There's a really short clip in the trailer showing the staff with a black hole/gravity effect around it that looks like it's pulling projectiles into a kind of orbit around it too.
@@oklimbo Like if the staff is on P2 side and he’s far on P1 side it would pull the spell faster towards it. While the opposite will happen if the spell pass the staff. And if it flying up it pulls it down to a curve. I’m going to like this characters. It’s really going to have people aware of his book and his staff placement.
I've been thinking, since magic in the GG world is quantifiable and studied like math or science, it makes sense that the most optimized forms of magic that a genius of his level would use are geometric shapes very well understood by our science like cubes and spheres
yeah, Asuka is playing hearthstone. 4 cards in hand, 26 left in the deck at the start of the round. you cycle through to get the ones you want, and spend mana to do so. he has a move that reshuffles. so maybe keeping track of which cards have been used in the deck is important.
@@ckorp666 I wish that was the reason but it’s more like they have Naoki locked in a cage and only releasing him to shitpost another guilty gear themed song. When strive first came out the themes weren’t so bad but they really are starting to sound bad to me. A lot of riffs are extremely uninspired also especially since dlc started coming out.
So im pretty sure the Asuka that is fighting in the game isn't really "him". The trailer glitches out and the name changes to Asuka R# and the color slightly changes. On top of that, he says "Commencing battle method Turing Test"....which means it's possibly some kind of AI. So this could be some kind of magic projection / simulation of Asuka.
Can't confirm myself as I don't speak the language, but I've heard that the sharp symbol (#) in German is called "doppelkreuz" lit. "Double Cross." The old spelling of "kreuz" is "kreutz" so the devs might be insinuating that this is his doppelgänger.
I love that he has the holy order sol color scheme. Also just the big ass imposing cloak. I vibe with him so hard that I might get back into strive for him.
Smash players moved to strive to escape blocks, where did that end up for them? Right back to where they started. I really hope someone make a minecraft steve mod for him where it's steve just wearing the dope ass jacket
@@raekwonchambers2297 I'm loving the parraels as well. It's like every complaint they had about steve they put into Asuka. Playing a different game, annoying combos, having to approach him, literally negating hitstun because you can't get hit if you swap places with them. I just know he's going to be extremely fun to place against. Not in a joking matter like he looks like an arcade boss character that you can fully fight against his own mechanics.
Now that Ive watched this trailer a few times this is how I expected Asuka to be, similar to his boss fight in Overture in all seriousness I'm impressed gameplay wise like a caster dice summoning mage, something out if a fantasy mmo and Nine from Blazblue, I like it that Asuka is finally here and Im going to play the heck out of That Man
@@NrettG You think that will be the last one? I could see 5 seasons like sfv and the roster will have gone from the smallest to the largest of the series by far
at the end where sol is triying to dp was very cool that asuka use the switch position hability, so the cubes hit sol while in the air, is that some kind of cross up too?
As he's on par with Zato for difficulty/mastery, I don't think I'll be legitimately maining him. But I have a feeling he will be very fun to fight similar to Faust. I look forward to all future Asuka mains
@@hymnoffaith2942 Considering his own health is a resource, you get *annihilated* if you aren't managing your meter and he has 26 different spells to keep track of...
Bro's a whole ahh Blazblue character. I love how lore Accurate he is too with the Overture references and the fact that he seems as crazy as HC. They did good with this one.
Sure it will likely be hard to play this character, but he ultimately gets to spam you and the his opponent has to know all those moves and their counter play to have a chance. Asuka players gonna cry
If you look at how the players were playing, they were mostly on defense until Asuka ran out of resources at one point. Maybe that’s the initial game plan until Asuka players start using his resources more efficiently.
I can already see different Asuka players, either they'll want to go all in with the spells at their disposal, maybe they want to mulligan their hand for spells they want, or even just casually keeping spells and playing efficiently
@@Xendrick I see them starting off rounds slowly then cashing out as the rounds gets close to ending. But yeah there will definitely be a divide in how ppl will play him.
Give him original stamina back and maybe allow all follow ups accessible from each special? Also gazelle step should have the frame 2 cancel for specials as well. Not a game dev lol probably awful.
hes definitely getting buffs next patch since hes considered the worst character by many most likely tweaks to his frame data on f.s and beak driver and a rehaul on his food hopefully they make it so it regens a bar of stamina and maybe they could give him another bar and make it so you can cancel gazelle step into specials
@@FuzionOki I think this is a super cool idea because it will allow the reminiscent special councils he originally had. These can also very stamina gauge cost depending on each cancel removing the whole 1 follow up 1 bar format. Hawk Break first hit cancel would be insane. Also my idea with making all follow ups accessible seems really cool. But allowing all follow ups from any specials would create DP into K follow up Guard Crush. That’s so degen lmao, but you can always make it whiff and that should cost the whole gauge.
