Tough Love Arena/Noodle

Overview

Noodle is a low-damage, zoner/trap character who uses their long range and Soup setplay to keep the opponent out. Despite falling more into the zoner archetype, Noodle is well balanced with being able to pressure with their setplay and play solid defense with Frenzy.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Great Range: Noodle can consistently poke at the opponent with long moves. Soup: Soup is a potent tool that helps Noodle in every area. Excellent Pressure: With the combination of their trappy setplay, chip damage, and long range moves Noodle is a force to be reckoned with when they start their offense (especially off of a corner knockdown). Chip Damage: With Soup, Trample, and Buzzsaw, Noodle has the highest amount of chip damage by far.	Low Damage: Noodle has the lowest damage in the game outside of specific scenarios. Low Health: Noodle is tied for the lowest health in the game, leading to them dying in less interactions. Mobility: Noodle is tied with having the slowest walk speed in the game and their other movement options are relatively slow. Bad Jumps: Because Noodle's jump cancel does not have a timing mixup, Noodle is susceptible to more anti-airs or ones with easier timings than the rest of the cast. Mediocre Defense: While Noodle has a frame 1 armored reversal, it loses to meaty setups, can be canceled on, and gives low reward without meter.

Move List

Notation

Basic Moves

Slap
5L

Not your typical slap.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
40, 60	5	17	12	+5	+1	-
Noodle's fastest attack. A fairly long-range two-hit slap that is a solid anti air. Has Launch 3 as an anti air. First Hit Scaling: 2 Hits Cancels: H, 6H

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Whip
5H

The longest range heavy in the game.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
60	10	3	16	±0	-5	-
The longest range basic attack in the game. A cornerstone of Noodle's gameplan and a strong zoning tool. Leaves Noodle open to jumps and has a large recovery hurt box. Cancels: H, RC

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Whip Pounce
5HH

Noodle wants in.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
60	10	5	20	-1	-5	-
The safe, but risky, follow-up to Whip. It slides Noodle forward and puts them next to the opponent. Cancels: H, RC

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Whip Splash
5HHH

How many arms do they have again?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
70	10	5	28	KD	-15	-
The combo-ender followup to the Whip series. Forces a knockdown on hit and serves as Noodle's primary combo ender. Cancels: RC (on block), S (on hit)

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Jump Attack
6S

A living helicopter.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
50, 50	35	20	5	+20	+10	-
Noodle's jump attack, a spinning helicopter move. It's the slowest Jump Attack in the game but travels the furthest distance. Most often used as combo filler or as a safejump. First Hit Scaling: 1 Hit Cancels: 4 (During startup)

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Universal Mechanics

Throw
5T

They want a hug.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
200	5	10	10	KD	-	-
The longest ranged throw in the game. Noodle chucks the opponent behind them with a casual toss. 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. Costs one bar of meter. 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. Costs one bar of meter. Pushes the opponent a short distance away and allows Noodle 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. Costs full meter. Pushes the opponent full screen and acts as a full reset to neutral.

Special Moves

Trample
4H

First their arms. Now their legs.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
40, 40, 40, 40	8	40	15	+5	-2	-
Noodle lunges forward feet first at the opponent. Slides Noodle forward a large distance. Has a very short horizontal hitbox connected to Noodle, so any other attack in the game can technically out range it. Useful as combo filler or a burst option in neutral. Cancels: RC

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Prep Soup/Serve Soup
5S

Noodle's most famous dish.

Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Prep Soup/Serve Soup	-	10-55 (Prep Soup)	1 (Serve Soup)	29 (Serve Soup)	-	-	-
Noodle sticks their arms into the ground to prepare a bowl of soup, then launches the bowl out of the ground when the bowl ready to be served. A bit slow but can be cancelled out of Whip Splash to skip some of its startup. Useful for Noodle's zoning, oki, and pressure.
Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Soup	50	50	240	1	Launch 9	-	-
A delicious bowl of soup. A stationary projectile that dies when it comes in contact with an opponent or a projectile. Launches the opponent up on hit for a combo. Noodle can have up to two Soups on the field at the same time.

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Frenzy
4S

A reliable antiair, or a huge gamble.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
4x25, 50	15	30	40	+8	-30	Armor 1-21
Noodle desperately flails their arms in an multi-hit armored attack. An invincible move on start up that serves as a reversal, a combo tool, and an anti air. Very punishable if whiffed or blocked. First Hit Scaling: 3 Hits Regular Scaling: 2 Hits Cancels: RC (5th hit only)

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Buzzsaw
6S4

A high chip move.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
6x40	36	30	13	+4	+1	-
Noodle spins in place in the air to do a ton of chip. Deals 90 chip on block. Useful for oki and pressure.

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Colors


Noodle	Striped Noodle	Pistachio Noodle	Strawberry Noodle	Plaid Noodle. Unlock by getting Peak MMR of atleast 1700 in Ranked Match.


Mummy Noodle	Candle Noodle	Normal Noodle	Wavy Noodle. Unlock by winning an official major tournament.