First Impressions from a Legacy Slayer Player - Guilty Gear Strive

[@dls1960]

IM IN A LUCID VID. I’ve truly made it in life.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Moving up in the world

[@MarcusFigueras]

the super is kinda crazy cause not only is it checking "are you doing literally anything besides blocking or getting out of the way" the mixups if you RC on whiff is crazy

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Just like old times

[@adambaryliuk3393]

It reminds me a bit of Leo’s back turn projectile super from XRD.

[@SunshowerWonderlab]

It's literally just the "AYO, THIS MF PRESSING BUTTONS! KILL HIS ASS!" super.

[@G_Travel99]

even in a totally different game, gotta commit to the 2D duels bit.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

It's hard to not

[@ryanrcosta]

1st impression of someone who saw most of the streams: ups and downs is a pretty good theme also damn, you found most of the bedman? players this game has

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Lol i guess so

[@HoudiniJr]

No joke, slayer while still fun I’ve been hit by some muscle memory from +R. But is still the best button even if it’s no longer a body check of the gods

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Agreed i feel that

[@AudreyII970]

I lost so many matches the first week trying to cross up with 214S or trying to anti air with 2S lol

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Yeah same actually

[@slurponaut]

Same lol. The first few matches I kept trying to jump cancel IAD from 6H and it never worked. S and H dandy are also hardwired into my hands and I have to remember that P dandy is now the crossup

[@LucidButtonMasher]

I have to tap into xrd brain to not jump cancel 6h

[@richardvlasek2445]

i think you got more rollbacked counters in the span of a week than i did in the roughly thousand hours i put into this game, that's genuinely really funny

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Maybe since i was streaming IDK

[@SSM24_]

Wonder if the UNIVERSE counter is a bit different, this was happening even on only 1 rollback frame which I don't think is usually enough for stuff like that to happen.

[@AnthanKrufix]

3:15 BUT IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EEEEEEYES! ♫

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Facts

[@Beans-do6wc]

Rollback universe is more common than 6p working

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Hmm i dunno i had decent success with 6p but not as much as xrd

[@nope2957]

​@@LucidButtonMasher well most we had was "it's dogshit and worse than any 6p he had in any game" You actually gave me hope

[@saxtonnova]

@@nope2957 that's just dooming. it was ultra good in other games that doesn't mean it's bad in this game

[@kirby2567]

I can live with how it was changed to work in this game I just wish it was the old animation Literally no reason to change it

[@iwillgosomewhere]

@@kirby2567 thank you

[@partybreakertf2]

cant wait for sharon cosplay eventually

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Damn good idea

[@espernova228]

The Potemkin Busta cut was perfect

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Perfectly cut butts

[@Flavourius]

6P: The more things change, the more they stay the same. It's good to have 6P supremacy back.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Still a good button just not exactly the same

[@computerscion]

You could say Strive's rendition of Slayer is hardly the stuff for a bedtime story. Playing him is a journey, not a destination, which comes with both ups and downs, if you will.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

I see what you did there

[@doublee7110]

LUCID BUTTON MASHER!!! DO A RAVEN VIDEO AND MY LIFE…. IS YOURS!!

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Gotta vote!

[@ow3480]

the double whiff was like a +R intro

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Those are the best

[@deathbringer9893]

5:00 even old slayer 6P would lose as it has armour

[@LucidButtonMasher]

To be fair due to it's long animation being invuln and how low the hitbox is, it's possible old 6p wouldn't have beaten it, but would have at least come out unscathed. Kinda like 6pong hammer fall on xrd

[@deathbringer9893]

​@@LucidButtonMasher old slayer 6P moved you foward a good bit maybe if you were farther away it would work but at that range 6P might just lose

[@LucidButtonMasher]

I dunno pots pretty high up there so if the i frames are still lingering it might be good. I should just import old 6p into strive somehow

[@deathbringer9893]

@@LucidButtonMasher could just compare hitboxes(although pot is massive in strive)

[@OwainBigGuy]

strive is my favorite fighting game of all time so i'm glad you enjoyed your time with it even if you prefer the other games! that's what i love about gear honestly, there's a game for every flavor of person, none of them really replace each other

[@LucidButtonMasher]

True and they're all still available to play

[@AziDoesQuestionableThings]

guys i think that he mashes buttons and that he is also lucid

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Possibly

[@MrUniverse14]

Glad he added me into his video! I actually made a video with me fighting him and thought he was pretty good!

