correction: 6HS isn't an overhead, and the overhead rekka is done with P instead of S

She's forgiven, Happy Chaos took her place

Might be coming around on Elphelt, she feels a bit like Noel from BB now

I know that I probably destroyed some lives by maining El in rev but still freaking enjoyed her. She is just waaaay too fun. In strive she still feels very simillar. Yes we lost pineberry but got a cool mixup stance instead and a goddamn Johnny cross up hop(no wonder he doesn't have this in strive). I love too that they changed alot of her op normals from rev but they still feel quite good. Elphelt mains eating good today.

The strivers yearn for blazblue

She actually have some cool things to do with that grenade move, like going corner to corner with a wall break on a counter hit. On blockstrings, her HS (the pistol one) put her at the perfect distance to do a double cross-up with the grenade + 236S or HS, where you cross the opponent but then jump back while the projectile is homing into they back. That move puts her into "air state" so you can do any air move and also jump or dash, but you are not plus on block and they can hit you on reaction or mash. She don't need to be a hard character, but you can MAKE her a hard character if you want with some cool combos. Sorry if my English sucks, i'm brazillian

I don't know how she ended up the most hated when Zappa in +R could do a full screen high low that you just have to respect. Though it is nice to see that Ishiwatari was also a fan of Noel Vermillion.

While I do miss her gun stances, I think it’s fine in strive considering it already has a high skill floor gun character (HC does take more effort to learn but once you do, isn’t too hard of a character to manage and play). And I also like the 2 different properties of her projectiles.

I think her older design was more iconic and unique personally. I don’t mind a change in design, I expect that but, I kind of wish they kept more elements of her old design. Like her bunny ears and a bigger, more exaggerated choker. She just looks like a completely different character imo.

At 6:06, Ky Kisuke becomes the void for a second then pops back to true reality. What an odd glitch.

ángel from KoF: who are you? Elphelt mid rekka: I'm you, but better.

Correction, the S follow up of the rekka isn't an overhead, the P followup is though which isn't shown when talking about the rekka

Personally I think she is my second favorite dlc character to play so far (with asuka being number one). She is pretty easy to learn but fun as heck to improve at. Just today i labbed like, 2 different wall to wall combos with her just because i found it fun. If you were wondering btw c.S > 2H > 214S > 2K > 236D (uncharged) > 2S > 2H > 214S > P rekka > H rekka > rrc (forward) > c.S > 2S > 2H > 214K wallsplat > 5D (charged) (6H works too) The other one is Counter hit 2H > 214K > c.S > 2S > 2H > 214S > P rekka > H rekka > rrc (forward) > c.S > 2S > 2H > 214K wallsplat > 5D (charged) (6H works too) In the second one i did c.S > 2S on block before the counter hit, dont know if that matters but i thought ill mention it

I desperately want a Ruby Rose mod for this character

While I’m sure the community will figure out some insane stuff that’ll need to be toned down a bit so far she’s a massive improvement “fun to fight” wise from her previous counterpart Even if I don’t like her visual design as much

I told myself I’d come back to strive if she came back and now I’m learning her and she’s SO MUCH FUN

12:15 Some men think they can outsmart me... perhaps, perhaps. I've yet to see one that can outsmart BULLET.

She left the pin berry at home, all is forgiven

Once again they did a great job of taking an older character that was so far only iterated on once and gave them a character arc that moves them in a very positive direction for the character while incorporating what the character used to be. Both her visual redesign and her moving from a sort of very constrained "bride archetype" who is only able to talk about marriage, to metal idol with more of a personality and expression is just 10/10, top notch, and fits much better into GG and the roster as a whole. And her gameplay is so fun with the flip and the Noel-inspired freeform gun rekkas. DLC characters continue being bangers.

They really knocked it out of the park with her design. Still the best dressed young lady in fighting games, a very balanced zoner with an actual kit, nice long distance 6H, crazy corner pressure with lollipop chain (you better start praying lol). Looooove her winning pose James Brown split (lol) and then fry scream. And she's definitely a great response to Crappy Chaos. Bravo honestly.

At 6:08 for some reason, Ky's visuals glitched out and I definitely thought I saw Robo Ky

Can't wait to hear the crowd scream when she wins at events.

