BlazBlue- Favorite Characters

As far as gameplay goes, Taokaka is my go-to choice. Her move-sets are so fun to pull off, and whether you're jumping to dodge or jumping to pounce, it's always fun constantly displace your character so quickly in a fighting game. Plus she's such an aggressive pick since she gives your opponent not a single moment to themselves, keeping them on edge from beginning to end.

Though my personal favorite is Rachel Alucard, especially throughout the story. Her personality and style easily trump any and every other character. Though, in battle, she is constantly getting reworked, and I don't like that. Throughout the games, her moves don't seem to change, but their effects and their damage change pretty drastically. It's annoying because she is one of the only spell-based characters (aside from Kokonoe and Arakune), and her normal combos are terribly short in length and all rely on short bursts of close-range damage, which completely undermines her character. But after how oppressive she was in the first game, I understand what they did (though it still irks me that they buffed Arakune's magic).

Competitively, I usually use Tsubaki Yayoi or Platinum the Trinity, for their fairly easy and fluid combos. Tsubaki makes it easy to catch a person off guard, which makes it easy to pull off distortions. And Platinum is good for pinning down the enemy to lay down high bursts of damage.

That was a very long answer to a simple question, but it does vary in these aforementioned cases, and I dislike saying "I can't decide" without context. So there you have it.

 

Haha, I'm super competitive. I thoroughly analyze, and then destroy, every opponent I face. I still have trouble with Noel players and good Kokonoe players. Noel's combos are the easiest to pull off and they can start from any range, so it's hard to counter unless you anticipate their moves. And Kokonoe rewards people that can use her magic by having some brutal never-ending combos. Though Kokonoe is commonly banned from tournaments anyways.

To that affect, when I'm feeling particularly sadistic, I'll sometimes choose Lambda 11/Nu 13, just to harass someone. But those two are always barred from tournaments for being too over powered. Still fun to dominate someone with, however.

It's a fun game, though. I've played a few times with our local tournament champion, and we usually break even. But I've stopped joining the tournaments after losing to him 2nd place twice in a row. I haven't played since, either, as a matter of fact. I stopped at Chrono Phantasm.