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alright I reflected on the self. I'm 100% sure the beasts are the issue here

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR PRESIDENT!! ❤

HOLY SSSSHIIIIIIITTTTTT MY EEBY DEEBY CAME HOME HE LOOKS SO NICE

Working on feeding yall rn (making a faust x reader fanfic) that should be done in a few days hopefully.

I bring you an idea I had sturring up for human Paracelsus/normal Paracelsus. As apart of the oath to stop feeding off of blood, aba tries to find a food Para would like. They go through typical foods (Hotdogs, fries, pizza) until they land on his favourite, jelly donuts. Even though I don't see Para liking sweets in favour of both of them being healthy, he can't help but treat himself to a jelly donut every once and a while. (Btw his favourite flavor of jam is cherry!)

I made a whole Top 10 chart for who I thought would be the next dlc character AND MY #3 WAS SIN AND YKNOW WHAT IM GONNA COUNT THAT AS A WIN

But seriously I’m so happy to see that he’s back! The roster seriously just keeps getting better and better!

POTEMKIIIIN BUSTAAAAAAAA

My main I'm back baby, time to relearn..... everything ohno

I'm so excited about Slayer in Strive I think I'm gonna fucking explode holy shit

I genuinely love him so much he's so fucking cool

Let's talk about why he's so awesome:

Probably the coolest part about Slayer (in Xrd at least) is the fact that he is playing a completely fucking different game mechanically from the rest of the cast. He is, I believe, the only character on the roster who has links between his moves. He has absolutely AWFUL gatlings, such as c.s only cancelling into two moves that are a guaranteed hit, and also being a move that you CANNOT gatling into, unlike most of the Xrd cast. However, because of the recovery and the frame data on Slayer's moves, you can link into them, where if you press a button with good timing (anywhere between 1-4ish frames,) you'll still get a true combo.

For example, you can do c.s>f.s>c.s>f.s, which is a true combo.

Additionally, his teleport dash is quite cool because it is completely intangible for several frames, allowing you to get out of frame traps or other positions that could be dangerous with good timing. You can also cancel the dash with a jump, and then cancel the jump with a special move to get the dash invulnerability on the move, which is fucking hard but super useful. It's also a cross-up. This sounds pretty busted, and while it is powerful, it is EXTREMELY committal, as Slayer can only cancel his dashes with a jump and not special moves or normals (you can YRC the dash, I think, but it's 25 meter and is seemingly only useful occasionally.)

Even beyond his mechanical differences, though, the way he plays feels fucking incredible. You might've heard that Slayer has insane damage, which he does absolutely have it's kind of insane. K Pilebunker (a followup from his rekka movement dash thing) does a whopping 80 damage. That's nearly 20% of a healthbar on a character with no guts and x1 defense, or an insane 104 (~25%) against Chipp's glass bones and paper skin. From one move.

This is balanced, however, by the fact that throwing it out in neutral is a pretty terrible idea, because it's -20 on block and puts you in range for a nice c.s from your opponent. This is why I think Pilebunker is so good at representing how Slayer is as a character: he's generally big risk, big reward. While, yes, he has a nasty mixup out of Under Pressure, going into Under Pressure can be difficult due to a vulnerability to 6Ps, lows, and sometimes even throws. Additionally, it's 0 on block, so some characters can mash out of a low.

This leads into my favorite thing about his mixup. While it's pretty standard 4-way guessing on a knockdown, in neutral it shifts to being a mental game. "Make the wrong guess and Slayer will have a feast," declares his entry on Xrd Dustloop, which is perfect for him. Using Dandy Step to go into Under Pressure and its numerous follow-ups can be very scary for an opponent, especially because mashing on a low can lead to a counter-hit It's Late, which is very bad to get hit by. However, in neutral, players might attempt to use a low against Under Pressure, or even attack during Dandy Step, which is where the mind games come in. If you condition an opponent to attack your Under Pressure starters, you can use Pilebunker. Which combos into itself on counter-hit. And does 80 damage. It becomes a game of "do I want to block the mixup, or should I risk a low?" For the Slayer player, it becomes a game of "do I want to risk Pilebunker being blocked for more damage, or do I want to risk being shut down with a low?" This is just. So much fucking fun.

Add onto that his short range, poor mobility, and steep requirements for his highest damage combos (not necessarily execution, but how you need to start it,) and you have a character that will shatter all of your bones if he gets the right hit off, but can struggle to actually get that hit.

Playing him is like injecting yourself with pure joy and happiness. It feels good to land a K Pile, good to take a chomp out of someone for the forced counter-hit, good to call someone out on a meaty with Burst Dead On Time for 175 damage (what the fuck were they thinking with that. That's genuinely fucking insane)

Is he for everyone? No. Is he undoubtedly one of the coolest fucking characters in the whole franchise? Yes. Absolutely.

I need him in his new form in Strive so bad. I'm gonna have a heart attack. He's too cool. Give me Ups And Downs NOW. ALSO LOOK AT NEW PILEBUNKER

It summons more CUBES

I don't know what his bar does and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

Kys the kind of guy to get wrapped up in work and forget to eat so dizzy just hides crackers for him in his office for him to "coincidentally" find while working so he'd eat something for once

I bet Ky really likes cream crackers and will rant about them when prompted. Dizzy of course loves this and gives him many buttered crackers.

Ky the cracker fiend

lays down i am just so so so obssessed with the Millia/Zato/Venom love triangle i cant. i dont want any of those 2 to end up with Zato bc hes sucks major ass and makes their lives worse (said as a Zato Main), but its still SOOOO interesting like,,, 

Zato loving Millia, then hating her, and then basically making her his entire will to live and devoting himself to protecting her when she wants nothing more to move on from their past after fucking killing Zato because of the whole hating her and him trying to kill her over her being like “hey killing literal baby kings is fucked up man” and disliking the assassin life she had found herself in. that she has grown and learned to love herself again while Zato sank deeper and deeper into his own problems before deciding to make his happiness dependent on her which, oof! unhealthy. but such good drama.

and then theres Venom who started to hate Millia out of jealousy, who was just so devoted to Zato and following him that he became an assassin despite it being against his very nature–because while he is someone who comes off as stoic and robotic at times, hes very soft natured, empathetic, and hates blood.

 but he loves Zato, so he stays an assassin and in some endings takes the entire guild over…. and then when Zato is taken over by Eddie he goes out of his way to track them down and try to save Zato–in some endings either taking care of a comatose Zato or even taking on Eddie as a parasite instead

and its like… Zato will probably never love venom! not even that hes probably straight, but because Zato’s more concerned about himself and then later “protecting” Millia that he takes Venoms loyalty and devotion for granted whilst chasing after a woman who can’t love him back (and honestly is totally justified in NEVER loving him back) just yet because he’s not changed enough from what made her hate him in the first place

And all of them would be better off without each other–Venom gets a taste of it with his bakery and Roboky at least–but Zato (and somewhat) Venom just cant let who they want go!!

and then Venom even starts to decide he cant hate Millia anymore, not because of her actions, but because Zato’s dedicated himself to protecting her now and Venom in the end cares less about his own feelings and safety than he does about Zato–

just.

a solitude that asks for nothing in return.