The Sol Who Blocked

[@Santi.Ocampos]

You can feel his rage in every volcanic viper for every second he waited

[@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong]

literally every cowboy vs wizard matchup(they will not stop spamming)

[@OldSport3291]

@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong Yomi Hustle, nice

[@Tom-rd8dd]

​@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlongNinja Substitution until the enemy gets tired of your bs is the most optimal strategy

[@ChummyMiNummy]

And it's worth every punch

[@mustafa._.9371]

My pp burns when I pee, call that a volcanic viper.

[@chartsol5923]

The fact that combo just killed is the most Sol thing imaginable

[@JarlSwagDog]

it wasn't even optimal

[@chartsol5923]

@@JarlSwagDog Of course it wasn't, why would Sol need to optimise a combo to kill Zato that man has no guts

[@2dt106]

He deserved it tbh

[@zato-1766]

@@chartsol5923 it's a tod guts wouldn't make a difference here.

[@chartsol5923]

@@zato-1766 if it was a good Guilty Gear game it would but that's not the world we live in /s. But Zato's defence is below average as well, it's not like guts is the only thing that makes him slightly easier to ToD for Sol (at least in the GGs I play, which are not -STRIVE-)

[@z1u512]

The reason Sol is low tier in many people's eyes is they haven't met a Sol that knows how to block yet

[@fearedjames]

Lore canon playerbase

[@jojojojojojojojojojojojo4181]

@@fearedjames when you play the character you gotta ACT the character

[@ergastolo4281]

You know, it's funny in my case, because i suck at blocking, i should train more on that, and i also happen to be a Sol main 😂 You know what they say: "You don't choose the character, the character chooses you"

[@gildrax69]

@@ergastolo4281 fellow gorilla main here: I play Leo and I’m also bad at blocking

[@kauanjos3199]

It's a fighting game, not a block game

[@ignis488]

He spent 2 bars, you spent 2 bars, very honest trade

[@meethepie]

I mean, Zato blockstrings are war crimes. I approve even Chipp getting to TOD Zato on counterhit CS if they successfully block Zato for 20s straight.

[@synnissalty]

What's even funnier is if you notice it's an edit and that Zato only spent one bar, cut to when Sol bursts and you'll see he has over half a bar left lol

[@adamrussell9573]

@@synnissalty Zato spent it twice, he was in positive bonus and was build up 100 meter during that blockstring, using sword super twice then the 50 from before wallbreak was used in YRC

[@malikoniousjoe]

Sol only spent 1 bar

[@Erin-eb2os]

​@@malikoniousjoe People usually say "a bar" to refer to half the tension gauge.

[@amp7711]

I know we joke about HC being the ADHD god but my man Sol here exudes pure "I cannot sit still or I will explode" energy

[@LeFisheboi]

Sol has ADHD Happy chaos *IS* ADHD

[@whizthesugoi]

@@LeFisheboi amen

[@desuvult8463]

@@LeFisheboi Sol has… Happy chaos?

[@bigboibebop]

I cannot sit still or YOU will explode

[@bigboibebop]

@@snansundernail8229 chaos ain’t an ADHDer he’s just a nihilist with god powers.

[@redddrago5198]

As a Sol main i confirm that being forced to block more than 2 seconds feels like a sin

[@michaelmcqueeferton6911]

Someone needs to give you a kiske

[@BobbinRobbin777]

Kid named Sin: 🥺

[@bumpersincapped]

​@@BobbinRobbin777 the parents really did not want him

[@davidteixeiraleoncio5044]

Dude, this coment just make my day!

[@thededdranter3233]

This is what happens when you push a Sol Goodman to their absolute limit

[@kopfloserbeginn3879]

Sol worstman :] /j/

[@dukenukem3dgaming]

@@kopfloserbeginn3879 skill issue?

