Spectral vs Generation/Welles

Welles
Health	450
Pre-Jump Frames	3
Play Style	Rushdown, Mixup
Dash Type	Run

Character Background

Race: Human
Motivation: Reconnaissance and to test his skills
Weapon: Twin Swords
Likes: Fighting
Dislikes: Boredom

Character Info

Welles is an extremely fast and agile character with the damage on even the most basic of his optimal combos able to deal over half the enemy's health and his approach game is some of the most varied in the whole game.
He has an invulnerable dp that can be comboed into and off of and has ridiculous pressure and mixups, being able to kill opponents and break guards relatively quickly.
His downside is that he is extremely weak to setplay, and he really needs to keep his momentum. He can only be played aggressively but with his ability to swoop in from full screen and take over a game, that isn't an issue.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Some of the best damage efficiency in the game able to deal a little less to a little over half life without spending meter depending on the starter Has a burstless Touch of Death against half the cast vs Hiro2 and Jadou2 you just need a 2B starter. vs Welles and Roze you need a j.C >> cl5C starter Optimal combos can be some of the most damaging in the game and meter efficient to boot Has some of the best ground normals in the game in terms of all around utility Air normals are amazing for both air to air and air to ground Has a dp that you can confirm into and combo off of Has an extremely fast approach both on the ground and in the air, thanks to having one of the fastest run speeds and super jump speeds, rendering zoning to be nigh useless vs Welles 214A/B/C moves like a dandy step and is entirely invulnerable when dashing away, although it lacks anything on the return

Does not have a fireball, or any real way to create and/or keep space besides running away Weak to setplay and oki that he can't dandy step out of, as even if you dp on wakeup it is not invulnerable to grabs Like other sword characters his sword attacks have hurt boxes, which can lead to bad trades Has no high/low mix besides fundamental pressure with iad and lows, and is entirely reliant on mids to either guard break the opponent or catching a mistake in neutral or pressure to start his combos

Normals

Far Standing Normals

f.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 5 - - - Welles swings his sword vertically, not the fastest but also not the slowest, when hit from max range it wont combo into 5b

f.5B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 30 High/Low - 7 - - - Welles swings his sword vertically, not as much horizontal range as Far 5a but is leagues bigger, hitting a large area in front of Welles solid anti air option

f.5C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High/Low - 7 - - - Welles swings both his swords in an x shape, shooting an x shaped sword beam for a short distance, has a bit of startup useful if your enemy air techs near the ground

f.5D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High/Low - 7 - - - Welles does a roundhouse kick, same range as Far 5b and is about as fast so it can also be used as an anti air

Close Standing Normals

cl.5A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 4 - - - Welles taps the enemy with the pommel of his sword, has fast startup and recovery, allowing you to tick throw with this

cl.5B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 30 High/Low - 5 - - - Welle swings his sword vertically down, is about as fast as Far 5b

cl.5C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High/Low Special/Super 6 - - - Welles shoulder bumps the enemy, can be used to end combos to reset your turn and possibly tick throw, but in neutral or pressure if you are close enough to do this move you should probably do something else

cl.5D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High/Low - 4 - - - Welles knees the enemy, fast startup and recovery, can be used for tick throws

Crouching Normals

2A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High/Low - 3 - - - Welles pokes the enemy with his sword, fast startup and recovery

2B This might just be the best normal in the game This might just be the best normal in the game	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 30 High/Low - 6 - - - Welles reaches with both of his swords to poke the enemy, has amazing reach and is very fast, the farther away you hit it the less options you have to combo into, from max range it just doesn't combo

2C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High/Low Special/Super 10 - - - Welles swings his sword horizontally, has solid range and is fast, solid poke in the neutral but has awful scaling for combos

2D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 Low - 4 - - - Welles pokes the enemy with his foot, fast startup and recovery, can be used to tick throw. One of your main combo starters as it is a fast low that chains into your 5B -> 5B -> 5C normal chain

Jumping Normals

j.A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 15 High j.B 5 - - - Welles holds his swords out pointing down, doesn't last long enough to warrant use over other air normals

j.B 8j.B 8j.B 7/9j.B 7/9j.B

Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block Neutral 30 High N/A 8 - - - Welles swings his sword vertically up, is almost instant and has solid reach for how much space it covers Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block Directional 60 High N/A 9 - - - Welles swings both of his swords vertically up. Although 7/9j.B is literally just an extra hit of 8j.B that extra hit makes this one of the best air normals in the game

j.C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 50 High N/A 11 - - - Exactly the same as Far 5c but in the air and aimed down forwards, one of your main jump in normals

j.D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 20 High N/A 8 - - - Welles kicks right below him, can hit most opponents if done immediately when jumping forward, not used very much

