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0:00uh to kind of just go in. Bang's offense
0:02is very strong in once he starts getting
0:04quite safe against a lot of bullets
0:05options as well.
0:07>> So I do think it's a good play and again
0:10immediately backing off. Oh wow, the 2B
0:13from Bang. Uh
0:15>> yeah, slightly mis timing it right.
0:17Rascal was able to close that timing out
0:19and here's a big combo in the corner
0:20already.
0:21>> Yeah, tries to go for the uh the tech
0:23overdrives through it and that this
0:25mixup is really hard to see. Air dash
0:26cancel everything but a little bit out
0:28of range to get that confirmed. I really
0:30like the uh spacing and the barrier
0:32usage from Masco right there just kind
0:33of pulling him away while he was in that
0:35overdrive.
0:35>> And with that being said, Puka with a
0:37great air throw. What's the mix up?
0:39Baiting a DP. Looks like
0:40>> nice blocking that overdrive. Yep.
0:42>> Unfortunately, Rascal down to half of
0:44his barrier left.
0:46>> Doesn't block that jump low.
0:48>> The threat of the uh bang taco kick,
0:50right, IS DEFINITELY THERE. AND OH,
0:52>> WOW, that overhead recovered so fast.
0:55>> Disrespecting that allowing Rascal to
0:57fall. Rasful did not let that drive rip.
0:59So that falling land recovery allows
1:01Koop to get this.
1:02>> Yeah, that's going to be it. That poison
1:04just adds so much unscale damage, man.
1:07>> Yeah, it ticks pretty slowly, but you
1:08know, it does add up over time.
1:10>> I believe it is 1,000 unscaled damage as
1:12long as you just you have that poison on
1:14you.
1:15>> Here's another quick confirm again.
1:16Bullets hurt box. A little bit odd, but
1:18that's the thing about Bang. His combos
1:20are very challenging depending on the
1:21the matchup, right? So
1:24there's a block string allowing them to
1:26get out. Here comes overhead that guard
1:28point.
1:28>> Oh wow.
1:29>> But resets into overhead. Oh no.
1:31>> Command throw. We're scrambling.
1:32>> What a pace right here.
1:34>> You know if you're playing in a
1:35tournament like the top eight, right?
1:37Your nerves are getting to you right
1:39now.
1:39>> Yeah. What a bait with the nail there.
1:40Blocks the drive, blocks the overhead,
1:43blocks another one.
1:44>> His defense is on another level right
1:45now. But Rascal finally finding the hit.
1:48>> Look at that.
1:50>> Great damage here. Let's see if Rasco
1:52can get back to another heat.
1:54Yeah, bullet in this version will always
1:56get it.
1:57>> The command throw.
1:59>> Got the meter.
2:01>> Bring it back to the corner.
2:02>> Suddenly we're even. One more opening
2:04for Ras to close it.
2:06>> Uh just super.
2:07>> I want out.
2:08>> Yeah, gets out.
2:10Gets out of the drive there.
2:11>> Got to be careful. Level two heat. It is
2:13huge.
2:15>> He throws a nail, but the land curry to
2:17burst.
2:17>> All right, burst out.
2:19>> Throws the final nail.
2:20>> That should be it.
2:22Plenty of me to spare even if needed.
2:26>> And Rascal closing that one out.
2:29>> Don't count Rascal out, man. Like
2:31>> he was down to basically 10% life right
2:35there and just
2:36>> Oh, if you never get hit, you don't
2:38lose. Yeah.
2:39>> Oh, wow.
2:40>> No punish though.
2:40>> Yeah, cuz Hook was a bit afraid there.
2:42Just
2:43>> content to escape.
2:45>> Only level only level one heat, so not
2:47too much damage. But now we have level
2:49two. Wow. Just dash throw
2:54another big confirm here. Back into the
2:56corner.
2:57>> Yep. Level two.
2:59>> A little didn't have commander, but just
3:01a meaty.
3:03>> Yeah, it's very simple. Just a two-way
3:04two-way pressure.
3:05>> Okay,
3:06>> here we go.
3:06>> This is scary though. It's hard to block
3:08when you're in Bangs overdrive.
3:11>> Just point out.
3:12>> Okay, we're out.
3:14>> Ooh. Okay,
3:14>> let me get out of here. Yeah,
3:16>> he has to be careful though because wall
3:17two heat
3:19>> that lock ON IS ABSOLUTELY OH, THROUGH
3:22THE NAIL
3:22>> THE CAPTURE
3:23>> AND overhead reset.
3:26>> Yeah, the lucky capture is projectile
3:28involved the entire duration.
3:30>> Yeah, and if you just happen to be in
3:31range of it'll snatch you up and then
3:33you're kind of stuck in the animation
3:34after that.
3:35>> Exactly. And uh you know it was a good
3:37idea from Fuku just to like I'm going
3:39[music] to use the rest of my nails to
3:40just kind of like see what's going on on
3:42screen. But that read was impeccable.
3:44>> That's the thing. Bang's hurt box is
3:46really big during his air dash.
3:47>> Yep.
3:47>> Even though he is a very mobile
3:49character, tries to challenge that but
3:51gets counter hit.
3:52>> That drive
3:52>> dashed into the drive.
3:54>> Yeah, that's one thing about Bullet is
3:55that even though that drive is a bit
3:56slow to kind of go anywhere, it's pretty
3:58basically impossible to cross under it.
4:00>> Nice bait.
4:03>> Forces Fuku to burst.
4:04>> Yeah, just having an air stall uh option
4:06in Blaze Blue is just so strong.
4:08>> Absolutely.
4:10>> Too far away. Yeah, good usage of Barry
4:11to get that push out. Nice. Base the
4:13anti-air. Uses the burst immediately.
4:16Counter.
4:17>> Okay. Going to get all four seals here.
4:19>> That powers up his overdrive and gives
4:21him a special move. A new super as well.
4:23>> Yep.
4:24>> Okay.
4:24>> Nice.
4:25>> Standing confirm.
4:26>> Yep.
4:27>> Ah, but a little too high.
4:28>> I think bullets just really really
4:30skinny.
4:30>> Yeah,
4:31>> honestly. Look at her. She's got She's
4:32all legs, man.
4:34>> Another confirm for Rascal here. Throw
4:36again. Just a me throw. Yeah, it's been
4:37putting in so much work. And during this
4:40uh during any of the lock on combos, you
4:41cannot burst as well.
4:43>> That may have been a miss. Throw nails
4:45maybe.
4:47>> Jump in. Okay.
4:49>> Yeah. Commander super only available if
4:51you have all four seals.
4:54>> Okay. Beats out the um capture.
4:58Oh no.
4:59>> Overhead block goes low.
5:01>> They should be able to close it with a
5:03simple combo here. Yeah. Yeah. Both
5:05these players uh basically on the same
5:07burst as well.
5:09>> Yeah,
5:09>> you you see a lot of momentum burst
5:11against these players.
5:12>> Yeah, they're not really willing to give
5:13up an inch here.
5:15>> Daniel lock down. Here comes pressure
5:16from Cuckoo. Gets the low hit
5:18>> with the delay to A2A.
5:20>> We've seen him get pushed out of range a
5:22lot via Barry using that adaptation to
5:24kind of get closer, right?
5:25>> Yep. Now we have a seal there.
5:26>> This allows him to cancel any normal to
5:28special dash using it. Block on the
5:29overhead back.
5:30>> That is plus
5:32choice to back dash that though. It's
5:33really scary.
5:34>> Fighting. Fighting.
5:36>> Ah, but the drive held it long enough so
5:37it's big enough.
5:40>> Okay.
5:42The confirm level.
5:43>> Oh wow. Two waves.
5:44>> Yeah, it bursted.
5:46Not blocked on wake up a whole lot.
5:48>> I mean, when you have uh
5:50>> Is that intentional? Went for a DP from
5:52half screen there, but Rascal burst back
5:55right away.
5:55>> All right, go. Go to the corner.
5:57>> Just kidding. I'm beating you up still.
6:00>> Okay.
6:02>> Oh, yeah. Nice, nice bait on that 2D.
6:04>> Yeah, baited out the guard point there.
6:07Another big combo for Rascal.
6:08>> He could be dead.
6:10>> I think he's dead or unless that
6:11happens.
6:12>> [ __ ] challenges. Nice jumpy again. I've
6:14seen him do random jumpy quite a bit.
6:16>> That's all meter. All of his meter.
6:17>> Jumps out of the throw.
6:20Uses the bumper.
6:21>> Nice awareness from Fuku.
6:23>> Uses that for pressure. Gets it low.
6:25Uses the bumper yet again. Break out of
6:27the bumper now. And it's got plenty of
6:28meter here. Crush trigger 16. Ah,
6:33>> nice overhead. Yeah,
6:35>> that was uh I mean
6:36>> when you're scrambling, man, when you're
6:37scrambling, your mind's moving at 1,000
6:39miles an hour.
6:41>> And we're seeing Rascal go to a lot of
6:43DP like very very very like like strict
6:46hard reads there, right?
6:47>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, at a certain
6:49point of skill level, right, it's just
6:51like I'm playing against the player.
6:52>> Exactly. And like you don't even think
6:55Bullet's DP has that much range, but
6:56it's hit a lot of times honestly.
6:58>> But I guess the reward is so huge,
7:00especially heat, right?
7:01>> Yes.
7:02A good side switch as well if you want
7:04to spend it.
7:05>> Wow, they caught that. I mean, Bangs
7:08overhead has so much like a hit box on
7:10the top, but yeah, once again, bullets
7:11perk box is so difficult to deal with.
7:15>> All right, level two heat.
7:17>> Okay, overdrive just goes EA. That's the
7:19mid stuff. It's like is he going to dash
7:21out or just let the EA rip?
7:22>> Yeah. Is he going to do the bang for
7:23Kazan stuff or is he just going to let
7:25that rip?
7:26>> Okay, burst out a momentum burst. Ooh,
7:28>> block on the drive.
7:30>> Nice patience. Yeah, just waiting here.
7:32Good block again. Yeah, plus. Yeah, try
7:34to guard point that guard point is
7:36actually susceptible to overheads.
7:39>> Back to the corner.
7:42>> Cutting shear. It's a nice. Yeah, that
7:45that's the way you have to do it.
7:47>> You can guard on the first frame, but
7:48the move itself comes out much later.
7:52>> Oh my goodness. R sees it for a quick
7:54low.
7:56>> The threat of the uh the 360 right when
7:58he has level two heat as well. Yeah,
8:00there it is. Like I was saying,
8:02>> yeah, Bullet has a very strong command
8:03throw, especially with heat, you can get
8:05so much damage.
8:06>> Once again, Rascal on match point.
8:09>> Rascal is looking so good right now, but
8:11you know, Fuku is just
8:13>> he's fine in these.
8:16>> Okay, it's the overheads. Not much from
8:18it by itself. It's the DP.
8:19>> Yep,
8:20>> the block, but yeah,
8:22>> yeah, he's chasing it down now. Nice
8:24adjustment from uh Rascal. We saw him um
8:27guard point at one time, but yeah, good
8:29jump. I like that. Gets a full punish.
8:32>> Okay, nice.
8:34>> Good confirm. Puts the poison on.
8:36>> Yep.
8:37>> Overhead catches it jumping actually.
8:39>> Yeah. So definitely a little bit better
8:41from Wrestle even though he got hit
8:42because he doesn't have the whole combo.
8:44>> What an incredible delay low.
8:46>> But once again, bullet turf box guard
8:48point basically unbeatable in that
8:50situation. Yeah,
8:51>> I like the uh spacing adjustment for
8:52that combo right there. Bomb nail, web
8:55nail, super.
8:57>> Yeah, keep it simple.
9:02>> Very nice from Puku once again showing
9:04there's no such about to get his burst
9:05back as well, right? Final game, final
9:07round for this winter semis.
9:10>> Yeah, Puku has definitely been the taco
9:14>> on the backside, but yeah, tough combo
9:16there.
9:17>> Went for that tag low and then high
9:19>> on the back side.
9:20>> Yeah, the taco.
9:22Ooh, good DP. Risky, but
9:25>> yeah, he's cutting shears if it's
9:26putting in so much work for Rasbow.
9:28>> That's the throw this time. Gets caught
9:30by the nail. It's so quick.
9:32>> Thankfully, uh, the nails do scale the
9:34combo very a lot. So, not too much
9:36damage, but stuck in the corner against
9:38Bang is
9:38>> another nail. So, using that could get a
9:40full get a full full conversion. Sorry,
9:42I can't even say it.
9:43>> And the cutting shield works out once
9:45again. All right, he's using the RC to
9:47get that level two heat.
9:48>> Momentum could be crazy here.
9:51Yeah, that guard point's unbeatable. If
9:52you use it, if you use a jump in, that
9:54guard will beat it clean. Counter hit
9:56trade.
9:58>> Time to go in
10:00>> once again. Low. One more chance.
10:02>> Drops it.
10:03>> One more chance again. Gets caught by
10:05the drive.
10:07>> This is huge.
10:09>> This is scary.
10:10>> Yeah, there is a burst on Buku's side
10:11though.
10:11>> Nice jump.
10:13>> Cancels out.
10:14>> Oh, gets tagged. He's overdriving. I see
10:15it. Yeah, the DP.
10:18And with that, Buku clutches it out.
10:21>> Rascal will move into the loser side of
10:23the bracket. Really good stuff from both
10:25those players, but Fuku was the winner.
10:27Where is this option a good option? Is
10:29this option a strong option and often
10:30times, you know, getting some insight
10:32into that can be really helpful.
