Million Arthur: Arcana Blood/Thief Arthur

Thief Arthur

Profile

• EN Name: Touzoku Arthur (romaji), Thief Arthur (localization)
• JP Name: 盗賊アーサー
• Voice Actress: Ayane Sakura
• Element: Wind
• Health: 18000

Happy go-lucky character that was the sacrificial pawn to SNK for having Iori in this game.

Overview

High mobility character with a lot of multi-hitting moves. Has many options for approaching, good pressure and can convert off touches easily. Has 2 airdashes, which also allows her to double jump after either a single airdash or a superjump.

Strengths	Weaknesses
High mobility. Has fast run/air dash speeds, two air dashes and can change her air momentum with her rope specials High mixup. Standing overhead and high air mobility options can make it easy for her to open up opponents Many ways to get consistent conversions into knockdowns	Low HP Normals are fairly short ranged Has no reversals whatsoever

Recommended Support Knights

• Fay

Very flexible all-round assist for Thief

Causes Elemental counter-hit from 5D/2D allowing for easy pick-up confirms.

Can be used for pressure and establishing a turn after aggressive 2Ds

• Balin

Great neutral assist to supplement Thief's lack of range and interacting with opponent's comparatively larger buttons

Its great angle of attack can make help Thief establish a threat from any screen positioning

Thief's great air mobility allows her to make tricky movements and still be in a great position to confirm off stray Balin hits

Has some combo potential with element counter but its inability to combo from 2D leads it to be a little subpar

• Mercenary

Thief's great air mobility can allow her to easily move into positions allowing this to be a great neutral assist

With good air mobility, fast run speed and multiple air actions, Thief has little difficult in converting from all sorts of Mercenary hits

Its fire element is a bonus as it can easily element counter from a num ber of Thief attacks allowing for even easier confirms

Combined with Uathach, this can supplement Thief's lack of damage, opening up EB > Uathach > 214XX routes for extremely high damage

• Sorcery King

Great neutral assist to supplement Thief's lack of range and interacting with opponent's comparatively larger buttons

With her speed and movement options, Thief can easily force a counter-hit on stray hits with j.D/2D leading to confirms

Can also be used as a combo piece into an Ice>Wind element counter due to its long untechable time on clean hit

• Uasaha

Used solely for maximising damage off EB combos

On top of adding a large amount of damage, its wind element and subsequent HP restore can mitigate Thief's low hp somewhat

Normal Moves

5A

5A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 400 All 6 - - -2 - - - High-five! Thief sticks her hand out, hitting the opponent Can cancel into itself once. Upon cancelling into itself a 2nd time, Thief performs 5AAA instead Short horizontal range but hits relatively high making this sometimes a good anti-air Great for stagger pressure

5AAA

5AAA

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 820 All 8 - - -4 - - Wind Thief imbues her dagger with wind and swings at the opponent Can cancel into B normals or stronger Auto-combo filler Can frame trap but the stagger window is quite short Wind element is only a little bonus to HP regain. Stuck behind an auto combo starter and a lack of good wind comboing assists and not being able to connect 2D from it leaves it unusuable.

5AAAA

5AAAA

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1580 All 9 - - -6 - - - Thief knees the opponent before slashing high with her dagger Advances Thief forward significantly on use Can cancel into 5C/2C and 5D/2D on hit/block Shares animation and hitboxes with 5B and j.C (If it was done on the ground). This means that when juggling high opponents, 5B can sometimes whiff underneath, causing the combo to drop

5AAAAA

5AAAAA	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1200 All 14 - - -8 - - - An uppercut that launches the opponent upwards. Visually identical to 6C Auto-combo filler Unlike 6C, this isn't jump cancellable. It also doesn't cancel into any normals but is fortunately special cancellable. Unfortunately, Thief has no specials that are safe at this range

5AAAAAA

5AAAAAA	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 2859 All 12 - - -17 - - - Thief spins into the sky, carrying the opponent with her before kicking the opponent to the ground Identical properties to 63214D There is a gap before the last hit and from some heights or scalings, the last hit may fail to connect, leaving Thief punishable

