Spectral vs Generation/Jadou2

Jadou 2
Health	420
Pre-Jump Frames	2
Play Style	Rushdown, Mixup
Dash Type	Run

Character Background

Race: Demon
Motivation: Instinct
Weapon: Tentacle
Likes: Hate
Dislikes: Everything

Gameplay Overview

Playstyle

Jadou2 is about as far away as you can get from regular Jadou. A straightforward rushdown character with small normals, but capable of high damage from even his weakest combo starters. Currently accepted in the community as the second best character, his excellent ground speed and long forward/backward superjumps, along with a fireball that can help cover him from anti-air or low-profile angles allow him to pose a threat from anywhere given enough space. Go fast, find a hit, keep applying pressure and you will find yourself being able to take rounds in as little as two combos. Jadou2 is a character who makes up for his poor defense with one of the best offensive playstyles in the game
Pros	Cons
Tremendous Damage Output: Jadou2 consistently deals a lot of damage from very simple conversions with at least 1 bar of meter. To make things better for him, a lot of his BNB options are very cost-efficient, leading to him building more meter than he spends. Crazy Offence Everywhere...: Jadou2 has strong presence in any part of the stage, whether it's fullscreen or in his opponent's face. At fullscreen, he has access to a fireball that can cover different angles and lets him hide behind it, and at close range, he has one of the best mixups in the game with powerful left-right mixups thanks to his command dash and his comboable back throw giving him strong strike/throw potential. Energy Roar: Jadou2's Cape super (236236A/B/C) is one of the best supers in the game in a lot of aspects. Great at checking your opponent on hit, powerful corner carry and juggle potential in combos, and unwinnable scenarios for your opponent while you're in burst.	...And Bad Defense Everywhere: Jadou shares the lowest health in the game along with Hiro2, and despite having meterless options, they are very inconsistent and tend to be beaten outright by his opponents. His buttons are very stubby which leads to bad abare, and his backdash is short and slow, leading to Jadou2 always being put at the risk of being killed above his burst threshold and makes him have less room for error than most characters. Unsafe Mix: All of Jadou2 mixups, while spectacular, are mostly unsafe without spending meter to SOT. False Advertising?: Despite looking completely different in the character select screen, said form does not appear outside of idle animations and during Level 3, making Jadou2 looking like regular Jadou but with a different color palette for the majority of the time.

Normals

Far Standing Normals

f.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 6 - - -

f.5B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 35 High/Low - 5 - - - Will be the same Close/Far

f.5C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 High/Low - 6 - - - Will be the same Close/Far

f.5D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High/Low - 7 - - - Will be the same Close/Far Jadou2 hops above the ground and will dodge anything with a low enough hitbox

Close Standing Normals

cl.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 4 - - -

cl.5B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 35 High/Low - 5 - - - Will be the same Close/Far

cl.5C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 High/Low - 6 - - - Will be the same Close/Far

cl.5D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High/Low - 7 - - - Will be the same Close/Far Jadou2 hops above the ground and will dodge anything with a low enough hitbox

Crouching Normals

2A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 4 - - -

2B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 35 High/Low - 5 - - -

2C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 High/Low - 6 - - -

2D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High/Low - 5 - - -

Jumping Normals

j.A 8A 8A 7/9A 7/9A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 4 - - - Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 4 - - -

j.B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 36 High/Low - 6 - - - Is essentially 2 hits of 7/9j.A

j.C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 High/Low - 10 - - -

j.D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High/Low - 5 - - - Shares the same animation as Snake Kick

Chain Specific Normals

Any A/B/D Normal -> 5C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 28-32 Hight/Low - - - - -

Throws

A/B+D Hand over your vibes Hand over your vibes Vibe check Vibe check	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 Throw N/A 4 - - - Forward Throw Animation for both throws is the same. Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 70 Throw N/A 4 - - - Back throw is fully untechable Animation for both throws is the same.

Dust (Sword Series Slash)

5B+C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 150 High N/A 30 - - - Is an overhead. Triggers an air chase when you press A. To complete the air chase you must do AAABBBCCCD > 236D.

2B+C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 150 Low N/A 30 - - - Same as standing Dust 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 236A 236A 236B 236B 236C 236C	Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block A 30 High/Low N/A 12 - - - Anti Air Angle Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block B 30 High/Low N/A 12 - - - Straight Forward Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block C 30 Low N/A 12 - - - Skims the ground and hits low. Can hit OTG

Dancing Wolf 214A/B/C

Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block A 30 High/Low Flying Tendrils, P Thunder, Super 8 - - - Goes the shortest and has the least start up Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block B 33 High/Low Flying Tendrils, P Thunder, Super 13 - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block C 35 High/Low Flying Tendrils, P Thunder, Super 15 - - - Goes the farthest and has the most start up. Will pop airborne opponents up a bit on hit.

