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------mechanics
----movement
--dash
--backdash
--jump
--double jump
--airdash
--super jump forward
--super jump neutral
--super double jump
----meter system
----offensive
--normal chaining system
--reverse beat
--frametraps as staggers
--guard crush
--fuzzy guard
--OTG state
----defensive
--crossup protection
--shield
--shield bunker
--dodge/roll
--circuit spark
--teching
--heat activate
--superarmor
----moon specifics
-- ....
------techniques
----offensive
--okizeme
--IAD
--heat bait
--tech punish
--TKing air moves
--guard break
--crossup roll
----defensive
--chicken blocking
--inputting reversal heat
--inputting reversal backdash
------game flow
----offense
----neutral
----defense
----transitioning
The blockstring concept works similarly in both games, with SF4 blockstrings consisting of manually-executed gaps based off of block advantage and spacing, while MB blockstrings work off of canceling the mostly-negative-on-block normals into each other with artificially introduced delays introduced by staggering to catch pokes.
...F-Moon as a whole may be a more familiar moon for SF players since the more limited cancel chain and safe ender specials are more SF-ish
Frame trap and Rush down. Sion is mostly an in your face rush down character. She has numerous frame traps and fast movement with a plethora of options to make an opponent block for a long time. She is a solid character with Plenty of options on offense and defense and even some zoning tools in her whips and gun shots. Her rush down is augmented by the fact she can easily circuit break and if you get caught in a whip combo you cannot burst. She also has some of the highest average damage in the game though her combos are somewhat tricky. Her downfall is her lack of range. She does have some range in her slow whips (which are easily punishable). most of her normals don't reach that far compared to most of the characters which means she is more susceptible to pokes and reversals. Her high point is nearly any hit you land leads into her main bnb which will net you an easy 4-5k damage.
Frametrap/Rushdown character. Her Air Slides and her gunshots have advantage, and she can put herself in scenarios where she can use these again and again, forcing you to take risks to escape. She has some weaknesses in her neutral game. Her Jump [C] bnbs have some variations which can be used to deal high damage.
Rushdown character. Several innate overheads combined with several forward moving normals. Also has a good DP. Has one of the game's best post knockdown scenarios, but does not always have what she needs to capitalize on it. She has some surprise zoning factor with her B whip and her Gunshots. Has some Fancy BNBs involving jump [C]
The strongest character in the game. Very strong pressure, high meter gain, high damage, great mixups. She moves quickly, has good zoning with 6[ B ] and has 5B to use as a good anti-air. She literally has everything.
Combo movie character. Not very beginner friendly, but still decent in terms of strength. Her greatest asset is the ability to corner from pretty much anywhere.
C-Arc has the most mixup/punishment potential of all the moons. See j.63214a/b (air rings). Also the hardest to combo consistently with, out of all the moons.
The strongest version of this character. Good zoning tools with 236A, 236B and 623B. Her damage output is the highest overall between the moons, and she has good mixup off her fuzzy guard. She also gets the highest damage off of random hits.
She's a generic H character. Her mixup game is substaintially weaker thanks to the loss of 5[ B ] - being able to play her well means you can hitconfirm well and generally understand MB well. Doesn't really stand out in any other way.
The strongest Warc. Great zoning with j214A/j214B, and her jB is a long reaching, fast aerial. Her damage output is extremely high off random hits and off properly hitconfirmed hits. Her rushdown is extremely strong, and she can keep you blocking for a long time. Her mixup, while not amazing, is still decent, and if you use meter midscreen, can be a bit deceiving.
An interesting variation of Warc. Her rushdown is extremely strong, but doesn't have the same ambiguity that WarcC has. Her mixup is all right, but she is definately the best at guard crushing.
The weakest Warc. Basically used for matches where you may have to zone on the ground. Her rushdown is all right, but pales in comparison to C. Her greatest strength is being able to corner easily with her 624C and her 236A/236B on the ground.
