GGST ▰ DEB | Romolla (#1 Ranked Testament) vs Odd Toaster (TOP Ranked Nago). Guilty Gear Strive

[@Pherna_1]

Yall are forgetting that Testament was already Nago's worst matchup before the patch.

[@hakumenx1]

Theyre dumb and salty. Just... let them be salty.

[@kamachuno]

no

[@raziel9660]

good

[@NotFortheMoonay]

Before I would argue it was between HC and Testament, but now it is most definitely Testament

[@michtir8113]

Nago mains when they have to deal with a 5.5 matchup:

[@a52productions]

Romolla's use of arbiter sign is insane. Throwing it out like crazy in ways that would absolutely get me killed if I tried it, but timing it perfectly so it almost always lands anyway.

[@Erubox0929]

Whats up with all these comments? I get Nago is a little nerfed but Romolla isnt really doing anything new, Nago was always weak against Test not to mention is day 1 of new patch, pro players still working on better gameplans

[@AerXIII]

Imma keep it real wit u chief, there is no better gameplay vs testament besides rps more to get in and stay in. Their buttons are great, zoning great, plus frames in corner great.

[@NotFortheMoonay]

I think this is actually the patch where Nago is knocked out of top 5. That being said, his reward on his "risk/reward" is still the same, if not a little better since he can worry a little less about his HP if he gets bite or SSS. THAT BEING SAID, the damage of the overall game has been reduced with prorated starters which hurts the big hitters of the roster like Nago, Sol, Goldlewis (to a strangly minor amount), and May, although she got a feast for this patch so she is prolly fine. I think this will bring the mixup and runaway chars like Milia, Biscuit, Zato, and Axl in line with the powerhouses.

[@blu-jay6451]

In the end 6P is still the move used after S grave reaper to cover the air.

[@NotFortheMoonay]

Yeah, this matchup mostly changed on the side of Nago rather than Testament, but people are acting like Testament is juiced now that they can...cover an option they didn't have a problem with?

[@blu-jay6451]

@@NotFortheMoonay I think the most useful thing out of infinite grave reaper is that people tend to use a lot of low profile moves to rush you after the grave reaper so doing two of them will cover that option and make the Sols and Inos think twice about low profiling the crow.

[@Jack_Horner_is_a_hero]

@@blu-jay6451 Ky is one of Testaments harder matchups because of Stun Edge and Stun Dipper. Stun Edge is still an issue but double S Grave Reaper helps Testament counter Stun Dipper so he has one less safer option now so it isn't as brutal anymore

[@gyrolad]

@@blu-jay6451 big against Sins as well, a lot of them i’ve played against are overly reliant on Elk to skip neutral against my arbiters/crows so the newly juiced graves will force them to find a different approach

[@aslatiel8549]

Estoy feliz de ver que nago ya no es tan abusivo

[@demidevilqueen]

People keep mentioning the Testament buff.... but Romolla is mostly just doing things Testament could already do. Lmao Yall dodging matches too much I think.

[@peerlessvillain]

Damn it's almost like nago actually has to take risks now

[@tdwl2802]

Nago mains will now learn the definition of risk-reward

[@itsjustavi]

this match up is fina be RuFFFFf for nago with the HP nerf

[@mrsister032]

Holy shit, Nago can't just spam sword slashes across the screen now. Truly the mighty have fallen.

[@lilacrain3283]

Yes he can? He just can’t spam 2S quite as much as before. He’s not doing it here because Testament can punish with arbiter sign

[@Jack_Horner_is_a_hero]

@@lilacrain3283 He has bigger prices to pay for doing so now though. HS can be low profiled and 2S is minus on whiff or block so it's almost a guaranted punish from that. Not to mention now he'll take more damage than the average character depending on the blood gauge.

[@duchuyedisonvu]

nago actually taking a heap of damage at lvl 2, this is good to see.

[@larmex8705]

My boy getting better, im so glad.

[@renann3]

Am I tripping or did DEB not cancel a single projectile? What is this comment section riled up about? 2H vacuum?

[@kofatsu]

probably salty nago mains lmao

[@UncannyAura]

Testament's crouching HS got buffed and now pulls you closer instead of getting pushed back.

[@hakumenx1]

@Matt its not salty nago mains, its salty everyone. Get used to seeing Testament get villianized because those buffs were ridiculous.

[@scarletnocturne]

@@hakumenx1 ridiculous how? 2H leads to a throw mix but thats not huge. 236H can lead into safejump setups. the projectile into projectile thing isnt *that* huge. they can still be jumped over on the ground, you just need to watch for the upwards projectile as well. it buffed their zoning a bit but i wouldnt call it ridiculous

[@_Deez]

@hakumenx1 Testament's Reaper is almost no different. The changes only apply to whiff and at best make it so that Testament doesn't lose Reaper for like 3 seconds when using a charged one. The uncharged Reaper is most likely very slightly faster and again, this is on whiff. You don't want to be whiffing Reaper over and over as it significantly expands your hurtbox. On hit and only block absolutely nothing has changed. 2H is the real change to talk about.

[@The300Player]

Nago will almost always be at lvl 2 blood since you constantly need to fukyo around the map so he will always die pretty quickly now unless he bites you.

[@supershoo6348]

i can forgive the sol nerfs just because nago is not longer a tank of a character who's health was more of a resource than potemkin's.

[@smoothmrtay]

Oof, that Bloodlust animation is detrimental 😭

[@princejustefable]

i'm glad Nagoriyuki seems more balanced with the rest of the cast now

[@yubeluchiha]

They need to fix test raven once the succbus out is should track its location asap

[@limland2255]

It does but if you don’t tap the button it doesn’t track, it’s a weird timing

[@badcatsgetdissolved4506]

Doesnt the raven already goto the succbus?

