Melty Blood/MBTL/Red Arcueid

Story

Due to the effects of coming back from a "certain accident," her vampiric impulses and overwhelming desires have taken over. Driven by instinct, she arrives in a lowly human city. Controlled by pure emotion, her actions and words are quite dangerous, but her underlying personality remains mostly unchanged. The only big difference is her increased selfishness and changed attitude toward humans.

Gameplay

Red Arcueid, sometimes shortened to Warc, is a well rounded character with emphasis on mobility and neutral control. Her ring projectiles and strong air buttons control the neutral, while her fast dash and slippery teleports can slip right past the opponent to keep her safe and them off balance. Once in, her many forward moving buttons, corner throw combos, standing overhead, and armored charge normals make her a real threat in pressure.

Strengths	Weaknesses
The skirt's back!: :) Comboable throw in corner: Can combo off her throw in the corner for 2000+ damage and more meter gain than typical throws. This also allows her to dump meter to make them extra damaging if needed, being able to deal over 4000 damage if she has 4 bars. As a result, her strike/throw game in the corner is especially potent. Big Armored Moves: Having a grounded overhead in 5[B] is already good enough, but the armor on that move as well as 5[C] and (to a lesser extent) j.2C makes Red Arcueid's pressure scary to mash or low shield against. Commanding Presence: With good movement speed, teleports, strong projectiles (both ground and air), and a robust aerial toolkit (jB!) to boot, Red Arcueid is at home frustrating her opponents in the neutral game. Strong metered options: With an EX DP for reversals, whiff-cancels or clashes, a safe-ish teleport hitgrab with some invincibility, strong EX fireball combo enders, and a giant air unblockable Arc Drive, Warc has no shortage of good ways to spend meter in any situation. Simple, stable okizeme: After airthrow or j214C ender, Warc can make the opponent block a deep falling j214A. Depending on the spacing and setup, this can be almost unilaterally reversal safe while remaining very plus on block, letting her run her standard strike/throw game afterwards.	Weak midscreen throw: Her throw cannot be comboed off of midscreen, and it deals less damage than a typical throw. It also doesn't knockdown, so you usually give up pressure afterwards and return to neutral. So-so Ground Moon Skills: Without the clash frames from Moon Drive, her grounded Moon Skills don't really do anything special. 4BC is pretty good for closing out rounds and j4BC is a strong option in many situations, but the rest aren't too powerful. The best use of Moon gauge generally is just Drive. Middling Meterless Mid-range: Outside of immediate 2C range, Warc often has a hard time turning stray hits into anything meaningful. Her metered options are solid, though, especially Arc Drive, so it's more of a concern when resources are low. 6F 2A: Given that her 2A is slightly slower than average, Warc occasionally has to choose between being able to safely Anti-DP OS with 5A or hit low with 2A, or between mashing a 5F normal while standing or a 6F one while crouching. No more menacing laugh: :(

Character Summary

Move list

Moon Skills

6B+C - Alte Nagel: Anti-air/DP

3B+C - Weiss Katze: Teleport

4B+C - Alte Schule: Projectile

j4B+C Alte Schule (air) Projectile

Special Attacks

236A/B/C (EX OK) - Alte Nagel: Anti-air

623A/B/C (EX OK) - Weiss Katze: Teleport

214A/B/C (EX OK) - Alte Schule: Projectile

j.214A - Alte Schule: Air projectile

j.214B/C (EX OK) - Alte Schule: Air projectile

> A/B/C - Additional input

Arc Drive: 236B+C - Erde Seele Seufzer
Last Arc: A+B+C+D / D in Blood Heat - Shining Body
Unique Attacks: 6C, 3C, 2C>2C, j.2C
Blowback Edge Moves: 5[B], 5[C], j[C], 623[A], 623[B]

Stats & vitals

Dash startup: 6

Dash actionable: 9

Jump startup: 4

Jump airtime: 40

Quick combo reference

2AA 2C 5C 6C 236A 2C 236B jc j[C] AT
2AA 2C 5[C] IAD jC j214A 66 2B 5BBB jB jC AT

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5A

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5A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
180	LH	-N-, -SE-, -SP-, -RB-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	2	11	17	-1	-

Fairly standard 5A and fastest normal.
Best option for rebeats, as it has the lowest total duration of all her moves.
Can be used as an anti-air of last resort against IADs or bad jump-ins, to mash out of pressure if you're unafraid of lows, or as a low-commitment check in neutral.
Can be repeated 3 times by holding 4 while pressing A.

