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| ==Pushblock Guard Cancel (PBGC)==
| | #REDIRECT [[Skullgirls/Mechanics/Advanced_Mechanics]] |
| A properly timed [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems/Basic_Defense#Push_Block|push block]] during a sequence of attacks can result in a Push Block Guard Cancel, reducing overall block stun for defending character. When successful, this leaves the character in position for a counter attack accompanied by a green flash effect. Additional hits against a push block animation end the push back effect and and only cause 50% of their normal block stun. As long as the defending character has gone through the minimum 25f of push block, the defending player can release the blocking direction and perform another action faster than with a standard block. The follow up action triggers the green flash effect, confirming the successful Push Block Guard Cancel.
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| As an example, a Push Block Guard Cancel can counter something as basic as a simple s.LP > s.MP > s.HP block string. The defending character must carefully push block early in the LP's block stun. As long as the push back effect does not take the attacking character out of range, the MP will land against the defending character's push block animation and end the push effect. As the s.MP hits, the defending character is still in the minimum 25f of push block. By the time s.HP hits, defending character has been in the animation longer than 25f and the s.HP will get cut to 50% of it's normal length. The defending character will recover from the last hit faster than by holding a normal block, closer to the opponent than with a haphazard push block, and free to punish while the attacking character is still in the recovery frames of the slow s.HP.
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| A PBGC tutorial by [http://www.youtube.com/user/worldjem worldjem7]
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| <youtube>6h3l3Gu5Uz4</youtube>
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| ==Absolute Guard==
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| During [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems/Basic_Defense#Push_Block|push block]], the defending player can give their character a brief period of Absolute Guard. During either a high or low push block animation, switching to the other block direction allows the character to block any high or low as long as the push block animation lasts. This is similar to extended [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems#Unblockable Protection|Unblockable Protection]], but it does not require a high or low initial hit. The [[Skullgirls/Practice_Room#Hitboxes|Training Room's hit box]] option can show Absolute Guard as the defending character's hurt box holds a [[Skullgirls/Hit_Box_Ref|purple color]], similar to blocking in the air.
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| An Absolute Guard tutorial by [http://www.youtube.com/user/worldjem worldjem7]:
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| <youtube>lTc4VyjZBaQ</youtube>
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| ==Unblockable Protection==
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| ===High/Low Unblockables===
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| Defending characters get a brief period of unblockable protection after successfully blocking any attack that forces a specific block direction. This protection lasts for 7f, including hitstop. During this brief period, all attacks that require a change of block direction will get blocked automatically. The fearsome left/right and {{#motion:high / low}} unblockable setups, common to many 2D fighters, will not guarantee a successful hit as long as the defending player can block the first hit. At worst, these tactics will require the defending player to make a 50/50 guess.
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| |[[Image:SG_unblockable.jpg]]
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| | style="font-size:8pt; text-align: center" | Cerebella guards high against Painwheel's j.MK, then automatically blocks Ms. Fortune's c.HK custom Ensemble.
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| ===Throw Unblockables===
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| The standard jump start up animation gives every character 4f of {{#motion:startupinv}} against {{#motion:throw}} attacks. Stopping any ground throw using these frames gives full invulnerability to the remaining frames of throw start up, then gives the defending character 8f of additional projection against air to ground throw. Typical <b>Anti-Air Throw</b> attacks, such as Cerebella's <b>Excellebella</b> and Big Band's <b>Take the 'A' Train</b>, are throw on hit attacks that can't be blocked while a defending character has upward momentum. The 8f of protection effectively removes this property from the <b>Anti-Air Throw</b> moves, allowing the defending character to avoid both a ground throw and the <b>Anti-Air Throw</b> if they hits on approximately the same frame.
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| ==Double Snaps==
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| An [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems/Advanced_Attacks#Ensembles|Ensemble]] character will not fly off screen like a point character when hit by an [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems/Advanced_Attacks#Outtakes|Outtake]], only travel to the edge of the screen and leave after falling to the ground. If a point character and an Ensemble get hit by the same Outtake at the same time and reach the corner within 10f (approximately half a screen), the point character will get forced off the screen and leave the Ensemble character behind. A new character cannot take the point until all other teammates are off screen. Trapping the Ensemble character turns an Outtake into a devastating Double Take, where the enemy point character can continue to combo the helpless Ensemble as long as it never hits the ground. [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems#The_Infinite_Prevention_System|IPS]] does not protect Ensembles. A Double Take often results in a highly repetitive combo, monosyllabic shouting from any spectators, a dead character, and the unfortunate defending player picking up the pieces of a broken team.
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| While the Ensemble character is trapped on screen after a Double Take:
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| * The recently Outtaked point character regenerates health at a higher than normal rate.
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| * The defending team slowly auto-generates additional meter.
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| * All other meter gain is disabled during the Double Take.
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| * The timer stops until the helpless Ensemble character is killed or leaves the screen after touching the ground.
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| A Double Take exhibition by [http://www.youtube.com/user/duckator Duckator]:
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| <youtube>4KvcN1Dm4FY</youtube>
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| ==Hitstop Drop==
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| <youtube>xIwcIAnyd6w</youtube>
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| ==Dead Body Combos==
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| In certain situations, an attacking character will KO an enemy point character in a combo and still be in position to continue the combo on the lifeless corpse. In addition to adding insult to injury, a Dead Body Combo prevents the next character on the enemy team from taking point for its duration. If [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems#The_Infinite_Prevention_System|IPS]] triggers from this combo, the helpless character becomes invulnerable and falls to the ground. If the body touches the ground for any reason, it will fade into the background as usual and the combo will end. Hitting a dead corpse gives full [[Skullgirls/Game_Elements/Dramatic_Tension|Dramatic Tension]] to the defending team and nothing to the attacking team. Despite the disadvantages, players that can pull off a Dead Body Combo can use tactic to carry the body to a corner. This creates a significant positional advantage over the opponent's next character as it enters from the side of the screen.
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| ==Suki Cancel==
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| Using the ability to super jump after a launcher, it's useful to attack an assist with a launcher, then immediately super jump cancel and block. This causes the extended lockout period on the assist in a safer way than just hitting it with an attack and not cancelling it.
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| ==Dash Jumping==
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| If a character interrupts a [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems/Movement#Dash_and_Run|dash or run]] with any other action, the character will preserve momentum from the dash. Interrupting a dash with a jump will send a character much farther than jumping from neutral. With a normal jump and a super jump from either a dash or neutral, a skilled player can give an otherwise simple up forward (↗) direction jump 4 distinct trajectories. Careful use of a Momentum Jump can send a character above a projectile and across the screen in a single leap or slightly change a jump arc to land an ambiguous cross up attack. Exact timing and range for this technique varies between different characters with different dash properties, but becomes particularly useful for characters without an [[Skullgirls/Game_Systems/Movement#Air_Dash|air dash]].
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| {{Skullgirls}}
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