Is Testament Struggling in Guilty Gear Strive?

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  • @MC-ns8gb
    @MC-ns8gb 10 місяців тому +20

    Buff teleport speed, the game lets you do a fake tp but its completely pointless since its not fast enough to whiff punish. It just ends up being a really awkard stall that doesnt give you any sort of advantage

  • @theratking5393
    @theratking5393 11 місяців тому +71

    As a testament main I have found is that you can overcome these weaknesses, using a very special technique. you gotta get goofy with it

  • @Caseyisforeverr
    @Caseyisforeverr Рік тому +234

    Some characters can just start off swinging and they're in win condition territory. Testament gotta cross borders before they can swing for the win.

    • @Living_Target
      @Living_Target Рік тому +10

      Beaches of Normandy metaphor reversed

  • @renann3
    @renann3 Рік тому +105

    I think Kizzie had a good take on Testament. They're supposed to be a control character, not a mixup one. Problem is, it's kind of hard to control with problems such as what LK demonstrated here with the fS on block.
    The extremely extended hurtbox on grave reaper leads to the most awkward interactions I've experienced in this game. Fast, low profiling, advancing moves, such as JackO's 2D and Baiken's 2H, beat anything Testament can do at fS max range, being hit by an air move on your 236H is mind boggling...
    The teleport. Why is is so slow when you need to set it up before hand and can only teleport to that one location. Asuka made this move feel so weak in comparison

    • @moster799
      @moster799 8 місяців тому +2

      I was watching asuka gameplay yesterday and thought the same thing, he has so much more capability to zone compared to her due to his fluidity

  • @magicggst
    @magicggst Рік тому +105

    In the corner, you can largely ignore most of testament’s pressure by doing Fd+ superjump. In order for testament to call these things out, they need to take pretty big risks in their pressure. Also, a bunch of their is kinda knowledge checky. For example, a lot of testaments try to do 5k stain proc iad into a 50/50, but if you block the stain proc crouching, you can hold forward to walk right out of their pressure and get a guarenteed throw punish.

    • @xarezarcs4125
      @xarezarcs4125 Рік тому +5

      Didn’t know that last bit, thanks I’ll try it out

    • @JimmyTran1
      @JimmyTran1 Рік тому +6

      DELETE THAT LAST BIT RIGHT NOW LMAO

  • @Cobalt01
    @Cobalt01 Рік тому +56

    Hey, I'm a decent (top 8ing reasonably 30-40 person locals in a large US city) testament player who's the source for up every WA conversion on dustloop for the character, so I'm somewhat qualified to speak on this.
    Testament has no unstained, single Wild Assault, and no tension conversions that can break the wall from literally anywhere. Counterhit f.S, Counterhit c.S, and 6H hits can all lead to wallbreaks from not quite full screen. The problem is that with the exception of ch f.S these are all hard hits to get, and you have to confirm the ch f.S into charged wild assault, which is an 11f window to confirm and therefore not very easy.
    Edit:
    I did just find one for 6h and counterhit c.s, so this isn't entirely true. Those, however, remain very unlikley hits and these aren't impressive damage combos given the starters involved.

  • @Natalie-sr8hm
    @Natalie-sr8hm Рік тому +19

    I think another thing about Testament is that along with needing to apply stain state to access some of their best situations, there are a lot of times where stain state just wont do a lot, especially compared to other characters win conditions. The tools Testament has around stain don't allow for super consistent mixups after popping on block all the time. Even in the cases where a good setup does exist, 5k stain pop IAD JH high low for instance, weird inconsistencies and holes in those mixups tend to make it less rewarding then something like Bridget yoyo set which serves a similar function. There are a lot of cases where the mixup after stain pop tends to be a simple strike throw one and it's hard to apply stain for Oki after a throw, which can make it hard to loop a repeating stronger then normal strike throw situation. It often feels to me that Testament needs to both apply stain and use 50 meter for a decent mixup, and even then most of those mixups are far from being 50/50s. It often seems weird to me that apart from arbiter sign, most of Testaments readily available mixup options don't utilize stain state very well. Because stain is popped on the first non projectile attack you hit your opponent with after applying it, both meatying and safejumps often provide little additional mixup with stain than without. Arbiter sign is itself not the best tool for opening someone up unless they are asleep at the wheel. This all combined would seem damning for the character if not for the fact that they gain much easier access to stain then most characters do to their setplay, and trap type tools. I just can't help but feel when playing the character that greater access isn't enough to offset the lower reward. It feels like arc sys wants the characters strength to lie in other things like neutral, extended but not super threatening pressure sequences, and generally good buttons, but it doesn't like their performance in those areas is good enough currently.

