Melty Blood/MBTL/Arcueid Brunestud

Story

A royal member of the vampire race known as the True Ancestors. After suffering through a traumatic event, a naively innocent side of her was somehow released. She now lives as a free-spirited, almost childish, princess. She is incredibly powerful and, despite being a vampire, is able to survive in direct sunlight. She has no desire to threaten human society, instead hunting other vampires known as Dead Apostles. While pursuing her greatest enemy, she arrives in Souya, where Shiki lives. Although a fateful encounter awaits her and Shiki here, a story of an earlier possibility is about to unfold.

Gameplay

Arcueid is a close-range bruiser who has every tool a rushdown character wants: a flexible neutral-game, high-reward blockstring gambles, a combo throw, unreactable mixups and the best corner carry in the game.

She boasts good range and coverage on most of her moves and good movement speed. She lacks any true ranged options against more dedicated zoners, and her unique mixup tools require either good reads on the opponent or precise and manually timed inputs. But once she gets in, she can easily push the opponent to the wall and seal their fate with great corner carry potential, strong hit-boxes, high damage combos and dangerous corner okizeme.

All in all, a straightforward yet effective 'gorilla' character that should appeal to both new and experienced players alike.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Above average movement speed, both in the air and on the ground. Excellent DP with a 22 input, making it strong against ambiguous left/right setups. Multiple ways to force mindgames and attempt pressure rebuys during blockstrings. Potent aerial attacks in j.B and j.C that reliably convert air exchanges into air unblockables. Powerful mixup options with good anti-reversal coverage against cornered opponents. A simple rushdown gameplan.	Virtually no long-range presence - needs to get close to enforce her powerful offense and damage No way to spend meter to forcefully lock down opponents; has to play anti-reversal mindgames on offense.

HP Value: -

Backdash: -

Movement Speed: -

Character Summary

Move list

Moon Skills

6B+C - Out Of My Way!

3B+C - What're You Doing?!

4B+C - Ready, Go!

2B+C - Shut Up And Fly! (Air OK)

Special Attacks

236A/B/C (EX OK) - Out Of My Way!

> A/B/C - There!

> A/B/C - You're Finished!

> 4A/B/C - Submerge!

623A/B/C (EX OK) - What're You Doing?!

> A/B/C - Additional input

214A/B/C (EX OK) - Ready, Go!

22A/B/C (EX OK) - Shut Up and Fly! (Air OK)

> A/B/C - Shut Up and Disappear!

> 66C (EX-Only) - Shut Up and Disappear!

Arc Drive: 236B+C - Melty Blood
Last Arc: A+B+C+D / Successful Shield in Blood Heat - Marble Phantasm - Seal
Unique Attacks: 2 while throwing, 3C, 4C, j.2B, j.2C
Blowback Edge Moves: 5[B], 5[C], 236[A]

Stats & vitals

Dash startup: 6

Dash actionable: 9

Jump startup: 4

Jump airtime: 35

Quick combo reference

Coming soon.

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5A

5 frame jab

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5A

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

Standard standing jab with excellent vertical reach.
Best option for cashing out on air unblockable situations from blocked air-to-airs.
Whiff cancel shield/jab available from frame 10.
Standard rebeat option since 2A is a low.
Can cancel into itself for three total 5A's by inputting with 4A.

5B

5[B]

Advancing blockstring tool

Conditioning tool, overhead with clash frames

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5B

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

Moves Arc forward slightly.
Can be delayed slightly by holding 5[B] to create a small blockstring gap without the startup of the fully charged 5[B].
Great blockstring tool, combo filler, and decent poke.

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5[B]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
750	H	N, SP, CH, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
29	4	24	56	-11	Clash 16-28

Overhead.
Increases range, gains clash frames, and floats the opponent.
Depending on timing and spacing, 5[B] clash can situationally beat invincible reversals.
Reactable with high shield, but Arc's highest reward to discourage low shield.

