The Beginners Guide to Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

[@Rooflemonger]

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising is hot off the presses, so here is your Beginners Guide for the game! As you would expect, lets go over the core of what the game is, how the systems and mechanics and all that work, and give you an idea of how it all fits together! Whether you are a true beginner, or a vet looking to try a new game, hopefully this video can provide you some insight. Like and subscribe and all that and ENJOY!

[@MarcoFlores8]

Is it released?

[@princeofgarbage936]

I always appreciate the one-stop shop of info that I need to play the game

[@chrisw.1487]

Great video, thank you for making. I’m really enjoying this game so far.

[@DomVsXix]

HELLO and WELCOME!! Please don't change that. One of my favorite intros on KZbin. Thanks for the great videos!

[@Rooflemonger]

if I changed it at this point people would destroy me, so its staying lol

[@cephuwu]

I second this

[@soleil2947]

@@Rooflemonger Yay! I would be so saddened if one day it became something like "What's good, people? It's ya boi...ROOOOOOOOFLEMONGER!"

[@ir1shwristwatch]

@@soleil2947 you should do that sometime as a joke perhaps April fools

[@Drtrmptman]

It’s my least favorite thing about the channel. It’s off putting and corny to me.

[@Rooflemonger]

we got some more fighting game fun coming up on the channel in the next few days, and the "trilogy" of choose a main/beginner guide/essential tips will be completed, just expect the tips video in 2-3 days. Got a lot on my plate right now lol. Anyways hope yall are finding the game fun, its pretty dang cool

[@doesntno]

Thanks for the great guide dude. Got into this game a week ago and I think about it on a daily basis. Won most of my matches just by being patient and remembering the fundamentals. Watched a few streams and for the first time I really feel that I can do the combos I see the more experienced players do.

[@chaoswolf2903]

Here in 2024 trying the demo. This is huge and a great help to decide if this is for me. Thank you always for comprehension over Meta

[@Mcjangles_]

Never comment on youtube But i gotta say, after spending 16 years on this godforsaken site, you are the only youtuber that i still jump to watch your videos in full. Keep it up my man

[@Rooflemonger]

🙏

[@KoolKojoS]

For all new players - GBVS:R is also free to play/ free to start and has crossplay (no cross platform progression) The GBVS:R videos I’ve seen haven’t really mentioned this immediately in the beginning and I think that’s super important to highlight for new players! Give it a try if you’re even remotely interested. This game was a hidden gem in 2020 and we’re lucky it’s been given a second chance.

[@dgmaka6292]

Got super lucky that I was planning to play Djeeta or Siegfried anyways. Only things I'm only really missing out on is private lobbies.

[@onan5785]

ayo i had no idea it was free

[@Mene0]

Holy shit thanks, I didn't know

[@justicetheblindawesomedemo3122]

is it free to get or try? because I know there's a demo that we can try but a free game never heard of it

[@cosmicthesecond298]

also f2p players can just swap the .exe with the paid version to unlock all the content lmao

[@TitanicTitan26]

One important thing not mentioned with the ultimate skills is you only get that meter refund if the move is done raw. If you cancel a normal or autocombo string into an ultimate skill you will not get any meter refunded and it will always cost the full 50%.

[@YoTerrako]

Also in combos easy inputs and technical inputs are do the same damage in combos

[@Cheezmonka]

That is hugely important info on both fronts.

[@Latino_Burrito]

It truly is the renaissance for fighting games, granblue just came out, elphelt just came out, Quan chi drops in 2 days, TEKKEN 8 DEMO DROPS IN 2 DAYS, along with the full game in about a month! And we’ll probably get Ed for sf6 in about a months time as well! Sooooo many things to look forward to!! I bet it’s a treat for you too roof, no shortage of content I’m sure😂 looking forward to all your guides man! Love your videos

[@Noisama]

Don't see it mentioned anywhere, but Easy inputs only have their minor damage penalty when done in neutral; using them in a combo does the same damage as doing the technical input. Great guide regardless!

