Paul Phoenix
Ideal Team Position: Forest and Marshall Law's best friend. The self proclaimed "Strongest in the Universe", Paul is constantly trying to prove himself. He is pretty much the Tekken mix of Dan and Ryu. A resilient fighter constantly challenging himself to become stronger but a little comedic in his efforts.
Paul is a high damage close range fighter. Players will work hard to get in and be rewarded by hitting the opponent like an eighteen wheeler truck. Working with a character with good movement, Paul can be tagged for beefy damage. Paul can then be kept in to pressure the opponent at close range or switched out in the case opponent goes too far away. Paul is a linear character who excels at one thing, damage. A little meter and proper execution can kill opponent in 2-3 combos and has great comeback potential. Players will find a fun, crazy, character who rewards smart patient play with dumb fast damage.
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Video Walkthrough
High quality tutorial covering basics.
Moves
Normal Attacks
speccancel
speccancel
hardknockdown
crossup
Unique Attacks
groundbounce when hitting airborne characters or counterhit on crouching characters
speccancel only into Phoenix Smasher
low on 2nd hit
1st and 2nd only combo on counterhit
Bone Breaker on hit or block)
p
Throws
Special Moves
knockdown juggle
knockdown
l dodges back
m dodge and hit
dodge and knockdown
ex dodge and wallbounce
high
hardknockdown
groundbounce on ex
groundbounce vs airborne
hardknockdown
wallbounce on ex
Super Combo
Move Analysis
Normal Moves
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Unique Attacks
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Normal Throws
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Special Moves
knockdown While this move is projectile invincible it is not safe on block at all. DO NOT USE IT RECKLESSLY. Unless you patiently read/react to the projectile save this move for your hit confirms for the valuable juggle state it gives. Keep it mind to only use it once per combo as the 2nd mountain raze will just knockdown. Punish projectiles and launch the opponent for your damaging BnBs.
knockdown LK is invincible to air attacks and therefore your go to anti-air on reaction. MK is not invincible to ground attack so punish those mindless opponents you face. HK is great after your first mountain raze as it will add damage as well as keep the opponent airborne to end with HP/HK xx Deathfist. Keep in mind however that all normal Shredder will whiff on crouching characters leading to a huge punish from them. If they crouching and you need a wakeup move use ex Shredder Kicks as it is completely invincible and will hit crouchers.
LP dodges back farther than his backdash so use this to end blockstrings if you really want a safe ender.
MP dodges, avoids lows, and hits overhead. You can link a cr. MP afterwards as well for a combo.
HP dodge and knockdown. Unsafe no real practical use. Flashy spin animation on counter hit.
ex dodge projectile invuln. and wallbounce
high
hardknockdown
groundbounce on ex
groundbounce vs airborne LP goes a short distance just past right in front of Paul. MP goes farther maybe 2 character spaces away. While HP goes the farthest. All are overheads and safe on block however keep in mind that it is very seeable and you can be hit out of the animation. Speaking of which Paul avoids projectiles if he is above them in his animation. Same can be said for lows however the startup can still get him.
hardknockdown
wallbounce on ex Hit with this and you essentially cripple your opponent for life. No seriously this move hits hard. Also hits the opponent far away from you for better or for worse. Great corner carry. Damage is base 120 on all version. Counter hit however has a special animation and hits the opponent for 230 damage. ex does a wallbounce and has the same sound effect as the last hit of Ryu's ex srk.
Super Combos
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The Basics
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Advanced Strategy
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Combos
Great video covering basic to advanced combos. Has notation and general requirements like meter and corner specific. Refer to this for most if not all the Paul combos you need. I think it lacks combos from tag but that will be covered later.
Bread and Butters
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Hit Confirm Combos
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Advanced Combos
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Combos Into Supers
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