Depends on your rank, if you're celestial because celestial gets levels and world dollars like whatever vs people that aren't celestial. That's why some people are like level 1000 or higher on certain characters
A.B.A is simultaneously the best and worst character I’ve ever played, so I think they succeeded in what they wanted her to do! Still gonna use Anji for parries tho
As a defense oriented player I don't see her normal mode as a problem. If they rush down they're giving me an advantage. She wants you to get closer. She's also great with dealing with zoners using sway or astonishment to gain meter. Her jump dust is the only vertical jump dust and is really underutilized especially for starting a quick combo. I really like her mechanics.
She’s like, the most mid character literally in being the weakest in normal form and then a crazy burst in rage form People online can’t grasp how she works or figure out her meter management but she’s a very high skill character that can be insane when used correctly
Aba will literally never hit you all match then land one rage combo and take out 80% of your hp. She's Potemkin for people who only occasionally huff glue
The problem with her is shes basically never out of jealous rage. If you get hit a single time she's going to do bonding and dissolving and then melt you. Theres no trade-off because she barely has to deal with her normal mode
I don't know why but I have legit been playing A.B.A non stop since she came out. I've playing Millia since the game came out and I for the life of me cannot stop playing A.B.A
As A Zato main who was close to dropping this game ngl💯…ever since I picked up ABA, I’ve been feeling less stress. I too cannot stop using her. Even in her normal form, matches feel easier 4 me than when I used Zato😅💯
Not at all. You have to use all of her abilities. You can gain meter from fireballs using astonishment, and you can get closer and dodge damage by using swaying. That hop she does also advances her forwards by a lot. Air dash is also a great way to close distance of course. Close the distance enough to where they feel cornered and then you can go to work with 5H to start. She has amazing potential when fully utilized.
Depends. Her dash is low profile, not full invulnerability. Any character with really active or low hitting normals are hitting her. She's definitely not the worst character. That was just clickbait
19:10 - Look mom, its me! I'm on a youtube video! Man, its so weird seeing myself without my mod...i look crazy being the 1 in a thousand running color 4.
@@AshGray2520 lmao I feel you😂. Plus, I started using other characters such as ABA & Testament, cause I know Asuka might end up like Happy Chaos(continuous nerfs)😓💯
@@ΆγιοςΤιμοθέος-ρ5υ I mean, I think the nerfs were good, actually. I just stopped because he hurt my fingers to play and Bedman? got buffed. The buffs on Bedman? were not enough...
It’s always the first impression that happens to be the opposite. People thought Johnny and Elphelt were really strong when they dropped. I am willing to bet this will be the opposite.
Being simple on the surface can be a death sentence. Elphelt felt super strong day 1 because that's all she has. It's all surface level and depth is where real strength comes from because depth provides tech
I've seen people in the EU discord post clips of normal aba zooming over 3/4-screen zoning right into keygrab This is gonna be a Goldlewis situation where people are dooming about how bad she is, then in the next patch they give her frame 1 armor on danzai or whatever other minor buff to meet the complaints, and suddenly she is public enemy number one and people will pretend like arcsys are actual children balancing a game thinking that shipping such a broken OP character was ever gonna be okay.
The best way I describe ABA is basically the same way I'd describe season 3.5 Frieza in DBFZ, the character is so reliant on their other state which that state is really really strong, but you still have to play the base state, which said state is kinda trash
I just wanna add to the example about HC being bad at launch was true for 2 top tiers IN THIS GAME. At launch, Nago was routinely put in bottom tier cause people thought the risk of blood rage is too high for the reward. Then Hotashi went on a rampage at tourneys and people rralized how good he is.