5C

5[C]

Advancing blockstring tool and combo filler

Slow unblockable with clash frames

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5C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
610	LH	N, SP, CH, EX, MD, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	4	20	33	-7	-

Palm thrust which moves Arc forward slightly.
Blockstring tool and combo filler.
Can be used as a poke with high reward at the tip.
Can be delayed slightly by holding 5[C] to create a small blockstring gap without the startup of the fully charged 5[C]. Arc retains all cancel options that she normally loses from the unblockable version.

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5[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
2000	U	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
35	4	29	67	+15~+33 +21	Clash 20-34

Cannot lead to a combo (even with Moon Drive). Arc also loses all cancel options.
Unblockable. Must be shielded high, which discourages the opponent from holding low shield in blockstrings.
Easily reactable with shield. Arc is -13 when shielded, putting her into an especially treacherous shield guessing game. Shield Counter B+C can help escape, but can still be punished.
Clash frames activate slower than 5B, but can still beat some reversals.
Great occasional knowledge check, but unreliable. If the opponent attacks into the clash frames, they can cancel into an invincible move or jump cancel into shield.
In corner after 5[C] hits, 2A(w) > 2B will meaty all tech options.

Crouching Normals

2A

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5 frame low

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2A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
150	L	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	2	11	17	-1	-

Standard crouching jab.
Whiff cancel shield/jab available from frame 10.
Much better pressure option than 5A because 2A hits low.
Can cancel into itself for three total 2A's. Useful for hit-confirming and pressure.

2B

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Fast low poke with good reach

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2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
420	L	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	4	15	25	-4	-

Arc's best grounded poke.
Extremely fast poke startup with great reach, recovery, and conversions. Tied with some other character's 2B fastest B normal in the game. Moves Arc forward slightly.
Best antiair option when Arc is behind a falling opponent.
Low profile hurtbox (from the knees down) lets 2B win against many other 7f buttons like Kouma/Miyako 2B and even 5F 2A's at some ranges. This lets Arc press at slight frame disadvantage vs many characters and makes her pressure stronger.
Can still be whiff punished by opponent with excellent spacing

2C

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Low sweep with big range

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2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
620	L	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	3	21	33	-7	-

Far-reaching sweep with big hitbox that hits low.
Great vertical and horizontal range for its speed. Arc's biggest poke but very whiff punishable.
Excellent untech time (more than 5C). Extremely valuable combo tool for both midscreen and corner.

Jumping Normals

j.A

Aerial

5 frame aerial jab

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jA

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
140	H	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	4	11	19	-	-

Standard, quick aerial jab.
jB covers air-to-air situations better than jA and is just 1 frame slower. jA recovers faster, but it still has significant recovery on whiff.
Can cancel into itself for three total jA's by inputting j4A. Blocked air-to-airs should usually lead to an air unblockable or ground pressure situation.

j.B

Aerial

Far reaching two-hit aerial

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jB

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
240*2 (468)	H	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2 (6) 4	until landing	-	-	-

Arc swings her arms around twice.
Excellent air-to-air option with more horizontal range than both j.A and j.C. j.B is extremely fast at 6 frames!
Very punishable on whiff due to the length of the two hits, but good reward on hit or block
Fatal Counter on either hit leads to big grounded conversions

j.C

Aerial

Best all-purpose jump normal

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jC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
560	H	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	10	until landing	-	-	-

Big disjointed air normal. An exceptional air-to-air and air-to-ground attack.
Arc’s signature jump attack comes out almost as fast as j.B and has a disjointed hitbox with good active frames.
No clash frames but surprisingly large. Spacing Arc j.C out at the tip is crucial to the move's neutral utility.

Command Normals

3C

Universal launcher with auto jump cancel

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3C

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

Standard universal launching attack with a short zoom-in/cinematic, followed by an automatic jump.
Can be used as a high-commit preemptive grounded anti-air, but highly unsafe on whiff and creates a losing situation for Arc if it clashes.
Unsafe on block and cannot be reverse beaten; however, 3C can still be special-cancelled.