Command Normals

3D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 45 Low N/A 7 - - -

j.2A	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 30 High - - - - -

Chain Specific Normals

Chain 5B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 13 High/Low Chain Normals/Special/Super - - - -

Chain 2B	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 13-15 High/Low Chain Normals/Special/Super - - - -

Chain 5C 1	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 24-27 High/Low Special/Super Special/Super - - -

Chain 5C 2	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 24 High/Low Special/Super - - - -

Chain 5C 3	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 22-24 High/Low Special Special/Super - - -

Chain 2C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 24-27 High/Low Special/Super - - - -

Throws

A+D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 60 Throw N/A 4 - - - Forward Throw Both throws will end in a roundhouse kick in the direction of the throw

B+D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 70 Throw N/A 4 - - - Back Throw Both throws will end in a roundhouse kick in the direction of the throw

Dust (Sword Series Slash)

5B+C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 152 High N/A 31 - - - Is an overhead. Triggers an air chase when you press A. To complete the air chase you must do AAABBBCCCD > 236D.

2B+C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 152 Low N/A 31 - - - Same as standing Dust but hits low. Triggers an air chase when you press A. To complete the air chase you must do AAABBBCCCD > 236D.

Parry (Chaos Breaking)

A+B Standing Parry Standing Parry Crouching Parry Crouching Parry Jumping Parry Jumping Parry	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block - - - - - - - Dodges projectiles and counters any physical, non-grab attacks. The Standing and Jumping versions parry anything that can be blocked High, but is vulnerable to grabs. The Crouching version only parries lows and cannot be grabbed.

Special Moves

Battle Gale Slice 236A/B/C	Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block A 30 High/Low Battle Thunder Combo/Super 8 - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block B 33 High/Low Battle Thunder Combo/Super 15 - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block C 35 High/Low Battle Thunder Combo/Super 19 - - -

Battle Thunder Combo Battle Gale Slice ~> A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 51 High/Low SoT/Super 12 - - -

Lightning Smash Kill Battle Gale Slice ~> D Your only real combo ender Your only real combo ender	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 40 High N/A 18 - - - Hits both overhead and OTG. You are always able to combo into this after a hard knockdown from either Gale Break or Slice Hurricane/Gale Successive Slices

Shining Break 623A/B/C The 8 ways from Sunday mixup The 8 ways from Sunday mixup	Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block A 50 High/Low Gale Break 12 - +4 - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block B 50 High/Low Gale Break 10 - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block C 50 High/Low Gale Break 6 - - -

Gale Break Shining Break ~> 2A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 30 High/Low N/A 16 - - -

Illusion Flash 214A/B/C This is Slayer on crack This is Slayer on crack	Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block A 50 High/Low Super 17 - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block B 50 High/Low Super 20 - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block C 50 High/Low Super 23 - - -

Slice Hurricane j.236A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 80 High Gale Thunder Strike - - - -

Death Sword Dance 236D Remember that this has no invulnerability Remember that this has no invulnerability Death Sword Dance ~> D Referred to as Double Jump Death Sword Dance ~> D Referred to as Double Jump	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block N/A N/A Double Jump/Gale Successive Slices/Gale Thunder Strike - - - -

Gale Successive Slices Death Sword Dance/Double Jump ~> A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 80 High Gale Thunder Strike - - - -

Gale Thunder Strike j.236D OR Death Sword Dance/Double Jump ~> 2D Or Gale Break/Gale Successive Slices ~>2D	Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block j.236D 30 Low Super - - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block Death Sword Dance/Double Jump ~> 2D 50 Low Super - - - - Version Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block Gale Break/Gale Successive Slices ~>2D 50 Low N/A - - - -

Super Moves

Level 1 Supers

Dark Baron 236236A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 131 High/Low N/A - - - -

Tornado Battle Fang 214214A/B/C	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 154 High/Low N/A - - - - Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 104-132 High/Low N/A - - - -

Another World 236236D	Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 153 High/Low N/A - - - -

Level 3 Super

Change The World 2363214A/B/C OR j.214214A/B/C

Damage Guard Cancel Startup Adv Hit Adv Block Chain Adv Block 276 High N/A Variable - - - Welles leaps to the closest wall behind him before dive bombing the opponent like with his j.236A/B/C. On hit he performs a series of attacks that deal a large amount of damage that doesn’t scale too much, especially compared to other level 3’s. This is your main burst combo ended and you should always go for it if you can kill with it.

Strategy

Neutral

In neutral Welles has only 1 real goal, Get In. Due to how good moves like Welles' 2B, 623A, IAD j.B, etc are you can play a surprisingly effective footsies game, especially with how fast 623A causes you to approach. Due to how Welles' kit is you unfortunately cannot play defensively. You can at most get a life lead and force your opponent to approach, though this is in most cases an inferior strategy then simply applying pressure.