5B

5B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 900 All 7 - - -3 - - - A high reaching knee attack Jump cancellable on block Pressing 5B again will cancel into 6B Reaches surprisingly high for how it looks and is a great pickup from aerial hits due to its speed and hitbox Has a great stagger window for pressure

5C

5C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1600 All 16 - - -3 - - - Thief leaps forward slightly before slashing with her dagger Not jump cancellable but cancellable into D buttons Its long startup while still being safe makes this a great button for frame traps

6B

6B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - All 11 - - -7 - - - Thief sticks out her legs and kicks the opponent Jump cancellable and also cancellable into 2B Decent poke. Has good range for Thief buttons but with noticeable whiff recovery Good stagger window

6C

6C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1400 All 11 - - -8 - - - Thief performs a short range uppercut Unblockable if connecting with an airborne opponent in a neutral state Launches on hit Jump cancellable Decent anti-air but the short hitbox may make it difficult to use in some situations

2A

2A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 400 Low 6 - - -2 - - - A quick kick with her legs Standard low jab Can cancel into itself once. Upon cancelling into itself twice, it will cancel into 5AA. Can reverse cancel into 5A Has slightly longer range than 5A

2B

2B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1000 Low 8 - - -6 - - - Thief does a backhanded swipe to the opponent's legs Jump cancellable on block Good reach for Thief but still far shorter than buttons from other characters Can be cancelled into from 6B but since 6B has longer range, this can whiff at far spacings

2C

2C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 800, 1200 All 10 - - -11 - - - Thief swings her dagger upwards, hitting twice Has a large hitbox and can sometimes function as an anti-air but has no invulnerability Both hits are jump cancellable

j.A

j.A

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 600 High 6 - - - - - - Thief pushes her palm out at an angle in front of her for an aerial high-five Able to be cancelled into itself an infinite amount of times Its fast startup and good angle makes this a great air-to-air and at times, a more reliable anti-air than trying to attack from the ground Great for air-to-air as using its infinite cancel into itself, it can put the opponent into long blockstun until thief lands, to threaten an unblockable 6C

j.B

j.B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 800 H 9 - - - - - - Thief sticks her leg out and does a quick kick downwards Great angled hitbox for jump-ins and has a long stagger window time Can hit characters while rising and can be used as a fuzzy mixup with the help of assists

j.C

j.C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1400 H 10 - - - - - - A swing of thief's dagger Has good reach horizontally with good untechable time making this a great air-to-air-to-a Jump-in hitbox isn't great, especially against crouching characters but can work at the right spacing Can be easily confirmed into 63214D for a knockdown

Elemental Attacks

5D

Leap Slash 5D

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 2000 H 27 - - -4 - - Wind Thief leaps forward before coming down with a wind imbued slash Hits overhead and can link into 2A if this connects on crouching opponents This will launch the opponent on counter-hit As Thief leaps towards the opponent, she is considered airborne and can jump over some low hitting attacks Although Thief is airborne during parts of startup, she lands before the attack connects, which allows the attack to also be interruptable by throws

2D

Sneak Kill 2D

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1800 L 18 - - -8 - - Wind Thief slides far forward before slicing at the opponent's legs with a wind imbued slash Knocks down the opponent on hit. Floats the opponent for a long time on counter-hit, allowing for an easy combo Thief has a very low profile hurtbox during the attack, allowing her to go under some normals and projectiles Dashes far forward and is great for starting pressure with the help of supports, as a combo ender or to start EB combos

j.D

Revolve Thrust j.D

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 1200*2 H / All 13 - - - - - Wind Thief does an air flip while swinging her wind dagger around her First hit will always need to be guarded high and the second hit can always be guarded low Has a great hitbox, hitting a large angle in front of and around Thief and also has a small crossup hitbox Great for jump-ins, air to airs, mix-ups, this is an aerial button that can do almost everything for Thief and coupled with her fast movement speed, can be very hard to contest

Throws

5/6B+C

Forward Throw 5/6B+C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 2500 Throw 7 - - - - - Throw Thief grabs the opponent before using them as a springboard and kicking them away Throws the opponent a significant distance from Thief

