Vampire Savior/Anakaris

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Introduction

Anakaris (アナカリス), The Mummy.

The 12th Pharaoh of a grand Egyptian kingdom. Anakaris came to rule at age 12. Foreseeing his eventual resurrection, he erected a pyramid and sanctum in preparation for his return. After five thousand years, Pyron's invasion of Earth led to his revival. Following this event, Anakaris traversed five thousand years into the past to battle and vanquish those who would seek to invade his empire. His kingdom safe, Anakaris recieved a message from the distant future. He traveled to the present and entered Jedah's Majigen, where he learned that the eventual collapse of his empire was not preventable. Not satisfied with this outcome, Anakaris returned to his kingdom and led his people into new lands, free from the darkness of Earth.

Anakaris is the most handicapped character in VSAV. He is designed to have incredible strengths & glaring holes in his tool kit. As an Anakaris player having "play to learn", "ability to learn from losses", and "ability to read and adapt to players habits" mentalities are most important when approaching this character, as Anakaris has a few character design limitations that you must play around.

Gameplay

Primary Objectives:

• Defensively anti-air the opponent when they jump in, utilizing his numerous effective normals. This may setup his offensive mix
• Reset with chicken blocking into pyramid dive. This sets up his offensive mix
• Control space while beating the opponent's jump start-up with 5HP, 66MP or Cobra Blow
• Once the opponent is conditioned to not jump, use dashing light attacks to get in
• Confirm dashing light attacks on hit into full combos
• Once in run a vortex/blender of pyramid dive high/lows, ES Mummy Drop, & Pit to the Underworld to open up the opponent
• Utilize Anak's unique defensive options of corner teleport & Word of Blame to create new opportunities

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great high/low offense utilizing pyramid drops Amazing normals with huge plus frames that are also designed to stuff jumps Has numerous effective normals for anti-air attacks Amazing dashing offense with reliable full combo potential Can curse the opponents for huge damage potential Can back dash to the other side of the screen to escape the corner Can air-block after whiffing air attacks. This has synergy with his triple jump Can be low & throw invul on frame 1 with his 8-float on wake-up Has an anti-pursuit attack that may catch the opponent's oki Able to hold up+back and convert that into an air-to-ground full damage opportunity

Unable to Tech-Hit: he can get jailed/bullied by Sas, Bee, Bell, Bulleta, Cat, Fish, Bish, Lilith & Jedah Guard Cancel is ES only & doesn't gain any frame advantage. Some opponents may use this scenario against Anak. Unable to normal throw Walk speed is extremely slow Dark force is considered unreliable as you have hyper armor, cannot block, & expect to take more damage than you can deal Considered the lowest tier character; expect challenges in every match-up Very tall while standing, making the character more vulnerable to extended combos and getting bullied

Movement

Walk: Walk Forward Pixel Distance (2.25 pixels) / Walk Backwards Pixel Distance (1.2 pixels)

This is by far the slowest walk in the game which is by no means a bad thing. You will use the walk to slowly get in to positions so that dash attacks, pokes, pyramid dives, and 5LPxx236+PP command throw become a threat; or to slowly position yourself to anti air with 2MP, 5MP, 5HP. 5HK, 2HP, or 46+P. It is especially good when you are doing strings that are longer then 3-4 hits (character dependent), as you can make stuff whiff with the slight walk back.

Essentially, you will mostly be using the dash and dive pyramids as that is your main tool to get in, but do not neglect the walk. At higher levels they will expect you to dash, jump, and dive pyramid spam which causes you to become predictable and you will get punished. By doing a less common movement option you can increase the chances of your more powerful tools to work. Players do not usually look to punish stuff that is considered to be a non-threat and this walk is one of the non-threats in your arsenal.

Dash: A good ground dash that allows him to select any normal including ground normals. Anak is one of the few characters that can use any normal in a dash so make good use of it. Anything such as dash lp, lk, 2nd hit 5MP, crouching lp, and crouching lk will yield frame advantage and should be abused.

Dashing hp, mp, crouching hp, and crouching mp are your go to AA's while dashing. Dashing sweep is also a solid pick for a quick knockdown to startup you offense.

Their is a hidden weakness to this dash as it has recovery frames off of a whiff dashing attack. You can see it if you do a dashing low as your character will stand up a couple of frames before you are allowed to block again. Make sure that the opponent does not have an attack out during the frames of recovery or you will be punished.

Jump: Even more floaty than Dhalsim's. He also comes equipped with multiple Double Jumps and air moves that halt his movement allowing him to stay airborne for quite a long time. Though this may be in his favor since he has quite an array of bizarre air moves, some of which come from the ground even while he's in the air.

Float: By hitting up you are put into float state. You are allowed to use any air normal and air special move. Their are two tiers that anak can float around in. Being in float state is the same as being in air state which means that you can't block ground normals at all.

