That “aerial armor” seen against Fleet was Etalus’s fair armor, which existed in rivals 1. He gets armor on that move before throwing it out, and it doesn’t require ice armor to use.
Lore wise, The last time we see anything of Etalus, he’s about to go spelunking in some shadowy ruins that is spitting out shadow creatures onto the land. Possibly meeting up with the rest of the cast underground eventually. He’s in the same boat as Fleet, where they’re about to figure out what the Abyss is and get caught up in the rest of the cast’s fight for survival Meanwhile, characters like Absa, Clairen, and Loxodont are yet to have any real relevance to the timeline and plot of Rivals 2. Only time will tell how they fit into the story. Ellianna also have yet to fit in with the story of the Abyss, if any at all.
From the trailers, it seems like Clairen goes back to the past for 2 reasons, the primary one being stopping Loxodont from taking power, and the secondary reason being to find/help zetter and fors in the Abyss. Maybe the 2 missions will intertwine somehow.
Etalus has the air block on rivals 1, but it's rarely used. It is a command block done by holding the attack button/stick when you do a FAir, if you release the FAir comes out, or youc can hold the button all the way till you land to block everything, but It'll leave you open due to the landing lag.
Glad this video exists, it’s exactly what I was looking for. Gotta have background music tho, that would really boost this up to feeling legit. Just a suggestion
I wasn’t planning to switch off of loxodont until la reina came out but that ancient etalus skin is the coolest skin in the game i will main him immediately.
08:00 Etalus' Down special in the first game also freezes grounded rivals in RoA1. There's the initial landing hit, which does knockback, and a larger, second hit, which freezes.
The dash attack didn't have to hit anything in the last game to be jump cancleable. It also didn't have to be on ice to be jump cancleable, ice just extends the active frames. It just was jump cancleable as long as you weren't in the tail end of the recovery of the move. I'm not sure that the question "will it be jump cancleable on shield?" is actually relevant, unless they severely change how the dash attack mechanics work. I don't think they will because that would be kind of like taking jump cancels away from shine. It's kind of the core concept of the move. The aerial armor is also just how his fair worked, but it seems like other people already mentioned that. You could hold the fair input to keep the shield out longer, and attack comes out when you release the input. It works similar to Yoshi double jump armor in melee, where it starts breaking if you're hit by moves with high enough knockback.
I do a da cancel without landing it, didn’t mean to specify it had to land to be canceled, I haven’t played Etalus in 1 in a good minute so I got a few of my facts a little mixed up 😞, thanks for the corrections tho, hope ppl see this so I don’t trick them up too bad ❤️
Etalus down-b could also freeze opponents even if there was no ice underneath them in rivals 1, although it is hard to pull off since the hitbox for it is quite small.
Nice video with comparisons - I won't parrot everyone else reminding you about Etalus' fair armor LOL I'm curious if he will have any added forward recovery options in Rivals 2, like how Forsburn had his clone toss added. Without them it seems like his recovery will be extremely weak since he presumably won't be able to wall jump out of up special anymore. Although maybe he still will be able to since it doesn't put him into special fall?
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That “aerial armor” seen against Fleet was Etalus’s fair armor, which existed in rivals 1. He gets armor on that move before throwing it out, and it doesn’t require ice armor to use.
The way I haven’t played 1 in a few months and forgot about that 💀
Why is he so cute in the thumbnail😍
Also it's chargeable
Facts
@@Furiac.It's not a charge, just negative edge. It doesn't get stronger as you hold it
Lore wise,
The last time we see anything of Etalus, he’s about to go spelunking in some shadowy ruins that is spitting out shadow creatures onto the land. Possibly meeting up with the rest of the cast underground eventually. He’s in the same boat as Fleet, where they’re about to figure out what the Abyss is and get caught up in the rest of the cast’s fight for survival
Meanwhile, characters like Absa, Clairen, and Loxodont are yet to have any real relevance to the timeline and plot of Rivals 2. Only time will tell how they fit into the story. Ellianna also have yet to fit in with the story of the Abyss, if any at all.
