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The Count of Monte Cristo (often referred to as Dantes) is a new character to Melty Blood, released as free DLC alongside Ushiwakamaru on December 15, 2022. He is a jack of all trades that focuses on using his powerful midrange pokes to corner the opponent into explosive damage

With a very versatile and well rounded toolkit, The Count is equipped with all the things you'd want in a traditional fighting game kit, with zoning tools in both the air and ground with projectiles Flames of Love and Hate, solid defensive options like his reversal series Vengeful Conflagration to get you out of sticky situations, and a powerful strike throw game up close to compliment his seamless transitions from midrange to rushdown with his plethora of strong pokes such as rekkas and C normals. He can also force an unseeable microwalk left/right mixup from anywhere on the screen, including the corner, giving him a surprisingly potent Oki game.

His versatility comes at a cost however, lacking the more focused and potent options his opponents have access to. His buttons are all slower than average across the board, lacking a 5 frame normal for defense, having some of the weakest rebeat framedata in the game, and overall sluggish movement. Both of his backdashes on the ground and air cover little to no ground, giving him an underwhelming retreat game as the opponent advances. He also lacks strong mixups outside of oki. Moreover, he's forced to play strike/throw with no standing overheads or shield crush options. Despite these flaws he boasts high health and even higher damage, with great metered options for enders to keep up his potentially relentless offense once he has the opponent cornered

Players looking for a character who has a tiny bit of everything Melty Blood has to offer to its characters will enjoy the Count's widely applicable toolkit, overcoming his weaknesses with high damage and solid okizeme

Pick if you like

Avoid if you dislike

Jack of All Trades: Dantes is capable of playing effectively at nearly every range, boasting a DP, beams, and solid midrange tools. This allows him to switch seamlessly between keepaway, playing an effective midrange with his 214B lariat, tk.214X clone, and C-normals, or going in for frametrap/IAD pressure once he gets close. Combined with his above-average HP, he's one of the most versatile characters in the game. Excellent C-Normals: With the exception of j.C, every C-button gives him fantastic ground control. 2C is a large and fairly active sweep, 5C is large and excellent at catching jump-outs with its second hit, 4C is, again, large and a fantastic option to cover his retreat + enforce his frametrap pressure, and 3C is one of the most effective anti-air buttons in the game. Explosive Damage Output/Meter Gain: Even among the other high damage characters of Type Lumina, Dantes damage output and meter gain is consistently exceptional off even the weakest starters once he gets close, and outright nuclear once he has the opponent cornered due to his wide selection of meterless wallbounces and high damage EX enders. Unique Screen Presence: The hitscan nature of Dantes projectiles combined with their true fullscreen range lets him cover angles very few other characters in the game can attempt from the distances he does, with both air and grounded beams giving him a completely unique angles to engage the opponent from

Master of None: Many of his tools are often outclassed in startup or recovery. His effectiveness will be dictated by how well he cycles playstyles and applies creative use of these tools. Lack of Grounded Mixup/Shield Crush Options: With no grounded charges moves or overheads, Dantes ability to discourage shield is highly reliant on good tick throws and airdashing Weak Retreat: While his ground speed and airdash are strong, his backdash/air backdash don't go very far which leads to a rather slow retreat. Couple this with his slow jump startup, and the result is a character who is better at maintaining space than moving about it. High Commitment: He lacks a 5F normal for defense, boasts high startup and recovery even on his strongest pokes, and his overall rebeat framedata is generally more minus on average. Dantes has to rely on ambiguity and strong meter management to maintain his offense, and has to commit to risky options to get himself out of difficult situations up close Weak Air to Air Presence: Thanks to a combination of his slow jump startup and mediocre A and B normals, he's only left with j.C in most scenarios which is prone to being counterpoked due to its long startup. This leads to a character who is better suited to staying grounded and anti-airing, which just isn't a viable strategy against certain characters.

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Story & Profile

The Eternal Spirit of Vengeance, from the edge of love and hate

Real Name: Edmond Dantès
Shrouded with wrathful, blue-black flames, the Count of Monte Cristo himself is the most reknowned "Avenger" in the world. His wrath and vengeance are directed toward "irrationality and malice," and never toward innocent people.