[@17thknight]

Holy crap really?!?! That's awesome

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

Lame

[@manquex]

This is good and bad. I was used to make combos in gbvs manually, and muscle memory is still there, but maybe i will switch to easy imputs inside combos.

[@dragonmaster3030]

That unfortunate. Doing the harder version doesn't have any reward now. Still gonna do the harder versions personally because I like motion inputs but a shame they have no benefits now

[@timesthebear]

​@@dragonmaster3030Fireballs, command grabs etc ... Are all things you do outside of combos. Those still have the full damage if you want to motion input

[@peanutpablo9596]

This man never sleeps

[@Rooflemonger]

untrue, I slept bout 3 hours. Thats a good amount for a launch game for me

[@reddeadpoolhood]

@@Rooflemonger just 3 hours like the mangaka of one piece

[@Onicory]

This game is so fun, I love the pace and how it’s got a little bit of everything. I hope it gets the attention it deserves in the tournament scene.

[@glassofmilk9489]

17:14 Just wanted to add that rolls don't specifically lose to lows, rather they are upper body invulnerable. So mids that hit close to the ground such as Katalina 2M or projectiles that travel across the ground such has Percival 236X actually beat rolls.

[@Tenrousei1]

Hi Roofle, I just recently discovered your videos while I was watching Granblue videos. This guide is super helpful for me, both for pointing out the differences between this and the OG GBVS and for explaining the mechanics and even giving a more in depth explanation of building your own combos! (Which is something I struggle immensely with as I'm not much of a frame data sort, but you got me intrigued now!) I've always been a little reluctant to play fighting games more frequently as I enjoy them, but could never wrap my head around them too well. I'm a long time GBF fan though and this guide is gonna make my dive back into GBVS a lot easier, so thank you!

[@Rooflemonger]

Happy to help!

[@pikachuattack542]

I'm starting the video right now so I don't know if it's mentioned, but I just wanna say that the character interactions at the beginning of every match are unique and specific to what side you're on! Many of the mirror matches have characters surprised and/or aggressive as one might when seeing their own face across from them, but literally everyone knowing everyone and having SOMETHING to say is impressive. I think that deserves more attention and love.

[@nikkofranchise]

We appreciate all your hard work getting these awesome guides up, rooflemonger!

[@lucky777seven5]

I want to thank you for your support to fighting gamers, especially your last videos are very well made and so useful! Thank you and keep up the great job!

[@ChrisRedfield13]

Thank you my good man! I just picked up this game and I was kinda lost on the mechanics but thankfully I always have your content to look forward to! Thank you so much for this! 🙏

[@sinisterrain2079]

Can't wait to try this game out. Thanks for the crash course, really like your style on these video.

[@Tava]

this is the most fun i have had with a fighting game in ages. anime without air dashes is actually such a sick combo

[@fgc_wannabe8397]

Yo nice vid Roofle, I just picked this up as a Christmas gift for a friend and trying to help her learn. For sure will be point her here to check it out, she is pretty new to the genre and would love to get her more into them Thanks for the vid man

[@BaconGamer498]

New to series and 35:15 explains so much why every move feels like a freight train I spend all them without ever noticing and I just get ran over 😅 what a lifesaver of a guide thank you

[@MARK-r6c3k]

Learned a ton watching this. Thanks so much. Just bought the game today.

[@5hrsbefore1998]

as someone still new to fighting games you’re the best, thank you.

[@TheWordPlay]

Great guide! I didn't know that attacks that hit crouching opponents yield more advantage. Side note: Even tho the first game wasn't THAT long ago, it feels kinda nostalgic to have a new beginner guide for Granblue again lol

[@akdrzllol1698]

Incredible guide🤝🏾

[@kode-man23]

You know what? I'm gonna leave a like, AND I'm gonna subscribe. I actually didn't notice that I wasn't subbed.

[@combo_barrage6042]

I’ve been loving this game so far. It’s so simple but feels just as fundy based as the bigger competitive games. So much fun!