The devs love this character. As far as mixup she has an easy 50/50 thanks to her tk j2C, an instant overhead. She can send you to the corner from pretty much anywhere. New to MBAA is a command grab that she can use as a combo ender. As far as midscreen she can zone with her air flametounges, the A version keeps her momentum and the B one stops her in place. However her range is mediocre and her damage output is sort of low.
The most technical Akiha. Her zoning is the strongest out of all of the moons. She can negative edge her flame pillars - on knockdown, this gives her a pretty strong high/low game.
Formally the strongest character, they nerfed her pretty hard but she's still pretty good. However thanks to her j2C being a mid, her mixup game is much weaker. Her damage output, while lower, is still decent. In the air, her greatest tool is jC, a big move thats great at fetching counterhits.
A hollow version of her former MBAC self.
The strongest V Akiha. Great pressure, great mixup, great damage. She gets an air flame puffball that hits below her and adds to her mobility. She also gains an air flame pillar to aid her zoning.
Not too shabby. Her pressure is stronger thanks to 5A6A, and she has auto ignite pits to keep enemies from sitting around. However, she doesn't have air flame tounges, so her air game is a bit weaker. She has two airdashes, making some of her mixup strong, and she is one of the fastest characters in the game. Her damage output is pretty good, and she can send you to the corner off a good hitconfirm, but she has the worst defense in the game.
(With Kohaku on point) Trap character. Strong Zoning tools, good bnb damage combine with knockdown into corner pressure setup. Her corner pressure can go on perpetually for as long as her meter holds out, mixing in the occasional high/low to keep you guessing while chipping you down. She is especially strong versus half moon characters who cannot escape perfectly executed guard crush setups outside of using Bunker or Risking an inv move of some kind.
'Morphing' character. She starts as a soso zoner, using her Dust and her Stuff-Fu specials to establish pressure, while also abusing her 5[C] and her divekick. She transforms when she lands a hit close enough to the corner, setting up one of the game's best tech trap setups and forcing essentially guaranteed damage regardless of your tech or no tech options using j.BB from the perfect height into land 5A2C. She also has a strong post throw game. Her defense is lacking, forcing her to depend on calculated risks to escape.
Zoning type character.
She really wants to play on the defensive side throwing fireballs to space the opponent out, and a good ex dp that wall slams. Really good 5b, use it kind of like ST Guile's forward mk (even better since you can combo off hit on hit).
One of the most improved characters from MBAC to MBAA. She gained two new normals (4B and 6C) to help with her pressure, along with 2BB and 5CC - manual inputs for her multi-hitting normals. She does big damage with her 6C loops, all of which lead into solid knockdown into mixup. Combine this with her great normals and her plant oki and you have a very strong character.
The weird Kohaku. She has great normals, but her damage output is a bit lower than C/H. Her mixup is a bit weaker than Crescent, but she still has plants. She has counter specials and can zone with her 236A/B. Definately the simplest Kohaku, easy to pick up and play.
One of the strongest characters in the game (some say the best). She gives up plant oki for a simple poke/throw mixup. Both of these options, if you have the execution, lead into huge damage into her bomb mixup, which resets the poke/throw mixup. Her normals are also great, but not quite as good as Crescent, and she loses 2BB and 5CC (replaced with 2B and 5C).
Zoning character. Focus is on jetpacks to cover the air, long range ground normals and lasers to prevent ground advancement. Her defense is weak but strong C-Mech players will use frequent heat activations and arc drives to push the opponent out far enough to reestablish her game. She also has occasional offensive spurts involving her whips as well as using deep jump C to set up a fuzzy situation.
Momentum-based character. H-Mech could be considered a "morphing" character, similar to characters like Venom (GGXX), Dhalsim, or maybe even E. Honda at a stretch. With access to a myriad of projectiles and zoning tools, H-Mech can control the screen and force the opponent to take the initiative in closing space, often putting them in disadvantageous positions. Once she scores a knockdown, she is free to begin applying her 3-way mix-up, usually protected from reversals somewhat by a meaty 63214A. Her tech punish game is very strong, especially at midscreen, thanks in part to long range normals such as 5B and 2B. If at any point you feel unsafe continuing offense, you are free to revert back to zoning/annoying your opponent, as you will likely outrange them and thus still maintain a situational advantage.
