Bro, stop jumping

[@gramfero]

You'd think after the third time the strategy would change

[@acquireTigris]

Muscle memory is a hell of a drug.

[@PhuNguyen-ph6lx]

But he wouldn't expect it the next time

[@VictorF0326]

@@PhuNguyen-ph6lx RV age unknown is presenting to the emergency room with severe injuries. Surely, he wouldn't do it the 5th time. She thought.

[@deemaske9143]

the one true mixup is no mixup

[@muselikesminecraft]

0:54 Genius combo! purposefully miss the heavenly buster just to hit them with the normal buster right after. They never see it coming

[@fearedjames]

Pretty sure its unavoidable if you time it properly and peoole have been doing that in every game. Its the classic beginners trap for fighting pot

[@shaynehughes6645]

Funny tick grab

[@Electric0eye]

Your brain on glue fumes:

[@wanderingyeehaw]

One jump. It only takes one jump to see God. Go ahead jump. Jump and see the God that awaits your arrival.

[@chillguy7687]

Ram: But I don’t want t- Pot: *jump.*

[@Drizzekh]

This comment is more relevant if you consider Pogtemkin mod for Heavenly Buster

[@DarkSol16]

Now that's Armor-clad Faith

[@robertlangley4174]

Would that be a leap of faith?

[@falsetto6455]

Arriba

[@user-do6hl7uj5i]

that flick into the sword was badass tho

[@acquireTigris]

You can flick Bajoneto explosions. Been trying to get them consistently with my spars with smmr.

[@WillCipher]

@@acquireTigris that's some great match up knowledge there

[@acquireTigris]

You say that, but this guy's a floor 10 Ram and he kicks my ass more than I kick his. I need more matchup knowledge lmao

[@goose_asdf]

That's actually really good to know about. I am a Pot main and I really struggle with the Ram matchup. I basically lose if I ever get cornered, win otherwise lol.

[@YukonJack]

@@acquireTigris that's pretty slick, I had no idea. The developers have put so many little easter eggs/hidden tech in this game.

[@trendrekt8363]

On the opposite end of the spectrum I HPBed someone online and spooked them into never jumping for the next round

[@KyoAWare]

Fellow Grapple Bastard here. So in other words, you did the right thing? 👋🏿

[@Keychan64]

@@KyoAWare spectrum is my wifi provider

[@toe_sucker_4165]

Prime MEGAFISTO conditions.

[@c0rvus]

PB and HPB are single handedly one of the most hyped move in this game

[@KingDusk278]

Until Goldlewis shows up with his Down with the System

[@Iskolya.]

AXL BOMBAH and Sol's command grab...

[@ariestsuji4417]

and the thing is, you can't tell if its just ram, or if this man has been traumatized by being hit by 5 pot busters in a row

[@acquireTigris]

I can tell you with certainty that he does not like getting scooped with Pot Buster since we first played +R

[@123nicanor]

NOBODY gets 5 pot busters in a row. They'd be dead in 3 lol

[@TobyBNook]

@@123nicanor thats why there are multiple rounds, my friend anything is possible

[@justnot5401]

@@123nicanor 2×(Roman cancel before you hit the floor)

[@luxray4911]

Okay it would seem jumping is a bad idea against Potemkin

[@t-swizzle27]

Yep. Just block. He's got no counter to you just blocking. ;)

[@kongogaming]

@@t-swizzle27 ;)

[@TSNMLitoFightingGamesPassion]

With 2 inputs he can take away 50% health for jumping

[@Aaron-mj9ie]

As a new player, what I'm learning is that in general you shouldn't just jump unless you have a specific reason. You're very vulnerable in the air, even with characters that are meant for aerial moves. Jump with purpose, don't just do it for no reason.