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Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5LP

5 LP

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5LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
5	3	8	8	7	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	yes	-	9	5	H: 6 G: 3 W: 0

5LP has a 5 frame startup. 5LP has an active frame window for about 3 frames starting with the first frame (frame 5) and is safe on hit (+8) and block (+7) with an 8 frame recovery window.

5LP has a very good hitbox that goes very far in front of Anakaris. This allows Anakaris to tag people outside or inside sweep range with ease. This normal is also very good at catching characters out of their jumps startup, so long as the jump doesn't go over 5LP hitbox past frame 6.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Sets up ground non-dash pressure blockstings. Sets up dash pressure strings. Sets up delayed blockstrings. Sets up pyramid Dive pressure. Sets up command grab attempts. Sets up portal. Tiger knee curse setup. Empty jump guard break attempt or blocked air to air dive pyramid. Tick coffin drop setups. Hitconfirm into links or chains into knockdown or pressure if blocked. Frame Trap setups are easy off of this normal. Can frame trap into any normal including itself. Decent recovery. Can have more frame advantage if you can aim it has a meaty.

The weaknesses to this normal comes from characters whom can duck under this normal (Q-Bee). Normals/Special moves that hit him due to being out of range (this is a hitbox issue. KNOW YOUR RANGES!!!). The normal losing by virtue of speed (the speed a characters normals/special must be 4 frames or below). Air Normals punching the top 5LP hitbox (jump attacks usually). Bad trades (like if your frames were to collide with a knock down attack or a dragon punch/invulnerable moves. (Dragon Punches for the most part, have very little invulnerability frames in this game though). Hurt box grows super huge when you do this normal making him easier to punish. Make sure when you do this normal that is going to hit!

5MP

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5MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
6	5	18	-2	-3	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	18	8	H: 15 G: 9 W: 3

5MP has a 6 frame startup and has two distinct active frames with very different hitboxes (though the normal can not actually hit twice).

The first normal starts off on frame 6 and last for 1 more frame which makes it active for 2 frames. The second part of the normal activates on the 8th frame and stays out for 2 more frames making it have a 3 frame active window.

If Anakaris hits while his hand is over his head, it is unsafe on hit (-2) and block (-3), but on the ground this can only happen against a standing Anakaris, Jedah or Victor at point blank range.

If Anakaris hits with his fully-extended arm, the frame data changes to 8 frame startup (counting the 2 frames of the first hitbox as startup frames) hit (+3) block (+2). This can come in handy for setting up frame traps.

5MP's first active hitbox is really high, making it good for anti air. This normal can be used to catch point blank back jumps and jumps attempts that try to go on top of Anakaris.

However, if they are too far away it will cause a whiff since the first active hitbox has very little horizontal range and the second hitbox is not high enough to tag a jump-in. 5MP carries an 18 frame recovery window making it very whiff punishable.

Q-Bee, Lilith, and Morrigan can duck under this normal. Other characters can get under the normal with certain moves as well (example Raptor 2HK).

Strengths

Weaknesses

Pretty good anti air in its first animation. Decent poke on the second. Guard Break after the opponent blocks air down forward pyramid. Tick off of the second part of this normal with a command grab or high low game. Hitconfirm off of this normal into chain for a knockdown. Frame Traps are possible off of the second part of this normal due to advantage gained by the second part of the normal. After hitting an aerial opponent chain into sweep for more meter. Works real good as a preemptive AA after being tick off of a 5LP for an easy frame trap. (do this one off of short frame traps 2-3 hits)

Hitbox is kinda iffy at beating some jumping normals. It is much easier to AA jumping normals starting from half screen range to point blank. Normals past that range become hard to beat cause of the hitbox short vertical range. Some characters can duck under the normal. (Q-Bee, Lilith, and Morrigan). Normals/Special moves beating it by virtue of speed. Bad trades happen frequently due to the first hurtbox. Decently long recovery period.

5HP

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5HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
11	11	21	-3	-4	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	22	9	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

5HP has an 11 frame startup has two different parts as a normal. First part starts at frame 11 and is active for 3 more frames making it 4 frames. Second part starts at frame 15 and last for 6 more frames making it have a 7 frame active window. this normal is unsafe on hit (-3) and block (-4) and has a very long recovery period at 21 frames.

5HP has a very long horizontal range, which make this a very good tool for poking. You can use 5LP and 5MP to setup a frame trap to catch jumpers with this normal.

