Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors/Glossary

Terms and Definitions

Situation Related

• Mixup - When a player has multiple offensive options in a situation, and the opponent must predict correctly to avoid being hit.

• Wake Up - When a player gets up after being knocked down.

• Okizeme - Mixups that specifically occur on wake up.

• Trade Offs - A situation where a player must sacrifice a resource or alternative option in favor of another decision.

• Block Strings - A situation where a player repeatedly attacks a blocking opponent.

• Juggles - A situation where a player actively prevents the opponent from landing to continuously damage them.

• Cross Up - When a player attacks the opponent immediately after changing which side they are facing.

• The Neutral - When both players are neither blocking or attacking, and both players are attempting to get a hit in.

• Neutral Stance - When a character is not performing any action, but they are able to do so.

Character Attribute Related

• Matchup - Strategies that revolve around two specific characters. Matchups are used to determine what weaknesses and strengths two characters have when fighting each other.

• Well-Rounded - A character that is designed to have a variety of attacks. They excel at having the most responses for a given situation.

• Rushdown - A character that is designed to fight up close rather than at a distance. The excel at chasing down the opponent and close range combat.

• Runaway - A character that is designed to hit the opponent with low risk attacks and flee after doing so. They excel at forcing the opponent to approach them.

• Grappler - A character that is designed to inflict a lot of damage after grabbing someone. They excel at defensive, close range situations.

• Mobility - A trait that offers a character multiple ways to escape and approach with movement.

• Consistency - A trait that helps a character maintain the same options throughout the match.

• Variety - A trait that offers a character different types of attacks. This increases their options for different situations.

Combo Related

• Combo - A series of attacks that connect with each other and prevent the opponent from blocking during those attacks.

• Touch of Death - Also abbreviated as TOD, a touch of death is a combo that completely depletes the opponent's health from one hit.

• Juggle Extender - A move that keeps the opponent in the air. It's used to prevent the opponent from landing and to increase your damage during a juggle.

• Stun - An inflicted status that prevents the opponent from acting for a certain period of time.

• Combo Potential - The ability to interchange your attacks to create a variety of combos. A low combo potential means a character does not have many, interchangeable attacks.

• Damage Potential - The ability to deal high amounts of damage consistently. A low damage potential means a character cannot inflict high amounts of damage consistently.

• Stun Potential - The ability to inflict stun consistently. A low stun potential means a character cannot inflict stun consistently.

• Link - When two moves combo into each other by letting the first move entirely complete its recovery before starting the second move.

• Cancel - Interrupting the recovery of an attack to immediately transition to another move.

• Hitbox - The area of an attack where it's capable of hitting the opponent.

• Hurtbox - The area of a character's sprite where they're able to be hit.

• Frame - A measurement of time that's used to determine how long an attack takes.

• Startup Frames - The period of time before a hitbox appears on an attack.

• Active Frames - The period of time where a hitbox is active.

• Recovery Frames - The period of time after the hitbox is no longer active, and the character returns to a neutral stance.

• On Hit - How long it takes a character to recover after hitting a non-blocking opponent.

• On Block - How long it takes a character to recover after hitting a blocking opponent.