Rising to the position of Heroic Spirit after his death, mixed in with the events of his eponymous story, he entered the world as an extra-class Avenger.
He acknowledged Chaldea as master, saying "While commonplace, you crush the machinations of evil." and forged a contract. Subsequently, he took root in the depths of his master's spirit as a co-conspirator in deceiving and scorning the irrationality of this world, and played a role in shielding that spirit from malice.

With the spiritual strength and quickness of thought honed at Château d'If where he was once sealed, he is skilled in incredibly quick unarmed combat using superhuman physical abilities, as well as his all-consuming black flames.

Intent on saving a certain person, the world he beholds upon arriving in Souya is...

Main Weapon/Skill
High-Speed Unarmed Combat, Black Flames, Noble Phantasm: Enfer Château d'If

Basic Info
Height: 185cm
Weight: 75kg
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Unique Traits

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Black Grudge

All of the Count's specials involving the use of his devastating Black Flame applies a damage over time debuff that corrodes recoverable health

These specials include 236X, 214X, j.236X, and 22C

Character Summary

Move list

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Moon Skills

6B+C (Air OK) - Flames of Love and Hate

3B+C - Vengeful Conflagration

4B+C - Furious Hellfire

j.4B+C - Afterglow

Special Attacks

236A/B/C (EX OK) - Flames of Love and Hate (Air OK): Flame beams

623A/B/C (EX OK) - Vengeful Conflagration: Anti air DPs.

214A/B/C (EX OK) -Furious Hellfire: Rekkas, advancing alashes

22C (EX exclusive) - Revenge is Mine: Beam burst

J.214A/B/C (EX OK) - Afterglow: Clone lariat strike

Arc Drive

236B+C - My Vengeance Never Dies: Highly damaging advancing grab.

Last Arc

A+B+C+D / Successful Shield in Blood Heat - Ender Chateau D'If

Unique Attacks

- 4C, 3C

Blowback Edge Moves

- j.C

Stats & vitals

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Health: - 12,000 (High)

Backdash:

  - 1-10 Full Invul
  - 1-14 Strike Invul
  - 15-19 Projectile/Air Invul
  - N/A Airborne
  - 31 Total

Dash startup: 5

Dash actionable: 5

Jump startup: 5

Jump airtime: 35

Quick combo reference

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Coming soon.

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5A

5A

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5A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
190	HL	-N-, -RB-, -SP-, -EX-, -CH-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2	11	18	-1	-

• Slower than average standing jab.
• Hitbox hits fairly in the middle of Dantes' body, making it a not ideal to hit airborne targets.
• Still deceptively tall due to Dantes being a tall character and high enough to still catch fuzzy jumps properly
• Whiff cancel shield/jab available from frame 11.
• Standard rebeat option since 2A is a low.
• Can cancel into itself for three total 5A's by inputting with 4A.

5B

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5B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
510	LH	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, -CH-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	3	20	31	-8	-

A left-handed swipe.

• Not especially long ranged, but moves Dantes forward a fair amount. Not very fast for its range, either.
• The hitbox on the front covers a bit of area above Dantes' head.
  • While not being big enough to serve as an anti air, it can make for a good normal to hit opponents during their Instant Airdash or even slightly higher.
• Slower than average recovery leads to this being a really bad poke.

5C

5C

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5C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	LH	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, -CH-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	3 (10) 4	19	50	-6	-

A unique 5C involving two advancing punches with Dantes' cape.

• Staple tool for stabilizing combos, establishing pressure, hitconfirming, and catching jump-outs.
• The big gap between the two hits combined with long recovery make this a poke you should use very sparingly.
• Both hits have fantastic reach, with the second hit taking a large step forward before going off, which is used in pressure to reverse beat to 5A for better frame advantage.
• Outright oppressive against certain characters as a reset point due to its pushback making it almost impossible to disrespect combined with rewarding cancel options
• Seen the most as combo filler, as the second hit pulls the opponent down from altitudes where continuing the combo would otherwise be difficult.

Crouching Normals

2A

2A

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2A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
180	L	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, -CH-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	2	11	18	-1	-

• Slower than average crouching jab, but otherwise fairly standard .
• Whiff cancel shield/jab available from frame 11.
• Standard pressure starter due to being a quick and chainable low.
• Can cancel into itself for three total 2As.