Do not worry about the stand alone frame data as chains combos exiist in this game and you can make this normal safer with a 5HK as to use the last normal in the magic series to push the opponent away. This normal also suffers the same weakness as the other high normals as even more characters can duck this normal, here is the list: Lei Lei, Bulleta, Gallon, Q-Bee, Morrigan, and Lilith

Strengths	Weaknesses
Very Good Poke. Can snipe people out of preemptive jump frames. Good after 5LP to hit people with counter hit frame trap setups. Very long active frame period that allows you to tag people if they stand up. Easy to hit confirm it off a meaty if it hits into sweep.	Slow normal. Can be ducked by a lot of the cast. If they get over the normal you become a big target. Have to make it safe with magic series which can be countered by guard cancel. Long recovery period. Stupid big hurtbox on whiff.

5LK

5 LK

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5LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
5	3	8	8	7	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	yes	-	9	5	H: 6 G: 3 W: 0

5LK has the exact same frame data as 5LP with a 5 frame startup and has a 3 frame active window with an 8 frame recovery. 5LK is completely safe on hit (+7) and block (+8). It has a decent horizontal range not as much as 5LP or 2LK but it will suffice for what it does.

This normal will mostly be used the same way as 5LP but for characters who can duck under you standing punch normals its godsend. This normal has a lower body hitbox, so it will only be used to hit characters whom are grounded, as this normal will never cut it as an anti air.

This normal is very good for setting up frame traps, just like the 5LP (such as 5LK delay 5HP to hit a jumper). It can also set up all the same, "games", I have put down in the 5LP section as well. This will be your replacement normal for any character that can duck under your highs with ease.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Unduckable normal. sets up everything that 5LP can do except AA and air guard breaks. Decent recovery. Same startup as 5LP.	Hardly any range on it. Never a threat as an AA. If out of range loses to many standing normals.

5MK

5 MK

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5MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
7	4	24	-3	-4	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	19	9	H: 15 G: 9 W: 3

5MK has a 7 frame startup and has a 4 frame active window with a 24 frame recovery. 5MK is both unsafe on hit (-3) and block (-4). 5MK has a pretty good horizontal range that is just slightly below the range of the 2LP.

This normal hitbox is designed to hit normals that are low for the most part (although some slides can get through). If the opponents normal is anywhere near the hitbox of 5MK, it will either trade or beat it depending on the speed of the normal. This normal will also replace your 5MP if the character can duck under most of your normals.

As with other unsafe normals you can make this one slightly safer by chaining into 2HK.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Unduckable normal (with some exceptions). Pretty good on meaty setups. Good range Can beat some lows Decent startup. Pretty good meaty move.	When not used on frame traps the startup can be troublesome to mashed out normals. Loses to normals that get above it a lot. Unsafe by itself so you must cancel it on hit or block if you want. Bad recovery.

5HK

5 HK

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5HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
11	6	37	-12	-13	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	5-40 lower body	25	10	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

5HK has an 11 frame startup with a 6 frame active window. This normal has 2 phases of recovery the first one last 24 frames going over lows. The second phase starts on frame 41 and last 13 frames you are grounded during this phase and punishable. 5HK is unsafe on hit (-12) and block (-13).

This normal can also be done as a command normal (4+HK or 6+HK to move it left or right) this is done so that you can aim it to hit the edge of normals while poking.

5HK goes over lows however, most of the cast can duck under this normal (only Bishamon, Victor, and Anakaris cannot duck under the normal) making this normal pretty hard to use effectively. Their are some normals such as Sasquatch 2HK that you can go over and still hit him.

Also the stand alone frame data does matter for this normal, as you do not have any more normals to chain into due to this being the final normal in the magic series. This move is considered to be in the air so it is always air blockable.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Can go over some lows. Moves from front to back as a command normal.	Nothing to cancel into. Highly unsafe on hit and block. Horrible normal in all regards. Two phases of recovery. The recovery period is way to long. Super unsafe normal.

Crouching Normals

2LP

2 LP

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2LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
5	3	9	7	6	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	yes	-	9	5	H: 6 G: 3 W: 0

2LP has a 5 frame startup and has a 3 frame active window with an 9 frame recovery. 2LP is safe on hit (+7) and block (+6).

This normal has slightly less range and similar start up as the 2LP. This normal is used very similarly to 2LP except that this normal is unduckable.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Guard breaking lower to the ground jump in attempts after an opponent blocks a down forward dive pyramid. Using it while dashing to get much closer in range to do frame traps with other normals while on block. Getting the attack to whiff during pressure strings to check and see if they are moving around to mount a high/low/command grab game. Comboing off of the dashing version of this normal (hitconfirm). Lowering your hitbox in an attempt to dash under normals. Okay at stuffing IAD's as a last ditch effort if they get that low to the ground.

Not much range. Their is a frame when you dash and do a normal where you will automatically stand up for a few frames. If you do not time a crouching normal to go under a jump in correctly you will get hit.

