Actually even if you manage to combo off an Counter Assault you can not kill your opponent with that combo. In have seen Arakune do 6.2k from a Counter Assault (sadly that video doesn’t exist anymore) but the last 1-2k was just to build heat because the opponent was already down to 1 hp.
That’s right. I was getting it mixed up with getting killed by Carl off a green burst. x.x
Thanks again for everyone’s detailed responses. I guess the only other thing I’m having trouble with at the moment is knowing when/what to Barrier Guard.
Barrier guard everything in the air, unless it’s something you KNOW you don’t have to barrier like a bunch of Lambda Swords when she can’t get into range to do anything else.
On the ground, barrier anytime you feel like your opponent is near the edge of the range of their attacks, so that the pushback forces them to either whiff or do something to close distance, at which point you can escape/counterattack.
Hey any noel players out there I realy want learn I’m on xbl my gamertag is ebonyknight09
Are there still Calamity Trigger PC players?
Hello all! I’m an average player of SF4, and I would like to play Blazblue now. Why? Meh… I can’t main a character in SF4 and link properly (1-frame link are annoying) I play Makoto, Sakura.
My question is: In BBCSX, Which character are considered Good (Top tiers) and FUN to play? (I saw videos of V-13 and MU-12 and they are quite cool to watch).
Hi, welcome, glad you’re interested in BlazBlue.
First off, the newest version (Chrono Phantasma) is already out in Japanese arcades and will be released for PS3 in about a month in Japan, 3-4 months for the US. So you might want to pay more attention to the BBCP tiers and match videos as opposed to BBCSX.
Second of all, what’s fun to play is totally up to you of course. If you like robot girls, play robot girls. Nobody will judge you. Nu-13 and Mu-12 are more zoning-oriented characters. I play Sakura in SF4 and I like Rachel in BlazBlue for the same reasons: she has oppressive pressure and okizeme, and very good anti-airs. She has a lot of zoning tools as well, so she’s a relatively low-damage character, but she maintains momentum very well. She’s considered top tier in BBCP.
Other characters that (I believe) are considered top tier/high tier in Japan right now are Hakumen, Taokaka, Azrael, and Jin.
Other characters you might want to look at: Tsubaki is very beginner-friendly, and along with Ragna she’s one of the first characters you should consider learning. Makoto; she’s low-tier, but she’s very satisfying to play, and her combos aren’t particularly hard. Valkenhayn is a very strong rushdown character who can shift into a wolf, fairly high execution requirements. And Bullet, but she’s not out yet.
Finally, check out Dustloop for more character info and match videos etc., the BB section of SRK is a bit barren. http://www.dustloop.com
Hazama will always be top (or top-ish) tier but requires execution skill & just experience. In CP Carl is considered very good but is one of the hardest characters to play well (execution, positioning, zoning, timing, mindgames). For beginners I’d say try out Ragna and Jin and then compare their styles, would you rather play a straight rushdown character or someone with projectiles and less means to overpower the opponent when they’re close. Tsubaki is beginner-friendly but her standard beginner combos become predictable and punishable very quick. With her it’s more about using Install and IAD-ing and knowing when to play offense and defense.
Other characters who are top tier in both the Extend and CP are Valk and Hazama.
Celerity is right though - no one can tell you who is “fun” for you to play.
Is BBCSX fairly populated?
You can find games for sure. PSN has a pretty wide range of skill levels, though on XBL it seems to be a select group that plays all the time. Can always hit up the Dustloop matchmaking threads if you’re having trouble finding similarly skilled opponents.
Thanks. Figure I’ll just start fresh with CP nexy year. Seems like the best idea.
I’ve gone through a bunch of pages here (not all I must admit) and I was wondering if there’s a good youtube tutorial explaining the systems in blazblue cp, I’ve never played blazblue before and I’m thinking about importing cp.
If there isn’t a sweet blazblue tutorial video then maybe there’s a nice wiki page? Sort of like the beginner’s incomplete guide to KOF.
If not then I’ll just have to continue trawling forums to piece together enough information to decide whether or not I import.
Well, the Dustloop Wiki has a pretty extensive explanation of the controls here, and there are links at the bottom of that for “System Explanation” stuff, which have pictures and everything. Way better than any explanation I’ve seen for systems for pretty much any other game.
Of course, this is par for the course for BB. Great game, great info, no respect. 
Thanks, this wiki is pretty good, I wouldn’t say it’s better than any other explanations of systems, many have wikis like this, few have videos, but they’re all tucked away and a pain to find.
Ive been looking into the game but I want to see how some of the characters should be played at a top level. Does anyone have a list with all the characters and the pro players that use them so I can find them on youtube?
At least Taokaka.
In http://www.dustloop.com/forums under BlazBlue you’ll find subforums for all of the characters which all include character overview, strengths and weaknesses, combos, top players etc. In YouTube users Jourdal2012 and Chronophantasma have uploaded many matches which include top Japanese players (Kaqn, Yutta, Shirou Madoushi to name a few).
Yeah, your best bet is to go to the Dustloop character forums and check the appropriate video thread in each character subforum. Some of them are better maintained than others though, so if a video thread is complete crap, try just asking in that forum. Nobody keeps a mental list of the top players of 26 characters in their head.
Can somebody recommend to me some good colors for Mu-12, preferably ones that do not have most of her skin colored in (yeah, call me a perv if you want)?