[@daviondenson6472]

i been waiting for your beginner guide video and it here i totally going to be buy this game this video was helpful for me

[@_MGPz]

Amazing guide as always🙇‍♂ Thank you!

[@Firealchemist24]

Thank you so much for this guide dude, glad to see we can use meter more liberally in this game and the bravery system is going to be very interesting to see used in high level play.

[@danielorlovaquinn]

This was definitely needed i saw your choose your main video on this game that i had never heard of and bought it... it felt like skull girls i couldnt even attack and got destroyed constantly 😭

[@fantasma0017able]

yo my man, thank you as always your video helped a lot it was a really nice shortcut for me like back in GGS I improved in a matter of seconds, thanks again

[@zachwatts4690]

Great video! I didn’t play the first game, but I had fun trying the second beta for this one. I didn’t realize that being low on/out of bravery points increased the damage you take - imagine being out of BP vs a 3-stack Siegfried 💀

[@marcbraun5342]

These are so well done and very helpful to understand a game's mechanics fast. I'm already better in the game and I haven't even picked it up yet till watching. ^^ This is the kind of thing I would "buy" off a content creator, if they don't want to do themself, and bake into the game. For me that works better than the written information in the training mode. Just divide them into basic, offense, defense, super ect. and if you don't want to watch it you can skip that segment. Street Fighter 6 has something like that, I'd still turn to this channel, they are all aware of...

[@kaleidoslug7777]

I really appreciate this video! GBVS has a lot of cool mechanics under the hood that I didn't know about

[@NoThx12131]

You just convinced me to give this series a shot. Cant wait!

[@leighsherval1023]

This game is bundles of fun and works like a dream on Steam Deck.

[@Donkeyjon]

Thanks for making these vids roof. You're the best fgc content creator by far

[@Ghulith]

Thanks for the guide, it helps me a loot to understand about the game

[@barjed_dev]

Not being able to sleep is paying off for once. Let’s go!

[@illusionary_slayer]

Thanks for this begineers guide! Super helpful!

[@leonardomur]

Great as usual Roof.

[@AmerSDD]

Most likely I'm not gonna buy the game but how the in earth did i manage to watch it all , roof u got an amazing charm much appreciated ❤

[@javiercortez718]

Good thing is that will be a free version of this game if you wanna try it out

[@AmerSDD]

Indeed i got the backbone of the game thx to our roof and its looking good so far the only problem is Tekken 8 will be released probably two weeks after this game 💔

[@natetoopi567]

Another great video. Thank you for your content, Roofle

[@Anivia92]

The mechanics in this game are pretty sick. It adds another cool layer to the rock paper scissors of fighting games.

[@marcuskennan]

awesome guide, thank you r-monger!

[@lonewalker1965]

Recently getting into fighting games in general and I am in love with this game- it's feels like a good balance for a starter! But honestly it's so daunting since there's so much stuff to learn xD I personally need to really learn fundementals and basics of games like these- especially stuff like 2b or something on the controller inputs or frame data stuff

[@retrofuture6786]

I love how you do your intros, they remind me of Chef John 😂

[@v0v692]

Very detailed for newcomers like me. Thanks for your effort :D

[@boogeybeats5747]

I'm new to this series but love the game. Reminds me of that dfo fighting game lol. Awesome video bro

[@fatalishuntinghorn]

This Looks like the perfect game to Learn 2D fighters With an amazing twist can't wait to Play it when i can finally buy it

[@bean-charlieartz3138]

I’m definitely picking this game up

[@TafferFGC]

One correction is that doing motion inputs only gives the extra damage if done raw. So any special that's done in a combo will have the same damage as you would if you did the easy input

[@CC42_]

That's such bad game design, unless devs now are just trying to do away with motion inputs. In that case it's just sad.

[@eduardoserpa1682]

I love how they addressed one of the earliest criticisms over the original GBVS, which was the uninteresting super meter. They had already tried it in the last season with Overdrive, Rush and Backshift, but now it's much, much better in the ways you build it and use it. It's no GG and no SF6, but that aspect is way more interesting than it used to be.