4C

Launcher for combo extension

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4C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
500*2 (950)	LH	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	2 (3) 9	24	46	-16	-

Arc jumps forward with a flying knee. Puts Arc airborne while also floating the opponent on hit.
First hit can be special canceled on hit or block.
On hit only, 4C second hit cancels to air normals, air specials, or air dash. 4C air dash jC is an extremely useful combo route.
Second hit is extremely punishable on block. New players may have problems unlearning the 'back' input while hit-confirming with Arc. If 4C is blocked, it must be cancelled to 2BC or Moon Drive to avoid massive punishment. Neither of these are ideal, so 4C should generally be avoided on block.

j.2B

Aerial

Dive... claw?

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j2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
600	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	10	until landing + 14	-	-1 (TK)	-

A diveclaw that Arc downwards at a 45 degree angle.
Not an overhead.
Not active for very long.
Reactively confirmable into 2BC, 236B, or 623A.
Useful mobility option for landing in an unexpected location. Combined with universal Melty Blood air options and j2C, Arc has high control over when and where she chooses to land.
Strong combo tool against airborne opponents. Typically cancelled into 214A or 214B and extended from there.
Has landing recovery, but the landing recovery can be cancelled into special moves on hit or on block.

j.2C

Aerial

Combo filler

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j2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400*2 (764)	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	3 (15) 3	until landing + 6	-	+1 (TK)	-

Arc spins around before slamming the opponent to the ground.
Arc-copter is both a combo tool to drag opponents down from high altitudes and a runaway mobility tool.
Ground-bounces if done close to the ground. Generally only used in corner combos because the pushback midscreen is very limiting to combo routes.
Maintains the air momentum that Arc had before j2C. Because of this, j2C can be used as a movement tool after a forward or backwards airdash to gain more distance. This can be very useful eg. in the Kouma matchup where its important to refuse to engage in certain gamestates. However, Arc is punishable until landing, so it can be very punishable on whiff.

Universal Mechanics

Rapid Beat 2

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Advances forward, but has terrible frame advantage

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Good forward movement.
Bad on both block and hit compared to other normals. Disadvantageous and only cancels into specials or Rapid Combo 3, which is still unsafe.
Low damage makes it unappealing early in combos.
Only useful at the end of long combos to avoid Same Move Proration. Good forward movement and high untech time makes Rapid Beat 2 a strong way to end combos with 5AA > 236BBB.

Rapid Beat 3

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Same move as 3C

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Best midscreen conversion from Rapid Beat 2. Very underwhelming damage.
Unsafe on block but can be special canceled. No other cancel options.
Similar animation and launch to 3C.

Ground Throw

throw

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Tosses the opponent away

Knocks the opponent down

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4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4 (point blank)	3	19 (whiff)	-	-	-

Arc tosses the opponent away.
Can be air teched midscreen, ending pressure and returning to neutral.
Wall bounces in the corner.
Converting from wall bounce depends on corner distance.

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4/6AD~2

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1500	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	-	+44	-

Alternate knockdown throw with higher damage.
Press [2] during throw animation to activate.
Knockdown is better midscreen than the regular throw, but does *not* give safe left/right offense.
Immediate empty forward jump is +5 on landing, which enables 2A Shield OS
Delayed forward jump jC can safe jump reversals.

Air Throw

airthrow

Aerial

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Universal air combo ender

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j4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
1	3	until landing + 12	-	+37 (jump), +19 (land)	-

Dunks the opponent right in front of you. Arc gets decent pressure off her air throw regardless of air actions remaining.
Jump cancelable from frame 43 after touching the ground.
No cancel: ~+19
Airthrow doublejump > land: +3 on landing
Airthrow > perfect IAD jC(whiff): ~+8 on landing
Airthrow > perfect IAD land: ~+4 on landing

If Arc keeps her double jump for oki, she can set up corner high/lows with safe jump options.
Midscreen Arc gets ambiguous left-right oki. Airthrow > neutral double-jump forward drift cannot cross up without delays. If you delay the jump cancel, forward drift can cross up and still be plus.

