How to Find Your Main - Rivals of Aether 2

[@FenexTheFox]

How to play Kragg: - Pick up rock - Throw rock - Punch rock - Repeat

[@Blackscottishcycloops]

As a Kragg Player I can confirm

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Short version: Rock.

[@DJruslan4ic]

Mash buttons until a strong kills

[@hawkspeed5706]

DID I HEAR ROCK AND STONE?

[@icebearsans]

@@hawkspeed5706 no, just rock

[@paralax9762]

Bro is on top of things demo hasn't even been out for 2 hours

[@legithuman5486]

I didn't even know it was out yet 😭

[@abra_escaped]

There have been several beta weekends for backers, so he probably played those and had this video ready for the public demo release

[@ethanbuttazzi2602]

bro forsburn received a MAJOR GLOWUP, he looks so much nicer.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Nah he was always clean. Preferred the old blade tho

[@Kahmie]

Strongly disagree

[@donovanjoseph737]

I miss the fire manes on forsburn and zetterburn. They still look good, but I’ll never understand why they changed that

[@ethanbuttazzi2602]

@@donovanjoseph737 what do you mean zetterburn maine is looking awesome, it deos look a little bit like hair, but it still even flares up, objectively better render than the blob

[@Extracredittttt]

​@@ethanbuttazzi2602pearls before swine bro

[@camgoodkicks]

Ah yes. Frogs are famous for their amazing ground speed and poor air speed 😂

[@Money4Nuthing]

The idea behind Ranno is that he has bad horizontal air speed, but a high jump height and a high fall speed so he goes up and down really quickly. That makes him feel frog-like to me at least.

[@henkiestudios5117]

That actually makes sense because frogs jump high but they don’t usually move in the air like bunny’s

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

How to find your main: - Get to the select menu - Pick up your player chip - Hover the character you think is the coolest - Drop your chip Congrats, you did it!

[@frigomaniac]

small correction but fleets float is a toggle input and not a hold input. once you've input down + jump you are free to perform other actions while floating without holding down or jump. doesn't make her any less technical tho lol

[@BowlerSSF2]

Interesting I didn't know that, thank you!

[@Fella_friend]

@@BowlerSSF2you can actually change this to which I like. Some combos are harder to perform with it some are easier

[@ladyinwight]

​@@Fella_friend had no idea you could change it, thank you lmao

[@ayylmao7303]

@@Fella_friend where is that setting? feel like i checked everywhere

[@ladyinwight]

@@ayylmao7303 yeah actually i cant find it either

[@BasementMinions]

Has a perspective new player this was super helpful! Thank you so much 😁

[@samuelrodrigues7640]

Rivals 2😱 awesome

[@rustyvent]

Awesome video, you're doing gods work with helping newcomers get into the game. Definitely going to send this to my friends and make them play with me, LOL.

[@De_an]

9:33 That's a...very interesting clip choice.

[@dewdropp8587]

Immediate video is crazy, but very helpful 💯

[@chloevillegas234]

this was really clear and nicely put together, thanks! Forrsburn goes in the five star difficulty tier for me, every time i cloned myself I'd get confused and wander off the stage 😭

[@shnurgle1721]

Great video. I always love beginner friendly guides for my favorite platform fighter(s) of all time

[@Irish_Enderman]

Honestly, I had my main picked out almost immediately despite not playing any of the betas, regardless, this video is still great, definitely gonna be useful to me because of the fact I haven't played it yet I decided I'm gonna main Fleet, an easy choice for me honestly, I love bows in videogames, idk why just something about them feels so satisfying to use and I often prefer using them over guns, also she kinda reminds me of toon link in a lot of ways and he was one of my like 3 or 4 'mains' in Smash Ultimate so that's cool, and also I just really like her design, she is adorable. I mained Sylvanos in Rivals 1 but he's not gonna be added to 2 for a while I'm guessing but even when he is brought back, unless he's got some awesome changes, he probably won't beat out Fleet. sorry for how long this comment is, couldn't think of a much more concise way to put it lol

