RoFighters/Oath

Overview

Being the epitome of a British soldier, Oath is RoFighter's original shoto character, boasting strong normals, projectiles, and a DP.

Oath is an all-rounder who excels at the midrange and the neutral game as a whole thanks to his fireballs and safe, long-range pokes, which are easily confirmable into long yet easy combos. Once Oath scores a knockdown, he also gains safe access to his sword summon, which makes some of his more risky options safe or even advantageous on block and allows him to run an unrelenting offense on the opponent. Even when at a disadvantage, Oath also has good defensive options like a meterless invincible reversal and fast stubby normals for use as counterpokes.

Despite his excellence at most points in the game, Oath has difficulty in actually opening up his opponents when going on the offensive, due to his lack of fast overheads, and having a slow throw. You may need to incorporate stagger pressure or tricky frametraps into your pressure in order to get past your opponent's defenses.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Ace of All Trades: Oath is extremely versatile with strong tools for almost every situation, and is strong at every style of play. Great Range: Oath boasts good, safe pokes for use in midscreen, and has a strong fireball to boot. Defense King: Oath is one of the three characters in the game who have meterless invincible reversals. On top of that, his EX reversal is fast and starts combos on counterhit, and he always has good abare buttons to mash with. Projectiles: Oath has a ground and anti-air fireball and both can buffed with 214X. 236S is a fullscreen punish tool. Timer Scammer: Oath's optimal combos are very, very long, especially in the corner where janky airdashes and knockback are less of a concern. Oath can easily put the opponent in a combo that lasts upwards of 30 seconds even from light starters.

Weak/Risky Pressure and Mixup: Oath is heavily reliant on EX fireball and sword summon setups for any kind of mixup, meaning he can't apply extended pressure from getting the opponent to block in neutral. Oath's sword summon also disappears when he gets hit or blocks, making it risky to use outside of okizeme. British

Move List

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•2L-L 5L 2M 5M-M 2M 5H/2H

Normal Attacks

5L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 5 Mid 8 6 16 +7 -3 Instead of a traditional fast, stubby jab, Oath's 5L trades speed for increased range and a larger hitbox. Still relatively fast at 8 frames of startup. A convenient move to throw out in neutral or as abare.

5M 5M-M my pressure do be nasty though my pressure do be nasty though

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 5M 7 Mid 12 3 17 +9 -2 A straight horizontal slash. Commonly used in pressure strings due to its unique follow-up allowing it to be easily hitconfirmed from. 5MM 6 Mid 9 6 - -21 - A second sword slash that vacuums the opponent in slightly on hit or block. This move has a unique target combo into 2M. This allows 2M to be used twice in one chain, however the second 2M will not be able to chain back into 5M.

5H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 10 Mid 14 8 21 -3 -4 High damage combo starter and blockstring ender Is your most reliable anti-air due to the arc hitbox and upper body invul. Buffer 5H 236M for an anti air hitconfirm. Has a sword followup that hits high

2L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 5 mid 6 2 17 +11 - Standard self-chaining crouch jab, your go-to abare at close range

2M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 7 low 11 4 16 +5 - Your only real low, mix up with throw for a 50/50. Decent poke that leads to good damage, mostly used in otg pickups and pressure.

2H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 9 Mid 12 3 26 +72 -35 Launcher, one of the best pokes and long range punish moves in the game. *Gives you a year to confirm on hit. Has almost no blockstun, hope they don't react fast enough to punish. Has a sword followup that hits low, mixup with 5H

j.L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 6 Mid 6 17 8 -4 - Godlike jump-in and iad button #1 Pretty good when done retreating to wall out the opponent

j.M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 8 High 7 14 10 +17 - Oath's main air to air option. Massive hitbox, one of your 2 overhead. Used as an air to air poke and in 236H pressure. The move stalls you in the air and halts your prior momentum on use

j.H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 9 Mid 11 9 14 +47 - Good air to air and jump in by using it immediately after jumping. Juggles on hit, making it a godlike combo starter and combo filler The move stalls you in the air and halts your prior momentum on use

Special Attacks

Wild Throw 5S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 15 Throw 18 3 16 +47 - Go to combo ender, buffer 236H to setup oki. Unimpressive reward meterless, but can be comboed off of by delaying a move with superflash. (EG: 5S delay 63214S) Has a sword followup that gives you a full combo

Wild Throw (Air) j.S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 18 (4.5x4) Throw 3 - - +27 - Best airthrow in the game. Meterless comboable anti air, high damage at minimum scaling, setups burstbaits, etc.

Oath Slide 2S

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 5,7 Mid,Low 8 20 - +24 -12 Last hit is a low, will catch people offguard. Very punishable on block, but a very good neutral poke if you have meter to make it safe or/and combo from it. Leads to a weak knockdown but can be a good combo ender from far away hits. Has a followup with a summoned sword that makes it safe on block and gives a full combo

Oath Slide (Air) j.2S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 4,5 High 17 Until Landing+4 Until Landing+34 +26 - Cheesy jump in, might catch their movement due to long active frames. Oath's divekick, brings them down to the ground with you and gives a knockdown

Centro Slash 236L/M/H

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. L 6 Mid 14 72 33 -21 - Very usefull projectile. Buffer a dash out of this and throw out another one for great ground control Meterless combos on counterhit All versions have a followup with sword summon M 6 Mid 14 66 33 -21 - 236L but angled up, anti air fireball Juggles on air hit, combo from it with 2S or dash 2H H 4,4 Mid 45 99 - +36 +28 This is a 50/50, you have to guess Multihit fireball you can setup at the end of combos Moves slow enough you can walk behind for protection in neutral

Dragon Slash 623L/M/H

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. L 9 Mid 6 15 40 +46 - Oath rises into the air with a slash. Your fastest attack and go-to anti-air. You can link air normals or an airdash out of this, making it also a useful combo tool. Not invincible. M 12 Mid 9 15 58 +40 - Oath's meterless reversal. VERY invulnerable, but as with all DP reversals it's minus a million when blocked. Cannot combo no matter what, but the opponent is still left near you so you can start pressure once they get up. H 15 Mid 15 15 55 +20 - EX DP. The move has a lengthier startup but Oath is invulnerable for all of it. Additionally, you can link normals after it on counterhit.

Sword Summon ver. β 214L/M/H

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. L/M N/A N/A 12 N/A 24 - - Oath summons a magical sword that follows him around. While this sword is active, connecting with specific attacks causes the sword to teleport near the opponent and fly through them for an extra hit. The moves that trigger follow-up attacks are 5H, 2H, Throw, Airthrow and all versions of Centro Slash (236X). Getting hit or blocking an attack will cause all summoned swords to disappear. H N/A N/A 9 N/A 21 - - Oath summons 2 swords instead. The move is also faster, allowing it to be used in combos where 214L/M would not recover quickly enough.

Level 1 Ultimate Attack

Linked Barrage 236S

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 23(6x6) Mid 6 - - +34 - A flurry of 6 sword projectiles. Swiss army knife of a move for the low low cost of 100 meter. Can be used in neutral to win projectile wars or approach safely, useful as a pressure reset, and it's even useful as an abare due to its insanely low startup. You can use this move during the active frames of 2S. Doing so causes the swords to appear differently, and also allows you to combo afterwards meterlessly. Can combo into itself anywhere, and can be combo extended from in the corner.

Level 3 Ultimate Attack

Faith 63214S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv. Block Adv. 36 Mid - - - +71 - A high damaging hitgrab for ending or extending combos. Not very good to use raw because of its pitiful range.

Strategy

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Combos

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Colors

Color 1: Base

Color 2: Ky Kiske