YomiHustle/Cowboy

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Cowboy is one of the three playable characters in Yomi Hustle. His good movement combined with large disjointed hit boxes, the best projectile setup route in the game, and good combo routes let you play the game at your own pace and dictate the flow of neutral as you see fit.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Teleport: Teleport is a very powerful movement option that lets Cowboy extend combos easily, escape bad situations, whiff punish, etc. Instant teleport makes this even better at the cost of meter, allowing for insane combo conversions Sword: Cowboy sports a good combination of range and speed on their attacks, letting them press buttons where some other characters might not have any options.	Unconventional movement options: No dash makes Cowboy's movement limited (especially on the ground), which coupled with teleport's recovery makes a lot of situations quite awkard to navigate.

Cowboy

Move List

Unique movement

Walk

Walk	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - - - 9 - - 0 - Walking back is first actionable on frame 12. Placeholder

Dash

Dash Will get you over some lows and mids. Will get you over some lows and mids.	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - - - 8 - - 0 - Pretty fast for a movement option, and has invuln from 0-4. Sometimes useful on round start for steering around other pesky lows or such. Burst safe due to the invulnerability frames

Teleport

Teleport For holding forward with maximum efficiency. For holding forward with maximum efficiency.

Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - 5 - 10 - - 0 - Has 3f more startup when moving backwards. Gets additional recovery depending on how far away the teleport was (up to +2f recovery going fowards, +5f going backwards). Has 3 frames of invulnerability after after startup (Invuln frame 5-8 ) while teleporting.. Solid movement option for getting around, out of sticky situations, etc. Generally better to use i.tp in combo bridges.

Normals

Pommel

Pommel The closest you can get to a 5P in YH The closest you can get to a 5P in YH	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 400 4 2 9 - High 0 - Tied for fastest strike in the game. Will not lead to a combo if cancelled into Teleport. Can be chained into itself as a starter. Important tool for close range RPS and to beat whiff cancels, your fastest button. Also useful for stabilizing combos if you have low frame advantage.
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Horiz. Slash

Horiz. Slash Ground version Ground version Air version Air version

Ground Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 1000 6 2 20 - High 0 - Placeholder Fast and long ranged, but has a relatively thin hitbox and low hitstun. If cancelled into Teleport, can only combo into Pommel. A powerful roundstart option, especially when combined with a Free cancel. Air Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 700 6 4 20 - High 0 - Moves Cowboy forward. Can be used even without air actions. Fast move with good range thanks to its forward movement. Sometimes useful as a last resort air movement option.

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Vert. Slash

Vert. Slash Ground version Ground version Air version Air version

Ground Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 1150 11 2 13 - High 0 - Causes ground bounce on ground hit. Initiative bonus: startup reduced to 9f. Has enough hitstun on ground hit to whiff Parry then Teleport and continue the combo, allowing you to safely counter immediate Bursts while not ending your offense. Air Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - - - - - - 0 - Sends the opponent downwards. Your fastest air move and main restand tool.

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Upward Swipe

Upward Swipe Looks like a DP. Is not a DP. Looks like a DP. Is not a DP.

Ground Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 700 8 4 13 - - 0 - Despite how disjointed this move is, it starts on frame 8 on the ground, which isn't really amazing considering the rest of the cast has options that outclass it. Is useful for calling out some aerial options from approaching opponents, but not really much good except for combos and AA. Aerial Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 700 8 4 13 - - 0 - A much more useful version of the grounded one despite having the same framedata. Lets you extend combos upwards and do loops on the corner off of Wallbounce -> D.Swipe resets. Can also be used as an AtA in order to catch people sleeping due to the massively frontloaded hitbox.

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Stinger

Stinger

Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 1080 11 2 13 - High -1 - Another insanely frontloaded disjoint. While being slow, this move can catch certain startups and also breaks armor on some moves. Can be used to immediately start a combo with U.Swipe. Sometimes useful as a last resort movement option due to the forwards lunge Cowboy does when using this move.

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Ankle Cutter

Ankle Cutter "Round start low disjoint?" "Round start low disjoint?"

Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 630 7 2 - - Low 0 - You could be forgiven for thinking this move works well on round start. It does not. It is abysmally slow, gets beaten out by h.slash and backsway, and just will generally guarantee you take half of your health on round start. However, as a whiff punish tool, this move leads into massive reward. It can also be used as a mix-up option against another move when you know for sure you can low profile it. Leads into all sorts of routes on hit like lasso.7reel -> dl.u.slash...

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Universal Mechanics

Throw

Grab You're landing this after i.tp aren't you? You're landing this after i.tp aren't you?	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 900 3 3 30 - Throw 0 - Useful for when you happen to i.tp and you're right next to your opponent, or if you both end up dodging the same direction and need the fastest option. Cannot convert into a combo under normal circumstances as Cowboy has no OTG.

Specials

Lightning Slice

Lightning Slice Neutral Skip Detected Neutral Skip Detected

Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 810 (320) 9 (5) 1 38 - High 0 - Air OK. Can be cancelled into itself, but once cancelled cannot be aimed Values in parentheses are for the followup version. THE ranged combo starter tool. When aimed properly with the back hit, it allows it to combo into itself multiple times and also allows an i.tp followup for free, starting a combo. Also can be used to steal games during scramble situations.

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Impale

Impale First hit First hit Second hit Second hit	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 450 (1790) 9 - - - High 0 - Knocks down on hit. Values in parentheses are for the second hit. Deals 2050 damage if both hits land.
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BackSlash

BackSlash	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 500 (600) 5 (7) 2 (3) 35 - High 0 - Has a sweetspot. Values in parentheses are for the second hit. Your dedicated anti-air button.
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3Combo

3 Combo 3 Combo 3 Combo 3 Combo Down 3 Combo Down	3Combo Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 400, 500, 1600 8, 13, 25 2, 2, 3 38 - High 0 - Air OK. Uses an air action. Placeholder 3Combo Down Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 400, 500, 1600 8, 13, 25 2, 2, 3 38 - High 0 - Air only. Placeholder
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Quickdraw

Quickdraw Quickdraw Quickdraw Shoot Shoot

Quickdraw Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage N/A 9 N/A 9 - N/A 0 - Air OK. Placeholder Shoot Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 600-1500 5 2 10 - High 0 - Uses a bullet. Damage falls off with distance Generally should not be used at range because you'll just feed the opponent meter. You can't punish a missed block at that range so the opponent has no reason not to try to parry. Holster Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - - - - - - 0 - Placeholder Placeholder

Lasso

Lasso

Lasso Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - - - - - - 0 - Air OK. Placeholder Lasso~Reel Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage - - - - - - 0 - Lasso~Reel~Izuna Drop Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 1900 - - - - - 0 - Placeholder. High damage combo ender. Leaves you even and miles away from your opponent, which can be a good or bad thing. Lasso~Pull Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 400 - - - - - 0 - Angle can be adjusted. Strong combo extender, as long as you can hit your opponent with Lasso.

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Supers

Temporal Round

Temporal Round

Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 360-900 5 - 10 - High 0 - Costs 1 bar. Air OK. Can only be done after Quickdraw, Lasso~Reel or a previous Temporal Round. Bullet stays in place with no hitbox for 32 frames, then fires. Does NOT cost a bullet Damage falls off with distance Wall splats Pretty bad. While the shot can't be parried, it's too easy to wait until it goes off then block it for chip. Since it provides a block it can save an opponent during neutral from what could be a far more oppressive setup. In most situations, it's not worth a bar of meter. However, it does have a niche use. If the opponent is in ~22 frames of hitstun and you're close enough to a wall, you can fire off a temporal round then follow up with impale immediatly after. The temporal shot will hit them and splat them against the wall, allowing you to continue the combo.

1000Cuts

1000Cuts	Damage Startup Active First Actionable Frame Advantage * Guard Proration Block Advantage 500 - - - - - 0 - Costs 3 bars. Air OK. Destroys some projectiles on contact. A powerful tool, especially when used in tandem with evasive movement options like Teleport or roll since the swords can still hit while you're invincible.
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