4B+C

Back Throw 4B+C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 2500 Throw 7 - - - - - - Thief grabs the opponent before using them as a springboard and kicking them away, but backwards! Throws the opponent a significant distance from Thief

j.B+C

Air Throw j.B+C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 2500 Throw 5 - - - - - - Thief grabs the opponent before using them as a springboard and kicking them away, but in the air! Throws the opponent a significant distance from Thief Due to the angle the opponent falls at, the follow-up EB cancel combo may vary based on height

Special Moves

236A/B/C

Hold Trick 236A/B/C

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 2520 All 8(A), 13(B/C) - - -11 - - - Thief dashes forward and upon a successful hit with the opponent, She will flip over them before kicking them away Hitgrab, can be blocked and will always side-swap on hit Distance travelled is dependant on the button used Thief enters recovery upon contact with the opponent When side-swapping with an opponent and kicking them into the corner, Thief is able to follow up with a combo Significant untechable time but will not cause knockdown on high-scaling combos

236D

Twin Daggers 236D

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 236D 500*2 All 16 - - -9 - - Wind Thief throws two daggers forward, arcing in a helix pattern before converging at a point Very little hitstun on hit and counter hit. At point blank, Thief is punishable on hit and is negative on counter-hit Used from range as a stray projectile for scratch damage j.236D 500*2 All 22 - - -9 - - Wind Thief pauses in the air before throwing out two daggers at a 45* angle, arcing in a helix pattern before converging at a point Similar to the ground version, there is very little hitstun on hit and counter hit Pauses Thief in the air when used before recovering in place This can be used to mixup Thief's aerial movement by stalling in the air

63214D

Whirlwind 63214D

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 63214D 2859 All 12 - - -17 - - Wind Thief spins into the sky, carrying the opponent with her before kicking the opponent to the ground The last hit will cause a soft knockdown, allowing the opponent to tech upon touching the ground On counter hit, the opponent will bounce upon touching the ground, allowing a follow-up combo There is a gap before the last hit and from some heights or scalings, the last hit may fail to connect, leaving Thief punishable Carries the opponent a significant distance across the screen As Thief rises quicky and reaches very high throughout the attack, this can be used as an unorthodox anti-air j.63214D 2208 All, High 8 - - - - - Wind Thief spins in place, kicking the opponent multiple times before kicking them down to the ground The last hit will hit as an overhead Knocks down the opponent on hit, causing a hard knockdown and putting the opponent in a grounded state Thief can combo from this with supports that OTG and remove grounded state (i.e Uathach) Go-to knockdown for air combos or ender into Uathach for EB combos

j.623A/B/C

Wire Shot j.623A/B/C ~A ~A ~B ~B ~C ~C

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element N/A - - - 36F total - - - - Thief shoots her hook-gun to the sky and swings on her rope Each version changes the angle Thief swings in j.623A will swing Thief backwards, j.623B Thief will hover in place, j.623C will swing Thief forwards Can be cancelled into any aerial attack from 12F onwards Can only be performed once per jump When cancelling into a normal, Thief will cancel the swing movement and retain her air momentum. Changing the timing of cancels can affect the distances Thief falls at Great for manipulating Thief's air movement and mixup situations By mixing up delay cancels, fast falls, air recovery from wire swing into air dashes and other adjustments, Thief can perform confusing and hard to block mixups

Million Skill

236XX

Sniping Tempest 236XX

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 6440 All 16 - - -5 - - - Thief throws daggers towards the floor below the opponent. On a successful hit, Thief will teleport to the opponent, attacking them multiple times before kicking them away to the opposite wall Side swaps with the opponent on hit Tracks full screen with the same startup Although it only hits opponents close to the floor, its fast startup and instant tracking give it use as a full screen punish tool The last hit can be EB cancelled for a combo

j.236XX

Catch and Barrage j.236XX

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 6292 All, (Low) 12 - - - - - - Thief leaps a short distance forward. Upon successfully hitting the opponent, she will attack multiple times before throwing a barrage of knives. On block, she will fall to the ground and land on her butt Side swaps with the opponent on hit Thief's landing on whiff/block is also an attack. If j.236XX is blocked, the landing will hit as a low. If it whiffs, it will connect as a mid Can be comboed from with airdash and buttons at low scalings, early in a combo At high scalings, the opponent can drop out of the knife barrage, leading the knife to "lose" tracking and hit them as a reset Great as an early combo piece for side swaps and decent as a combo ender for a bit of extra damage but won't knock down the opponent