2B

2B

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2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
460	L	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, -CH-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	4	18	29	-7	-

Low swipe.

• A low poke with further reach than 2a, but still fairly stubby by most standards
• One of his go to abare move/punish starter due to it being his only 8F normal, but has slower than usual recovery for a medium poke.
• Good frametrap tool, leads to high damage as a combo starter if you can get into the range to make effective use of it.

2C

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2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
350*2 (679)	L	-SE-, -N-, -SP-, -CH-, -EX-, -MD-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	2 (2) 3	22	37	-8	-

Double low sweep with the cape. Possibly Dantes' best ground poke

• Very long reaching, two hitting low that leads to high reward due to being a C normal
• Having a big disjoint make this move fairly likely to clash or outright beat other low pokes
• Despite this, it only has 2 more frames of recovery than both 5B and 2B, making it one of his lower commitment pokes for its range
• The immense pushback makes this move fairly mediocre as a way to start his offense midscreen.
• The slower startup and decent recovery are still a reason you shouldn't be throwing this move recklessly.

Jumping Normals

j.A

j.A

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jA

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
170	HA	N, SP, EX, MD, TH	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	4	11	20	-	-

• Standard aerial jab.
• It is the most common air-to-air due to its speed, but it's very stubby.
• His 5F jump startup makes using this as a rising air-to-air not fantastic due to its effective startup of 11F when compared to the average of 9F, be absolutely certain it'll hit.
• Can cancel into itself for three total jA's by inputting j4A.

j.B

j.B

Aerial

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jB

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
420	HA	N, SP, EX, MD, TH	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	5	until landing	-	-	-

Hand strike downwards

• Dantes' only downward-angled air normal, useful for jump-ins

j.C

j.C

Aerial

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jC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
590	HA	N, SP, EX, MD, TH	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	5	until landing	-	-	-

Flaming slash with the cape

• Long range and solid hitbox make this a consistent, albeit risky, air to air.
• Slow startup and commitful recovery mean you should be real picky when choosing this over j.a air to airs.
• Has enough blockstun to lead into easy AUB setups with the proper air string
• Ideal for safejumps on oki

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j[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
900	HA	N, SP, EX, MD, TH	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	6	until landing	-	-	Clash 15-19

Charged version of the above.

• Sacrifices speed for a better hitbox, bigger damage and longer untech time.
• Is mainly a combo filler due to the latter two traits. It is too big of a commitment to use as an air to air or even a jump in

Command Normals

4C

4C

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4C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
420*2 (806)	LHA	SP	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	2 (11) 2	19	42	-4	-

Couple slashes with the cape. A cornerstone to his frametrap pressure when combined with 236A and enables gimmicky pressure resets with j.214X.

• Both strikes vacuum on hit.
• Its two hit nature combined with a vacuum makes it incredibly easy to hitconfirm
• When used early in a blockstring, it sets up the prefect spacing for an unjumpable arc drive.
• Long range and large disjoint combined with a large backstep motion makes this a fairly good retreating option.
• Its retreating hurtbox also makes it step out of the way of many reversal options including system ones like heat/forced release to discourage risky abare
• First hit is special cancellable into air specials, while the second hit lands and can be special cancelled into ground specials. Staple combo filler.
• Is airborne for frames 7-21 meaning he can get fatal countered out of it, careful.
• Fatal counters scored with the first hit won't be interrupted by the 2nd hit. This, combined with its 9F startup, makes it a high risk high reward option to fuzzy with on IADs.

Universal Mechanics

Rapid Beat 1

Rapid Beat 1

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rapid 1

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
200, 45*6 (416)	LH	SP, CH, EX, MD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	3 (12) 12	25	61	-10	-

Dantes summons a flurry of punches

• Despite vacuuming him into the opponent, its usecase as a blockstring tool is difficult to justify due to conflicting with Dantes desire to abuse his ability to space himself out
• Abysmal for stabilizing combos when compared to 5C, often whiffing on opponents who are only slightly above you. It also requires some practice to ensure you get all the hits, but this is optimal in routes such as MD cashouts where you're going to be at max damage scaling anyways.