[@LucidButtonMasher]

No way? Link?

[@yeet_that_meat7452]

Good morning chat

[@lobsterdeliveryspecial]

good morning

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Ohaio

[@svartfrasr9755]

He's back baby.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Luckily never left

[@MarceloHenrique-vq4zi]

Hey some advice, sometimes if you wallsplat with pilebunker you have enought time to do another pile bunker to break the wall It works everytime you hit them with the pile bunker before they wallsplat like in 9:15, if you hit them with the pilebunker at the same time that they wallsplat that won't work

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Yeah it's tough but i got the hang of it later

[@imunoriginalokay4400]

Some things never change in strive and this video shows

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Some things not everything

[@Lemnit]

This video is full of joy and I can feel it

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Video games are fun

[@Outlaw_1777]

Will you do more streams with Strive's Slayer?

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Probably next week

[@speedyboimm]

Funny gorilla compliation. Also, holy fuck I’m in a lucid vid I MADE IT MOM.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Finally meeting the local people

[@shatterthineekey]

yeah charged scalpel helps change the timing of 6ping it up but it can only do so much

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Can still be useful for sure

[@shatterthineekey]

@@LucidButtonMasher oh 100% having an option to alter the timing is great also charged scalpel is more damage, ch 6h goes into it AND it's +14

[@coolmedina117]

Lmao the melee sound effects

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Glad you appreciated

[@Leotherin]

i love seeing strive players share brain cells by spamming the same move repeatendly the second the opponent does the same move in a ditto match up

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Just a fact of life

[@The_WIll_OF_D99]

Sad thing is you can do your Super against Anji's Counter and it will also make you fly through it. Like in that white Wild assault clip against pot

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Good. Muck anji

[@haku_68]

They yassified his 6P. so DANDY

[@LucidButtonMasher]

A bit quicker and worse but that's ok

[@alphalee7148]

Drift RC is a game changer man

[@LucidButtonMasher]

I gotta learn it

[@brettdallman3885]

The UNIVERSE hits are pretty hype I gotta say

[@LucidButtonMasher]

As long as they're not rollback

[@lobsterdeliveryspecial]

mmmm... mmmmmm... tasty delicious 70% combos off of 1 rc

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Indeed

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

So in conclusion, hes goated

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Quite

[@leqeque7383]

This is the best version slayer had since his first appearance in XX, truly the dandiest character in the game

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Style wise i agree

[@Nzargnalphabet]

every time I see slayer, he scares me more and more, he's a mixup that actually works in higher teirs

[@LucidButtonMasher]

He seems like true messed up gear mix

[@acheronrecusant]

Johnny's theme is a good fit for slayer mirrors, because no one here is thinking that hard

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Just lean but sadly new 6p doesn't lean at all

[@ammi5311]

Sorry i couldn't follow all the stream and it "piles" up due to time zone , really proud your strive improvement journey has come to . Also how true to masher the amount of 6p you abused i mean utilised

[@ammi5311]

Tangent story SL might have replaced sol as most casually hated character here

[@firetoofan5555]

​@@ammi5311 Slayer always feels disgusting to fight even older game. It is the most characteristic thing. They have done it properly.

[@ammi5311]

@@firetoofan5555 welp being more accessible and easier to achieve add to the mob fuel

[@firetoofan5555]

@@ammi5311 Yep, but we're still at game whose trying to simplify every previous game character.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Warranted abuse

[@Blkintrovert88]

We making it out the 6P with this one dandy gang!

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Use it or lose it

[@LicensedGrapppler]

It’s not always about the money spiderman. It’s about the 6P BABY LOVE THE 6P ALRIGHT BABY LET’S GO GET A 2-HIT WALLSPLAT BABY LOVE THE 6P LET’S GO 6P

[@LucidButtonMasher]

YOU AND ME SPIDA MAN

[@hamdurger]

Super Mappa Hunch aka Divine Smasher in disguise

[@LucidButtonMasher]

The naoto move from blazblue? Thinking more like black hawk stinger from Azrael

[@hamdurger]

@@LucidButtonMasher fuck it we ball type super

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Exactly

[@eagle_II]

Bionic arm

[@bobthemexican8192]

Lack of forward movement on new 6p confuses the shit out of me

[@LucidButtonMasher]

