Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors/Rokurouta

Rokurouta comes from a distant oriental country and is ordered by his emperor to investigate the mystery of the lost continent with the help of his young sister Nanami and Zinsuke. He is a self-proclaimed "ninja of justice" who uses shurikens, scrolls, crystals, and acrobatic skills and techniques.

In the world of Asura Buster, where there are many agile characters, the speed of his movements still outshines others. Rokurouta relies on his speed and versatile tools to get in and rake in a lot of damage thanks to his great combo game.

Overview Rokurouta is a mobile, mixup-heavy character with versatile tools and a great combo game.
Pros	Cons
High speed Good mixups, both high/low and left/right Can confirm stray hits into high damage reliably Dash is invulnerable and crosses up Extremely strong as a defender in Last Stand	Small and stubby normals Has a hard time with zoning Struggles dealing with smaller characters Poor defense modifier

Play Style	Rushdown
Dash Type	Stepdash
Backdash Type	Grounded
Defense Modifier	1.0625
Air Options	Walljump
Meter Gauge	80

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Normals

Standing normals

5A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	M	normals	1	0
Quick chop. Can be used as an abare tool.

5B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7 / 11	-	-	M	normals	3	2
fast jumping kick fast, long and damaging can be combo'd into launcher if done close enough can be used to combo into his specials

5C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	12	-	-	M	O	-9	-10
Rokurouta does a sideflip, kicking upwards twice great anti-air, has a long vertical hitbox and puts you in a jumping state second hit is air launcher cancelable punishable on block most commonly used at the end of ground combos since the air launcher cancel basically connects itself can be canceled into super

Crouching normals

2A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	L	normals	3	2
Quick low kick

2B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	8	-	-	L	normals	0	-1
Low elbow strike decent ground combo filler

2C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	11	-	-	H	O	-	-17
a strong low punch causes a HKD and deals absurd damage can catch a lot of off guard opponents

Jumping normals

j.A

that's not cake that's just his knee

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	4	-	-	H	special	O	O
Rokurouta does a quick elbow strike fast but extremely short combo starter comboes easily into itself but it's harder to combo into other air normals

j.B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	special	O	O
fast side kick best option for air combos or against aerial opponents easily comboes into air launcher

j.C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	O	O	O
heavy two-handed hammer strike deals great damage but has mediocre range quite fast for a jumping heavy normal very punishable on block so be careful about spamming this mainly used as a combo ender

Command normals

6b

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	17	-	-	H	special	-3	-4
Rokurouta does a short hop and does a 2B we are still unsure what the purpose of this move is, for now it's an unconventional mixup will completely miss and crossup both Alices when attacking from the right side but works normally on the left (don't question it)

6c

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	17	-	-	H	special	-3	-4
Rokurouta does a big leap and does a j.C hits overhead quite slow and has bad range launches on hit, allowing for combos

Universal mechanics

Launcher
any 2 buttons

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7	-	-	M	O	Launches	inconsistent
on hit, Causes a big wall bounce and puts the opponent on indefinite hitstun until they hit the ground or use meter to tech it can be combo'd universally with A>B>C or A>B>Launcher combos. most characters can add an air special or delay the launcher and do a ground special if you hit an opponent with 3 launchers in the same combo they become completely invincible until waking up from the knockdown state a lot of EX moves (Rose's 214EX), few meterless specials (Taros j.236x) and very rarely normals (Rokurouta's 6C) have last hits with the properties of a launcher. these hits count towards the 3 launcher cap.

Air launcher
any 2 buttons

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7	-	-	M	O	Launches	inconsistent
No difference from the ground version, but some characters have air launchers with slightly less recovery frames

Guard break
22C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	don't	O	Stun	O
This replaces grab, a quick attack that stuns blocking opponents. common followups are combos, launchers, knockdowns and some supers countered by not blocking, jumping or attacking back

Special moves

Wind shuriken - 風の手裏剣
236A/B/C

The projectile

EX projectile

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	24 / 26 / 28	-	-	M	O	-	4 / 3 / 2
Rokurouta throws a shuriken. actually a decent projectile, is pretty great at zoning players who aren't comfortable with their jump-ins Button determines startup and speed EX version makes him throw a barrage of shuriken. they are not multiple projectile, just a massive multi-hit projectile

