Guilty Gear Strive Season 3 Jack-O changes

Music is the Level Select theme from Sonic 3 & Knuckles

[@Shuttleworth37]

2010- Chicago Black Hawks

[@100s76]

Thanks for information! Sad to see 5k combos go...

[@Lulumemes.]

the final hit of a dust combo should have always given positive bonus imo. Great change

[@LightningCayo]

Rip FED not being a command grab. My old FED video just looks silly now lolol.

[@vaterquality]

Thankfully FED is sooo much more consistent now, i was sad about it not being a throw before, but now I'm glad they changed

[@andromedus1036]

Ah man rip 5k combos, but the super reversal is nice

[@starmunch9215]

Imagine they kept FED as a throw and you could unblockable from WA and countdown

[@sqcarolfgc]

5k combos getting ruined over makes me very sad :( it was a very fun thing about Jack on and now it’s just gone

[@vaterquality]

5k combos still exist, just not from counterhit 5h anymore. She still has them from counterhit 2d and attack command, ive been rerouting 5k combos in training mode and they're not that much different. From now on I'll probably just do another 5h into summon after counter 5h since it still gives corner carry and allows me to set up

[@sqcarolfgc]

@@vaterquality yeah but I’m a big fan of the 2H combos that involve 5k so it hurts lol

[@raywing00]

That hit hard, yes…

[@Hathumie]

I was sad that Countdown didn't get a rework but the guard crush makes it slightly useful now.

[@vaterquality]

It is more useful now, but Wild Assault also Guard Crushes. Honestly I think they should just completely rework countdown at this point, its not very good

[@Hathumie]

@@vaterquality yeah definitely, i think it should continue the countdown even when it or Jack-O has been hit. That would create some pretty fun scenarios.

[@vaterquality]

@@Hathumie honestly what I would like is if it worked almost like an install, where when you first do countdown it primes the minions, and then the next time you do the input they automatically explode

[@Hathumie]

@@vaterquality oh thats an even better idea!! I really wish they would consider something for countdown, because its just pretty pointless.

[@vaterquality]

@@Hathumie part of me has hope that one day they'll fix it, since at launch recall command was even worse, and they made that a great move eventually

[@Craft2299]

What do you mean jacko looses her situational unblockable. The shield command now literally launches them which can get hit by the super.

[@vaterquality]

Yeah I was wrong about that, I was more focused on the other changes and didn't think about that one

[@ASlyF0x]

honestly p fine with these balances, but hey new stuffs! :3

[@Lumacosy]

So no more wakeup FED if my opponent is blocking 😢

[@javier32292]

Using wild assault when cornered gives you enough time to do IAD>j.5H and corner your opponent, while also being safe against dp (or at least vapor thrust, only tried it a bit against ky on training mode last night).
I don't know the frame data though. Is it fast enough to be useful, or just a hail Mary call out?

[@vaterquality]

Not sure about the frame data either, but so far I've been using wild assault as a way to steal turns back when the opponent isn't expecting. I think Jack-O will probably find more use with Blue Burst and Deflect Shield though. I'll have to give your corner thing a try, do you mean to wild assault when you're in the corner or when the opponent is in the corner?

[@javier32292]

@@vaterquality When you're against the corner. The guard crush should be enough to cross up with j.5H and continue your string.
But yeah, blue burst and deflect shield seem to be the better options to escape corner pressure. I was interested in seeing if I could use it to do so while keeping offense instead of going back to neutral.

[@vaterquality]

@@javier32292 interesting! I'll defintley have to try that corner setup out, thank you!

[@nunnyu]

you said theres no situational unblockable after servant defend for the overdrive, but now that the servant defend launches cant you still do it?

[@vaterquality]

Yeah you can, somehow I didn't put that together lol. Technically the elysion driver still isn't unblockable since it's part of a combo, but I was wrong

[@The_FrozenFox]

HAHAHA ANI AIR JACK-O BUSTER

[@jpupper428]

Wow. Goodbye 2k combos...
But tbh I can kind of see why FED is no longer a command grab. It's so easy to cheese out wins with an unexpected def order into driver on block.

[@EveryGamerLife]

I think they took away 2k off counter hit hs because they wanted you to use wild assault instead.

[@vito3494]

What is the funny song used in the video?

[@vaterquality]

Sonic 3 & Knuckles Level Select theme

[@koloow]

is she worth buying?

[@vaterquality]

Jack-O is personally my favorite fighting game character ever, she's a great if you like a character that has a super high skill ceiling, and has alot of complexity. She's really hard at the beginning, I probably didn't win a game for like 2 weeks when I started playing her, but I haven't found another character even close to how much fun she is. So if you want a complicated character then yes, but if you don't then I'd pass.

[@koloow]

@@vaterquality I’ll buy her tomorrow 🫡

[@raywing00]

I think you can still get a FED in on Defend Command since opponent is launched?

[@vaterquality]

Yeah you still can, its just not an unblockable anymore. It's basically the same thing, just a little less cool

[@raywing00]

@@vaterquality
I find the change on FED from throw to strike more of a buff than a nerf though, since it even catches pre-jump now, and stuffs moves like May’s Dolphin or Zato’s 6H.

[@raywing00]

@@vaterquality
Not sure about you but most of the time previously it wasn’t catching people trying to block anyway so being an unblockable didn’t give it an edge. Now I can spam reversal against Fuujin and not have to worry anymore lol.

[@vaterquality]

@@raywing00 oh yeah 1000% agree, FED being a strike is unquestionably a massive buff to Jack-O, I was just saying that the old unblockable was funny, but having an actual normal reversal is a huge buff and is better in every way. I've been playing Jack-O for a little more that a year now and I think I've landed the old unblockable maybe once lol, so trading that away for a real reversal is an amazing buff

[@raywing00]

@@vaterquality
Right on.
But the 5H ch 5K dash cancels was a real pain to lose…