[@konch7567]

I tend to gravitate towards bow users so I've been planning on playing Fleet too. Can't wait for the full release! Also, #fearthedeer

[@Irish_Enderman]

@@konch7567 fear the deer? Fleet is a fox though

[@Fella_friend]

Fleets my favourite character by a lot. She just feels good

[@reilly5005]

Loxodont is in my opinion, the most fun platform fighter character ever made

[@BuckBlaziken]

My main in Rivals 1 was Etalus (I was late to the party), but now that he’s not here I kinda struggled for about a month. Now I’m glad to be calling Fleet a character I’m having tons of fun with and finding myself playing really well. Orcane is also fun tbh but I’m playing Fleet way more

[@blondiwithstyle]

Really nice guide. Job well done!

[@Balthazar2242]

I love that the game makes green screen so readily available so you can make videos like this easily

[@PurposeDriven7_]

This game is insanely underrated

[@BasedChadman]

And broken, due to floor hugging abuse

[@jerrysandoval2001]

​​@BasedChadman Use grab, space better, use spikes since floor hug loses to that, use a ranged special if that's an option, I mean it's really not that crazy of a mechanic. Plenty of ways to beat floor hugging

[@BasedChadman]

@@jerrysandoval2001 So play brawl instead of melee and pretend it's melee instead of brawl, got it (boring)

[@jerrysandoval2001]

@@BasedChadman How'd you get that from what I said? Because of grab? A basic mechanic that was ALSO very important in Melee for similar reasons?? Because I'm saying to space? Which is something that, again, matters a lot in melee and even has a character designed for it? Because of using spikes? Could you please just specifically explain how you got that from what I said?

[@BasedChadman]

@@jerrysandoval2001 Melee doesn't have floor hugging. Crouch canceling on its own is fine, but being able to disrupt combo strings is bad gameplay. Why is it that top players from other plat fighters agree it's a bad mechanic while normies continue to shill it? The game will die if they don't make it more competitive.

[@trinalzz]

Nah this editing is kinda crisp I m subscribing

[@FabschOblivion669]

I do not get how people consider Maypul difficult. She’s not the easiest character in the game, but she is by no means difficult to play at all. Being “resource dependent” isn’t an issue for Maypul because marking people is incredibly easy and Maypul’s opponents will spend 90% of the game marked.

[@RandomDude647]

3:11 bubble does not stop all momentum; it reduces your knockback by about 50%. If it stopped all momentum then you could survive getting hit into bubble at 999% lol

[@isoldemaisol3709]

I'm that freak that prefers starting with Wraster actually lol. I got the hang of him in a few hours, but struggle with all the other characters. If you play Smash, and you like playing Yoshi and/or Jigglypuff (I'm a dedicated Yoshi main), Wraster is going to feel VERY natural for you. Yoshi is a very unique character, and I've really struggled finding ANY fighting game with a character like him... until now!

[@IinesySankka]

I clearly don't know my own preferences and strengths well enough. Maypul sounds absolutely awful to me but somehow she benefits of my playstyle incredibly well. I love playing reactive and faking people out with movement, and my advantage is usually really good. She's letting me do everything I want to do and I love it.

[@Ganksy_]

Rivals is good about making characters with usually simple gameplay more intricate so it doesn't feel cheap. Maple probably does fit your play style, but you can't just hit directions and buttons and mic up timing and movement like you maybe could with other fighters. I'd say maypul is definitely awkward to figure out at first, but if she fits your play style she's worth the work, very satisfying and feels great to handle

[@KP_Uravity]

I did play about 200 hours of rivals 1 and my main was mollo. I have also played smash since 2014. Wrastor is actually one of the more comfortable characters for me in rivals 2. Multiple jumps help with losing the wall jump after recovery and he can tilt immediately out of run state. Once you know a few kill confirms he's a pretty honest character

[@koopakape]

Man, elephant dude has my least-favorite design by far but my favorite gameplay design by far (i LOVE big heavy bruisers with fat hitboxes).. whereas the designs I like the best like fleet and maypul have my least favorite gameplay design (super fast lil annoying weenies). I'mma learn to love that elephant, even if it takes a skin or two to get there. Also really really hoping they add the snek girl soonish since my smash mains are samus and rob.

