Rainbowcore Hypernova/Orange

Overview

Strategy

Combos

Matchups

#RCHN_ORN

Intro

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Orange is a puppet character, focused on playing around his summon (called Moe by the community) in neutral, combos, pressure, and defense. Moe lightly glides behind Orange at all times, matching their walk speed but never going faster or jumping. Orange's controls are literally split in two, with Orange themselves being controlled with the A buttons while Moe is controlled with the B buttons. Put together, the pair are able to put out solid damage, unreactable mixups or unblockables, and set up combo breakers to ensure the opponent is left helpless to the onslaught, or you can send Moe safely to zone while you sit fullscreen laughing at the opponents struggles to evade your fullscreen mixups and combos.

Where Orange struggles is when they get pinned down without Moe nearby. Since Moe only moves at Orange's walkspeed, it's quite easy to get separated just by moving around and trying to escape combos. This issue is exacerbated by the fact that Orange has to go through a small, vulnerable animation to make Moe move faster or attack, leaving them vulnerable. Orange's solo kit is a bit lackluster: they can't complete many combos, her fastest button is 8 frames, and many of their normals are awkward or just standard. If the opponent can force you away from Moe and run offense, Orange can be found in an extremely difficult spot.

Orange gives you the unique experience of playing two characters as one, and in reward for mastering an awkward kit, you get suffocating offense and mixup, or the best zoning potential in the game. Put in the time to learn Orange, and you'll become a powerhouse ready for any situation.

Pros

Cons

Two is Better: Orange and Moe together are an extremely powerful duo. Since Moe naturally breaks combos, challenging their offense is difficult for a lot of characters. Zoning: Moe's normals control great space, with anti-airs, high/low mixups, and the ability to chain normals together in multiple sequences. The opponent can't directly hit Moe either, allowing you to zone indefinitely and keep Orange himself perfectly safe. Mixup: Moe has an extremely fast low and a fairly fast overhead, both of which can be enforced by Orange's own normals. Orange also has a command grab, meaning even opponents who can block everything aren't safe.

Solo Gameplay: Without Moe nearby, Orange themself is quite weak, with an awkward kit that doesn't really work well. Keeping Moe where he needs to be is key. Combos: Converting hits into big damage is reliant on having Moe in a good position. If Moe is in the wrong spot, getting much reward from your average hit is difficult or impossible. Buttons: With the exception of j.2A, many of Orange's buttons are lackluster, being slow and lacking much range or good cancels.

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Stats

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Health: = 780

Walk Speed: =

Run Speed: =

Fastest Button: = 2A (4F)

Normals

5A File:RCHN Orange 5A.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 5A.

5B File:RCHN Orange 5B.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 5B.

2A File:RCHN Orange 2A.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 2A.

2B File:RCHN Orange 2B.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 2B.

j.A File:RCHN Orange jA.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 j.A.

j.B File:RCHN Orange jB.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 j.B.

Command Normals

6A File:RCHN Orange 6A.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 6A.

6B File:RCHN Orange 6B.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 6B.

j.2A File:RCHN Orange j2A.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 j.2A.

j.2B File:RCHN Orange j2B.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 j.2B.

Special Moves

236A/B File:RCHN Orange 236X.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 Quadruple Punch.

623A/B File:RCHN Orange 623X.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 Command Throw.

41236A/B File:RCHN Orange 41236X.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 Sweep.

Super

632146B File:RCHN Orange 632146B.png	Damage Guard First Active Active Recovery On Hit On Block 20 Mid 2 - - -8 -11 Super.