The hero of Tsukihime, you can kind of consider Shiki the Ken of the game. Fittingly, he doesn't have super complex specials to rely on and confuse opponents. He overcomes this by having simply fantastic normals. It is very easy to lead into generously high damaging launcher combos with Shiki. His 2A is one of the best in the game, as well as his j.c. His 6C, quite frankly, is one of the best moves you can have in any fighting game, PERIOD. While he does have a DP, he does not have a fireball, or any projectile or move that stays out on the field, so he can occasionally have trouble getting in on zoning characters. Regardless, Shiki is one of the best in the game.
This character has very strong normals, almost every single one of them grounded moves him forward a lot (even on block), and his air normals also have great zoning potential. As a payoff, almost all of his specials are extremely weak/situational. He lacks good mixup, but the payoff is that once he has you under pressure, he can keep that going a VERY long time with many ambiguous frametraps/whiff cancels. He has fairly high damage output from clean hits but the amount of reverse beating/whiff canceling he does in his blockstrings leads to his overall damage being sub par due to proration penaties. Also the only character in the game to have a fastfall, j22. This cancels all movement and drops him to the floor very quickly, can be canceled into from air normals or done neutral. This allows him to get some decent mixups going for left right off a throw. (But, again, this fastfall counts as a reverse beat so your proration on this mixup is bad).
An almost entirely reworked character, most of his normals have much worse range/hitboxes, the only thing he retains in common with his other styles is his trolling potential. With an absurdly strong divekick that has no crossup protection and counts as an overhead along with his j22 fastfall this gives him some disgusting okizeme potential, further exemplified by the fact his basic combos go into rekkas for oki knockdown. He also has a ridiculously strong dragon punch in his 623b, doing the flip kick can make it near safe against some chars if they don't react very fast. Despite focusing on knockdown from easymode rekka combos, he does have a few notably hype combos, using his fastfall to net a second dp link in. Some like to compare him to Yun/Yang from 3S but specials aside, the comparison isn't too strong.
A sort of mix and match of Full and Crescent. Half retains some of the better normals (read, sillykicks) from Full, such as 5b and 5c, but also keeps more of the core of Nanaya's pressure game, his 2c. He also gains a low hitting 2a but as a result it's much slower than the other moons. His pressure game is even easier due to his 5a6aa reset ability, and his damage output is high...with meter. His 214 series is similar to Ryu's donkey kick in 3S or Shingo kick in KoF, except it can be used in the air as well. It's a strong but risky zoning tool. Half Nanaya for the most part is an "easier" Crescent, but overall doesn't get as much payoff and loses much of what little mixup game Crescent had in the first place.
'Jack of all Trades' Character, she can rushdown effectively using her amazing dash and fast air movement, but she also has powerful zoning using her variety of fireball specials. Has Decent mixup with her fuzzy guard and 214[a] 2c knockdown setups, and fairly high damage output in the corner. Isn't particularly missing anything but not really the best at any one thing.
Her rushdown is fairly effective because she has a variety of normals that can be used to keep her close to the opponent and bait the opponent into a counter hit situation. C-Ciel also has a nice selection of anti-airs with 4C and 22B. She is also great at punishing mistakes against zoning characters because of her 236C and 623C which can punish some of best zoning options at full screen in addition to sloppy ground techs. These makes her a significant threat when she has at least 100% circuit. Remember, she is a Jack-of-All-Trades, which also implies that she is master of none.
Zoning character. One of the game's best jump normals for runaway (jump C.) Also has controlled risk in his 4C. His summons establish his ground game and allow him to pressure you into a knockdown or punish you for not attacking carefully. Notoriously difficult to antiair. Post Corner Knockdown ex crows establishes pressure that is unescapable for many characters and a high risk for others.