2MP

2 MP

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2MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
5	6,6	25	-10	-11	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	(11,9)+(7,6)	(4,3)+(2,2)	H: 9+6 G: 6+3 W: 3

2MP has a 5 frame startup with two different hitboxes. First part is active at frame 5 and has a 6 frame startup. The second part starts at frame 11 and has a 6 frame active window. 2MP is unsafe on both hit (-10) and block (- 11).

This normal is unsafe but thanks to chains you still have options to make yourself safe. If this normal is blocked do the rest of your magic series to in attempt to create some distance from your opponent.

The first part of the normal is designed to hit most duckers and after apex jump ins

The second part is designed to hit players at the apex of their jump and loses to lows for free.

This will be one of your go to anti air normals for players jumping from full screen to mid range.

After hitting this normal as an anti air chain into 2HK so you build some meter and reduce the recover of the normal a bit.

On hit go for knockdown to startup your oki game.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Pretty good AA from full to half screen range. Good as a preemptive AA to counter jump startup. When this hits on the ground you can go for knockdown via magic series. Good at stuffing low to the ground IAD's. First part is decent at hitting ducking opponents. Second part beats jumps at their apex.	If they get through the normal you will be free to punish. This move gets stuffed by low normals. This move is unsafe on hit or block so you must use magic series to make it safe.

2HP

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2HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
7	21	32	-	-29	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	20	9	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

2HP has a 7 frame startup and has a huge active frame window at 21 the recovery is massive at 32 frames. its a 3 part normal but you will only be concerned about frame 7- 10 because that is the one that knocks down.

2HP is unsafe on block (-29). This normal does not have frame data on hit because it is a knockdown attack.

Just like with other normals that are unsafe chain a sweep on block to create some distance from the opponent.

This is your anti air for opponents jumping from mid screen to close range as the hitbox is designed to AA vertically. This move has three different hitboxes when it starts up that is the knockdown portion.

(This will be what you are aiming for.)

The other two AA higher but you earn a shitty reset for your effort so I recommend chaining into 2HK every time to avoid getting punished if it turns into a reset.

Strengths	Weaknesses
First hitbox of this move causes knockdown on hit. Very good vertical AA. Decent at stuffing low to the ground IADs.	Only hits vertically so if you miss are going to get hit for free. Second and third hitboxes on this normal are kinda meh causing a reset if they hit cancel into sweep. Normal is unsafe on block so as a last ditch effort you need to cancel into crouching roundhouse to try to push them away. Loses to sweeps if out of range on the first box. Second and third lose to a lot of normals.

2LK

2 LK

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2LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
6	3	11	8	7	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
low	yes	-	9	5	H: 6 G: 3 W: 0

2LK has a 6 frame startup with a 3 frame active window with an 11 frame recovery and is safe on both hit (+8) and block (+7).

This normal is your go to low attack with lots of frame advantage to ride on for your frame trap needs.

It has way longer range then 2LP and will be one of the keys to your high/low/throw mixup game. This normal does everything that 5LP, 5LK, and 2LP do except for the anti air and guard break stuff.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Same as 5LP except for guard break and AA. Lower body hitbox.	Loses to moves with good horizontal range. Loses to IAD normals and jump ins clean. Trip guard does not exist in any form in this game so you are committing to low if the person does an air normal it will not hit them when they land. So-so recovery.

2MK

2 MK

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2MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
13	3	20	1	0	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
low	no	-	16	7	H: 15 G: 9 W: 3

2MK has a 13 frame startup with a 3 frame active window and a 20 frame recovery.

2MK is safe on hit (+1) however this leaves you neutral on block (0).

This is your long range low since it leaves you at neutral their is not to much utility to this move other then that its a low and you can chain into magic series to cause knockdown. I guess if you can get away with it you can use it to tick into command grab.

I need to look into this normal a little more cause I honestly hardly use it.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Long range low. Can use it to pester the opponent. Chain into magic series to cause knockdown.	Very slow. Easy to IAD it on reaction No frame advantage to ride on. Long recovery. Not enough active frames to warrant how slow it is.

2HK

2 HK

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2HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
13	4	25	-	-1	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
low	no	-	19	8	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

2HK has a 13 frame startup with a 4 frame active window and has a 25 frame recovery.

2HK has no frame advantage on hit because its a sweep and is also unsafe on block at (-1).

Pretty long range sweep and is your go to normal for magic series and for gaining quick knockdowns off of hitconfirmed jabs. This normal is utilized to make many of your anti airs safe. This normal is okay to do raw as to gain a trade or to do attempted low into knockdown.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Really long range sweep. Low that knocksdown on hit. Useful cancel to your AA normals to make them much more safe. Good normal to chain into on block to push them away. Good normal to chain into on hit to gain a knockdown on hitconfirm. One of the main key normals to setting up your oki game.	Same weaknesses as 2MK except for the ability to chain into something. Final move to chain into so beware of guard cancel. Loses to crouching punch normals a lot out of range. Long recovery. Long startup.

