They Fixed Baiken.

[@lordknightfgc]

How are you feeling about Baiken this patch? (also pls subscribe)

[@culturemanoftheages]

pretty good

[@kamisatoayaka2312]

She's back 🦅🔥🔥

[@snowflake4108]

fun changes even to fight against. guard cancels really makes her stand out extremely from everyone. might hop on her 👀👀👀👀

[@menacezeroneutral]

I can finally get in range to cS 🎉

[@lagspike7763]

This character is a PROBLEM bro

[@tdwl2802]

LK apologising for doing a tenth of the dooming of the average baiken player is crazy

[@Squiddy00]

I think the funniest part of Baiken's guard cancel is it makes Ky in DI almost worse than normal Ky because all his specials are now like 3 hits with omega hitstop.

[@fnndhshsbxnf]

at least she’s not safe from the infinite since it’s a projectile

[@ryanhernandez8324]

​@@fnndhshsbxnfDidn't they just fix that?

[@agama__]

Hoping for a guide to Baiken this season, since as a new player it’d be killer to get some up-to-date direction on how to play this character because a lot of the guides online I’ve found are from before all these changes >

[@scrapjob]

I was waiting until I got your opinion on baiken, and thankfully you let it settle post update to give an informed opinion. Thank you 🙏

[@aerialjohn8631]

I feel like the parry outside of blockstun is soooo much longer than before. It's such a pleasure to use now, sometimes i'm even surprised when it works and i thought i had missed the timing It's an underrated buff imo

I think they said it’s active for 8-10 frames now. So it’s SUPER good

[@jasonslade6259]

yeah the fact that 10 frames is the startup of an average f.S means going from 7 to 10 is a huge deal.

[@ThePoodle]

You can kara cancel the dash cancel after parry, which can give gapless tether. It overlaps with super, but by doing a qcb, you can overwrite it.

[@PlumEXE]

Could you explain more?

[@Phosphophyllite21]

​@@PlumEXESame deal as Ram's Erarlumo karas, but you add a qcb so you don't unintentionally get super.

[@fourhops]

I have been really liking baiken this patch, a big thing that felt bad about baiken besides her being bad was how hard it was to play her in bracket with her inconsistencies. I feel like more often now with a lot of these changes matchups feel a lot more stable and my placements feel more consistent because of it.

[@OneTiredFella]

The consistent conversions on max range 5h and 2h are so sick! They feel like brand new buttons 🎉

[@egebamyasi2929]

My THIRST for KNOWLEDGE has been QUENCHED, ... for now. ...

[@7standdad]

Thanks doc

[@Gadgetmcflyv2]

Baiken getting her guard cancel back...NATURE IS HEALING!!!

[@rasifurefodi8306]

We’re so back!

[@ayr1190]

Honestly really excited to see Baiken in more tournaments this time around. Also, happy 100k!

[@acewttimer]

Knowing Baiken has come this far does wonders for my mental. I’ve gotta hop on GG again.

[@benjaminracelis1992]

Look forward to seeing you too 8 FF again this year. I will be rooting for you. Fun fact: I popped off so hard so many time at FF16, I shredded my vocal cords so hard that my body thought I was sick. I came down with a cold as my body fought a virus that didn’t exist.

[@pateceinsanity7715]

It’s not her command dash, but I’ll take it, oh MY

[@phsquared1000]

I’m still gonna keep asking for her command dash simply for the sake of it being a cool and fun move. But man they really did fix everything Baiken players were asking for. It’s crazy.

[@NemSumeragi]

​​@@phsquared1000 command dash is honestly kinda worthless without azami follow-ups. Yeah the armour is neat but it would be a bit of a waste to make that her new move. If anything, they might just give us kabari followup as a straight up move, similar to how Faust got the golf swing

[@KonoDmaxda]

@@NemSumeragi They could always give her suzuran and make the follow ups already existing moves, like H could be the kabari followup, P Hiiragi, even S could be tether, and if they wanted to fill out the buttons make K the extra invul dash it always was or just leave it out.