Lockdown/frame trap character. H-Nero is at his most fearsome with his opponent in the corner; standard mix-up tools such as 2A/2B and throw are simple, but effective. His 236A sonic boom crow and his 623A deer are both string enders which leave him at an advantage, allowing him to frame trap with 4C to catch jumps/mashing, or to reset his pressure for free once the opponent starts respecting the threat of 4C. H-Nero retains his trademark air normals, as well as his crescent moon 5B/2C and full moon 3C for anti-air, allowing him to control the space around him with authority. In the context of pure zoning, his projectile/summon game is a bit lacking compared to other moons, forcing him to play a bit more pressure oriented; however, he does have a very strong, albeit a bit unwieldy, tool in his 63214C Bee summon, allowing him to safely apply pressure to airborne opponents and disrupting run-away games to some extent.
A char who's gameflow is average in every way, his zoning/footsie strength is fairly good (but sometimes difficult to hitconfirm off), his pressure game involves a lot of IADing for Highs/Lows but he lacks reliable ways to reset/good staggers, he has some strong okizeme mixups but these usually come at the cost of low damage. He has many long ranged/disjointed normals and is actually one of the faster characters in the game. Somewhat similar to playing a KoF character such as regular Yashiro, many safe strings/good normals/movement but doesn't shine outstandingly in any area.
Pressure based character. F-Wara excels at keeping momentum once he forces his opponent to start blocking. Unique to his character in the context of Melty Blood is his upward angled dash, similar to that of K-Morrigan (CvS2) and I-no (GGXX), allowing for a devastating wake-up game should he score a knockdown. Opponents who manage to block his mix-ups face the risk of 236C guard-break traps (236C being an EX fireball which eats up roughly half of a guard bar on block) and relatively safe pressure resets off of his 2B. Despite all of this, F-Wara is a bit underutilized in comparison to his crescent moon counterpart; this is most likely due to many of his better combos/set-ups being meter dependent (a factor alleviated somewhat by full moon being able to charge meter, but still notable) and the comparative lack of certain high-utility moves such as summons and 236x/623x kattos. Still, F-Wara is a solid choice if he fits into your niche, as he can easily decide a round off of a single knockdown provided he has a good stockpile of meter to burn.
Plays very similarly to Full, but some combos and setups differ a little. The main playstyle stays very close to the same, however, so the only real difference here is the application of the moon style mechanics.
Mixup & Air Footsies character. Like Kouma, she gets only one air attack, but her j.B and j.C are very very strong air-to-air and air-to-ground moves respectively. Combined with her great movement, she can play a lot of air poking and baiting games by choosing to rush at people from neutral or baiting the risky ways that they use to try to combat her air game. Once she scores a combo into a strong knockdown, she has various 3-way-mixups that go into a combo and more mixup and so on and so forth, much like a vortex. Her pressure/lockdown isn't great, but if your opponent is either respecting or just afraid enough to block, she has good blockstring enders like her 236x series or her 22x series as well as moves that move her forward like 236Half-
- or her standing or crouching slides that let her rush down her opponent. While her ground dash has been much improved, a lack of good ground normals makes her ground footsie game weak, but the dash is great for comboing off of counter hit (which will happen often) or for utilizing her range with dash 2c or dash 3c.
Crescent Miyako is a character who is adept at unending rushdowns and wants to keep you in the corner as much as possible. Her okizeme is fairly weak but she makes up for it with damage in spades when a move connects. Her combo game relies on slamming you against the wall repeatedly, and she can do this from as far as midscreen. Many would argue that her anti-air capability is fairly weak, so she is more well suited to playing ground footsies compared to most characters that prefer to jump around. Also different from most characters is that she has more overhead moves than low moves. Her poor range makes it difficult to get in at times but she sports the best dodge in the game as it is fairly quick and moves her forward. If you like to MIX IT UP C.Miyako is the character for you
Risk versus Reward character. Highest consistent damage in the game. j.B And j.C are difficult to antiair and lead to big damage, they also can win air to air against defensive pokes. High/low game is also strong. This character is known as the one trick pony of the game, but is very effective at what she does - hit the opponent with a clean hit twice, you win the round.
