Tough Love Arena/Controls

Basic Notation

Tough Love Arena has simple controls, with only three directions and four attack buttons. All moves are described with a number and letter combination.

Standard notation for Tough Love Arena

Examples:

• The Spices' Trip is abbreviated as 4L because it's performed by inputting back + light.
• The Carbs' Whip is called 5H since it's performed by pressing heavy + not pressing a directional input.
• Jump is performed with forward and special, so its notation is 6S.

Additional notes

• Notation always assumes you are facing right. When facing left, you will need to reverse the inputs.
• When a move can be performed with multiple input directions, it's usually notated like a standing move. For instance, carbs and meats only have one move mapped to the light button which is written as 5L.
• In addition to basic move notation, Rapid Cancel is commonly abbreviated as RC (instead of 6T) when notating combos.
• Also in combos, directions for cancels are only written out if they are different from the input preceding them.
  Example: The carbs' heavy autocombo is written as 5HHH because you can simply press the heavy button three times, whereas Noodle comboing slap into whip splash is written as 5L6H because you need to hold forwards to get whip splash.
• While cancels are notated as one string of letters and numbers, links and juggles will be signified by a space between the two moves.
  Example: In the spice universal combo 5HL 5LHH 6S 6S 5HH you will link trip to flick (first space) and juggle two jumps as well as a sweep (second to fourth spaces).
• Note that there will always be a space before and after a Rapid Cancel, even though you cancel into it as the name would suggest.

Universal Actions

To make TLA especially easy to learn for beginners, all characters share some moves. To learn about these, check Tough Love Arena/System.