Martial Champion/Avu

File:MC Avu Profile.png Avu

Weapon: Scimitar Forward Walk Speed: 1.0 (Standard) Backward Walk Speed: 1.0 (Standard)

Introduction

A rotund Arab man armed with a big scimitar.

Gameplay

Widely considered the best character, Avu has it all: fast long range sword strikes, very dangerous specials, and a beautiful beard.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Arabian Drill is the best move in the entire game: extremely fast, goes almost full screen, plus on both hit and block, and can "combo" into a throw on block. 5L is one of the best normals in the entire game, very quick and long reaching low that can easily stuff approaches and pressure defenders. Can still fight well enough even without a weapon.	Poor anti-air normals, which get even worse without a weapon. Arabian Burner can anti-air and destroy most projectiles, but it will more often than not leave you wide open for a while. Avu's sword gives opponents the most range out of all weapons.

Normal Moves

Far Attacks

5H

5H File:MC Avu 5H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon 10 Mid 2 2 24 28 -9 -25 Yes

5M

5M File:MC Avu 5M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Mid 7 2 16 25 -2 -17 Yes

5L

5L File:MC Avu 5L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Low 3 4 17 24 -5 -20 Yes

2H

2H File:MC Avu 2H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Mid 2 2 24 28 -10 -25 Yes

2M

2M File:MC Avu 2M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - - 7 2 16 25 -2 -17 Yes

2L

2L File:MC Avu 2L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Low 3 3 15 21 -2 -17 No

Near Attacks

n5H

n.5H File:MC Avu n5H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon 10 Mid 1 3 8 11 +6 -10 -

n5M

n.5M File:MC Avu n5M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Mid 2 3 7 12 +7 -9 -

n5L

n.5L File:MC Avu n5L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Low 2 3 8 13 +5 -10 -

n2H

n.2H File:MC Avu n2H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Mid 1 3 7 11 +6 -10 -

n2M

n.2M File:MC Avu n2M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - - 2 3 7 12 +7 -9 -

n2L

n.2L File:MC Avu n2L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Low 1 2 7 10 +7 -8 -

Jumping

j5H

j.H File:MC Avu jH.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon 10 Overhead 8 7 0 varies +11 to +15 -4 to 0 Yes

j5M

j.M File:MC Avu jM.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Overhead 4 3 0 varies +8 to +15 -7 to -1 Yes

j5L

j.L File:MC Avu jL.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Overhead 5 - 0 varies +4 to +14 -12 to -1 No

Throw

Throw

Throw 6M File:MC Avu Throw.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Unblockable 0 - - - +91 - No Throw.

Special Moves

Arabian Burner

Arabian Burner 236M File:MC Avu 236M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Mid 12 54 6 72 +70 to +123 -40 to +13 No Always knocks down. Will only disarm sometimes?

Arabian Drill

Arabian Drill [4]6M File:MC Avu 46M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Hit Adv Block Adv Weapon - Mid 5 25 0 30 +12 +3 No The best special move. Has up to 7 hits, hit/block advantage based on final hit only. Takes at least 49 frames to charge. Travels further if hitting / being blocked.

Strategy

5L, Arabian Drill, throw. Those three moves are all you need.

...Until the opponent gets wise and jumps at you, Avu hates that. His anti-airs and air-to-airs are narrow, barely active, and usually take a while to recover. If you're lucky, you can get them on the way down with a risky Arabian Burner, which will knock them down, allowing you to set up an Arabian Drill to throw "combo".

...Unless the opponent is wise and intentionally takes the last hit of Drill to be pushed out of range of your throw, but even in that case, they still had to take some damage, and you've still got the advantage. You could do whatever you want: start charging another Drill right away, or pressure them with some normals, or a jump attack.

Even in the worst case scenario of losing your weapon, you can always Drill your way to victory.