Really the best thing I can say for her normal it's terrible unless you manipulate her moves her down circle (ps controls), and both Quarter circle x moves are good for movement and get on top of them do not give them space your standing circle, and your right Quarter circle x, her Quarter circle triangle and forward triangle are really good for combos then us her changing and swaying to go into julousy then still same game plan do not give your opponent space there is like 3 ways to do it depending on how you want to do it. One your Quarter circle Square for when you're away from your opponent, and your cinematic or half circle Circle (I think it was that) when you're on top cinematic when you're full changing and swaying when you're halfway. These are some of the tricks I've learned from using her, and they work really well, so in my opinion, she's really good but that's pretty most of the roster is Depending on who you are or how you play will depend on what you think is the best. I play brutal and brute force, so aba is my opinion good. So that's what I'll say about Aba, plus she's my favorite character next to faust and bedman.
not being treated the same as nago on freeze frame return to normal mode sucks too. She gets nothing but buffer into block, meanwhile nago gets a pause screen into buffered invincible super...sure thing homie
I mostly play Giovanna and Testament currently and those two feel very different when matching up against A.B.A. Giovanna has low range so when engaging the A.B.A. you often end up in keygrab range. She can also outrange you in normal mode with her 5H and has good anti-air that also works well against Sol Poente. But playing Testament, you can mostly just outrage A.B.A. and only get in for combos and meaties. I did play against higher skilled players in the park as Giovanna though, which probably colored my impression of the matchup.
The main issues really aren't her speed or normals. Its the fact the she cannot tick throw without rage. there is no threat of anything when she is up close out of rage.
I feel like A.B.A mad underrated: Normal mode is really bad, but jealous rage more than makes up for it and getting into it isn't too hard especially if the player has a good punish game
Im personally of the mind that she's strong but her volatility and current mu spread makes her a bad tournament character rn Im not against letting her have certain buffs but i also think she shouldn't get most of them for free
Aba is simultaneously likely the best and likely the worst character in game. I think once routing and rage management gets figured out she'll be pretty mid, you just want to be spending most of the round in rage and that's a pain to do right now. Now when she gets massively buffed like Sin next season, who knows. They make that parry frame 1 active and it's over boys. Either way Feral White Woman Gaming has been fun
i think bridget and faust are the worst matchups for aba, which is kinda good for me cuz im a faust main, but also bad because i trying to learn aba :(
From me playing her a bit every day from relese. She isnt bad, she is hard tho and defo not somthing a good amount of people will like or have fun with. But she is not bad at all. Imo at least.
I say she good I mean you can she isnt any top tier since you can bully her in normal mode. But when she gets start she can easily steal the match. Just takes some patience and good meter management
Calling her a stance character is so inaccurate nowadays so I prefer to call her a mode character. Stances nowadays usually are movement restricted and end after 1 input.
I kinda figured you're going to pull the "get fucked nerd this is click bait" however it's nice to hear your thoughts on the character this early on Also as an asuka enthusiast I can say that he has been changed slightly, his projectiles got a bigger hurtbox and dp started to hard knockdown
I refuse to watch your video and dispel the myth that A.B.A. is mid tier best psycho goth lady on the roster that Daisuke should leave exactly as she is because she's perfectly viable.
Full dedicated stance character? Definitely not. Feast and Famine? 100%. I wish she'd didn't go from braindead and bad thn to braindead and broken but that's what you get with strive plus this kinda archetype
From my time as a faust player, I can normally snag parry attempts with 6hs and the items make it nea impossible to dodge, and also the goat that is 2hs as faust
Sorry for the random audio glitches, sony vegas hates me for some reason. Like I literally don't know why it does that. I'm so sorry
My mindset: I don't care if she's bad I'm having fun with her playing against my friend
Exactly. Bad does not equal unfun
ABA is the first character that has killed me with a TOD, on day 2... I'm now deathly afraid of her
People on TH-cam: ABA is horrible
People on Steam: ABA is annoying and super strong
Me: ¿Por que no los dos?
Bro say “a bit of aba” and casually says is level 200 with her wth????
celestial juices your level. after 100-110 ish, point gains are only gonna be made on celestial
Playing this game is also a vital part of his channels, he’s got much more stake in this game than most of us do
Depends on your rank, if you're celestial because celestial gets levels and world dollars like whatever vs people that aren't celestial. That's why some people are like level 1000 or higher on certain characters
I played my level 5 millia once in celestial, and shot to level 80.
sounds like a bit of aba to me. I played against a 237 yesterday
2:30 the asuka experience
GEKKO SLOP LETS FUCKING GOOO!!!
