Rivals of Aether/Orcane

Overview

Strategy

Resources

Matchups

Story

When he first arrived in Water Town, the merchant capital of Aether, Orcane was considered a dangerous nuisance and a criminal. Orcane is a playful trickster, notorious for escaping even the most precarious of situations. However, while the Water Merchants denounce Orcane in public, they do not hesitate to call upon him when they need a situation dealt with quietly. Orcane is sly and can infiltrate even the most secure strongholds. He can transform into water and confuse enemies with a spray of bubbles, making him the perfect candidate for stealth assignments.

Gameplay

Overview Orcane's a slippery trickster who sets up puddles in order to mixup his approach, recovery and net kills that otherwise wouldn't be possible. If you wanna get down, dirty and slippery, Orcane is your dog-dolphin-thing.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Strong kill moves; Orcane has powerful kill moves via his empowered strong attacks, back air and up air. Aerial mixups; Due to up b, down b, side b, air dodge and fair, Orcane can mixup his landings quite and recovery quite a bit due to either delaying his fall or teleporting onto stage.	Learning curve on recovery; Orcane's recovery is very limited and can lead into easy and early deaths if not planned or mixed up properly.

Unique Mechanics

Puddle

When Orcane has down a puddle, he can teleport to it, use it to spawn bubbles or do a strong while standing over it to power up the attack.

Hydroplane

Orcane actually gains speed when he turns around. This makes him better than most when it comes to utilizing tech like RAR. This also allows him to slide extremely far when charging strong attacks that can go over a puddle while he slides, letting him empower the move.

Orcane Stats

Character Stats
KB Adjustment	1.00	Gravity Accel	0.50
Hitstun Gravity Accel	0.50	Air Friction	0.07
Air Accel	0.25	Max Fall Speed	9.00
Ground Friction	0.40	Dash Speed	6.60
Initial Dash Speed	7.00	Initial Dash Time	12.00
Dash Stop Time	4.00	Dash Turn Time	12.00
Dash Turn Accel	1.50	Walk Speed	3.00
Walk Accel	0.25	Walk Turn Time	6.00
Waveland Time	12.00	Waveland Friction	0.04
Fast Fall Speed	12.00	Max Air Speed	4.00
Max Double Jumps	1	Jump Start Time	5.00
Jump Speed	9.50	Double Jump Speed	11.50
Short Hop Speed	6.00	Max Jump Horiz. Speed	7.00
Walljump Vert. Speed	7.00	Walljump Horiz. Speed	7.00
Air Dodge Startup Time	2.00	Air Dodge Active Time	12.00
Air Dodge Recovery Time	12.00	Air Dodge Speed	7.50
Prat Fall Accel	0.80	Prat Land Time	9.00
Land Time	4.00	Roll Speed	10.00
Tech Roll Speed	9.00

Orcane
The Puddle Jumper
Stage
First Appearance	Alpha 7.21.2014

Notable Players

Name	Color	Activity	Notes	Contact
Xaro				https://twitter.com/XaroYoshi
Starbos				https://twitter.com/starbos_roa
Tapscott				https://twitter.com/TheTapscott
DolphinBrick				https://twitter.com/DolphinBrick
Mr. Olsen				https://twitter.com/hanlon_38
Heyodogo				https://twitter.com/Heyodogo
Bucket				https://twitter.com/Booketsss

Moveset

Jabs

Jab Combo

Attack > Attack > Attack

Jab 1

Jab 2

Jab 3

Jab 1

Jab 2

Jab 3

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orca_jab1

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	4-5	18	361	4 + 0
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
3			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
4 + 0		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
	1	Y

• Standard regular jab, can be used for combos.
• Can be cancelled into a tilt.

orca_jab2

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
4	5-6	14	361	4 + 0
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
4			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0		6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
	1	Y

• A simple followup on the first jab.
• Can be cancelled into a tilt.

orca_jab3

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	6 - 8	18	361	9 + 0.25
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
5			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
6 + 0.50		6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
	0	Y

• The final hit of Orcane's jab combo.
• Sends a decent distance and can be followed up on.
• Not the most useful, you should probably cancel into a tilt from jab 2 rather than using jab 3.

Dash Attack

(while running) Attack

Dan hated PM DK which is why Orcane's roll doesn't go off ledge.

Dan hated PM DK which is why Orcane's roll doesn't go off ledge.

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orca_dattack

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	8 - 18	9 [14]	361	8 + 0.30
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
7			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0		6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
5	0	Y

• A decent, ignorant approach option that can be a strong combo starter or edge guard situation initiator when landed.

Tilts

Forward Tilt

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orca_ftilt

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
10	8 - 10	8 [12]	361	7 + 0.70
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
7			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.60		6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

• A decent chomp with a big hitbox.
• Works best when mixing between dtilt and ftilt to condition the opponent's DI.
• Is good at ledge for putting people in a position that often forces them to burn a resource to get back and continue with a stronger edgeguard.