[@eve_ign]

I wanted to try this game out as I heard from many that this game is good for a beginner fighting game player

[@broadwayLamb78]

Great guide, cheers

[@adityakrishnawestjava9201]

For me the first time before i play GBVSR, this game is so nice, this game is become one of my favourite

[@CrimsonNinroot]

That 99 code though 🤦‍♂️ lol. Always enjoys the vids great work!

[@BryanPhilippi]

This is a very nice beginners guide, hoping to learn this as my very first traditional fighter! I'm absolutely terrible though, I feel my brain is too smooth for more than 1 attack button, coming from smash bros... On another note, are you playing on PS5? Or did you get the PS5 button prompts to show up for steam, because I can't seem to make that work :(

[@eliholland1365]

Get this man the James Brown jacket, "The Hardest Working Man in FGC."

[@Joey_CapcomFightingNetwork]

Looking forward to another day 1 journey in the FGC.

[@deadfr0g]

0:40 “This is a very grounded game for the most part…” 1:09 “It’s very easy to jump in” Well hang on, man, which one is it? 😀

[@steelbreese72]

Thank you

[@kal_delet]

Thorough and perfectly paced as usually. Great video One thing though, do ex moves still exist? Or do enchanted specials replace them

[@MrOrdinaryundone]

Yeah EX specials are still performed using H and don't cost meter

[@Kai_Ning]

So i ain't gonna buy the game, i'm too heavily invested in SF6 atm and with Uni 2 coming very soon i really shouldn't overextend myself. However knowing how painful it must have been for you with not having a key before launch, i'm still gonna have every granblue vid you do run while muted on another tab. Keep up the good work Roofle !

[@magicalgirl1296]

I am tempted to get this game just to play Anila, but I suppose I can try the game for free. It's very pretty.

[@benadrylthundercrotch7144]

OMG I just realized Anila does Terry stuff because he's the wolf and she's about sheep. It's all coming together.

[@CEO_of_Kostco]

Man's a hero in the fgc o7

[@secretcrocodile7499]

i dont play this game and am not interested in anime fighters that much but the way you introduce beginners to every new fighting game is so sick

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

In a world where sheep air dash over the fence as you count them

[@jay101d6]

Thanks for the awesome guide! Who's your main?

[@Rooflemonger]

working too much on vids to properly play right now lol. I played ladiva in the original, and I do like anila cause she rewards fundamentals and has big buttons though.

[@jay101d6]

@@Rooflemonger Aw it sucks you dont have time to play properly, really enjoy your vids and the work that goes into em though, they're great! I kinda got the feeling you liked Anila lol

[@JeannieLove]

Just listening makes me want to play the game. I was wondering if you'd be willing to cover the RPG mode and how it differs from the original game, or not, and maybe cover the other new modes as well.

[@ComeForPeace]

I do have the original version of the game, but seemed that there are not many people in Australia who play this game. So I tried the demo version of this new game, and it is quite fun though. The characters are quite easy to pick up, so I think the free play version is enough for me for now 😂

[@Ilsergentedilegno]

How can I punish a foe evading a close attack with a spot dodge? In game tutorial says that it lose to throws, but I can't throw the enemy while spot dodging.

[@whizthesugoi]

Gogo algorithm go!

[@Rooflemonger]

🙏

[@HeyMrVelocity]

dumped 6 hours into this game the first night. this is a great game in my opinion.

[@LAN-w-]

Unrelated topic but are there gadgets that you can attach to the router or laptop to get the same or close to same as fast and stable as wired connection? I can only game on my laptop and using wifi is pain, most of my matches averages from 150 - 350 ms. I can use an ethernet cable but its inconvenient as fk.

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

I have a question. I'm trying to learn katalina and do her hit confirm challenge. For some reason I *cannot* cancel her light attack into her sword thrust using the button short cut. I can do it with the qcb input but not the button. Is there a change in properties when using the buttons vs the inputs beside damage reduction?

