Guilty Gear XrdR2 Character Overviews ("Who should I play?")

[@DragonflySwamp]

I genuinely didn't think I'd see Xrd get rollback, but sometimes dreams do come true. I'm actually working on a revision to this video since it's kind of crusty and amateur, but I'm still blown away by a video for a game without rollback getting nearly 200,000 views during a pandemic. Thank you all so much.

[@1fareast14]

Literally jumped back to this video, knew it would have a spike right about now. I didn't think this would make business sense for asw, but here we are.

[@Cassapphic]

I'd gotten into strive about a month ago and was curious about trying the older games (if with a less serious aim of getting particularly good as I slowly want to reach with strive) and I'm glad this video has helped point me to the characters I most want to try, seeing how the guard stance version of my strive main with xrd baiken and trying out SIn are my too biggest interests rn for if I pick up xrd)

[@alisas_3595]

IM WAITING FOR IT !!!

[@demiurge2501]

I came back to this video after the rollback announcement lol. But yeah good video

[@RetroRageasaurus]

Omg, you are?! That's gonna be fantastic! Really looking forwards to it!

[@hanklestank]

“Although Kum looks like a wise old man, that’s actually a robot piloted by a small Korean woman” Is just a wonderful sentence.

[@themage1016]

Venom's word of the day: "BALLS"

[@adrog3434]

"Venom likes balls" yea we know he's gay already

[@rinette1307]

Lmao

[@jennipalli]

since 1998 Venom is try to tell something To Zato-1 with his BALLS .... but Zato-1 is too darkside notice that

[@cezzy_1496]

@@adrog3434 lel

[@gold_spin1639]

6:57 im fine with that, Im used to being half as long as everyone else

[@destroyerofworlds4663]

I feel ya there. Hehehe... I'm short AF

[@radpunk5144]

Could be mistaken for a dick joke

[@bluboi720]

@@radpunk5144 that IS the joke

[@ggMinu]

posting for algorithm, great work

[@DragonflySwamp]

Replying for algorithm.

[@Krackatoa]

@@DragonflySwamp beepboop

[@EliTheGleason]

Also gonna algorithm I'm so glad I found this

[@EliTheGleason]

Would you consider doing character guides? You've got a lovely style and I'm still getting into the game

[@mordeau7402]

I think it's working

[@dario6758]

This is probably the best “Which Character should I play?” vid/tool I’ve seen so far. Thanks for this. Keep up the good work!

[@thegoose8663]

I love that Leo is "unga bunga" in everyones opinion.

[@joeriley1219]

I mean, as I recall, wasn't the term originally coined to describe a Leo main?

[@DevFromParaplegiance]

Lol what does that term mean

[@joeriley1219]

@@DevFromParaplegiance 'Unga bunga' means that they're incredibly offense and momentum focused, without much thought of defense or even about what the other player is doing. Usually, it's because they have moves that while advancing are plus, armored, have invulnerable frames, large hitboxes, extremely fast overheads, fast crossups, etc that allow them to easily get started and end up with pressure that's incredibly difficult to deal with. They're perceived by a lot of people as being 'braindead' characters, so both them and their players are referred to as 'Unga Bunga' or 'Unga' for short. I've heard the term described as being 'A Player, Character, or Strategy that appears unintelligent without thought' which all this can definitely seem like.

[@DevFromParaplegiance]

@@joeriley1219 i play MK11 & we def got “braindead” characters lol idk if they meet all that same criteria though to qualify under “unga bunga,” if only just bc MK mechanically functions different/more “casually” than a lot of other FGs. But like the 1st character i can think of would be Sindel, dunno if that helps

[@eric.from.statefarm]

@@joeriley1219 afaik unga bunga is used to describe rushdown characters in general

[@ridleyroid9060]

yes I'm watching a 25 minute video to get to the 2 minutes dedicated to my own character. It is an objectively good use of my time and this video is great also, thanks for the content you make.

[@jackos5d851]

This is a good video. I've been in jacko discord a long time and i always see people (especially myself) can never really quite place why we like the character. Meanwhile this video accurately hits the nail on the head with only 4 bullet points somehow.

[@Mr.9]

Hello fellow jacko main

[@LegethDrn]

As a Potemkin main im required by law to ask you to stop

[@DragonflySwamp]

I never thought this video would get 90,000 views. Thanks, everyone! EDIT: Make that 100,000 views. You're all beautiful.

[@Belemrys]

Do you think this hold true for Strive?

[@DragonflySwamp]

​@@Belemrys On a broad level, maybe. I don't know too much about the Strive characters, and they're bound to change pretty significantly through patches and updates.

[@NomadNoah]

Superb on more or less every level. Killer job, and great clip selection to boot! Does a great job of showing both mundane and "yo that was messed up" gameplay.