[@ArcticWolfGod]

Considering my skill level, these conversion buffs are insane for me. I liked playing Baiken before the patch too, but it was sometimes very hard to get damage, and I dropped my combos a lot too. Parry also feels so much better to use now, the guard cancel parry however has felt close to useless for me, at least for now.

[@milos1967]

Bacon is SIZZLING this patch! I wish they remembered testament...

[@SoI_Badguy]

Testament has slowly been getting better and better and better. I mean, they're not bottom 3 anymore! Look at that

[@malwd6321]

Testament is one of the most obnoxious characters in the game to fight, idk what you would buff on testament

[@milos1967]

@@malwd6321 Just give them a new move. Their kit is soooo bland rn, combined with being bad

[@jotogoat]

@@milos1967they’d need a rework to not be the most boring character in the game lol

[@whitemoth4339]

@@SoI_Badguy only bottom 8, over 3 years! im so proud of them

[@Rojo9149]

We have escaped the dash up slap buttons bang bang arc 😭

[@lordknightfgc]

That arc is ongoing 💀

[@Mr.Faust3]

They haven't removed whiff gun shot tho

[@Rojo9149]

At least we were dashing up and banging with the rest of em a little better now lol

[@itsjustavi]

Guard cancel pary + dash cancel S kabari is crack.. Especially against arbitor

[@jwalsh0130]

How do you do that 224 combo with the j.S into j.D? I see a random P and a dash so I’m assuming a kara out of something or a real tight microdash

[@ijusmix2585]

I feel like the scariest past of gc parry is the use against stuff like zato jp jd or jp 2k and other mix that you know when it’s coming

[@Voicelet]

Baiken: - Fixed an issue causing Baiken's Kenjyu to sometimes gain an increased hit count. What good timing. I'm just gonna leave it to the Baiken bros to test that out.

[@yoman5]

Any chance we get an updated s4 baiken guide for bnbs/oki/pressure?

[@michael13849]

Not much has changed other than not needing 2S in combos and f.s and 5h actually connecting

[@ThatLuckyBear]

Glad to see some Baiken love and I'm definitely gonna play her a bunch when its time to play later this year. 😌

[@ExceedRed]

I used to hate Baiken because she felt super one dimensional (And also cause I sucked at blocking her offense), but now she feels more unique that I’m interested to pick her up for fun

[@lukehoward5296]

gratz on 100k LK

[@shuples]

how do you do the combo at 14:24? i cant get the crossup for some reason

[@Interstellallout]

I like where they are going in this patch. Baiken seems like she got changes she should have had for a while now, and I am here for it. They might have overtuned Ram & Gold Lewis, but other than that its good so far.

[@Canadiansamurai]

I was a Baiken main since AC+ It pleases me immensely she's getting stronger!

[@tire_iron488]

congrats on 100k

[@vagetaintherain5595]

Can't you actually convert with kara dash cancel after the parry now? When I do kara tatami it usually hits the opponent

[@RoosterCP]

Baiken feels so good to play right now, changes are definitely well received.

[@lunafoxfire]

Yoooooo Baiken having guard cancel makes me want to pick her up this season. It seems so cool! And annoying AF for the opponent.

[@SuperSaku1]

13:49 saucy

[@michael13849]

I love her a lot this patch. If they can give me back season 2 yzn i'll go back to solo maining her.

[@LoneRatatouille]

4:42 what are these acronymes 😂😂😂 I don't play this game I gat curouis because of the recommandation and now i'm completly lost

[@Timmcd]

"FD" = Faultless Defense - its holding two attack buttons while you block, it creates the green shield effect and pushes the opponent further away at the cost of your Tension (resource in the bottom left bar) "JD" = j.D, short for "jumping Dust", where "Dust" is one of the attacks in the game. In this case, Bridget's j.D is the air move where she attacks all around herself. The game is really fun. This video is less for newcomers than it is people already into the game competitively. Lord Knight has videos more about getting into Guilty Gear Strive as a newcomer, and I'm sure there are a lot of others out there too. Good luck!

