So I had a guide on this from beta 1 and things have changed a lot since then, so time to update! Learn all the particulars of why you wanna raise the blood gauge, but NEVER EVER go over into berserk. Hopefully with the examples shown in this vid that should put to bed the last few people that think going berserk is any kind of bonus haha. Also for specifics to the frame data changes of his moves according to your blood level, here is the hard numbers, level 0/1/2. Each blood level you are up your heavy attacks get faster! 5HS 20f, 18f, 16f 6HS 17f, 16f, 15f 2HS 19f, 17f, 16f Jump HS 16f, 15f, 14f

"You never ever want to go into blood rage" Me : blood rage go BRRRRRRRRR

A 20 minute video on a single character's mechanic. This is why you're the best,Roof

I thought he was going to say "never ever use candy beam." that has been engraved in my brain and I don't even play kid buu.

I love when a character's mechanics tell a story about their personality. A samurai finding Balance between their vampiric need to feed, and their own self control Absolutely kicks ass 💜

“What’s Potemkin gonna do?” Lmao. Oh, trust me, I’m never asking that question. I don’t want to find out.

Hello and welcome, this is Rooflemonger my friends.

*_Watching this video fills the Blood Gauge._*

So more coming of course, more combos, first of the big guides sometime this week, and my stream week starts tonight! Playing more Potemkin I think tonight and we will change it up from there. Come join in the fun why not!?

This channel is criminally underrated Keep the GGST content coming man

Good stuff! One thing I think you missed: Despite hitting with his big sword, Dust does not return blood gauge. However, the sword normals you do in the Dust air combo return extra blood gauge (8X according to Dust Loop). Also not sure if it's a bug or what, but sometimes Zansetsu won't exit out of blood rage. I've tested it on block and on whiff, and it's not consistent.

To be speicifc, Nago's Overdrive drains around 198 points of blood. As mentioned the whole bar is 300 points.

God i love this character, learning new stuff everyday, i hope he isnt gunna be in a constant loop of nerfs and buffs

Considering using special moves raises it, and then absorbing blood lowers it, calling it a "bloodthirst" gauge would have been a lot clearer.

Just what I needed, I’ve been needing more tips to get myself to Heaven as a Nagoriyuki main.

Roofle: dont go berserk Me: but the damage

That alternate color really reminds me of trunks lol

I just found out this info about a week ago from some dude named fame. But once again you've outdone yourself. Your info vids are absolutely quality. Keep it up brother

“Heeeelllllo and WEEEEEELLLLCOOOME”

Nago: "Who are you?" Slayer: "You're jocking my style Prepare to be counter hit there is no escape"

Thanks for these guides, roof! I have yet to get the game due to money issues, but when i do i'll be sure to refer to these!

Thanks a ton. I've got a good friend who plays a lot of nago and this should help him figure some stuff out.

Thanks for all the vids, Roofle. You keep me in the deep end with all this info

Just realized I wasn't subscribed to you, changing that right now! You have been my #1 source for learning and improving at GGST, and for that, I thank you!

I hated the way all my previous mains from old GG games play (Anji and I-No). Just tried Nagoriyuki and actually liked him a lot. One minute later I receive a notification about this video. Thanks bro!

I had no clue about the blocking to delay rage, that could be a good way to get overly aggressive characters (cough cough Giovanna) blown back when they don’t expect it.

Rooflemonger always coming through in the clutch! Been struggling with this guy but love him so much, definitely needed this. Thanks brother

A few notes: according to dustloop, spamming 5p and 2p can delay bloodrage as well. Due to Nagoriyuki's high guts value, entering blood rage while you're already at low health (20-30%) can help as an equalizer upping your damage resist and damage potential (although it's still risky) Another way to reduce the risk of bloodrage is entering it while the opponent in knocked down or wall pinned If you perform inputs with good timing during Nagoriyuki's blink, he will perform them as he comes out of blink, this includes command grab which can help prevent last minute blood rage, and with other attacks it also creates nice mixup potential Command grab can also be used coming out of quartercircle-back heavy slash dash, but due to the knockback, isn't always viable, but works well against turtling or people that do a lot of instant blocks. The above 2 methods of command grabs can be used to do grabs on wakeup Overall, well done.

THIS GUIDE FILLS THE BLOOD GUAGE

I’m finding combos with him that I didn’t think was possible with the blood gauge. Opened my minds eye!

I agree that's its suboptimal but there are ways to go bloodrage safely and exert some control over when it happens, particularly in the corner. It's one of the only ways to force someone off a wallsplat while keeping them cornered. Risky as hell for all the reasons you presented but it's worth noting.

