A.B.A Beginner Guide (Guilty Gear Strive)

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A.B.A is the newest character in Guilty Gear Strive! In this video we review what type of character she is, her strengths and weaknesses, her attacks, and build out a basic gameplan with A.B.A!
0:31 - what type of character is ABA?
1:21 - what is good about ABA?
3:36 - what is bad about ABA?
6:57 - Normal mode normals (lol)
13:54 - Yandere normals
16:58 - Special moves and Super moves
28:15 - Basic gameplan and combos
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[@LordKnightfgc]

How are you feeling about ABA? Any questions? (Also pls subscribe 🥹)

[@Sleeper_6875]

Extremely good, feels like I’ve finally found my character. I reached (but lost) the celestial challenge for the first time with her, and her gameplan is just ridiculously fun to me. Only issue is when I’m out of jealousy meter at long range against a Faust or Axl

[@despicableree58]

She feels fantastic. She released feeling good this time around unlike some of the others. I took a break from strive and booted up just to play her. Now I’m motivated to get back to celestial again because she’s so darned fun.

[@nickjarred5537]

I personally love playing with ABA. But do you think there is a potential to have a Nago/HC situation where at first everyone thinks the character is bad but then realize how good they are?

[@toxicspiderman3815]

I love the character, finally found a character that holds my attention. Do you agree with everyone thats saying she's low tier

[@HellecticMojo]

​@@nickjarred5537Nago was buffed to be good, remember that.

[@Ceran_Vasse]

You know it's a LordKnight video when a beginner guide is half an hour long

[@juansebastianosorio6757]

Its good because you can spend years learning a figthing game.

[@IchBinFreierGeist]

I didn’t notice how much Paracelsus’s eyes track ABA’s limbs during the attack animation, cool detail

[@juansebastianosorio6757]

It is her husband and He/it is kind of scary of her lol. She is kind of obssesed with He/it.

[@xetsuma]

Officially, in Japanese, Jealous Rage is called "Funshitsu Mode" so if you wanted to call it that you could, except that nobody in America would understand you. Honestly I think people are just gonna call it Moroha Mode even if it's not called that just because of previous games. I just call it Rage Mode.

[@magus641]

For non japanese people it sounds like "fun shit mode" lol

[@xetsuma]

@@magus641 Never thought about that because I know Japanese. Now I always wanna call it that lol.

[@GarethXL]

​@@magus641damn you got to the dad joke first 🤣

[@solodolo9450]

Funnuh shittu modo

[@blueblazer9991]

I call it Jelly

[@AbhorrentRose]

Its great having a character I actually want to learn and knowing you were gonna make a vid. Thank you!

[@GeneralGlockasiah]

You're not gonna learn this character.

[@eebbaa5560]

@@GeneralGlockasiah 💀? weirdo

[@chryspyr]

Jelly Mode > Any other name

[@OccuredJakub12]

She literally turns Paracelsus into jelly!

[@iamstupid9316]

I will never call it sth different again

[@pancakes7483]

Fun shit mode

[@phrsngx5675]

Go into GGS recently and fell in love with this character's design, so decided to main Aba.

[@Audioslave_Fan]

Same, she's gonna be my main, I just gotta learn the combos

[@specterer]

Jump kick can be used from fast forward RC after a blocked 236K in normal mode to get a quick overhead in which leads into 2K, 2D, into 214H to quickly build some much needed meter in a pinch.

[@dirtyfox5800]

Thanks very much for the info LK. Aba has been my reason for getting back into the game.

[@fScS2H]

ABA was my reason for buying the game at all, same thing happened with XX and I ended up spending like 400 hours in that game

[@dirtyfox5800]

@@fScS2H nice

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

Same here. Once she released I knew I had to get back online.

[@DrazGames]

I just call it "install" lol I like her! I'm getting addicted to the adrenaline rush of getting into install, makes the pain of her normal state worth it. I really wanna put time into her, but also I just started learning leverless tonight so maybe I should stick with my main for now.

[@sundevil34]

It could also be a good chance to start with a fresh slate on a new character with no biases towards any particular style or habits. I'm trying to learn leverless as well.

[@LoraLoibu]

"Now I get to play the videogame!" *[gets hit once]* "Fuck."

[@DrazGames]

@@sundevil34 I'll probably play her a bit, but it's also nice to have a solid understanding of my gameplan and what it looks like to enact it well. But yeah, I know what you mean. I didn't fully click with fightstick until I used it when Strive came out, having something with no muscle memory helped.

[@DrazGames]

@@LoraLoibu too real

[@MDN_Moon]

Going from ASUKA to ABA, it makes her feel SOOO much easier than you’d think tbh

[@Sourballen]

Please dont call it yandere mode

[@beenis08]

I agree, absolute horrendous name

[@duo317]

It makes sense, but I'm still gonna call moroha

[@daisydolI]

thank god

[@joshireyn]

real

[@feelingfuzzied9942]

It's yandere mode

[@Craft2299]

I think there is a big emphasis on keeping meter before it runs to 0. Stance switching often can be good and flowing in and out could make the difference between an ok aba to a good aba.