10:33>> Yeah. And these this is why those guys
10:35are up there, not me, because my so
10:37broken.
10:39>> So, here we go. Letting the intro rock.
10:41>> The wheel of fate is turning. [music]
10:43>> Fra versus Excalibur Blades. A rematch.
10:46>> Where will this go?
10:48Okay, we're going. We're taking a
10:50measured approach here.
10:51>> You You see this a lot, right? In every
10:53one of XL's matches, the
10:56>> opponent is usually just like, I'm I'm
10:58walking away. I'm walking away. Bring
11:00bring Ada to me.
11:01>> I'll take care of Ada as you're seeing.
11:03Wow. Try to like uh try to like do as
11:06much damage to it as possible, but did
11:09damage, but now it's got the corner
11:10position and block out of gets hit by
11:12the low.
11:14>> Yeah, low on the ADA meter. So not going
11:17for the unblockable right now.
11:18>> Uses the crush trigger to get that ADA
11:20meter back. DPRC get out of the
11:22pressure. Change of sides from the
11:23corner.
11:24>> Checking ADA there as well. See
11:26>> just having a meterless reversal in that
11:27situation is really strong especially at
11:2950 meter. But once again you're spending
11:31a lot of resources to make sure that you
11:33get out of the corner basically.
11:35>> Yeah. Uses the fireball that you race
11:36the fireball. Nice option there.
11:39>> Checking on a here. Here comes Konimo.
11:41Jumps away from him.
11:42>> Give me a hug.
11:45Oh, ON THE BACK SIDE. COME ON. BACK
11:48across again.
11:50>> Restand mix up here. It's going to go
11:52low.
11:54>> No lows this time. Oh, there's a
11:56>> overhead. That RC that hit confirm is so
11:59difficult, but shows why he's so good at
12:02this character.
12:02>> Hey, to get over there.
12:04>> Okay,
12:06raise giving up their burst. Now why a
12:09really really slow from uh Fenix right
12:12here because he has the life. He's got
12:14the wip and there's only 10 seconds left
12:16so got to make something happen here.
12:18>> Yep.
12:19>> Carl's not known for amazing movement.
12:21Nice check.
12:23>> Pretty much committed.
12:25>> He takes the first down. Play very very
12:26measured right and didn't even use his
12:28burst.
12:29>> He didn't need it man.
12:30>> Well sometimes he doesn't.
12:33>> Okay here comes Scaler this time
12:35overhead 6. Honestly, the amount of
12:38Carls that just like rely on that move,
12:40right? It's like it's a really really
12:42good overhead. But Axt Kale like there's
12:45a art to the way he uses it.
12:47>> Okay. Wow. The throw right before a
12:50punch hits [screaming]
12:53in there.
12:53>> Yeah. Good delay tech for right
12:56use the setup there. Famous attacks and
12:58use the jump cancel to get out.
13:01>> Okay. Pressure.
13:02>> Yeah, get a in there.
13:03>> Yeah, just just backs off, right? About
13:06a third of the match time as a lap snap.
13:08Currently Cowboys with the lead.
13:11>> Even though he's still stuck in this
13:12corner, it's just like his defense is so
13:14strong.
13:14>> Oh, are you going to come get me? Nice.
13:16Again, that that RC on the overhead
13:18>> commentators cuz are you going to go?
13:19What are you going to do? OVERHEAD ME.
13:21AH, [screaming]
13:22>> FATE THE BURST OVERDRIVE. This is going
13:24to checkmate.
13:26>> The guard is back, baby.
13:27>> Yeah,
13:28>> he's back.
13:29>> He looked clean there.
13:36unfazed.
13:37>> Yeah, I mean you got to be
13:41>> taking a little bit of time in the uh
13:43character select to cool off. Think
13:45about what happened.
13:46>> Yeah, I do think that they kept good
13:48positioning overall, right? Even even
13:50keeping corn positioning is totally fine
13:52as long as it is between you and the
13:53opponents in character. But, you know,
13:55uh Fam was able to sneak through with
13:57the jump be there, right? That was the
13:58critical thing where you know I don't
13:59know if Excalibur didn't read the timing
14:02of that but wasn't able to answer a lot
14:03of come in
14:06>> action.
14:08All right. A little bit more aggressive
14:10star from XL right there.
14:11>> Yeah. He tried to use a dash got beaten
14:13out by Fenry.
14:15>> Okay. Yes.
14:16>> How dare you hit Ada.
14:17>> Yes. Very nice to punish that.
14:20>> The mix up is low. Good block from
14:22Fenri. tries to prevent the jump and
14:24it's stuck here but in the sandwich uses
14:26the crush trigger
14:28>> low on a uh resource though nice
14:31>> late cross up
14:32>> kind of measured there DPRC
14:34>> yeah raid is dead this is where Carl's
14:36weakest
14:39get out of this one good block on the
14:40cross up there
14:42>> very very patient he's trying to bait
14:43the anti-air
14:44>> nice puna
14:46is back though
14:47>> yeah but will it be able to do anything
14:50reset's very strong block on the
14:51overhead
14:52does not confirm it though.
14:56>> Nice counter.
14:57>> Cheap stuff. The cheap stuff. Comboing
14:59off counter.
15:00>> Not a lot of damage, but good
15:01positioning.
15:02>> Nice coming away. Ooh, good double jump.
15:04Counter hit. Will this be enough?
15:06>> Not quite yet.
15:09>> Pushing ADA into Jin.
15:12>> Still alive.
15:13>> Brio the DP. This should be it.
15:17>> Great punish.
15:18>> Micro dash of 3C.
15:20>> It's not easy. It's pretty difficult to
15:22punish that.
15:25>> Copper looking good.
15:27>> Okay.
15:28>> Okay.
15:29>> Extended active hit box.
15:32>> Okay. Comes out. Volante's on his way,
15:33but counter hit down.
15:35>> Not sure exe.
15:37Great pick up.
15:39>> Couple seconds in.
15:40>> Ah, but no meter. Takes the throw.
15:42Volante on its way, but doesn't block
15:44Dan here. Chase down again from Feny,
15:46but gets caught by the jump. A
15:48>> all you need is one knockdown with Faro,
15:50man. Here we go towards the corner.
15:53Going to make it to the corner. Bait on
15:55DP
15:57trigger
15:59>> using every option available is
16:00Excalibur right now. Very much buried
16:02offense here. The pressure rising
16:05overhead
16:07>> reset. Goes low. Good block from Fenri.
16:10DP gets blocked again. RC's a burst in
16:12the corner. Momentum burst from Exceler
16:14Blade. Chuck closes.
16:16>> Nice block on that overhead. Nice block
16:18on the overhead.
16:19>> What? But he still anterior him.
16:22>> She's dead. Cross up.
16:24>> Can you get him to cough up the burst?
16:26Apparently stone cold finally coughs it
16:29up.
16:29>> He wants it. He wants it.
16:31>> 3. Oh, get him.
16:33>> Caught them flinching. Can they finish
16:34it? He's on two.
16:37>> Yep. Just keeping it real simple
16:40>> now. Fenridge on match point.
16:43>> Really great.
16:43>> No burst on his side though.
16:45>> Could be big depending on how this round
16:48starts.
16:49Excalibur looking to take a measure to
16:51perk as well. Blocks the projectile.
16:53>> Tries contain gets punished overhead but
16:56no meter can't confirm that.
16:58>> A little bit of damage always works out.
17:01>> Keep that pressure going. TRM caught Xav
17:03trying to tech throw early with that
17:05able to that throw come from Tech.
17:09>> Knock down into the corner. Oh, nice
17:11jump but able to get out.
17:13>> A little bit too far for Ada.
17:15>> Yeah.
17:17Active about to come in for Fen ready.
17:19Fireball doesn't see it.
17:21>> I 6A
17:23>> goes low here again with the fight.
17:27>> Tough to see that. Here comes the next
17:29mix up. It's Anima.
17:30>> Might have made a TP maybe.
17:33That's the last one. Jump. A hits
17:35cleanly.
17:36>> I mean, Dren is a tall ass character,
17:38man.
17:38>> Here we go. What's the mix up here? She
17:41goes low. Fakes the DP. Maybe made a
17:43mistake there.
17:45and pull a hit
17:47>> and it traded. What a trade combo.
17:50>> Amazing situation awareness from XL
17:53calling out the 6A even though I was
17:55able to RC. I do think the hit stop
17:56preventing him from doing anything.
17:58>> That was so good. I've never seen
18:00anybody really use that super as a
18:02reversal like that.
18:03>> Yeah, cuz you know the overhead is
18:04slower, right? So able to clutch it out
18:06there. What an amazing option there.
18:08Excal still in it.
18:12>> Volante. Yeah.
18:13>> Yeah. using that a to block the
18:14projectile so the Valante can keep going
18:16but maybe overcommitting there a little
18:17bit as has gotten in now.
18:20>> Okay [laughter]
18:22looking for that TRM again but gets
18:23caught the Valante combo instead of
18:26resetting though a short combo here
18:29the corner position.
18:30>> YEAH ALL OH WHAT A CALL OUT
18:33>> unfortunately no micro dashante
18:37aligretto
18:39yeah backside though this time gets the
18:40sandwich but good block by Fenry
18:44Oh my goodness.
18:45>> How is he blocking this? HOW IS HE
18:47BLOCKING THIS?
18:48>> Incredible defense from Fenry. He gets
18:50out of that and waste a lot of that
18:51system doing so. But Excal phase at all.
18:54He's still playing neutral. Doesn't mind
18:56it whatsoever.
18:58>> Unfaz.
18:59>> Oh yeah, that is one of the few moves
19:01that will just straight beat out.
19:02>> Oh, same side.
19:06>> Here we go towards the corner. Feny kept
19:08the burst. Will he regret this? No, he
19:10didn't. DP momentum for special again.
19:13Screw it. How dare you?
19:15>> Here we go. Overhead. Blocked. Good.
19:17Confirm. Blocked. Confirmed. And then RC
19:20O.
19:25>> God, what a cool character.
19:27That closes it out. What a combo. And
19:29confirm showing that hit confirm is so
19:32diff. You got to see it hit RC to
19:34confirm that to make sure you don't
19:35waste meter if it's blocked
19:38here. He's on sand. Back to spacing,
19:42right? Oh no, I don't know if that was
19:43intentional.
19:44>> I think that was like a footsies
19:46overhead because he was going to have
19:47that landing recovery.
19:50>> He teleports in able to block the
19:53offense here.
19:55What a confirm.
19:58>> Oh no. Uhoh. Little too high maybe.
20:00>> Yeah, right next to a too.
20:03>> Nice. Cancel the anti air. Res it.
20:06>> It's the corner positioning here. Guy's
20:08going to get the freeze. Oh, again like
20:10it because if you delay too much early
20:12in the combo, it does make it look
20:13friendly to rest the combo because
20:17the pressure delay air dash. And this is
20:20tough because he doesn't have any meter.
20:21>> Uh-oh, here we go.
20:25>> He gets the meter at the last second.
20:27Overdrive yet again. And I do think that
20:29Ben Fenr is going to close it and move
20:31on in winners.
20:34>> Good stuff from Fenrich.
20:38knocking the previous EVO champion into
20:41the losers bracket.
20:44>> What a amazing situation awareness right
20:46there.
20:47>> BOAT IS BACK.
20:49>> HE'S BACK, BABY.
20:50>> Never leave home.
20:51>> Zelica song. Come on.
20:52>> I mean, you know,
20:53>> I need some soothing. Need some soothing
20:56in my life.
20:57>> Let's go, Monarch.
20:58>> Of course, we have the crowd cheering
21:00for Monarch.
21:00>> Yeah. I mean, it's a home crowd here.
21:02You know,
21:02>> it is definitely a home crowd.
21:04>> Monarch is our champion, right? If I was
21:06Masa, I'd be uh very spooked right now,
21:09right? You're you're playing against a
21:10multi
21:13>> character specialist, multi- champion
21:15from multiple games.
21:16>> Yeah, Ma is not, you know, not an
21:18uncommon character. A lot of experience
21:19that most a lot of players have this
21:21very respectful Monarch was though, not
21:23making a move against that pressure from
21:26>> throwing the fireball setting up the
21:27fort.
21:30>> That was a from downtown.
21:33Ah, but that
21:35also getting corner confirm here.
21:38>> A
21:40confirm block.
21:42>> Check with the 2A as well.
21:44>> Okay, use the fireball. Keeping it
21:45pretty measured. Here is Monarch.
21:48>> Yeah, the dive from Mai is so annoying,
21:50especially in those like air scenarios
21:52because she basically can just air.
21:55>> Really good like positioning on that
21:58dive. The RC comp. One more chance for
22:00Monarch.
22:02This round is looking all masa right
22:04now.
22:04>> Is that low?
22:06>> Okay.
22:07>> Hang in there.
22:09>> Stinger tipper.
22:10>> Yeah. Get again. Like she can move so
22:12quickly right on the ground.
22:15>> And of course that tipper is unblockable
22:17unless you bar.
22:19>> Okay.
22:19>> Nice. Yeah. Instant block it in the air.
22:21That is the way you punish the dive from
22:24see if we get some offense going here.
22:26Let's muscle a roller. Oo. Okay. Yeah.
22:30projectile for
22:31>> throwing those fireballs.
22:34>> Oh, almost a really good jump from Ma
22:37right there.
22:37>> Yeah, letting t the projectile gets
22:40confirmed.
22:40>> Nice.
22:43Knock down in the corner.
22:45>> Take the block.
22:46>> Being respectful.