[@AsuraFGC]

Tell me Eli aka Luxray aka Earthbound Immortal pray tell good sir what makes you say that

[@driedacrylic5094]

This is why my first lesson in playing Guilty Gear was "the air is never safe," especially from the "Handshake of Death"

[@murpl1462]

the heavenly buster at 10 health was the best part of that

[@rg2359]

>missed HPB into buster incredibly big brain strats

[@ItsAStarfish]

Seeing HPB without gangsters paradise feels weird

[@loafodisease614]

hftf player in their natural habitat of course

[@frygameita4311]

I have played a decent amount of time hftf myself, but i don't understand the meme. Can you explain? o.o

[@acquireTigris]

I, too, do not understand the funny JoJo game meme

[@bausantodomingo6766]

Most grounded attacks can't be blocked in the air, maybe that's the joke

[@acquireTigris]

Not the case in Strive, though. Chicken blocking is a thing, though the blocker gets pulled back to the ground and the attacker is plus

[@frygameita4311]

@@acquireTigris me not even understanding guilty gear mechanics because i just began: :)

[@amatsua1271]

Come on, it's the only combo she practiced.

[@juice6521]

If it works in 90% of match-ups why wouldn't they?

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

@@juice6521 because getting HPB’d once should be enough incentive to seek alternative solutions to their problems.

[@phaethon3453]

the "æææææææğüüaæææ" sounds when potemkin grabs ram is priceless

[@misterperson331]

All ram players know how to do is jump back and jump forward, there is no neutral

[@gp381]

And the Millia players, as well, with their double air dash.

[@ShadowNinjaMaster93]

And here I thought you guys were complaining about our f.S

[@agaed7676]

Have you seen INO Her neutral is completely air based She just mixes in strokes every so often

[@kronodex6172]

Eat hot chip, and lie.

[@trubb225]

Trust me. In Floor 2-3, ramlethals are the most passive players ive encountered

[@ennedp6925]

I didn't even read the title and kept thinking "dude stop jumping"

[@acquireTigris]

Don't worry. Around floor 10 to heaven, he eventually stopped jumping too much. Now he jumps with a purpose and I can't deal with his j.S It's pain, I tells ya

[@AmbushRex]

I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FDB RAM'S EXPLODING SWORD!!!! AAAAAAH

[@acquireTigris]

I'm glad I blew your mind. Thankfully that sword didn't blow mine up lmao

[@AmbushRex]

@@acquireTigris Thx bro 🙏 . Ram players gonna have a bad time from now on. Potemkin mains stay winning

[@ligneotetsvdo1341]

"It's 2023 and you're still jumping ?" Smug

[@fgc_kaiser172]

I feel the need to contact that Ram player and let him know he can dash out of 214P to get an easy meaty after a sweep, he gave away all that pressure for free

[@acquireTigris]

Maybe he already knows that? I'm not too sure. All I know is that he's in heaven after grinding a bunch and I'm sitting in the lava floors dicking around, making memes

[@fgc_kaiser172]

@@acquireTigris I just feel a weird frustration watching him not use that pressure, but its all good. You will get to those upper floors my dude, you got this.

[@acquireTigris]

Watching older footage of people who are learning the game do be frustrating, lol. But it's not like shouting at the screen will change the outcome. Just relish in the fact that you know better and that you can use that info for yourself or others if you choose to share. The knowledge alone is pretty dope

[@Nennecatgirl]

Can we talk about the swordless super play though? This may be an extremely brain dead ram, but they are a fucking chad

[@YukonJack]

I've never seen someone get grabbed out of their wall splat like that. Freaking amazing. I'm a Ram main and even I'm not mad at how badly she got smashed.

[@gutsFunnyman]

"surely he will not do it again" -ram player

[@KeijiNoSora]

Ram: tries to jump Professor Pot: Nows not the time to use that

[@zabnickers]

1:38 that sword flick

[@moriya480]

as a ram player, fighting potemkin helped me stop always airdashing in

[@IzalithLost]

I do it with baiken all of the time, my caveman brain only knows 2hs or air s into the funny tatami gaeshi

[@shempai1166]

Local Potemkin player reads his opponents jump, what happens next will warm your heart

[@digital7384]

I'd like to thank this ramlethal player for being the first person who makes me feel smart

[@MrZylix-6]

This is exactly why my R:code comment is “PSA: Don’t jump near Potemkin.”

[@LoLDropzy]

I've noticed players in GG Strive have a real difficulty to just block sometimes.. xd so many counter hits in this game

[@marti6021]

YOU CAN FLICK THE EXPLOSION OF THE SWORD?!!!?

[@realjeff]

Heavenly "potemkin" Buster!