[@llamarama6976]

I feel this comment alot. I so often want to try out other characters but i find im often just okay at combos and not very good at long technical combos. So much of what i like is to just be rewarded for consitantly winning nuetral or reading my opponent. Its why i was a K rool main due to my live of projectiles too. I really wanna pick up fleet but i know deep down the funny elephant will be the character im best at (the chef loxodont skin is good if you enjoy a dumbskin lol)

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

My list of plug n' play to 6Head, based on surface level training mode testing: - Zetter - Clairen - Kragg - Loxodont - Maypul - Wrastor - Ranno - Forsburn - Orcane - Fleet

[@EEvisu]

nice vid

[@Psycho_Tek]

Cant wait for workshop support for this game

[@perturbo4253]

I'm like pretty damn sure orcane's smash attacks don't get increased knockback on puddle, just extra range.

[@kirbydude667]

This games honestly looks so cool

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

It looks badass

[@nugzmedallion8929]

6:38 Did he say "The newest character: Forsburn" ? lmao

[@thuroria7631]

He is the newest character.

[@nugzmedallion8929]

@@thuroria7631 He was in the previous game bro. There's new characters in this game, so you're wrong.

[@NotoriousScoundrel420]

@@thuroria7631forsburn was in rivals 1, fleet and lox are the only newcomers as of now

[@Extracredittttt]

So glad they made Forsburn's smoke less opaque. Looks so much better now

[@sqoosh636]

So all of the fire fighters and then kragg, this game gonna be amazing. On an unrelated note do you guys think it'd be realistic for hornet from hollow knight to be a fighter? Would be cool but idk if it'd ever happen

[@rolan.r]

That would be incredible

[@ZeroWolf51]

Watch her get into Rivals 2 before Silksong comes out 🫠

[@kimo9728]

Super well made video man :)

[@TempestKrimps]

this video helped me a lot, now i know who to main: absa! ...wait

[@TSMO915]

Dude, I love Clairen.

[@Car5yn]

Just pick Wrastor me think 🤔

[@HastyMang0]

2:33 She's actually REALLY strong against CC if you space correctly tbh, but if you play her like in Rivals 1 and think you can just dtilt in neutral for free, good luck in this game lol She has like weird sourspot inside of her non-tipper hitboxes but she can still find ways to deal with CC with her tippers as well

[@nexonus9513]

Classic bowler banger

[@Axryuu]

Men I really hope either Silvanos or Etalus are next, I need one of those characters to get interest

[@dokutah7374]

Opponent will live for a long time Claire has so many attacks that kill early without tipper, up special just straight up doesn’t kill without tipper unless you got hella percents

[@lukecooper5336]

Guess I am playing Wrastor. I like a challenge and just looks fun

[@Gryphon1269]

It's hard to learn the game when you play against a master ranked player using Loxodont EVERY MATCH

[@Chimeramis]

Pick who looks cool, play who feels good.

[@Randomergoesbrrrr]

HE'S ALIVE

[@Xxblade17]

Hopefully I can carry over mains lmao

[@joakimgustavssonskold172]

Amazing video thank you

[@TheComebackOfTheCentury]

been a wrastor main ever since i started playing rivals 1

[@jahbrakr]

I'll be trying Orcane most likely.

[@KipperTheNinja]

THEIR IS A DEMO OH MY YES!!! I GOT TO TRY OUT FLEET

[@killamario64]

Forsburn and Lon are so damn fun

[@danramirez8553]

I mained zetter in rivals one, I still main him in this game.

