Midare is JUICED!! Anji Mito Season 3 Changes + New System Mechanics Demonstration.

[@klaige]

Editor Klaige Note: At the start of the Kou section I say Kou does more damage, clearly I meant less. Good job me.

[@blugoo]

Slight correction, the patch notes say "base damage scaling" which refers to proration, chaos' shot for example had overall damage scaling reduced. The wording in the patch is somewhat confusing, but towards the beginning of the patches they said they wanted to reduce the damage on combos that start with "moves with forward momentum." Kou combos not beginning with one of these attacks will do the same as before.

[@Kao108]

Anji truely wearing the hat of "Women love me, Men love me, Fish love me"

[@Lanzetsu]

On huge flaw of the spin was that it kind of freeze the character hitting him BUT if there was a projectile hitting Anji as he spinned, the enemy itself wouldn't be frozen so it was only bad for Anji with a 10 frames recovery spin that did worse than blocking the projectile. Now with Midare you can at least use it if the enemy attempt something or just wait. The change on spin is HUGE with that.

[@An1m0s1ty7]

@@youaintknowmebutIbespittinfr funny that you say that, anji was my OG main until goldlewis came out and im around minute 20 and change atm, and was JUST thinking to myself how fuckin insane the matchup will be now

[@Aeirion]

Jabs fear me, throws fear me, fish love me. Edit: I find it really interesting how before Spin was the supporting move for Fujinn, but now Fujinn is the supporting move for Spin.

[@HasekuraIsuna]

Oh, how the tables have turned... or rather _spun_

[@Lazergician]

About hop being faster, charged Fuujin into hop is safe to 9 frame DPs now which is awesome.

[@kaleidoslug7777]

Fish being plus on block is unimaginable, let alone guard-breaking. *Fuck* thats good

[@jacobstalls1159]

Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a meal Teach a man to summon a fish and he will become a good character

[@Xaintrix]

Thank you for dissecting Midare! This is super fascinating and now puts character on my radar. I like how all this works.

[@Tsuchikagocre]

Having weirdly chosen the Anji way ever since early season 1, and having kept up with him ever since, I'm more than pleased with his changes. Midare is truly fantastic and fixes in my opinion most of his most blatant flaws in one sweep. This is certainly the best of times to pick Anji on Strive. And even more than Midare, I'm glad to see you back here Klaige. Your videos helped me a lot on early Strive, and I'm sure they will continue to help me a lot. I wish you the best, and that your new work plans will work out for you. (I also hope these Strive changes (overall mechanics and Anji one) will make you happy to be back on Strive and that it won't be the hassle it seemed to be for you when you dropped it.

[@FHGryphonIRL]

Ngl I was a spin lord when I mained Anji. Now as I come back to the character I will be a GOD LETS GOOOOO. I’m actually really happy with this new move can’t wait to play

[@ShinxBOOM247]

18:30 they only nerfed the startup invul on the 3 H DP's in the game (Sol, Ky, and Leo). Every other meterless DP in the game can beat Midare in this particular situation, so you will have to be worried about it against them... but it's so much better than the PRC situation previously

[@kell9629]

I loved Anji. I love Anji. I'll love Anji. Just gotta download this on my slow internet. Thank you for the nice video, having an out lf autoguard option will probably just FEEL so good.

[@eduardoserpa1682]

I haven't seriously played Anji since they took Kou HKD away and made him even more about Fuujin, but I'm looking forward to revisiting him and Millia in the new system.

[@Hawko1313]

they said it in season one, but i didn't believe. Strive IS a fishing game! Also, Anji's attraction at sea world may be just as obnoxious as mays.

[@Cerealpuff]

It’s important to keep in mind quick prc backdash dodges Anji and leaves him wide open to counterattack. I don’t know how that bad that is for fish but it’s good to know

[@maxrusty3596]

27:00 Holy shit an actual guilty gear combo thats hype. That reminds me of anjis routes in +R.

[@ananmaysahu4563]

Sol also has a fucking semi-dustloop from anywhere on the screen if he lands close slash since close slash down heavy slash wild assault jump cancel corner carries super fucking far and yeets both you and the opponent into the sky, just like Sol's old +R jump cancel combo starters

[@maxrusty3596]

@@ananmaysahu4563 So they finally brought the guilty back to the gear then...about time.

