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Yeah lol. Freeman, Carmine, and Remy are all the same kind of edgy character to me (I like them all lol)

@@KuronoOki and Naoto looks like Rock Howard

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It's good to hear that the vids I put out are helpful! I plan on uploading content for other fgs eventually, but the near future is still gonna be all Carmine content! If you're trying to do a meaty pinwheel, you generally wanna throw it out right when the opponent's body is fully down on the ground. This is so that you get the most amount of hits from it and recover fast enough to be able to block a reversal if you think the opponent is gonna throw one out. It can be okay to throw it out a bit earlier than that despite possibly losing a hit of it, but you don't want to throw it out any later than that since you will get hit by reversals in that case. Depending on the combo, you can also try doing 2C > 2Aw > pinwheel since it perfectly times the meaty pinwheel for you so that you get all the hits and recover in time. If you're trying to do a meaty normal, the timing just depends on what normal you're doing. For instance, meaty 5A/2A is done right when the opponent's feet touches the ground after they recover since that's when they're no longer invul. For a meaty 5B though, you can do it a bit earlier than that point since it's more active than 5A/2A. As for bomb release timings, it depends on what you're trying to do with them. If you're trying to make gapless strings, you'll just have to practice releasing them right before the gaps. In general though, if you press the button of the bomb you're holding, it will always directly connect and be gapless. This means if you're holding an A bomb and release it to immediately press 5A/2A, the bomb will always hit right after the A normal and the same goes for B normals. If you're trying to do bomb shimmies, you generally just let go of the bomb at the same time you backdash. Bombs are super flexible so the key to them is just getting comfortable holding them down while pressing other buttons and practicing their release timings at specific set ups.

Yeah I'm familiar with that extender but I try to avoid using FF in combos when I don't have to since I don't like its grd cost. There might be a route or two that uses it in future volumes though.

He needs it >:)

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Not really, you just gotta get a feel for the timing. There's some wiggle room in the delays so you don't always have to do them at the same timing. Practice enough and I'm sure you'll get it down. ^_^

​@@KuronoOkithanks for the encouragement bro

I have more videos planned so hopefully they're also helpful! :D

I also play some FEH :D

@@KuronoOki oh hell yeah

Yeah that's what I'm hoping for. People are saying that her force function might actually be the doll attacks and that those might be rng on which ones comes out. So now I'm wondering if those could be reliably used on oki.

Unless you can get the kill, it's always better to set up with bombs after a 22C. Doing 623B three times while they're stuck in the 22C does the most damage though if you just want to do extra damage.

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Thanks! Yeah, you kind of always want end with a hard knockdown, usually from 66C. You can do basically any combo or route and as long as it ends in a knockdown, it'll be solid.

In terms of execution, one thing I can point out is that UNI's input buffer window is very generous compared to other games like third strike. If you're having trouble getting things like special moves or dash attacks to come out or connect, try inputting the motions during the last frames of the previous moves. You may notice that you can input things much earlier than you might think and still have the moves come out. Since you play on hitbox, you could try changing your SOCD mode to also help with execution. I also play on leverless and would suggest changing the SOCD to up priority if you don't already have that on. It works and feels much better for most games in my opinion and would probably help your execution in terms of doing things like TKs. On that note of TKs, definitely do them by using your right thumb as splitting the motion between the two hands makes doing them much more consistent. The game does have a pretty lenient input reader that was made even easier in this game so practicing and getting a better feel of it would be the only other thing I can suggest from a general sense. In terms of defense, UNI is has a ton of defensive options and rewards good defense more than any other game. General defensive mechanics include guard thrust, veil off, chain shift, creeping edge and shielding. Guard thrust is basically an alpha counter/dead angle, veil off is not a burst but is a get off me tool, chain shift is a screen freeze that lets you take your turn back, creeping edge is a dodge roll, and shielding is like a push block that gives GRD. The game also has multiple defensive OSes that you can learn and that aren't difficult to do. When it comes to defense in UNI, you can think of it in this way: blocking/shielding -> gives you GRD -> getting more GRD wins you the cycle -> winning the cycle give you access to chain shift -> chain shift lets you take your turn back and gives you meter to use metered invul reversals. To start utilizing chain shift, get into the habit of using it whenever you've won the cycle just to get the meter it gives you. Once you've gotten into the habit of using the mechanic, aim to start using it on defense. You can use it immediately after you wake up from a knock down to punish things like meaties or jump ins with invul reversals and to also similarly punish gaps in opponents pressure. Shielding is great and very important since it gives a lot more GRD than just blocking but is not risk free as you can get GRD broken from a bad shield. In a broad sense, getting comfortable with just blocking in general is a very strong trait to have in UNI as the game can reward you for playing defensively and being patient. I only know how to play Carmine so I can't give really give tips about Merkava. I would definitely suggest checking out SeaLeafDojo's channel though if you haven't already. He's a Merk player and has a lot of Merk combo guides and general UNI guides covering things I mentioned like shielding and OSes. I hopes this helps!

@@KuronoOki Thank you so much! I will definitely look into all of this.

Ayyyy thanks Dylan! (´∀` )

Thanks! These are all routes I do/try to do when I play him!

I'm gonna make combo vids for your games too, just watch (⌐■_■)

@@KuronoOki it took me a second to figure that out . no idea why. im like he dont play SF6 or other ohhh he means my game.