22:48>> Yeah, not let not willing to go in
22:50anymore, but you know, Masa does have
22:51the lead, right?
22:52>> Yes. And definitely a lot more of a
22:54meter advantage.
22:55>> Yeah, using that normal to make a wall
22:57in the air. Get that counter pick up.
23:00One of mine's most hated normals for
23:01sure. Good jump.
23:04>> Just the the simple 5.
23:06>> Okay. Crosses over.
23:08>> Yeah. Get the side switch.
23:09>> Yeah. Counter.
23:11>> Ooh. Okay.
23:11>> Yeah. Just big whip punish right there.
23:13>> Oo. Okay. Ma burst.
23:15>> Oh, that move is broken. AC
23:18>> but able not able to get punished
23:19though. Mark still alive. Give us a
23:21burst fake.
23:23>> Big frame trap. But
23:24>> another one. Another one. The double
23:26frame trap. How dare you sir?
23:29>> It's still my turn. What's the mix up
23:30here? Delay charge. Wow. Challenges.
23:34Uh-oh.
23:35>> Uh-oh. RC hard baits on these first.
23:37Mark still alive. Can he get through it?
23:39No, not point at the punish.
23:41>> Sides yet again.
23:43>> Has no reversal. And there is the crush
23:45trigger.
23:45>> Very nice. Can Monaco in danger now?
23:49>> That's why that trust trigger worked,
23:50baby.
23:51>> Yeah, Monarch keeping that USA dream
23:53alive. Great round from Mona. Clutching
23:56it out from a pixel pretty much
24:01>> this time. Monarch aggressive.
24:03>> Nice check.
24:04>> Yeah.
24:05>> Not sure what Mon there, but Maza
24:07checked. It was a 5A.
24:08>> Yeah, that was a really good fuzzy match
24:09right there.
24:10>> Oo.
24:12Are you pressing a button?
24:13>> Yeah, you
24:14>> DP off the fatal counter. I don't think
24:16that burst is going to come back in
24:18time.
24:18>> That's so much damage. If I was Maza,
24:20I'd spend everything right now just to
24:22make sure that next hit is going to go.
24:24Oh, okay. Burst is available for made
24:27one pixel come back and they make
24:28another one. Oh, for the burst catches
24:30the back dash. So, Monarch's turn now.
24:33Masa about to get their burst back as
24:35well. That's
24:37>> awesome. Gets Boris set up. This pretty
24:39much makes any special move. Plus,
24:44>> delays
24:45it. Good barrier.
24:48>> What a bait. What a read from Monarch.
24:52fakes out that counter assault. One more
24:54mix up and drops it.
24:55>> All right, get me out. Get me out.
24:58>> Oh no, that was really scary.
25:00>> Yeah, the projectile wars.
25:03>> FIREBALL 6P FROM MONARCH.
25:04>> OH, THE GUARD CRUSH FROM max range from
25:07Masa to take the first match.
25:10>> Yeah, close game there, right? I Monarch
25:13could just
25:13>> Why is this character flying across the
25:15screen, James?
25:16>> I mean, she just quick with it.
25:19Yeah, I do think that it was really
25:21close. That combo there was so painful
25:23cuz that OG situation would have been
25:24huge, right?
25:26>> It's already you already caused um you
25:29know, Maza cough up the burst, right?
25:30So, you know, you already have great,
25:32you know, advantage there. But yeah,
25:34just a heartbreaker.
25:35>> We're going to have to see if
25:38we're going to see a character switch
25:40because, you know, Monarch does have
25:42multiple characters under his belt.
25:44>> Yeah. And if you switch here though,
25:45you're committed, right? You've already
25:46lost once. And if you lose again, you're
25:48out. So, whatever character you pick,
25:50you're going to ride or die with them.
25:53>> I'm excited to see. Are they going
25:55>> Okay. Oh, no. We'll see. Oh, it looks
25:59like it's locked in. He's saying it.
26:01>> Screw it.
26:02>> This is my character.
26:04>> So, we'll see what the change is here,
26:06right? I do think that um Mas has been
26:09pretty good with those projectiles,
26:10right? So, if you know, Monarch can read
26:12out when they're going to throw them,
26:14they could get a lot of good damage
26:15here, right?
26:16But maybe I think they're just afraid
26:17like I think in a lot of the offensive
26:19situations that Monarch had, Masa was
26:21able to take advantage and roll out of
26:22him. So maybe you going to land make
26:25sure your offense is going to be rock
26:26solid no matter what.
26:27>> Now there was if you saw in the victory
26:29path uh he did go two against Yoshi.
26:32>> Absolutely. So maybe there's some um
26:35cloud process there, right?
26:39>> Oo, a little bit too far. Yeah, this
26:41space
26:43here.
26:46>> Okay, good block. But
26:47>> yeah, that is still pretty close.
26:52>> Okay, does not crack. Good block yet
26:55again.
26:56>> Okay,
26:56>> our cancel. He's like, I want this
26:58pressure.
27:00>> Lock respects that. He's not going to
27:01try to anti air. Look on the low as
27:04well.
27:05>> Waiting here just like so patient.
27:07>> Yeah, didn't try to dash under. It's
27:08great. I think he tried to bait a burst
27:10ray there. You know, Masa has been kind
27:12of letting it rip.
27:13>> Yeah. Now, Masa is actually pretty low
27:14on barrier here.
27:17>> Okay. On the back side.
27:22>> Wow. No barrier anymore though. Burst.
27:25Yep.
27:25>> What's the option here? Tries overhead,
27:27but it's tagged by the low from Masa.
27:30Nice throw tech. Oh, right back at you.
27:32>> And this is danger as well. Trying to
27:34pay a burst again.
27:37Yeah, really really committed.
27:40>> The burst thirst is so real right now.
27:42>> I get it though. I want that burst.
27:45>> How Monarch is just like basically so
27:47non-committal on like anybody. He does
27:50not want to like whip it at all.
27:51>> Yeah, Storm switches sides. Only 10
27:53seconds left more or less.
27:57>> The lane air dash
27:58>> and I think they're going to switch
27:59lives totals here.
28:00>> Maybe maybe they pixel left.
28:05Yeah. Uh, that was the perfect amount of
28:08damage for Mas to clutch it out.
28:12>> Masa now on set point.
28:16>> Okay, dodge Thunder there. Ches Masa
28:19there.
28:20>> Nice. Cross back under
28:23>> Spike. Chaser gets a hit, but oh no. I
28:26don't know if that was intentional.
28:28Okay.
28:30>> Once again does not get it.
28:32>> Ooh wow.
28:35Okay, good reversal there. RSC's to keep
28:38the pressure going. [screaming]
28:41Goes high. Keeping the pressure pretty
28:43respectful. Masa doesn't crack, but
28:44finally counter.
28:45>> Yeah, but no, not counter hit
28:47thankfully.
28:48>> No tech here from Monarch. Gets Damas
28:50some free damage. Nice tech on the
28:52throw. Good block, but still Masa's
28:54turn.
28:55>> Yeah, nice
28:59there.
29:01>> Okay, more pressure. It gets him with
29:03the overhead. Yeah, that's that's some
29:05knowledge.
29:05>> Uhoh.
29:07>> Oh, that confirmed. Yeah, confirm.
29:10>> Ah, second hit. I It might be enough
29:12with meter and overdrive.
29:15>> Hey, AC.
29:16>> Yeah, I
29:18as long as he does not drop this, it
29:21should be it.
29:22>> And with that, ASA once again taking it
29:25over Monarch. But a great showing for
29:27Monarch nonetheless.
29:28>> Yes, exactly. And you know, making top
29:30eight at Blaze Blue, especially when you
29:32you were also in top eight for Graham
29:34Blue earlier this morning as well is not
29:36an easy feat.
29:37>> Not that isn't really able to get out of
29:40some of Rachel's pressure once she does
29:41get started. So that is really tough.
29:43>> I mean, you're talking about a character
29:45with instant overheads, uh, crazy
29:47projectiles, and probably some of the
29:49best damage in the game.
29:50>> Yeah, taking one of the dome there, but
29:51you know, not alive. Just getting set up
29:52here.
29:54>> Setting up the bats.
29:56And one thing about the bat stats when
29:58you get the mechan immediate burst of
29:59cheery is that like yeah once the bat is
30:02on you it also it changes the strength
30:04of the wind as well cuz they work like
30:06little wind tur
30:08>> look at that tanking those rebellas
30:11>> but at a certain point it doesn't
30:13doesn't really matter you know Rachel
30:14has wind stock let me get out of here
30:17not interact do not perceive me
30:19>> yeah down to one win but still setting
30:20up the forget morning that's one hit wow
30:24they turtled so much they lost their
30:26barrier. You rarely see that in a
30:28tournament, but Maki is playing this
30:30completely as lame as possible so that
30:32Fury does not get it. But you know what?
30:33I don't need barrier if I never have to
30:35block.
30:35>> Exactly. Oh no, but big drop here.
30:39>> That was two person, one crown, man.
30:42>> Here comes another attempt to Scalia to
30:44get some more meter back and off screen.
30:47>> Yeah, using the wind to influence it. So
30:49it comes down way later.
30:51>> Okay, whip 6 a from Maki. Gets gets
30:54three a chance here. We said that it's
30:56really hard for Rachel to get out of
30:58Carl's pressure, but or vice versa, but
31:01yeah, now they're locked out as well.
31:03>> The back dash, but it caused by that
31:05crush trigger.
31:06>> Yeah, great auto.
31:07>> Honestly, I would take the crush trigger
31:09punish rather than uh losing the
31:12unblockable that
31:13>> has burst and yeah, I guess he's at the
31:15point where they're about to lose the
31:16lightning count. You can see simple
31:18combo do it
31:20down.
31:21>> Yeah, Che got back half their burst
31:23again.
31:25action.
31:26>> That was a crazy thing. I don't think
31:28I've ever seen a double burst in one
31:30round.
31:30>> I mean, if you make the round take long
31:32enough back there,
31:39>> you see both players are extremely
31:40explosive with their charact
31:47side.
31:48Staying front side. Okay. Wow. With the
31:51Brio. Okay. He uses the backside to get
31:54the hit from Maki
31:57throw.
32:00>> And I think this is getting pretty
32:01close. Getting late early here from Maki
32:03for this round. Counter finally gets
32:05out.
32:06>> Nice. Yeah,
32:07>> I think might have messed up the punish.
32:09>> Yeah, you have to be pretty preemptive
32:11with that 6A. You have to kind of call
32:13out that
32:15uh that down.
32:16>> Ah, what a back dash from Chini. Able to
32:19punish that in push from Maki. Now both
32:22players will fully stock first.
32:25>> It's going such momentum based there.
32:27>> Absolutely. Yeah. You see whoever's
32:29whoever's offense gets started first.
32:31See like even though there's so much
32:33lock down here, as long as they can make
32:34contact, they can win.
32:36>> Yep.
32:37>> Might be a negative warning yet again.
32:38>> Oh my.
32:39>> Can no longer barrier and some of some
32:42of moves are unblockable in the air
32:44unless you bar them. It does change how
32:46neutral works here. Nice try. Going to
32:48do so much damage here. But unless he
32:50miss it,
32:51>> it's okay. It's still 3,000 damage
32:52because Maki is a danger.
32:54>> You're willing to take that life, right?
32:56Oh, gets tagged by so much damage by
32:58itself.
33:01>> That's our setup here.
33:04Yeah,
33:04>> both of these players know they're not
33:06blocking.
33:08>> Knock down in the corner. Here's the
33:10pressure. The meaty probably beat out
33:12Vivace if I had to guess or match.
33:15Another meaty tried to back dash. Lock
33:18down from Maki. And here's the
33:20counterult. Get out of that. Good jump
33:23here from Maki.
33:25>> Just getting away. That's
33:28got wind back.
33:31>> So hard to keep up.
33:33They're
33:33>> flying everywhere. How is this little
33:35boy going to catch her?
33:37>> Only 30 seconds left.
33:39>> Locked in with care, but too far away to
33:42confirm. Locked down with jump overdrive
33:44yet again, but uses wind to get out of
33:45the situation.
33:46>> Amazing. Rei is influenced by the win.
33:49>> Counter assault again from Mucky. George
33:50is there. George goes off. Pat again. No
33:53counter hit but gets the confirmed
33:54regardless.
33:57>> 20 seconds left.
33:59>> Locked them down for 20 seconds or just
34:01kill them.
34:02>> Yeah, that was just uh the the very easy
34:04overhead to block there because it was
34:05not the instant one. But uh
34:07unfortunately just held down back a
34:08little bit too long.
34:09>> The thing is is like you don't want to
34:11block, right? It's really tough in both
34:13these situations cuz like once you block
34:15a meaty you're kind of guaranteed to get
34:16airtight overhead, right?
34:18>> I don't blame him. I don't want to block
34:19either.
34:21>> It's more zoning from Maki.
34:24>> I mean, those are the best kind of
34:25characters, right? The ones that don't
34:26have to interact with
34:28>> kind of, you know, stay on that side of
34:29the screen. Whichever side I'm not on.
34:33>> Zoning here. Full go. Yeah.
34:36>> Little wind here for Mucky. They're
34:37locked down here.
34:39Brain trash.
34:40>> Yeah, try to fuzzy mash.
34:43>> Not a lot of sustaki
34:50back out of the corner.
34:52>> Getting tagged by the projectiles.
34:54>> All right, bats are in play.
34:57>> Threading the needle there between the
34:59two lightning rods, but still out of
35:01there.
35:02>> Oh, K2C finds a smart.
35:04>> We go.
35:05>> Huge hit there.