Flying Tendrils Dancing Wolf ~> A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High N/A 30 - - - Hits Overhead and causes a hard knockdown on hit Dancing Wolf must connect in order to cancel into this

P Thunder Dancing Wolf ~> D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 30 High/Low Snake Kick, SoT, Super 10 - - - Can be canceled into from Dancing Wolf even if it whiffs

Snake Kick P Thunder ~> D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 48 High N/A 18 - - - Hits overhead and will cause a hard knockdown on hit Shares the same animation as j.D

Evil Dragon 623D Genocide Cutta! Genocide Cutta!	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High/Low Evil Dragon Claws, Sot, Super 3 - - - Jadou2 Knee's the opponent while rising in the air, hits twice Second hit shares the same animation as Evil Dragon Claws and Evil Fang

Evil Dragon Claws Evil Dragon ~> 6D Follow up Genocide Cutta! Follow up Genocide Cutta!	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 24 N/A N/A 6 - - - Shares the same animation as Evil Dragon's second hit and Evil Fang

Evil Fang j.236D Aerial Genocide Cutta! Aerial Genocide Cutta!	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High, N/A for Air to Air N/A 7 - - - Can be tk'ed for an instant overhead as it will still hit crouchers Shares the same animation as Evil Dragon's second hit and Evil Dragon Fang

Hidden Devil 236D Haa Haa

Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block N/A N/A N/A 1 - - - Jadou2 dashes forwards while moving his hitbox quite low, allowing him to dodge quite alot of attacks, although he is in no way invulnerable during the dash Can go through the opponent, thus causeing a side swap depending on spacing Due to the sheer amount of moves that you can cancel into Hidden Devil, its quick recovery, and ability to side swap, Hidden Devil is vital to Jadou2's pressure game Total Length: 23 frames Upper Body invincibility: 1-18

Super Moves

Level 1 Supers

Energy Roar 236236A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 146 High/Low Energy Roar Evil Shadow - - - -

Energy Roar Evil Shadow 236D During Energy Roar	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 100 High/Low N/A - - - -

Ultimate Devil Black Ghost Circle 236236D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 158 High/Low N/A - - - -

Aerial Ultimate Devil Black Ghost Circle j.236236D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 165 High/Low, N/A for Air to Air N/A - - - -

Level 3 Super

Dead Spirits Dance 214214D No joke for this one. Just a real bad hitbox No joke for this one. Just a real bad hitbox	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 349 High/Low N/A - - - -

Strategy

Neutral

Jadou2 has a multitude of tools to allow him to surprisingly play an actual neutral game. Though he will normally be trying to advance Jadou2 can play a keep away game due to his fireball having variations that are able to anti-air and deal with low profile moves, as well as have some good range on some his normals, notably his j.C for air to air and air to ground control, and 2C for ground interactions. In terms of dealing with your opponents air approach Evil Dragon is your best bet due to being only 3 frames of startup, and will usually trade at worst.

Offence (On Hit)

On hit Jadou2 will do one of two things, go for a reset with Hidden Devil, or more normally do a combo. Combo wise Jadou2 is quite straight forward, with his combo game being a question of how much meter do you want to spend for extra damage before you get a HKD with your Dancing Wolf ender. Alternatively, with proper spacing near the corner you can loop Evil Dragon ~> Evil Dragon Claws up to three times meterless in the corner, which builds more meter and does more damage then your standard HKD ender. You will unfortunately give up corner and HKD with this ender but it is still an option for more damage.

HKD OKI

After a HKD you have a multitude of options to open the opponent up, but there never is a straight forward "correct" answer, and you will have to implement some free form mixups and conditioning to properly open the opponent up.
Nonetheless, here are a few standard options to consider.

• Meaty Normal
• Meaty Dancing Wolf A into follow up of choice
• Jump over IAD back j.C
• TK Evil Fang
• Hidden Devil cross-up, afterwards you can Hidden Devil again for a re cross-up, or you can do one of the above
• Back throw

This isnt the be all end all for Oki as there are a multitude of other options. For example, in burst your Energy Roar ~> Energy Roar Evil Shadow is a catch 22 meaty with proper delay of the follow-up, as if they block they will be guard broken and subsequently will eat a combo, and if they parry to dodge the Energy Roar a delayed Energy Roar Evil Shadow will catch their recovery, again leading to a combo.