[@oatmeal5672]

No it's a tech, if you hold the input the crow flies straight forward instead of tracking the succubus.

[@Type_Eos]

Gotta love people being ok with easy low execution zoning but not happy chaos lmao.

[@PSNMyfoot]

The zoning is not what ppl are mad about Hc lol

[@juniperrodley9843]

Nobody cares about execution barriers, they care about whether they can feasibly counterplay the zoning or not.

[@tentayeprimo6674]

You don't understand, Testament NEEDED those buffs

[@Gooshieooshie5000]

They really didn’t but I’m so happy they did. Grave reaper spam is now a viable strategy

[@xcreenplay7264]

Yes its a good day for me lol

[@quisejones7106]

Yeah I agree w gregory, Testament was already a solid character before the patch, but now he’s up there with the low top-tiers imo

[@LineleaderOG]

@@quisejones7106no they aren’t that’s a huge stretch

[@DrGamersEmporium]

@@quisejones7106 whoa top 12?

[@Burtyburtburt8]

3:15 nago survival son

[@zato-1766]

Dude if your character has a bad MU against testament this MU has now become one of the worst MUs in the game for them handsdown.

[@brian_cream]

Bro who tf is odd toaster i've never seen him at tournaments. (Genuine question)

[@brian_cream]

@@drewsbiggestfan689 no i genuinely have never seen him mentioned. Only nago players i care about are like hotashi and that's it. I might have been living under a rock.

[@auroraborealis4468]

odd toaster is a pretty good Nago, but there's a lot of them kicking around so it makes sense you wouldn't know every single one

[@hunterbanks3746]

This gutted nago will take some getting used to say all levels

[@dmillz5501]

I know this is top level play, and there’s a lot i don’t understand, but it seems like Toaster is leaving himself open a lot. He’s using big commitment moves and not respecting Testaments options.

[@whitestripe484]

New Testament is a war crime and I’m really glad they now let you dodge players using specific characters

[@whitestripe484]

@@z1u512 well, the rule of thumb is “if a character isn’t an acr Test, they’re worse than acr Test”, but really, the fact that ArcSys just randomly went and broke one of the core FG mechanics without adding any risk, for an already good character…

[@zato-1766]

How tf are you supposed to get in on this character lol. If testament touches you on hit or block you're immediatetly full screen with stain state. That means any touch will either launch you for a combo or make them plus as shit. I mean you gotta win three interactions against testament just to get in and then any hit, blocked or not will send you full screen again with a practically guranteed stain state, since that hitbox is the size of jupiter. This character is ridiculous.

[@marrowyoutube]

@@zato-1766 then don't fight testament

[@tdwl2802]

@@marrowyoutube or they could learn the mu

[@M0HAK0]

Lmaooooooooo

[@M0HAK0]

Lmao nago players actually have to think now.

[@createprince2093]

wait, Romolla = DEB?

[@CamFGC]

yes

[@badcatsgetdissolved4506]

Ye

[@riotv6]

I know this may sound crazy but the nerf to his health was a bit too much. There’s never gonna be a time for more than 3 seconds where nago isn’t going to use his blood. Be basically at all times has nearly chipps HP. Sad nerfs tbh.

[@glatz2655]

Correct, devs are fucking retarded with these changes, since they follow the same rules as any pvp game balancing, if people cry loud enough they will nerf it, nago now always takes dmg as chipp since you will always be at blood 2 and hes a fucking heavy character, there is no longer a reward for the risk since his dmg is on par with everyone so no point, any winning match up is no longer the case since the nerf to his low kick makes it that its close to impossible to escape from corner pressure. Here is a genuine tip to any nago main that is reading this, switch to gio that shit is fucking insane :3

[@riotv6]

@@glatz2655 bro literally. Plus his buttons aren’t as fast as others too. We all know he struggle with getting pressured on in the corner. He can just get wiped all over the floor by certain characters and now it’s even worse. He’s 2 touch now as a heavy it makes no sense. That HP he had made sense. He already has to watch out for burst and taking 80 percent of his life. He can’t spam skills. People just complained so much and now he’s not even a character anymore. Gonna just try May then

[@enricogucci6113]

You mean the nerfs intended to make Nago have to take risks are making Nago take risks? Wow that's crazy bro

[@The300Player]

Yall cant be serious, he still kill 90% of the cast in 2 combos. The nerfs are totally fair, and before you say anything Nago is my main character since launch. Stop dooming.

[@WTFZOMG]

@@The300Player takes 3 combos now that they cranked up the proration on most of his starters.

[@_Flame9029]

why and how did they think this was a good idea..lol pro plays will be funny now

[@edongamin1587]

This man is 1# test and sin? Hmmm

[@0rland0walkthrough]

Woman

[@christophermedrano290]

She’s a pretty insane player overall. If you get the chance to watch one of her streams you’ll understand why it isn’t outlandish to see her playing multiple characters at a high level.

[@lilacrain3283]

@@christophermedrano290 She’s also a former Evo champ for Xrd. It’s a shame she doesn’t compete as much anymore

[@SCTTBH]

@@0rland0walkthrough "I'm a woman cuz i said so" ?

[@reignthapain3046]

@@SCTTBH bro?

[@Cherryponut]

I don't know how to feel about Testament having a female voice.

[@NickJJU]

All of Testament's VA's are female

[@juniperrodley9843]

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