8:01 also OW
Oh hey I see some of your community posts in my feed lol
hey it's the Yosuke furry plush guy
@@Gekuee this has now taken the spot of “favorite thing I’ve been recognized as” thanks goober
A.B.A is simultaneously the best and worst character I’ve ever played, so I think they succeeded in what they wanted her to do! Still gonna use Anji for parries tho
As a defense oriented player I don't see her normal mode as a problem. If they rush down they're giving me an advantage. She wants you to get closer. She's also great with dealing with zoners using sway or astonishment to gain meter. Her jump dust is the only vertical jump dust and is really underutilized especially for starting a quick combo. I really like her mechanics.
How do u deal woth zato who’s 1 weakness cannot be exploited in normal mode
"only vertical jump dust" bedman rolling in his grave
Potemkin and Bedman also have a vertical j.D
bedman laughs in j.d cancel combos
She’s like, the most mid character literally in being the weakest in normal form and then a crazy burst in rage form
People online can’t grasp how she works or figure out her meter management but she’s a very high skill character that can be insane when used correctly
Aba will literally never hit you all match then land one rage combo and take out 80% of your hp. She's Potemkin for people who only occasionally huff glue
@@definitelynothastur3727 I love getting ABA to 1 hp then she lands 1 Keygrab and suddenly I’m at 1 hp being pressured
She doesnt have to, burst and manual transform @@definitelynothastur3727
The problem with her is shes basically never out of jealous rage. If you get hit a single time she's going to do bonding and dissolving and then melt you. Theres no trade-off because she barely has to deal with her normal mode
15:07 MY EARS
The fuck
that scared the shit out of me
"I've got to about level 200? which isn't too much of an achievement in my mind"
me with 300 hours on faust at level 110: 🙃
I’m guessing he’s played some celestial matches with her since you get mad XP in there
allround effectiveness might be bad, but key grab > RC > key grab > RC > key grab will never not fuck me up a little inside
I don't know why but I have legit been playing A.B.A non stop since she came out.
I've playing Millia since the game came out and I for the life of me cannot stop playing A.B.A
Bro SAME I mained Millia but aba is just so addicting to play especially when you make the comeback
As A Zato main who was close to dropping this game ngl💯…ever since I picked up ABA, I’ve been feeling less stress.
I too cannot stop using her. Even in her normal form, matches feel easier 4 me than when I used Zato😅💯
@Boobusmcscoobus right?!
Like you get that one hit you're like
"Oh yeah, it's all coming together."
Not at all. You have to use all of her abilities. You can gain meter from fireballs using astonishment, and you can get closer and dodge damage by using swaying. That hop she does also advances her forwards by a lot. Air dash is also a great way to close distance of course. Close the distance enough to where they feel cornered and then you can go to work with 5H to start. She has amazing potential when fully utilized.
Depends. Her dash is low profile, not full invulnerability. Any character with really active or low hitting normals are hitting her. She's definitely not the worst character. That was just clickbait
Correct Tier List:
SS Tier: My Character
A Tier: Your Character
D Tier: Everybody Else
F Tier: My Character
I think a big issue is A.B.A's parry, I got parried against an a.b.a like 5 times but it did nothing because if you keep mashing they cant do much.
Good or bad, ABA is still my favorite and I will play her always ❤
me: Hey, this thumbnail looks oddly familiar...
me after I click on video: wtf... GEKKO?!
YOUR TURN TO DIE MUSIC DETECTED
"I haven't played too much, I'm only like level 200"
me, who hasn't even gotten to level 80 with my main: how the fuck
i like how people say she's bad like it's not just over the instant she lands the grab thing and goes into jealousy mode
19:10 - Look mom, its me! I'm on a youtube video! Man, its so weird seeing myself without my mod...i look crazy being the 1 in a thousand running color 4.