3C / Rapid Beat 2

3C

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3C

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

Upward slash with the cape

• Universal anti air and launcher, followed by an automatic jump.
• Invulnerable to air moves beginning from frame 5.
• Leads to bigger reward if it serves as the starter of a combo.
• Risky to throw out due to lengthy recovery animation, but it is fast and has a long reach upward.
• One of the most reliable 3Cs in the game, right below Kouma.

Ground Throw

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4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1500	U	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4 (+dash)	3	19	-	+36	-

Dantes pummels the opponent into the ground

• Dantes primary mixup tool to discourage the opponent from shielding
• Abnormally short knockdown compared to every other character in the game limiting his potential okizeme options
• Still very important to present and has a lot of unique ways to tick into it due to the properties on moves like 4C and j.214B

Air Throw

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j4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	U	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
1	3	until landing + 12	-	-	-

Universal meterless combo ender.

• Has all the properties you'd expect of an air throw
• The combo ender you'll often be relying on with Dantes due to his incentive to maximize damage and corner carry off his EX enders
• Leads to an incredibly reliable safejump anywhere on screen post 3C height, making it one of the stronger AT knockdowns in the game overall

Special Moves

Flames of Love and Hate

Dantes' beam special, serving as horizontal projectiles of various utility. The B and C version are mainly used in neutral while the A version is a staple combo tool.

Flames of Love and Hate

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C version

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B version

C version

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236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
850	LHA	CH, EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	4	29	44	-8	-

Dantes throws out a palm of fire

• Shorter range than B and C versions.
• Has 2 follow-ups.
• Staple combo tool that has numerous uses in neutral and offense due to its follow-ups, speed, and range.

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236A~A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	3	24	37	-4	-

A fast palm strike

• Crumples on grounded hit.
• Wallbounces on air hit.
• AUB
• A quick follow-up that leads to high reward on hit. A strong call-out tool in neutral and offense but is negative on block and can whiff midscreen due to its range
• An important combo tool in the corner due to its property as a meterless wallbounce on aerial opponents, helping route into his explosive damage
• Can be used in a meterless AUB set-up if the opponent blocked 236A while in the air but can be unreliable due to its short height

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236A~B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
750	L	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
14	10	18	41	-4	-

A slow slide attack

• Launches the opponent upwards and moves Dantes forward quite a bit making it a staple in midscreen conversions
• The followup that also reaches the opponent most reliably after a blocked max range 236A due to its length
• Is just minus enough to perfectly tick into Arc Drive

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236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
660*2 (1141)	LHA	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
23	9 (9) 9	22	71	-6	-

After a small delay, Dantes shoots 2 full-screen beams

• A strong zoning tool due to its range and pretty active, but it's dangerous up close as the start-up is really long.
• The total length of the move is also very long, so you'll often be vulnerable if the opponent successfully jumps over it

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236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
630*5 (2203)	LHA	MD/AD	-	1 magic circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+8	9(2)*4, (16) 9	26	106	-10	-

Shoots 5 full-screen beams.

• Has a fast start-up which makes it an excellent way of confirming of a 236B, also has a fair amount of push back and chip on block.
• The fast start-up also makes it an oddly effective way to discourage zoning fullscreen due to its nature as a hitscan projectile
• Incredibly punishable up close, be wary of habitually cancelling into it when the opponent has closed the gap

Flames of Love and Hate

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6BC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700*2 (1211)	LHA	EX+	-	3 moon icons	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	9 (6) 9	22	63	-6	Clash 1-11 (MD)

A faster version of 236B with some clash frames at the start.

• Potent zoning tool due to its incredible speed combined with its fullscreen range and safety on block
• Even more vulnerable on whiff due to its lack of cancel options compared to 236B however so its best to use sparingly

Vengeful Conflagration

Dragon-Punch style specials. Dantes slices upwards into the air, offering great vertical reach but variable horizontal reach. A is used in combos, while B is a reversal and C is a reversal/combo ender.

Vengeful Conflagration

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C version

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623A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
440*3 (1200)	LH	EX+, Hit: J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	15	32	52	-21	-

• No invul.
• Jump cancelable on hit only.