[@kopfloserbeginn3879]

@@dukenukem3dgaming nah just me making a joke about his name

[@OddWolf666]

Hot Dogwater

[@bananajoe8412]

Sol badguy when he meets luna goodman

[@kthatsit391]

I never played this game, but this seems to be the equivalent of a BMW driver using their blinkers

[@Screwz_HT]

As someone who plays this game that is a perfect analogy and I'll be stealing that

[@fefega]

BMW driver uses blinker Turns the wrong way

[@infinite_azure_]

This is the best analogy I've seen

[@michaelmcqueeferton6911]

Good intuition my dude

[@axain7784]

​@@fefega >BMW driver uses their blinkers >slams on the brakes, brake checking the poor fool behind them

[@JohnGlow2]

But when I block Zato for longer than 2 seconds, they decide to loop me with damned fang. Its wicked out here

[@HarmonicVector]

"you forced me to block, that is unforgivable." - Sol "THE UNGA" Badguy

[@olinnus785]

Welcome to Guilty Gear Strive, we have: -Zato keeping Sol in blockstring for 2 hours -Sol killing Zato with one combo more stereotypes please

[@xaridanf.m2069]

Potempking killing in 2 or 3 grabs, ninja diying in every combo while also keeping others in blockstring and been unhitable for 3 h(i dont have the game

[@Scatmanseth]

-Bridget doing a yo-yo dive into your poke every ten seconds -Ky running half a mile to grab you for the fifth time that match

[@szylaj]

-May dolphin dolphin dolphin

[@nadaburner]

-Faust: "Random bull**** go!"

[@Steir12]

@@szylaj Mirror match May VS May throwing mirrored dolphins perfectly in sync for 50 seconds and first May to stop doing this losing the match.

[@dingleberryliespewer3177]

cranking up a gorilla's risc is dangerous...for you.

[@Mitsu852]

If Pure rage was a combo. Truly "How dare you make me block for so long" energy radiating.

[@quotastrider801]

"No, it is NOT blocking! I am meeting your attack with my sword!"

[@jaimeXDgo]

As someone whose closest experience with this game was listening to the ost, I only seem to understand what happens through the context, but my guess is that blocking with Sol is equivalent to eating pizza with a fork.

[@thehellionrevisited2704]

Why does the mental image of eating a pizza with fork just....off putting and wrong.😊

[@glitchedbasil]

blocking with sol is the equivalent of being forced to eat your vegetables as a child

[@Ixarus6713]

Pizza with a fork feels weird, and it sure as hell takes longer, but it's surprisingly good. Better to eat artisan pies like that though, Domino's isn't worth it.

[@zegroselia2504]

I do eat pizza with a fork, quite good.

[@franco-tirador3643]

Sol doesn't have an "Risk" bar. He have an "Rage" bar. And blocking increased that bar a lot for sure

[@duskdeadman4333]

Memoir #02 (feat. May Roosevelt) [slowed] is the song used for the meme

[@malikwaddy6897]

thank you

[@mundanest]

Never ask a woman: Their age A man: Their salary A Sol: What he does in the corner

[@alicehaze3858]

Sol who blocks is the strongest character in the game I'm 100% serious

[@asdsdaadsdadasdasd2473]

If its so then u better rewrite that to "the sol palyer that knows how to block makes sol the best charaacter in the game". sadly in guilty gear defending is one of the least important parts.

[@CanalBillCast]

Ayo, that Sol combo was sick!

[@Scoobydoo-ju9ch]

He wasn't blocking its called energy transfer it's a sacred art passed down by every man in the Badguy line but it is shunned by most of them for being a cowards move

[@thehellionrevisited2704]

Idk why I read that in woolie's voice. Dante learned royal guard from this

[@callie4971]

thumbnail aged well

[@joshrzepka4139]

gets backup because he is the one the only PROTOTYPE GEAR aka god killing flame of corruption sol badguy

[@thatleathel1008]

This aged well (the thumbnail)

[@puppetmaskerr]

Explain?