[@SoMuchNoise1]

I like that Elphelt is like “very easy and also everything she does is good so who cares, lol”

[@macriye6831]

I'm maining her those days she's strong but not so easy

[@zacharyhansen8250]

@@macriye6831 the entire community would have to disagree.

[@kevinwillians6199]

Machabo vs Summit footage on the Chipp Zannuff part, excellent choice, that match is unparalleled to this day

[@SchmitzCinemaStudies]

Nice video. I've never played GG but I still felt like you summed up the characters for a newbie well.

[@silverwah]

Play it. It's a good game. Get beaten up and learn!

[@Venom272X]

I've been a street fighter purist for somewhere around 12 years, my friend got me into xrd somewhere around 5 months ago and I wish I could have started all over again in 2016 and started to play xrd then, its fantastic, the ost is amazing, the combo system is so much fun to work with, the characters are cool as fuck and there's no other fighting game that gives you that "Fuck yeah" feeling like guilty gear does when you pull off a dustloop with johnny

[@ilovebakingatdbz]

Very well put-together! Each character summary is succinct yet descriptive, and the footage you put to match the summaries was also quite interesting.

[@l06es_3xp.2]

23:14 that got me unexpected 😨😰🤣🤣🤣

[@Akkihana]

OMG THANK YOU, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS SINCE NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, BUT EVERY VID I FOUND WAS KINDA BAD EDITED AND HOURS LONG. Thanks a lot, this will help getting my friends into fg

[@l06es_3xp.2]

13:44 thank for saying "Johnny isn't easy." 🤣🤣🤣

[@jacob5x374]

This just got recommended to me. I remember a lack of this specific video for this game when I was trying to learn (~10 months ago), and so thanks for making it!

[@AnthanKrufix]

I have no idea.. I'll just pick the one with the best music theme. I've now managed to narrow it down to 16.

[@WhataFruit]

here before the wave comes from rollback announcement

[@DarkwingD]

You the real G. Looking to get back into Xrd before Strive drops so this is perfect.

[@xidjav1836]

I actually picked I-no, Elphelt, and Venom as my mains cause my dad is currently a popular Musician (Bassist) and a really good billiards player, and my brother really likes FPS and is attending Criminology or Police studies, and I have a really great fascination with guns.

[@AlluMan96]

This was certainly a good tool. At this stage in fighting games, despite having so much history with them that dates all the way back to childhood, I'm only now really finding my stride in them. I've crammed much of the theory, but still struggle finding the perfect character to fit my hands, so to speak. I tended to just play whatever for the longest time, so I have an ecclectic taste in characters, which is a problem when trying to actually learn the game. In games like Under Night, I quite literally shift between half the cast regularly and while I can argue my "Mains" are narrowed down to about 3 characters at this point, this was 3 months in the making and the characters themselves aren't exactly cosistent between one another in terms of mechanics. In Xrd, this similar issue followed, where I've been shifting between Zato-1, Axl, Sin, Ky, Dizzy and my sub from my XX days, Slayer. Every time I go to lab or combo-challenges, I'm playing a very different game depending on the character I feel like trying to nail down today, which doesn't really help me in trying to learn gameplay fundamentals when I'm snagging on character-specific mechanics. This would all have been fine if Zappa came back in this game. Preferred playstyle be damned, Zappa was easily the most entertaining character in XX to me and I would be the happiest man alive if I could just see him in Strive. For the time being though, I think I have a good idea on what I wanna start focusing on. Axl and Sin have been my most successful experiments, so I'm keeping a hold on them, but I'm gonna add May, I-No and Elphelt into my list of considerations, with alot of hope for May and Sin to become my primary mains with maybe an Axl sub-game (What can I say? I love chargers).

[@bobby2bend]

This was an amazing video and did a lot to inform me as a newcomer, but being that every character in the game looks incredibly fun in their own way, I still don't think the task ahead of me of choosing a character will be easy. This did help a lot though. Well anyway, I'm off to play me some GG, I'll probably just stick to someone easy and straighforward to start.

[@tgraphicdesign3045]

Whats your main now? Did you continue playing? Im thinking about picking up the game myself.

[@naruto1234572635]

Always good to see more community tools! Great work!

[@markodjuza2418]

very late to xrd but this video was so helpful. just fantastic, thank you!

[@Permafrost1]

Well, it seems you were just in time

[@francofernandes2006]

Thanks a lot, man! Good explanations, very straight-forward. Thanks to you, I'm already learning Axl, and I got my list of other possible mains ready to use!

[@AzazelTheMisanthrope]

Excellent video, good balance between comedy and informativeness.

[@patikiah]

Seriously amazing video, really useful for someone starting out!