Air unblockable, hits very high, and leads to a full combo - can be used as a committal anti-air

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623B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
480*3 (1271)	LH	Hit: EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	9	40	56	-27	All 1-13

Dantes DP. On hit, you can cancel into j.214C for HKD. Lacks the ground hitbox that 623A and 623C have.

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623C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
520*5 (2026)	LH	Hit: MD	-	1 magic circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+1	5 (1) 8	42	60	-28	All 1-15

Fastest DP of the 3 of them and does the most damage.

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3BC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
480*3 (1300)	LHA	J, EX+	-	3 moon icons	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	7	-	-	-	Clash 1-7 (MD)

• Jump cancellable.

Average Moon skill DP.

Furious Hellfire

Various forward-moving slashes using the Count's flames. A is a rekka-style special that can cancel on whiff with a high/low/throw mixup on the third hit. B is a long ranged advancing slash to use for neutral, C is a launcher that can be used to end combos or convert stray special moves.

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A version

214X~X~X (End Flame-Roasting)

214X~X~6X (End Flame-Condemnation)

214X~X~4X (End Flame-Fallen Angel)

B version

C version

A version

A~A

A~A~A

A~A~6A

A~A~4A

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C version

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214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
530*2 (1001)	LH	CH, EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	4	24	40	-6	-

Rekka series starter. Dantes swipes his hands forward while moving forward a bit.

• Unsafe at close range if not cancelled.
• Can delay cancel into the followup in order to frame trap.

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214A~A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
530*2 (1001)	LH	CH, EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	3	28	43	-9	-

The middle hit in the rekka, moves Dantes forward as well.

• Punishable on block if not cancelled.
• Can delay cancel to frame trap.

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214A~A~A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1100	L	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
17	3	28	47 (41)	-11	-

Dantes crosses through the opponent and swipes at their feet. Hits low.

• Always switches sides with the opponent. This is usually not desirable.
• Despite switching sides, this is not a crossup; it can be blocked in either direction.
• Fastest follow-up of the three; the only rekka ender which can be made gapless.
• Can be delayed to catch attempts to mash, or to try to hit at the same time as one of the other enders.
• Unsafe on block on its own, but cancelling into 22C gives advantage on block or a combo on hit.

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214A~A~6A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1374	U	Hit: EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
31	1	37	71	19	Throw 20-35

Dantes dashes forward and grabs the opponent after a long delay. Untechable command grab.

• Moves extremely far, to the point where it even catches backdashes.
• Extremely slow, and very reactable.
• Punishable when jumped out of, and can't be cancelled on whiff to save yourself.
• Requires EX cancel to combo off of.
• Startup is slightly faster during combos, allowing for 214AA~6A to properly connect.

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214A~A~4A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
440*3 (1192)	H	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
29	3	31	63	-11	-

Dantes jumps into the air and dives down onto the opponent. Hits overhead.

• Quite slow, and not particularly difficult to react to.
• Vulnerable to mashing, and much worse at jumping over lows than it looks like it should be.
• Unsafe on block on its own, but cancelling into 22C gives advantage on block or a combo on hit.
• Has an additional hitbox during the jump portion that only activates during combos, allowing for 214AA~4A to properly connect.
• Usually switches sides during combos.

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214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
490*3	LH	EX, MD	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	4	24	45	-5	-

The Count dashes forward a long distance before swiping with his flames. Same animation as 214AA.

• Quite long, and decently fast for its range.
• Causes a ground bounce on hit, allowing for a meterless combo.
• Air unblockable, and hits fairly high up.
• Disadvantageous but safe on block.

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214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
460*5 (1903)	LH	MD/AD	-	1 magic circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+6	6 (8) 6 (17) 3	21	70	-7	-

Dantes performs the first 2 hits of his rekka before ending with 3C.

• Air unblockable. Can potentially be used to punish opponents who block 236B in the air at mid-range.
• Has the universal launch effect on 3rd hit.
• Punishable on block, but only by characters with a decent 7-frame option.

Furious Hellfire

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4BC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400*4 (1388)	LH	EX+	-	3 moon icons	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	4 (3) 3	23	47	-4	Clash 1-11 (MD)

Dantes performs the first 2 hits of his rekka with clash frames at the start. It travels a decent distance forward while also being fast, making it a strong tool in neutral.