5B

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5[B]

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5B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
480	LH	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9 ~ 13	4	17	29 ~ 33	-6	-

Very limited range, mostly combo and blockstring filler, not great as a poke.
Advances Warc forward a bit, but it's very stubby, so be careful about whiffing it.
Can only be charged a little bit (a few frames at most) without getting 5[B].
It shares the same startup animation as the charged overhead version, so you can part-charge to try and make your opponent flinch, then catch them off-guard with 2A or 2B.

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5[B]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400*2 (768)	H	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	Armor	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
29	4	22	54	-10	Armor 13-30

Very powerful button; an advancing, armoured overhead which is fully rebeatable on block and leads to good damage on hit.
Has two hits, but only one of them will hit overhead. If the first hit connects, the second will hit mid; but if only the second hit connects, it will hit overhead.
Can be used as a sort of janky poke or anti-air in neutral by armouring through a button or jump-in and punishing the recovery.
The armour will lose to EX moves and throws, but it will eat through meterless/moon-skill DPs without stopping.
You will press this a lot, and your opponent will hate it. Even if they can consistently react to the overhead, the advancing property makes it useful in pressure anyway, and it makes mashing low shield very risky to boot.

5C

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5C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
610	LH	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10 ~ 17	4	23	36 ~ 43	-10	-

5C poke.
Hits pretty far horizontally, so can be used as a way to mash out of pressure if they really push themselves far out.
Especially good at catching IADs.
Good for picking up after far fireball hits, too.

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5[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
550*2 (1045)	LH	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	Armor	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
21	4	22	46	-8	Armor 16-21

Gains some range over the uncharged version, as well as advancing Warc forward a bit. It's also armoured like 5[B]!
Very good combo tool as well, most high-damage routes will use it in some way.
A strong frametrap option in pressure, given it's an advancing armoured move and all. However, some moves can low profile it.
Armour does start up fairly late, and it can be easily jumped over, so it's not the strongest poke in neutral, but it's still pretty good.

Crouching Normals

2A

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2A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
150	L	-N-, -SE-, -SP-, -RB-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2	11	18	-1	-

Fairly standard 2A low, though it is a little slower than average.
Range is about the same as 5A, but obviously 2A hits lower to the ground.
Generally your best option for starting off pressure strings after dashing in, for tick throws, or as a meaty.

2B

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2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
420	L	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	4	15	25	-4	-

Low kicking 2B, good range and low recovery.
Advances Warc forward slightly, so the effective range is slightly more than it appears.
Good for catching people after dashing under their jump, or mashing out of pressure at certain ranges.
Can low-profile some things too.
The stagger window on block is quite poor though.

2C

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2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
620	L	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	5	23	35	-11	-

Big sweep.
Not quite as big as the particle effect indicates, the hitbox only reaches as far as the inner edge. Even so, it's still pretty big!
Slightly bigger than 2B, but has quite a bit more recovery.
Solid abare option at some ranges, but very weak to IADs.
Strong combo filler, especially with the 2CC followup in the corner.