All of Arcueid's safe jumps are corner-only and manually timed. It is a 1f window to time a airthrow jumpcancel IAD safejump against meterless DPs and a 3f window to time one from 236C > superjump.
High airdash falling jC in the corner will automatically bait all meterless reversals in the game and many metered reversals. Exceptions include Ciel 22C and 236C.
Air throw > super jump jC is an excellent safe jump that saves air options for air dash cancels or empty jump low. Shielding this mixup is risky because Arc threatens combos off safe highs, lows, and throws.

Special Moves

Out Of My Way!

(Rekka)

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236A-Better frame advantage

236[A]-Vacuums

236B-Faster

236X~X

236XXX-Low

236XX4X-Overhead

236C

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236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
500*2 (945)	LH	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
13	5	21	38	-4	-

Rekka series starter.
Disadvantageous on block, but big pushback and 236AA follow-up help negate this problem.
Relatively slow for a poke and very bad on whiff, so not an overall strong option for neutral.
However, any of the rekka series can be Moon Drive canceled on whiff, making it a useful way to poke before activating Moon Drive.

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236[A]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
23	4	13	39	+6	-

Charging the first rekka turns it into a short-ranged projectile which is advantageous and vacuums, making 236[A] a potent tool for pressure resets.
+4 on block means 236[A] 2A 2A+D will automatically shield OS opponents mashing 6-frame reversals after blocking 236[A]. This includes: all meterless uppercuts, Noel 22C, Kouma 22C and Red Arc 236C.
At best, cancels into 236[A] leave a 7f gap, but can be hard to challenge without shield because of spacing.
Leads to combo on hit or trade.
Excellent combo tool due to the vacuum and high damage.

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236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
500*2 (945)	LH	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	5	24	38	-7	-

Rekka series starter.
Faster on startup than 236A, but worse frame advantage on block.
Fast startup and forward movement make 236B a useful callout against opponents jailing Arc in the corner or leveraging a range advantage.
Extremely long recovery on whiff.

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236X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
450*2 (855)	LH	MD, EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	5	26	42	-9	-

Second rekka, only available as a follow-up to 236A/236B
Worse on block than the first hit.
Immediate timing is gapless from 236X, but can be delayed to leave very small gaps for anti-mash and anti-jump.
Does nothing remarkable except enable more easy hitconfirms.
Can complicate the punishment process if opponents jump your whiffed 236B; Arc can 236B~B to get behind the opponent and sometimes avoid a punish.

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236X~X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1300	L	MD, EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	3	25	39	-11	-

Rekka series ender. Hits low.
Immediate timing is gapless from 236XX, but can be delayed to leave very small gaps for anti-mash and anti-jump. However, this can be more risky than before, since 236XX is punishable.
Most reversals are fast enough to punish 236XX whether you canceled to the final rekka or not. The only way to discourage this is the gapless low ender.
Faster than the overhead ender 236XX4X, which means that opponents can fuzzy block low > high. In order to punish this, Arc can delay 236XXX, but that creates the problem listed above.
Unsafe on block, but can be made safe on block or converted on hit with Moon Drive cancel or 214C. 236XXX should always be canceled whether on hit or block.

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236X~X~4X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	H	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
25	3	23	50	-9	-

Rekka series ender #2. Hits overhead.
Slower than the low ender 236XXX, which means that opponents can fuzzy block low > high.
Will always have a gap before it hits, so be wary of shield and invincible attacks.
Unsafe on block, but can be made safe on block or converted on hit with Moon Drive cancel or 214C. 236XX4X should always be canceled whether on hit or block.