She looks fun, makes me want to get back into GGS. I'm still struggling in SF6 because of input issues and inputs not coming out which I don't have in any other fighting game I've played.

Zappa nervously hiding in the corner of the room.

She seems like a cool character a nice change up from past self and She likes nago two that's so fun Love the interactions

i like her a lot!!!!! back in 2016 when i bought guilty gear rev she was the one character i care about, them Leo, Baiken, Sin, but she was my first contact with the franchise, i was just start playing fighting games at that time and i had a ton of fun with her. I can understand why people that played that game competitive may not like her, but im very happy she is back, in fact i dont play strike in more than a year, and im considering going back just because of her

I miss the fps mechanics like reloading with back and forward and the grenade but I do love her redesign so it’s not a deal breaker day 1 really enjoying her

Funny thing to start the video with Leo footage. The irony. 😂

When she does her grenade flip move, you can do the mid air shot and you will land in front of them while the bullet goes behind them

9:50 Striking back right on beat. Feels good, man.

As someone whose entry to the series was through Strive, I fully empathize with people who dislike the new Elphelt. I know she was popular and a lot of people liked the wedding motif and her unique gameplay with her different guns. I for one don't like her new design that much, but I do appreciate her more simple gameplay. I'm enjoying the character gameplay wise and the neon skins help to pretty up the design for me. Edit: Just realized JM's name on Strive is "KrillinIRL." Absolute legend.

"Speothos Venaticus!" Giovanna: Easy, now. It's the name of the band. Bestie Boi: :-P Happy Doggo

I really liked old elphelts design but i still vibe with this one.

The grenade is roughly +16 on knockdown if you do an empty landing, so I do a low-starter combo like 2K, 2D, 214HS in the corner and reset, that way 2HS with its 18 frame startup becomes a large counter frame trap launch with 90% proration that can combo into basically any wall break path. For when your opponent likes mashing on recovery.

spreading the good word I see

The new elphelt is so sick and cool! Love it... No I worship her now.

I'm still hoping for Justice, but Ephelt is easily my favorite character so far, and the only character that brought me back to the game since release. There needed to be more freeform combos in Strive and her moves are just enough to get me interested again. Her bomb flip in particular is actually pretty awesome, being able to aerial in the middle of the move and shoot her projectile away from the enemy so it comes back from off screen.

That win screen is the sickest, god dang.

I think she was hated because she was ranged, but now we have Happy Chaos, so she won't be hated like back then. P.S. I like her redesign, but without her hat it looks like something is missing. Maybe it's better for her current metal-idol style, but I miss her hat

What I find amazing about her design is that it seems to be incredible at appealing both to thirst boys AND women. She has a style that is legit and looks like something someone would actually pick out for themselves and expresses her character strongly, not just something skimpy for the male gaze. And yet for the teenage anime fans, she still has that zettai ryōiki that I am sure they want. Great balancing act.

Finally, i can be happy i was about to become the King Goomba for her

She feels like Strive's version of Noel Vermillion. I love it.

4:31 "... here's the part, Fanclub, ALL TOGETHER NOW!"

Chaos and Elphelt fighting for the most hated character of all tim. Ironic they both use Guns and both were strong in their first appearance

I haven't played XRD that much but I have a few hundred hours in Strive and man her design is absolutely amazing for me. I love the whole death metal thing going on and gameplay-wise I love her. Definitely my new main.

I actually miss the reloading the shotgun in combos. It made the shotgun so much cooler, and combos more unique when I played her. But I understand and I am glad that she doesn't have that crazy stance because the hate would have been too much. She is a lot of fun overall.

This is the earliest ive been to a JM video. Just what I needed as I eat.

Glad to see it wasn’t just me getting terrible lag spikes for no reason when she came out

Im glad im not the only one that noticed the noel similaritys, thank you commenters

ELPHELT can jail just as good as sol, but her weakness is Faust, Axl low (unless you force them to panic) and maybe potempkin

It like that scene from Godzilla where that guy says “Let them fight” That’s how I feel about her and happy chaos

I'm glad they changed her playstyle. She looks fun now, altough still strong

Tbh I feel like her design needed a color that pops, like the red from her old design.