Up Tilt

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orca_utilt

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6 {4}	5 - 6	10 [15]	90 {100}	6 + 0.45 {5 + 0.35}
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
4			0 {4}	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.35 {6 + 0.35}		0 {4}
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

• Standard combo starter up tilt.
• Can combo into itself easily.

Down Tilt

"Dude my combo game is ridiculous!"

"Dude my combo game is ridiculous!"

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orca_dtilt

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
9	5 - 7	7 [11]	75	7 + 0.30
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
4			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 0.25		6
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

• Great combo starter and neutral tool, one of Orcane's best buttons
• Slightly disjointed.
• Due to how fast it comes out, it can pick up combos from moves that might've sent too far for Orcane to convert off of otherwise.
• Also due to how fast it is, it can combo into itself and into many other things that can net a kill.
• Can also be used for reaction tech chases.

Strong Attacks

Forward Strong

(Forward/Back +) Strong

Empowered variation.

Empowered variation.

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orca_fstrong

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
9	14 - 17	17 [26]	361	7 - 5 + 0.35
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
13			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 1		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
10	0	Y

Empowered

orca_fstrongc

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
14	14 - 17	21 [32]	361	7 - 5 + 0.35
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
13			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 1		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
10	0	Y

• Standard enough smash attack, can be empowered to make it stronger and go further than usual.
• Due to Orcane's hydroplane mechanic, Orcane can slide as he charges the attack to catch people off guard or to net a kill.

Up Strong

Up + Strong

Lingers longer than you would think.

Empowered variation.

Lingers longer than you would think.

Empowered variation.

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orca_ustrong

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
10	20 - 27	18 [27]	90	10 - 8 + 1.30
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
19			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 1		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
10	0	Y

Empowered

orca_ustrongc

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
14	20 - 27	23 [35]	90	10 - 8 + 1.30
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
19			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 1		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
10	0	Y

• Highest knockback strong in the game.
• The empowered version reaches slightly through the top platform of treetop lodge.
• Extremely slow and requires a read to kill with.
• Due to Orcane's hydroplane mechanic, Orcane can slide as he charges the attack to catch people off guard or to net a kill.

Down Strong

Down + Strong

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orca_dstrong

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
9	7 - 10	23 [35]	70	7 - 6 + 1.20
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.80		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
10	0	Y

Down + Strong

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orca_dstrongc

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
11	7 - 10	23 [35]	70	7 - 6 + 1.20
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
6			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
8 + 1		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
10	0	Y

• Can be combo'd into from of lot of Orcane's moves.
• Has extremely low startup.
• Excellent in reversal situations and whiff punishing at higher percents.
• Due to Orcane's hydroplane mechanic, Orcane can slide as he charges the attack to catch people off guard or to net a kill.

Aerials

Neutral Air

(while airborne) Attack

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orca_nair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	6 - 14	7 [11]	361	7 - 4 + 0.40
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
5			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
7 + 0.25		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
5	0	Y

Landing Lag: 4 [6]

• A combo filler nair.
• If you hold down the attack button during the attack near the ground, Orcane will bounce and reactivate the hitbox, leading to it hitting twice and being able to used to combo once again. Check here to learn more about Nair Bouncing.
  • Nair bounce reduces orcane's vertical speed by ~80% every bounce

Forward Air

(while airborne) Forward + Attack

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orca_fair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
8	17 - 32	10* [15*]	135	6 - 3 [0.50 - 1.10]*
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
16			0	0.85x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
9 + 0.25		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
8	0	Y

Landing Lag: 10 [15]

• Spawns bubbles and sends Orcane backwards.
• Can be used to mixup recovery timings when near ledge.
• Good players will be able to parry the bubbles which will put Orcane into parry stun, so use with caution.
• Orcane actually gains a hitbox on his back that has it's knockback be relative to his velocity. This is called the "bubble butt". Orcane can get cheeky kills utilizing this feature.
  • Hitbox only appears if the player's horizontal speed is >= 4.00, and disappears if it goes lower (orcane's walk has an horizontal speed of 3.00 for reference)
• Back air's endlag can be canceled early with a walljump

orca_fair_bubble

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
2	10 - 33
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
9

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

Back Air

(while airborne) Back + Attack

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orca_bair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6 [8]	9 - 11 [13 - 14]	9 [14]	361 [45]	6 + 0.25 [8 + 0.95]
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
8			5 [5]	1x [1x]

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0.25 [10 + 0.80]		2 [3]
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
5	0	Y

Landing Lag: 4 [6]

• Very useful as a neutral option for outspacing or plat drops.
• The second hit hits hard and the first hit pops people up to combo, allowing Orcane to chain consecutive first hit bairs together for stage carry and to top the string off with a second hit bair.

