The Elphelt guy himself making a How to counter Elphelt video first is crazy

You know watching this video made me realize that Johnny has a 6 frame jab, and having to play against Elphelt a lot yesterday made it an unforgettable lesson.

Should note that she can whiff cancel the rekkas, the cancel window is just a bit later than on hit.

Nago bitch slapping Elph out of a combo is something I need more of in my life.

Great video hotashi, FGC needs these bite-sized tips videos like these

The fact that elphelt is canonically in love with nago makes this even better. "Learn with Nago on how keep Elphelt TF OFF YOU"

Major Respect for using Cave Story music

i can only imagine hotashi making this video and posting it thinking "i don't wanna hear y'all bitches complaining about this rekka"

all of this deep and profund talk on the depth of how to counter it. and me in the corner just going VULCANINC VIPAH!

We're making it out of Blood-Stained Sanctuary with the upgraded Polar Star with this one!

Also one thing of note, well the low and high technically are the same speed the first hit of the overhead whiffs on crouchers so it’s actually frame 16 not 14. I think the elphelt player can delay the low to make it a true 50/50. Also I might be wrong about all of this, new character and all. Even if I’m right a 2 frame difference is not gonna be easy to fuzzy.

smart way to make people use a mechanic more, design a character that's weak to it.

Haven't looked at strive for some time, but I actually came back just because of her. I forgot how detailed your videos are! Also, good music choice with Running Hell

hotashi is the type of person to prepare people against his own character so he can hit back with double

On most (all?) of the cast, first hit of the high will whiff meaning you can potentially consistently fuzzy block, it’s a 2 frame window for the switch though. Man this rekka is something else. I’m a pretty high level player and id like to think I’m good at adapting to situations, but it took 45 minutes of a random Elphelt looping the resets on me before I felt consistently able to defend.

Thanks for the tips Hotashi. Can we look forward to a full Elphelt guide once we know her better?

Thanks🤝🏾 I was learning how to play her but didn’t really figure out many ways to deal with her lmao

The Noel Vermillion special

Initial view of Elphelt after day one, Hotashi

I really appreciate this format, hell ya thank you sir

Thanks for the video Hotashi!! Really helpful

Thank you for the banger guide Hotashi! Ngl I was struggling.

As someone who's interested in maining her it'd be nice to have a video about how she matches up in neutral against characters with different ranges. Basically her rough game plan against the different character archetypes

Visually breaking it down really helps. Thank you

Hotashi, it is not even one week yet you are now releasing tips to destroy your main already? 😅 This is madness!

great choice of music, love hearing cave story every now and then

Wasn't expecting Cave Story music on a Strive video, but I"m not complaining

Great video! Got straight to the point and didn’t add anything unnecessary.

This is rally helpful as a pot player as a lot of my moves are not very fast. So knowing when i can interrupt moves is nice.

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Thanks for making this. This should be useful for both fighting Elphelt and playing her since I know the counter play and might be able to try countering the counter play

Nice guide! Didn't know she was a knowledge check character. Thank you!. And damn, I completely forgot deflect shield! Thank you for joggling my brain a little LMAO.

You're a legend for the cave story music

As a fledgling Asuka player, I sometimes felt like my brain can't breathe into her. The knockdown war is brutal; if Asuka wins he gets to play again the minute his pressure wanes, if Elphelt wins on the other hand... *oh god I'm in the blender and this time she put on the lid* This video helped me tremendously, especially with her Oki setup which usually lets her get into her second pass of the Rekka very safely.

As an Elphelt main running into a lot of other Elphelts, this is going to make fighting them way more enjoyable! Thanks Hotashi!

At 0:39, I think the gaps in c.S > 214S and 2H > 214S are 4 frames, so they lose to Sol 5K and trade with Sol 5P. 5H > 214S and 6H > 214S both counterhit Sol 5k though

Great video ! Would be amazing to have a guide about her projectile setups.

Lol got on Strive for the first time in a while and dealt with this and was so discouraged lol thank you 😂😂

Appreciating the Cave Story jams. ♥

as an elphelt main thank you for the guide on how to get better at the character

ty for the guide! love the cave story music btw

literally just came here from getting my ass beat three times in a row as Nago, how did this guy get a recording of my match to start the video game with?

