Advanced V.G. 2/Ayako

Overview

Move List

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Ayako has entered the tournament to test the mettle of her unkillable vibes.

Ayako, despite her party gal image, is a character who excels at space control and grounded footsies. Sporting great pokes, solid anti-airs and a reliable tool for low-profiling moves in neutral, Ayako has just about everything she needs to play the ground game, and play it well. However, despite having an air throw, her air presence is hampered by a relatively weak set of air normals, and her overall damage output leaves something to be desired, even with her solid meter efficiency.

Ayako has a unique glitch that allows her to guard cancel when blocking in the air, she can do this into any of her air normals and her air throw. This makes air-to-air encounters with Ayako a very dangerous proposition.

Ayako is a footsies-focused character who wants to use her dominant pokes to bully opponents into the corner, where she can enforce her powerful throw game.
Pros	Cons
Fantastic grounded space control tools that convert into easy damage Scary throw game thanks to a normal throw that starts combos even if the opponent softens it Very meter efficient, with plenty of ways to build and spend bar Unique glitch allows her to guard cancel aerial blockstun Greatest idle animation ever	Fairly weak aerial presence, despite having an air throw Lack of solid jump normals means you'll be relying largely on grounded approaches Somewhat low combo damage Lacks both dash brake and dash super jump

Stats

Attack	Defense	Dash Jump	Dash Brake	Backdash	Wakeup Speed
C-	C	No	No	26F (No Invul)	20F