Rivals of Aether/Forsburn

Overview

Strategy

Resources

Matchups

Story

Forsburn is the disgraced, eldest son of the Firelands' ruling family. While his brother Zetterburn served the kingdom through leadership on the battlefield, Forsburn was the Firelands' chief diplomat. Forsburn was the right hand of the Fire King, and he could be relied upon both to broker treaties and to quietly take care of threats to the kingdom.

However, after years of unquestioning service, Forsburn began to smell corruption simmering beneath the surface of the Fire Council. Before Forsburn could expose the conspiracy, his father was discovered slain with Forsburn's own dagger protruding from his heart. Assumed to be the assassin, Forsburn was condemned by his brother and barely escaped the Capital with his life. Left wounded and nationless, he wandered for months before meeting a groups of rebels on the outskirts of the Firelands. These outsiders of the kingdom had rejected flame and mastered the way of smoke, a philosophy of truthful deception. Forsburn joined the smoke tribe, soon becoming their leader. He plots to reclaim the Fire Capital from the Fire Council and their unsuspecting pawn, Zetterburn.

Gameplay

Playstyle

Forsburn is an X who does Y with Z
Pros	Cons
Pro:	Con:

Smoke

Neutral Special and Forward Tilt cause patches of Smoke to cover the screen.

Forsburn
The Exiled Flame
Stage
First Appearance	Alpha 3.12.2015

Notable Players

Name	Color	Activity	Notes	Contact
CakeAssault		2016 - Present	Ranked #1 for RCS season 2, 4, 6, and 7	https://twitter.com/CakeAssault
SpykerFX		2015 - Present	Also known as Byte the Wolf/Kasai	https://twitter.com/SpykerFX
Kenneth		2015 - 2019		https://twitter.com/MellowKenneth
CursedCrusader		2017 - Present		https://twitter.com/LGBTCrusader
ProDoubleSushi		2016 - 2019	Also known as Sushi	ProDoubleSushi#0059
Cork_xx		2016 - Present	Ex top 10 player	Corkxx#4021

Moveset

Jabs

Jab Combo

Attack > Attack > Attack

Jab 1

Jab 2

Jab 3

Jab 1

Jab 2

Jab 3

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

Jab 1

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	6-7	13	361	4
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
5			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
4		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
	1	Y

Jab 2

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	6-7	16	361	4
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
5			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Jab 3

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	9-10	17	361	8 + 0.6
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
8			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.5		3
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Dash Attack

(while running) Attack

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_dattack

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
8	9-12	17 [26]	70	8 + 0.4
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
8			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.25		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Tilts

Forward Tilt

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_ftilt

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
3	7, 9	8 [12]	361	2
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
3		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Spawns smoke frame 11.

smoke_ftilt3

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
5	15	8	361	5 + 0.5
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
6 + 0.5		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Up Tilt

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_utilt

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
2	10-11, 14-15	10 [15]	361	6 + 0
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
9			9	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Untechable

smoke_utilt3

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
5	16-18		90	7 + 0.25
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.2		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Down Tilt

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_dtilt

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
9	7-9	12 [18]	75	7 + 0.45
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.25		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Strong Attacks

Forward Strong

(Forward/Back +) Strong

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_fstrong

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	15-19	16 [24]	361	3 + 0.05
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
14			7	1.5x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Medium reaching move that forces a 50/50 situation.

• Untechable
• Turns opponent the opposite direction they're facing
• Can move Kragg/Shovel Knight rocks

smoke_fstrongdagger

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
12	7-9	24 [36]	361	7 + 0.9
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.5
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Actual startup: 29-34
• Min active frames: 35-37
• Max active frames: 50-52

Up Strong

Up + Strong

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_ustrong

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	15-16	16 [24]	40	2 + 0.1
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
14			7	2x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Untechable
• Can move Kragg/Shovel Knight rocks

smoke_ustrongcape2

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	17-18		70	2 + 0.1
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			7	2x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Untechable
• Can move Kragg/Shovel Knight rocks

smoke_ustrongcape3

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	19-20		140	4 + 0.1
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			7	2x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Untechable
• Can move Kragg/Shovel Knight rocks

smoke_ustrongdagger

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
12	5-7	24 [36]	90	9 + 1.15
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
4			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.5		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Actual startup: 30-33
• Min/Max active frames: 34-36; 49-51

Down Strong

Down + Strong

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_dstrong

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
11	9-10	23 [35]	70	8 + 1.15
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
8			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.9		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Aerials