Seems to be that one has to be cautious and smart to play Nago. That's my take after fighting a few

Just wanted to say that there are some uses for going into angriyuki mode. I mean, it's usually to be avoided but it's safer than people think, though it depends on burst, tension, and hp really. If you have one burst one tension, s into hs into super does mad chip dmg and you're safe-ish from a full combo. If you have two tension and can guarantee an on block activation, s into hs into super into fwd dash rc into s into hs does even more. It's about 29% of Leo's hp from full. Furthermore, you can bait out punishes with rc which people don't always expect.

Great breakdown, I like playing Nago with 2 playstyles kinda combined. I play more aggressive when I have low blood since I can afford it by lord if I get a command grab in then the fun starts. When I have 2 bars and I feel like just hanging back and play safe and just poke with 5HS. 5HS is disgustingly good with high blood and I love it. Great video!

I got kinda used to some boss Nago so respected the blood rage super more than I probably should and thought it would be tougher to punish, especially if you FD to avoid chip.

It's sad its such a negative state, if the activation was just not that unsafe and the state lasted a bit longer it'd be a really high risk and committal option and it'd make him even more fun. It'd still be something you really don't want most of the time since you're likely to lose more health than you take from them and you can't use any of your specials, but it'd make it an actual option you can sometimes risk to win a round instead of something you'll never purposely go into.

You're a great educator mate. Great content all around 👍

Amazing guide! I actually want to try Nago out more now!

Thank you for this post! Your videos are always solid, no matter for which game! I'll tell you a video idea I think would get a lot of views... "things you didn't realize were negative." The games so flashy and sometimes it's hard to understand where turns are. Some of the big badass characters have things they do often, that are in fact negative. Just a thought!

Ive always been horrible at GG games. However I oddly found success with nago in strive even tho he is considered one of the hardest characters. The blood gauge is such a punishing tool but its what makes the character so interesting and fun for me :) ty for uploading this roof !

You didn’t mention how his blood rage state on activation is a guard crush, which makes it your turn if they block or get hit by blood rage. You didn’t give any value to his blood rage super which is a bit odd because you can (on reaction) use it against most opponent specials and supers and invuln the trade. Confirming a blood rage super off a near full screen HS or 2HS is super easy to do. Did not mention how his jH in blood rage is an instant overhead that can’t be anti aired because sword hit box is so long it hits their lower body hurtbox.

Does anybody know why Nago's overdrive sometimes doesn't continue after the first hit (no block, no RC, no burst)? Thank you for this video! It answered a lot of my questions!

as far as I saw the comments no one mentions it actual value of basically forcing your foe back from a combo near a wall if you were faultless guarding which throws them back which can still be helpful, if you also have bar zantetsu since he then removes it quickly so the damage is a problem but not too much.

I main Nagoriyuki and my friends and I play very casually so I can get away with the heavy stuff without getting punished. I still find this very helpful to know

16:00 “ So... That’s what CHIPP feels...” XD

Maybe you mentioned it, but also, while being in Blood mode, you can't use any super. Anyway, super guide as always ! Can't wait to see a Zato guide from you, I'm still hesitating between Nago and Zato as a main ^^ and every zato guides are high level setups and they don't explain as well as you imo.

I feel bad for the fact that both Nagoriyuki's Berserk activation, and Zansetsu are so unsafe that even Potemkin can punish him with a Potemkin Buster from full screen, lol! Now I'm curious on how Nagoriyuki himself can punish those moves from full screen in the mirror match! >:3

He's absolutely scary to me.

more Nago videos!

I’m a newbie with guilty gear and I’ve been doing pretty well with him so far. I love that down circle lol

Thanks, I needed to better understand this character because he can be a wild ride when I fight him for sure

I always find learning math in a fighting game fun.

TIME FOR OUR KNOWLEGE TO EXPAND TEN THOUSAND PERCENT 🤯🤯🤯

Make more Nago vids please! He's my main lol

Awesome!

He still such a cool looking character. He has limits but at least he is not broken like Phoenix was on UMVC3 when she would go into rage 🤦🏾‍♂️😩😩😩. Thanks for the video bro this was alot of useful information.

Awesome analysis ! I'll give it a try

Zato can command grab you after the berserk state and the animation is so long that the last hit of it can take that 1 hp remaining for the kill. Don't ask me how i know...

13:58 Yasuke Say RUN XD

His Extreme arcade mode version is cheaper than Shao Kahn ever was

great job done, thx

I have accidentally jumped over that Rage Super so many times, I feel like it does not hit well on the upper part as I've seen the particles touch me and I just go through it and proceed to beat up Nago. But yeah it's fun to ruin Nago who accidentally go into it cause it really does open them up. But knowing this is how the mechanic works now I kinda wanna try him out more than I did before xD

BIG NORMAL GO BURRRRR XD

His blood draining normals do chip damage in and out of rage (of course rage does way more chip). Staying in lvl 2 gauge is definitely where it's at, but if I mess up and go over, I usually go for the super ASAP to stop the bleeding. The logic for me is: I'd rather take damage from a full screen punish than hold the life drain and risk getting opened up into a combo, losing a casual 90%. Of course this changes if I'm already low because either scenario amounts to death, so I may as well hold it and try to clutch it out with beefy normals. Of course, if they do something silly like throw a projectile fire that zerk super!