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236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
320*11 (2568)	LH	MD	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+7	60 (total)	36	106	-12	1-4 Throw

Arc does all three rekkas for a good chunk of damage.
Punishable on block.
Nets a hard knockdown and gives a lot of corner carry. Does not knock down after long combos.
Arc's only super that can cancel into Arc Drive 236BC. Commonly used in Heat for this reason.
Sets up safejumps with 236C(down) (wait 2f) > whiff 5A > superjump jC.

What're You Doing?!

(Claw)

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B version Follow-up

Ex version does follow-up automatically and does the launcher cinematic on hit

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623A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1100	L	EX, MD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	5	16	31	-4	-

Hits once. A downwards swiping claw attack which is mainly used as combo filler.
Looks like a low, is a low.
623AA is one of Arcueids highest damage combo modules.

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623B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
480*3 (1309)	LH	EX, MD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	12	23	54	+2	-

Hits thrice.
Looks like a low, is not a low.
Worse in long combos than 623AA.
With the recent buffs to this move, it is now a staple in Arcs pressure game. Keep in mind while it is +2, you are not in throw/A normal range. 5B will catch jump outs, and 2B will beat or clash with mashing(and vlov jumping), 5A will beat mashing clean.

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623X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	3	20	37	-4	-

Combo extender. A follow-up attack that wall bounces in the corner.
Can be jump canceled on hit unless you jump canceled earlier in combo.
Moves forward a lot when delayed from 623A/623B, which is useful in some midscreen-to-corner combos.
Should be canceled to 214C for safety on block.

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623C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
270*8 (1855)	LH	MD	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+8	14 (15) 2	22	64	-7	1-4 Throw

Downwards swiping claw attack followed by a launcher with automatic jump cancel.
Used to extend certain hits into longer combos with air throw ender. Great use of meter from special moves like 214A, 236BB, and 236BBB.
If launch was already used in combo, 623C will knock down instead of launching.

Ready, Go!

(Elbow)

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B version follow-up, is automatic

EX version perform cinematic on hit and grants HKD

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214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	EX, MD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
16	5	14	34	-2 ~ +2	-

Dashing elbow thrust that is safe on block.
Frame advantage is better when Arc is farther out. 214A is +1 on block when spaced correctly.
Good combo filler tool. Has tons of untech time, letting Arc link after it on high juggled opponents.
Looks extremely similar to 214B. Opponents that anticipate 214B and shield or reversal between hits can be baited with 214A instead.

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214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700, 850 (1422)	LH	MD, EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
16	8	24 (whiff)	47 (whiff)	+3 (air), +7 (ground)	-

Dashing elbow thrust followed by a palm strike.
The second hit wall-bounces, has excellent corner carry, and has high untechable time, making 214B an excellent combo filler tool.
214B is plus on block and has a tiny gap between the two hits which also makes it a great knowledge check. Opponents that anticipate 214A can get hit trying to act between hits.
However, be careful of shield and invincible attacks against aware opponents.

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214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200, 320*2, 576 (2384)	LH	MD, EX	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+4	8	22	37	-6(air), -1(ground)	1-4 Throw

Dashing elbow thrust which converts into an automatic combo sequence on hit.
An excellent utility super. -1 on block up close, but puts Arc at an excellent range to 2B.
No invincibility, but crosses the screen incredibly fast.
Strong reactive cancel option vs people backdashing 214B and 236 series.
All of Arc's specials besides 22B cancel without gaps into 214C, making them just -1 on block at the cost of 1 Magic Cicuit.
214C will always knock down at the end of long combos and leads to strong oki, giving Arc an easy outlet for meter use where 236C would not knock down.
Leads to powerful but executionally difficult left-right drift mixups.
214C > perfect IAD > fastest timing neutral jump > land leaves Arcueid at +4 and crosses up. Arc can drift back towards her original direction to fake the crossup.
Whiffing a button on the way down will leave Arcueid at +2, which removes the ability to 2A~2D Shield OS 6f reversals requires. Because of this requirement, Arc must execute a frame perfect land > 2A input to do the reversal-safe setup. However, even if the setup is slightly mistimed, the mixup is still threatening.