  • @TheZiadGuides
    @TheZiadGuides Рік тому +30

    I think another problem testament has that you lightly touched on is just the amount of anti zoning tools that are prevalent in this game. Things like HC shot/jacko minion toss/nago clone/white wild assault etc. make it hard to even set up and play my game in a ton of different MU’s. The fact that I get outzoned by Jacko even tho I’m the dedicated zoner is kinda sadge. Although Imo I think test is better than people say and there is a lot of stuff that can get pushed

    • @user-fe5bm6ot8o
      @user-fe5bm6ot8o Рік тому

      Testament bodies Anji tho

    • @snowys4168
      @snowys4168 9 місяців тому

      Testament isn't a dedicated zoner, they're a midrange zoner

  • @Mythicalmage
    @Mythicalmage Рік тому +21

    My biggest issue with the character this season was that you can't get the good re-stain combo off of wild assault; without that everything just feels really clunky. That combo is super underrated and was critical to them being strong after the dash-cancel changes, but it's not super accessible, especially now.

  • @JinhC
    @JinhC Рік тому +24

    Testament can break the wall off roundstart with WA. But only off a counter hit, unlike Ram who can do it off normal hits. Unless there's been a lot of development I don't know about.
    I started playing with Testament, and I feel like Arcsys is scared to give this character too much because of how powerful stain is as a... kinda do-everything tool. Until they figure out how to thread that needle better I'm gonna play a different character. Gio is mad fun this patch

    • @Cobalt01
      @Cobalt01 Рік тому +1

      Testament can break the wall off any non-ch button except 5h, 2p, and 5p from roundstart distances. The K starter combo is mega stupid looking though, the f.S starter has a tight microdash timing, and 2S needs a c.s > kara 236h.

  • @newtonsclaw5304
    @newtonsclaw5304 Рік тому +6

    as a test main since they came out I was worried you werent gonna know the REAL struggles and stuff and you did a beautiful job of explaining all the hard parts of playing this character even if on paper they are strong thanks LK

  • @Sorioku
    @Sorioku Рік тому +7

    The answer is yes. I can type essays on it but since the community has finally opened their eyes I don't see a point. Buff Testament, I will downplay until fairness has been achieved.

  • @AwwRatz
    @AwwRatz Рік тому +14

    Testament has been my main since their release and it's been a struggle this patch for me. While I think Red WA is fine on them, they don't get as much of a benefit off of it compared to others because of their wincon being so symbiotically tied to stain, so it just becomes a tool to guarantee pressure into the corner or to strip them of defensive options on wallbreak reset.
    I don't know how strong it would be, but considering Bridget has a semi-similar gameplan to Testament, it would be interesting to see Testament with Blue WA instead of Red.
    Idk if it would be too strong, but at this point to me, it would be either improving their approach with stain or giving them another option to guarantee more consistent pressure with BWA.

    • @AshGray2520
      @AshGray2520 Рік тому +4

      It would be interesting, but Test with BWA has a pretty glaring possible issue. It would proc stain, which by my understanding would make the guard crush BWA grants on block worthless. If they made it so that stain didn't proc off BWA, it might lead to some really strong strike/throw situations. It's a change I wouldn't mind seeing, it's one I'd even welcome, but I don't see them pursuing that route.

    • @AwwRatz
      @AwwRatz Рік тому +1

      @@AshGray2520 Agreed, I think their best options are just improving their buttons and their sweep and maybe their projectiles especially since they technically nerfed HS Grave Reaper's hitbox, so now it's a lot harder to anti air people. Others have pointed out Possession as maybe a potential buff mainly because Asuka's TP is so strong in combo with his kit and Testament has to actively make a choice on whether to sacrifice succubus for stain set up or for an engage if they don't have meter for PRC Holy Diver to Possession

  • @Moeru_Gatsu
    @Moeru_Gatsu 10 місяців тому +3

    personaly i love the gessing game that testament make you play with your oponent, it keeps the fight interesting

  • @evilded2
    @evilded2 Рік тому +9

    If there were more ways to set the position the succubus it would feel alot better, I think they wanted to retain the feeling of traps by having the succubus stay in place. The threat of being stained is supposed to make being near it scary but, it really isn't commonly used in that way. Most of the time when you apply stain it's from hitting crow after a hkd or by ending a combo with it. Stain is powerful but, if you're just playing neutral you can remove it just by blocking a poke their is an imbalance between how long it takes to set up vs how long it lasts.