[@ashemabahumat4173]

"Be patient, and you shall be rewarded my child"- Daisuke

[@collinsgichuhi8255]

Glad to see that Sol is still playing Strive while the other characters are playing #Reload

[@ChickVanCluck]

u missed CL on the second dp, you could have killed him more

[@JarlSwagDog]

I am aware. i have disgraced the DP family

[@CamXXL]

@@JarlSwagDog For shame

[@nostalgicturtle6757]

What's CL? If you guys wouldn't mind telling me

[@Nintenguy0]

​@@nostalgicturtle6757 I assume they are referring to the clean hit of Volcanic Viper. It does increased damage and has more of a "freeze" effect on the opponent when hit from extremely close range, the first Volcanic Viper landed in tbe combo was a clean hit for example.

[@nostalgicturtle6757]

@@Nintenguy0 ohhhh gotcha, so like a sweet spot. Thanks!

[@sorrydudebros]

i am genuinely impressed i never thought i would see a sol tod performed in an actual fight you are the insane

[@SATURNOBR007]

Damn that skin is sick, reminds me of the old times of dragon install into lose. A true Sol Classic.

[@soufinator3631]

0:23 WHAT IS THIS DAMAGE MY GUY

[@flash0utz965]

i love how sol just exploded your health bar in like 2 secs

[@chelovec-molekula]

from his pov he was crushed into smithereens and sealed away for 250 years

[@SHORYUKIN-SF6]

The force in that hit after roman cancel gives off huge, "ENOUGH STALLING, RUN HANDS"

[@dundde3982]

My friends, that’s a soul who’s waited longer than three seconds to press buttons.

[@blazikeaton7478]

behold the terrible fury of a Sol that knows how to block

[@diffdimgamerseven9986]

Opponent:i am about to win Sol:*starts blocking* Opponent:he's going to eventually stop blocking Sol:yes. yes i will. only to beat the crap out of you and your sorry existence

[@Matt-qs5rx]

*Insert 'call an ambulance' meme*

[@mistah3687]

I could hear that Sol player's blood pressure rising as that block string continued

[@pleasedonotchangethis]

“yeah this sol combo wont kill.”

[@lucaslennan3356]

It's fair, he had RISC. Pay no attention to how many times he blocked to obtain that RISC.

[@mosessanchez6063]

One time I was fighting a very aggressive nago, and just thought "I think he would just lose if I just blocked". And I did until he popped blood, and then killed him.

[@LightingStrikeZZZ]

0:22 Most badass counter i see in Strive.

[@tangynara]

ive watched this at least 100 times. 😭 absolutely golden

[@thedemonsofsodom]

An unusual case this one deluded: psychotic, then catatonic.

[@sadyeeter4829]

That sol: IF YOU FORCE ME TO SIT STILL FOR 2 MORE SECONDS IM GONNA SLICE YOUR FACE OPEN AND COVER YOU IN THIRD DEGREE BURNS

[@Onebigcod]

Man sat there like, this immunity to stun, this ability to not be flung for being hit. I will use this chance to win. *Oneshot combo* I must master whatever I used.

[@fifo5553]

"Blocking does not deal any damage to the enemy" -Sun Tzu

[@Thebetterjohn]

A truly astounding display of self control

[@arbitrationengine803]

Hit him with the wrath of god for making him block for even a second

[@scorpio0494]

0:23 *pauses* “Aaaaaaalrighty then chatroom…”

[@Lilaum2]

at first i didnt get this because i never played strive but now after some time playing it this is just pure comedy

[@Tortugostalker]

Blocks around 30 hits for 10 seconds, destroys opponent with a 12 hit combo in 5 seconds!!!

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

"He using the forbidden technique only the gods can do"

[@ArcadeStriker]

I ascended when Sol got his deserved counter into KILL, I've forever hated blocking Zato and this is so fucking satisfying

[@KazzumIsFogged]

For every attacked he blocked, the stronger his Volcanic Viper is

[@adamant6470]

That Zato is already writing at the company for nerfing Sol damages again...

