Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors/Leon

Leon is a swordsman with the power to imbue electricity into the twin blades he wields.

An arrogant and narcissistic knight who comes from the same noble yet reclusive kingdom as Lightning, Leon is ordered by his king to investigate the mystery of the lost continent.

Leon plays similarly to Lightning in Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty and is a defensive charge character with long reaching normals. He alternates between his shortsword for quick up-close attacks and his longsword at range, combining their use for his most iconic moves.

Overview Leon is a charge character with solid range and disjoint.
Pros	Cons
Strong reactive guard cancel options Potent all-around offense Normals have great range and disjoint Large meter gauge allows him to escape juggles often	Height makes getting in a struggle Committal ground game Especially vulnerable to air-to-ground blockstrings due to charge inputs Poor ability to convert hits past close range Tall hurtbox enables character-specific mixups Fairly low damage Subpar low-hitting options for offense Situational uses for meter Very niche boost mode



Play Style	Charge
Dash Type	Run
Backdash Type	Airborne
Defense Modifier	1.0625
Air Options	None
Meter Gauge	{{{meter}}}

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Normals

Standing normals

5A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	M	normals	1	0
quick jab can be used as an abare deals low damage

5B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7 / 11	-	-	M	normals	3	2
use this fast and long kick can be comboed into launcher if close enough for a big increase in damage can be used to combo into his specials (if your hands are somehow fast enough)

5C

Defy expectactions (and logic)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	12	-	-	M	O	-9	-10
Big defensive normal laggy but damaging and big 2-hit attack cannot cancel into specials nor launchers, but causes a lot of pushback difficult ,if not impossible to punish on block for a few characters often used to end combos, particularly air combos, sacrificing Okizeme for better damage causes a HKD only when hitting both attacks on an aerial opponent that was already hit by a launcher, otherwise all other situations share the same properties

Crouching normals

2A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	L	normals	3	2
5A but low

2B

[2]>8's younger brother

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	8	-	-	L	normals	0	-1
quick upward slash most commonly used to hit-confirm into 2C

2C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	11	-	-	H	O	Knocks down	-17
Low double thrust and sweep to destroy the feet can catch a lot of off guard opponents deals very big damage it's possible for the second attack to whiff while the first one hits if done far enough, keep this in mind

Jumping normals

j.A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	4	-	-	H	special	O	O
Leon slashes his short-sword upward fast but short combo starter surprisingly a great normal for keeping up juggles needs further testing, but it appears this attack has 2 hitboxes, one at the start of tha attack and one when the short-sword is above his head. only one of these attacks can hit

8.B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	special	O	O
Leon thrusts his sword outshined by 7/9.B but is great for situations where you need a neutral jump to continue a combo

7/9.B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	special	O	O
Same as 8.B but at a diagonal angle amazing angle allows for crazy combo extentions and seemingly impossible confirms go wild with this

8.C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	O	O	O
a powerful slice comes out fairly quickly and is great for finishing combos Surprisngly, can be used in juggle combos, it seems this is the only j.C in the game that can be used in juggles without much difficulty

7/9.C

Block, now

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	O	O	O
Leon says f* it and pulls out the pac-man hitbox comes out fairly quickly and is great for finishing combos, can be used for juggles but with more difficulty and without much reward If used right in front of the opponent, Leon will cross them up, to deal with this : if not in the corner, walking in any direction will block / dodge this in the corner, Leon will cross you up twice**, you have to either delay block forward or block back just before the hit

Command normals

6b

Daniel

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	17	-	-	H	special	-3	-4
quick hop into overhead Deals meh damage compared to other overhead command normals and can't combo into anything bro, just use 6C

6c

The cooler Daniel

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	17	-	-	H	special	-3	-4
quick downward thrust Deals great damage, has amazing range and can be used safely this whole bullet point is dedicated to mock 6B, useless

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 in 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

Storm ride - スピリットパーム
236A/B/C

A/B/C version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	24 / 26 / 28	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	4 / 3 / 2
Leon does a frontflip then does a cross slash Button determines Flip length and properties A : slightly longer reach than 5C, leaves them standing. is -3 on hit, rarely used B : midscreen, causes a HKD. is plus enough on hit to allow you to set up some okizeme but not enough to cross them up C : more than fullscreen, causes a launching KD but can't hit them afterward. situational but can beat some supers, spam or can just catch unaware opponents EX : two quick attacks with the second acting like a launcher, you can actually combo after this launcher but it's impossible to use this on an aerial opponent

Jolt slice - 炎のチー・ナックル
[4]6 A/B/C

A version

B version

C version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	29 / 29 / 29	-	-	H	O	Knocks down	-
Leon does a wide and fast horizontal slash Button determines startup, range and damage. but the range difference is barely noiceable EX version does a much faster slash wth more damage we can't test if you can combo after this due to the amount of pushback there is, so for now you can't you can charge a direction while jumping in the air, allowing you to use this while advancing forward

Moon Blade - ムーンブレード
[2]8 A/B/C

i didn't mess up the gif, move's just funky like that

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	29 / 29 / 29	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	-
Leon backflips and does a cross slash, spinning around and effectively covering half the screen in his hitboxes For a flash kick, doesn't have as much control over the pace of the game as you would think but the hitbox is pretty far from the hurtbox so it's pretty safe deals great damage and can end air combos if you buffer it early enough button determines startup and damage EX version has double the backflips for double the style (and combo extentions) you can charge a direction while jumping in the air, allowing you to use this while advancing forward

Supers

Thor's rod - 女神の拳のバラード
236-236A/B/C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	62(53+9)	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	inconsistent
Leon fills everything in a 5 mile radius with a hitbox. If he hits (not blocked) it deals enormous damage and causes a HKD. has quite a long startup for his bnb combos but can be comboed into if you either 1) have a great position 2) just use a launcher (causes a lot of scaling) 3) know how to juggle