And how quick it is

[@colecarstarphen8743]

Jesus is a slayer main apparently

[@LucidButtonMasher]

You are forgiven my child

[@Stefan-gl7dc]

Mappa Crunch 🥣🌾

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Yum

[@Stefan-gl7dc]

@@LucidButtonMasher I still prefer starting my day with Dandy Crepe🥞 into Pilemuncher🍽

[@michellea.793]

pilemuncher is glorious

[@SPAD-90.00]

He is so back 😭

[@LucidButtonMasher]

He do be

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

the first combo in the video was kinda redundant because a combo that connected to the wall could of got the kill with last horizon

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Yes

[@Miniom56785]

I bought strive slayer and xrd 2 on the same day and playing both versions of slayer is gonna FUCK ME UP

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Lol interesting timing

[@ModernAegis]

*You're as beautiful as the day I lost you.*

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Never lost only gain

[@UnpronounceabIeName]

If there's anything this video has taught me it's that 6P is the best button Also rollback universe

[@LucidButtonMasher]

6p is a great tool

[@baliaza4485]

Lucid is actually making 6p looks good

[@LucidButtonMasher]

My favorite button

[@SloobOfTheToob]

6P has a new animation that isn’t nearly as iconic, but glad to see its still a cheese machine

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Just standard like other strive 6ps tbh but i miss the old animation

[@lightfdar]

gosh darn glue eaters

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Hell yeah

[@eat00002]

A slayer combo didn't kill? damn

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Challenge: impossible

[@xkriles]

haha pile bunker loop so fun

[@LucidButtonMasher]

They are quite cool

[@SSM24_]

How have you been enjoying Strive overall?

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Meh. Not much has changed since i last tried it. The stuff i wish was different never will be and that's fine. I like Slayer in strive but the rest is..eh

[@dj_koen1265]

Nice

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Many thanks

[@user-fe5bm6ot8o]

Boomer 6P confirmed 4:09

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Indeed

[@mc3941]

Remnants of a past life

[@anasahmed4779]

Where is this Slayer discord if I may ask?

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Mine is in the description. I believe the official Slayer discord should be linked from the dustloop for the character

[@hollowreed3667]

1:50 Anyone know the song?

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Sally I'm unfamiliar with strive ost and what's in it

[@hollowreed3667]

@@LucidButtonMasher it’s ok, thanks though 😊

[@Mrj_X0]

Conclusion (sol vs ky theme) from guilty gear 1/the missing link

[@Mepphy99]

do you think this version of Slayer is still funny to play? tbh i think he has been one of the best in Strive so far Also i haven't seen all streans, but it was fun when i did

[@LucidButtonMasher]

For sure. He fits the game

[@nouklove6034]

So it a slightly weaker 6p or the not move forward but normal 6p?

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Quicker but not as long lasting invincibility. Plus it can't hit the floor sadly

[@nouklove6034]

@@LucidButtonMasher so now it no longer the i Beat 80% of YOUR existence button anymore 😢

[@yata7450]

big 🤓🤓🤓 moment idk how long ago these clips were but in first clip if you go cs 6h delay DoT over cs 2s 2h pile rrc you probably kill cs 6h delay DoT gives clean hit and wouldve wall broken

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Oh for sure. I just panicked and was convinced a super would've been fine

[@Neko16gram]

7:27 super duper rusty, havent played in months but id like to think I did okay despite that. Ggs dandy masher! :)

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Ggs bud

[@blehblah766]

Dandy

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Quite

[@haku_68]

Order sol vid when

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Vote for him after my next Xrd mini main

[@frostparaselene]

Live 6P reaction.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

My favorite kind

[@tyfp3854]

how's your 6p upgrade?

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Definitely not an upgrade if you've seen my past videos

[@thatonefurry787]

SIX P!!!!

[@LucidButtonMasher]

6pee strong

[@Aisoreta]

8:10 Anji's just annoying, Spin especially is just a pain to deal with, he's strong no doubt, just not broken, that Hitbox on the super is BS tho

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Nah i deserve it

[@deadgunslinger8489]

I Just started playing strive. Damn this game is fun, honestly i dont get the hate... Like yeah sure xrd and xx have more moves and mechanics. But strive feels so loose like DAMN. Also its very good for beginners like one of my friends. Honestly at this point i think every single one of the 3 most popular GG games are really good.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

For sure. Everyone has preferences that's true

[@firetoofan5555]

Sure, Strive is fun but I don't like the approach. Like juggling way to combo, air options get nerfed and people keep bringing up like how the game is a snowball experience. Heck, even its reboot losing literally core aspects and identity of the game carried along the journey. Is not a healthy relationship b/w the community. Mechanics can be bad at launch.