  • @thedocmmd1366
    @thedocmmd1366 Рік тому +8

    Also fun thing about testament this patch, even when they have stain and have meter and have you in the corner, deflect shield is almost the perfect mechanic to counter their win con cause you can push block the stain pop and effectively push testament back to neutral again, even on the throw otg setup with crow. This character is just unable to just be truly truly winning unless the opponent hits 0 hp. They aren’t even to able to access wall break even with orange wa due to the way their combos tend to be structured off their strongest normal hits. They just feel bad to play with and don’t even feel good to win with

  • @aganaom1712
    @aganaom1712 Рік тому +33

    It's funny how two characters with a very similar gimmick mechanic play around it largely pretty differently and still manage to have almost the exact same problem with their balance being wildly fluctuating matchups as a result of a toolset focused almost entirely of taking advantage of the gimmick in a way that makes their offense less interactable by default at the cost of awkward neutral and bad defense

    • @leoblogu5193
      @leoblogu5193 Рік тому +1

      What game is the guy from ur pfp

    • @aganaom1712
      @aganaom1712 Рік тому

      @@leoblogu5193 it's custom made using various templates from fe6 sprites

    • @IfWhatYes
      @IfWhatYes Рік тому +1

      ​@leoblogu5193 it's a custom sprite made from splicing gba fire emblem characters

    • @leoblogu5193
      @leoblogu5193 Рік тому +1

      @@IfWhatYes ty 😊

    • @Kathanay
      @Kathanay Рік тому +1

      What other character are you thinking about?

  • @shinygekkouga52
    @shinygekkouga52 Рік тому +4

    Testament’s range issues hurt so much. They can’t interact too much from fullscreen, so they get bullied by zoners, and they don’t have scary speed, burst options, or many close range options, so they struggle up close too. It really sucks :(

  • @spencerl.9859
    @spencerl.9859 Рік тому +4

    Something I don't see mentioned a lot, but a huge issue with Testament is that stain/succubus is wayyyyyyy too flimsy. Literally any hit will break either, so any opponent that can love-tap you full screen will make you go back to square one. Coupled with being required to get up close to get a meaningful combo off stain, your risk-reward is pretty bad.

    • @spencerl.9859
      @spencerl.9859 Рік тому +1

      Additionally, your opponent can just wait out both succubus and stain cos there's not really anything Testament can do full screen.

  • @kylenkintigh5186
    @kylenkintigh5186 Рік тому +2

    As someone who just Started playing test a bit ago, it seems like they don't have an abundance of good moves like other characters and unholy diver one of their better moves feels really buggy or at the very least incredibly unintuitive, specifically the interaction between the succubus and the UD because the UD is supposed to target the succubus but I have found on several occasions that the UD simply ignores the succubus on the field and I don't know if I'm just bad or if the timing is just unnecessarily tight. Those are the only issues I've picked up on because all the other ones are more or less just me being bad at the game.

    • @pitvalsex7318
      @pitvalsex7318 10 місяців тому

      both ud and teleport if you keep the button pressed they will ignore the succubus and act as if it weren't there, it's useful with the crow to catch jumps and THEN teleport to proc stain, very hard to fit in though

  • @samuelgreen2443
    @samuelgreen2443 Рік тому +1

    It's almost a 4-step process... because you've got to get them in the corner first, it's not like you can make it happen easily. Then you need the succubus to then get the crow. Then you need to be in a position to safely pop the stain. If you get stain through blocked crow, they can also do stuff to avoid your attempt to stain pop but I suppose if you HIT the crow then you're safe to followup. Also, there are times when the crow doesn't apply stain (unlucky/bad timing when they're knocked down) which really messes you up.
    Testament doesn't really get anything off neutral swings (unless you can react to CH fS and WA) and has poor conversion, so even if you do read someone you get almost no damage off it. Whereas most of the cast can hit you in neutral and take 60% off your health.
    I love the character and love the playstyle, but the risk of playing normally is so high and the reward is so low as well as being elusive.