Dude is a BlazBlue character lol. For real though as long as we wanted for the character he needs to come out broken. ThatMan been hyped up since GG1 so he gots to deliver lol
WAAAAAY too much resource management. Makes sense now why they didn’t release Asuka in season 1 alongside Jack-O + HC as planned. Not too excited for him seeing as you need to focus heavily on a resources just to throw a bunch of boxes across the screen. Oh well. Hoping at least a character I love joins the season 3 cast 😔
I'll say this as a non strive player and only from the trailer He looks like Xrd Bedman, with the way he puts a bunch or rubbish on screen and you kinda just hope it looks like your doing something
God I hope yall aint callin him Asuka R Hashtag or some shit lmao Fun fact: His last name, Kreuz, is the german word for the musical sharp sign (#), hence the silly-ass Asuka R#
The honeymoon phase is gonna be over real fast with this character. This is basically HC with unavoidable projectiles. Only fun to play but terrible to play against.
Look I'm not going to sugar-coat anything. This guy looks like he's going to be a complete ass to fight against. I'm getting Dizzy flashbacks. Literally covering the screen with garbage. Oh Happy days...
Tsubaki Yayoi finger print all over this… I think it’s lame. Y’all could have gave us Johnny or Jam over this frfr. I didn’t wait 25 years to have a re used kit
The barrier feature actually makes sense for his character in the story. After all, Sol said if he didn't have magic, anyone can beat him.
I mean to be fair that's like saying if a martial artist didn't have their martial arts then they'd just be a regular dude, lol.
7:34 The thing curved because of the staff. It looks like the staff can slow down, speed up, or increase gravity on spells.
Also might alter different aspects. The cube super guard crushed when it passed the staff in the trailer
There's a really short clip in the trailer showing the staff with a black hole/gravity effect around it that looks like it's pulling projectiles into a kind of orbit around it too.
@@oklimbo Like if the staff is on P2 side and he’s far on P1 side it would pull the spell faster towards it. While the opposite will happen if the spell pass the staff.
And if it flying up it pulls it down to a curve. I’m going to like this characters. It’s really going to have people aware of his book and his staff placement.
I've been thinking, since magic in the GG world is quantifiable and studied like math or science, it makes sense that the most optimized forms of magic that a genius of his level would use are geometric shapes very well understood by our science like cubes and spheres
yeah, Asuka is playing hearthstone.
4 cards in hand, 26 left in the deck at the start of the round. you cycle through to get the ones you want, and spend mana to do so. he has a move that reshuffles. so maybe keeping track of which cards have been used in the deck is important.
Still waiting for Dizzy but i must say that Asuka looks sick. The outfit, the moves, man they did a great job here
90% she will be in season 3, trust me my uncle is Daisuke
@@gaiden_tai you are right, i am daisuke and i confirm it
dizzy and slayer are pretty much automatic, its who else we want
@@FlutterSwagam i the only one who wishes for venom to return 😭
@@we5t5id3gunn but can he cook?
his theme is actually nuts
Sounds like every other theme is this game 💀
@@MiIkpot and all of them are nuts 💀
@@MiIkpot still hit
@@ckorp666 I wish that was the reason but it’s more like they have Naoki locked in a cage and only releasing him to shitpost another guilty gear themed song. When strive first came out the themes weren’t so bad but they really are starting to sound bad to me. A lot of riffs are extremely uninspired also especially since dlc started coming out.
@@MiIkpot well, it ain't for u because it all nuts to me
We used to call him That Man, but now? He's Him.
That Him
That Guy
this man
That Dude
auska seems like a mix of nine and rachel from blazeblue the setplay rachel has and the ability stock system of nine with a sprinkle of rng❤
No lie, the first thing I thought when I saw Asuka was that he's a full on Yugioh spellcaster deck in a fighting game lol
Saaame
Asuka's out here playing Xrd in Strive holy shit
“GIVE HIM A BAR”
-Daisuke
So im pretty sure the Asuka that is fighting in the game isn't really "him". The trailer glitches out and the name changes to Asuka R# and the color slightly changes. On top of that, he says "Commencing battle method Turing Test"....which means it's possibly some kind of AI. So this could be some kind of magic projection / simulation of Asuka.
Can't confirm myself as I don't speak the language, but I've heard that the sharp symbol (#) in German is called "doppelkreuz" lit. "Double Cross." The old spelling of "kreuz" is "kreutz" so the devs might be insinuating that this is his doppelgänger.
@@KrissyBlues Thanks for the info!
The cape has the galaxy design because he a 1/5 difficulty and you actually have to have a galaxy brain to use him
I love that he has the holy order sol color scheme. Also just the big ass imposing cloak. I vibe with him so hard that I might get back into strive for him.
so we all agree that the first mod asuka will have is turning his blocks into minecraft blocks, right?