Air Normals

J.LP

J. LP

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J.LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
7	3	20	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	10	4	H: 6 G: 3 W: 0

j.LP has a 7 frame startup with a 3 frame active window and a 20 frame recovery. Frame advantage is dependent on how low you hit them to the ground so if you hit them to high when the opponent is on the ground you will be at a disadvantage and they can hit you.

This normal is normally used for air to air combat or chicken guarding. This is the only normal to protect you from close jumpins however, if it gets chicken blocked expect to be hit.

If you manage to jump in and get him low enough you can combo off of this normal. You can also repeat it multiple times in the air and switch between normals as well.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Decent air to air normal. Good on chicken block. Can combo if hit low enough. Repeatable in the air.	Easy to chicken guard and punish. Loses to a lot of air to air normals. Slow so can be air thrown a lot. Hardly any active frames. Crappy recovery for a lp in the air. Really slow startup for a lp in the air.

J.MP

J. MP

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J.MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
9	4	13	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	19	9	H: 15 G: 9 W: 3

j.MP has a 9 frame startup with a 4 frame active window and a 13 frame recovery. Just like j.LP its frame data is dependent on where it hits because of it being a jumping normal.

Very good air to air poke with good range to boot. Had decent speed and is annoying to get around. This is his most spammed air normal by far. Its kinda hard to get the timing to combo this normal but it is possible if you hit them low enough.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Great range air to air normal. Much harder to chicken guard. Decent damage. Good for zoning. Nice startup on the normal. Decent amount of active frames. Best recovery out of the air normals.	Loses to some air to air normals Loses if someone gets under the normal. Really hard to combo off of.

J.HP

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J.HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
10	6	23	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	24	10	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

j.HP has a 10 frame startup with a 6 frame active window and a 23 frame recovery. This normal is more useful as an air to ground normal. Its actually pretty decent at stuffing opponents trying to dash in while you are in the air. This normal has a decent amount of frame advantage when it hits so it is probably the easiest of the three punch air normals to combo into.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Good air to ground normal. Good at stuffing dashes. Easiest normal to combo off of out of the 3 punch normals in the air. Decent startup. Decent amount of active frames.	Losess to air to air game pretty easily. Slow startup. Crappy recovery. Hit box on recovery is super low and easy to antiair.

J.LK

J. LK

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J.LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
19	3	17	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	11	5	H: 6 G: 3 W: 0

J.LK has a 19 frame startup with a 3 frame active window and a 17 frame recovery.

This normal is very slow so normally it is not recommended to be used. However, it is very good if you can sneak it in when you are descending from a jump

Strengths	Weaknesses
Hits grounded opponents. Decent to use as a delay jumping attack when descending from a jump.	So slow that the opponent can jump and hit you out of the air before the move comes out. Dan be hit before startup due to the hurtbox being so large. Long startup for a lk in the air. A lot of characters can duck under this normal. Loses air to air for free.

J.MK

J. MK

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J.MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
7	9(3)6	14	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	10+9	5+4	H: 9+6 G: 6+3 W: 3

j.MK has a 7 frame startup with 3 parts. first part activates on frame 7 and last 8 more frames. the second part is a gap in the normal that last for 3 frame it starts at frame 10. at frame 19 you get 6 more frames of active hitbox. Then a 14 frame recovery window.

One thing I failed to mention is that all the jumping kick normals can all be hit before startup easily on the ground. So you have to fish for this normal.

Thankfully, this normal hits twice. It can be used to beat opponents trying to chicken guard mash against Anakaris other jumping normal attacks.

This normal can also be used a a combo starter if the opponent is sleeping and lets you get away with it before Anakaris lands on the ground

Strengths	Weaknesses
Decent startup. Hits twice. Good to use low to the ground. Can combo off of it much easier then j.HK. Decent for Air to Air for chicken blockers due to the gap in the string. Good at keeping opponent grounded.	Can be hit on the ground by grounded normals. Last a little to long in the air so if it whiffs you will probably be hit. Losses to air to air pretty clean.

J.HK

J. HK

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J.HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
7	9	23	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	21	10	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

J.HK has a 7 frame startup with a 9 frame active window and a 23 frame recovery.

Decent for a one hit air normal to tag the opponent in the air or on the ground.

I mostly use it if I predict that the opponent is going for a quick approach against me while i'm in the air.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Good damage one hit air jumping HK. A little harder to combo off of. Same startup as j.MK. Pretty good amount of active frames.	Same as j.mk, loses to grounded normals.

Command Normals

4MK

4 MK

4MK

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Hitboxes On

/Data#4MK

4MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
23	9	14	-2	-3	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	17	8	H: 15 G: 9 W: 3

A standing overhead with a fairly large hitbox. This move is + on hit with the only weakness is it's large hurtbox and long startup frames.

