Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga/Lloyd

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A new detective with the Crossbell Police Department who received high marks at the academy and passed the detective exam at a very young age. Despite his modest demeanor, his burning passion against crime and injustice has no equal.

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Lloyd
Archetype	Rushdown
Preferred Range	Close
Tankiness Rating	Above average (0.90%)
Learning Difficulty	Hard
Stats
HP	11299
AP	17
STR	1013
DEF	956
BRK	603
DUR	3122
SPD	98
AGL	105
SP Gain	234

Introduction

Lloyd is a surprisingly bulky rushdown character with great pressure and decent damage/mobility, who can turn into a high risk/high reward pressure monster upon activating Burning Heart (denoted with or BH). When active, Lloyd's pressure game and damage output both becomes significantly stronger, letting him snowball his way into victory if used carefully. However, if Lloyd forgets to reset every once in a while, his stamina will instantly run out, making it vulnerable to a big punish. On top of that, his short-ish range and a lack of quick, on-command projectiles makes neutral a bit harder to approach for him than for most characters.

Lloyd is recommended for players who loves running constant pressure while also not being afraid of a challenge.
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Playstyle

Lloyd is a tanky, technical rushdown character with high snowball potential thanks to his signature install.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Bulky: Lloyd is one of the tankiest characters in the game. Fast: Despite his excellent bulk, Lloyd remains a fairly quick character, who doesn't have that much trouble chasing down his opponents. Great Pressure: Lloyd's arsenal of multi-hit attacks makes breaking the opponent's guard quite easy. High Snowball Potential: Burning Heart makes Lloyd's already strong offense even more dangerous thanks to higher speed and damage output.

Low AP: Lloyd has the 2nd lowest AP value in the game, severely limiting his customization abilities. Linear Neutral: Lloyd's short normals and lack of projectiles makes him extremely reliant on his Charge Attack for neutral play, which can be easily played around. Needs Momentum: In order to stay a threat, Lloyd needs to be constantly generating enough SP for him to renew his install. Failing to do so will put Lloyd at a great disadvantage. High Skill Floor: In order to be effective, Lloyd must be on point on his resource management game. On top of that, his combos can be tough to pull off at times.

All damage values below were tested on Estelle (841 DEF). No stats-altering accessory was equipped. Also the values are averaged (see System page)

Movelist

Normal attacks

Ground Normal Link ABCD A A B B C C D D

Version Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties A 126x2 5, 11 - - - B 126x2 15+5, 13 - - - C 126x2 29+3, 10 - - - D 126 43+11 - - - A: Total: 20 A: Total: 20 B: Total: 23 C: Total: 22 C: Total: 22 D: Total: 31 Excellent attack for pressure and combos. Not that useful in neutral due to its short range. Lloyd should only go for D once he's under Burning Heart because it won't connect otherwise. The second hit of Lloyd's B has surprisingly good range, although it's not that useful due to its position in the chain

Charge Attack [A]

Version Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties Ground [A] 151 5, 7 - - Soft Armor, Projectie Air j.[A] 151 5, 9 - - Soft Armor, Projectile Dash d.[A] 151 5, 6 - - Soft Armor, Projectile Ground: Total: 29 Air: Total: 23 Dash: Total: 15 Very important move for Lloyd. Its range and speed helps Lloyd a lot in neutral since he lacks good midrange options. What's more, the projectile lasts long enough for it to hit opponents through armored moves such as Estelle's Hard Break. On top of that, landing it once generates barely enough SP for Lloyd to renew Burning Heart. Since it's a launcher, it also works pretty well in combos. At frame 5, the move creates a point blank windbox that pushes opponents towards the projectile Gives 26 SP on contact

Air Normal Link j.AB j.A j.A j.B j.B	Version Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties j.A 126x2 5, 12 - - - j.B 126x2 18+4, 10 - - - j.A: Total: 28 j.A: Total: 28 j.B: Total: 27 j.B: Total: 27 Decent air-to-air. However, it mostly shines during combos, where they can quickly rack up lots of damage.

Falling Attack j.C	Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 126 10 - - - Total: 25 Simple spike attack. Knocks opponents to the ground on hit. Frame data obtained at max jump height

Rising Attack Attack while dodging	Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 108 8 1 AP - Hard Armor 1-10 Total: 25 "Universal" Rising Attack. Basic, armored launcher that can be jump cancelled in order to start or continue a combo. Depending on the character, it can also be used as combo filler.

Skills

Axle Rush S1	Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 315 4, 10, 18 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 38 Soft Armor Ground: Total: 42 Air: Total: 32 Quick and cheap combo ender that knocks the opponent down. Not much to say about it.