[@henrybitencourt]

Small correction on zetterburn he is actually a more all arounder he is more comfortable agressively yes but he can still use projectiles and alot of his normals to play defensive too

[@NadiaDelcatty-pg6fs]

I might wait until they add Pomme or Olympia, great video though!

[@KrAceZ-z9r]

I wish Ori was still here :(

[@justalazer7485]

Dark pit main and I’m LOVING fleet shes sooo fun

[@djandjb1]

I can’t play this that seriously until they put Elliana in, but nice that it’s finally out

[@dannyohare3645]

Anyone got no commentary videos of the demo? I wanna see Forsburn vs Loxodont.🤩

[@Xxblade17]

Baller

[@crossptn]

KRAGG HE'S BIG, (he allowed me to place 5/25 at my first R2 tourney)

[@TributeClub-kd1dn]

Can you try adding a CPU player to an online match

[@bipedtoaster]

be me, mained shovel knight in the first game and have to figure out who to play this time around

[@DuskLegend]

I just want Etalus, the moth guy or Shovel Knight back 😭 but I’ll settle for Forsburn for now

[@SoulHero7]

What if my main is still stuck in Rivals 1?

[@wesleygoerzen-sheard5706]

Orcain was my rivals 1 main, he's the best boy, i love him. Back air is the goat

[@prophetedubaroque5136]

I don't know how it was in rivals 1 but att least in 2 back air is a science in itself if you want to hit the sweet spot

[@Ryamix]

I feel like they massacred his d-tilt and dash attack, personally, but his grab and ledge attacks are fuego. Still loving my boy.

[@wesleygoerzen-sheard5706]

Yeah, from what I can tell his dtilt is now a good combo tool

[@ShadowMikku]

After playing the final game for for a hot minute, gotta say I'd reverse the comments on Kragg and Lox's recovery.

[@icyclestick178]

just got grabbed spammed and lost 3 times in a row from the same person now i am here, 10/10 game would likely play again later 😂

[@DuskLegend]

How is forsburn new wasn’t he in the first game?

[@krazyzyko]

Pause @ 7:53

[@ElionMars]

Excellent advice

[@redapetfm2162]

I played very little of Rivals 1 and came into this game thinking my Smash Ultimate knowledge would carry me…boy was I wrong. Trying to co-main Fleet/Wrastor and I’m doing so awful. I end up resorting to Zetterburn during a set since he has familiar mechanics. My punish game is so bad that I have to win neutral so many times to get a win 😂

[@froddish]

So, which one would you say is the closest to a captain falcon?

[@dougtheghoul2845]

If it was on consoles Id see myself gravitating towards Fleet

[@jeancarlodelaluz6415]

Will the other characters be in the complete game?

[@BowlerSSF2]

Yep! Every character (besides Ori and Shovel Knight), is intended to come to the game at some point.

[@jeancarlodelaluz6415]

@BowlerSSF2 ah man I was a shovel knight main

[@YOSFP]

how to find your main: wait until it releases

[@madasuark7525]

Is there a kirby alike character?

[@bstnicky]

W

[@themagictntpenguin7611]

Of course the character that I like the most is the hardest lmao. I dont mind it though

[@FieryAnubis]

Well, I see a hyena guy blowing smoke like he blowing a kiss to the prettiest girl, and then I see him explode and I'm just like "Yeah. That's my guy."

[@simonanderson4858]

As a Joker main I anticipated liking Ranno but I suspect he'll be too grounded. I'm guessing now I'll main either Maypul or Wrastor. Thoughts on crossover appeal?

[@Brattleborg]

0:13 neither of those are supposed to be contractions

[@JeffPesos-69420]

Me playing wrastor day one 🦅👓

[@nix25121]

El juego tiene algun tipo de Drm?

