Rivals of Aether: a smash-like for PC with really nice hitstun actually

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Sofia Coppola_OD_ posted:

It might be a cool idea to compile a list of some of the more nuanced tricks that each character is capable of. I'm slowly discovering a bunch of things as I mess around.

Orcane: His fair has extreme DI, more than normal, you can really travel fast and far if you want. His back during the fair animation is a hitbox that appears to have knockback proportional to distance and/or speed. It can definitely kill very early if you are going fast. He can also seemingly cancel his jump into his up-b and vice versa. This only works when he doesnt have a puddle out, but produces a very insane super jump when done properly. Its too risky for me to bother with, but its a cool tech.

Forsburn: His clone is a positionally aware AI. You have no control over the movement, it will always try to seek out the enemy and approach it when it is not given a command. Every time you press side-b it will check where the opponent is compared to where it is, and try to use the move that will do the most damage from that position. You can use this to essentially choose what moves it will do. Just spamming side-b as soon as it comes out will make it repeatedly use the dash-attack (which combos into itself a few times, conveniently) however if you wait to press side-b until it is very close to the enemy, it will begin to spam up-tilts instead. It's cool and fun, mess with it.

I'll add some stuff for the other characters later but I'm gonna play now instead of typing more.

The fire lion, Fiery Lion Man, can set people on fire and then hit them for bonus damage. Just a little hint for you.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2015 00:46

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 20:45

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Preliminary cuteness tier:

S Tier: Orcane
A Tier: Maypul
B Tier: Fiery Lion Man, Kragg
C Tier: Wrastor
Z Tier: Skull Fire Man

# ¿ Sep 26, 2015 23:01

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Also if you want games the #goonsmash IRC on synirc is a good place to look.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2015 23:02

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I have found that as well, although for me it's not consistently one way or the other (ie doing sides when I wanted up/down or up/down when I wanted sides). I'm not sure what's going on there tbh.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2015 17:54

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I love spiking Fiery Lion Man (Who Is On Fire) with Kragg, it's so satisfying.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2015 22:02

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But Not Tonight posted:

Sure, add me. I'm a big gay firebaby lion pretty much all the time though, so don't think less of me.

I think the fire lion has a pretty bad matchup against Kragg, as soon as he gets you offstage you're probably dead.

Having said that, Ptarmigans consistently destroys me no matter which side of the matchup I'm on.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2015 23:04

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grass is strong against water

# ¿ Sep 29, 2015 18:10

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I played some Rivals of Aether with Ptarmigans tonight and you can watch it: here.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2015 23:19

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I want to play this tonight.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2016 18:07

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I played it. The bear is good.

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It looks like if you do the warlock punch while standing on ice, you break the ice and get ice armour which protects you from the next hit and explodes when you next do a smash attack.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2016 23:17

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