Them's Fightin' Herds/Shanty

Overview

Strategy

Combos

Shanty
Species:	Goat
Playstyle:	Stance, Rushdown
HP:	4800
Meter Size:	360
Movement Options:	Short Hop, Wall-Cling, Run
Voice Actor:	Afi Ekulona
Stage(s):	The Capricorn

Profile

It is well known among the creatures of Foenum that when a goat sets her eye on something, it’s only a matter of time before she gets it.

Shanty, named after a song with no title, was taken in by notorious pirate captain Bravura after being orphaned at a very young age. She studied the ways of salt and sail, instilled with the belief that the only ones who make it in life are those brave enough to fight to the last.

For Shanty to earn a place as a true member of her pirate crew, she has to prove her worth. And it isn’t enough to meet the bar, Shanty aims to blow it out of the water. That means stealing the most valuable treasure in the world: which just so happens to be the Prophet’s Key! Only one who’s worthy? It’s gonna be Shanty!

Gameplay

Shanty is a rushdown/stance character. She has incredibly strong pressure and mix, and can utilize grab baits very well. She has a very fast dash speed, and multiple projectile invulnerable moves, allowing her to deal with zoning attempts well. Her already good pressure is made much stronger with magic, as that gives her access to stance cancels (stancels), which can give you + frames on certain moves. Being a stance character, it is incredibly important to keep magic stocks high, and with her passive magic gain being incredibly slow, she is heavily reliant on using Parlay (22A) to gain magic.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Strong Mixups: With fast short hop options, looping fuzzies, and near-unreactable crossups, Shanty has extremely strong ways to overload your opponents' mental stack Fast Movement: Having an extremely fast dash and run stance, Shanty can make up for lackluster pokes with incredible speed High Damage: With good meterless options such as TK Cutlass B, Gangway!, and Broadside, Shanty has an incredibly high damage ceiling with the right routes Meter Denial: Shanty has the ability to do high damage with few hits, and with only one meterless multihit, she is very good at denying the opponent meter while not needing it herself Magic Gain & Usage: Shanty has very safe ways of gaining magic, 22[A] enders being the most common. This is important as magic makes her better in almost every way, with higher damage, good neutral pokes, and plus-on-block stancels Sticky Pressure: With 2B sliding forward as much as it does, as well as having numerous safe pressure resets and a strong microdash, it can be extremely difficult to get Shanty off of you, even with strong system mechanics such as pushblock and instant block

Low Health: Shanty is tied with Tianhuo and Pom for the lowest health in the game, meaning she can die very quickly Bad Defense: With a short jab and only a -71 metered reversal, Shanty's defense is very lacking Weak Neutral: Few safe approaches and fewer meaningful disjoints makes Shanty's neutral incredibly weak

Movement Options

Jump: Shanty can perform both regular jumps and shorthops.

Forward and Backdash: Shanty can dash both forwards and backwards, like any other character.

Run: Shanty can run forward or backward, but only after entering her run stance (1 magic).

Wall-Cling: Ability unique to Shanty. Activated with 22B or 22C, and requires 2 magic. Press D while in wall-cling to leap to the other side (1 magic), or press any direction away from the wall to jump off.

Normal Moves

5A

5A Why is it active for 8 frames Why is it active for 8 frames	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 30 HL - 5 8 11 vs. Grounded 1 -2 vs. Airborne Has the most active frames of any 5A in the game. Your fastest normal, useful for quick punishes or abare.

6A

6A Talk to the hoof Talk to the hoof	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 85 HL - 8 6 22 vs. Grounded -9 -6 vs. Airborne Universal anti-air. Shanty's has poor vertical range, but good horizontal range and forward movement, making it very useful in rebeat blockstrings.

5B

5B	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 90 HL - 9 5 17 vs. Grounded 1 -2 vs. Airborne Possible counterpoke that moves forward slightly and is disjointed during the active frames.

5C

5C Bonk! Bonk!	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 175 HL - 12 6 21 vs. Grounded -2 -6 vs. Airborne Similar to 5B, moving forward with a notable disjoint during the active frames. Does massive first-hit damage, especially on counterhit.

2A

2A	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 35 L - 6 5 13 vs. Grounded 1 -1 vs. Airborne Hits further than the animation implies. Does more damage and hits much further than 5A, while also being a low. The tradeoff? Less active frames and slightly longer startup.