I’m an Asuka player….and yeah he did get nerfed. Cubes are slower and easier 2 hit, plus his Auto Deck shuffle lasts 5 seconds only now 😅💯
As a former asuka main (he hurt my fingies 😔), hearing "asuka has dodged every patch" hurt my soul
@@AshGray2520 lmao I feel you😂. Plus, I started using other characters such as ABA & Testament, cause I know Asuka might end up like Happy Chaos(continuous nerfs)😓💯
@@ΆγιοςΤιμοθέος-ρ5υ I mean, I think the nerfs were good, actually. I just stopped because he hurt my fingers to play and Bedman? got buffed. The buffs on Bedman? were not enough...
Lil bro, it's only been 3 days...
No. Next question.
24:38 nah asuka's been touched, most recently the nerfed exodia, slowed all his projectiles, and increased their hurtboxes
Headphone warning: 15:00
It’s always the first impression that happens to be the opposite. People thought Johnny and Elphelt were really strong when they dropped. I am willing to bet this will be the opposite.
Being simple on the surface can be a death sentence. Elphelt felt super strong day 1 because that's all she has. It's all surface level and depth is where real strength comes from because depth provides tech
I've seen people in the EU discord post clips of normal aba zooming over 3/4-screen zoning right into keygrab
This is gonna be a Goldlewis situation where people are dooming about how bad she is, then in the next patch they give her frame 1 armor on danzai or whatever other minor buff to meet the complaints, and suddenly she is public enemy number one and people will pretend like arcsys are actual children balancing a game thinking that shipping such a broken OP character was ever gonna be okay.
That dude's name was Poop Eater.
ABA is the worst character of the game until she isn't.
YOO I'M SECOND!!!
btw I believe that a.b.a is not too bad, but she'll be hard for the community to learn
Jump scare 8:00
The best way I describe ABA is basically the same way I'd describe season 3.5 Frieza in DBFZ, the character is so reliant on their other state which that state is really really strong, but you still have to play the base state, which said state is kinda trash
dude give players some time to figure her out before making snap judgements, not every character is ABC123 easy like elphelt
inb4 ABA is better than Elphelt in like 2 weeks. I like El but she's waaaay too simplified because they were scared of xrd el again
I just wanna add to the example about HC being bad at launch was true for 2 top tiers IN THIS GAME. At launch, Nago was routinely put in bottom tier cause people thought the risk of blood rage is too high for the reward. Then Hotashi went on a rampage at tourneys and people rralized how good he is.
Really the best thing I can say for her normal it's terrible unless you manipulate her moves her down circle (ps controls), and both Quarter circle x moves are good for movement and get on top of them do not give them space your standing circle, and your right Quarter circle x, her Quarter circle triangle and forward triangle are really good for combos then us her changing and swaying to go into julousy then still same game plan do not give your opponent space there is like 3 ways to do it depending on how you want to do it. One your Quarter circle Square for when you're away from your opponent, and your cinematic or half circle Circle (I think it was that) when you're on top cinematic when you're full changing and swaying when you're halfway. These are some of the tricks I've learned from using her, and they work really well, so in my opinion, she's really good but that's pretty most of the roster is Depending on who you are or how you play will depend on what you think is the best. I play brutal and brute force, so aba is my opinion good. So that's what I'll say about Aba, plus she's my favorite character next to faust and bedman.
Got to a point people are just saying that Arcsys are making bad dlc characters after Happy chaos.
I know its only a few days, but ABA should absolutely not lose yandere meter for a throw while in yandere, thats whack.
not being treated the same as nago on freeze frame return to normal mode sucks too. She gets nothing but buffer into block, meanwhile nago gets a pause screen into buffered invincible super...sure thing homie
I mostly play Giovanna and Testament currently and those two feel very different when matching up against A.B.A. Giovanna has low range so when engaging the A.B.A. you often end up in keygrab range. She can also outrange you in normal mode with her 5H and has good anti-air that also works well against Sol Poente. But playing Testament, you can mostly just outrage A.B.A. and only get in for combos and meaties.
I did play against higher skilled players in the park as Giovanna though, which probably colored my impression of the matchup.
I feel like if her slide in normal mode canceled into specials it'd be neat
15:08 careful man, almost let the screams of all of the may victims loose
A minute in and how tf do you bring race into this?