Jumping Normals

j.A

Aerial

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jA

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
140	HA	-N-, -SP-, -RB-, -EX-, -MD-, -J-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	4	11	19	-	-

Standard jA poke.
Can be repeated 3 times on hit/block if you hold 4, like 2A and 5A.
A solid low-committal way to cover air-space. You can whiff cancel into j214A, airdash into jB, or jump cancel and retreat, depending on the situation.
Hits overhead quickly out of IAD, but not much faster than jC.
Rising jA is one of your more solid "anti-air" options as well, or at least one of your less committal ones. Welcome to Melty Blood!

j.B

Aerial

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jB

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
240*2 (470)	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	3 (4) 3	-	-	-	-

Two hits, one above Warc and one below. As fast as jA, but much bigger!
Very strong air space control option, but you can't act again until you land if it whiffs, so be careful about over-committing to it.
IAD jB will usually whiff on crouchers, but it still reaches high diagonally in the air, so it's a good way to swat people out of the sky. IABD jB is a fairly safe way to protect the skies.
Can be used as a double overhead option out of j[C] jump-ins or high IADs.

j.C

Aerial

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jC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
560	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10 ~ 17	5	-	-	-	-

It doesn't reach that far below you, but still farther than the other air normals, so it's your strongest "standard" jump-in and best way to catch people running under you.
Hits really high above Warc, so it's a great option for harassing people from below if they're jumping around a lot.
Generally your best button to press out of IAD in pressure; it has the highest reward, and will occasionally catch jumpouts, letting you air-unblockable them with 5A.

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j[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
900	HA	N, SP, RB, EX, MD, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	5	-	-	-	Clash 16-19

Gains a bunch of clash frames before active, like other charged j[C]s, so it can power through air normals and win air exchanges as long as you have time to charge it.
Does lots of damage in combos, but usually requires specific routes to get it to connect.
You don't have time to do this out of IAD, and the flash comes out too late to jumpscare people with. You do have time to charge it enough to flash after 623[A]/[B], but it still won't actually hit.

Command Normals

3C

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3C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700	LH	SP, EX, MD	LR	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	3	25	37	-11	Air 5-12

Third hit of the autocombo string as a standalone button.
Shifts your hurtbox to avoid air buttons, but it often clashes or loses outright, so don't rely on it too much.
Decent option to beat Shield Counter B on reaction with, can work against IADs in pressure as well.
Warc does at least get decent reward off raw 3C thanks to j2C routing.

6C

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6C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700	L	SP, EX, MD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
23	4	20	46	-7	-

Briefly vanishes before lunging forward almost fullscreen. Warc will pass through the opponent and switch sides on hit or block as long as she's close enough. At max range, she'll stay in front.
Does not hit as a crossup, can be blocked in either direction.
Useful combo tool, especially if you want to side-swap. You can also use it in neutral to force your way in, or as a burst option to catch landing recovery from air normals or specials.
Cancelling into 236A immediately is gapless and only -2 on block at a favourable spacing; immediate 236B has a gap, but will trade favourably with 5F normals and give you a combo while still only being -3 on block. If the 6C hits, though, 236A will let you convert but 236B usually will not.

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2C~2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
780	LH	SP, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	3	22	36	-8	-

Followup to 2C, can only be done on block or hit, not whiff.
Hits mid and advances Warc forward a bit.
Mostly a filler for corner combos, as it wallbounces and lets you do a ton of damage. Or you can use it midscreen to gain a lot of corner carry.
It's decent in pressure, as it's an extra frametrap option and it's only -1 on 5A rebeat, but it's nothing special. It does advance Warc forward a bit, but it also has a ton of pushback, so it doesn't make much difference.

j.2C

Aerial

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j2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
260*6 (1332)	HA	-	Armor	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	8 (1) 2 (2) 2 (5) 2	10	-	-	13-25 Armor

Armoured air normal, best used as a combo extender. Does strange things to your air momentum.
You can get a fairly low j2C with a 171C input, which can be used to punish throw attempts or as a reactionary anti-air/air counterpoke.
The first hitbox is quite fast, but the armour doesn't kick in until later, so it can still lose in clashes and similar situations.
Will almost always whiff on crouchers and is usually fairly unsafe if they block it on or near the ground. You have absolutely no cancel options until you hit the ground, too.
Does not hard knockdown, and generally not a good combo ender. However, when it hits low to the ground, you can link 5A afterwards and continue your combo that way. This allows for much better routes off Shield Counter, 3C and 6BC, among other things.