2B

2B Skrrrt Skrrrt

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 85 L - 9 9 15 vs. Grounded -3 -6 vs. Airborne Sliding low with extreme low profile during the active frames. Hits further than the animation implies. Hits surprisingly far in neutral, keeps Shanty in during pressure, rebeats into 6A, can anti air, is +2 if perfectly spaced, this button does it all!

2C

2C

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 145 L - 12 8 24 vs. Grounded HKD +25 -9 vs. Airborne As with all of Shanty's lows, hits farther than the animation implies. Has massive disjoint during active frames, and can cancel into 5C if 5C has not been used in your chain yet.

3C

3C	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 150 HL - 15 4 27 vs. Grounded Launch -15 vs. Airborne Universal launcher. Fast and moves forward quite a bit, but will still fall out at max-range confirms. Useful for many of Shanty's known combos.

5C

Bulkhead 4/6C Throw out a low, I dare you. Throw out a low, I dare you.	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 155 H - 29 14 12 vs. Grounded Stagger 55 -12 vs. Airborne Overhead that staggers on hit. Can hold button to feint the attack (31f). Extreme high profile from frames 5-26. Can whiff-cancel to Run Stance from frames 1-23.

j.A

j.A "An affront to nature." "An affront to nature."	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 45 H - 6 5 9 vs. Grounded ≤+21 ≤+16 vs. Airborne Extremely quick air normal with surprising range. Her fastest overhead when used during a shorthop, leading to ground confirms if chained into j.B. Can hit crossup.

j.B

j.B

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 85 H - 10 9 10 vs. Grounded ≤+28 ≤+18 vs. Airborne Hits above Shanty. Vacuums the opponent on hit or block, allowing for very tricky pressure and mixups. Combos from j.A, even during a shorthop, and links back into j.A during high-altitude air combos.

j.C

j.C	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 130 H - 20 7 11 vs. Grounded ≤+30 ≤+13 vs. Airborne Big damage air normal. Can hit crossup, and causes a ground bounce on airborne opponents.

Special Moves

Special Name 1

Cutlass 236A/B/C 236A 236A 236B 236B 236C 236C

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 140 HL - 13 7 20 vs. Grounded Launch/HKD +37 -5 vs. Airborne Forward-moving and slightly disjointed. This move becomes -2 if the opponent crouch-blocks it. Can lead to a HKD on hit. 240 HL - 24 6 27 vs. Grounded Launch/HKD +45 -11 vs. Airborne Very useful high-damage combo special. Combos easily from 5C, and can combo from 3C if TK'd into. Up close, it will cross through opponents who are crouching. 250 HL - 34 9 24 vs. Grounded Launch/HKD +53 -11 vs. Airborne Projectile invincible move that can cross up opponents if close enough. Does not steal the corner. Massive first-hit damage, but very hard to combo into.

Special Name 1

Parley 22A

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 100 HL - 25 14 10 vs. Grounded 1 -12 vs. Airborne Charges 1 magic stock. The shockwave counts as a projectile, and will break other projectiles/lose to projectile-invuln moves. 125 HL - 41 20 4 vs. Grounded Launch -7 vs. Airborne Charges 2 magic stocks. This version has the highest damage, most active frames, the least recovery frames, and is the safest on block. Can be done meaty after certain HKDs to be plus on block. Requires 27-38 frames of charging. The shockwave counts as a projectile, and will break other projectiles/lose to projectile-invuln moves. 110 HL - 52 14 20 vs. Grounded Stagger 36 -12 vs. Airborne Charges 3 magic stocks. Staggers the opponent if it hits. Requires 39+ frames of charging. The shockwave counts as a projectile, and will break other projectiles/lose to projectile-invuln moves.

Super

Cannonball 236XX Cannon ball/crash/splash! Cannon ball/crash/splash!	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 270, 410 HL, H - 2+3 12(15)8 83 vs. Grounded HKD +14 -71 vs. Airborne Fully invincible for the first 25 frames. The second hit must be blocked high.

Follow Up

Avast! 214XX That's it! Avast! That's it! Avast!

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 15[x3], 90 - - 60 1(7)1(8)1(27)1 47 vs. Grounded Stagger +81/+54 vs. Airborne Must be cancelled BEFORE the second hit of Cannonball. Install that regenerates three magic stocks on hit, and increases magic regeneration for a period of time. Causes a stagger.

Level 3 Super

Durian Drop 63214XX	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 175[x8], 1350 Grab - 9+4 16 67 vs. Grounded 0 vs. Airborne An advancing invincible grab. Has invincibility for the first 30 frames.