Offence (On Block)

On Block, like his HKD Oki, is entirely free form with is usually consisting of a 2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214A/B/C ~> Follow up, with the mixup of Hidden Devil at any point during these 4 hits for a reset in pressure, and depending on when you use it it can either cross-up of remain on the same side. You also have Flying Tendrils and P Thunder after Dancing Wolf, with Flying Tendrils being safe on block, and P Thunder having a SoT cancel, allowing you to restart your pressure. You can also use Evil Ghost to end your pressure if you want to reset back to neutral.

Defense

Jadou2 unfortunately dosen't have much more then anyone else for defense. While you have Hidden Devil it has no invincibility, and Evil Dragon, while only 3 frames of startup, will lose to a parry, and anything with invincibility like a backdash, though due to Evil Dragon being invulnerable during start-up, it will more often then not trade with an opponents hitbox at worst. Your backdash is also too slow to see any real defensive usage with the same going for Ultimate Devil Black Ghost Circle, your only reversal super. Thankfully you still have your standard guard cancel to get out of pressure, though this still costs 1 bar of meter.

Combos

Need help reading the combos? Check out the Glossary for explanations on notation and game specific terms! All damage values tested against Hiro.

BnB Combos

Combo	Total Damage	Notes
As a rule of thumb, all Jadou2 combos, throw combos exempt, can be started with j.C >> 2D or if close enough j.C >> 5/2C for better damage
Meterless BnB
2A -> 2B -> 2C > 214C ~> D ~> D	139	Standard BnB when you lack meter. Ends in a hard knockdown still so you get to run your oki mixups.
Back Throw >> 623D ~> D >> 66 >> 5/2C > 236B	121	Standard back throw combo that will work on everyone. you wont get the 5/2C link depending on where you throw and which you have to do is character dependent. Damage does not count the 236B as that is purely for continued pressure after.
Back Throw >> 214A ~> D ~> D	112	Better Back Throw combo that does less damage then the above but grants a hard knockdown. Does not work on Hiro2, Roze, Eartj, Jadou, or Mayura.
Back Throw >> {623D ~> D}x3	143	Standard back throw combo that will work on everyone. Requires you to be near the corner. Builds a full bar of meter should the full combo connect.
One Bar BnB
2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214C ~> D > 236236A/B/C ~> 236D >> 5C > 214A ~> D ~> D	256	Your standard 1 bar BnB combo. Works anywhere, deals good damage, and ends in a hard knockdown.
Back Throw >> 214A ~> D > 236236A/B/C ~> 236D >> 5C > 214A ~> D ~> D	184	Character specific back throw combo that works anywhere. Will not work on Roze, Earth, Jadou, Mayura, or Hiro2. Hiro2 the 214A ~> D will hit but it will hit too low to actually continue the combo.
Back Throw >> 623D > Delayed SoT >> 214B ~> D ~> D	137	Seal of Time extension that guarantees a hard knock down on every character.
Two Bar BnB
2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214C ~> D > SoT >> 66/236D >> 5C > 623D > Delayed Sot >> 5C > {623D ~> 6D}x2 >> 623D > Delayed Sot >> 66(side swap) >> 214B ~> D ~> D	300	Your main 2 bar BnB. Deals great damage, gets a hard knock down, and will let you get corner from anywhere on the screen. This combo requires extremely specific spacings and depending on where you start the combo you will have to heavily alter how much space you walk and when to side swap and when not to.
2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214C > 236236A/B/C ~> 236D >> 5C > 623D > SoT >> B+C (AAABBBCCCD 236D)	264	Dust ender combo. Wont work if the opponent is too close to the corner after the 236236A/B/C ~> 236D. If they are then you have to micro dash after the 236236A/B/C ~> 236D for the 5C to connect. Will leave you with about 2 2/3 of meter.
2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214C ~> D > SoT > Whiffed Burst >> 66 >> { 5C > 623D > Delayed Sot }x3 >> 214214D	403	Alt Route Burst Combo. Requires 2 bars by the time you do the first Sot.
Three Bar BnB
2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214C ~> D > SoT >> 66 or 236D >> { 5C > 623D > Delayed Sot }x2 >> 5C > { 623D ~> 6D }x2 >> 623D > Delayed Sot >> 214B ~> D ~> D	328	Non burst meter dump combo. Requires extremely specific spacing from corner to work. The choice between walking, dashing, or using 236D after the first Sot entirely depends on where you are on the screen
2D -> 2B -> 2C > 214C ~> D > SoT >> 5C > 623D > Delayed Sot > Whiffed Burst > { 5C > 623D > Delayed Sot }x3 >> 214214D	406	Burst Combo. Requires 3 bars for this route.