Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors/Alice

Alice is a young girl wielding a special book that gives her control over the undead.

Still determined to learn about the secret of immortality, Alice, who has now gotten a bit more powerful while learning new magic and necromancy, forms a contract with Dead Man Walking, a skeleton who is the reanimated corpse of a man falsely executed for murder.

They head off on a new adventure in order to learn about the mystery of the lost continent, believing that it could help with her current research.

Alice is a puppet character who can also plant stationary bombs on screen. Alice's skeletal familiar, ｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣, is invincible, does very high damage and can break the opponent's combos if properly set up. He will always try to follow her, but moves much slower than she does. Certain attacks can also be used to change his position, and he can be controlled to attack remotely.

Alice differs greatly from the rest of the cast and has a rather high skill floor. New players should consider playing another character alongside her to familiarize themselves with the game's mechanics.

Overview Alice is a tricky puppet character who can take control of the screen with her skeleton familiar and bombs.
Pros	Cons
Strong keepaway game thanks to bombs and ｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣ High mobility Holds leads safely thanks to fullscreen harassment tools and double jump Potent offensive potential with ｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣ can provide insurance, since he can act even if Alice cannot ｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣ is completely invincible Disjointed hitbox on many normals Tiny hurtbox	Subpar guard cancel options Struggles escaping corner pressure Unintuitive gameplan Underwhelming normals Terrible boost mode Lackluster super



Play Style	Puppet
Dash Type	Run
Backdash Type	Grounded
Defense Modifier	1.0
Air Options	Double Jump Walljump
Meter Gauge	80

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Normals

Standing normals

5A

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

5B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	8	-	-	M	normals	3	2
Alice opens her book and summons a small skull of a T-rex to bite the enemy hits one time fast and can combo into launcher, however it has a lot of recovery

5C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	12	-	-	M	O	-9	-10
visually identical to 5B hits twice slightly longer range than 5B damaging but laggy cannot combo into launcher do not use as only a poke, use 5B or launcher instead

Crouching normals

2A

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

2B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	8	-	-	L	normals	0	-1
Alice opens her book and summons a small skull of a Pterodactyl to peck the enemy causes a decent amount of stagger and has decent range our main mid-range poke

2C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	11	-	-	H	O	-	-17
visually identical to 2B slightly longer range than 2B causes a HKD

Jumping normals

j.A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	4	-	-	H	special	O	O
Alice slaps you with inhuman speed fast but extremely 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
Alice opens her book and summons a small skull of a Styracosaurus to headbutt the enemy best option against aerial opponents

j.C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	H	O	O	O
visually identical to j.B slightly longer range than j.B does more damage but has more recovery frames use at the end of combos

Command normals

6b

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	17	-	-	H	special	-3	-4
overhead book smash quite slow and has slow range just use guard break instead

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 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

Skull mine - スカルマイン
236A/B/C

Size guide

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	24 / 26 / 28	-	-	M	O	-	4 / 3 / 2
Alice throws out a bomb that rests on the ground or hovers in the air for a few seconds or until your opponent touches it. collides with other projectiles as normal. There doesn't seem to be a limit (apart from the timer on the bomb) to how many you can have on screen. The damage on this move seems a bit random... Aerial versions have significantly quicker recovery than grounded versions. Active frame numbers above refer to grounded numbers. If the bomb hits immediately during the animation, she will be in hitlag. number of hits is 2>3>4 depending on the version EX version makes Alice throw a large bomb which lasts 2 seconds. It seems to do only one hit, but won't explode until the 2 seconds are up. When it does explode, it shoots out 4 little bombs with a medium-sized bomb in the middle

Skele catapult - スカルマイン
623A/B/C

EX Finisher

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6 / 4 / 4	-	-	M	O	-	inconsistent
｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣ throws Alice. You must be near ｢DMW｣ for this move to work, and you're invincible until you land. A : Alice gets thrown backwards a short distance B : Alice is thrown forwards, quite high and pretty far C : Thrown forwards, low and more than a screen's length EX : active on 16. ｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣ picks Alice up and carries her as he runs forward. Does up to 11 hits. You're still invincible for the duration of this move.

Tandem curse - タンデムカース
214A/B/C

it's time to get funky

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	29 / 29 / 29	-	-	H	O	-	-
This is why you came here Alice snaps her fingers and ｢DEAD MAN WALKING｣ flashes, and can then be made to attack. He is invincible at all times. On all versions besides EX, DMW flashes on frame 1 for 7 frames, and becomes actionable on frame 8. He can be controlled before Alice recovers from her animation. Alice recovers faster from the aerial version than the grounded version. Control duration for A, B and C versions are 2, 3 and 4 seconds respectively Even without snapping her fingers, you can do the move at other times (i.e. when knocked down) and he will still flash, but is sometimes controllable and sometimes not. It seems to work with EX at any time though. There seems to be a cooldown after being controlled for a certain amount of time (not sure if tandem button determines length of cooldown). ｢DMW｣ may attack in different directions, he will always attack towards enemy ｢DMW｣ won't turn on his own when they cross him up because he only turns around after an attack is over, meaning you will have to waste an attack. is it a bug or a feature? nobody knows ｢DMW｣ can't do his low attacks unless Alice is crouching Likes his coffee black

214a/b/c ~> A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quick jab don't underestimate this very useful pressure tool or abare will keep your opponent blocking and condition them to not rush you

214a/b/c ~> 2A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quick low kick don't underestimate this too it forces the opponent to block low, meaning they have to crouch and stop their momentum, giving you time to set bombs

214a/b/c ~> B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
stylish side kicks the most used combo tool has decent range and decent damage

214a/b/c ~> C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
｢DMW｣ hops forward and kicks the most used option the short hop allow you to quickly reposition him, which you will need to do a lot while playing Alice deals high damage and encourages you to use it randomly to catch people off guard

214a/b/c ~> 2C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slide kick forward hits low causes a HKD has the most range out of the followups

214a/b/c ~> AB

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
punches high, does up to 2 hits Does absurd damage always try to catch aerial opponents with this has the most startup but it's negligeable

Tandem Curse EX

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
｢DMW｣ runs forward a few steps, then automatically does this series of attacks : 2A, 2A, B, C, A, 2C, AB. The last hit acts like a launcher, but doesn't count towards your limit of 3 moves per Skull Tandem. Can be done at any time no matter what Alice is doing, whether Mid move, Mid Combo, getting combo'd, going to the local Dairy Queen for Ice Cream, you name it.

Supers

Doppleganger Rain - ドッペルギャンガー・レイン
236-236A/B/C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	57(53+4)	-	-	M	O	inconsistent, waves don't combo	inconsistent
A large number of Alice clones fall from the sky and explode on impact. Seems to be unavoidable, but not very damaging. It usually does around 12 hits.

Boost mode (22+ABC)

Necrofantasia :

Makes her move a tiny bit faster and jump a little higher.

Attacks are slightly faster, but it's barely noticeable.

Universal overhead (6B) Launches

Likely because of a bug, Alice can still do the EX version of the Skull Tandem (214 + AB) in boost mode. It still costs a segment of super meter. Don't use this during Boost Mode.

Her increased speed and height seems to impact how she gets hit by other charatcer's Boost Modes, making her combo fodder for characters like Yashaou.