  • @drewsbiggestfan689
    @drewsbiggestfan689 Рік тому +3

    As a testament main, i feel like some buffs to 5H and a new, quicker way to apply stain would be ideal, like a new way to command the crow instead of straight forward or towards the succubus

    • @kenamada5451
      @kenamada5451 Рік тому +2

      A stain applying command grab would do wonders to their mix too.

    • @drewsbiggestfan689
      @drewsbiggestfan689 Рік тому +1

      ​@@kenamada5451The command grab would have to be at a certain range I feel, since something up close would kind of go against the general gameplan and design of testament being a mid-range controller. I do like where you're going though, maybe the crow could use it as a followup from unholy diver

    • @drexoslek2277
      @drexoslek2277 Рік тому +2

      @@drewsbiggestfan689 Maybe something like Jp's projectile command grab in SF6 to keep in line with the midrange zoning aspect of Testament. I think that could be pretty cool especially if it applys stain.

    • @kenamada5451
      @kenamada5451 Рік тому +1

      @@drexoslek2277 Thats what I was thinking yes.

  • @Verdaunt
    @Verdaunt Рік тому +2

    Another issue I’ve run into is that I have to choose between HKD with wild assault or wall break with stain

  • @SoFishtry
    @SoFishtry Рік тому +12

    It really doesn't help Testament that even outside of balance concerns, they keep getting things that FEEL bad. Why does nostrovia still feel so inconsistent? Why does 2H increase gravity? Why does jD whiff after jH hits someone crouching? Why did they nerf 236H pressure?
    Even if they were good, these things are SO frustrating when playing the character in terms of how they feel and play. And you see these issues come up and result in frustrating drops or needlessly punishing situations even from players like Kazam playing in super competitive brackets.

  • @trinitygsaint2383
    @trinitygsaint2383 Рік тому +7

    Another thing that makes test tough to play is that 6h which supposed to catch jumps just wont sometimes, millias and chipps especially

    • @eebbaa5560
      @eebbaa5560 Рік тому

      > best 6p in the game

    • @trinitygsaint2383
      @trinitygsaint2383 Рік тому +1

      @eebbaa5560 from stain looping distance you. Aren't just going to be able to stop them jumping your crow with 6p

  • @AffyMoon
    @AffyMoon Рік тому +3

    They're arguably my favourite character of all time but playing as them always makes me sad. Their moveset just feels... Clunky. Anti zoning tools make maintaining neutral damn near impossible, 236S/H has such an awkward hurtbox, stain is a fun mechanic but setting it up feels awkward, teleport is so situational, and their advantage state just... Isn't very flexible,
    I feel like I'd have a lot of fun playing as them if their offense was just tweaked a bit. 6P, 6H and 2D are super satisfying buttons, popping stain feels great, and conceptually their moveset is really cool