Throws

Forward Throw

Forward Throw B+C / 6B+C Heave ho! Heave ho!	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 400 Throw - 6 3 23 vs. Grounded Tumble +17 vs. Airborne Can combo dash 5A or 2B in the corner. Can 22A after and still get oki.

Back Throw

Back Throw 4B+C Heave-Ho! Heave-Ho!	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 400 Throw - 6 3 23 vs. Grounded HKD +47 vs. Airborne Can combo if throwing into the corner. Otherwise leads to a very advantageous HKD.

Air Throw

Air Throw j.B+C

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 300 Throw - 8 3 18 vs. Grounded Bounce vs. Airborne Uses your groundbounce immediately. Like Paprika's airthrow, followups depend on your height. From a high connect, falling with j.B seems most consistent. If closer to the ground, landing and using 5A or 5B works.

Magic

Shanty's magic slowly builds over time, and she can obtain more with Parley, to a maximum of 6 stocks. She can spend it to enter her Wall Cling and Run stances, and use certain options within the stances.

5D

Run Stance (Enter/Exit) 5D

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier - - - 8 4-46 8 vs. Grounded vs. Airborne Enters Run Stance, which has an evasive low profile hurtbox on frame 1, and gives her access to different movement and moves on frame 8 after pressing 5D. Shanty can manually exit the stance by holding down or pressing D again, which, when done as fast as possible, makes the stance last 20f at minimum. Shanty can run forwards and backwards, which drains magic, and she cannot block.

Keelhaul 5D~A Skrrrt ver. 2 Skrrrt ver. 2	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 90 L - 13 12 13 vs. Grounded Launch/HKD +46 -5 vs. Airborne Advancing low that sucks opponents in on grounded hit, allowing side switches. Can be spaced to be safe.

Broadside 5D~B Pray to god you didn’t mash on this. Pray to god you didn’t mash on this.

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 210 M - 10 12 19 vs. Grounded Wallstick -2 vs. Airborne High-damage charging headbutt. Wallsticks if opponent hits the wall. Can cancel into 22C to get a midscreen wallstick. Has many active frames and decent disjoint both horizontally and vertically, meaning you can space it to be safe and possibly use it as a panic anti-air if you're in stance.

Gangway! 5D~C Zoning? In my pony game? Zoning? In my pony game?

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 70[x2], 210 H - 15 18 21 vs. Grounded Bounce -6 vs. Airborne Multi-hit flip-kick thing. Hits grounded opponents on frame 28. Has projectile invulnerability on frame 1 and high profile starting at frame 5. Can cross up a crouching opponent. Uses up your groundbounce.

WallCling

Wallcling 22B/C Does whatever a spider-goat does. Does whatever a spider-goat does.

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier - - - 11 17-22 1 vs. Grounded vs. Airborne Grounded startup is 11f, airborne travel time varies between 17 and 22f. Enters Wallcling by spending 1 magic and jumping to the wall. 22B jumps to the wall behind her, 22C jumps to the one in front of her. If midscreen, a wall is created at the camera's bounds. Can run up and down the wall and gives access to a different set of moves. Can act on the 2nd frame after reaching the wall. 15 frames of recovery if you walk to the floor. Magic drains continuously on the wall, Shanty automatically enters Helm if magic runs out. Cannot block in Wallcling. Pressing C while in wallcling will cause Shanty to enter "Helm".

Wallcling Attack Wallcling 8/5/2A w.8A (the bing) w.8A (the bing) w.5A (the bang) w.5A (the bang) w.2A (the bong) w.2A (the bong)

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 110 H - 11 9 18 vs. Grounded Launch vs. Airborne Launches upward. Cancels into other wallcling followups, but not itself. Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 145 H - 8 8 17 vs. Grounded Launch vs. Airborne Launches full screen horizontally. Cancels into other wallcling followups, but not itself. Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 250 H - 9 7 10 vs. Grounded Bounce vs. Airborne Causes a ground bounce. Fastest followup from wallcling that can hit grounded opponents, making it useful for surprise pressure. Cancels into other wallcling followups, but not itself.

Harpoon Wallcling B	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 155 H - 14 8 26 vs. Grounded Launch/HKD +61 -8 to -4 vs. Airborne Has very ambiguous crossup properties. Leads to a massive launch on hit, or a HKD if no followup is used.