Welcome to 2024 💀👍🏾
ikr
it was a random comment not the staple of the video. he’s not “bringing race into this” don’t blow it out of proportion and watch the video
The main issues really aren't her speed or normals. Its the fact the she cannot tick throw without rage. there is no threat of anything when she is up close out of rage.
Yes she sucks, she's perfect. That's exactly what I waited for all these years. Wouldn't change anything about her.
Ignoring the tierlists. I think she has one of the best designs in strive. Both gameplay and character wise
I feel like A.B.A mad underrated: Normal mode is really bad, but jealous rage more than makes up for it and getting into it isn't too hard especially if the player has a good punish game
Im personally of the mind that she's strong but her volatility and current mu spread makes her a bad tournament character rn
Im not against letting her have certain buffs but i also think she shouldn't get most of them for free
Aba is simultaneously likely the best and likely the worst character in game. I think once routing and rage management gets figured out she'll be pretty mid, you just want to be spending most of the round in rage and that's a pain to do right now.
Now when she gets massively buffed like Sin next season, who knows. They make that parry frame 1 active and it's over boys.
Either way Feral White Woman Gaming has been fun
Quick answer, absolutely not
i think bridget and faust are the worst matchups for aba, which is kinda good for me cuz im a faust main, but also bad because i trying to learn aba :(
aba is very good. people who think shes bad still needs to think about guilty gear and how it works.
This movement tech you were referring to, what actually is the tech? I'm lost on now to approach in some matchups and could use the help.
From me playing her a bit every day from relese. She isnt bad, she is hard tho and defo not somthing a good amount of people will like or have fun with. But she is not bad at all. Imo at least.
ABA works like shes supposed to weak when not in stance
Asuka got his infinite mana and infinite bookmarks nerfed
Worse? No. That's Bedman, Anji, Johnny, and -Noel- Elphelt
I don’t know how anji Is still labeled as a bad character at this point
it the ultimate shield vs ultimate spear
when you in normal mode you can just learn how to poke them out and rush them down in rage mode
Why do people say stance character when shes literally a install character. Leo is a stance character.
season 4 aba will be SSSSSSS tier inshallah
I say she good I mean you can she isnt any top tier since you can bully her in normal mode. But when she gets start she can easily steal the match. Just takes some patience and good meter management
Bro I play pot and "for me" it's one of the worst matchups and i believe she can be quite broken in some situations. Pot skill issues :(
Calling her a stance character is so inaccurate nowadays so I prefer to call her a mode character. Stances nowadays usually are movement restricted and end after 1 input.
I kinda figured you're going to pull the "get fucked nerd this is click bait" however it's nice to hear your thoughts on the character this early on
Also as an asuka enthusiast I can say that he has been changed slightly, his projectiles got a bigger hurtbox and dp started to hard knockdown
And 2 of his gateway to exodia spells were changed to have less duration or something like that.
@@TheOblomoff oh yeah
Aba vs Asuka
is the equivalent to being stab in the eyes
she reminds me of phoenix write from umvc
shes pretty fun, that 2HS has great wall carry.
I refuse to watch your video and dispel the myth that A.B.A. is mid tier best psycho goth lady on the roster that Daisuke should leave exactly as she is because she's perfectly viable.
Consider a new microphone Gekko my ear drums will be contacting your lawyers.
Oh god it's +R all over again
aba is always a feast
Holy fucking MY EARS 8:00
I am kind of new to the game but I was looking up zato1 and apparently he kind of sucks but I like to play as him
No one can beat Bedman?, when it comes to being the worst.
"well yes, but no"
lmao, the cope is too hard, I'll see Aba in next year's patch
Thank you, finally someone said it
Aba is kinda say when you mess up your meter. Kinda dunny
40 seconds and not a single comment
Hesgekkin truly has fallen off 😢
Hello gekko huge fan
Full dedicated stance character? Definitely not. Feast and Famine? 100%. I wish she'd didn't go from braindead and bad thn to braindead and broken but that's what you get with strive plus this kinda archetype
how is she braindead in normal mode?
It hasn't even been a week and this man is already making clickbaits. Fucking hell mate.
From my time as a faust player, I can normally snag parry attempts with 6hs and the items make it nea impossible to dodge, and also the goat that is 2hs as faust