  • @M-Trigger
    @M-Trigger Рік тому +8

    As a Testament main since their release, I don't want to sound like certain downplayer, but, YES, Testament is doing bad right now, but not because of being necessarily bad, but for being too honest and inconsistent in a game when almost everyone in the cast has something crazy going for them.
    For starters, despite being described as a "Neutral focused Mid-range Zoner" Testament doesn't do really good in neutral against most of the cast. 5S and 5H are slow, doesn't do a lot of damage, don't combo into anything interesting if connects and doesn't really reach that far if we compare it with most of long-ranged 5S and 5H of this game. Testament loses to Axl, Faust, Ram, Nago, Bridget and even Ky in neutral because of their normals alone. Same goes for almost the rest of Slash and Heavy Slash buttons of their kit, good, but easily outmatched.
    Then there is their poor and inconsistent set of special moves. Grave Reaper and Unholy Driver are okay, but nothing crazy, I want to focus in the other two: Arbitor Sign and Possesion.
    Arbitor Sign is an interesting tool for controlling neutral and keeping enemies far from you in paper but is WAY too inconsistent: Not only is really slow, so it can be predicted by patient opponents, but it directly doesn't hit them if they are too close, too far or simply in air. It could be useful against other zoners like Axl or Asuka, but is so inconsistent that is literally USELESS against Chip and Millia because of how fast they are. You can get an idea of how bad a move is when it's unusable in a matchup.
    And the teleport, Possesion, sounds and looks cool, sure, but in practice, is just an High risk, low reward tool. Not only you need to set the Grave Reaper first to use it properly, but it is has a lot of both startup and recovery, meaning that you can be punnished even when you do it correctly, which is just absurd. There's a reason of why almost any Test players out there doesn't use this move.
    And the most evident flaw this character haves in my opinion, is one that I alredy talk before, their whole kit. I hear a lot of people saying that almost all Testament play in a really similar way, and the worst part of it is that they are almost right: They only have 4 moves in total, and 2 of them are incredibly inconsistent. Testament is one of the characters that more dessesperatly needs a new move, something that could make their gameplay less repetitive and more aggressivly, because aggressive play is another thing Testament almost doesn't has, except when the opponent is in the corner, explaining why a lot of people find them annoying, because most of the time they are going to be trying to keep the opponent away spamming proyectiles, doing the same Grave Reaper> Unholy Driver all over again.
    Once again, Testament is not a terrible character at all,they have a lot of flaws but still haves their pros, just like this video showed, if you want to learn them, you can still do it and have fun with them. This whole Bible wasn't just for downplaying them, this is just my (maybe a little bit exaggerated) view of the character, therefore my opinion, you can disagree and correct me if you think I mistake in something.
    That being said, I hope Arc Sys gives some cool changes to my non binary fella, they need them :(.

  • @beenis08
    @beenis08 Рік тому +2

    I think one of the major things is that Test (or arcsys) can't decide whether they should be a full screen zoner or mix up set play character. So instead you get this awkward inbetween of just being kinda bad at both.
    Like LK said you dont really get any reward off your buttons even with WA. But closeup aswell Test's mixups are pretty flawed and have huge holes in them.
    Meanwhile you have a character like Ky who has really good zoning, decent oki/setplay, and absolutey stupid conversions. That along side Ky's good buttons and mobility makes him kinda just a better Test in my eyes.

  • @93msimpson
    @93msimpson Рік тому +3

    I still find the character very rewarding to play but I feel alot of my wins are based around how I can condition my opponent's neutral. Thats the biggest variable

  • @johnhoag6720
    @johnhoag6720 9 місяців тому

    My favorite thing to do is get a combo that starts without stain, gets stain, and then stain pops all in the same combo

  • @saviormonroe-lh7oh
    @saviormonroe-lh7oh Рік тому +2

    Glad I saw this video. As a Testament player I've been hearing they are low tier. But I didn't know the specifics. Wild assault definitely changed the game, and not in Testament favor so much. I'm going to stick with them though. Imo they are still fun and easy to play. Just not tournament viable at all!

  • @XNaturalPhenomenonX
    @XNaturalPhenomenonX Рік тому

    Whenever he says "wild assault" it sounds like "owada soul".

  • @sleepfgc
    @sleepfgc Рік тому

    I really appreciate these kinds of videos.

  • @neotokioboi5152
    @neotokioboi5152 11 місяців тому

    Take a shot everytime he blinks. You'll be radioactive by the next day.

  • @HomeDepotemkin
    @HomeDepotemkin Рік тому +15

    People calling Testament the worst character in the game just gives me the impression that they haven't tried to play Potemkin at a decent level.

    • @HellecticMojo
      @HellecticMojo Рік тому +3

      it's also that Testament FEELS bad right now. Pot is still low, but he's not generally frustrating as he used to be. Testament currently feels bad where nothing feels particularly great and everything feels too committal.

    • @HomeDepotemkin
      @HomeDepotemkin Рік тому

      @HellecticMojo Pot lost an important hard knockdown after his FMF on air hits which hurt his routing badly. Hopefully the new move will remedy this but it still sucks.

    • @spencerl.9859
      @spencerl.9859 Рік тому

      I mean, you can probably say the same thing about Pot players...as LK says, Testament seems good on paper but once you pilot them at a decently high level the problems are pretty glaring.

    • @HellecticMojo
      @HellecticMojo Рік тому

      @@HomeDepotemkin fmf not being negative on hit and getting fdb as a comboable move is more relevant than a single combo on a character that already has a hkd route.