[@duchuyedisonvu]

Never watched your content before but it was super informative, thumbs up!

[@Y_A_Z_F]

The hop buff now allows for grounded CH 6P, Fuujin, Hop, c.S (into a bit more after that). So it acts as a buff to 6p.

[@parkerseal1520]

Thank you for actually posting Anji content. It’s so hard to find for me😭

[@Mrkrillis]

Spin change is great I’ve been labbing it for a few hours now

[@tw1c_]

I used to pray for times like this. Midare is so amazing

[@mothuwah]

This is great. I was worried he would be less fun but this is all awesome. I actually really like how the overall damage has been reduced it feels kinda a bit more like older gg games now. I think the fish move is awesome

[@felisk4304]

28:17 You can also just FD on defense (which is what you should have always been doing since season 1 :P ) The only real upside to anji's pressure is that 236P (Holding 6) Will leave you really close even if they FD

[@orhunguder4485]

Dude I dont even play the character but you sold it so well, im excited about the fish move more than armored wild rush with guard break on potemkin. Ill try him for sure

[@SenjoyOfficial]

With the removal of counterhit on nagiha, Anji no longer gets a hard knockdown on it. Pair this with the removal of the hard knockdown on kou back in season 2, Anji's main form of reliably getting one other than throwing his opponent is using the new "midare" move. Just some food for thought.

[@rensmay]

Impatiently waiting for Dust butterfly. Thanks again for the content!

[@johnysimps1191]

They finally added anji into the game

[@UzumakiheroGaming]

Was waiting for this. Thank you

[@mittyZX]

Anji bros, we are so back.

[@kot4311]

I was hoping the Fuujin hop buff was to make CH Fuujin hop into c.S still true, but evidently this is not the case

[@exo-t07]

You mean anji actually got a buff in the place he needed it for once??? W

[@dj_koen1265]

Also damn fish is juiced

[@e-mobile5767]

I should've trusted the process because this is an unreal buff

[@BoringLoginName]

I wonder if this could be the beginning of Anji's new reign of terror, or if's just a portent of things to come.

[@Edicted.]

He looks much stronger, glad to see Anji players enjoying Midare

[@chuckfinley1501]

i was kind of underwhelmed by the new move when i tried it out but this is eye opening

[@ArcticWolfGod]

Fish looks insanely good.

[@degen7278]

I got a good laugh seeing the dichotomy of people crying on Twitter about Anji versus this analytical look where the sentiments are positive. I appreciate the video.

[@AlwaysSunny8193]

Please upload more +R videos!

[@Ducks788]

With Midare if the enemy RC’s backwards they can wiff punish it

[@Ducks788]

then they waste some bar. the rc backwards will only benefit their poke buttons,up close midare will still hit

[@marcosdrs4159]

Im so glad anji is now good at what he's supposed to do

[@justinchoy476]

Damn now I wanna play this game again

[@unylind3094]

Great video

[@ZuraHusky]

the way we learned that some of the things in this video are wrong and now anjis top tier is crazy. Always said people didnt see the full potential of these buffs

[@Kaz_Terumi]

I cracked a nago in the jaw from Max range with fish . It was great.

[@Reitsuchi]

return of the king

[@dj_koen1265]

I have heard fujin actually does counter but that it just doesn’t slow down anymore And seeing that the counter sound and the word still appears in the video at 2:30 i would like it of you maybe test it and either confirm or deconfirm this

[@klaige]

It still counter hits yes, any counter hit gives the counter indicator however it doesn't have any unique hit stun or bonus damage properties anymore meaning that it has minimal impact over a normal hit.

[@dj_koen1265]

Ah thanks for clarifying this for me Some people were saying that it was only a visual change So i needed to make sure which is true

[@14megasxlr]

Man. this update really makes me wanna play I-No.

[@Elsim]

Oh lets go! I am fish slapping the hell out of everyone tonight. They aint ready for this.

[@dieatlas6163]

We spinnin tonight boys

[@kieragard]

omg, he might be just be a decent character this patch.