[@jjenk911]

I won't jump either when Potemkin can grab you out of the sky.

[@Duvvers]

the ram player actually just really wanted to see the heavenly pot buster

[@ReverendSaucy]

As a Ram player that Ram absolutely deserved that L

[@acquireTigris]

Don't worry, he's in heaven now, kicking ass and taking names

[@PigPen910]

Ram players when they get Heat Knuckled but it only hits their brain

[@TheLegendsmith]

Maybe that Ram hadn't fought people who knew how to anti-air. Alternately, they're just a smash player.

[@marcoxxi9431]

ik this is a year old but i ran into a ram player just like this today. i was playing bedman and they had no clue how 6p worked and just kept dashing right into it lol

[@ThePlasticBowl]

I'm sorry did he just flick the sword explosion?

[@acquireTigris]

Yep! He can Flick the Bic

[@Sorrelhas]

Pot can flick the Blood Rage activation

[@DongbaekEGOSpicebush]

Rare instance of ram reversal not doing 60% health

[@Flailmorpho]

Rule 1 of fighting potemkin: Jumping is illegal Rule 2 of fighting potemkin: if you don't want to get grabbed, just jump I love playing potemkin

[@Shinofeya]

rametheal be like, Potemkin is too strong he hits too hard my brother in Christ you were the one jumping

[@shukusama7549]

1:48 Trunks . . . you know what you must do.

[@JingRoku]

sometimes i watch these potemkin vids just to make sure it's not me

[@DarkFactory]

Ram players, they never learn

[@MiniWhiteDragon]

not the swordless Mortobato man, that's the worst.

[@Kid_Makina]

I couldn't tell u how many heat knuckles ive gotten on round start vs Ramlethal players... cuz its too many lol... I swear it's all the DBFZ players who moved to Strive and they know Ram has good air buttons so they always approach with air dash a lot

[@dylancross1039]

Because jumping is really good in DBFZ. You can't really punish jumping because you can just superdash at any time

[@Skreydramon]

Best tactics vs anti-air: air engage

[@bhetless6804]

The ENGAGE MEAGAFISTO made you win so easially

[@LargeInCharge77]

This is how it goes playing agaisnt my best friend. And hed probably say something like "wow air grabs are broken" lol

[@Timinator193]

Sick tech 1:09

[@sowan6317]

They definitely fucked up the overdrive input, honestly that ram hurt to watch

[@acquireTigris]

"That Ram" made it to floor 10. But what do I know? I'm just a guy who eats paint.

[@sowan6317]

@@acquireTigris oh I didn't mean it insultingly dw, I just meant I can understand that situation and the frustration of jumping heavy slashing when intending to overdrive

[@acquireTigris]

Oh you're right, looks like he did just neutral jump into swordless j.H lmao

[@SpriteSprite-fl9wm]

Would have been really rad if you chained Potemkin Buster into an RC, uppercut and then heat knuckle

[@unlimitedarcher5139]

Bro start blockin'.

[@richardsonrichly8456]

Potemkin legit looks fun

[@acquireTigris]

You're not wrong

[@themadartist1980]

When you did the giganter i was astonished as to how that was a reversal...until i saw the upload date

[@redfish9546]

Ram players have to jump. I once fought one as Axl and 7 times in a row anti-aired the airdash in and they just never changed their strategy

[@dayven4424]

1:57 When you know you're about to have a bad time.

[@borito3633]

We ramlethal mains are truly brain dead

[@redstoneguy0563]

1:49 i gasped lol, i got so excited

[@RocketTurret]

What's the music in the background? That shit's fire? EDIT: Millia Rage's theme

[@TheDeadTexan]

Wait, you can block Pot's air grab? What's going on there?

[@acquireTigris]

HK is no longer air unblockable in Strive. It's not all bad, though! I'm gonna make a vid soon addressing why this is actually better for him.

[@TheDeadTexan]

@@acquireTigris as a Ram main I always wish I had more swords when I fight Pot lol

[@acquireTigris]

Please, no more swords. I hate being in the corner and not being able to do anything

[@serph2951]

You can do potemkin buster after a guarded air grab

[@acquireTigris]

@@serph2951 I have a video showing that this is wrong. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mquseKCZltqcidE

[@guidomista5]

oh yes, hpb to deal one pixel of damage

[@acquireTigris]

It's not about being optimal It's about sending a message

[@tapwater7273]

its a dbfz player for sure

[@acquireTigris]

U rite, he does play DBFZ lmao

[@littlegentleman3262]

@@acquireTigris every ram player does

[@GreatBaloney]

Leave it to potemkin to scar any gg players.

