Tough Love Arena/Garlic

Overview

Garlic is a rushdown character whose goal is to get in and mix the opponent to death. They have a wide array of mixups once they get in. Garlic is the only character in the game that can side swap during pressure and who can immediately pressure the opponent after a standard throw. With a great offense, Garlic can struggle a bit in neutral and when they are on defense.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Consistent Damage: Garlic has access to a solid chunk of damage off of nearly every hit they get meterless. Great Pressure: Garlic has great frame data and a stance for added pressure. Mobility: Garlic is tied with having the highest walk speed in the game and has a Dash for added mobility.	Short Range: Garlic is tied with having the worst range in the game. Metered Damage: Garlic gets little extra damage off of their metered conversions. Defense: Garlic has relatively lackluster reversal without meter.

Move List

Notation

Basic Moves

Flick
5L

Your primary antiair.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
40	5	10	10	+5	+1	-
Garlic's fastest move. A high-reaching, but short-ranged flick. Useful as an anti air and for pressure. First Hit Scaling: 2 Hits Cancels: 4H, H

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Trip
4L

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
60	10	10	10	+7	+5	-
Garlic's short-range pressure move and combo filler. Cancels: RC

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Sweep
5H

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
70	7	7	13	+5	-2	-
One of Garlic's heavy moves. A low sweep with fast startup and recovery. Useful for setting up pressure and as a poke in neutral. Cancels: L (on hit), H, S, RC

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Roundhouse
4H

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
80	12	5	15	+45	-8	-
Garlic's high hitting roundhouse kick. Useful for block pressure, occasionally poking in neutral, and during combos. Cancels: RC

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Jump Attack
6S

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
100	32	6	5	+20	+10	-
Garlic does a quick jump with a short arc and a falling kick. Has the fastest startup, but shortest range, of all jump attacks. Occasionally useful for combos, reads in neutral, and during pressure. First Hit Scaling: 1 Hit Cancels: 4 (During startup)

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Universal Mechanics

Throw
5T

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
200	5	10	10	KD	-	-
Garlic chucks the opponent behind them. Can only be initiated if the opponent is very close. Throw can not hit most attacks during startup and active frames. Moves with armor can be hit with Throw during startup frames only.

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Rapid Cancel (RC)
6T (during hitsun or blockstun of a move)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
-	35	0	0	Stop Time Frames 1-35	Stop Time Frames 1-35	1-35
A universal metered option that removes the end lag of a move. It costs 1000 meter to use (essentially half meter/one bar of meter). It allows for combos and setups that are not possible otherwise.

Reject
6T (while blocking a move)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
-	10	5	15	±0	-2	1-15
A universal metered option that acts as a low risk, low reward reversal. It costs 1000 meter to use (essentially half meter/one bar of meter). It pushes the opponent a short distance away. It allows Garlic to reset to neutral when they are under pressure.

Burst
4T (while in hitstun)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
-	20	2	28	KD	-24	1-22
A universal metered option that combo breaks. It costs 2000 meter to use (essentially full meter). It pushes the opponent full screen and acts as a full reset to neutral.

Special Moves

Dash
5S

One of the most complicated moves in the game.

Sneak

Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Dash	-	19	-	4	-	-	Projectile 1-19
Garlic dashes forward with an arm motion that can only be described as a dab. They can pass through the opponent if they are close enough. When Garlic cancels Dash into an attack, the attack will autocorrect towards the opponent if Garlic passes through them, even if the attack was buffered before Garlic actually switches sides. Useful as a combo extender, for block pressure, and for repositioning in general. Cancels: Dash Again (6S): Functionally the same as Dash. Dash Back (4S): Functionally similar Dash but Garlic moves away from the opponent. It can cancel into Jump instead of Dashing Trip (L) and can not cancel into itself. Dashing Trip (L): Functionally similar to regular Trip but requires a Dash to be initiated in the first place and slides Garlic forward more. Dashing Roundhouse (H): Functionally similar to regular Roundhouse but requires a Dash to be initiated in the first place and slides Garlic forward more. Sneak (S): A side switch teleport move.
Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Sneak (5SS)	60	20	5	8	+5	-5	Projectile 1-5, Full 7-15
Garlic disappears, leaving behind a garlic plant dummy and appearing behind the opponent for a surprise attack. Useful in combos, repositioning, and occasionally during neutral. The garlic dummy is purely aesthetic.

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Backflip
4S

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
-	-	16	14	-	-	1-16
Garlic does a Backflip to dodge an incoming attack. Cancels: H, S

Jump Roundhouse
6S4

Another Roundhouse in disguise.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
80	49	5	15	+45	-8	26-32
Garlic fakes out a Jump Attack and does a surprise Roundhouse. Cancels: RC

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Colors


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