If you're new to Carmine or just want to get into playing some matches with him, I would recommend to learn this combo first if you can. This combo and one of the corner carry BNBs from my other video would be two solid combos to start off with since you could reliably go into them from a lot of starters. The missions have some good combos but some of the higher difficulty ones might be too hard to do if you're new to the character. Learning this BNB first might make some of them easier to do since some parts of it like TK j.6B are important parts of his combo routes. ^_^

​​@@KuronoOki Thx! I'm trying to comain Carmain because I love his design, so I've been playing him a lot recently but I just struggle in a couple of things like combos. Definetely gonna be trying to master this combo before all the missions

You can but the combo may drop from farther ranges of the 5BB starter hit. 214[B] with the bomb slide is used instead of 214[A] because the bomb release will hit from a farther range.

Ayyy thanks! It's been a bit since we last played, but I hope we can fight again sometime!

Thanks for all the ideas! Figuring out what other kinds of guides/content to make has actually been something I've been having trouble with so I really appreciate the suggestions! Although I main the character and feel like I have a solid grasp on his gameplay, I don't consider myself an expert on Carmine. Most of my content has been centered on beginner and intermediate aspects of his gameplay as I don't feel qualified to talk about his more advanced/optimal/nuanced stuff. I have yet to learn a lot of that stuff myself. That said, I'll see what I can come up with in terms of the ideas you suggested. ^_^ At the moment however, I've been working on a beginner prank guide. I also plan on doing a compilation of BNB combos that build a bar from different starters as finding combos that build a bar without Vorpal and are GRD/health efficient has been something I've been obsessed with recently lol. Hopefully these upcoming videos are also of help!

I am not sure what you mean by 6B hold. Do you mean like shooting the 6B at different angles?

No problem! I actually have another guide in the works, so hopefully that will be helpful as well!

Glad I could be of help lol (´∀｀)

I'm not sure why but this combo vid of mine seems to have gotten a lot of views compared to my other ones <_<

@@KuronoOki hit the algorithm with this one 🔥

They're not exactly optimals, but I can guarantee they're solid, consistent, and easyish! ( ^ _ ^ )b

Thanks! The set against the merk was pretty crazy for me!

What part are you having trouble with? It might take some time and practice, but I believe you can do it!

@@KuronoOki I was able to get the tk j.6b p good but mainly the dash into 5B DP is throwing me off (playing on the PS5 vers w/ the DS5 dpad is beating my ass w/ the DP drops 😭)

@@sugararmor8 Ah, yeah that part can be kind of tricky since the inputs have to be pretty clean. Try to make sure you're not holding forward after the dash as well. You can just tap 66 and then press a neutral 5B before the DP input so that it doesn't have any extra inputs to mess up the reader. The forward movement of a tapped dash and the 5B is enough to get the correct spacing for the puddle DP to hit.

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Ayyy I appreciate it! I actually have thought about making a video covering essential combos anyone playing Carm should know. There's really only like 5 combos people should know how to do in my opinion (this corner carry combo is one them). That said, none of them would be optimal combos since like none of the combos I do are optimals. I focus on doing combos that I find to be easyish/consistent/doable. I kind of already posted some of the ones I think are essential but if there's interest for a video covering them again, I can make it.

A j.C from that assault after the run under will often hit in my experience so far. Against players with really good reactions, however, I'll go for that feint into 2B.

It's not as you can just do 2C > pinwheel. However, it does often help time the pinwheel better. It also affects the direction of the puddle wave. In the example shown, the puddle wave travels towards the opponent. If the 2aw was not done, it would travel the opposite way towards Carmine. That's just a minor difference to keep in mind.

@@KuronoOki thank you! That makes sense. I didn’t notice the direction of the second pinwheel

Yeah, Carmine does indeed have blood attacks like Naoto and Terumi's craziness!

I play on leverless so I can’t personally give a pad layout. What I always see recommended from pad players, however, is to map either the A or C button onto one of the shoulder buttons so it’s easier to hold down a bomb. Other than that, using whatever is the most comfortable for you to be able to hold/slide bombs is the best recommendation as there’s not a single “best” layout for Carm.

​@@KuronoOki came back to say i been trying to learn Carmine these days after sticking with Chaos as i was learning the game, but now i changed my pad layout to be more comfy with bomb sliding Still struggling in some aspects but its not as hard like you said once you get accustomed to it, and i owe that to your guide

@@Kardz6 Ayy that's good to hear! Yeah if your layout is comfortable now, you just need to practice doing them to get it down. Some of the more practical bomb slide routes really only use like one or two slides so you don't need to get crazy good at them if you don't want to.

The real reason I started making these guides was to create more Carm players that I can steal tech from. (jk lol...or am I???)

The thought that having the word bomb in both the title and thumbnail might not be the best thing to put on YT did occur to me lol. That's what they're called though so I went with it anyway. (´∀｀)

Plinking is the more common fighting game term for the slide action needed to perform bomb slides. The last game did not call it that and actually called it "hold shift release" instead. Even though they changed it to a more relevant term, I opted to not call it plinking in the video as some players might not be familiar with the term. I also felt that "shifting/sliding" would be clearer to understand in terms of the actual motion needed to do bomb slides.