'Morphing' Character. In her first phase she is a strong zoner, utilizing orbs to stop jump ins and tiger shots to pressure the opponent into wanting to jump. She also has one of the games best DPs, making her playstyle not unlike Sagats. After building meter she morphs into a trap character, using her Blue Fire to set up dangerous 50/50s, repeating until she is out of meter or you are dead.
'Grappler'/Rushdown character. Kouma in crescent moon plays similarly to hybrid type characters such as Alex (3S) or Abel (SF4); while primarily notorious for his 214x command grab series, he also boasts a set of more standard mix-up tools including his low hitting 2A/2B and his 6C grounded overhead, the former making his command throws more dangerous and vice versa. On top of retaining a useful set of rekka moves in his arsenal, this is also the only style in which all of Kouma's air normals are normal and jump cancelable; these facets of his character give him relatively high-damage BnB combos as well as solid damage off of random hits. To top it all off, C-Kouma has access to a number of reversal options, including his 214C EX Dunk, the ability to activate heat at will when over 100% meter, and his 22C which grants him 2 seconds of super armor.
'Grappler'. Many multiple use throws for defense or offense, some with high damage followups. His raw physical damage is high as well. He has 2 dead zones that cannot be effectively attacked by the opponent using his 2B and 5C, and can use these to pressure the opponent into bad positioning. Has a strong tech punish game after BNBs, allowing him to pile on the pressure after getting started.
'Grappler'. Inheriting aspects of both his full and crescent moon counterparts, Kouma in this style retains full moon's 2B anti-air as well as crescent moon's low hitting 2A. Access to 6AA and reverse beats makes his pressure strong and his grapple options scary, however the inability to do "standard" air combos causes his damage off of random hits to drop somewhat (BnB damage is still very strong though) and the lack of full moon's 623X series forces him to work a bit harder to keep momentum after a knockdown. Retains his reversal options from crescent moon with the exception of heat on command; in exchange he gets access to half-moon mechanics such as shield counters and automatic heat at full meter. Arguably lacks extra tools in comparison to crescent and full moon styles, however this style is more than playable simply because he can still apply his notorious hit/throw mix-ups and control the space around him using his excellent set of normals.
Switches focus from Zoning to controlled offense. Better mixups involving her dash and her spin specials to cover the weakness of the loss of her fireball. Also has one of the games best DPs.
Zoning Character. High defense combined with Akuma style fireball traps. Her Ice traps are difficult for some characters to get around and can set confusing mixups post knockdown.
Frametrap character. Lightning Bolts and his 236x moves establish difficult situations for the opponent to escape or reverse. His 236C is a full screen punish on reaction to certain popular zoning tools, preventing the opponent from zoning him out when he has meter. He has a strong guard Crush game on half moon characters in the corner, which is also surprisingly difficult to shield bunker out of. His lack of any real overheads weakens his pressure, requiring strong fear establishment to land hits on opponents with good defense.
Anti Rushdown Character
Crescent Reis has a moves set that can be described as watching what the opponent does first then acting accordingly. Many of her moves lack the reach that the other moons have but makes up for it with strong hitboxes and speed. Her combo damage is lower than the other two but she can still create block strings and pin the opponent down in the corner. This character also has a guard cancel that has a lot of invincibility attached to it, making it very hard to perform extended block strings on her. Perfect for people that have a good grasp of the game's mechanics but do not want to play the air footsies part. This the most technical of all the Ries'.
Zoning Character
Full Ries varies quite a bit from the other moons. She loses her dash, but gains an excellent anti air and in addition to her long normals. She also loses her charge, but gains a locking move that gives her time to charge or okizeme. This character can be very successful while played defensively, but can easily switch to a solid offense when its her turn. Getting damage with her will require learning more difficult combos and the corner, but her oki-game is strong with just basic combos, allowing variability. This is probably the easiest Ries to learn.