Love the music selection, Cave Story FTW

im glad im not the only person who thought lollipop chainsaw when they did her breakdown

If you crouch block 214S, the first overhead leaves a gap for DP... I wasn't used to taking too much notice of the crouching in gap blockstings, she is less braindead than expected

Good info. Thanks. I heard P can help, though I can't always react after it's started. And use whatever I have to get out. FD, YRC, burst, & will remember B.Shield.

great video and great choice on the cave story music c:

Great music choice

Thanks, Hotashi. 🙏

This is useful as someone looking to learn elphelt and as someone scared of blocking *that*. Btw would you be willing to show off setups for the command grab?

Thanks for this!! I can use all the help I can get for sure haha

Great video, thanks for the upload

I was sure, of all the best GG creators out there, you would be the one to put this out. Thx for the tips ❤

You’re a real one for this

ty hotashi. the ol reliable

thank you for this. having way too many elphelts as opponents who just spam miss charlotte or chain lollipop when they get low on health, it's infuriating

Worth noting that rekka 1 is always backdashable. Harder to pull of with characters that have short backdashes (may, millia) but they get the most reward since they can mash to beat all followups after backdashing. Standard backdash characters can throw P or K followups, but need to mash on S.

My man playing the long game making sure elphelt isn’t up played

Love the Cave Story music :)

This guide is great and all (like genuinely so helpful) but for any sol players watching you ain’t gotta learn all this shit just hit 5k when you see the flip (hold it after 2h tho then 5k the next flip) remember, never block always hit buttons

That idle animation XD

I like the fact that rekka means truck in Finnish

I literally just bought GG Strive bc it was on sale and i'm only facing Elphelts and being destroyed by spamming this so this guide is very much helpful

Thanks for the tips, if there is anything i could be doing to make my chances better when beating 214H as okizeme with its mix-ups, that'd be a great help too.

cavestory posting

I must defeat the white woman tricknology

that Lollipop chainsaw remake is lookin crazy

Fellow cave story appreciator

Holy shit, it's been some time since I've heard anything from Cave Story

Did anyone else catch “Lollipop Chainsaw” or are we just calling it that now?

Cave story music goes hard

I am not getting robbed by chain lollipop, I am robbing with chain lollipop.

Good ole dp nothing beats that.

All of these really tight frame gaps just scream Baiken Parry to me.

Thx mate. This a good video for a friend if mine that learning her. I'm very bad at explaining fighting game mobo even if I'm god at strive.

Based Hotashi

THANK YOU

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Instructions unclear, stuck playing Cave Story

Cave Story music :] Thank you for video

As an Axl main who bought the game on the patch day 1 and had to deal with an army of Elphelts... Your best bet is just NOT TO LET ELPH GET IN. I found great use with the new tornado move for cancelling out hee fireballs quickly and when I have the chance to set up the charged version, I can approach more comfortably, use Rensen, 2H or any other moves and if she gets caught blocking in it I can do left-right mixups or get more distance and reset the situation. Can't let her just run in of course, but for Rekkas I just use FD, RS, even Burst or I can save the meter use his reversal super since she can't block when doing them. Fighting Elph really helped me get the fundamentals of Axl's zoning game down.

Pretty sure she can S you into corner , as it resets on roll pickup hits . Also Axel get to pretty much sit

hotashí have you considered making tutorials on notepad with dubstep in the background

As a baiken player none of that shit is gapless so i just parry on reaction till they start leaving gaps to bait. Then i grab em and they die.

I fucking hate fighting Elpheht as a Faust main so this is probably better then my strat of just spacing her out.

You're a saint

So in short - starting with H is frametrap, other buttons - interruptable, rekka starter is throwable, full rekka is punishable, one mix into H is safe, loop is interraptable. Seems mad strong.

You can actually 6P her 2H into rekka

Milia can just mirazh the starter/resetter move, I have been abusing this

"just 5p it bro" rams and baikens 5p literally dont connect due to not reaching lmao

Wait am I dumb and missed it- how do you counter if she just spams the startup S for it? Isn't it -2 on block which isn't enough for punish, and you have to wait for a rekka followup, or did I misread?

We all know this video is for elphelt mirror matches because we’re just mashing buttons

I feel like axl just perishes

As a axl main my MU against Elp is even but this those rekkkas mix up are brutal 😂

Thank you for the cave story music

>Running Hell music Neuron activation

love the cave story music

Ngl I laughed when I saw the subconscious typo of "Lolipop Chainsaw" lmao

Cave Story music? hell yeah, dope af

Thanks for making this. I was wondering how the hell you are supposed to get out of that pressure, and this does help a lot. Also, it just dawned on me how much scarier she would have been if they hadn't removed counter-hit-slow on rekkas.