[@Cryemoar]

Low key Venoms breakdown is hilarious “Venom loves balls” “Venom’s balls let him rule neutral” 😂😂

[@Hopper_Arts]

This game is probably the only fighting game in wich i have multiple favorite characters, those being Millia, Kum, I-No, Jhonny, Bedman, Faust and Jack-O' Oh and also Raven, Slayer, Venom and Zato=1 I really love the characters in Guilty Gear XrdRev2

[@binho2224]

Im just getting into the game! Ty so much for going straight to the point, yet being very informative!

[@leoscar9816]

You bet I'm saving this video for when I manage to drag my friends into GG.

[@markusli387]

Very well done. Informative and concise. More videos like this pls :D

[@Fatih120]

There needs to be more videos like these, quick and concise

[@NamelesSoldier1020]

I love how this game seams better then strive and it's only 11 bucks right now on PSN.

[@bluemarb1e787]

You misspoke: “Johnny is your character if: you want your decisions to start and end at the character select screen” Fr tho great video

[@happycalcium]

Amazing work summarizing each character in such a short time.

[@dragonmageddon8459]

this showed up in my recommended feed. KZbin knows me well it seems.

[@NatharagonKoranys]

I'm commenting for the algorithm, because this video is simply stellar. I wish every game would have this kind of thing. Great job!

[@Echricter]

Thanks so much as someone who’s getting into this game this video is one of the best I’ve seen

[@NobleGiratina]

Thank you for this! I've been trying to decide on a character for about a week since Ive gotten back into the game. I've managed to narrow it down to 3 characters and this has been insightful!

[@yuurou7927]

When that GGPO patch for rev2 drops this video better have 1mil views.

[@harryvpn1462]

welcome to rollbackia

[@RapunzelRed]

After strive I never thought I’d hear “dolphin” and “skill” in the same sentence

[@DragonflySwamp]

Xrd May is a really cool and interesting character on top of the gorilla buttons. Strive took away everything that made her cool and interesting :/

[@URAYULI]

ty so much, this video is very helpful. in future though, it would be a really good idea to explain what setplay and okizeme are, because a lot of new players, myself included, don't know what those mean. (I know what oki is, but setplay I had to look up. My friend also still has no idea what either are)

[@evangaynor4211]

Awesome video with good footage selection

[@SquidGuy11]

Great video

[@DragonflySwamp]

Thanks.

[@JawsFG_]

Can you do this for Strive too please, once it is released? Because Jesus this video is just so good. Simple, yet effective!

[@DragonflySwamp]

I have no interest in Strive. I'd be more liable to make a video griping about all the stuff characters have lost or had changed.

[@JawsFG_]

@@DragonflySwamp damn that's unfortunate.

[@fractal_aura]

watching because rev 2 rollback was announced, let's go!!

[@Keihart]

I play Elphet and Ky since release, both have the same description, sounds about right.

[@2000Doriyas]

Ballsposting for Algorithm. GG for life.

[@DestinySpider]

This was an insanely good watch. Nice work

[@jacksonbowns1087]

I don't understand most of the technical jargon, but I appreciate the knowledge. This also helped me better understand why I like playing Sol and Lep, even as a "noob" (I don't like saying the term, but it's accurate).

[@pumkinswift8263]

It's crazy how different Ram is in Strive from this game. The way you described her sounds so alien from the character I know

[@DragonflySwamp]

I think Strive Ramlethal really focused on the big buttons and neutral control that Xrd Ram has a bit of. There's a player named NuklearPapaya who plays Xrd Ram unlike most of the setplay monster stuff you'll see other Rams play. I recommend watching a few of his matches just to see what it's like.

[@tdimensional6733]

"Venom's balls let him rule neutral."

[@thewingedwheelwarrior2206]

I’ve been playing Guilty Gear for 2 months, and I just watched this video for the first time. I main bedman, and only bedman. I can’t play any other character

[@Aripuni1]

Keep up the good work😁

[@mauricioadv451]

Realy helpfull. Thank you sir.

[@fulltimeweeb]

Thanks a bunch!! I'll look into May, Dizzy, Slayer, Elphet and Ramlethal.

[@zaychavitch5317]

Nicely organized and concise

[@MoJJYouTube]

Informative, great style. Thank You

[@Whatevsman27]

I’mma be real, I had never actually seen Answer gameplay until this video. And that’s disappointing, cuz he looks pretty fun

[@texasred8424]

drinking game: take a shot every time you see "setplay"

[@texasred8424]

somehow the designated setplay character didn't get labeled as setplay but leo and may did

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

​@@texasred8424 May is one hundred percent a set-play character, but Leo? Really?!

[@maerivery]

best gg xrd character introduction video

[@Omarequiem]

1:20 "His okizeme more than *mix up* for it"

[@wolfmatic399]

Awesome. I've been looking for something like this.

[@autusticrat]

Good stuff man. Only confirmed my faith in playing slayer.

