attack.

Shadow Clone B Version Limit Break (hold clone in place by holding B Version Limit Break (hold clone in place by holding	Damage Guard Cancelable Startup - - Mid - Active Hit Adv. Hit Adv. Crouching Guard Adv. - - - - Mirei poses and sculpts a shadow clone that's ready to attack.

Powers

Chaos Drive

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Combos

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Situational

Strategy

Assassin Mirei's strategy is to excel in neutral by mobilizing carefully and as much as possible in order to beat neutral and get in for a big explosion of heavy mixup offense ranging from Mist Dash mixups and Shadow Clone setplay.