[@keo_bas]

I wanted to play anji as defensive wall but felt lacking, it seem both midar and burst mechanic facilitate this

[@klaige]

I think he's still much better suited to being a keep out/reactionary character in +R, but the tools are definitely better than they were before season 3. In general I think it's hard to play a purely defensive style for most of the cast in Strive. Too many good pokes and ways to close ground in neutral.

[@Kollider115]

Im about 3:13 in, is there a trick to getting the jumping d after kou to come out? It is the least consistent ability when i get for it and I wonder if theres a trick used to ensure i get to smack someone with an umbrella? Thanks for the break down

[@klaige]

It's mostly about getting them at the right height. you often need to slightly charge kou to get the right spacing.

[@Kollider115]

@@klaige my problem is legitimately not even seeing the umbrella come out, making me wonder if I’m doing something wrong (likely activating air throw) FISH BEATS PRC THROW????

[@klaige]

@@Kollider115 make sure you're not holding 4 or 6 because yes that'll give air throw. Theres a delay before you can get j.d to come out after the 2nd hit of kou so just experiment with the timing.

[@Kollider115]

@@klaige thank you, may all our enemies fear the fan

[@qxpn9220]

With fish I’d say anji is 45% gorilla mode still not yet to be completed…. Am I still happy ? Hell yea.

[@oniifam515]

can they backdash after prcing spin to punish midare?

[@klaige]

I didn't have any success in brief testing. Backdashes are already pretty toned down in strive so i'd be surprised if they could.

[@oniifam515]

gotcha, thank you for the breakdown man

[@HasekuraIsuna]

I think that Jiro tested that and it was a no. PRC with delayed DP is the only thing that beats Magikarp as far as I know

[@mrRiverbear45]

Praise the fish 😭

[@kliff5601]

All I can say to this is "Midare Fishugekka".

[@Mr_Catastr0phe]

Admittedly, even with the addition of Midare, I think Anji is less fun than ever now, Fuujin was really fun to get combos off of, and now those combos just can't happen without RC. This isn't talking about his viability, this is more about the fun of his playstyle. I understand that the change was universal, but I think the change affects Anji more than anyone else, considering Fuujin was such a major part of his kit.

[@klaige]

Can't say I fully agree. Fuujin is still a huge part of pressure and controlling the opponent. Yea maybe you don't get an easy big confirm on CH anymore but he's not praying for fuujin to carry him, and that's a welcome improvement to his gameplan. Give it some time to flesh out with the new mechanics. I think this version will be more fun than ever before tbh.

[@Mr_Catastr0phe]

@@klaigeFair enough, admittedly it might be the doomer in me who's gotten so used to Anji getting treated like Alex from Street Fighter V. I'll at least give him a college try to really see where he lies now.

[@Kollider115]

Last question, which wild assault style is Anji?

[@jgeehk]

red I believe!!

[@Kollider115]

@@jgeehk red as in can easy to use in combos or the guard crush WA

[@klaige]

It's the combo/cancellable one, does not guard crush on block.

[@zinogama5084]

How todo midare reliably tho it's my first real fighting game and I seem to only get off a midare every 50 tries

[@gear_impact6707]

Wait tf do i do if i parry a jab w spin n they PRC into light DP???😭

[@ananmaysahu4563]

block and make them eat a full counter hit punish

[@azureking-jordan]

Wanji mito feasting in a banquet hall

[@MeatOfJustice]

Is there any situation where you DON'T Midare?

[@klaige]

Right now if they have 50% meter and are consistently showing you can they do the Fast PRC backdash escape that would be a time to hold off. The other is if you autoguard something at really far range where Midare simply won't reach, whiffing it is really bad.

[@magicmark3588]

Oh this definitely gonna get nerfed. Gotta get my games in before they patch it out lmaoo

[@takeshii]

"20 years of this" . Stfu it hasnt been that long..(does the math in head) activate existential crisis 😅

[@internetmemeplace6886]

Could you quit calling it auto guard that is factually wrong

[@klaige]

Nope, not gonna.

[@chrisedwards8802]

​@@klaige😅😅😅lol I like that reply

[@HasekuraIsuna]

So I wonder what name we are gonna settle on. Midare, fish, carp, koi, nishiki... or Magikarp...

[@BaronSterling]

I vote Waterfall