Change Walls Wallcling D NYOOM NYOOM	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier - - - - - 30 vs. Grounded vs. Airborne Spends 1 magic to jump to the opposite wall. Does not have any additional recovery upon reaching the other wall.

Helm Breaker

Helm Run 7/8/9, Wallcling 9/C speen mk. 2 speen mk. 2

Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier - - - 9/17 - 15 vs. Grounded vs. Airborne Shanty flips through the air, and can be controlled left/right to influence her trajectory, allowing for ambiguous left right mixups into Breaker. Recovery is from when she touches the ground.

Breaker Helm A/B/C I dont even know what side this hit on. I dont even know what side this hit on.	Base Damage Guard Properties Startup Active Recovery   Hitstop Hitstun Adv. on Hit Blockstop Blockstun Adv. on Block First Hit Juggle Decay Base Juggle Decay JDG Multiplier 110 H - 16 2+ 9 vs. Grounded 6 to 10, HKD on Airborne -8 to -4 vs. Airborne Overhead attack from Helm. Grants generous hitstop on aerial connect and roughly +6 to +10 on grounded hit. Unsafe on block if used from high up.

Techniques

Meaty Parley

You are able to charge parley to be plus on block by timing it with the opponents wakeup. An easy way to practice this is by setting the training mode ai to 'Block after first hit', then in the corner do 2c > 22[a]. Your goal is to make it so the second charge of parley hits late into its active frames, when done correctly this leaves you +12 at best.

Safejumps

When the opponent is in hard knockdown, you're able to consistently time a shorthop jC input so that you land in time to block if the opponent uses an invulnerable reversal, or hit them if they dont.

Fuzzy Guard Breaks

After the opponent blocks a shjC, they might fuzzy guard your next attack. Fuzzy guarding is the act of timing your block inputs so that way you can successfully defend against a high and a low attack with the same input. However, as Shanty, you are able to perform a fuzzy guard break. This is timing your high and low so they would come out on the same frame. The easiest way to do this is with shjC > shjA/2a. Keep in mind that the opponent is able to pushblock your shjC, giving them absolute guard for a time. There are 4 frames at the end of a pushblock where the opponent does not have absolute guard, so by timing your fuzzy guard break accordingly you're able to beat pushblock.

Empty Cancels

Shanty has a few neat empty cancels that can help in various situations. Empty cancels will be notated by 'xx'.

• 236A/B/C xx 236AB

- By empty cancelling Cutlass into Super you can give yourself a slight momentum boost before your super comes out. This is most effective with 236C, as it carries you the furthest, and has projectile invulnerability.

• 4/6C xx 236AB

- You can use Bulkheads high profile to move your hurtbox over some attacks, then empty cancel into super to whiff punish. This can be safer than a raw super, due to you having time to react to if the opponent does a move or not.

• 4/6C xx 5D

- By empty cancelling Bulkhead into Run Stance, you're able to very quickly shift your hurtbox from very high to very low, letting you escape from some situations easier.

TK Parley

By inputting 3C > 228A you are able to cancel 3C into parley. By properly charging parley, you are able to time it so that if they buffer air tech, they will be forced to block or get hit by it. This gives you a very safe max JD combo ender, while also giving you +2 magic stocks, and time to setup oki if they don't air tech.

TK Cutlass

By inputting 3C > 2369A/B/C you are able to cancel 3c into cutlass. You can only combo into cutlass b pre-max JD, and can only combo into cutlass a if JDG is high enough. TK Cutlass is important due to it making up most of Shanty's optimal combo's. TK Cutlass B is a 3 frame link at pre-max JD, and a 1 frame link at max JD, however as gravity increases it'll eventually become impossible. By having your stick end on 6, you are able to negative edge the B input, which can give you 1 extra frame of leniency.

Colors

Shanty

Ditty

What Shall We Do

D'ja Make Er?

And a Bottle of Rum

Fizzy Lemon

Emerald Splash

Wild Wave

Akerbeltz

Goatmom

Shout of Sea

Lightning Rival

Jellyfish Pirate

Grass Pelt

I'm So Sorry

Miracle Courtier

Dangerous Hoofwear

Island Villager

Super Bleat Kid

Who We Are

Hooligan Punk

Baaah, Avast!

Donut Steele

Surf's Up

Insolated

KLR:D

28 Ays Later

Shakalaka Bam

Dark Prince

Captain

Graffiti Gyal

Miki Miki