Command Air Normals

J.3K

J.3K

J.3K

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Hitboxes On

/Data#J.3LK

J.3LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
13	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	15	7	H: 18 G: 9 W: 0

/Data#J.3MK

J.3MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
13	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	15	7	H: 21 G: 12 W: 3

/Data#J.3HK

J.3HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
13	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	15	7	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

Anakaris' down forward pyramid dive. Very fast overhead that can be followed with chain combo for knock down. Also use it to cancel your floaty jump while moving forward and builds meter.

J.2K

J.2K

J.2K

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Hitboxes On

/Data#J.2LK

J.2LK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
9	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	16	8	H: 18 G: 9 W: 0

/Data#J.2MK

J.2MK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
9	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	16	8	H: 21 G: 12 W: 3

/Data#J.2HK

J.2HK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
9	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
overhead	no	-	16	8	H: 24 G: 15 W: 6

Anakaris' downward pyramid dive. You need to be above the opponent if you want it to connect. Can cross up. Sometimes when you are a little too high above the opponent it won't cause enough hitstun to follow up with a ground combo. Anyways the main use for this it to cancel your jump. Get close to the opponent then use it as a mixup tool : j3.K for overhead or j2.K 2LK for low attack. Land a knockdown then repeat.

Command Movement

44

WARP

44

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Hitboxes On

/Data#44

44

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
-	-	65	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
-	-	1-57 full body	-	-	H: - G: - W: -

Normal Throws

Anakaris CANNOT do Normal Throws
Anakaris does not have a normal throw of any kind. All you can do is tech throws. Techs can be done with any forward or back directional input: 4,1,3,6+LP or MP or HP or HK, like you would with any other character. You can tech air throws as well. It's the same as teching on the ground, however you can add two more directional inputs to your throw techs 7 and 9.

Special Moves

The Dance of Coffins

22P or 22K

THE DANCE OF COFFINS

22P or 22K

Normal

Es

Normal

Es

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Hitboxes On

/Data#22P or 22K

22P or 22K

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
30	18	73	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	18	7	H: 21 G: 16 W: 12

Drops a coffin down from the sky. Not a bad move for stalling your jump trajectory or pestering from long range, but not especially useful at close distances. Can be used on some characters wake ups to stuff their wakeup options like dragon punches and things of that nature. You can also it time it to trade hits if the opponent comes to close, although this tactic is very difficult to do.

• (L Version) Close.
• (M Version) Mid.
• (H Version) Far.

/Data#22PP or 22KK

22PP or 22KK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
30	18	290	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	18	7	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

• (ES Version) Drops several coffins in various distances.

Royal Judgement

J.236LP

LP ROYAL JUDGEMENT

J.236LP

Normal

Es

Normal

Es

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Hitboxes On

Pukes up a curse cloud. On successful hit this move will morph the opponent into their paper doll form. Surprisingly, this move is a lot more useful than it appears. You can get fairly good damage out of it by hitting the opponent while they are stuck in doll form. The amount of curse duration is relative to the move strength.

/Data#J.236LP

J.236LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
34	-	61	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	11	5	H: 21 G: 16 W: 12

Short curse time. Quickest recovery when on whiff. Used as a filler move in the air to cover your aerial approach.

/Data#J.236MP

J.236MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
34	-	77	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	11	5	H: 21 G: 16 W: 12

Medium curse time. Medium Recovery. Not to useful on filler.

/Data#J.236HP

J.236HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
34	-	93	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	11	5	H: 21 G: 16 W: 12

Longer curse time. Long Recovery time. Rarely used because it takes so long to recover on whiff.

/Data#J.236PP

J.236PP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
34	-	93	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	11x3	5x3	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

Sends out three sets of wisps instead of one. Much longer curse duration. Takes forever to recover on whiff. Decent filler move in the air.

Spell of Turning

214K or J.214K

SPELL OF TURNING

Absorb 214K or J.214K Release 236K or J.236K

Absorb

Release

Absorb

Release

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Hitboxes On

/Data#214K or J.214K

214K or J.214K

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
4	10	57	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	-	-	H: 21 G: 0 W: 12

Anakaris will attempt to swallow an opponent's projectiles. This move actually does absolutely nothing unless it connects with an opponent's projectile while Anakaris' mouth is open. Upon successful absorption the projectile will be nullified and the opponent's move will be "learned" (previous absorption will be overwritten if applicable, for example Bulleta's missiles/mines the previously learned move will be lost).

• (Any Version) Absorbable projectiles -- Aulbath: Soundwaves, Bulleta: Missiles/Mines (all), Demitri: Fireballs, Jedah: Scythes, Lei-Lei: Items, Lilith: Fireballs, Morrigan: Fireballs, Anakaris: Royal Judgement.