Universal Mechanics

Rapid Beat 2

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Autocombo linker.
Advancing normal with a decent hitbox, hits diagonally and can AA people occasionally, but it's nothing spectacular.
Can't rebeat into other normals besides Rapid Beat 3, so it's not a great option in pressure. You can special cancel into 236A to become -2 instead of -10, and it will auto-confirm if the rapid beat hit.
Does at least have a fairly good stagger window into Rapid 3 if you choose to go for it.

Rapid Beat 3

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Basically just 3C.
You only really want to do this as a hitconfirm, not in a blockstring, but 236A or 214X can bail you out if you get it by accident.

Ground Throw

throw

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4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
300, 1000 (1300)	N/A	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4	3	-	-	-	-

Midscreen, flings them away and lets them air-tech afterwards. You can try to chase, but you usually essentially return to neutral.
In the corner, however, you have time to 2B or 2C before they hit the ground, netting you a full confirm.
If you're a little bit outside of the corner, you can occasionally pickup with 5CCC instead.
Throw combos are super scaled, but EX moves still do quite a bit of damage. Meter dumping after a corner throw is a great way to close out rounds.

Air Throw

airthrow

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j.4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	3	-	-	-	-

Universal air combo ender.
Dunk-type airthrow, Warc brings them to the ground and lands next to them afterwards.
Generally you'll want to save your double jump in combos to jump cancel your airthrow ender after you hit the ground.
Midscreen you can set up a meaty j214A ring with a neutral jump or IAD back.

Special Moves

Alte Nagel

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236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
640*2 (1196)	LH	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	3 (2) 9	20	42	-2	-

Air unblockable pillar.
Mostly combo filler, but it's only -2 so you can use it in pressure after command normals that are normally unsafe.
Alright as an antiair as well.

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236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
420*4 (1456)	LH	-EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
21	13	21	54	-1 ~ +4	-

Bigger than 236A, more active and travels farther, but it's much slower.
Jump-cancellable on hit, usually enables big damage followups in combos.
Like 236A, has some use in blockstrings or as an anti-air, but it's not exceptional at either. Can be a little better than -3 if spaced out so only the late active frames hit.

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236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400*6 (1992)	LH	(MD)	Invincible, EX	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+5	13	47	68	-34	1-14 All

Air unblockable DP, pretty big and has invincibility from frame 1
Only gives KD on Fatal Counter and can be shielded on reaction to superflash in some situations, though.
Good option to win clashes (e.g. after hitting moon-skills) with or on reaction to other superflashes, given the invulnerability.
While it is air unblockable, if they're not doing anything in the air they can shield after flash and kill you for trying.
You can use this after 214A/B whiffs in neutral to try punishing them for jumping in, but see above re: shielding.

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623C

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623A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	32	-	-

Teleport fakeout, leaves you in roughly the same spot as you started.
If used while the opponent is ground-teching, can occasionally create confusing situations where it's unclear which side you're on.

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623[A]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	11	37	-	-

Disappears and reappears above opponent, as long as they're close enough. Will always try to make Warc appear in front of the opponent.
If they're too far, Warc will just teleport into the air some distance away
You can do an air normal on the way down, and you retain all your air options.
However, if you don't do anything, you get bonus landing recovery.

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623B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	32	-	-

Disappears and then teleports about 3/4 screen. Can crossup, depending on spacing.
Quite a bit of startup and no real invulnerability at any point, you can be hit while travelling or on startup if you're not careful.

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623[B]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	11	37	-	-

Disappears and then teleports above opponent.
Will attempt to teleport Warc into the air behind the opponent, as long as they're close enough and they're not in the corner.
As with 623[A], you retain all your air options but if you don't do anything you get bonus landing recovery, and if they're too far away Warc will just teleport into the air some distance away.
Warc will usually turn around to face the opponent after re-appearing, so you can hit them crossup, but it can be a little unreliable near the max tracking range.