[@PaphiopedilumSwag]

As someone who only played Jack-O because she had a level up minion playstyle and didn't know about the information the bulletin gave us, besides the last one since it's obvious. That shit makes me want to play her even more

[@chillbro2275]

Must watch for anyone new to guilty gear (or at least Xrd). I was hoping to find this kind of summary for each character and expected they would be hard to find and burried in individual guide videos. This was STELLAR!

[@DaWinglessFly]

Great job, man! I love Sin and bedman playmate does fit my style.

[@HYLOBRO]

I’ve come from the steam sale, 🙏

[@juggftw4868]

my reason for playing bedman was bc if you can pull off a good setup you can usually end the match on the spot no matter who you're playing against

[@Nyagro]

Suuuuper nice and short breakdown. Kinda mad that you made it so late in the games lifespan ^^ Nevertheless, a blesssing for new players for sure!

[@DragonflySwamp]

If Strive is any indication of what ArcSys's newer games will look like, then Xrd will have a long and prosperous life.

[@Nyagro]

@@DragonflySwamp Yeah I kinda agree. If Strive doesn't get major improvements until release I believe the portion of the players who just keep playing the old title will be way bigger than +R when Xrd came out.

[@LFTCLCK]

Maybe we'll get xrd reboot with rollback

[@rachetmarvel931]

@@DragonflySwamp LOL,with out ROLLBACK xrd is not having jack,accent core is where we at.

[@Deatg-ek8rf]

Jam is super underrated and rushdown is an over powered strategy in this game, she's a menace and fun to play because her combos are fun.

[@BilsonBoi]

wow this was so good, thanks. It'll help some new comers in my server

[@Vitz_atelier]

I chose Elphelt before watching this video and the info shown just confirms that I made the right choice.

[@thecaptainplus]

I love this. Hope theses one for strive one day ;)

[@Ahamkeira]

First time GG player with Strive. I'm reading Dizzy's pros and sobbing. I hope sh gets added! She sounds like my dream character but there's no one like her in it yet :P Not sure if my hands can keep u with anything faster than XX +R at this point so i'll watch a bunch of Dizzy from XRD and hope she gets added as DLC

[@DragonflySwamp]

Xrd Dizzy is definitely one of the fastest characters in the game, but Xrd is overall slower than +R. Xrd goes on sale fairly often, so try to pick it up if you have the chance (or just pirate it).

[@Nice_Boy_555]

@@DragonflySwamp but can I get games if I'm in the EU?

[@DragonflySwamp]

​@@Nice_Boy_555 The EU has a fairly large Xrd scene. I think you could get games if you networked via Discord or something.

[@Nice_Boy_555]

@@DragonflySwamp thanks, only issue us I'm learning pad after playing pc fighting games for 3 years so idk how I'm gonna do in xrd lol

[@aeoncalcos7830]

You had me at "you like spending time in training mode" That's it, I'm definitely maining big, bad Potemkin!

[@servebotfrank4082]

Ram having "obvious burst points" and being difficult to play in Xrd is really funny considering that how that is not the case in Strive at all.

[@WonderWolf13]

This was very helpful, thank you

[@davidrp39]

You know, I was thinking of buying the game, and this video is going to push me to do it.

[@bloodydoll5897]

pronouncing leo in a different way from the announcer is powerful as heck and i respect it

[@keystonelyte]

The only correct answer is EVERYONE

[@birdboiburly5313]

This was surprisingly funny and entertaining

[@gbaker9000]

subtle way for you to say elphelt is absolutely broken

[@RadiantBeachShulk]

Quick question, how do you unlock the black outfits with the blue glowing elements? I spent the World Dollars for Sin's extra alts but that one doesn't show up.

[@KosmoFGC]

You need to beat the character’s episode mode in order to unlock it.

[@axelwust9376]

As I thought, Elphelt seems to be by design without weaknesses... Which kinda makes her boring, not gonna lie.

[@lucky777seven5]

Me at 1:03 "SO IT'S DECIDED"

[@cctz_1]

Yo amazing video. Gj

[@JDot124x]

Thanks, only real fighting games I've played and enjoyed is Fighterz and MKXL, I've had xrd rev 2 in my game library for like a year now but never actually played it besides the first couple of tutorials. Got my character list written down already (hopefully if it goes well with his game, I'll buy strive)

[@DragonflySwamp]

That's really cool. I think you'll like it.

[@Bluzlbee]

good job!

[@edu_maru397]

Great video!

[@Angel_Flash]

Those ending Slayer and Venom clips gave me very very strong feelings of empathetic dread.

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

Silly Dragonfly, everyone knows people just pick their mains based on waifu choice.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Fuk it I will just play everyone because they are all awesome that's how we should all feel about fighters

[@Av1]

So glad this got recommended to me

[@Weebinem]

"Venom loves balls", He sure does