  • @skywalker1217
    @skywalker1217 Рік тому +3

    I just got back into ggst and playing testment and they seem pretty fun and easy to play. But I don't see em often

    • @galmart3111
      @galmart3111 Рік тому +1

      Testament has some weak points that other characters like johnny don't really have to deal with, but dont let that discourage you

    • @skywalker1217
      @skywalker1217 Рік тому +1

      @@galmart3111 yea coming back to ggst has been the most fun I've had in a game in a while so I'll figure it out

  • @alexvanbrunt2187
    @alexvanbrunt2187 Рік тому +1

    this video is making me have another character crisis.

  • @Symphuukai
    @Symphuukai Рік тому

    Testament unfortunately doesn’t have the ability to wallbreak anywhere on screen with WA right now, if their wild assault could actually launch the opponent in the air that would actually benefit greatly, allowing Testament to do something like c.S 6H, which normally doesn’t connect grounded

    • @drexoslek2277
      @drexoslek2277 Рік тому +1

      Testament can wallbreak from fullscreen with WA without meter. The Korean player Cgm has a video of it on his channel if you want, I can link it for you. Unfortunately, the combo doesn't end in a HKD though.

  • @xilef_0078
    @xilef_0078 Рік тому +2

    Testament right now is pretty sad to play
    All other characters have so manny options plus more damage

  • @lil_Alii1
    @lil_Alii1 Рік тому +1

    5:30 this thing has to go imo just like dp rc

  • @Kolos1001
    @Kolos1001 Рік тому +4

    Testament being low maint is really nice. I hope the character gets explored more.

  • @dls1960
    @dls1960 8 місяців тому +2

    5 months later they still struggling.

  • @StringKiller
    @StringKiller Рік тому

    Anybody knows what LK's is saying about what was discovered for Baiken which makes him consider her high tier?

  • @ftvrdude
    @ftvrdude 9 місяців тому

    Just give Testament faster startup on grave reaper and allow for a little better teleport

  • @jamesdeadpool703
    @jamesdeadpool703 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the vid as a floor8 Test main

  • @sacred944
    @sacred944 Рік тому +1

    Test is the only character I can play so I main them but despite that i feel Test is pretty weak. The way Test's kit is balanced i think is just flawed.
    Test is meant to be a zoner but a lot of characters just have better fireballs. Sure Test can delete projectiles but thats honeslty pretty niche. And its easy to just be out zoned by other zoners. Chaos has a fee beatdown versus a Test and she basically goes 5/5 against fucking Axl.
    Stain is an objectively powerful mechanic basically making any move plus. But getting stain state off is convuluted or at the very least requires resources. On top of that to make up to the free plus, which is only a single hit btw, Arc made outmost her entire moveset negative on block against most of the cast. I wouldnt calm Test balanced ritht now. Why the hell doew Baiken get so many plus buttons AND A 1 FRAME COUNTER but Testament's teleport is a 16 frame start up and only puts you in neatral outside of combos (which is also hard to combo with cause its so many frames anyway and then you have to still do a move).
    Testament's teleport can definitely be buffed to be faster on startup and either their negative buttons buffed or just their bird in general. Testament hasn't even been buffed since their release unless you count red wild assault which buffed fucking everyone including Ram. If they are going to keep buffing they top tiers then they need to stop being so scared of buffing the lower tiers. I could keep going tbh. Like lets not get into how much of her shit is dependent the succubus she places

    • @Cobalt01
      @Cobalt01 Рік тому +4

      Testament has been buffed since release. Their buttons used to be *less* disjointed, and 2h used to not vacuum. We also got the drift teleport this patch which is technically a buff. Still, the character's been pretty left behind.
      Also, how the hell is axl 5/5 that shit is hard losing for testament

    • @sacred944
      @sacred944 Рік тому

      @Cobalt01 I meant 5/5 at best for Axl vs Test
      And Test has received stuff but their changes are so minor they barely count. And when Test does receive bigger buffs, everyone else in the whole cast ends up buffed too like all of season 3 so it basically isn't a buff at all

    • @grum384
      @grum384 Рік тому +1

      Fausts teleport is 50 frames of startup. 16 frames is an amazing meter-less teleport.
      Most characters in GGS are negative on block, so this isn't that surprising/devastating.
      Tests fireballs has two unique and powerful properties. One being a melee attack which can help prevent jump ins, and two being able to hit low profile which can be a big problem with other characters fireballs.
      With that being said, there is still some buffs Test needs and they do have some bad matchups. I think this is a Sin type of scenario. An analogy for this would be you've got a car with powerful engine but with terrible tires so you can't make the most of it. The character has a very strong kit over all they just cannot use it effectively at the moment because of a couple things holding it back. I think just letting test get stain from one other move would fix most issues people have with the character. If I'm not mistaken that alone fixes most of the problems with conversions, pressure and oki.