Up Air

(while airborne) Up + Attack

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orca_uair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
11	14 - 16	8 [12]	90	9 + 1
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
13			0	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
9 + 1		8
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
18	0	Y

Landing Lag: 8 [12]

• Has a belly hitbox that spikes opponents as Orcane thrusts himself downwards. This can lead to off stage kills or gimps. On stage it can act as a move to combo into a kill move with if the opponent doesn't tech and if they do, it still gives Orcane the ability to follow up on their tech with a kill option or combo starter.
• The actual geyser hitbox on the move kills and combos pretty well.
• While the move is good, the start up is considerable and you shouldn't mash it mindlessly.

Spike

orca_uair_body

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	16 - 26		270	5 - 3 + 0.60
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
6 + 0.20		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

Down Air

(while airborne) Down + Attack

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orca_dair

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
3	9 - 10 / 13 - 14 / 17 - 18 / 21 - 22	10 [15]	290	3 + 0.25
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
8			4	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0.20		2
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

Landing Lag: 4 [6]

• You can setup tech chases with it or combo off of it if the opponent doesn't tech on stage.
• Dair is a good punish opener off plat falls.

Specials

Neutral Special

Water Gun

Special (Air OK)

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orca_nspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	10 - (Until Contact)	16	361	4 + 0.35
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
9			0	0.5x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
6 + 0.10		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

• Commonly referred to as "Droplet".
• Orcane shoots out a drop of water that creates a puddle.
• Can be used to gimp and combo.
• Very useful tool in neutral.

Forward Special

Pulse Dash

Forward/Back + Special (Air OK)

Extends combos and quickly closes distance

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orca_fspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
8	42 - 44	12 (5 Grounded)	361	8 + 0.40
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
41			6	1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
5 + 0.10		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
0	0	Y

• Orcane teleports forward or stays in place depending on how you angle your stick.
• Can be empowered by puddle.
• Can be made to teleport lower than usual if you mash down on the stick.
• Doesn't put Orcane into special fall if it hits someone.

Up Special

Waterport

Up + Special (Air OK)

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orca_uspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
12 / 10	17 - 23 / 25 - 31	31	90 / 80	11 + 1.20 / 10 + 1.10
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
16			0 / 0	1x / 1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 1 / 7 + 0.60		2 / 3
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
18	0	Y

• Orcane teleports to wherever his puddle is.
• If there isn't a puddle to teleport to, Orcane can press jump right as he does up b in order to do a "Orca Hop" that gives him considerable height.
• The animation where Orcane reappears on stage is a strong kill move.
• In the air, if the player holds dodge, or does not have a puddle set, Orcane will perform a small hop. This hop can be improved by using up special while Orcane has any form of upward velocity e;g after a wall jump or double jump. The hop will put Orcane into special fall if the player does not commit to the teleport.

In Air

orca_uspecial_air

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
12 / 10	27 - 33 / 35 - 41	31	90 / 80	11 + 1.20 / 10 + 1.10
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
26			0 / 0	1x / 1x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
10 + 1 / 7 + 0.60		2 / 3
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
18	0	Y

Down Special

Bubble Pillar

Down + Special (Air OK)

A new meaning to shitting on your opponent.

A new meaning to shitting on your opponent.

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orca_dspecial

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
6	13	13	361	4 + 0.20
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
12			0	0.5x

Hitpause (Base + Scaling)	Parry Stun Type	Priority
6 + 0.10		1
Hit Lockout	Force Flinch Value	Kills Projectiles?
	0	Y

• Orcane stops in the air or on the ground to either set drop down a droplet or detonate one to create a ton of bubbles.
• If the droplet lands on ground it'll create a puddle for Orcane to utilize.
• Can be used to mixup landings and or stop juggles from people directly under you.
• Useful for B reversing.
• Bubbles start despawning after exactly 60 frames
• Direction of bubbles can be manipulated by tilting control stick left or right
• Tilting the control stick in a dash-dance motion will spread bubbles in both directions

orca_dspecial_puddle

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
		14
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
11

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

orca_dspecial_bubble

Damage	Active	Endlag	Angle	KB (Base+Scaling)
2	8 - 23	18
Startup	Landing Lag	FAF	Angle Flipper	Hitstun
7

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

Alternate Palettes

Default Colors

Unlockable Skins

• Custom Color 2: Beat story mode.
• Abyss: Reach Abyss level 10 with Orcane.
• Ranked: Reach Gold rank with Orcane.

Default

Alt Cyan

Alt Red

Alt Green

Alt Grey

Alt Purple

Custom Color 1

Custom Color 2

Abyss

Ranked

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 a Steam key for RoA via Humble Bundle.
• Pool Party: Obtainable via the RCS compendium during RCS seasons.
• Summit: Obtainable via the Steam Store.
• Golden: Purchase an Orcane plush from Symbiote Studios.
• Steampunk: Obtainable via the developers.
• Grassroots: Obtainable via the Grassroots League compendium.

Champion

Early Access Promo

Pool Party

Summit

Golden Promo

Steampunk

Grassroots