Offence (On Hit)

On hit Welles has a simple flowchart depending on what the hit was, usually getting broken down to what hit the opponent with the three most common outcomes being,

• Can I confirm into 623A >> 623C?
• Did I hit with j.236A/B/C or one of its variations?
• Did I Dandy?

In the first case you simple do the normal Welles loop and adjust based on the current gamestate, such as if you can kill or not.
If you hit with j.236A/B/C or a variation of it you get a HKD which lets you 236A(Whiff) ~> D(OTG) as you don't have any better options due to Welles not having an Oki tool like a Krayce 236A/B/C for example.
If you did a Dandy you will want to go into a 214214A/B/C, with the version you use depending on spacing. After the super you again get a 236A(Whiff) ~> D(OTG).

HKD OKI

As stated above you do not have a be all Oki tool like some other characters. After a HKD you always do a 236A(Whiff) ~> D(OTG) if you can for extra damage, and if not you run a basic Oki based on where they are. This can range from a meaty 2D or cl.5C, to the various options you have from empty jump 2D to delayed air dash j.B/C. It will all depend on what the opponent is conditioned to expect, mix it up. Sometimes you can even get away with a Dandy Step on their wake up if you are sure they will DP.

Offence (On Block)

On block you will always, and I mean ALWAYS go into a 623A. 623A is +4 on block and leads to a built in mixup with there being a multitude of options. What options you want to choose will vary based on the matchup as some characters have more possible outs to your 623A pressure but as a rule of thumb Guard Cancel is what people will universally use to get out of your pressure.

Defense

Defensively Welles is one of the best characters in the game having not only a true DP, but his Dandy Step is completely invulnerable when dashing away with variable timing for the hit based on which version you used. Due to his DP being SoT'able and leading to insane damage on hit, offence against Welles requires specific tools in order to be effective, such as Krayce 236A/B/C, Hiro 214D, or anything that Welles is unable to DP or Dandy Step out of.

Combos

Need help reading the combos? Check out the Glossary for explanations on notation and game specific terms! All damage values tested against Hiro.

Chain Combos

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BnB Combos

Combo	Total Damage	Notes
The Only Welles Combo You Need
Starter > 623A >> 623C > SoT >> 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C~>2A/B/C >> 236A (whiff) ~> D	Dmg will vary	The only Welles combo you ever need. The amount you want to extend this combo will vary based on your meter and the opponents health. All variations of this combo will all end in either the 236A(whiff)~>D or will turn into a burst combo. You can also do a 623C > SoT >> j.236A/B/C >> 236A(whiff)~D if you are still learning the standard version.
The Best Meterless Combo
Starter > 623A >> 623A >> 623C >> 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C ~> 2A/B/C >> 236A (whiff) ~> D	Dmg will vary	The optimal meterless version of the Welles loop that you can still extend with meter if you wish. This is a situational route that won’t work on all characters. None the less this version deals great damage and builds a lot of meter for no real cost save for not working on some characters consistently or not at all. Works fully on Hiro, Hiro2 and Jadou2. On Jadou, Krayce, Orochimaru, and Mayura you are able to get the 2 623A's but you can't get the 623C >> 5B link without SoT
The Dandy Step Combo
214A/B/C > 214214A/B >> 236A (whiff) ~> D	204	The only other combo you really need to know in order to maximize the reward off of a dandy step, considering how good of a reversal it is.
Two Bar BnB
2B -> 5C > 623A >> 623A >> 623C >> [5B -> 5C >623A >> 623C SoT]x3 >> 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C ~> 2A/B/C	421	2 bar start H2/J2 ToD. Because why would you need to use 3 bars to ToD when you only need to use 2?
j.C >> cl.5C > 623A >> 623C > SoT >> 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C > SoT > Burst(whiff) >> {5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C > SoT}x2 >> BackDash >> 2363214C	512	Burst tod. Must be done with the j.C >> cl.5C as any other starter will scale the combo too hard. Will 100% any character in the game, even Hiro.
Three Bar BnB
2B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C > SoT >> { 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C > Sot }x3 >> 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C~>2A/B/C >> 236A (whiff) ~> D	432	Jadou2/Hiro2 tod combo. Requires you to have a full 3 bars by the time you do the first SoT
j.C >> cl.5C > 623A >> 623C > SoT >> { 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C > Sot }x3 >> 5B -> 5C > 623A >> 623C~>2A/B/C >> 236A (whiff) ~> D	457	Welles/Roze tod combo. Must be done with the j.C >> cl.5C as any other starter will scale the combo too hard. Requires you to have a full 3 bars by the time you do the first SoT