Neutral Air

(while airborne) Attack

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

Landing Lag (all hits): 4 [6]

smoke_nair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
2 [3]	7-9	13 [20]	135 [50]	7 + 0.25 [8 + 0.2]
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			0	0.6 [0.5]

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5		2 [1]
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

smoke_nair2

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
2	11-13		10	7 + 0.25
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			0	0.6

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

smoke_nair3

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	15-17		361	6 + 0.5
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.2		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Forward Air

(while airborne) Forward + Attack

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

Landing Lag: 4 [6]

smoke_fair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	7-9	9 [14]	70	6 + 0.5
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0.25		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Good combo starter/extender move
• Can combo into itself, neutral air, and down air

Back Air

(while airborne) Back + Attack

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

Landing Lag (both hits): 6 [9]

smoke_bair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
13	14-15	8 [12]	361	8 + 0.9
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
13			5	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.25		6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Combos into itself

smoke_bairweak

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	14-27		361	6 + 0.3
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			5	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0.25		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Combos into strong bair, back hit dair, and dash attack (at low percents)

Up Air

(while airborne) Up + Attack

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

Landing Lag: 4 [6]

smoke_uair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
7	8-17	13 [20]	90	8-4 + 0.35
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
7			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
6 + 0.25		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• Sharking tool
• Can combo into bair

Down Air

(while airborne) Down + Attack

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

Landing Lag (both hits): 6 [9]

smoke_dair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
12	12-13	16 [24]	35	8 + 0.5
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
11			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.5		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• 6 frame hit lockout

smoke_dairspike

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
12	15-17		290	6 + 0.7
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			5	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.5		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

• 5 frame hit lockout

Specials

Neutral Special

Smoke Screen

Special (Air OK)

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_nspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
	126 (uninterrupted)
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
25

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?

smoke_nspecialemp

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
	29	10
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
9

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?

Forward Special

Decoy

Forward/Back + Special (Air OK) (Hold OK)

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_fspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
	26-	3
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
22

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?

smoke_fspecialpop

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
8	6-9	6	90	6 + 0.1
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
4			1	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.1		3
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

smoke_fspecialsuper

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
10	11-15	6	90	6 + 0.7 [7 + 0.9]
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
9			1	0.8x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 0.6		3 [8]
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Up Special

Smokey Teleport

Up + Special (Air OK)

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_uspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
8	19-42 [44-48]	28 [9]	80	8 + 0.75
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
18 [43]			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Values differ from vanishing into smoke.

• Active frames: 19-37
• Endlag: 0
• Does no damage
• Does not break projectiles

Down Special

Consume / Combust

Down + Special (Air OK)

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

smoke_dspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
	9-18	5 [22]
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
8

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?

smoke_dspecialemp

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
10	11-15	10	90	6 + 1.1 [7 + 1.2]
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
10			1	0.8x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 0.6		3 [8]
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
		Y

Alternate Palettes

Default Colors

Unlockable Skins

• Custom Color 2: Beat story mode.
• Abyss: Reach Abyss level 10 with Fors.
• Ranked: Reach Gold rank with Fors.
• Lovers of Aether: Get 250 kills with Fors (Milestone).

Default

Alt Blue

Alt Red

Alt Green

Alt White

Alt Purple

Custom Color 1

Custom Color 2

Abyss

Ranked

Lovers of Aether

Seasonal Colors

Current seasonal skins rotate every 3 months in the following order (hemisphere dependent):

• Valentines (Feb-Apr)/(Aug-Oct)
• Summer (May-Jul)/(Nov-Jan)
• Halloween (Aug-Oct)/(Feb-Apr)
• Christmas (Nov-Jan)/(May-Jul)

Genesis Old (removed)

CEO Dreamland 2017 (removed)

Frostbite 2018 (removed)

Valentines

Summer

Halloween

Christmas

Premium Skins

How to Get

• Champion: Obtainable via the developers.
• EA: Purchase and redeem a Steam key for RoA via Humble Bundle.
• Genesis: Obtainable via the RCS compendium during RCS seasons.
• Heatwave: Obtainable via the RCS and Heatwave compendiums during RCS seasons.
• Dreamscape: Obtainable via the RCS compendium during RCS seasons.
• Golden: Purchase a Fors plush from Symbiote Studios.

Champion

Early Access Promo

Genesis Official

Heatwave

Dreamscape

Golden Promo