Nah, his first mod will bring back his cat ears
Smash players moved to strive to escape blocks, where did that end up for them? Right back to where they started. I really hope someone make a minecraft steve mod for him where it's steve just wearing the dope ass jacket
@@NrettG 😐 I left smash for this? Well ig if you can’t beat them… join them! Ig Ima be a block player now til they buff my boy sin
@@raekwonchambers2297 I'm loving the parraels as well. It's like every complaint they had about steve they put into Asuka. Playing a different game, annoying combos, having to approach him, literally negating hitstun because you can't get hit if you swap places with them. I just know he's going to be extremely fun to place against. Not in a joking matter like he looks like an arcade boss character that you can fully fight against his own mechanics.
@@NrettG I hate it down to my soul! But aint shit I can do about it n mirror matches are definitely gonna be interesting 😂😂
Now that Ive watched this trailer a few times this is how I expected Asuka to be, similar to his boss fight in Overture in all seriousness I'm impressed gameplay wise like a caster dice summoning mage, something out if a fantasy mmo and Nine from Blazblue, I like it that Asuka is finally here and Im going to play the heck out of That Man
bro just brought his mechanics from a whole other game and has the most specials out of any character
...we still got season pass 3 as well, shit boutta get wild
@@NrettG You think that will be the last one? I could see 5 seasons like sfv and the roster will have gone from the smallest to the largest of the series by far
not even Baiken could get me to switch from Ky but Asuka might be my next main
at the end where sol is triying to dp was very cool that asuka use the switch position hability, so the cubes hit sol while in the air, is that some kind of cross up too?
He's like a mix of Nine, Kokonoe and Rachel
That's gotta be the coolest cloak I've ever seen
I started playing dizzy on xrd, i know they're not the same but might as well try it when it comes out
The very definition of a galaxy brain character, gotta update that tierlist
As he's on par with Zato for difficulty/mastery, I don't think I'll be legitimately maining him. But I have a feeling he will be very fun to fight similar to Faust. I look forward to all future Asuka mains
He won’t be as hard as Zato to learn. Negative edge vs throwing out full screen projectiles lol.
@@hymnoffaith2942 Considering his own health is a resource, you get *annihilated* if you aren't managing your meter and he has 26 different spells to keep track of...
@@tdwl2802A.B.A 2, Zoning Boogaloo
@@tdwl2802 Thats like saying Nago is hard just cuz he has to manage his life and meter. News flash it isnt.
@@maxrusty3596 Pretty sure nago doesn't have 26 specials lol
Bro's a whole ahh Blazblue character. I love how lore Accurate he is too with the Overture references and the fact that he seems as crazy as HC. They did good with this one.
He's actually just a Touhou Hisoutensoku character.
so his shield breaks when the meter next to the numbers runs out? the same meter that he uses for his spells?
Bro you have no idea how long I been waiting for this character I'm getting this dlc
Asuka straight up talks to Kizzie here 0:20
Hey going to be nuts I can't not wait to play him his cape looks 🔥
Sure it will likely be hard to play this character, but he ultimately gets to spam you and the his opponent has to know all those moves and their counter play to have a chance. Asuka players gonna cry
I have not played this game since last year. This brought me back
That space shit on his cape is sick!!!
Maybe these Asuka status changing mechanics is a sign for possible Sin buffs coming in the future?
Finally, a character that makes me interested in playing strive again. Asuka looks like a character I would play.
You must be fun at parties
@@20thcentury_toy What?
Asuka looking like the definition of zoning, and I’m perfectly fine with this
Imagine having to play a card game and a fighting game at the same time Holly shit
Can someone explain the gauge? All I know is that he can exchange HP for another move...
He brought me back to strive. As a sin main, with the current state of online, I put the game down, but now I’ve found reason to return
If you look at how the players were playing, they were mostly on defense until Asuka ran out of resources at one point. Maybe that’s the initial game plan until Asuka players start using his resources more efficiently.
I can already see different Asuka players, either they'll want to go all in with the spells at their disposal, maybe they want to mulligan their hand for spells they want, or even just casually keeping spells and playing efficiently
@@Xendrick I see them starting off rounds slowly then cashing out as the rounds gets close to ending. But yeah there will definitely be a divide in how ppl will play him.
The slots and shuffling reminds me a bit of Phoenix Wright in MvC, plus Hero in Smash Ultimate
From Bedman and Asuka alone they need to do an entire rehaul on Sin.