    • @MC-ns8gb
      @MC-ns8gb 10 місяців тому

      ​@@grum384Faust doesn't need any setup to teleport and it's supposed to be a mix tool anyways even if it isn't that good, asuka is a much better comparison, he just needs to get the spell and bam instant tp that is way harder to call out.
      Oh and also H grave reaper loses to so many air moves it's not even funny

  • @FakeFlameSprite
    @FakeFlameSprite Рік тому

    Brsides just a new move, I think they should buff charged projectile. Kinda hard to get value with the full charged projectile with a much faster pace

  • @drexoslek2277
    @drexoslek2277 Рік тому

    As Testament player I feel seen. Thank you.

  • @velan6725
    @velan6725 Рік тому

    im a bit new to ggst but not fgs (skugs was my main fg) and i have 33 hours in the game (floor 6 player) and yea i can def feel things like it being hard to convert certain buttons esp 5s w/o stain or WA.
    on the topic of WA i feel like that test doesnt get the most value out of wa bc 2s gets you alot of dmg and you dont get access to it with WA typically, not to mention that WA is usually used to convert off of things you normally dont or as corner carry but not as a wall break option as stain is usually better but that comes with its own problems.
    also testament generally has committal options generally from my exp, from crow to fireball, or arbiter as stated but most of these require a second step which can get you called out again and in arbiters case can let you get some oki/mix but has the most solutions to being beaten. and this character doesnt do that crazy dmg usually but ive been enjoying them alot! fuck ky and nago tho they make wish i was learning a diff character 👍. ultimately i js think its power creep and js how game has evolved to where test has to make alot of callouts in a row

  • @blooddumpster3427
    @blooddumpster3427 Рік тому +3

    This is all because we lost Romolla

  • @curtisedmonds9933
    @curtisedmonds9933 Рік тому

    I just lost to one in a tournament so clearly not against me!

  • @Joe-xx2ri
    @Joe-xx2ri Рік тому +1

    as a testament main, i can confirm that testament at least to me feels sorta like they're missing something (maybe new move can fix this?) but if you look deeper, testament has a lot of holes. testament's preassure can usually be beaten by 6p, they conversion of stray hits is really bad, the crow thing you showed it perfectly where you just have to call out and another thing is that testament does of course get buffed by red wild assault but its a lot more complicated because of testament's low hp and the fact that testament actually doesnt get good combos or at least good damaging combos off red wild assault unless if its from like 6h and 1 more is that combos are very linear and not as in routing but you have to in a way hit grave reaper h. you can do c.s into reaper or 2h but you have to do that and although its a good move you dont have any alternatives. lastly the worst part of testament is getting outzoned and outsped. just look at the potempkin and axl matchups and just watch how they destroy test because testament is so slow and not to mention after aerial reaper you are put into special fall until you hit the ground

  • @IdleGamble0
    @IdleGamble0 4 місяці тому

    Mfs using numbers instead of jus saying the direction will never not be annoying

  • @durian7717
    @durian7717 Рік тому +7

    Yessss validate my losses >:^)

    • @durian7717
      @durian7717 Рік тому +1

      In all seriousness, I think it's fine for Testies to have a two-step neutral in a game where everyone universally just wants a knockdown or counterhit into really good pressure.
      What's not okay is for everyone to get a counterhit off of punishing the endlag of projectiles that deal 40 damage into no conversion

  • @iankear736
    @iankear736 Рік тому +1

    I’m a testie main and it seems
    That if you can get your offense rolling it’s very hard to stop, but getting it going is the hard part. Once you get her curse going it’s a guessing game since any hit you do leads to high damage and reset (2k curse hits 5s, 6hs hit with the bird reset the curse) then you have to guess between over head(quick dust) or low k. Let alone if you do that combo loop and end with her three hot super that sets up the curse again. And since Romain cancels aren’t super important for her you usually have a super in stock🤔.
    Just my experience with her. Also not, hoo boy if they press pressure on you damn does testie have the worst time to get them off of you

  • @SuperArt7
    @SuperArt7 8 місяців тому +1

    Give him back badlands or the traps like at least Hitomi or Zeinist

  • @z1u512
    @z1u512 Рік тому

    Is my sanity struggling in guilty gear strive?