[@aegawaergaerga1794]

Is melee legde priority back? Meaning if someone is on ledge a other player can’t grab ledge }:

[@focusfernand0]

yes, it's called ledge hogging, and that mechanic has returned! : )

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I just can't find a main. Zetter feels good but not main good. Ranno is really cool but im bad with the bubble. Kragg feels like he will be a pocket character for me. Maypul is really fun but again doesn't feel like a main. Lox also feels like a pocket character. The only character I dont really love playing is forsburn. I sort of main peach in melee, ROB/Banjo is ultimate, Samus in P+. When I say sort of main I mean in melee I have like 4 mains but peach is my best. Fleet of course is close to peach but not it for me. It sucks being in this position tbh. I really hope I end up finding my main soon or with one of the upcoming character. The wrestling ant though has my attention. Looks super interesting but ive never been much of a grappler main.

[@hmmmmmmmmmm_]

I wonder if they'll add a melee puff type character

[@boraccichannel]

There isn't really a _blank_-type character 1 to 1 in Rivals. They're all combinations of various Melee and PM characters. If it's the jumps and the wall of aerials you want, Wrastor's the guy. If it's the setup into the risky one-shot move, that's on Forsburn.

[@Extracredittttt]

The closest is Wrastor. A bunch of jumps, crazy air mobility, glass cannon. No one is going to jave a rest because test is dumb as hell, but the cool things about puff are present here imo

[@J-dudd]

Your main is Orcane. What's yours?

[@psychicchicken5263]

That's neat, I didn't realize I main Orcane. Kragg.

[@josepmasferrer6217]

Back in rivals 1 you could make forsburn's upgrades side b attack your opponent, did they change it in rivals 2?

[@Extracredittttt]

You dont choose when it attacks as far as i can tell - it just does it for you at reliable intervals. The side b also doubled as a recovery tool now too

[@focusfernand0]

@@Extracredittttt you can control it. The enhanced (super) clone will attack at regular intervals on its own, but it will also attack by manually inputting b. You actually have a lot of control over the superclone. Even the normal clone can be thrown, recalled, made to switch between evasive and aggressive movement (no attacking for the normal clone), and even combust. Personally, I find this character to be even trickier than Orcane, but that's just me.

[@Poyo_Boyo1992]

Im gonna main Fleet beacuse indie Alpaca Skin

[@zappypow]

I was born to play Orcane and Clairen

[@skyslasher2297]

To find your main ask yourself this. Are any of them Edolas? If no keep looking.

[@melasthefox1421]

Me: Waiting For the fan characters to come out

[@kevinsmirnov264]

so just t oget this straight: not only did they lose the pixel style, but also hodan??

[@tubesism]

I play captain falcon in melee. Who do I main?

[@psychicchicken5263]

I would say Ori, but this is Rivals 2 so idk

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Ranno maybe.

[@simonanderson4858]

I'd say start with Zetterburn.

[@qlasalle]

Game is fun but i have to unlearn years of smash intuition to be consistent

[@jaxvr]

I like Ranno rn but if they added ori back im never touching another character🙏🙏🙏

[@SuperCrakker]

Its released?

[@Extracredittttt]

Its free to play on steam during steam fest. Full release happens mext wednesday All new characters and game modes after that will be free

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

​@@Extracredittttt Is the game epic?

[@Extracredittttt]

@cheerful_crop_circle I really like it a lot. It's accessible but has a huge opportunity for skill expression and creativity Online can be annoying but if you start playing with a friend at the same time, you *will* have a blast

[@AnnCatsanndra]

I'm frustrated because as a Bowser / Yoshi Ultimate fan, Loxodont is the obvious fit for my plsystyle but narrarively I don't like him at all. Meanwhile in concept, design, and Lore Fleet is absolutely my one true pick, but actually playing her well is about as far opposite to my playstyle as one can even get. I'm probably just gonna stick to Maypul for being a midpoint of "I sorta know what a rushdown does. Just hit em!🎈💥" but a pretty high "omg cool design" factor. Admittedly her creepy fixation in Lovers probably did more to influence my interest than her actual on game behavior.

[@LATNG2]

I need samus up tilt