35:06>> Cheeky side swap. This is enough lab.
35:11Don't think they're going to get the 50
35:12meter, but maybe
35:12>> one more.
35:14>> Cat again.
35:15>> Works out this time.
35:16>> Very high reward guard point from
35:19Rachel. Locked down in the corner. Judy
35:21does have burst reset.
35:24>> Trying to face the guard.
35:25>> The guard cancel. Had first available.
35:29>> Saving it for Randy Dave.
35:31>> That was it. She got the life lead.
35:35>> So much wind to work with. Nice block.
35:37Oh,
35:38trade.
35:40>> Great button there from GD able to close
35:42it out.
35:48>> Yeah, I'm going over here.
35:50>> Get her away from me.
35:51>> See Maki play as lame as possible so
35:53far, right? Just not really willing to
35:55engage at all.
35:56>> He knows if he gets knocked down, man.
35:58Like it's it's play time.
36:01>> Good pressure here. Finding a block. Go
36:03slow. Oh, from a little bit too far.
36:07>> Now it's GH trying to get started.
36:10>> What a cheeky crossover back to the same
36:12side overhead.
36:14>> Nice using that Lelia to bait that uh
36:17anti nice back. You see jump cancelled
36:21it. Lock down from Maki GOES fatal but
36:26no wind but doesn't need it.
36:30>> No attack. Ah, but that's why this is so
36:34hard to deal with. And now with all this
36:35meter.
36:39>> Yes.
36:40>> So much damage. Oh, one more time.
36:43>> Those bats draining so much. It says
36:453,000 damage, but it's probably closer
36:47to 5,000.
36:48>> Yeah, every time she uses a stock and
36:50the bats are out, it's a,000 added
36:53damage.
36:55>> Okay, Volante getting
36:57>> George is right there, but it's okay. A
36:59got it. Yeah, squish. Slaps the frog
37:01out. What a jump in from Maki. Getting
37:04more offense here started.
37:06>> Lock down. Nice.
37:08>> Oo, lock down again. That jumps so huge.
37:11>> The wind
37:13could be your chance. He's going to use
37:16the final win to dash out. I love the
37:19positioning there.
37:20>> And burst. Momentum burst. Got to close
37:23this out here. Can he keep Maki in the
37:24corner? Counter assault from Maki. Wins
37:26out of there ASAP. And now back to this
37:29really really tough neutral. Suffocating
37:30neutral from Maki. Can Chi ever get back
37:33in?
37:34>> What a chance.
37:34>> Yeah, he's trying. He Maki knows that
37:37Chitty wants to uh guard cancel out.
37:40>> Guard cancel there.
37:42>> There's more pressure in the corner. Can
37:44we lock Maki down? Catch air chair
37:46again. This should be it.
37:47>> That's 100% uh success rate.
37:49>> Oh, what
37:50>> with Cat Air?
37:52>> Not sure what that was about. Counter
37:54baited
37:56>> backside again.
37:58overhead.
37:59>> 32 seconds left. Should he even deal
38:02enough damage in this time to win?
38:03>> Yeah, overdrive is coming back soon,
38:05too.
38:06>> 20 seconds left. Ah, but burst from
38:08Maki.
38:09>> Pixel of health. Chip is going to be a
38:10factor cuz all these special do Chip.
38:12>> There it is.
38:14>> Just like that. That suffocating neutral
38:16from Maki able to close it out.
38:19>> Oh man, that drop at the end there had
38:21you kind of sweating
38:23>> practice. You know, there's a very large
38:25my player base out there in uh the US.
38:29>> All right,
38:31let's see how this goes.
38:35>> Intro. They're both very busy. They they
38:36both got somewhere to be action.
38:40>> All right, Volante just out of range
38:43>> on the back side. Stops. All the blades
38:46moving here, but flips and dives away.
38:48Nice option.
38:50>> Volante just gets canceled out by the uh
38:52projectile.
38:53>> AC is so good at the poke against the
38:56ADA as well.
38:58>> Yeah, not really an engage here, right?
39:00And a great option.
39:02>> Able to block, but once again, it's
39:03advantage there, right? The active
39:05blocking means you're still giving away
39:06your turn.
39:07>> Yeah, just normal jab pressure to make
39:10sure that he can't really call ADA. Nice
39:12check with that 2A.
39:13>> Calls ADA during the combo. So able to
39:15continue with AA's assistance here. Goes
39:18low. Kind of cheeky take unlockable. Our
39:21counter assault from Masa.
39:23>> Masa loves showing that early counter.
39:26>> Volante. Good respect there. 5B.
39:30>> Okay. Counter assault right back at you
39:31for Excalibur Blade. Here comes Volante.
39:33Has to respect his mouse that does
39:37recalls only. They're kind of building
39:39the block for here. Down to 30 seconds
39:41already.
39:44Oh yeah, burst. Instant burst. OD
39:47interesting choice.
39:50>> They are stopping the clock though.
39:53>> Okay, what's the pressure going to be?
39:54It's same side overhead.
39:56>> That's a lot of knowledge right there.
39:59>> We'll take that to the bank. Out of
40:01range though. Should probably finish
40:02that up.
40:03>> Ooh,
40:05don't think they're going to take the
40:06life lead here, but it's going to be
40:07pretty close.
40:08>> Oh, nice two to get underneath the jump
40:10scene.
40:10>> That was scary though. Counter assault
40:12out. 14 seconds left.
40:14>> Counter assault right back at you to 10
40:15seconds left. But get the counter hit.
40:19>> I do think they're going to be able to
40:20Oh no. But I think the time is so short.
40:22Get the hit. Can they super maybe to get
40:24the Ah, they don't need it. That was so
40:27close.
40:28>> I didn't expect that jump to do that
40:30tiny bit of chunk of damage. That's all
40:32they needed.
40:32>> That was a really brave vehicle right
40:35there.
40:36>> Yeah, but it worked out there.
40:37>> Sometimes you got to take those chances,
40:39especially when that time is running
40:40down like that. Yeah, I mean you do take
40:42a you do miss 100% of this house you
40:43don't take and
40:44>> that's why he's up there not up.
40:46>> Yeah, ex absolutely very once again very
40:48careful neutral here from both players
40:50right neither player willing to commit
40:51unless they can get into advantage
40:52position here. Double flip to kind of
40:54avoid the palante gets the corner
40:55positioning throw again
40:59right underneath it [screaming]
41:02>> the corner.
41:05>> Okay, good block on the double overhead.
41:08>> Nice. Yeah, baits the uh counter assault
41:10right there.
41:11>> Holding on to the burst this time.
41:13>> Yeah.
41:14>> Will they even be able to use in a good
41:15position here overhead again? Yeah, the
41:18delayed land overhead as you mentioned
41:20before. Great information for Shadow of
41:22Blade showing that it's a great option
41:24for the ghost.
41:25>> First out. This going to be the last
41:26that Ma gets. Ada is down though.
41:30>> That's a big hit.
41:32>> Here we go.
41:34>> Really good starter.
41:35>> That's quite a meter too. Flip the life.
41:38doesn't need to so far. Throw gets
41:40checked again. Great defense. Volante on
41:42its way. And because of that counter
41:43assault works here. Nice.
41:47>> Here's super to lock down. What's the
41:49mix up? Double jump overhead.
41:51>> Just uh just the quick falling uh JBJ.
41:55People are usually not ready for it.
41:58>> Yeah, cuz he's already varied it from
41:59the previous one. Right. This time do
42:01the late double jump to kind of change
42:02the timing, make it a lot harder to deal
42:04with the second time around.
42:06>> Quickly right back to it.
42:08Rebel one.
42:10>> Here we go. Will be sent home. So
42:12fighting for the tournament lives right
42:14now.
42:16>> All right. Once again, starting slow.
42:18Both players are. And yeah, that cross
42:21up really hard to deal with because
42:22maybe you're trying to even just
42:23barrier, but you get caught on the wrong
42:25side.
42:27>> Not much sister meter left. So, this
42:29pressure will end shortly unless you get
42:30hit by a mixup which allows him to
42:32overdrive and he uses that to refill
42:34some of that sister gauge and get that
42:36corner pressure going.
42:38>> Nice. Yeah, sees the roll momentum
42:41first.
42:42>> Ah, wow. Good barrier on that crush
42:44trigger there.
42:46>> Great.
42:47>> I don't need to press anything if I got
42:49a doll to do it for me.
42:50>> Yeah, do see combining with that doll
42:53normal. You know, you'd think he's
42:55whiffed that, but actually there's a
42:57hidden trap for you right there. So,
42:58match point for Excel Blades.
43:03>> Okay, jump and dive out.
43:05>> I can. Yeah,
43:06>> that was an instant block this time.
43:07>> Great punish.
43:10>> Show this corner over here. I like this
43:12corner.
43:12>> Yeah, it's looking like a good spot.
43:15Okay, block over here first. More
43:18pressure. Crush trigger in the throw.
43:24might need assist to work with. Will
43:26Masa even get their burst back?
43:28>> Nice. Yeah,
43:29>> it's too high.
43:33>> This is big for Masa able to get out of
43:34that.
43:35>> Nice check again with that 2A. have but
43:38luckily
43:39>> yeah but luckily with that opening able
43:41to get their burst back time cancels out
43:43but it doesn't really uh
43:47swinging burst from Excel blades playing
43:50for that third game here
43:54this is scary oh no gear super right
43:57away on the first hit confirmed ah but
43:59too far away
44:03not much barrier from Masa as well so
44:05this is really scary if he gets caught
44:06in the air trouble.
44:08>> Low on a meter, so we got to go.
44:11AMAZING.
44:13>> JUST LIKE THAT, Expel takes it over Masa
44:16in a 200 sweep.
44:20>> What an incredible shine right there
44:22from Excalibur. I mean, again, if you're
44:24coming for the champion, you better
44:26knock them out.
44:27>> That does have the advantage of having a
44:28a DP.
44:29>> Uh, and Rachel does not. Shia does have
44:32a uh reversal with guard point chair but
44:35you know that is uh beaten out very
44:37easily uh with some setups of bullet.
44:39>> Yeah it's throwable as well too right.
44:42Okay, as we mentioned before, there's
44:43lock down.
44:44>> Nice to counter it.
44:47>> Another character with one of those
44:48counter attacks. He can pick him off the
44:50ground. Pressure here with the scrap
44:54>> and try to capture
44:58to call out a projectile, but Maki able
45:00to see that as well. Lock down from
45:02Maki. 3C gets blocked and just back out
45:05of there.
45:05>> Yeah, no wind right now from Rachel's
45:07side, so he's going to hurt a little bit
45:09or just immediately use it. Yeah,
45:11negative one yet again. Scary
45:14>> George.
45:14>> Yeah, this is level two bullet as well.
45:16>> Tempest Dolly able to get that meter
45:18secure extra win with this much zone.
45:21It's going to be so hard to get in here.
45:24>> Yeah, just keeping bullet at bay. I do
45:26not want to interact with you. Get away
45:27from me, evil woman. And the the heat is
45:30gone already.
45:31>> Yeah, because heat runs out after a
45:33while, right? So, even if you're not
45:35necessarily going in, you're waiting out
45:36heat. Overdrive from Rascal. But yeah,
45:39it
45:39>> I know scare. I no scare.
45:40>> Yeah, it was not an advantage there. So,
45:43they had to either let that EA rip or
45:46>> just continue blocking.
45:48>> And honestly, even if you let that EA
45:50rip against Rachel in that situation,
45:52sure, you get the knockdown, but it just
45:53basically resets. And this is where
45:55Rachel is just the powerhouse of a
45:58character.
45:58>> Yeah. Okay. Using that aerosol to bait
46:00out the antire. This could be Rascal's
46:02turn and they get something started here
46:04in the corner.
46:05>> Power up. Throw gets tech. Yeah, but
46:08Rachel's wind is just so powerful. Even
46:10dodging the drive.
46:11>> Yeah, not a lot of characters can really
46:13move fast enough to like get away from
46:15lock on.
46:16>> Getting tagged by a random lightning
46:18locking down with jumpy. Maki just jumps
46:20away.
46:21>> Yeah, let George take care of it.
46:23>> Okay.
46:24>> Yeah. And he has now run out. Maki was
46:27still to work with
46:28>> littering the screen with Oh, good RC.
46:31>> Yeah. Get me out of here.
46:32>> Yeah. Forcing Maki to burst.
46:34>> I know what you do.
46:36>> Okay. block on that. Yep. DP the
46:39pressure here.
46:41>> It's the first time that uh Maki have
46:43really gotten or gotten to block against
46:46Ras.
46:46>> Okay, once again, the aerosol baiting
46:48out the anti-air, but is able to block
46:50in time. He level up.
46:54>> Yeah, this this Lellia is stuck on uh
46:57Rascal right now. Did you see
46:59>> I'm not sure if that was intentional,
47:00but able to get out of a Scott free one
47:02hit there. That being said, I do believe
47:03Ras got the lightly. Tempest Dalia
47:06taking that chip damage there from
47:07Tempest Dalia to lock down. Instant
47:09overhead choosing to hold their burst. I
47:12mean, there's only 17 seconds left.
47:14>> You know, uh overdrive does freeze the
47:16uh timer though.
47:18>> Okay, we need to see it here soon. Get
47:21sucked in by a throw burst. Only 6
47:23seconds left. It's going TO BE SO HARD.
47:25[screaming] OH, WHAT A
47:26>> WHAT A CALL OUT.
47:29>> AMAZING. Sucked Rachel in all the way
47:33from the bottom of the
47:34>> I know you want to run away. Get back
47:35here.