[@максимКашлинский]

Could you do a combo guide for baiken s4, please?

[@EvasionSnake]

does this mean you're moving back to baiken, or are you sticking on may?

[@JaquetaoSlayer]

Probably Baiken, since he used her on Strive Ark Tour in Brazil last week and got second.

[@kama_nyaaa9049]

new baiken combo vid pls

[@slippery_air]

WE AR BACK!!!!

[@menacezeroneutral]

We are so back king 👑 After Baiken was in the gutter for what felt like a year, there was nothing more frustrating than being told Baiken isn't that bad. Just gotta be better lmao 😂 I have zero sympathy for the pot players🎉

[@Pluto.TM_]

Has anyone else noticed the fact he blinks A LOT?

[@Jack_Horner_is_a_hero]

Celebrate while you can, I promise Arcsystem is gonna find a way to nerf her next patch after they see like 4 people complain on twitter

[@SemiQuest]

Can any baiken mains explain the ambiguous left right off of grab? I keep messing it up 😅

[@TGDPleaseDontLaugh]

Its a timing thing for the most part. Off grab (not hold grab where you just throw them) you superjump. The timing of the super jump is what determines the side you land on. But either way you want to do it fast after the throw. So you throw them, super jump, and look for your opppenent for when they start to stand up, input YZN rght when you see them start to stand up. Some people autotime it with super jump>j.p>j.p>YZN, some auto time it with superjump>j.k>YZN. Some people do it without autotiming with air normals to make it even more ambiguous. The main thing is that you have to superjump and have YZN land right as they are standing up. It takes practice to get the timing down, I have trouble getting the j.p>j.p to come out on time and still hit YZN, but I usually dont autotime stuff anyway and just have the timing down in my head for the most part. Still mess it up, but its what I do. The only person this doesn't really work on is Leo because his DP is a Flash Kick input meaning he doesn't have to guess what side to input DP into. But if he is showing respect to the mix, then do the mix. You can also do superjump>airbackdash>j.h for another layer, and also superjump>land>2D, or even superjump>land>held throw for the combo we got off of tetherred throw. It all takes practice, keep at it.

[@SemiQuest]

@TGDPleaseDontLaugh Thanks

[@24Nyome]

Congrats

[@Kolos1001]

Praise Daisuke

[@HatSonaMiku_KEKW]

Are we so back?

[@ZachStarAttack]

I wish that zato got this much what the heck

[@EtTuBrutalizer]

Thx goat

[@asherjones5725]

I'm just glad testaments good now

[@M-Trigger]

Baiken players entire history with their characters resumes in: "We're cook'd ➡️"We're so back" ➡️ "We're cook'd" ➡️ "We're so back"

[@therippedwizard]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@arw000]

It was nice while it lasted...

[@orionjorgensen2893]

So full disclosure, I comment from the perspective as a Bridget main regarding this patch's changes for Baiken. I quite often play against my cousin who solo mains Baiken and performs around the Floor 9/Celestial ranking and have practiced Baiken a bit myself to better understand the match-up. I will say as the defender, I miss the ambiguity that S-Kabari used to have that the suction now eliminates. I am also glad Baiken now has more initial dash speed and more consistent conversion ability add ranges I could easily abuse as Bridget. I honestly found myself cringing for my cousin anytime H-Kabari would just whiff at certain ranges. But the back hit suction of Yozansen is just the worst to deal with. I've fought so many Baiken's that just air dash constantly to make up for having to approach on the ground, likely due to the strength of Aerial Slash and Yozansen/Yozansen cross-up leaving them advantage in my face. My reactions tend to be on the slower side and conditioning with Bridget's crouching heavy, even with the nice combo I get seems never enough to dissuade them from constantly airdashing at me. And while this would normally be a good thing, Baiken getting this once means I'm two hits from death. And at certain ranges both my 6P and crouching heavy can't anti air Baiken above me as cross up Yozansen is coming out. Now if it hits, the reward is massive and I've lost half my health into a safe jump Tatami set up at times. Maybe this is seemingly worse and inflated as a low damage, low health character like Bridget, in not one of her most difficult, but certainly most annoying match-ups due to Parry, but the Yozansen suction change is the only one that feels awful to play against and feels like it's made a very uninteractable approach even more scrubby and pushes Baiken to spam it even more often for the great reward on block and now hit. I completely understand there may be some great punish for the situation I haven't yet discovered, but as of now the Yozansen back hit suction change is the one that really feels like it is too much. Wouldn't even mind if it still had some suction to prevent the move sending Baiken's opponent full screen, just not point blank. Curious to hear what Baiken mains think of this~