[@pinguludd6586]

one really important thing about her normal 236k, it's frames on block depend on the point in the move it hits from further away, she has a slight but important advantage from closer range, it seems to just be -1 or something

[@LoraLoibu]

*M E A T Y* Moving attacks (like NM 236K) are the most common example of meaty attacks. If they only had 1 active frame, it would be *nowhere* as good.

[@Thegearsofwar2268]

double key grab is pretty nice! Being able to convert f.S into 2H is actually kinda crazy lol

[@Grandson-40]

Been waiting for this

[@Neko16gram]

I like using j.K for FRC overheads, dunno how practical that really is considering she already has good overheads and I could probably be using my meter better but it is just another thing I'd have under my tool box if I find the niche situation to use it in

[@CarltonBank]

If you anti air with 2S you can enter yandere mode and combo after. The best I found was 276 damage

[@thuroria7631]

one very nice thing about normal A.B.A jumping Dust is that it hits the low profiles of 6P anti-airs, as it also is active until you land. It also hits crossup so it's not that bad(not good by any means).

[@DoveEvalyn]

can we take a brief moment to acknowledge how fantastic LordKnight's beard looks? Love the video

[@TheFoureigner]

just started playing guilty gear strive and immediately decided to pick up someone hard like ABA

[@Audioslave_Fan]

Yup, she's hard af but I'm learning a basic combo rn lol

[@paytonmeeks9559]

I mean that's literally what they did is randomly make her yandere so yeah I'd say it's pretty fitting and a good meme to boot

[@eebbaa5560]

playing the game for the first time since elphelt's release because of ABA

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

Elphelt players are my worst enemy

[@Swift_LN]

I can't deal with ABA at at all. It's feels like she has a turbo version of Elphelt's Rekka, it just cycles from overhead to low at supersonic speed. I can't 5p it, I can't jump out of it, and it breaks block. How the hell do you deal with this?

[@squiffyt9300]

Her rekka is actually mid -> low, you can block it standing then crouch after the first hit or just crouch block the whole thing and pray she doesn't go for 236K (even then though, that's only an overhead in moroha mode, it's a mid in base form)

[@theityouwhenitmeanyouarewh5303]

every floor 9 aba player is getting a whole lot better after this

[@Magibatproductions]

13:35 If you’re at max range, go for menace and groan off 2K 2D then just switch into jealousy manually

[@williamurg5870]

Should i buy her???? I dont really know i donr have the game yet but i dont know if i should buy her i dont know if i like her or not and shes the only charecter that looks interesting what should i do???

[@virusiris]

i dont even play guilty gear brah i just love aba insanely

[@harryvpn1462]

Can we just call it Moroha mode

[@curlydolltv]

can you go outside and touch grass

[@harryvpn1462]

@@curlydolltv ?

[@kojisyntax]

It's not double edged anymore, though. That's why they changed the name.

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

​@@curlydolltvwhy u hating

[@Rossman24]

Great guide. I heard that the jump k in normal mode can be used to go directly to key grab, that's it's best function.

[@LoraLoibu]

jK - 214H link? Interesting.

[@JayShead]

Great guide!

[@sawmesalami]

What is JR and JSD? jealous rage and jump slash followed by dust.

[@milkliker34246]

WE GOING BACK TO OG STRIVE WITH THIS KINDA DAMAGE 🗣️

[@topple7593]

When doing the combo at 33:16, its hard for me to bridge the 214k into 2k because they get knocked down. Any tips?

[@crosstail8656]

Call me crazy but if i remember correctly, she had a projectile before. I really hope they give it to her in a later patch or update just so she can have SOMTHING at range it'd also be great if it built meter too but i know thats kinda pushing it😂

[@HrdLock]

Your video looses a lot of quality when characters are mooving Try raising the bit rate in obs settings

[@phantom_him]

How do you get all 15 colors for A.B.A. Colour Pack season 3 for 7,8,9,10. Anniversary Pack for 2 other ones. What about the rest? Can anyone help me out?

[@BIaziken2]

0:36 Maria no Danzai? I always knew LK was cultured like that.

[@br0ck689]

Doesnt her command dash also change in jealousy mode?

[@DrGamersEmporium]

everything changes

[@inaviatable118]

It goes farther

[@malacara1335]

​@@DrGamersEmporium keystab is the same

[@cake1308]

jelly mode

[@_Deez]

Ain't even gonna hold I been waiting for this one. Thanks LK. And yes keep calling it yandere mode.