47:36>> Amazing call out. Steals that round
47:38away.
47:41>> Kind of what we need. But now we're back
47:43locked down in this kind of neutral game
47:45yet again. Ra's got so much wind to work
47:46with.
47:48>> Negative warning.
47:50>> Uhoh.
47:51>> And negative penalty now. No more
47:52barrier. Yeah, this is uh definitely
47:55Rascal's
47:59>> got a good chance here. Just lock her
48:00down. But that jump wind is so hard to
48:03deal with. And is slowly coming back
48:05>> now. Level two heat is gone as well.
48:07>> And Maki is slowly bringing back that
48:09barrier.
48:10>> Yeah, it's finally back. But air to air
48:12from Rascal
48:14down into the corner.
48:16>> Level up again. That frame trap first
48:20from Maki.
48:23Charge does not care about projectiles
48:25there. Ah,
48:26>> he almost jumped right into it. Yeah.
48:29>> Down to 45 seconds. About half the round
48:32time left. Dalia locked down for free.
48:35Gets the counter hit low
48:38corner.
48:40>> No win available now. There we go.
48:43>> Lock down with George out the absorption
48:46bats.
48:47>> Oh wow.
48:48>> What a dab. Overdrive. Give me this
48:50damage.
48:53Hey, into the corner.
48:56>> He's secured the life lead. And one more
48:58mix up will do it.
49:00>> Yep. For that counter assault out. 30 to
49:03lock on, baby.
49:05>> Lock in.
49:06>> And it's got meter
49:09with that. Rascal overcomes the zone
49:11from Maki for the first game win.
49:14Honestly, do you see how frustrating it
49:16is to play this matchup? like she's just
49:18running around doing whatever she wants.
49:21And Bullet's over here like, "Man,
49:23>> I need a dash. I need a jump. I'm I'm
49:25just like locking on and just flying
49:27past me." Yeah, Rascal looks more tired
49:29even though [laughter] he's like,
49:30>> but I understand though, like dealing
49:32with the zoning is really difficult and
49:34then you still need to be locked in
49:35enough to actually finish your combo
49:36time. You see this a lot with zoning
49:38match ups where you finally do get in,
49:39but you can't actually confirm your
49:40combo cuz you're so tired trying to get
49:42in.
49:45Okay, dashing out lock on working out
49:48>> at the timing from Maki burst. There
49:51>> was already so much damage now. You're
49:53out of burst.
49:55>> OD through the 5B. Yeah, back up.
49:58>> Oh. Oh no. But reset. We'll take it.
50:02That'll be enough.
50:04>> Yeah, so much meter to work with as
50:06well. And inactive flow.
50:07>> Yeah, I didn't even need it. Still
50:09plenty in the tank. And Ral Rascal one
50:12game away from advancing in that loss.
50:18>> Feels like a download complete.
50:19Honestly,
50:22>> Rascal is definitely playing a lot more
50:25uh confident.
50:26>> Yeah, I I do feel that for sure. Killing
50:29George, sending out the fireball.
50:30>> Yeah, Maki Machinim is like just trying
50:32to play as lame as he can.
50:34>> Yeah, negative warning, negative penalty
50:36again. Honestly, if you get camera hit
50:38here, you could be dead. And that being
50:40said, George puts in some work there.
50:42Rocky with a confirm.
50:44>> Just try to keep this going as long as
50:47possible.
50:48>> Overdrive. EA getting the corner. LOOK
50:51AT THE DAMAGE.
50:52>> 5,000 from EA. Gets caught rolling too
50:56even more damage.
50:58>> Gets caught in the air. No confirm.
51:01>> The capture and you can't burst that.
51:04You cannot burst that. And with that a
51:07dominated insuring from Rascal
51:09overcoming that zone in short order to
51:12close out Maki.
51:13>> Yes, exactly. And Rascal moving on in
51:16that losses quarterfinals.
51:17>> Oh yeah, that was about to say I think
51:20that Bang a little bit of tough against
51:24Jin, right? Cuz that air hit box not
51:26very good against Jin a lot of times.
51:27You just get caught by random jump right
51:29now.
51:29>> He's picking the green character.
51:30>> But yeah, but what if you never jump
51:32right?
51:32>> What if you pick the green character?
51:34Yeah. So
51:35>> now Fuku has been kind of showing like a
51:37really CRAZY SUSAN OUT.
51:39>> WOW. BLOCK THE OVERHEAD and then they're
51:41like, "Oh, you're going to you're minus
51:42so I'm just going to throw you
51:44>> and immediately gets the ground wiper
51:46unlocked and the DP unlocked." Two of
51:48the most important unlocks for Susan.
51:52>> Okay, here comes pressure. A lot of this
51:54is very difficult to deal with, but
51:55yeah, spends it lock. My god.
51:59>> Yeah, taking the turn back. Is on point
52:02with these overhead blocks right now.
52:04Okay.
52:06>> Yep. Keeping him low.
52:08>> He's going to get more unlocks here. Get
52:10some work. Wow.
52:11>> Back dash. A DD. Oh, misses the dash.
52:13>> Yeah, that's unfortunate there. Another
52:15DP.
52:15>> Screw it.
52:16>> Fires it off again. Fancy air.
52:20>> Good back dash out of the overhead yet
52:22again.
52:23>> Yeah,
52:24>> that was all foo right there.
52:26>> Yeah, great pick. Right. I think he's
52:28confident that he can block Jin's
52:29overhead and use that to kind of just
52:31start his offense.
52:34I want the normals. You know, she gets
52:36the movement. I want the normal. Good
52:38touch of her.
52:39>> Good hit. Oh, I think I might have
52:41missed the TK there.
52:43>> Unlocks the sword.
52:46>> OD. Yeah, good punish.
52:50>> Okay, reset standing
52:53block.
52:54>> Another overhead block. That is three
52:55for three, baby.
52:57>> Wow. You rarely see that move like that.
52:59>> Y has perfect mobility.
53:03Oh, the cheeky. Oh, and he missed the
53:05dash.
53:06>> He's just like me for real.
53:08>> Okay, just air dash out.
53:11>> Air dash. Oh, here.
53:18>> Confirm. EP right back at you. Overhead
53:21blocked. Goes low
53:23>> this time. Base it. But
53:27>> once again, air to air though for Fuku.
53:28Close this out if he gets a good hit
53:29here.
53:30>> No fear. just jumping out.
53:32>> Yeah,
53:34>> I think it might have crossed up the
53:36ants here, but another hit for Fuku
53:38overdor to lock out the burst
53:40>> with that.
53:40>> Yeah, I know your overdrive champion.
53:43>> Is this enough?
53:45>> That's a lot of unlock, man. That is a
53:47lot of damage.
53:48>> That damage does like 10 times more if
53:50you have the sword unlocked.
53:53>> Feel like that last pix will hang on for
53:54dear life.
53:56>> Well, sometimes, you know, if you got a
53:58multi-hit super, it's just like, is it
53:59going to work? Is it going to work?
54:04>> Okay, looks like we're gonna
54:07take a quick look at that.
54:09>> Oh, right. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So,
54:11Fuku has uh the 7minute timeout on his
54:13thing, so he needs to make sure that
54:15he's unplugging and replugging in. Even
54:17though that was a really fast match, you
54:18do not want to risk that disconnect.
54:21>> All right, right back into it. And now
54:23this is winners finals, right? So, a
54:25little bit more time to work with it.
54:28Wow. Just running at him to it. Check
54:30your toes.
54:31>> Oh, unlocking the DP. Sorry. EA. Just
54:34let it rip right away.
54:36>> You get the active blow.
54:38>> Whoa. Crouched under it and then threw
54:40back to get the TRF before they get the
54:42RF. [groaning]
54:46>> Oh, tried another one, but
54:49>> 5B anti.
54:51>> Yeah, they're just making so good at
54:54huge advantage right here. likely level
54:56two.
54:57>> Yeah.
55:00>> DP RC whiff throw still pop on.
55:02>> Yeah, that's that's the the classic,
55:03right? It's like are you Osing?
55:05>> Let me check if you're Osing cuz that
55:07will TRM.
55:09>> Okay, overdrive
55:11forcing a turn here. Block on though.
55:15Text the throw.
55:18>> All right, nice.
55:20>> Yeah, there it is. Finally hit. Feel
55:22like he went for a lot. This first time
55:23really hit there. unlocking that has
55:25sword unlocked now.
55:26>> Yeah, let me jump out of the corner real
55:27quick.
55:28>> Ooh, that DP is so strong here.
55:30>> Yeah, I know. Scare.
55:31>> Yeah, I have DP.
55:32>> Nice with the low.
55:37>> Okay,
55:38>> nice. Yeah, delay on that wheel.
55:40>> Should be enough. [screaming]
55:43>> Up two games against Fenbridge in a
55:45dominating fashion.
55:47>> Honestly, very very strong show so far
55:49cuz you're seeing like so many of the
55:51advantages taking right here, right?
55:52huge ability because Fuku's defense has
55:55been so strong, he's able to use femor's
55:57like offense against him to kind of get
55:58started, right? Seeing that like um
56:01while doesn't have like the best
56:02mobility just by defending himself, he's
56:05been able to do a lot of work just to
56:07kind of get those free opportunities.
56:09Could be something major here, right?
56:10Maybe this is the start of another
56:11legendary comeback for Fenry. We might
56:14see a new evil moment
56:17>> or we'll see a legend get knocked into
56:22one.
56:24>> There we go. Very measured start here.
56:27>> JC just keeping it very passive.
56:31>> Try to end here that I saw it come out.
56:33But
56:33>> yeah, Jin sent kind of slow
56:36>> with the first blood here. The walls
56:38out.
56:39>> Great choice to block the jumpy
56:42overhead. Not blocked.
56:43>> He iced him out. He iced him out.
56:45>> No, right there. Blade Wolf. Hesitate on
56:47that.
56:48>> Catches that.
56:51>> THERE.
56:53>> WOW.
56:54>> Taking it to the next layer. Now that I
56:56block this, I'm sword back to the front
56:58side.
57:00>> Wheel does not connect. But the damage
57:02already been done.
57:05>> Yeah. End easy with that sword, too.
57:07>> Yeah. Burst safe, too, right? Can't
57:08burst anymore once the sword has
57:10started.
57:11And this is tough right here. F got a
57:13lot of ground to make up. He's going to
57:14come back from this
57:19end here.
57:21>> Yeah, he's just swiping the ground, man.
57:25>> Respectful uh lots of respect for
57:28>> Yeah, defense is so good. It's very
57:30important part of the story of this set
57:31so far is that he's not really cracking
57:33characters so far. Very much.
57:35>> Yeah, I was going to say he's bought 90%
57:37of the overheads from uh Fenrich.
57:39catches Benrich here in the corner.
57:43>> Almost blocks the low. R sees it. What a
57:46frame trap, but does not confirm it.
57:47Maybe looking for a burst.
57:48>> Backing off his Fuku.
57:50>> Not willing to engage. Powers.
57:52>> He wanted the seal unlock.
57:54>> Oh wow. TC
57:56>> and he's got to find a place to burst. I
57:58think he's going to be put out of pixel.
58:04>> Yeah, he just used the burst there.
58:05Yeah, I think overdrive might have a
58:07meter. Oh my goodness.
58:09>> That'll do it.
58:10>> The jump scare 2D
58:13>> showing there.
58:14>> Yeah, Fuku winning 3 0 against Venrich
58:17in that winners finals, knocking him
58:19[music] into that losers. We've seen
58:21time and time again Rascal is able to
58:23make the most of these tiny
58:24opportunities with his tenacity.
58:27>> Yeah, he's Rascal is like gathering all
58:29the dark matter in the world right now
58:30just to like screw with the scientific
58:32method.
58:34>> So here we go. Blade is turning.
58:36>> Scar blades versus ras loser semifinals
58:38>> action.
58:39>> Oh, let's see. But blades challenges
58:44able to get the sandwich going at the
58:45beginning of the round.
58:47>> Yeah, really risky round start from
58:49bullet right there. And that is not the
58:51burst point you want to see.
58:53>> Maybe they were trying to overdrive, but
58:54either way, blades huge likely here.
58:56Picks up no.
58:58>> How dare you? No. I'm Carl.
59:00>> Free damage here for Excel Blade. Locked
59:02down again.
59:04there. Counter counter. I don't want to
59:06deal with this block.
59:09>> Yeah,
59:10>> very patient.
59:11>> Yeah, counterult out. Finally got
59:13cutting here.
59:14>> Good DP, but you know that knock's not
59:16so good. Forward for Cal me here.
59:20>> Gets a little bit of heat for his
59:21trouble.
59:22>> Gets another one. That's what you want.
59:24Can make him you can make it a match if
59:26you get a hit.
59:27>> If you can get a hit.
59:28>> Yeah. And he's just putting an ADA in
59:30between him and Bullet right now. Knock
59:32down go. Oh, but they blocked it.
59:37>> That drive was scary here. 3C all the
59:40way in.
59:41>> Look at that. Using ADA just to like
59:43[screaming]
59:44>> Yeah, Ada just being in the way. Makes
59:46it harder to chase the jungle, right?
59:47>> Even though it like extends her active
59:49hitbox when she interacts with ADA. It's
59:52like, oh man, that's kind of spooky.
59:54>> Yeah, absolutely. Here we go. Eat up
59:55right away. Projectile for projectile
59:58there. Brio gets hit with the wall
1:00:00stick. Algra locked down.
1:00:02>> How dare you swing on me, sir?