Rushdown/Zoning Character
Half Ries combines many of the good parts of crescent moon and Full moon Ries, creating a character that has reach, damage and excellent movement. Half can lay down the most damage out of her other moons on a consistent basis and her strengths come out in the corner, with reverse beats and her long reaching moves, Half can easily create oppressive blockstings. One thing to be careful of is that her moves do not come out very fast, making it necessary to be reading ahead on a constant basis. Being aware of your strengths and weakness will give you a very capable character.
Highest damage out of the 3 moons, has unique custom combo(63214C), but less range than her other moons. Low defense character. Amazing pressure with rebeats and can guard crush pretty easily. Like H-Ryougi, she has some Sandoori setups, but they are different and corner only. C is really easy to pick up to do her basic combos and deal a good amount of damage, but lacks the complexity and range of H-Ryougi. Unlike the other two moons, she doesn't have a command parry, but she has a command crossup attack instead (421A/B/C). C has the most unblockable attacks out of the moons (7). Her arc drive is unblockable if the opponent is close, and not in block stun or wake up animation. Her normal unblockables (5C and 6C) come out fairly fast and can be half-charged to make your opponent afraid to shield. Like the rest of the moons, she has no reversal.
F-Ryougi is a character who can control a lot of space, but has relatively weak rushdown. Her j.B and 214a dominate the air, but her reactive ground-to-air AA is poor. Her 22a allows her to extend blockstrings and pressure, land a far 3c in a combo for a crossup setup, or punish things from almost full screen with a knife and air combo. When played correctly her main threat is that, when spaced correctly and doing things safely, she can make the opponent on defense afraid to do anything; counter-shielding gets command parried, pokes get stuffed by pokes that are farther range, and long range unblockables, high guard bar damage, and BHAD setups (along with ways to easily get the meter) make the opponent afraid to block. However, keep in mind she still almost completely lacks a high/low and her crossup game is nonexistent other than one fairly weak and basic setup.
The only moon without any charged unblockables, H Ryougi has to rely on solid basics to win. This is the only moon with a ground roll and knife catching. Catching knives in the air will cancel dash momentum, which can create unique sandoori-style ground mixups on wake up. Combining the range of Full with the combo-ability of Crescent, Half moon can dish out significant damage with sweep loops, huge guard damage with knife throw extensions, and excellent zoning / pressure games. Her only drawbacks include slow normals with bad recovery on whiff, and a lack of anti-air moves, which makes her difficult to play on defense
Zoning type character.
Controls a character space in front of her with rings to force people out of the air to fight her on the ground where she's most strong at. Good blockstrings that always put her at a chance to land a 22a loop (which builds her a lot of meter) or a nice bnb. With full invincible EX dragon punch that has a huge hitbox and her constant source of meter makes her able to AA character reliably even with air back dash when they jump deep in. Able to knock down a lot, she has multiple options to cross the opponent up even if she doesn't land a huge damage bnb. She plays a lot like a street fighter character in the sense you want to avoid air to air situations, and jump in only when you know it will work.
Rushdown Character
The most quirky S.Akiha. She has many quick moves in her arsenal and very unique and quick movement, allowing her to be in the opponents face at all times. However, her special set does not really allow for variability with auto TK flames and slow flame pillars. These are mostly only blockstings moves but they do a decent job at it. She also has a command grab that you can combo after that is great for getting in the tightest of defenses.This character is good for people that want to be quick and rushdown.
Run-away/zoning character. Probably the most notable aspect of this character is its 22B meter charge, something unique amount half moon characters. Provided you can set it up successfully, you can usually keep yourself at or close to full meter (heat mode in half moon), utilizing constant arc drives and increasing your longevity significantly. While keeping H-Mech's long reaching normals and high damaging BnBs, H-MechaNeco trades 623x buffering tricks for Neco Arc assists; this lowers the damage output on random 5B/2B hits dramatically. Neco assists are surprisingly versatile though, with 214x replacing Mech's old fireball, 236x being decent for zoning, and 22A/C being great for oki provided you can set them up. Despite losing a lot of versatility in comparison to regular H-Mech, H-MechaNeco is actually pretty legit despite the stigma of arguably being a "joke" character.