[@yoaiou]

Did Pot just super Ram At pixel health?

[@acquireTigris]

They jumped :^)

[@llotusplus9479]

just stop jumping

[@serph2951]

Ramlethal moment

[@cyangear6998]

I've come across too many players like this online

[@firewall5189]

ram out here tryna play gg like smash

[@deni140492deni]

Yeah, he probably was a Street fighter veteran. (Not a pro). Jump, kick on the head, strong kick on the ground, usually always landa

[@muhammadnour283]

He just like me fr

[@piedr6493]

Fighter Z player trying put strive

[@kyeblade06]

Jumpin for boi

[@leroyleroy16]

Well the players main objective isn’t to play the game it’s to be annoying so they will do it even if it gets them killed

[@whm_w8833]

But you jumped so many times too

[@enricobaschenis4257]

Wait, fym mortobato works without swords what the hell did she even hit you with

[@michaelmcarthur2944]

This game is anime

[@yuriislife2381]

Ram is definitely playing with a ps4 controller

[@acquireTigris]

Stick, but good guess!

[@thecountercounter9127]

FIGHTERZ PLAYER DETECTED

[@172rkgk]

YOU DA BEST

[@typo691]

What's happeningnt 1:09?? Flick fireball attack?

[@acquireTigris]

Potemkin's had this move since forever. F.D.B., or Flick Dat Back, allows you to negate projectiles and flick your own fireball back at the attacker. Ramlethal's sword explosion is considered a projectile.

[@typo691]

@@acquireTigris thanks. I'm new to the series heh

[@acquireTigris]

No worries! I'm here to provide some chuckles and maybe a lesson or two

[@acquireTigris]

Also, F.D.B. doesn't actually stand for Flick Dat Back. There's no official definition for the acronym, and Flick Dat Back just sounds appropriate and funny

[@tgmt20z]

bah gawd

[@Closetooreal]

What is the song name?

[@acquireTigris]

Love the Subhuman Self

[@Closetooreal]

@@acquireTigris Ty man, the golden comment

[@Hojox329]

Why do ram players jump in so much? I mean I know jS is a good air to air but wtf

[@mythmage8231]

They're 100% a Smash player. Source: my best friend is a Smash player, and I've been forced to main Axl and Pot to try and beat jumping out of him.

[@theinfinityskull3619]

Does air dust tick throw into Pot Buster?

[@acquireTigris]

afaik Not sure how tight it is, but I've been doing it since +R. It seems to work fine so

[@theinfinityskull3619]

@@acquireTigris Know of any others? I wanna improve my pressure game, which so far consists of garuda impact into either grab or buttons.

[@acquireTigris]

j.K and j.S are good tick throws on block. You can also shmix with j.K by jump cancelling on block. c.S is +4 on block so you can get some really good pressure off of just tick throwing, making block strings, or other funky stuff.

[@theinfinityskull3619]

@@acquireTigris Thanks a bunch. I'm on floor 9 atm, mostly from bullying Ino mains by regular throwing into the garuda pressure. I need to crouch s more tho. One Pot I faced did foward k into grab on block.

[@acquireTigris]

No problem! I was at floor 9 at one point myself but am currently hovering at 8. 6K is -12 on block, but it does make for a decentish frame trap if you cancel it into Flick. Really slow startup though, so you can get jumped and punished for whiffing. Close S into crouching S is a good block string/combo string/pressure string. You can use that.

[@fondocranky8203]

neither of y'all be blocking eh?

[@acquireTigris]

Believe me, I do a lot of blocking in the corner when fighting Ram. It's pain.

[@SewrRat]

As a Ram main, these are the type of players that I hate We already have a bad rep please for the love of god use some brain cells

[@derriejdavis499]

Reminds me of master roshi🤣

[@Moroha-m]

And then he proceeds to complain about grapplers...bruh wat hael bruh