Duels of Fortune/Black Heart

Overview

Overview

Blackheart is Clyde's evil clone, and accordingly their toolkit is just as twisted as their personality. Blackheart has one of the most adaptable movesets in the game, with no glaring flaws, compounded by them also having possibly the strongest mixup game in the cast. Blackheart's movement is possibly the best set in the game, taking not only a low profile forward dash from Clyde, but also a low profile back dash, upwards air dashes, and specials like 4S and j.S that make them even harder to pin down. This combination makes Blackheart near impossible to keep out to any meaningful degree. This would be strong on its own but Blackheart's pokes are almost as strong too. Their 2M series lets them attack three different angles via inputting 1/2/3M, the longest of which 3M being capable of converting off hits from across the screen. Other large normals like 2H, 4H, and j.H are strong too, hitting opponents at ranges most can't easily contest. Adding to this is these normals' ability to convert into full damage and oki in almost every situation, which leads to Blackheart's powerful pressure and okizeme. Blackheart has a multitude of mixups, from basic high/lows using their 5H overhead and numerous lows, to left/rights employing 2H's unique ability to side switch on block, and even the somewhat gimmicky mixups of 5S and 5SP. If these were easy to reversal it wouldn't be that dangerous, but Blackheart's 4S has invincibility, allowing it to dodge and punish reversals with a level of consistency other characters wish they had. This all becomes especially deadly when 2SP is used, turning already threatening oki into one of the most dangerous situations in the game.

Blackheart does have minor issues, such as high recovery on their normals and subpar damage, but these can be circumvented by avoiding bigger mistakes.

Playstyle

Blackheart employs their highly adaptive tool set to outmaneuver the opponent before going into powerful okizeme.
Pros	Cons
Movement Master - Blackheart probably has the best overall movement options in the game. Their ground dashes have one of the best low profiles in the game, their back dash is cancelable, their air dashes go at odd angles that are hard to anti-air, his long jump has an extra small hurtbox, and he has multiple specials that help supplement these. It's near impossible to keep them pinned down. Big Buttons, Big Conversions - While none are disjointed excluding the 2M series, Blackheart has a strong assortment of long range normals between 1/2/3M, 2H, 4H, j.M, and j.H. These all control large amounts of space and let Blackheart pester opponents both at mid and long range. In turn, these long range buttons also let them convert from basically any range into full combos and strong oki. Devastating Offense - Blackheart's mixups even off a basic blockstring are incredibly potent. 5H is a fairly fast overhead that leads into great damage and 2H lets them perform left/rights on the ground mid blockstring. In addition, 4S' invincibility allows them to straight up punish reversals at low risk and 5S gives a challengable but hard to see high/low situation. 5SP furthmore forces the opponent to immediately guess between a grounded or anti-air command grab, which while a bit of a knowledge check, can catch people off guard. And this is all before you start adding tick throws. These mixups get even stronger with 2SP setups, which force an unseeable, burst safe mixup.	Long Recovery on Normals - Almost all of Blackheart's normals have significantly higher than average recovery, meaning their frame advantage on block isn't very good and whiffing with them is even more risky than normal. Still, this would require Blackheart to whiff to begin with, and 4S means the lack of frame advantage isn't a big deal. Subpar Damage - Blackheart's damage while not bad is below average, especially if he wants to route into his optimal oki setups.

Character Properties

Health	24000
Backdash	31F Maximum
Unique Movement	Low Profile Forward Dash Low Profile Cancelable Back Dash Upwards Air Dash Upwards Cancelable Air Back Dash
Fastest Attack	5L (6F)

Unique Mechanic: Dashes

Blackheart's ground forward and backdash both low profile, in fact having a lower low profile than even Clyde's forward dash. That's not all that's unique about these dashes either. Blackheart's backdash is one of the only two cancelable backdashes in DoF, making it even less of a committment and allowing for some unique uses. This also means it can be canceled into a long jump like with forward dashes. And on long jumps, Black Heart's long jumps retain the small blob form until canceled into an attack, meaning their hurtbox is significantly smaller than a regular long jump. Combine these together and you get one of the hardest to deal with dashes in the game. Even beyond going past projectiles and such, they can go under things you wouldn't expect like Baron's command grabs and pokes that beat Clyde's forward dash like Shiverskull 5M.

Blackheart's air dashes are unique too. Rather than the usual straight horizontal angle, their airdashes have an upwards arcing angle. Like with other air dashes, you can alter the momentum and angle you come down at by canceling the air dash at different points, making for some very tricky jump arcs. On top of that, Blackheart's back air dash is the only cancelable air back dash in the game, lending it more use than its compatriots. Add in their air specials that alter their momentum with j.S and j.4S, and you get one of the hardest characters to anti-air in the game.

File:DoF Blackheart Dash Hitbox.png

Character Summary

Move list

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Command Normals

4H - Surprise!: A long ranged poke that launches.

j.2H - Head Over Heels: A posing kick that causes a hard knockdown.