Give him original stamina back and maybe allow all follow ups accessible from each special? Also gazelle step should have the frame 2 cancel for specials as well. Not a game dev lol probably awful.
hes definitely getting buffs next patch since hes considered the worst character by many most likely tweaks to his frame data on f.s and beak driver and a rehaul on his food hopefully they make it so it regens a bar of stamina and maybe they could give him another bar and make it so you can cancel gazelle step into specials
@@FuzionOki I think this is a super cool idea because it will allow the reminiscent special councils he originally had. These can also very stamina gauge cost depending on each cancel removing the whole 1 follow up 1 bar format.
Hawk Break first hit cancel would be insane. Also my idea with making all follow ups accessible seems really cool. But allowing all follow ups from any specials would create DP into K follow up Guard Crush. That’s so degen lmao, but you can always make it whiff and that should cost the whole gauge.
that capes got the galaxy because.... HES THAT MAN!!! Lets fucking goooo so hyped for this character until I play against him in ranked .
That man has barrier on his health to take less damage
Just realizing his cape. Broooooooooo!
If Asuka lose the shield agains a Gio full meter... oh lord...
Asuka is um "That Man" right? I haven't touched Strive's story.
His moves remind me of That Man boss fight in Overture.
They got an XRD character in Strive
Character looking super technical
nah i'm going to main him and just fill the screen with bullshit with SSR gacha luck
He isn't the original that man but he is seems like that guy at least 😅
It guilty gear 25th anniversary!!!!😊🎉🎮🎊😁
He seems like an od phoenix wright from marvel
Asuka just wanted to Duel while going fast
I'm getting big blaze blue vibes from this dude for some reason
Character looks sick but as an I-No main I'm not thrilled to have another zoner on the roster.
We in shadow wizard money gang now
1:18 LMFAOOOO
We playin touhou in strive now bby
SORCERER SUPREME !!
Dude is a BlazBlue character lol. For real though as long as we wanted for the character he needs to come out broken. ThatMan been hyped up since GG1 so he gots to deliver lol
It's funny how the 2 "that man" are zoners.
sin bros.... we are gonna be okay i promise
Idk if it's just me but he feels like a Blazblue character with a yugioh deck
I can't believe they gave this mf Vancian Casting in a fighting game.
The Strobe Trailr™
Asuka is a BlazBlue character
timer and jam power ups
That cube man
the man arrived at last lol
We will be handing out those capes for the v.i.p members of the Grappler Society, do you still not wish to join???
Finally, Twink Nine has arrived
Dude looks so much like a BBCF character lmao
Why does it seem like all his projectiles guard crush 😢
I hope all characters wiil be reworked to be technical like asuka, we need more options and moves
WAAAAAY too much resource management. Makes sense now why they didn’t release Asuka in season 1 alongside Jack-O + HC as planned. Not too excited for him seeing as you need to focus heavily on a resources just to throw a bunch of boxes across the screen. Oh well. Hoping at least a character I love joins the season 3 cast 😔
definitely surprising that he mostly just summons blender cubes
The way they did Sin’s food is still dirty. 💀
they're definitely changing it its such a terrible move its rng stakced on rng and at its best its not even good buffs
They legit added a blazblue character to strive...
strobe trlr
after 20.000 year. we can play with him .-.
I'll say this as a non strive player and only from the trailer
He looks like Xrd Bedman, with the way he puts a bunch or rubbish on screen and you kinda just hope it looks like your doing something
Yeah but instead of replay it's Yu-Gi-Oh.
Dude looks like the final boss of the franchise. Which he was for ages, and it's wonderful.
Ah, Guilty Gear Overture 2. That's the game before Guilty Geard rdX.
Dude, they added fuckin Dr. Strange to the game, I'm so down
Doctor strange is so sick 😂
I guarantee you the first mod will be replacing the galaxy in his cape to ahegao
Hes cool but NGL at this point bro they gotta tone it the fuck down with these zoners and characters that check you at full screen.
God I hope yall aint callin him Asuka R Hashtag or some shit lmao
Fun fact: His last name, Kreuz, is the german word for the musical sharp sign (#), hence the silly-ass Asuka R#
Asuka +R Accent Core
Hmm i must say i dont like the character design.. but the cape is cool i give him that 😅i hope hes not broken
The honeymoon phase is gonna be over real fast with this character. This is basically HC with unavoidable projectiles. Only fun to play but terrible to play against.
@@KrissyBlues guess we'll see wont we?
Why mention the quran tho' ? :/
Its a bad day to main gio ( I main gio)
Did this man say show him the Qur’an? 😂😂😂
Look I'm not going to sugar-coat anything. This guy looks like he's going to be a complete ass to fight against. I'm getting Dizzy flashbacks. Literally covering the screen with garbage. Oh Happy days...
so it's like clash royale
kizzie u muslim?
D&D looking ass lol
Tsubaki Yayoi finger print all over this… I think it’s lame. Y’all could have gave us Johnny or Jam over this frfr. I didn’t wait 25 years to have a re used kit
Asuka looks like an actual character compared to bedman and sin