1:00:03>> Yeah, this fireball will be backing me
1:00:05up here. Coco
1:00:07mix up. What's the next mixability?
1:00:09Delayed.
1:00:12>> No, low low on ADA meter now.
1:00:15>> Oo, but we've seen do a lot of the uh
1:00:18Oh, I'm low on ad meter. I'm going to
1:00:20drop over.
1:00:20>> Ow.
1:00:22>> What a gutsy DP there. Overdrive.
1:00:24>> Ooh, same side.
1:00:25>> Same side drive.
1:00:26>> Wow.
1:00:28>> Look at the damage.
1:00:31Back to the corner.
1:00:34>> Okay, reset. Counter Russell back in the
1:00:37corner. This is tough. Bait on the DP.
1:00:39They clash though. They might have been
1:00:41able to do something, but instead
1:00:43they're back in the corner here. It's
1:00:44going to be tough.
1:00:45>> Honestly, clashing with Ada kind of
1:00:47spooky.
1:00:48>> I had to bait that. Baiting again maybe.
1:00:50>> Yeah. No, not this time.
1:00:51>> That was a good uh uh burst point right
1:00:53there.
1:00:53>> Yeah. Now versus backwards copper
1:00:55blades. It's going to be tough for
1:00:56Rasco, but he's made crazy comebacks for
1:00:58four.
1:01:02Okay, waiting out their time here once
1:01:04again. Using the FULL TIME FOR THE
1:01:07CHEER, that was that was the read and a
1:01:09half of I've ever seen one.
1:01:11Unfortunately, it did not work out for
1:01:12him.
1:01:12>> Kind of had no choice there cuz they
1:01:14were pretty committed, right?
1:01:17>> And honestly, if you're XL plays and
1:01:18you're you're at that level and you're
1:01:20just like played safe.
1:01:22>> Yeah. Tough position to be in, but
1:01:24great.
1:01:25>> Like, I'll react to
1:01:28Okay.
1:01:29dashed with volante is back up. Really
1:01:32tough neutral deals, but weighing it out
1:01:34here very effectively. Knocked down.
1:01:37Locked down by Clap
1:01:38>> with the mix up. Not a lot, but attacked
1:01:40by the low. Yeah, bursting in
1:01:42>> burst. Yeah, I don't want to deal with
1:01:43this, especially since he was standing
1:01:44as well.
1:01:46>> Once again, Volante interrupting it.
1:01:51>> Volante long way.
1:01:54>> Jumps out of it. Wow, nice. Yeah,
1:01:55following jump to catch him, too. Here
1:01:59we go.
1:02:00>> Yeah. Backside.
1:02:03>> Active blow available. That no tech
1:02:05works effectively. Oh, long range
1:02:08overhead. And even though system, they
1:02:10should have been able to close it, but
1:02:11Rascal's got a pixel left. Put himself
1:02:13in the corner.
1:02:15>> Nice block.
1:02:15>> Out of range.
1:02:17>> Get me out. Get me out.
1:02:18>> Ayah, help me. Ayah,
1:02:22>> wait out that Valante. 40 seconds left
1:02:24to do 100% damage to Carl.
1:02:27Oh yeah, closes it out there.
1:02:31>> Scaliber looking strong here. Match
1:02:33point for Excalibur Blades.
1:02:35>> One more round to secure his victory.
1:02:38>> He's looking for that rematch against
1:02:40Permage, but Nasco got something to do
1:02:42with it. Gets a corner confirmed here.
1:02:44>> The first time that uh going to be
1:02:46blocked.
1:02:48>> Oh, I was just informed that loser Hem
1:02:50is actually three out of five. So, we're
1:02:51going to get so many more matches.
1:02:53That's crazy.
1:03:00Rio
1:03:02two be anti-air.
1:03:04>> Yeah, such a great low profile.
1:03:07Um, yo, people complain about complain
1:03:10about bullets, too. Cheeky command
1:03:13throw.
1:03:14>> Okay, it
1:03:17>> perfect from Rascal.
1:03:18>> Count out Rascal ever.
1:03:22Rebel three action.
1:03:26>> Okay. Yeah, that quick heat activation.
1:03:28>> Yeah, I mean she needs the heat to like
1:03:30really uh start playing.
1:03:33>> Oh my god. I love the uh use of specials
1:03:35though like kind of like maneuvering uh
1:03:37neutral.
1:03:38>> High level play the drive to punish that
1:03:41Algretto corner confirmed
1:03:45>> again. jumps. Good jump out of
1:03:47>> there. Blade throw clap.
1:03:51>> A little bit too far.
1:03:53>> Blaze picks it up with a crush trigger.
1:03:58>> More lock down here. Low gets blocked.
1:04:00Delay low yet again. Double jump.
1:04:02>> Yeah, they're trying to bait a uh
1:04:03counter assault right here.
1:04:05>> Ooh, getting hit raw.
1:04:07>> Yeah, not a good situation, but not much
1:04:09to cut and shear.
1:04:10>> Yeah, just get a little bit of the uh
1:04:11the heat back.
1:04:13>> It's worth it.
1:04:15Okay, block on this pressure here.
1:04:19Holding it all. Gets out with a jump.
1:04:21Volante to start my offense.
1:04:23>> Mom side is my turn on the ashbot.
1:04:26>> Now Rascal low barrier here. This could
1:04:28be scary.
1:04:31>> Burst from Excalibur Blades.
1:04:36>> Coming up.
1:04:39>> All right, level up. 25 seconds left or
1:04:42so. going to need to get in here at
1:04:44least one time drive. Volante hits
1:04:47baiting it with the cross up now. The
1:04:49life totals have switched 15 seconds
1:04:51left but overdrive is available
1:04:53and stop the clock but that if needed a
1:04:56gear super RC sees it overdrive to slow
1:04:59down time AND IT'S A CAR BLOCKABLE cuz
1:05:01they couldn't counter assault that was
1:05:04so smart from Acceler Blaze just using
1:05:06that 100 meter to lock out that [music]
1:05:08magic.
1:05:09>> Very not often used option honestly.
1:05:11>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I totally forgot that
1:05:12option was the thing.
1:05:13>> Yeah,
1:05:14>> the timing on that is pretty uh hard as
1:05:16well.
1:05:16>> Yeah, absolutely. Got to time that
1:05:18manually more or less.
1:05:20>> Hey, very aggressive from Rascal here.
1:05:22Nice block.
1:05:23>> Ooh, try the 5C immediate burst now. I
1:05:25don't want to deal with this. You're
1:05:26spooky.
1:05:28>> Ooh, what a block.
1:05:30>> Jump cancel.
1:05:32>> Keeping the sandwich going. Another good
1:05:34block. Blocks cross up.
1:05:37I don't even know what side that was on.
1:05:41So ambiguous. Excalibur blades gets the
1:05:42corner push. Back dash from Rasco was
1:05:44trying to get out of this overdrive.
1:05:46Kept the turn to Excalibur Blades
1:05:48backside this time. The side swap
1:05:53back to the corner yet again.
1:05:56>> Nice on the counter. Yep. Accelerator
1:05:59has been just ready for it. Here we go.
1:06:00Unblockable.
1:06:02>> Yeah, there it is.
1:06:02>> It's so hard on reverse all of this. Any
1:06:05good. It's probably a safe jump most of
1:06:07the time.
1:06:09>> Out. Yeah, I love the optimizations of
1:06:11Mex. They're using those uh 50 m just to
1:06:14keep the combo going without Ada just so
1:06:17he could close it out with a couple
1:06:18more.
1:06:19>> Oh, okay.
1:06:21>> Again. Oh my god, he's just whacking
1:06:22Ada.
1:06:23>> Yeah, Ada messing up the spacing so
1:06:25couldn't really start, but landing a
1:06:27drive here.
1:06:28>> Great damage to start this
1:06:32level two. Nice block. Nice plus.
1:06:35>> He instant block it. Dante could press a
1:06:37button maybe but lost out there jumps
1:06:40out of it.
1:06:42Rio. Okay, I heard Rio off screen.
1:06:44Volante clashes with the fireball off
1:06:46screen. So kicks ADA before Brio sucked
1:06:49in there with a huge air throw.
1:06:52>> Glad blaze blue grabby hands is so real,
1:06:54man.
1:06:55>> Whoa. Backside
1:06:58>> that cross up again.
1:07:01>> Yeah. Yeah. Burst come into the corner.
1:07:02I I like that the counter is all baited,
1:07:04but it doesn't matter cuz Ada was there.
1:07:06>> Uh challenges again. And with Rascal can
1:07:09kind of confirm this into a nice super
1:07:10combo. They should be able to do it with
1:07:11overdrive.
1:07:13>> 3C super.
1:07:15>> That should do it.
1:07:16>> I learned this from my father.
1:07:20>> And Excalib will take it 30 versus
1:07:23Rascal. Great showing from Rascal this
1:07:25tournament though. Uh definitely one of
1:07:28my favorite players to watch this
1:07:29weekend. Let's make some noise for
1:07:31Fenrich versus Excalibur Blaze and
1:07:33losers finals.
1:07:36>> Who's going to get the right to face Flu
1:07:38and Brand
1:07:40>> in this big rematch?
1:07:43>> The wheel of fate is turning.
1:07:46>> So, here we go. How are they going to
1:07:47open?
1:07:49>> Yeah. Okay. Okay. Very classic strat of
1:07:51just kind of like play passive. Let him
1:07:53uh waste some ADA meter but oh my god.
1:07:57What did all that meter get from instant
1:07:59blocking? Double cross up since this
1:08:00time front side
1:08:03blades with a great start here. Plenty
1:08:04of system to work with. Jumps out the
1:08:06spread.
1:08:07>> I I really like the movement decision
1:08:09from right there. Honestly, just get out
1:08:10of the corner. Counter poke there.
1:08:13>> Sending a sword catches it.
1:08:15>> Wow. Falling jump. Hey.
1:08:17>> Yeah. Probably didn't expect that just
1:08:18raw hit, but
1:08:20>> we need to choose a better song, guys.
1:08:21Come on.
1:08:22>> No, we're getting hyped for this.
1:08:24>> Okay. Not quite a hit. RC. Yeah. Instant
1:08:27burst from Excalibur Blaze. Ada taking a
1:08:30lot of damage right there.
1:08:31>> Active flow is about to hit. Volante on
1:08:33its way, but it gets stopped.
1:08:37>> Volante stopped yet again. Look at these
1:08:39JBs finding his mark right now.
1:08:40>> Yeah, really good. Counter assault. But
1:08:43now you're in the corner after counter
1:08:45hit and jump mid.
1:08:48>> Blocks the DP, but RC's it.
1:08:50>> The delay RC on the CDP.
1:08:52>> What a beat.
1:08:56See,
1:08:59>> heated out that counter very
1:09:01masterfully. Great option.
1:09:04>> The song is not Finn, guys. Come on. We
1:09:06got to We have to do better.
1:09:09>> I mean, that's it's one of their jams.
1:09:11You know, I'm I'm rocking with it.
1:09:13Another hit. They trade
1:09:15>> blocks the Volante.
1:09:20>> Little bit far away.
1:09:22Here we go. keeping himself
1:09:25>> between him and Ada
1:09:27using Volante to keep that lock down
1:09:31>> once again jumping away.
1:09:32>> Rio find a smart but not counter hit.
1:09:35>> Yeah.
1:09:37>> Okay. You see? Yeah. Catch trying to
1:09:39antia maybe but not much damage so
1:09:42they're still hanging in there.
1:09:43>> Yeah, I love the way that Fender is
1:09:44using that CC for like the the fuzzy
1:09:48active flow is on its way for Excel
1:09:50blades. Frog's tech active flow
1:09:53is still right there. He's got the
1:09:56corner block, overhead block, overdrive.
1:10:01>> These instant blocks are crazy. But now
1:10:04he's out of barrier. Oh yeah, he has to
1:10:05counter. Yeah, cuz if he did not, he was
1:10:08going to get crush trigger
1:10:10coming to more offense.
1:10:13>> Cannot block here because if he blocks,
1:10:15you just get locked down in the crush
1:10:16trigger.
1:10:18Unfortunately, he waited out the time.
1:10:21>> Is back now. 30 seconds remaining in
1:10:23this round. Jack has a life lead, but
1:10:26just one touch away.
1:10:28>> This kid is made out of paper.
1:10:30>> Okay, didn't counter. Sol.
1:10:32>> Oh, the fuzzy. Yeah, Jin is a tall
1:10:34character.
1:10:35>> Call enough rather to the corner. 15
1:10:37seconds left. You lock down Kaz.
1:10:42Yeah, on any of you guys if it's a
1:10:44physical move and auto triggers on frame
1:10:46zero more or less. I think Excalibur
1:10:49still got a life lead though counter hit
1:10:51>> definitely now.
1:10:52>> Yeah, probably not going to will the
1:10:53burst here. Super
1:10:56>> RC
1:10:58smart.
1:10:59>> You're so smart.
1:11:01>> Yeah, if you get the frame one, it still
1:11:03comes out so quickly that you
1:11:04>> Yeah, the just frame Yukaz.
1:11:06>> That was amazing.
1:11:09>> What an option.
1:11:12I do think Excalibur did probably
1:11:14overplay their hand a little bit there,
1:11:15but what can you expect, right?
1:11:16>> Yeah, he he was looking at that that
1:11:18timer and just totally forgot about the
1:11:20overdrive cancel at that point.
1:11:22>> What an of fate is
1:11:26one.
1:11:28Okay. Counter hit jump scan ready
1:11:34[screaming] is on the ground now.
1:11:35>> Yep. That's
1:11:39okay.