[@sageohpizza7100]

0:15 I AM THE STROM THAT IS APPROACHING

[@megaman7424]

It just matches a Sol players energy that they can actually kill you off one combo for blocking for more than a second

[@soopahcaboose]

Tbh I've been in the zato blender loop as pot and had to block for 12 years. I feel your pain.

[@KoboldCloaca]

Sol Blockguy 😔😔😔

[@ZevTheWolfe]

The quotation marks around "honest" is the most accurate thing ever

[@MasterKcoop]

When someone blocks your long ass combo but you finish it, pushing back the inevitable as depression sets because you know what follows.

[@Thomaskh7]

Bro runs up to him, into grabbing range, not once, not twice, but FIVE TIMES, AND PROCEEDS TO NOT GRAB, AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. BUT, to be fair I can't remember the last time i grabbed a Sol.

[@misamagica]

The burst followed by the biggest "FUCK OFF" counter punch I've ever seen 😭

[@NathanHigiers]

I swear I could hear the gorilla's frantic screams from the second he bursted till the end.

[@quadc0014]

i cant believe there are sol playes who know how to hold 1

[@hexsinthedemon9489]

My man is literally fighting for his life

[@exnamekian]

Sol has such good meter-burn

[@boingertime]

watching this in 144p really brings it together

[@milesprower6110]

"You made me block... for more than 1 sec! Now face my wrath"

[@BlackMetalVayu]

When sol hit the C.s CH he clearly told Zato that he would fuck him up really bad and he went through with his word so technically it's honest and upfront gameplay, no lies or tricks, just massive damage and death.

[@krellykrells]

youd think theyd try throwing you after hitting your block for so long. zato autopilot moment i guess

[@maph12]

Once they know how to block, it's all over.

[@Mepphy99]

when Sol actually block, you know you are in for something terrible to happen

[@blu_rayx2844]

cursed Xrd Sol in Strive

[@davidteixeiraleoncio5044]

You know when a dude can play a fighting game when he knows how to block! Still feels like a sin blocking with Sol for more than 2 seg though...

[@Lee_21]

Bro just went "STRIKE BACK!" And then "GO EXCITED"

[@coffinmyface4237]

That thumbnail alone killed me

[@cyrusmann5443]

the music makes this 10 to the power of 25 times funnier

[@theladypalecorn7750]

I wanna see this shit on the last Friday of the month

[@weebtrash3376]

That Zato was allergic of using command grabs

[@SirL_56]

damn he was actually pretty good

[@aiereeee6223]

The most terrifying experience in guilty gear strive

[@-penta-1357]

This is so satisfying I wish I could give it more than a single like.

[@larv23]

This is the exact reason we need to return to Tyrant Rave blowing out speakers every time it's used.

[@EstelleFGC]

This is the only time I'm gonna say a sol player was being honest

[@onehitwonders7729]

Jesus, Im truly shocked by that amazing game play

[@PhoePhoeLovesAke]

Made to instakill, forced to block.

[@bubble_ross]

its his first day with the character, hes still working out the kinks

[@steamconnected6671]

There need to be song "bullshit blazing still my heart is blazing"

[@Freezingknight]

GG'S, shake my hand.

[@hootels1770]

Every second he spends blocking amplifies his damage. They don't block for your sake.

[@runicj]

Bro looked anxious

[@TheJackMouse]

Bro really came out and waited his turn

[@angaso02]

The anger in each and every command, I love it because I feel it, fuck zato

[@lostsoul9361]

bro pushed an sol user to the edge of his sanity

[@themphantom9138]

He is Blocking! They are Evolving!

[@butlerjeeves9075]

"hes got no guts" - Sajam

[@OriginSoma]

Just getting into ggst, didnt know you could do dp in mid air. THAT MAKES EVERYTHING SO MUCH EASIER

[@2fat2carry67]

the type of clip that preceeds zato downplay

[@teethcoat4274]

But but, the character designed to be a glass cannon is functioning as intended 😭😫

[@2fat2carry67]

@@teethcoat4274