[@poeticider]

@rooflemonger sorry to bother you, as a new player I started playing Eustace on ranked and am currently on 3Wins /47 Losses at the bottom of C rank- the game will not allow me to demote into D. I think my biggest difficulty right now is I never know when it is my turn and always seem to get unga bunga'd into the corner. I know this is pretty vague but do you have any suggestions to getting out of this bind? I'm currently of two minds, either trying a simple character for now such as Charlotta or doing some serious labbing with Eustace- what do you think? -Some internet bro who never seems to do anything the easy way

[@kirigherkins]

I will never stop calling the special unique button the character's Drive, you know what game I came from lol

[@roflmayonnaise]

Great vid as always on this channel! I really encourage anyone who is looking at this game and thinking it looks interesting to give it a go! it will have a free version with rotating characters that you can play online with so you lose nothing. :) then if you find you like it, you can invest later! Oh, and there's Fall Guys, too! See ya'll there!

[@RamenxXxNoodles]

Any tips on issues with specials into specials it seems so tight and I can't seem to get the timing

[@ricksgamemisc10]

Bravery Points: When you say "Down 1 pt, Down 2 pts, etc" is that down to the opponent, or down from the max of 3? Thanks

[@thehotsoup9844]

Bro anila...dayum

[@pepsy3085]

You scared me bro i thought it released a day early 😂

[@Cloud271281]

How do you do a ultimate😢

[@jeanpablo1031]

I tried versus and the combos are so ridiculously tight that I couldn't pull even the simplest one with the simplest character

[@Way2MetaL]

Chef John is a fighting game nut...who would have known.

[@aldoko]

nice, I am new at the game and I noticed that some opponents do a skill to stand up, I read somewhere that is called a DP, but I don't understand how that works, I have never been able to replicate it, any explanation or advice you can provide on those?

[@Rooflemonger]

a DP is another term for invincible reversal. So like gran's uppercut. Not everyone has that style of move, its character to character.

[@aldoko]

@@Rooflemonger thanks, will study the characters then to see who can punish me with that

[@tizianomerello6530]

Could be amazing an easy guide character by character:)

[@AsianMoriarty]

Honestly my main question, because I kinda want to go through all of the GBVS story before I touch Rising is, is the game a sequel story-wise as well or can I hope straight in like it was one of the extended versions of Blazblue?

[@neon-lake]

It has both the old story and new story content

[@VTsimpingSan]

On the note of this being easy to play, I think the tutorial Gran fight is harder than most of the CPUs you fight in Arcade. I probably fought tutorial Gran well over 100 times yesterday. Nearly 3 straight hours of doing 10 rounds where I win 2-3 of the rounds. I eventually went positive when I switched off Gran but it was super discouraging until I played Arcade mode and Was winning against Very Hard CPU.

[@alternate3787]

Doesnt the game release tomorrow?

[@witheesoul]

am i the only one who always speaks along with roofle's intro?

[@JangaLove]

why is it beneficial to back block?

[@LuckyRaphi]

Sometimes you wanna walk back while blocking

[@BIGBLUBLUR]

Also, iirc, you can't tech throws with press block. Or at least thats how it was in the GBFV vanilla.

[@nessleepk]

Thank you Rooflemonger now instead of mashing buttons after 20 years I’ll be mashing sheep buttons

[@AlanJonesu]

Altough you didn't go over overheads, great guide nonetheless!

[@Rooflemonger]

I most certainly did go over overheads in chains. If you are talking the universal overhead, it doesn't exist anymore.

[@AlanJonesu]

@@Rooflemonger Really? I had no idea!

[@RizwanAli-rs2hj]

Can someone tell me can i download this on pc and how

[@neon-lake]

Do u not have steam?

[@RizwanAli-rs2hj]

@@neon-lake nevermind I figured out how and yes I do have it so I got everything thanks for the comment

[@unsolol]

block button .. where did my mix go :(

[@Rooflemonger]

this game needs a block button, without it, it would get very degenerate very fast