Banner wave - バナーの波
623A/B/C

A/B/C versions

EX version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6 / 4 / 4	-	-	M	O	-	inconsistent
Waves a banner effectively a reversal, it doesn't have iframes but who needs those when half the screen is a hitbox? very good as a combo ender and can even be used to stall in "Last stand" EX version uses triple banners for triple the pain, now it has way more hits, dealing way more damage

Squirrel glide- リス・グライド
j.214A/B/C

A / B / C version

EX version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	29 / 29 / 29	-	-	H	O	-	-
Rokurouta uses a cape to glide around the stage button determines startup and trajectory A : glides back until you hit the wall B : glides forward until you hit the wall C : glides forward going down until you crossup the opponent, has a lot of recovery EX : SIKE, this is an attack now because why not? mecahnically similar to 63214 EX but hits overhead

Squirrel dive - リス・ダイブ
63214A/B/C

A / EX version

B / C version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	29 / 29 / 29	-	-	H	O	-	-
Rokurouta glides offscreen then does a divekick button determines startup and angle A : from halway of the back wall to the down right corner B : glides high until reaching the opponent then dives C : similar to B version but instead of gliding to the opponent it glides between them and the back wall. this version's potential is still unexplored EX : emerges from the back wall and slides across the ground. becomes a multi-hit and last hit is a launcher. deals great damages

Supers

Magic Break's New Currents - マジックブレイクの百花繚乱
j.360X

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	58(53+5)	-	-	M	O	HKD	inconsistent
Rokurouta hovers in the air and shoots a ton of tiny rings around him. Invulnerable throughout the entirety of active frames. Extremely strong tool in Last Stand.

Boost Mode (22+ABC)

Doppelganger :

a clone appears on the other side of the opponent and increases the number of hits

if you played Morrigan before you already know it

Combos

Combos	Dmg	Notes
5A > 5B > 5AB > j.A > j.B > j.AB > j.A > j.B > j.C	35	Universal combo.
2A > 5B > 5AB > j.A > j.Ax2 > j.B > j.Ax3 > j.Bx2 > j.A > j.B > j.C	40	Meterless bnb 1. Video -> https://youtu.be/Y-3pqZrH7L0
2A > 5B > 5AB > j.Ax2 > j.B > j.A > j.B > j.C > j.AB > j.Ax2 > j.A > j.B > j.C > j.AB	45	Meterless bnb 2. Video -> https://youtu.be/l3e7LIRKTsA
66 > 5A > 5B > 236A > 5B > 236A... (5B > 236A can be repeated 4 times)	47	Corner loop. Has 3 routes. Video -> https://youtu.be/ysRZWOHCebk
2A > 5B > 5AB > j.Bx2 > j.B > j.C > j.AB > j.Bx2 > j.Ax3 > j.B > j.C	52	Meterless bnb 3. By Molli. Video -> https://youtu.be/aUhaQlN3Erg
j.214AB > j.Bx2 > j.A > j.B > j.AB > j.Ax2 > j.B > j.Ax3 > j.Bx2 > 623AB	65	Corner combo. Uses all meter. Video -> https://youtu.be/XmvLaEHbdf4
2A(blocked) > 6C > j.A > j.Bx2 > j.Ax3 > j.B > j.Ax3 > j.B > 623AB	70	Corner Combo. Video -> https://youtu.be/Rk-roJ4-fA4
2B > 5C > j.AB > j.Bx2 > j.C > j.A > j.Bx2 > j.C > 5AB > j.Ax3 > j.Bx2 > j.Ax3 > j.Bx2 > j.Ax3 > j.Bx2 > j.A > j.B > j.AB	74	Meterless Combo. The last AB can be replaced by the super(95 dmg). Video -> https://youtu.be/QABzWaxnhsQ Video(super) -> https://youtu.be/m3_cJ06W9Tw
63214B > j.Bx2 > j.C > j.A > j.Bx2 > j.C > 5AB > j.A > j.Bx2 > j.C > j.A > j.B > j.AB > j.Bx2 > j.B > j.AB	81	63214B only lands if you are in the left corner. Video -> https://youtu.be/3BNsEuQ5TVE

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