Stone Spike S2	Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 290 15 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 40 Soft Armor Ground: Total: 42 Air: Total: 29 Placeholder

Stun Break S3 Ground version Ground version Air version Air version	Version Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties Ground 645 16 20 / 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 44 Hard Armor 1-4, Soft Armor Projectile Air 645 14 20 / 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 - Hard Armor 1-4, Soft Armor Projectile Ground: Total: 39 Air: Total: 31 Great combo and pressure tool. On hit, Lloyd can either combo into his Charge Attack or safely activate Burning Heart.

Burning Heart S4 When you need to get over some barriers When you need to get over some barriers

Version Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties Hit 115 21 25 / 23 / 22 / 20 / 19 58 Hard Armor 1-4, Soft Armor Buff 0 22 - - - Ground: Total: 42 Air: Total: 41 Character-defining move. Burning Heart () is an install that makes Lloyd deal more damage (~30% increase) and make him twice as fast for around 10 seconds. During this time, Lloyd become very dangerous at close range due to faster attacks and higher damage. Once the timer runs out, Lloyd's stamina will instantly empty itself. Casting BH while it's already active will reset the timer Lloyd is considered airborne after the animation finishes. As such, this attack can't be walk cancelled

Brave Smash S5	Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 1240 6+12 40 / 36 / 34 / 32 / 30 - Hard Armor Lloyd's reversal of choice. Also works as an ender during air combos. 6 frames of freeze upon use. The opponent can still cast Skills or use their assist during the freeze

Crimson Ray S6

Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 1100 6+28 50 / 45 / 43 / 40 / 38 - Hard Armor Big boy projectile that also works as an expensive reversal. Creates 3 pieces of debris that each has a chance of causing Burn. Each debris is sent in a random direction and doesn't do any damage. However, they do deal knockback. 6 frames of freeze upon use. The opponent can still cast Skills or use their assist during the freeze

Tiger Charge EXTRA Skill Initial hit Initial hit Flurry Flurry Final hit Final hit

Damage Impact SP Cost Cooldown Properties 1950 2 100 EXTRA - Invincible Total: 189 While it looks very cool, Lloyd has very few opportunities to land his EXTRA Skill. Its main purpose is ending combos, however most of Lloyd's routes puts him in the air, where Tiger Charge becomes nigh useless since it will never connect in the air. The opponent can still cast Skills or use their assist during the freeze

Builds

Note: These builds are mostly here in order to guide new players into how to exploit Lloyd's potential to its fullest. Don't be afraid to experiment!

Recommended accessories

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Recommended Skills

• Axle Rush - Quick combo ender that lets Lloyd start pressure
• Stun Break - Great pressure option that lets Lloyd activate BH on hit
• Burning Heart - Lloyd's most important move. Makes him extremely scary when active
• Brave Smash - Decent reversal that also doubles as a combo ender

Recommended Support

• Anelace - Super armor is always nice to have for short ranged characters
• Ries - The SP regeneration makes managing Burning Heart much easier
• Jurio & Chris - Lloyd's multi-hits allows him to deal tons of guard damage on hit
• Campanella - Lloyd's wide array of multi-hit attacks allows him to proc status effects more often than other characters

Honorable Mentions:

• Scherazard - Essentially grants Lloyd Burning Heart's speed boost for thrice as long and without the stamina penalty. The speed boost becomes overkill once is activated
• Elena - On top of her usual applications, Lloyd can also use her as a failsafe if he fails to generate enough SP before renewing Burning Heart.

General Strategy

Neutral

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Offense

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Defense

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General Counterplay

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Combos

Combo Terminology Table

Symbol	Meaning
>	Cancel from the previous move to the following move.
,	Link from the previous move to the following move.
dl./delay	Delay before using the following move.
X(w)/whiff	Whiff the following move (do not hit).
jc	Jump Cancel.
wc	Walk Cancel.
d./dash	Dash air attacks. Done by pressing the dodge button while standing still.
(X)	Optional input.
{X}*N	Repeat (sequence) N number of times.

Solo

• A > S1, [A] (670 damage)

The most basic Lloyd combo. SP positive and leads to RPS.

• A(1) > d.A > S3, j.A > d.ABC (1.2k damage)

Close range combo. Pretty difficult to pull off.

• d.A(1) > S3, j.A > d.ABC (1.2k damage)

Variant of the previous route from further away.

• ABC > S1, [A] jc > j.AB > S5 (3.2k damage)

BnB while Burning Heart is active

• ABC > S1 > EX, d.[A] > j.S4 (3.5k damage)

Sample EX combo.

• [A] jc > j.ABC > d.A > S5 (2k damage)

Simple combo from [A] launcher at close range

With accessories

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With assists

Note: All routes involving Scherazard are also possible when Burning Heart is active.

• ABC > S1 , [A] jc > j.AB > j.S3 > j.S5 (~3.5k damage)

Scherazard

Damage route.

With accessories and assists

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Colors

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