Revenge is Mine

Revenge is Mine

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22C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
370*8 (2280)	LHA	AD/MD	-	1 magic circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+11	18	17	49	+4	-

Dantes smacks the ground, causing it to burst beams in a large area around him.

• EX only special
• Reaches the top of the screen and covers a large horizontal distance both on the front and behind of Dantes.
• Active for a very large period of time as well, making it a huge, threatening wall of projectiles.
• Deceptively short recovery, making this move advantagous on block and possible to follow up after on hit.
• Untech duration scales very harshly if used in combos, though, making it very tricky to follow up midscreen.

Flames of Love and Hate

The airborne parallel to the beam series. Due to their steep diagonal incline, the beams have little use for long range. Instead, they serve as tools to halt Dantes air momentum and hit opponents in midrange, as well as combo tools. Often very punishable on whiff, so be careful when you use them.

Flames of Love and Hate

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A version

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j236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
950	LHA	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	6	until landing + 12	-	-2 (4C/TK)	-

• Shoots one beam.

Good for zoning due to its startup being fast.

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j236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
640*2 (1107)	LHA	EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	6 (11) 6	until landing + 12	-	+3 (4C/TK)	-

• Shoots 2 beams.

A core part of Dantes combos as it nets a ton of damage.

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j236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
520*5 (1891)	LHA	MD/AD	-	1 magic circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+8	6(3)*4, (12) 6	until landing + 12	-	-13 (4C/TK)	-

• Shoots 5 Beams.
• HKD on hit.

Does more damage as a combo ender than j.214C but since Dantes falls all the way down afterwards the oki situation isn't as strong.

Flames of Love and Hate

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j6BC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700*2 (1211)	LHA	J, EX+	-	3 moon icons	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
13	6 (6) 6	12L	-	-	-

A faster, jump-cancellable version of j.236B.

Afterglow

Dantes punched forward with an after image. Despite the long reach, they serve only occassional use in neutral, primarily being combo tools instead.

Afterglow

Aerial +

C version

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j214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LHA	J, EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	2	8L	-	-6(TK)	-

Dantes sends a clone of himself forward, afterwards, Dantes stays in the position that he summoned the clone from. When used in tandem with j.214B, it can lead to some mind games in blockstrings as to where Dantes will appear.

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j214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LHA	J, EX+	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	2	10L	-	-4 (TK)	-

Dantes sends a clone of himself forward, afterwards, Dantes teleports to where his clone last appeared. Useful for gaining some distance, especially when using 4C as it moves Dantes backwards a lot.

• Recovering on the ground instead of jump cancelling sets up the perfect spacing and frame advantage for an unjumpable arc drive.

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j214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
370*7 (2142)	LHA	MD/AD	-	1 magic circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+1	8	until landing + 10	-	-10 (TK)	-

• HKD.

One of Dantes main combo enders, with less damage than j.236C but has a better oki situation afterwards.

Afterglow

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j4BC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1300	LHA	J, EX+	-	3 moon icons	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	2	10L	-	-	-

Dantes dashes forward with a punch, useful in combos as well as in the air.

Super Moves

My Vengeance Never Dies

My Vengeance Never Dies

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236BC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
3500	U	-	-	3 Magic Circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5+0	21	34	59	-	All 1-25, Throw 26-35

Dantes runs towards the opponent to devastate them with his flames

• Command Grab.
• Comes out frame 0 post flash when close.
• Like all command grab arc drives, it serves as an incredibly powerful reversal, strike throw tool, and scramble option
• The longest range command grab arc drive in the game due to the length Dantes's dashes towards the opponent
• Dantes' strongest mixup tool since he has plenty of ways to easily set up scenarios to put himself within frame 0 range

Enfer Chateau d'If

Enfer Chateau d'If

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ABCD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
4800	LH	-	-	4 Magic Circuit	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
1+21	4	27	52	-14	All 1-25

• Usable with 4 full Magic Circuit gauges, at any time in Blood Heat, or with a successful Shield while in Blood Heat.
• Damage in Blood Heat scales with the amount of Heat Gauge remaining on activate.
• Uses 214A if done manually with ABCD.

Reverse Beats

Rebeat Table

Attack	Chain	Advantage
5B/2B	5A/2A	-4
5C/2C	5A/2A	-2

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