1:11:40>> Ayah, help me. Ida.
1:11:41>> Yeah, if he's able to stop crow like a
1:11:43will stop moving.
1:11:47>> Nice.
1:11:47>> Wow. But a little too far. Maybe.
1:11:50>> Yeah. The ADA pushing uh Jin out.
1:11:52>> There we go. Still in the corner.
1:11:54>> Yeah. Just just throwing out these to to
1:11:56check ADA. Oh wow. Oo instead of
1:11:59Volante. I think they caught him with
1:12:01that change up there. Now they're in the
1:12:03corner. Here comes the offense. Blocks
1:12:05the DP. Volante punishes it.
1:12:08>> Too far.
1:12:10>> Okay. RC sees this. Get a little assist
1:12:12meter back here.
1:12:15>> Block string.
1:12:18>> Block overdrive. Yeah,
1:12:20>> keep the pressure going. Blocks the DP
1:12:21RC counter assault.
1:12:24>> Still firing back though is ready. Nice.
1:12:27Yeah, two anti the classic
1:12:30>> little bit too far. Y
1:12:32>> pressure here for Excalibur.
1:12:34>> Oh, the active frames gets extended by
1:12:37Ada.
1:12:38>> Yeah, really good option there.
1:12:40>> Level two.
1:12:42>> Okay, here we go again.
1:12:44>> Volante coming out,
1:12:46>> backing off yet again.
1:12:48>> Yeah, just sending ADA right back to
1:12:50him. He's like, "Hey, I don't want you
1:12:51to take too much damage."
1:12:52>> Yeah, absolutely.
1:12:53>> These C normals are just honking her.
1:12:56gets out of it.
1:12:59>> Another Volante on its way. Jumps out.
1:13:01Jump A.
1:13:02>> Okay. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. A little bit too
1:13:04far for the TC right there. Nice
1:13:06adjustment for the the 5B pickup. Knock
1:13:08down.
1:13:09>> Okay. But Fox through the projectile
1:13:11overhead. Did not get blocked this time.
1:13:12Yeah.
1:13:13>> Wasn't quite as predictable this time.
1:13:16>> Corner
1:13:18and low.
1:13:19>> Oh, and he's standing. You know what
1:13:21this means?
1:13:23>> Unblockable. NOPE. HE BAITED IT. WHAT A
1:13:26BAIT.
1:13:27>> HE KNEW. He's like, "How dare you try to
1:13:29do that again?"
1:13:29>> Amazing.
1:13:30>> Fake Hakam.
1:13:32>> Ah, with that. What a clutch.
1:13:35>> Clutches it out against that Yuki Kazi.
1:13:37Amazing option.
1:13:39>> That was so good.
1:13:39>> Yeah, that's aware. That's the top
1:13:41player awareness, right? It's like you
1:13:42can showing reversal every single time.
1:13:44>> Yeah, you've said it before. At a
1:13:46certain point, you play the player and
1:13:47with that a Volante hits.
1:13:50>> All right. All the corner.
1:13:52Hey, a
1:13:53>> here we go. It's the pressure of the no
1:13:55gets punished. What a confirm.
1:13:57>> That was off a two-way pickup, man.
1:13:58>> Yeah, picked up that roll of that no.
1:14:02>> Nice.
1:14:02>> Catches the mid.
1:14:04>> The standing hit, too.
1:14:05>> Here we go again. Unblockable. Force the
1:14:08burst.
1:14:09>> No ADA this time.
1:14:10>> Yeah, with that long distance 6C.
1:14:15>> No pressure. Keeping it careful, but the
1:14:17slower it is, the more ADA need to go
1:14:18tech throw. Yeah, if you're a shallow
1:14:20right here, it's like I'm just going to
1:14:21focus on the blocks. I'm focusing
1:14:23everything just to make sure ADA comes
1:14:25back.
1:14:26>> Gets out of it though
1:14:28on the backside. Baits the burst. Does
1:14:30not let it go. Still holding a counter
1:14:33assault from Excalibur Blades. Volante
1:14:34on its way.
1:14:36>> Too scared here.
1:14:38>> Too scared the counter assault again.
1:14:44>> Gets the burst out. Gets the burst. Gets
1:14:45the burst. YEAH.
1:14:46>> OH MY GOD. HE'S ON. What a his and
1:14:49closes it out yet again. Does Fen ready.
1:14:53>> What a crazy air option right there,
1:14:55right?
1:14:56>> Yeah, absolutely. That was so clutch yet
1:14:58again.
1:14:59>> And if you're Excalibur, I think you're
1:15:01playing really well here,
1:15:03>> but like a critical miss like in the mid
1:15:05match where like you ran out of meter,
1:15:06went for that weird 6C. Yeah.
1:15:08>> Ended up closing it, right?
1:15:10>> Honestly, like [music] he he had that in
1:15:13the bag right there. Right. It was it
1:15:15was just like one crucial mistake and he
1:15:17started getting flustered on defense a
1:15:18lot.
1:15:19>> It's hard because Jyn makes it so
1:15:21awkward right with that jump. Like maybe
1:15:23you go for a 2C or 6A anti but it's just
1:15:25so difficult to kind of fire it off when
1:15:27if you're going to get killed if you
1:15:28literally get
1:15:28>> Yeah, he was literally getting mid
1:15:30dispense.
1:15:32There we go. Scala Blades
1:15:35in trouble here but can definitely make
1:15:37it still happen. Their offense is strong
1:15:39enough to make it happen. But these
1:15:40instant blocks are crazy.
1:15:41>> Yeah, he sees the instant blocks. He's
1:15:43like, I'm going to adjust now.
1:15:44>> Very nice.
1:15:46>> And that back fo, but he misses the
1:15:48confirm there.
1:15:48>> Nice.
1:15:49>> Pubiki not quite in the corner to
1:15:51confirm.
1:15:53>> 6A whip.
1:15:54>> I try to answer here, but too far away
1:15:56to confirm as well. Same side.
1:16:00>> Nice block on
1:16:02get away.
1:16:06>> I like the change of FO, but nice hand
1:16:08here from Fenry. Burst from Excalibur
1:16:09Blades.
1:16:12Here we go.
1:16:13>> Nice.
1:16:14>> Oh, the tip of that. Oh, no.
1:16:15>> No.
1:16:16>> Big drop.
1:16:17>> Tough.
1:16:19>> I like putting himself in between the
1:16:21projectile so that his will
1:16:24>> jump cancel, but another drop.
1:16:28>> Take the damage here.
1:16:29>> Yeah, not too much damage, but being in
1:16:31the corner against Carl is very scary.
1:16:34>> Out.
1:16:35>> Get a 6P off that RC crush counter
1:16:38assault. Maybe not intentional, but
1:16:40either way, getting clutched out here by
1:16:42Excalibur Blades.
1:16:44>> Rebel.
1:16:47>> Now, Excal is down a burst and Fenders
1:16:49is still holding on to that.
1:16:52>> Stops Niss on yet again, but Excalibur
1:16:54cheeky reset here.
1:16:57>> Push towards the corner. We've seen this
1:16:58many times. However, get out of this
1:17:01one.
1:17:03>> That backside yet again.
1:17:05>> J2, the instant air dash. J2Z is so
1:17:07tricky to block.
1:17:09>> Absolutely. You never know when it's
1:17:10coming. It can come off of any jump
1:17:11cancel
1:17:13overhead into low
1:17:15>> standing as well.
1:17:16>> Here we go.
1:17:19Kuba or sorry. Yeah. RC keep himself
1:17:22safe.
1:17:23>> Nice track on the AD. Oh, the JB.
1:17:25>> Yeah, backside JB here. Re
1:17:30>> again. Those that refreeze hitting kind
1:17:31of awkwardly. So that's really hard to
1:17:33get that confirmed there.
1:17:36under the projectile.
1:17:37>> Yeah, a little bit of a misinook from
1:17:39Exile right there. You don't want to
1:17:40have the swipy hands coming out from
1:17:42full screen.
1:17:43>> Another Valante stops it again. The
1:17:45sender.
1:17:46>> Uh-oh. Ooh, I don't know if that was
1:17:48intentional, but they're going to get
1:17:49caught by it. Not going to be able to
1:17:50burst it at all.
1:17:52>> Excal on the board here.
1:17:54>> Good stuff that he played that neutral
1:17:56so much better that time.
1:17:57>> Yeah, absolutely. And like a couple of
1:17:59lucky breaks, too, right? But you got to
1:18:00take every advantage to get that, right?
1:18:02>> By by being in an awkward spot. That's
1:18:04half the battle. Making it hard to
1:18:06confirm
1:18:09on the board. Can they make the full
1:18:11three comeback? We'll see.
1:18:13>> He's done it before. He's absolutely
1:18:15done it before. You can never count him
1:18:16out.
1:18:20>> Okay. Okay. Caught once again with that
1:18:24immaculate neutral to prevent any moves
1:18:26from Nissan. But doesn't matter if
1:18:28Excalibur fires back with a low profile
1:18:302B
1:18:32his offense start here. Needy goes low,
1:18:34gets blocked.
1:18:36>> Yeah,
1:18:37>> cuz they block the crouching though at
1:18:38least.
1:18:39>> I I really like the delay pressure from
1:18:41Excel.
1:18:43>> They're changing it up so much. I make
1:18:44it hard to deal with RC's that DP to get
1:18:47out of the pressure. Switches sides.
1:18:49>> Nice counter hit time is smart, but no
1:18:51combo.
1:18:51>> Yeah, but far away again, right, making
1:18:53so awkward is with his movement.
1:18:57>> Extended by two.
1:19:00>> Yeah. Yeah. Really low hit too as well.
1:19:01So he gets that confirmed
1:19:04>> reset counter I saw. Yeah, that Bria
1:19:06does not get to the corner stick though.
1:19:09>> Wow.
1:19:11>> Yeah, the that's one of the few armor
1:19:12moves that A can use to kind of like
1:19:14bait out those uh the hits on her.
1:19:18>> That's the mix up. It's delayed.
1:19:19Complete delay. The 2A
1:19:22respected it so much they didn't even
1:19:24move until it was too late.
1:19:26>> And Excalibur Blades up one round once
1:19:29again. Yeah, he's he's on a new layer
1:19:31now. I think he's feeling it out. He's
1:19:32feeling out of defense very well.
1:19:35>> Nice. Kbach
1:19:37air to air. Yeah,
1:19:42>> nice
1:19:44>> using that 2C so well.
1:19:46>> Yeah, absolutely. A lot the majority of
1:19:47this opening damage come from.
1:19:49>> Nice hit confirm burst from Excalibur
1:19:51yet again.
1:19:53>> Nobody likes getting hit by overs,
1:19:55right?
1:19:55>> Yeah.
1:19:55>> Big Brio.
1:19:57>> Okay. Oh, what a pick up.
1:19:59One of the best starters he has in
1:20:01history there. No text resets.
1:20:03>> Jump yet again.
1:20:06>> Rescend there. Overdrive on wake up. Air
1:20:09throw.
1:20:09>> Air throw. Yep. Yep. Yep.
1:20:10>> Kill reset.
1:20:12>> Goes for the reset. Yep. The classic. We
1:20:14haven't seen that since 2017. Baby.
1:20:16>> Yeah, that'll do it. Maybe he didn't
1:20:18wasn't sure if it was going to kill him
1:20:20from that situation, so it just goes for
1:20:21a reset there. Very nice.
1:20:22>> Yeah, the 5v does pull you out of the
1:20:24corner.
1:20:25>> Yeah, match point for here.
1:20:28Shopper Blaz has played so very well so
1:20:30far though.
1:20:33Keeping it slow here allowing Fri to get
1:20:36a little miss on damage there in but not
1:20:38willing to commit against that 2C.
1:20:40>> Yeah, just just activating Ada for the
1:20:42uh
1:20:43>> and here.
1:20:44>> Yep.
1:20:45>> Blocked by Fish though. Ooh, more
1:20:47jumpes.
1:20:49Something's coming. What is it? It's a
1:20:51Volante summons under the corner.
1:20:54>> Another 4D. I love the lock down
1:20:58movement is so good. Never in a bad
1:21:00situation. Nice ant with the rising jump
1:21:02normal.
1:21:06>> And again, perfect movement there. Just
1:21:08getting out of range of everything. Just
1:21:10harassing
1:21:11>> Extale right now.
1:21:13>> Okay, great positioning still. Anima
1:21:16gets blocked, but a cheeky low from
1:21:18Excalibur Blade switches sides here.
1:21:21This is what Axtale needs. DP gets
1:21:23blocked. Charges up. RC's it on the
1:21:25second hit. Volante on its way.
1:21:28>> Low on a meter.
1:21:29>> Yeah. And time is starting to become a
1:21:31factor again with only 30 seconds left.
1:21:33>> JMC is just putting in so much work.
1:21:35Yeah. Active blow getting their burst
1:21:37back as well. 25 seconds remaining.
1:21:40>> Oh, the two.
1:21:41>> This is risky here. Jump away. 40.
1:21:46They get a little more sister meter.
1:21:49>> Oh, the counter hit.
1:21:50>> Forced to burst. Not that much time
1:21:52left. Can he make a miracle come back
1:21:53again? Aliggretto Volante overhead
1:21:56block. Here we go. Gets hit by the 4D.
1:21:59Can we get a reset here to kill? No, the
1:22:01back dash. Can he get it? Burst from
1:22:03Fenish. That might be it.
1:22:06>> Find the hit and he doesn't find it. And
1:22:07Fenrich will advance to the grand
1:22:10finals, knocking the previous EVO champ
1:22:13out of the tournament.