Special Moves

5S - Gelatinous Shadow: A built-in mixup. Do nothing to get an overhead. Hold S to get a projectile. Hold 2 to get a low.

(j.)4S - Trick Punch: A backflip followed by a rushing punch. Hold S to just get the backflip. the backflip doesn't happen in air. Can be jump cancelled.

(j.)2S - Violent Kicks: An air-invulnerable uppercut.

j.S - Negative Fire: A rush of air-to-ground projectiles. Can be delayed by holding S.

Supers

5SP - Til Death Do Us Part: A rushing command grab super. Can be angled as an anti-air with 8.

2SP - Heart Breaker: Summons a heart that creates a bunch of smaller projectiles.

Quick combo reference

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5L > 5M > 5H > 5S: Easy combo for helping beginners. Put a brief description here.

Normal Moves

5L File:DoF 5L.png File:DoF 5L Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low XF - - XF XF XF Invul, Dash Cancelable, Jump Cancelable, Tracker, Ground Bounce, Wall Bounce, XF Anti-Air Invul, XF Armored, Projectile Invul, Disjointed Describe the move and the uses it has.
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5M File:DoF 5M.png File:DoF 5M Hitbox.png Caption Caption	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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5H File:DoF 5H.png File:DoF 5H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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2L File:DoF 2L.png File:DoF 2L Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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2M File:DoF 2M.png File:DoF 2M Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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2H File:DoF 2H.png File:DoF 2H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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j.L File:DoF jL.png File:DoF jL Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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j.M File:DoF M.png File:DoF jM Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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j.H File:DoF jH.png File:DoF jH Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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Command Normals

Command Normal Name 4H File:DoF 4H.png File:DoF 4H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe a command normal. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Universal Mechanics

Throw

Throw 6H File:DoF 6H.png File:DoF 6H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Unblockable - - - - N/A - Describe their throw. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Reversals

Reversal 5R File:DoF 5R.png File:DoF 5R Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe their regular reversal. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Wakeup Reversal 5R on Wakeup File:DoF Wakeup 5R.png File:DoF Wakeup 5R Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe their wakeup reversal. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Burst

Burst 5B File:DoF 5B.png File:DoF 5B Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties 0 High/Low - - - - - - Describe their burst, this should be roughly the same for most characters. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Taunt

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Taunt 5T File:DoF 5T.png File:DoF 5T Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the taunt and its uses. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Down Taunt 2T File:DoF 2T.png File:DoF 2T Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the taunt and its uses. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Special Moves

Special Name 5S File:DoF 5S.png File:DoF 5S Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Generally describe a special and its uses. Add bullet points for data things, and if need be, a table.
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Special Name 4S File:DoF 4S.png File:DoF 4S Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Generally describe a special and its uses. Add bullet points for data.
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Special Name 2S File:DoF 2S.png File:DoF 2S Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Generally describe a special and its uses. Add bullet points for data.
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Special Name j.S File:DoF jS.png File:DoF jS Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Generally describe a special and its uses. Add bullet points for data.
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Super Move

Super Name 5SP File:DoF 5SP.png File:DoF 5SP Hitbox.png Informative and maybe funny caption Informative and maybe funny caption	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the super and what you can do with it. Any additional information that doesn't fit with the main description, such as it whiffing on certain characters.
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Heart Breaker 2SP File:DoF 2SP.png File:DoF 2SP Hitbox.png The Mix-Up Machine™ The Mix-Up Machine™	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the super and what you can do with it. Any additional information that doesn't fit with the main description, such as it whiffing on certain characters.
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Strategy

Neutral

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Offense

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Defense

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Combos

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Combo Legend

Numpad Notation •  =  7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3  =  up-back up up-forward back neutral forward down-back down down-forward 236 = 214 = 63214 = 46 = 28 = Light: Medium: Heavy: Special: Super: Block/Reversal: Burst: Taunt:

Dash = 66 j. = Jump / / dc = Dash Cancel jc = Jump Cancel dl. = Delay [X] = Hold ]X[ = Release gb = Ground Bounce wb = Wall Bounce bb = Blast Burst tc = Trigger Cancel SP = Super [X]*N = Repeat sequence N amount of times. X(N) = Multi-hit move hits only N times. May be omitted if all hits are used. (X) = Optional input OTG = On The Ground TK = Tiger Knee (doing an air move the moment a jump sends you airborne) > = Cancel , = Link AA = Anti-air land = Land before doing the next input.

Basic Combos

Easy combos for starting.

Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
5L > 5M > 5H > 5S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2L > 2M > 2H > 2S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.

Advanced Combos

Harder combos that deal more damage or provide some other benefit.

Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
5L > 5M > 5H > 5S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2L > 2M > 2H > 2S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.

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Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
5L > 5M > 5H > 5S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2L > 2M > 2H > 2S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.

Enders

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Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2H > 2S	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the ender.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2H > 2SP	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the ender.

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Trivia

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