"Potemkin is guaranteed to get that..." You bet your ass he gets that.

I watched some MaxDood highlight videos and yea...I think every time a Nago berserked was a round ender or very least a punish. I now feel a bit more confident in not spazzing to react to a Nago berserking and oh man I didn't know the range and speed increased.

I kinda liked open beta 1 Nago where you could go more ham, but the changes have grown on me. You have to play him more carefully, which I'm getting better at.

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO +I WAS HITTING A CEILING AND I NOW KNOW WHY+

Is it possible to use his transformation as a combo extender or is the animation recovery too long?

FYI you can spam P and 2P to prevent going into BR. FD is nice on the defensive or to bait them to get hit, but it costs meter, which can be no bueno. Spamming P is still not ideal, but I mean, you're going into BR. Don't go into BR in the first place.

And the moral of the story is that you DON'T TAUNT THE POTEMKIN MAINS.

If you play neutral until your opponent is half health, use 214HS 626HS x2 and they’re dead

Just so that people understand what the gauge actually is... its bloodLUST. The moved that cause enemies to bleed and satisfying his bloodlust. Thats why the gauge goes down when you bite an enemy. Your specials are powerful, but hes going beserk because they aren't causing bleeding and driving him into a frenzy. In other words, ma boy thirsty af

You don’t want to see me rage

Theres also certain things in place that even if you do your blood rage speicifc super you can stay in blood rage. I havent figured it out yet but what happened to me was I got grabbed after my opponent blocked the super and I stayed in blood rage

There’s one minor thing you forgot to mention. His dash gives him momentum that make his diagonal jumps longer and faster slightly if you time the jumps correctly

I need to test this myself, but I think the blood gauge also affects how much life Nagoriyuki's Bloodsucking Universe command grab restores as well (with higher blood = higher return), unless you said this in passing and I totally missed it of course, whoops

You can enter berserk safely if your opponent is on the wall. Entering berserk will break the wall and the wall break animation will play. Correction: Wall doesn’t break. But the activation is still safe.

What song you got playin in the background?

What's your opinion on 2 points I've heard? 1: When you're Nago and low on health, the spammability of the specials makes going berserk worth it (as well as the HP drain being substantially less since it stops at 1HP) 2: When the opponent is in berserk, it might be worth it to quickly attack them and go for a small combo simply to keep them in the berserk state and from using their special to stop the HP drain? Awesome video though! I did not know about the speed increase and how that creates some nice combos. I knew about the range increase but have been playing him ultra safe by keeping blood gauge really low cause I was thinking the range increase wasn't worth it when he can already hit across nearly half the screen. Now I'll need to learn to more dynamically and intelligently use it.

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You're supposed to heavy slash into the rage special

They really drove the risk and reward aspect to the max with nago, he is the embodiment of it. Stay close to berserk and you'll be handsomely rewarded, but if entering upon the state. You'll be very sorry for it

So Nago's range at blood level 2 is basically just Ram.

So I can get the “dragon punch motion” down sometimes but not consistently. I’m not really sure how I do it most times because I try again and get a normal heavy slash or a normal punch for the command grab

Thanks

Nice

I would love that in Mirrormatches the blood state could not destroy the health bar

tx for ur video im beginner:) ggwp ^^

The training dummy's colour, is that a refence to future trunks from DBZ?

I'm just waiting for some wild ass player to go berserk mid tournament and eat, pun intended, everyone alive. it's such a hype mechanic and state, dude I want it to be good so much. you know?

There is exactly 1 case where you MIGHT (a big, massive MIGHT) want to go berserk. You both have low health, the enemy is in the corner and you think you can chip him to death with special spam. And if it isn't enough, you stop the special spam infront of him and hope the transformation burst hits. It is absolutely not worth going berserk, but special spam for a chip kill should never be underestimated. And putting the fear into the enemy that you CAN chip kill them like that is very important for the bites.

Ok, but how do I teleport behind the enemy like the Arcade Boss and nuffinpersonalkid them?

Still waiting on a zato guide from a person with composure lol

Please make a video about anji mito mixups

Nago's normals look nice, but most intermediate and above players will stay in the air most of the time making them hard to land.

Help me out Rooflemonger, please make a how to fight AXL video, its just ludicrous playing the ranged game against him

2:45 there was NEVER any extra blood penalty for chaining special moves together. I tested the blood gauge in every beta and it was never there. I'm tired of this misconception.

Imagine blood rage but no down sides and the super is good, that would be hell on earth. oh wait arcade mode exists

Did command grab drain the whole bar or was that a practice thing?