Million Excalibur

United Excalibur 214XX

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element 10000 All 18 - - -37 - - - Thief shoots her hook-gun across the screen. Upon successfully hitting the opponent, she will reel herself towards them before comboing them and finishing them off with her excalibur The projectile is shot at just below head height and has a small hitbox at the end of the hook While it hits high enough to connect with crouching opponents, attacks that low profile can go underneath the projectile and avoid it After the animation, Thief will appear at the position she shot her hook-gun from. The opponent will always appear a short distance in front of her As Thief shoots a full screen projectile, this can be used as a punish in some situations Great super for adding damage but may be difficult to combo into

Combos

Solo Combos

A Starter

• 5/2A > 5BB > 2B > 5C > ender

Basic full chain route, can also act as a base for blockstrings as all B buttons are jump-cancellable and 5C is safe on block. 2D will give a better knockdown than 63214D at the cost of damage.

• 5/2A > 5BB > 2B > j.B [VERY SLIGHT DELAY] j.D land 5A > 5BB > 2B > 5C > ender

Standing opponent, does not work on Bisclavret/Nimue/Koume. Length of this combo means you won't be able to do an enchant boost extension. Meter gain is comparable to an autocombo, but takes significantly more effort.

• 5D counterhit 6B 2C(1 hit) JAB JAB 63214D

6C Starter

• 6C > j.B > j.D land 5B > air stuff

Support Knight Combos

6C Starter

• 6C > j.A > jB > dj.B > j.C > Sorcery King, j.63214D, airdash j.D land 2C stuff

Enchant Boost Extensions

• starter > 63214D A+B+C airdash j.A > j.D, land 6B > 2C(1) > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Use when starter has one or fewer A buttons.

• starter > 63214D A+B+C airdash j.A > j.D, land 2C > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Use when starter has up to two A buttons or is a jump-in.

• starter > A+B+C airdash j.AA > j.C land j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

For reaching 2.0x bonus off a j.D starter on a grounded opponent.

• starter > A+B+C airdash j.AA dj.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

The "I don't know how much scaling my combo has" extension. Reaches a 1.9x bonus rather than 2.0, but works off anything including autocombo and j.D starters.

• Throw, A+B+C airdash j.C land 6B > 5C > j.C > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Enchant Boost makes 5C jump cancellable. Note that against everyone except Snow White, you will have to jump in the opposite direction after the 5B as they will end up behind you...unless your opponent is in the corner, in which case you don't have to worry and can jump in the same direction. Replace 5C with 2C to avoid sideswap in exchange for damage, which works on all characters outside of the corner except Nitou.

• Air throw, A+B+C airdash j.B delay j.D(1), rejump j.A > j.C delay j.D(1), rejump j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

If the first j.D is delayed too much, it won't actually come out. If the second j.D isn't delayed enough, you won't get the second rejump.

• (airborne opponent) 5A/5B/6B A+B+C 5B/2C > j.B > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

5B is the easiest normal to use for pickups, can be substituted with 6B or 2C in certain situations. Works off j.D starter on an airborne opponent. 6B A+B+C 2C is max damage, but isn't always possible. If 5B is used before A+B+C, 2C must be used after, as a third 5B will drop.

• (airborne opponent) airdash j.C A+B+C land 5C > j.C > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Concept for converting from a relatively close assist hit (most likely Balin) into airdash, will do a bit less damage than above combo but does not require landing first. Fall a bit before doing j.C to ensure you're low enough for 5C to land.

• (Balin hit) microdash 5C A+B+C, 5C > j.C > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Experiment with range to see how far you can be for a max range 5C to hit.

Videos

• Thief Arthur basic guide by ASConviction
• Thief Arthur official combo video A by Square Enix (2017)

5AA > 5BB > 2B > 5C > 2D > Support Knight Faye, j.D land 5B > j.A > j.B > j.C > j.63214D

• Thief Arthur official combo video B by Square Enix (2017)

Autocombo (5AAAAA) > Million Excalibur

Colors

Note: Colors 20 and 21 were pre-order exclusives for JP PSN and Amazon respectively. Unfortunately, they aren't selectable on Steam without the use of Cheat Engine.

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