1:22:14>> And you know that's our that's sometimes
1:22:15how it goes, right? Play the best thing
1:22:18you got.
1:22:20Now, we still haven't seen the Fuku pick
1:22:22uh Bang, so that is still on the table
1:22:24as well.
1:22:25>> Yeah, I I kind of don't expect it just
1:22:26given how dominance. Yeah, and I do
1:22:29think that Jyn has
1:22:31>> a bit of an advantage against Bang
1:22:32again, that neutral a lot of the time.
1:22:34So, I'm not sure if he'll go to that if
1:22:35this is working out well, but hey, you
1:22:37never know.
1:22:39>> Here we go. Grand finals of Blazer
1:22:41Central Fiction EVO 2026. Everyone in
1:22:44the crowd, please make some noise.
1:22:47>> You guys can do better. This is the
1:22:49grand finals, baby.
1:22:51>> End of an era here. Start of a new one.
1:22:53Blaze blue finals. Let's go. So very
1:22:55respectful to start this.
1:22:57>> An instant unlock for the Grand Viper.
1:22:59>> Yeah, punish the did. So early burst.
1:23:01And that's what I was going to say.
1:23:03Maybe instead of jumping in at all,
1:23:04we're going to use Kizans to bait out
1:23:05the ant or this awkward air movement,
1:23:07right? Just change things up completely.
1:23:09But Cuckoo does challenge the 6D from
1:23:11Jin.
1:23:14And that's like the first time they've
1:23:15shown it.
1:23:16>> Yeah. has the DP unlock as well as very
1:23:19important. Oh wow, nice 2C.
1:23:20>> Yeah, does not try to pressure there
1:23:22knowing that the 2C from uh Susan could
1:23:25come at any time.
1:23:28>> Oh, nice.
1:23:29>> Yeah,
1:23:29>> hasn't really represented that much yet.
1:23:32>> And these specials unlocked here, but
1:23:34not the DP. Still don't have DP yet.
1:23:36Gets the meaty. Oh,
1:23:38>> he has DP unlocked. He has DP unlock.
1:23:40>> Oh, am I reading it the wrong way? Oh,
1:23:41yeah. You are reading it. It changes
1:23:43depending on which character side you
1:23:44are on.
1:23:45>> It's really neat.
1:23:47That being said, because they have so
1:23:48many SP unlock, they do them all during
1:23:50this super, so it is going to kill.
1:23:52>> Yeah, it does way more damage if you
1:23:54have the sword unlocked, but the more
1:23:55seals you have, it just adds like I
1:23:57think 200 to 300 more damage per se.
1:23:59>> It adds up over time, too. A lot of
1:24:01minimum damage with that. Once again,
1:24:02Fuku trying strong opening overdrive on
1:24:06wake up from Jin. Wow, got the five here
1:24:08almost. Oh,
1:24:09>> tagged but didn't believe in it. Maybe
1:24:12throws the fireball to keep someone safe
1:24:15again. Air deck from Fuku.
1:24:19They go for here.
1:24:20>> Yeah, just unlocking the ground by burn.
1:24:22>> In the corner they go. Immediately
1:24:24throw. This is all Fuku right now as it
1:24:27is going to be a little hard for Jin to
1:24:28get their burst back if they just take
1:24:30another meaty hit.
1:24:35>> Okay, ground Viper. Didn't even RC it.
1:24:37>> Yeah, he didn't have the meter for it.
1:24:39Just was not ready. Back shot combo. I
1:24:42think in the previous game they played
1:24:43he'd RCed it late with into like a 5B
1:24:45for the non mix up but baits out the ant
1:24:48here. Very nice to make a comeback here.
1:24:52>> No burst available. Oh my goodness.
1:24:55>> Maybe try to do second gen and just a
1:24:56little bit out of range. And you know I
1:24:59do think Fuku was turning that butter
1:25:00for that D. Had all those resources
1:25:02available.
1:25:05>> Get right back to it. Fuku looking very
1:25:07strong right now.
1:25:08>> I believe he needs to do a a quick
1:25:09disconnect. Oh, no. No. Okay, we're just
1:25:12going to go into it.
1:25:13>> Maybe they already did it. I'm not 100%
1:25:14sure.
1:25:17>> Okay,
1:25:17>> if I I'm dragging as long as possible so
1:25:20I can disconnect.
1:25:22>> It is pretty hard. That one ended up
1:25:23pretty soon, but here we go again. Nice
1:25:25air dash from
1:25:28charge.
1:25:30>> Pick up that combo there. Burst from F
1:25:32downtown. You don't really see that
1:25:34normally used like that, but
1:25:35>> yeah, he didn't want him to unlock the
1:25:36DP, so he bursted it at this point and
1:25:38then he ended up getting it anyway.
1:25:40Yeah, air throw. Another big pick up
1:25:42from Fuku. Sword back to the front.
1:25:46>> Unlock it again. But TP RC trying to
1:25:48make something happen here.
1:25:51>> Defense dead yet again.
1:25:53>> Yeah, just wearing the fireball. Keep
1:25:54himself somewhat safe. But once again,
1:25:56Fubu takes their turn. Viper the last.
1:25:59>> I think he's trying to DP in between
1:26:00that. He missed it.
1:26:02>> Yeah, it's tough.
1:26:03>> It's really hard to do.
1:26:04>> Rebel.
1:26:08>> Another hit. Oh wow,
1:26:10>> the jump in unlocks. Just a DP
1:26:16sword unlocked.
1:26:17>> There we go.
1:26:22>> Yeah.
1:26:22>> Oh yeah. Yeah. Good block.
1:26:23>> Yeah, that is minus finish. Try to get
1:26:27Fuku to do something, but so far Puku
1:26:29has stayed rock solid. He's getting a
1:26:32staggered low.
1:26:33>> This the last burst for this round.
1:26:35>> He's got to win this one. Nice air.
1:26:41>> In
1:26:43pitch to the corner to make another
1:26:46comeback happen. Blocked the overhead.
1:26:48>> He had meter. So nice.
1:26:51>> Really good instant jump. Uh air dash.
1:26:53>> Oh, dropped it.
1:26:54>> Maybe went straight to super giving one
1:26:57more chance here.
1:26:58>> They both jump and air throw each other,
1:26:59but then Fri lands with a ground round
1:27:01throw.
1:27:02>> One more chance for Fuku, but
1:27:04>> Oh, nice fuzzy match right there. try to
1:27:06go for the empty low.
1:27:08>> Yeah, great option there.
1:27:10>> Almost gave another chance to clean him
1:27:12out.
1:27:12>> Yeah,
1:27:14>> got to clean it up. Although he is up
1:27:16two matches.
1:27:17>> Yeah, really really dominant so far.
1:27:19It's going not great for Fenrich here.
1:27:22>> Deep breath from Fuku right now.
1:27:24>> Yeah, he's got such an advantage here.
1:27:27>> Got to win three straight. This is going
1:27:28to be really hard with especially with
1:27:30this way it's been playing out.
1:27:36Okay, now you extended her box.
1:27:42>> Super epic music for the what could be
1:27:44the final game from Ferris is not
1:27:45willing to let that happen.
1:27:47>> Yeah, he's just putting on this pressure
1:27:49against Ruby right now.
1:27:50>> Yeah, nice air to air, but not able to
1:27:51pick it up quite catches jumping.
1:27:55>> Is locked in this round.
1:27:58Locked down in the corner. 4,000 for
1:28:00that
1:28:02>> fireball lock down yet again preventing
1:28:04Fuku from jumping. Fuka's own special
1:28:06unlock gets hit by the staggered 5B
1:28:09yet again.
1:28:13>> Yep. Yep. Yep. You're going to spend it
1:28:15just to make sure that you're dead.
1:28:18>> This is bad.
1:28:21>> Giving Fuku a chance here. Need a three.
1:28:23Good blocking overhead, but a second
1:28:25staggered hit. This is trouble here. Not
1:28:28yet. The 50 me gets tagged in again.
1:28:30Overdrive. Uh-oh. Fuku is going to be
1:28:33able to steal this one as long as they
1:28:34finish this combo. And now it is a
1:28:37tournament point for Fuku off that
1:28:39critical miss from
1:28:40>> Feny.
1:28:45>> Hate to see it happen. Just starting to
1:28:47make it happen, but clutch it up yet
1:28:50again. Another hit. Nice.
1:28:51>> That's going to be the last burst.
1:28:53>> Yeah, he's got to win this to get even a
1:28:55chance for another one.
1:28:56>> Nice try of the 2A
1:28:57>> again. That's like the second time
1:28:59damage has gone to 60 and Fuku punished
1:29:01it again.
1:29:03>> Locked down in the corner. Medi throw.
1:29:05>> This is looking all Fuku right now.
1:29:09>> Overwhelming pressure here. One more
1:29:11chance for Fage. Another combo is going
1:29:13to kill versus nowhere in sight.
1:29:16>> The block so far. Blocks the sword, but
1:29:18hesitating is Famage. Gets the out of
1:29:20the corner position.
1:29:22>> Oh my god.
1:29:23>> This should be it. and ending it with a
1:29:26super. And your EVO grand champion is
1:29:30going to be Fuku.
1:29:34>> What a showing from Fufu. Let it all
1:29:37out, buddy. You made it.
1:29:39>> Absolutely dominating show. Showing that
1:29:4210 years after a game comes out, you can
1:29:44still counterpick your opponent in grand
1:29:47finals.
1:29:47>> That Oh, look at the emotions on this
1:29:49[music] man. He's trying to hold back.
1:29:50He's trying to hold back. He's like,
1:29:51"No, I got to I got to keep it in."
1:29:53>> Welcome back to the stage. Thank you so
1:29:55much guys and Valentine here of course
1:29:57with none other than Li Joe and we are
1:30:00so excited to present to you your top
1:30:03eight winners for Blaze Blueue Central
1:30:05Fiction here at EVO 2026.
1:30:10>> Starting off in seventh place,
1:30:13Kiri.
1:30:17[cheering]
1:30:22And also in seventh place, we got
1:30:24>> Monarch.
1:30:30>> In fifth place, we gonna give it to
1:30:32Masa.
1:30:35[cheering]
1:30:39>> Fifth place.
1:30:40>> And also in fifth place, make some noise
1:30:42for Mucky.
1:30:49Your third place winner this year is
1:30:51Excalibur Blades.
1:31:02>> And now, let's make some loud noise for
1:31:05Rosco.
1:31:21There's one
1:31:32[cheering]
1:31:33[applause]
1:31:38>> and also make some noise. Get loud. You
1:31:40know who that is. Make some noise for
1:31:43us.
1:31:47[cheering]
1:31:58>> All right, guys. It is my absolute
1:32:00privilege to introduce you to your EVO
1:32:042026
1:32:05Blaze Blueue Central Fiction winner. I
1:32:08want to hear some noise for Fuku.
1:32:11[cheering]
1:32:24>> [cheering]
1:32:37>> All right, guys. Make some noise one
1:32:39more time for your entire top eight real
1:32:42quick. That was incredible. [cheering]
1:32:44Get loud.
1:32:49And it looks like we are grabbing it.
1:32:54>> There we go. Good, good, good. All
1:32:55right, before we give away the final
1:32:57piece of the prize for first place, we
1:33:00are going to do the EVO championship
1:33:02interview presented by AT&T. So, if I
1:33:04could please have the champion come
1:33:07center stage.
1:33:09>> Come on, let's go big.
1:33:16>> [cheering]
1:33:21>> So my question will be sorry
1:33:26>> my question will be how does he feel one
1:33:28obviously about winning EVO 2026 but
1:33:31also the future of Blaze Blueue with a
1:33:34new character coming.
1:33:50Main
1:34:08go.
1:34:29All right. Well, first of all, I'm very
1:34:31relieved to be standing here right now.
1:34:34First place. Thank you. And I remember I
1:34:36think it was nine years ago when Blaze
1:34:38Blueue was selected as a mainstage
1:34:40title. I wasn't able to make it to EVO.
1:34:42So I have a lot of regrets and some
1:34:44feelings that are lingering. So once
1:34:46again coming back here, it's amazing
1:34:48that it was a mainstage or just a a main
1:34:51selected title at EVO and I was able to
1:34:53participate and win. And lastly, as
1:34:56Blaze Blueue goes into its next era with
1:34:58Trinity as a new character, hopefully
1:34:59that'll introduce it to more more people
1:35:02are going to play Blaze Blueue going
1:35:03forward. So hopefully that'll Yes.
1:35:06Spread the love. And with that, I mean,
1:35:08I hope that we can keep playing Blaze
1:35:10and we'll be back. Thank you.
1:35:13>> Very nice. I guess my question might be
1:35:15a little bit more sentimental. Is there
1:35:18anybody special in your life that you'd
1:35:20like to thank for helping get you here?
1:35:32>> Oku.
1:35:36Game
1:35:43Center.
1:36:01I want to give a huge shout out to all
1:36:03my peers that we used to go to the
1:36:06arcade with, which unfortunately that
1:36:07arcade is no longer a thing anymore, but
1:36:10yes, I know we played a lot of BBCF back
1:36:12in the days, and I think I'm standing
1:36:14here because of all the labbing that we
1:36:16did together in the arcade. So, thank
1:36:18you guys.
1:36:22All right. And with that said, we now
1:36:26have the first place trophy for Blaze
1:36:30Blue at EVO 2026. Fuku, this is yours.
1:36:36Hold that up high. Everybody, make some
1:36:38noise for your champion this year.
1:36:41[cheering]
1:36:48>> [cheering]

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