/Data#236K or J.236K

236K or J.236K

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
24	-	47	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	-	-	H: - G: - W: -

This move does absolutely nothing unless the absorb version is used to learn an opponent's projectile attack. Once you absorb a projectile, however, Anakaris can hork up his own version of the move using this. The move will act similarly to the opponent's original version, though in some cases the move will behave differently/uniquely, for example Anakaris' ES version of Lei-Lei's items works nothing like her version (which for him is a good thing).

• (Any Version) Pukes up the learned attack.
• (ES Version) Pukes up an ES version of the learned attack.

Cobra Blow

46LP

LP COBRA BLOW

46LP

Normal

Es

LP

MP

HP

Es

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Hitboxes On

Similar in appearance to his 5HP, however this version is a special move and thus it behaves as such (like knocking down airborne opponents, etc). Additionally, this strength of the move determines the distance and number of hits.

/Data#46LP

46LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
10	6,6	21	-2	-3	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	13x2	5x2	H: 21+3 G: 19+1 W: 18

Short

/Data#46MP

46MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
10	6,6,6	29	-10	-11	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	11x3	4x3	H: 21+3x2 G: 19+1x2 W: 18

Medium

/Data#46HP

46HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
10	6,6,6,5	32	-12	-13	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	9x4	9x4	H: 21+3x3 G: 19+1x3 W: 18

Long

/Data#46PP

46PP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
10	6,6,6,5,6,5	32	-	-13	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	-	9x6	9x6	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

Really long, plus lots of hits.

Mummy Drop

236LP

LP MUMMY DROP

236LP

Normal

Es

Normal

Es

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Hitboxes On

Spin the stick and mash buttons for more damage. Anakaris' command throw is rather unique. The strength of the button used will determine the distance. Normal version can be crouched under by any character. Es version can not be ducked under. ES version is very good as an Anti Air because you can not jump after landing from a previous jump for about 2 frames.

/Data#236LP

236LP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
22	8	30	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	-	5x(1～4)+16	2x(1～4)+6	H: 21 G: 0 W: 12

Close.

/Data#236MP

236MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
25	6	29	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	-	5x(1～4)+16	2x(1～4)+6	H: 21 G: 0 W: 12

Medium

/Data#236HP

236HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
29	3	28	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	-	5x(1～4)+16	2x(1～4)+6	H: 21 G: 0 W: 12

Far

/Data#236PP

236PP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
22	73	28	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	-	5x(1～4)+20	2x(1～4)+6	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

This version causes the hands to start near Anakaris then rapidly fly forwards. This version is also mashable for damage, and it is recommended to do so.

Guard Cancel

623PP

THE WORD OF TRUTH

623PP

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Hitboxes On

/Data#623PP

623PP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
7	3	86	0	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	1-13 whole body	3	2	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

Anakaris' guard cancel move. This can only be done during blockstop and costs 1 stock. Worthless move, do not use it ever unless your opponent has never seen it before, in which case it's worth a laugh.

Inarguably the worst GC in the game, Anakaris may as well not even have one. This is because it gives the opponent free damage on you, so you're essentially wasting meter to give the opponent a free hit on you. But let's take a look at how bad it really is. Anakaris spits out Kaibito at a specific range, if the opponent is too close or too far from Anakaris it will whiff completely and allow the opponent a free combo on you while you recover from the move. If it manages to hit it deals a very tiny little bit of damage to the opponent and morphs them into their paper doll for a very short amount of time. But the opponent un-morphs from this state before Anakaris finishes his attack pose, and since the opponent can move around in their paper doll form they can get point blank and throw Anakaris as soon as they un-morph, before he even recovers from the move. All at the cost of one stock. In other words, never use this unless your opponent has never seen it before, and don't expect it to catch anyone off guard more than once. You can expect to eat a throws worth of damage or worse any time you use this with very little reward even if the opponent does nothing to retaliate.

Pit of Blame

623K

PIT OF BLAME

623K

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Hitboxes On

/Data#623K

623K

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
25	24	46	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	1-48 whole body	17	4	H: 21 G: 0 W: 12

/Data#623KK

623KK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
25	69	54	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	1-93 whole body	22	6	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

This move can only be done if Anakaris was hit by something that knocks down (sweep, etc). He will split in half and open an unblockable portal that catches nearby opponents. Basically an anti-pursuit move, though it can also catch opponents who get too close to him during normal rushdown patterns. Somewhat risky to use since if it fails he can be hit, so avoid using this against opponents with powerful 1-hit options.

Pursuits

8P or 8K

PURSUIT

8P or 8K

Normal

Es

Normal

Es

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Hitboxes On

A fairly slow pursuit attack. This one is a tough call to use because you want to get in, but if you do the pursuit to whiff and it was to slow you can get into a lot of trouble. ES version is even worse to whiff and negative on hit as you can be put into a command grab/normal throw option select if the opponent doesn't tech away.