[@FAB_123]

Wait, 6P is invulnerable on whiff? Edit: Thank you Lucid, for correcting me. My Brain didn't want to elaborate with me.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

"on whiff" as in without hitting anything yet? Yeah it's gotta be if it's going to anti air, but i like to use it for projectiles too

[@firetoofan5555]

Right now, Slayer seems fun but we don't know how arc going to balance slayer. There will be chance we loose Pilebunker loop. Lol Slayer being disgusting to fight the most characteristic part of him. It started to clear. I hope they keep character identity outside of animation tho. It will make character unique. Also i bought missing link having fun with original guilty gear.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Who knows maybe nerf

[@a200037]

4:45 What do you mean "why don't you learn?" ?? Not like that garbage character can do anything about it

[@LucidButtonMasher]

They could stop jumping or at least block it, seems like a start

[@adambaryliuk3393]

I’ve been seeing Strive players on Reddit complaining about how busted Slayer is, even though he doesn’t even look that different from the previous games. And it made me realize that Strive is such a gutted game that a character with an average amount of sauce in the other games in the series is insane in Strive.

[@SSM24_]

tbh I feel like that's just your standard "strong character is added to fighting game, scrubquotes ensue" sorta thing more than anything else.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Very much intact from the last game

[@firetoofan5555]

​​@@SSM24_ Tbh compared to previous entries. Strive remotely not anywhere close to older entries. Like GGX did to the missing link when game redesign and found its identity even Xrd has lot more excuses for its experiments. Having an anime game with an air option is gutted along with expression with combo. How you play. No longer feel your traditional anime fighter. Cherry on top juggling way to combo. Also the game is simplified in a very questionable way. Moreover, someone brought the topic and gave a valid reason. It started getting hard to ignore. Seeing people's comments makes me wonder if we follow the core or identity of the franchise. It's not like i hate it. But next game I like to remove juggling and give more like blazeblue ground recovery and some air options to the game.

[@blindtreeman8052]

Still not a fan of 6p's new look. Glad it kept some of the BS

[@LucidButtonMasher]

6p pretty standard compared to other strive ones. Yeah i miss the shoulder

[@Oscarmayer261]

Slayer players only want one thing and its disgusting!

[@LucidButtonMasher]

And i love it

[@malttz9129]

there are a massive amount of ppl trashtalking the game, and here is one of the ppl who knows how to play the game even if the game is not as perfect as they wanted it to be, glad to see some thinking humans :)

[@firetoofan5555]

I wouldn't Lie this game recently started getting questionable a lot. Whether it should follows core identity or let it be an anime mix version of Kof and Mk or injustice. Next game I would love if they remove the juggling part, give blazeblue ground recovery and air options. Then I have no problem with the game. Which they're not going to do anyway.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

I enjoy Slayer for what he does in the game despite the system mechanics. He's just that cool

[@nerondevil6350]

So, strive is dead. More braindead character in Guilty Gear simply doesn't exist. Endless pilebunkers and dandy steps again.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

No thinking, only monkey

[@kamachuno]

This game sucks man. I wanna some +r clips if its possible 😂

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Check out my old streams for now. Soon I'm doing an ABA plus mini main episode so look forward to that

[@matteste]

Strive still sucks though and is but a shadow of the series prime. No amount of dandy is gonna save this game.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Then don't play it

[@dls1960]

That wasn’t very dandy of you.

[@matteste]

@@LucidButtonMasher Of course not. Sticking to the good, non disappointing ones.

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Then why come here to complain? I feel similarly but i don't go shouting about it

[@matteste]

@@LucidButtonMasher Simply cause the older games were why I even found and stuck with your channel in the first place. So of course I am gonna end up here when I keep on following your channel. And of course I am gonna find it hard to keep my thoughts to myself when I see it crop up in a place where I thought I could avoid that disappointment and borderline betrayal of a game.

[@thatonefurry787]

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Pb indeed

[@linkitude7432]

!!!

[@LucidButtonMasher]

Very much so