Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors/Yashaou

Pre-Jump Frames	3
Play Style	Big buttons / rushdown
Dash Type	Step

Introduction

The main protagonist of the series. A hot-blooded swordsman who wields a katana while having mastery over the element of fire.

Even though he was successful in defeating both S. Geist and Curfue from within the Asura Blade incident of three years ago, Yashaou's hard-fought victory had come at a tough price, in which he had suffered a large wound to his right arm and that he had increased the instability of his own fiery power. Despite this, Yashaou continues to live his own life as a traveling mercenary and decides to investigate the mystery of the lost continent for both money and curiosity.

Yashaou was good in Asura Blade, but here he's a combo powerhouse. He hasn't changed so much besides the loss of his weapon throw, so Yashaou players should feel right at home. Yashaou is an all-around character with excellent combos and a button he can push in any situation. You probably don't want to use your meter on super moves, they take too long to build up and generally aren't worth it and/or are impractical to use.

Color Palette

Pros	Cons
simple and straighforward playstyle Free-flowing character with low skill floor and high skill ceiling Disjointed Hitbox on his sword allows for high-priority, safe responses to jump-ins and normals Large Meter length allows for more EX Moves and an abundant amount of time for Boost Mode Custom Combos Custom Combo Style Boost Mode Long reaching normals High damage	Very slow projectile Lackluster Supers Predictable mixups Harder advanced combos

Normals

Standing normals

5A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	M	normals	1	0
fast stab can be used as an abare

5B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7 / 11	-	-	M	normals	3	2
combo filler with short range can be combo'd into launcher if done close enough used to combo into his specials

5C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	12	-	-	M	O	-9	-10
Yashaou's main defensive normal laggy but damaging and big attack punishable on block

Crouching normals

2A

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

2B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	8	-	-	L	normals	0	-1
Yash pokes with his sword range and speed are similar to his 5a

2C

the ankle slicer

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	11	-	-	H	O	Knocks down	-17
a long slice that knocks down can catch a lot of off guard opponents

Jumping normals

j.A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	4	-	-	H	special	O	O
fast but very 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
slice with wide hitbox and ok damage best option against aerialopponents who are higher The sword in the back has a hitbox, which means it's also intended to be used in crossup mixups

j.C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	O	O	O
one of Yashaou's greatest normals very fast, great range and deals a lot of damage has higher priority than other normals very punishable on block so be careful about spamming this

Command normals

6b

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	17	-	-	H	special	-3	-4
slow but long overhead kick

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 makes 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

Disaster Blast - ディザスター・ブラスト
214A/B/C

The dab

The projectile

EX projectiles

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	24 / 26 / 28	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	4 / 3 / 2
Yashaou channels fire in his sword and shoots a short ember. Button determines distance EX version shoots a moving wall of projectiles, covering the entire screen

Hell's Gate - ヘルズゲート
623A/B/C

EX Finisher

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6 / 4 / 4	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	inconsistent
Yashaou jumps in the air and spins around, engulfing his sword in fire a DP with short startup but slow recovery, so you can use this on reaction EX version is longera and adds an extra hit at the end that send the opponent sliding fullscreen A version is strangely the slowest of the three in startup

Extreme Polar Dynamic Misfortune - 極限状態での不幸
214A/B/C

get used to seeing this attack

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	29 / 29 / 29	-	-	H	O	Knocks down	has no recovery, +5~+10
Arguably, one of the best moves in the game. Yashaou jumps back, then divekicks towards the opponent. This move strangely is very plus on block(has no recovery) and if not predicted will always lead to Yashaou right besides the opponent starting his pressure your opponent must switch sides to block or punish it, which is incredibly difficult at the speed the hit come in. EX version makes Yashaou bounce back when it hits the opponent. throwing this out in neutral is almost risk free

Bee's sting - 蜂の刺し傷
j.214A/B/C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	28 / 30 / 32	-	-	H	O	very inconsistent	very inconsistent
Arguably, one of the worst moves in the game. Yashaou stops midair, then bounces forward towards the opponent, sticking out his sword downward. This move strangely is very minus on block and even if not predicted will almost always lead to Yashaou getting beat up your opponent must waddle back a little or punish it, which is incredibly easy at the speed the hit come in. EX version is an insult to the concept of EX moves sometimes it hits once, sometimes it hits four times, but either way it deals abysmal damage for the risk you take for it

Supers

Conquering Blast - 征服の爆発
236236A/B/C

Sprite so big, it doesn't fit the arcade screen

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	62(53+9)	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	inconsistent
the easiest super to combo into very big hitbox and stuffs all aerial approaches

Asura blade - 阿修羅の刃
623623A/B/C

the face is Yashaou reacting to the startup time

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	79(53+26)	-	-	M	O	-	-
while taking 2 years to come out, the attack is one of the most damaging attacks in the game setups that combo into it exist, they are a bit difficult to achieve

Inferno barrage - ドラゴンボール
214214A/B/C

Dragon ball Z

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	67(53+14)	-	-	M	O	-	-
Yashaou literally becomes a Dragon Ball character and shoots a barrage of fireballs at the enemy the safest of the supers, but also the least damaging if used in combos excellent for stalling time in last stand

Boost mode (22+ABC)

Illusion Ballad : Custom Combo Style Yashaou gets a shadow that mirrors his attacks, allowing for nutty air combos. Moves will generally deal less damage, but, because of the shadow, he'll get more damage overall. If the mirror image hits with a bash or other launcher, the hit has the launcher effect but doesn't count towards the 3 launcher limit. By timing it so that your attack misses but the mirror image's attack hits, it's possible to do many more than 3 launchers in a combo.