/Data#8P or 8K

8P or 8K

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
28	17	landing 11	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	1-9 lower body, 10-27 whole body	6	6	H: 24 G: 0 W: 6

Normal pursuit is fine on hit but if you mistime the pursuit and get a whiff and they see it you may get hit with a throw.

/Data#8PP or 8KK

8PP or 8KK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
28	17	landing 11	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	no	1-9 lower body, 10-27 whole body	6+7	6+5	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

ES version should be used exclusively for a kill as it is highly risky to use against a character like Sasquatch who will maul you with Big Brunch into whatever...

Ex Moves

The Pit To The Underworld

412[6]KK

THE PIT TO THE UNDERWORLD

412[6]KK

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Hitboxes On

/Data#412[6]KK

412[6]KK

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
50	70	45	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
throw	no	-	42	12	H: 0 G: 0 W: 0

Pit of underworld is a slow, unblockable attack that is mostly used in the corner off of a tick throw setup or tech chasing after a knock down. The tick throw setup has major flaws and can be punished if the opponent has air mobility options or disrespects the setup by holding up forward.

Pharaoh Magic

HK,MP,LK,2,LP,MK,HP

PHAROAH MAGIC

HK,MP,LK,2,LP,MK,HP

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Hitboxes On

/Data#HK,MP,LK,2,LP,MK,HP

HK,MP,LK,2,LP,MK,HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
38	50	160	-	-96	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
mid	0	-	5x3+30	2x3+10	H: 0 G: 0 W: 2x3+10

Sends out a curse, on hit will autocombo the opponent. Pretty useful, decent damage.

/Data#HK,MP,2,MK,HP

HK,MP,2,MK,HP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
-	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
-	-	-	5x3+30	2x3+10	H: - G: - W: -

• Pharaoh Salvation - HK MP 2 MK HP [start] (air also, costs 2 stocks):
  Requires two bars of meter. But it's basically powered up version of Pharaoh Magic.

/Data#MK,LP,2,LK,MP

MK,LP,2,LK,MP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Renda Bonus
-	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guard	Cancel	Invuln	Red Damage	White Damage	Gauge
-	-	-	5+2x8+5x5+30	1+0x8+1x5+7	H: - G: - W: -

• Pharaoh Decoration - HK MP LK 2 LP MK HP (air also, costs 3 stocks):
  Requires three bars of meter. This one is also a powered up version of Pharaoh Magic and Pharaoh Salvation.

It is normally blockable, but there is a bug that can make Pharoah Magic unblockable. Refer to Anakaris' bug section to get insight into thie.

Dark Force

Double Attack: Pharaoh Split - Same strength P + K

• (Any Version) Activates flight and hyper armor. While Anakaris is flying around, Kaibito is walking around as Anakaris lower half. You can attack with either half of Anakaris' bodies (Punches for Anakaris and Kicks for Kaibito), but you can only move Anakaris' upper half. Pretty useful for escaping the corner or unblockables due to the hyper armor properties.

However, The move can get you into serious trouble as it takes Anakaris too long to actually attack and only the legs or Anakaris can attack one at a time. The opponent can just do air chains on Anakaris repeatedly if he stays in Dark Force for too long. Be very careful with this darkforce.

Colors

Notable Players

Japan

Japanese Player Index: http://www21.atwiki.jp/vsplayer/pages/25.html

Name (English)	Name (Japanese)	Color	Location	Contact	Notes
Chikyuu	地球	MP	Kanto region	http://twitter.com/chikyuu_digital	O.G. & Amazing player. Also a renowned Alpha-Sodom. Name means "Earth/Ground"
Kazu	カズ	LK	Kanto region	http://twitter.com/AnyJ777	Blew up Kosho at Evo-Japan 2018
Manira	まにら	LK	Kanto region	https://twitter.com/S_MANIRA	2019 CC Champion
MEGASTAR	メガスタ	PP	Sendai, Japan
Curio	くりお	MK	Kanto region		Frequently at Mikado Monthly events
Pandora's Box	パンドラ	MK	West Japan	https://twitter.com/pandora_box0314	Plays with Tate-Victor

North America

Name (English)	Name (Japanese)	Color	Location	Contact	Notes
MightyMar	マイティーマー	ALL	Illinois, USA	https://twitter.com/cUrSe_MightyMar	Multi-time champion and rightful Pharaoh that mastered all controllers. Considered the owner of all Anakaris colors.
GreenTea	グリンティー	HP	Unknown, USA	https://twitter.com/ItsDavidDoyle	Recent player that has been successful. Known for picking apart every little detail with the game functionality.

South America

Name (English)	Name (Japanese)	Color	Location	Contact	Notes
Zaacky	ザッキー	LK	Brazil		Strongest Anakaris from South America, seasoned player from NekoPunchi.