Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes/Garren

Introduction

Kamen Rider Garren

Kamen Rider Garren is here to kick ass and take names, but the only name he's managed to take so far is SAYOKOOOOOOOO.

Garren is something of a graceless power zoner. His main strength is being able to convert long-ranged hits into a full combo, leading into massive damage. Some of his strings have him tumble backwards while firing, a trait that synergizes well with the Assault Style's access to free Rider Cancels.

This adds up to a very charming and unique take on the Kamen Rider zoner: a slapstick guy falling all over the place who, nonetheless, can absolutely explode you.

Playstyle

Kamen Rider Garren puts his whole body into keeping you out and blowing you up.
Pros	Cons
Fullscreen Loop Combos: Garren is able to link together highly damaging combos from a distance, where it's difficult to burst effectively. Built-in Mobility: Some of Garren's strings move him backwards while firing, which helps to make closing the distance difficult. Great Assault Synergy: Free RCs during Assault Mode pair really well with Garren's kit, and he has excellent points to Instant Charge to build the meter necessary to play his game.	Limited Close-Range Strikes: Garren has projectile strings to tear up opponents from a distance, but he lacks normals that function as a panic button up close. Defense: Garren is difficult to pin down, but if he finds himself without Rider Gauge and low on Guard Gauge, he's in trouble.

Form Select

Garren

Move List

Normal Moves

5LLL

5LLL File:KRSCH Garren 5L.png File:KRSCH Garren 5LL.png File:KRSCH Garren 5LLL.png

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 5L - Y - - - - - A stepping elbow. Not a bad normal, but neither is it Garren's fastest normal. Mostly useful for its string followups. 5LL - Y - - - - - A stepping thrust kick. Covers quite a bit of distance. 5LLL - Y - - - - - A dash punch that covers a lot of distance very quickly. Unsafe on block unless it's spaced out, but can be very useful to RC if Garren needs to get in fast.

5LH

5LH File:KRSCH Garren 5L.png File:KRSCH Garren 5LH.png

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 5L - Y - - - - - A stepping elbow. Not a bad normal, but neither is it Garren's fastest normal. Mostly useful for its string followups. 5LH - Y - - - - - Garren dives backwards and fires a projectile that knocks the opponent away. This string can be followed up with an Instant Charge by pressing the Special Attack button. An extremely useful string for building meter quickly. The gunshot comes out pretty fast, all things considered, and it's not uncommon for your opponents to be caught off guard and get clipped.

4/6LLL

4/6LLL File:KRSCH Garren 46L.png File:KRSCH Garren 46LL.png File:KRSCH Garren 46LLL.png	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 4/6L - Y - - - - - A high kick. Garren's slowest and overall least used light starter. Unsafe on block. 4/6LL - Y - - - - - A stepping thrust kick that knocks the opponent away on hit. Unsafe on block.

4/6LH

4/6LH File:KRSCH Garren 46L.png File:KRSCH Garren 46LH.png

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 4/6L - Y - - - - - A high kick. Garren's slowest and overall least used light starter. Unsafe on block. 4/6LH - Y - - - - - Garren kneels and fires two shots that launch the opponent on hit. This actually has quite a bit of untechable time, and can be comboed into Fire Upper (dS) with an RC. The main reason it's not used is solely that Garren has better options.

2/8LL

2/8LL File:KRSCH Garren 28L.png File:KRSCH Garren 28LL.png	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 2/8L - Y - - - - - A stepping low kick. Garren's fastest light normal. 2/8LL - Y - - - - - A quick no-look straight punch. Knocks the opponent away on hit.

2/8LH

2/8LH File:KRSCH Garren 28L.png File:KRSCH Garren 28LH.png

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 2/8L - Y - - - - - A stepping low kick. Garren's fastest light normal. 2/8LH - Y - - - - - An elbow that launches the opponent on hit. Can be followed up with a Combo Jump into its aircombo followup string, jLHS. This launcher is mostly secondary to Garren's gameplan, but sees some niche use as 2/8L is Garren's fastest punish. 2/8LHH - Y - - - - - Garren flings himself backwards while firing a shot. An alternate ender to the launcher. Pretty nice because it creates a lot of distance.

5HH

5HH File:KRSCH Garren 5H.png File:KRSCH Garren 5HH.png	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 5H - Y - - - - - Garren fires a shot straight ahead. Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 5H - Y - - - - - Garren flings himself backward while firing a shot. A useful string for zoning.