Shut Up and Fly!

(DP)

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A version has no invul

B version has invul

Follow-up, only useable if the dp connects

EX follow-up, can only be done from A and B

EX dp, does the swiping motion twice

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22A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
550*2 (1039)	LH	(MD)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2(1)7	27	42	-15	-

Upwards angled attack with no invincibility but high outward lingering hitbox.
First hit can be canceled into 236C or 236AB.
Combo filler used when Arc is significantly below an opponent early in midscreen combos. 22A~X can extend certain corner juggles due to the wallbounce.
Can be used in neutral as a more reliable anti-air than 3C, but the input and slow startup on the later hits makes this awkward.

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22B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
350*4 (1235)	LH	(MD)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	3(1)7	42	58	-26	All 1-13

Fully invincible reversal. Has an unfortunate dead spot directly above Arc, making this a weak anti-air against opponents with strong forward momentum.
Can be moon drive canceled on hit only into a combo that leads to a knockdown.
Can lead to a full combo in the corner with 22B~X wallbounce, but opponents will rarely pressure from the corner, so this situation is rather rare.
Due to the 22 special move command, the opponent cannot cross up Arc to reverse her inputs, which makes 22B particularly strong against ambiguous left/right setups.

/Data#22X~X

22X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	5	until landing + 12	-	-4 (best)	-

Wallbounces in the corner to extend combo.
Opponent can air tech midscreen.
Can be used to set up safe heat activation midscreen.

/Data#22X~66C

22X~66C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1800	LHA	-	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+8	2	until landing + 12	-	-9 (best)	-

EX followup.
Knocks down if done in very short combos. 22B~66C only knocks down if at least one hit of 22B whiffs.
Deals more damage than the meterless follow-up, but almost never sees use. Meter is more efficiently spent ending combos 236C, 214C, or 236BC than extending with 22X~66C

/Data#22C

22C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
300*8 (1998)	LH	(MD)	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+1	37 (total)	40	81	-44	All 1-15

Fully invincible and exceptionally fast reversal
One frame faster than 22B, which lets 22C beat certain safe jump setups that win against 22B.
Loses to bait setups that involve hovering above Arc, just like 22B.
Leads to a full combo on Fatal Counter against airborne opponents.
On hit, leads into an air tech situation.
Poor range and is several times more unsafe than 22B. If 22C hits at an awkward angle, the second swipe will whiff, leaving Arc at the mercy of the enemy. The opponent can tech and get a character specific punish on hit.

Shut Up and Fly! (air)

(air DP)

Aerial

+

Follow-up

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

/Data#j22A

j22A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400*3 (1104)	LHA	MD, EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	12	-	-	-	-

Not a reversal.
Combo filler. Leads into j22A~X or j22C

/Data#j22B

j22B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
360*4 (1270)	LHA	MD, EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	12	-	-	-	-

Not a reversal. Possesses no invincibility, unlike the grounded version.
Combo filler. j22B is rarely used over the faster j22A due to lower damage per hit and the inability to cancel j22B to j22B~X until the second hit of j22B.

/Data#j22X~X

j22X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1000	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	5	until landing + 12	-	-	-

Wallbounces in the corner.
Opponent can air tech midscreen. Can combo to j22C midscreen.
Mainly used as combo filler in the corner, where aerial j.22A~X is a versatile combo tool.

/Data#j22X~66C

j22X~66C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1800	LHA	-	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+8	2	until landing + 12	-	-	1-4 Throw

EX followup. Combo filler, but rarely used. 623C, 236C, and 214C are all better uses of meter.

/Data#j22C

j22C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
270*9 (1968)	LHA	MD	-	100%	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+3	-	-	-	-	1-4 Throw

Not a reversal.
Can be used to end air combos with additional damage in exchange for the air throw knockdown.
Typically only used to close out rounds or to end some midscreen combos.

Moon Skills