[@KzWazoo]

JUST CALL IT JEALOUSY RAGE FFS 😭

[@PetraDunamancer]

We not calling this yandere mode we can be better than this

[@robertgray3710]

I love hc, I think I’ll pick this character up. Though I will say in online I swap to ky or sin because of the less convoluted combo structure, not that I can’t with chaos

[@chut9160]

She’s very fun to play, but during her normal mode she very hard to play nuetral

[@AllegoryGar]

ABA seems so tall, at least compared to Gio which is not saying much but still.

[@diegoguillen1294]

I've found JK to be good as a safe jump on normal mode after you get a grab. Something I just do in case I have no meter to change stance. Besides that yeah I have not found a use for JK. Also I was surprised you didn't mention breaking the wall with K super is for when you wanna keep jealousy and have hkd after wall break. Love your vids man! 🎉

[@fScS2H]

I think it gets overshadowed by j.S as the best Safejump button tho, maybe I’m wrong but j.S just seems so good

[@raekwonchambers2297]

Soooo is there no patch notes til next character or somin?

[@mercurysdrivel4715]

Hopefully gonna be mid season

[@raekwonchambers2297]

@@mercurysdrivel4715 I thought we were already past mid season 😭

[@mercurysdrivel4715]

@@raekwonchambers2297 I think of after a character releases it's a new season to me sorry for confusion

[@mercurysdrivel4715]

But yeah I do want a new patch soon (Bedman buffs)

[@deco7217]

​​@@mercurysdrivel4715 Wouldn't that put us at 12 seasons now despite us being at S3 rn?

[@malacara1335]

Ill keep calling it moroha

[@CuteAssTiger]

Beard looks amazing on lk

[@lifes2short_jr543]

how do i get different color ways im new to GG

[@rowleyryan9025]

Look up how to install mods it’s very easy

[@poyorok]

Please don't call it yandere mode

[@ven5707]

Mohora mode

[@yagami999913]

DANZAI GO BRRRRRRRRR !

[@Poisonlover323]

ABA is not Yandere. You change her character. Just call it moroha or jealous mode.

[@albertwallace7133]

mode is called sicko mode

[@boros9685]

Literally Tira jolly/gloomy

[@MoeHasubandoAbsolver]

Not a yandere, she doesn't want to kill the key man. The key is the one she loves.

[@curlydolltv]

yanderes don’t want to kill the one they are with smart one they want to kill ppl who get too close to them

[@jayblade7916]

@@curlydolltvthey also usually end up killing the one they love so they can’t run anymore

[@HellecticMojo]

People apparently hate it being yandere mode, so I automatically approve it. Yandere mode it is.

[@nolanburgess5447]

Do not call it that please

[@terry.1428]

Bottom 1 stop believing

[@SammyWhell]

just call it rage, jr, moroha, or install PLEASE. Yandere mode is such a bad name AND takes away from aba’s character

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

Yeah, It just dumbs her down.

[@LegendaryJiggXV]

Anybody in here play Baiken at a decent level?

[@aceofshakes531]

Yandere mode make sense. Please use it.

[@tronixchl2004]

I mean bewteen moroha, yandere and jealousy.... It depends if you're an Accent core player, a weirdo or a strive player

[@rosheajakob]

i cant fix her

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

Glad we've sorted that out

[@ethanfive9789]

Ooey Gooey Install

[@solarsloan]

Please call it Yandere mode. 🙏

[@Goomenstein]

You will not call it Yandere mode, you will call it Moroha like the rest of us losers stuck in the past

[@ciniminims6576]

Yandere Mode is good

[@beenis08]

Very much not

[@joshireyn]

wrong

[@joshnoritake3167]

Fent mode.

[@saiatheimperator]

I call it unga bunga mode

[@superdope6200]

first

[@yuukiterumi2061]

I’m still calling it moroha mode

[@blizz_ny5167]

That’s single mom mode

[@thgrimreaper9341]

cuckoo for cocoa puffs

[@TheNobody-qg6vq]

Do not call it yandere mode, it's cringe.

[@sabastianpummill2446]

I prefer yandere mode. She is our yandere queen. And absolutely 100% the reason I play gg.

[@ihatesummer13]

please just call it moroha lmao

[@taco_sensei]

It just doesn't make sense since she has no downsides in the mode. Jealousy mode doesn't roll from the tongue tho so I've been using rage mode

[@ihatesummer13]

@@taco_sensei rage is cool but just dont call it yandere mode 😭 anything but thqt

[@ukyorulz]

PLEASE always call it yandere mode.

[@kelly148]

Please call it yandere mode

[@blastfire21]

You should definitely call it yandere mode

[@formidiguy4010]

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[@TheReinventedhero]

Your stick is too loud bud

[@hugemuscles9915]

Ayyy I’ve been waiting

[@buttstallIion]

Where do you get the 13 14 15 alts?

[@CuteAssTiger]

Yandere mode is just accurate

[@Nyagi.]

not the Yandere simulator I remembered but the one I need.