Yoo I thought there was somethin more to his lore but couldn’t find it, you’re a life saver ty!
From the trailers, it seems like Clairen goes back to the past for 2 reasons, the primary one being stopping Loxodont from taking power, and the secondary reason being to find/help zetter and fors in the Abyss. Maybe the 2 missions will intertwine somehow.
Etalus has the air block on rivals 1, but it's rarely used.
It is a command block done by holding the attack button/stick when you do a FAir, if you release the FAir comes out, or youc can hold the button all the way till you land to block everything, but It'll leave you open due to the landing lag.
Glad this video exists, it’s exactly what I was looking for. Gotta have background music tho, that would really boost this up to feeling legit. Just a suggestion
I normally do and forgot to toss it in at the muted vod parts at the start oops 😞
I wasn’t planning to switch off of loxodont until la reina came out but that ancient etalus skin is the coolest skin in the game i will main him immediately.
08:00 Etalus' Down special in the first game also freezes grounded rivals in RoA1. There's the initial landing hit, which does knockback, and a larger, second hit, which freezes.
I lowkey forgot about this cause its outter hitbox still launches ppl right? I only have one Etalus oomf so I never played him a ton 😞
Hope he gets his sherbert skin back
Was peak lowkey
Thanks a lot, as a non rivals 1 player I got a good idea of how he will play now
Glad to hear it helped!
The dash attack didn't have to hit anything in the last game to be jump cancleable. It also didn't have to be on ice to be jump cancleable, ice just extends the active frames. It just was jump cancleable as long as you weren't in the tail end of the recovery of the move.
I'm not sure that the question "will it be jump cancleable on shield?" is actually relevant, unless they severely change how the dash attack mechanics work. I don't think they will because that would be kind of like taking jump cancels away from shine. It's kind of the core concept of the move.
The aerial armor is also just how his fair worked, but it seems like other people already mentioned that. You could hold the fair input to keep the shield out longer, and attack comes out when you release the input. It works similar to Yoshi double jump armor in melee, where it starts breaking if you're hit by moves with high enough knockback.
I do a da cancel without landing it, didn’t mean to specify it had to land to be canceled, I haven’t played Etalus in 1 in a good minute so I got a few of my facts a little mixed up 😞, thanks for the corrections tho, hope ppl see this so I don’t trick them up too bad ❤️
Can’t wait for Etalus
This is the best researched R2 etalus video i have seen so far, thanks for putting it together and out so quickly!
6:19 isn’t that fair? Roa1 fair also had armor too
Ya its just forward air
Can't wait to dtilt1 into plat drop up air on all the ultimate players. They don't know about that rivals 1 cheese
Etalus down-b could also freeze opponents even if there was no ice underneath them in rivals 1, although it is hard to pull off since the hitbox for it is quite small.
Up special also puts ice on the ground if grounded
Nice video with comparisons - I won't parrot everyone else reminding you about Etalus' fair armor LOL
I'm curious if he will have any added forward recovery options in Rivals 2, like how Forsburn had his clone toss added. Without them it seems like his recovery will be extremely weak since he presumably won't be able to wall jump out of up special anymore. Although maybe he still will be able to since it doesn't put him into special fall?
Ranno hasn't really interacted with anyone in the story right now.
I think you forgot to mention the projectiles his armor shatters into when using a strong
Thanks for the video!
Can I participate on the events if im from South America?
Yep! As long as there’s no major lag problems, we’ve had people from South America play before and it wasn’t a problem
Do we know what his special pummel does yet
Yeah watch this video. Or the Santa q&a
Around 4:00 you said use side b with recovery. I would advise you to not do this b/c parrying the icicles stuns etalus instead of reflecting them.
Yo, am I crazy, or did Santa kinda sound like Dan?
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Bro just play rivals 1 everyones moves are the same 💀