  • @Shurmash
    @Shurmash Рік тому

    I think a lot of people that play fighting games get too far away from the fundamentals: blocking, spacing, and movement. Do things that your opponent isn't expecting. For me I don't focus as much on combos as I do wearing my opponent down with normals, creating space, and blocking. It might be old school but it works.

  • @Wolfedge75
    @Wolfedge75 Рік тому +1

    I stopped playing Strive long ago, but it sounds like the New Testament just doesn’t hit right.
    Almost like they’re nothing without their traps.

  • @fightedmealready2692
    @fightedmealready2692 Рік тому

    As an Anji main. No ones struggling bro but me

    • @mattb6616
      @mattb6616 Рік тому +1

      we got fish dp so we're top tier now.

  • @Mirrion05
    @Mirrion05 Рік тому +2

    Really love playing Testament especially right when he released. Honestly though I feel like his tool kit is a miss, almost as if trying to avoid the old toolkit made them too cautious. To this day I havent found a consistant way to utilize the teleport. Rough in these streets.

  • @CrowFGC
    @CrowFGC Рік тому +2

    The thing about Test is you dont have to be better to win. You can get really good results against high level players without having strong neutral. Other characters are far more punishing when you aren’t playing perfectly, but Test can get away with autopiloting.

    • @drexoslek2277
      @drexoslek2277 Рік тому

      When you say "high level players" are you talking about tournament play or just high ranked tower? Because if it's the latter I wouldn't necessarily agree with you but I can see why you would say that if it's the former than you're capping big time.

    • @CrowFGC
      @CrowFGC Рік тому

      @@drexoslek2277 i’m talking 2000 elo ish, not necessarily tournament play

  • @twistedlogic8721
    @twistedlogic8721 Рік тому

    He’s struggling because slayer isn’t in the game

  • @ImaNeedHalf
    @ImaNeedHalf Рік тому

    Need to stay this way as that 6P is absolutely absurd

  • @olishonick
    @olishonick Рік тому

    I play against one of the top test players in NA regularly and I think most people just dont know how to play them properly.

    • @drexoslek2277
      @drexoslek2277 Рік тому +1

      @olishonick What do they do that makes you think that?

  • @hakumenx1
    @hakumenx1 Рік тому +3

    "Worst character in the game"
    Theres no community ive come to despise more than the strive community.

  • @mattb6616
    @mattb6616 Рік тому +3

    testament is an extremely unpopular character with very few people who care enough to compete at a high level. guilty gear players seem to have this misconception that popular character = strong character and unpopular character = weak character even if the data doesnt bear that out

    • @eebbaa5560
      @eebbaa5560 Рік тому +1

      strive is so simple that popular character does mean strong character. there’s a reason why no one plays anji, axl, etc.

    • @devinnix9071
      @devinnix9071 Рік тому +7

      Testament is not strong idk what your cooking

    • @mattb6616
      @mattb6616 Рік тому

      people do play anji outside of america and win regularly with him though. @@eebbaa5560 there are also multiple well known axl players in europe who win/place in top 8s.

    • @HellecticMojo
      @HellecticMojo Рік тому +1

      No one plays Jack O and everyone considers her a strong character and Pot is very popular despite being a consistent low tier.

    • @eebbaa5560
      @eebbaa5560 Рік тому +1

      @@HellecticMojo unique playstyle character and only grappler in the game. for most other characters play rate correlates to strength in this game

  • @BrokeNSings
    @BrokeNSings Рік тому +5

    no

  • @peepeestorm3187
    @peepeestorm3187 Рік тому

    I don't play them, so no.

  • @eebbaa5560
    @eebbaa5560 Рік тому +3

    don’t care hate this character 🗿

  • @Psyprox
    @Psyprox Рік тому +2

    no