6HHH

6HHH File:KRSCH Garren 6H.png File:KRSCH Garren 6HH.png File:KRSCH Garren 6HHH.png

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 6H - Y - - - - - Garren hipfires a single shot. A great starter for use in long-ranged neutral. Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 6HH - Y - - - - - Garren kneels and fires two more shots, launching the opponent on hit. Has enough untech time to guarantee the string, but is air techable and guarantees little else. Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 6HH - Y - - - - - Garren fires one final shot forward. This string can be followed up with an Instant Charge by pressing the Special Attack button.

2/8H

2/8H File:KRSCH Garren 28H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - Garren kneels and fires one single shot. Overall, not a very useful move, as it compares unfavorably to Garren's other heavies in every respect. It may be able to dodge some high attacks, but I wouldn't count on it.

Assault Mode

Assault 5LLLL

5LLLL (Assault Mode) File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5L.png File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5LL.png File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5LLL.png File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5LLLL.png	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 5L - Y - - - - - Identical to 5L. 5LL - Y - - - - - Identical to 5LL. 5LLL - Y - - - - - A low kick. 5LLLL - Y - - - - - A hopping axe kick that launches the opponent on hit.

Assault 5LHHH

5LHHH (Assault Mode) File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5L.png File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5LH.png File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5LHH.png File:KRSCH Garren Assault 5LHHH.png

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. 5L - Y - - - - - Identical to 5L. 5LH - Y - - - - - Garren fires a shot forward. 5LHH - Y - - - - - Garren flings himself backward and fires a shot, which unlike every other version of this attack, does not launch the opponent on hit. 5LHHH - Y - - - - - Garren stands back up and fires a shot. Notably, this does not knock the opponent down, which is great since Garren prefers to combo the opponent standing.

Special Moves

5S

Fire Bullet 5S~S~S File:KRSCH Garren 5S.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - Garren shoots a giant fireball up to three times. A projectile rekka, and the lynchpin of Garren's moveset. All three fireballs are technically unsafe on block at close range, with the third one being extra unsafe. The fireball followups are delayable and hitconfirmable, allowing Garren to minimize his own risk and catch opponents trying to punish him. These fireballs are so advantageous on hit that Garren is even able to link a Dash Shot off of the first or second projectile, and even from long distance. The dash shot then combos back into Fire Bullet, allowing Garren's loop combo.

DS

Fire Upper any direction + S File:KRSCH Garren dS.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - N/A - - - - - Garren uppercuts in place. Has a great vertical hitbox, making it sort of useful as an anti-air, but it's really slow to come out and recover so the risk often outweighs the benefits.

JS

Burning Smash jS File:KRSCH Garren jS.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - Garren flips and does a falling kick. Inherits his momentum, so it's a little tricky to aim. Crumples the opponent on hit. Unsafe on block, so it carries a lot of risk, but can be a useful punishing tool against characters who force you into the air.

Universal Mechanics

Throw

Throw 4H File:KRSCH Garren Throw.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - Garren's throw. Causes a hard knockdown. Garren can combo a 2/8L from this against the wall, but no more than that.

Dash Action

Dash Action File:KRSCH Garren DA.png Dash Shot Dash Shot

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - A generic Dash Shot-type Dash Action. Costs .5 stocks of the Rider Gauge and can chain into itself up to 3 shots. Dash Shot tracks the opponent's position when firing, including vertically, so although these shots aren't homing, they can be used to snipe the opponent out of the air. Dash Shot recovers instantly when its user returns to neutral.

Rider Art

Rider Art File:KRSCH Garren RA.png Super Jump Super Jump	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - Standard Super Jump-type Rider Art. Costs .5 stocks of the Rider Gauge.

Style Action

Style Action File:KRSCH Garren SA.png Assault Mode Assault Mode	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Block Adv. Hit Adv. - Y - - - - - Garren uses the Assault Style. Pressing Style Action with at least two stocks of Rider Gauge at any time besides during hitstun activates Assault Mode. During Assault Mode, Garren gains the following extended strings: 5LLLL 5LHHH dS (replaces Fire Upper with Burning Smash)

Combos

• jS > jS
• jS > Rider Finale

Garren's jS crumples, which gives him some important links but not a full combo.

• [5S~S > DA] > repeat xN > 5S~S~S

Garren's Dash Action loop, and his main important combo.

You can also connect most grounded hits into this using RC.