Tough Love Arena/Onion

Overview

Onion is a rushdown/footsies character that wants to get up close and personal. They struggle to approach but can bully their opponents once they get in range.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Great Pressure: Onion is tied with the best frame data when they get in range. Strong Reversal: Feint is one of the highest damage reversals in the game and is instantaneous. Mobility: Onion is tied with having the best walk speed in the game.	Short Range: Onion is tied with having the worst range in the game Meter Hungry: Onion often need meter to convert stray hits into meaningful combos

Move List

Notation

Basic Moves

Flick
5L

Your simplest antiair.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
40	5	10	10	+5	+1	-
Onion'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	-
Onion's short-range pressure move and combo filler. Links into 5L on hit. 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 Onion's heavy moves. A low sweep with fast startup and recovery. Useful for setting up pressure and as a poke in neutral. Cancels: L (Trip, 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	-
Onion's high hitting roundhouse kick. Useful for block pressure, occasionally poking in neutral, and during combos. Only safe at a distance. Cancels: RC

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Jump Attack
6S

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
100	32	6	5	+20	+10	-
Onion 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	-	-
Onion chucks the opponent behind them. Throw can not hit most attacks during startup and active frames. Moves with armor can be hit with Throw during armor frames.

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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. Allows Onion 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

Hopkick
5S

Welcome to Damage Town

Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Hopkick	90	20	5	15	+1	-5	Projectile invul 11-31
Onion's signature move. Fades backwards before lunging forward with a jumping hopkick. Useful for combo extensions and occasional reads during neutral. Cancels: RC, 4 (during startup)
Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Empty Hop	-	14	-	13	-	-	Projectile invul 11-24
Onion does a fake out with an empty hop.

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Feint
4S

Feint

Cackle

Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Feint	-	0	8	35	-	-	Parry 1-8
Onion's parry. If a strike connects within the first 8 frames, Feint will automatically cancel into Cackle. Useful as a wakeup option and an anti air.
Version	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
Cackle	100	30	5	20	+12	-5	1-20
The automatic follow-up to a successful Feint. Shocks the opponent with bolts of lightning and leaves them open for a combo. Doesn't freeze the opponent if it hits a projectile. First Hit Scaling: 3 Hits Cancels: 4S (during startup), RC (on hit)

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Long Jump
6S4

A bigger jump.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Invuln
100	41	6	5	+20	+10	-
Onion stalls in the air before coming down with a longer range attack. Long Jump has a wider Jump arc and has more range than Jump Attack. First Hit Scaling: 1 Hit

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Colors


Onion	Striped Onion	Midnight Onion	Green Onion Onion	Plaid Onion. Unlock by getting Peak MMR of atleast 1700 in Ranked Match.


Ghost Onion	Rainbow Sprinkle Onion	Normal Onion	Galaxy Onion. Unlock by winning an official major tournament.