[@OMGrobWTF]

You can still 6P cross up yousanzen with certain characters pretty successfully and Ky can just standing jab it. Visually it looks cursed because you’re actually hitting it backwards but since 6P is upper body invul it still works.

[@orionjorgensen2893]

I will definitely give this a try​@@OMGrobWTF

[@Dhampire1976]

Holy yap

[@hadoke]

Finally, my waifu has returned.

[@StubenhockerElite]

Game plays like DNF duel now and i love it

[@GrownManPat]

Can you elaborate on that?

[@M-Trigger]

​@@GrownManPat Not the guy you where asking, but I assume that it's because DNF Duel is "Everyone is a broken top tier" the game, and Season 4 at the time is the one that gave Strive The biggest quantity of Bullshit Blazing that the game has ever had.

[@mcbill7352]

Not quite. In dnf duel everyone has 15 second long combos

[@sleepofgc]

​@@mcbill7352 hated DNF for that. I don't have a problem with easy combos or long combos. Make the long combos easy and there's just so much waiting

[@azu1394]

@@sleepofgc in my exp a lot of character's optimal stuff was reasonably hard, at least compared to strive

[@gardevoirdude7493]

hype

[@PinePizza]

Awesome that she's playable now but honestly now.. Why is Arcsys like that? Can't they just make at least everyone have more or less of a small win each patch and something like idk, nerfs that are bearable? I just wish every character could be nice and fun. Still salty over the Potemkin changes and my last Strive session was like two weeks ago - I don't miss post patch Strive at all. It's a meme game for me at this point. In Season 3 I played nearly every day. They should really stop massacring certain characters and calm the heck down with these drastic 180° turns. Tweak characters, make them fun, nerf OP things and replace them with cool stuff that feels fair and fun to use. That'd be great. But what am I saying. This is Arcsys. God help me.

[@TokenCast]

Yo I'm well aware that a lot of youtubers don't care about the concept of audio and I'm not expecting you to start anytime soon. Especially with a usp, mic, but I don't think you realize it. But the volume is too high for this whole entire video on your mic.

[@Voicelet]

Baiken people deserve to eat after these past 3 years.

[@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz]

she has been unstrived brothers!

[@ar.temis696]

Ken is bi??????

[@alexey635able]

…and broke everyone else…

[@Za_Phantom]

More fucking no skill slam curse slam backdash bang bang bang oh I run up bang bang and my char can do nothing but predict it from the Mayan period and pray they forgot baiken is in the game Losing it ATM time to drink, I will continue to just be superior I guess 💀💀💀💀💀💀 - A man once in the trenches

[@jojomojo32]

FIRST YES YES YES YEA YES YES

[@Snoozy570]

Erm actually I was first I just didn’t comment🤓

[@jojomojo32]

@ NOOOOOOO

[@Snoozy570]

@ you were probably first lol

[@JodyOuO]

they overbuffed baiken

[@Mr-Hakim]

no.

[@Storse]

her 2D and 6P are still bad gotta buff her more actually

[@kirby2567]

M8 looking at the NEW crimes Ramlethal and the rest of the usual suspects are are getting away with, I'd say she's actually at the powerlevel this game Should be aiming for

[@JodyOuO]

baiken coomers in the replies

[@kirby2567]

@@JodyOuO there are only Bridget degenerates these days, try again

[@iceink]

nah she still bad

[@testhekid]

congrats on 100k