Her English va and theme 👌🏾

She's into literal shotgun weddings

There is generational hatred with this character. I love her visual redesign and death metal idol motif, the music. For some reason she looks smaller? Like she looks around the same height as ramlethal. In terms of her revamped moveset, I haven’t played XRD, but I get the feeling it’s different gameplay, same bullshit. That rekka is a nightmare. You land her quarter circle back slash, you kinda win the game. I labbed her for 30 minutes, went to online, and I was essentially just able to mash her rekka and win. Her zoning is also nasty. The redirecting gun caught people so much. Playing against her, people like to use her anti-air punch a lot. It does have a massive hitbox and it’s very fast. I can see so many people hating her. But yeah, this is day 1, we’ll see what happens if we can develop a lot of counter play

The best theme music since the originals. Johnny's was close but this one is just an absolute banger.

Her winscreen is a James Brown reference

I saw people iad the grenade high/low like shades of millia disc. It’s impressive.

6:08 Robo Ky confirmed!

she’s back and she’s THICC

for the people dont know, as a best friend of elphelt, she divorced and decided to presue her rock career and heal with music and move on in her life.

Shes my like 3rd favorite guilty gear character, i was stoked she came back, i bought the 3rd dlc pass just for her.

I mained Elphelt in Xrd and I also hated her sometimes so this opinion tracks

6h is also not an overhead💀

I like her redesign, but it looks like something is missing when she doesn't have the hears

I wonder why JM is not streaming on Twitch anymore? i enjoyed his streams so much

I have to mod her outfit out of the game into something else because it makes me ACT UP. I don't know what it is about it, but it hits me so damn hard I literally can't play.

I’m ready for A.B.A., full random summon on hit Zappa, and Pogo Faust to return to Strive

She's got the Kampfers chain mines from gundam lol

I normally don’t play waifu characters. I tend to prefer more tough guy characters like Bryan from tekken or Leo from guilty gear. However Elphelt is a lot of fun. I actually love her metal singer redo plus the mix is a lot of fun. Can’t wait to learn her. Never thought I’d say that

That color you like reminds me of the witch of mercury

Ok i know hate elphelt... but strive elphelt looks pretty fire

So they turned Elphelt into Noel Vermillion, basically

Interested to see what kind of pro adoption she gets. I like her. Shes fun and fits my playstyle.

I swear, Cassandra Lee Morris made Elphelt sound even BETTER than she did before. I think part of that has to do with the vocal talent she's gained since Xrd released (Nintendo fans may recognize her as the voice of Sophist in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and SEGA fans may remember her as Ringo and Morgana).

She is fun and playing strive for elphelt felt nice again

You messed up, her overhead is the P followup, pressing slash again just gives another mid

No roses or is it just in the design of her dress?

her clothes look more red than pink, which is an important distinction i think since it's a nice hue specifically

As shes the sole reason I bought strive I can say I might miss xrd Elphelt a Little cause I loved bringing the salt I love the way she plays in strive I can't wait to fine ways to bring the salt back.

I couldn't find the character in game though. She didn't show up on the PS store as it still shows Johnny as the newest character

Elphelt: Noel Vermillion Edition

elphelt my beloved

you called a mid an overhead this is the worst day of my life

Lol I remember all my friends would call her Waifu Cable (MvC2)

Just wait for Zappa

Her 6 h combos into 214H>a.H>c.S or a full charge wild assault

I feel like I could see Jam’s buffs changing into stances for strive or something like that.

They really went and put BabyMetal in Guilty Gear

My favorite character is hated too but still waiting for Raven.

A small correction: I believe the S follow-up to her rekka is still a mid, while P has the overhead follow-up

She look like in sol bad guy outfit but womeswesr version ❤

I'm getting Noel Vermillion vibes from her gameplay, which I'm all for it.

she's gonna be the new happy chaos

Correction: The S follow up during rekka is not an overhead, for which I am very thankful.

Soo eazy never lost a game to her.

How can anyone hate Elphelt? She’s adorable!

She was practically Ruby on steroids

The most hated in all games after GG Sign and Before GG Strive...