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623C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000, 1040 (2040)	LH	No	Invincible, EX	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+4	2	18	27	-3	4-9 All

Nearly fullscreen teleport hitgrab that switches sides on hit.
Not a true reversal, but invincible after the flash. You will probably die if you try this on wakeup. Takes the meter immediately, before the superflash, so you can just lose a bar for no reason if you're careless.
Great for punishing projectiles, whiffs, Heats, etc, or for challenging pressure resets (rebeats, IADs, redashes).
Wallbounces for combo extensions if they reach the corner.
Air unblockable, can be used to guarantee a guard-break if they land onto the top of a 214X fireball without shielding.
Can try to use this post-clash, but usually loses or clashes again rather than winning outright like 236C (generally) will.
Midscreen, you need to use Moon Drive for an extension, but it will give you a fairly advantageous hard knockdown if you don't do anything, even as a combo ender.

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214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
13	24	7	43	-4 ~ +19	-

Single fireball. Travels pretty fast, not much recovery, it's pretty decent to throw out to keep your opponent on their toes.
Usually you're safe even if they jump over near max range due to the reasonably low recovery. You can usually respond to Shield Counter B as well.
Hits high enough to clip IADs sometimes too, but if they clear it, you might die without Moon Drive to keep you safe.

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214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700, 650 (1174)	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	24 (20) 24	7	61	-4 ~ +19	-

Double fireball.
Second fireball is gapless on block after the first at some ranges, but has a gap in between when far away. The second fireball goes a little bit farther than the first.
More committal than 214A; if they jump at you, you might die. It can catch people off-guard if they were expecting only one fireball though.
However, you can EX cancel on whiff, so you can 236C or 623C on reaction to them jumping in (even 236BC, if you're willing to bet it all).
You can also Moon Drive cancel, which is safer and lets you confirm the situation before you commit to anything.

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214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
950*3 (2089)	LHA	MD, AD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+9	X	25	73	+2 ~ +20	-

Triple fireball!
Lets you convert stray fireball hits from nearly fullscreen, doing decent damage and getting you a hard knockdown.
Good combo meter-spend option. In the corner, you can continue the combo afterwards; midscreen, it ends the combo but gets you lots of corner carry and a good hard knockdown.
Technically the only source of guaranteed plus-frames in your grounded kit. It's not hugely advantageous, though, so be wary of overcomitting afterwards.

Alte Schule (air)

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j214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	-	18	-	-	-

Air onion ring fireball.
A very solid neutral tool that covers a lot of space. Useful for running reversal safe pressure after knockdowns too.
You roughly retain your air momentum from before throwing it, so you usually want to do this with airdash momentum or on the way down to make you plus or safe on block. Doing it while rising leaves you quite vulnerable.
You can't act again until you reach the ground, and there's a bit of landing recovery, so be wary of people dashing under you.
Good combo tool on top of everything else.

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j214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	-	18	-	-	-

Air fireball with an optional followup fireball.
Covers a different, steeper angle than 214A, so may catch people unawares if they think they can move in.
Stops Warc in place on startup, you still can't jump or move afterwards.
Does tons of damage in combos, usually after j[C], or in the corner with an IAD.
Very vulnerable to dash unders given the angle, so be wary.

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j214B~B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LHA	-EX-, -MD-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
16	-	18	-	-	-

Follow-up fireball, same trajectory as the first fireball.
You can delay this second fireball a bit, but there is a lockout if you're too late.
It's pretty rare to do 214B without also doing this follow-up.
Can be whiff-cancelled into j214C but timing is tight

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j214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
500*5 (2115)	LHA	MD	EX	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+5	-	12	-	-	-

EX fireball, very big and wide.
Has 5 hits total, but occasionally some will miss and you'll lose damage. This is very sad.
Often your go-to combo ender as it does lots of damage, is easy to route into, and gives a really good knockdown with a lot of corner carry.
Also lets you convert stray j214A/j214BB hits that otherwise wouldn't lead to anything.
As an ender, gives you enough frame advantage to run up and toss a meaty ring, or do funny 623[X] safejump pranks.

Moon Skills