So here we are with a tutorial on Guilty Gear strive to help you all going into the open beta! This should also be very applicable to launch if you are coming in at a later date. Timestamps are in the video so you can skip around to whatever you think is interesting and I hope you enjoy the game, its fun!

"Probably don't play Zato" *You can't tell me how to live my life*

As a casual marvel player, that one button dash may be the thing that pushes me to purchase this game.

People were saying that Strive was going to be less complex than other guilty gears, but with pretty much five different roman cancels, it seems just as if not more complex.

This is my first fighting game I'm going to try to seriously get into, and this was a super useful guide. Thanks for making this!

This is the first time I've seen someone open the command list. I REALLY like that they explain the moves instead of just giving you the name and the input. Strive is looking more and more like a game I'll like. :)

The art and aesthetics of this game has made me foam at the mouth to want to play this game, but I’m trash at fighting games. Thanks so much for this guide!! It’s opened me up to buying this amazing looking game. Subbed! Cheers!! 👍👍

I knew u would have a guide up before the beta drops. U have the most reliable channel when it comes to fighting game guides and general fighting game info

I'm aware that strive has been somewhat controversially simplified as far as inputs and combos go. But I'd like to say, as someone who's completely new to this genre and struggles with dyspraxia, I'm actually really grateful for this.

More guides/videos/etc coming for GG strive over the course of the beta naturally! Look forward to that! Beta goes live tonight for Pre-orders, and 18th for everyone!

Thank you omg no one else had a true beginners guide uploaded. This game is attracting many new people to the series rn so you should make some more guides that would be helpful for newbies!!

Your channel is one of the best places to go whenever a new game comes out. I’m not new to fighting games, but I’ve never played Guilty Gear, so it’s nice to have a one stop shop.

when i made a fighting game for school, i created something similar to roman cancel by accident

So basically this game is how many characters and mechanics can I add to break the basses of the game without destroying it.... I’m here for it

I have never played a fighting game, save for Smash, so you can imagine how wildly different it is for me to play this game. I started with Ramlethal, but I might spend some time on Ky/Giovanna to get my bearings a little easier. Thanks for making this guide, I will frequent this to review a lot of mechanics!

I have never had a fighting game be this obstinate when it comes to telling you important information, so this guide has been super helpful. Thank you!

I actually needed this for im new to guilty gear in general

I love that you take the time to introduce all the concepts and build on them gradually. A fair few "beginner" guides immediately start slinging jargon and as someone new to fighting games, I'm totally lost!

Faust is one of those characters where his core buttons and special moves aren't particularly complex to pull off, but the item toss opens a lot of avenues, which you have to take advantage of on *REACTION.* If you're gonna play Faust, practice and research what his different items give you as far as mixups, pressure, and combos if they hit.

So many of these characters seem super cool... . Imma play Zato

I fell in love with the music and characters first, bought the game, realized I’ve only played Smash uncompetitively with friends before, spent 45 minutes in training, and finally found this video, thank you lol

Was skeptical at first but might actually give this game a try. I’ve never been one for fighting games so this will be my first five button fighter. Your video is well put together and very informative, I’ll definitely be rewatching couple times as I try to get the hang of the game. Keep up the good work!

Legit was trying to find something like this lol perfect timing

I love how the shadows on the giant background skeleton make it look like it’s wearing sunglasses.

Seems like just blocking will be really important to punish stuff.

This is the best, most straightforward and understandable guide for anything I’ve ever seen

Roofle: Dont pick Zato as first character Brain: iMa PlaY ZaTo.

This guide was godlike, killed it man.

This is a perfect beginner's guide, but I wouldn't expect any less from rooflemonger.

When I hear that “Heeeellloo and welcome” I know I’m about learn something today

As someone completely new to Guilty Gear, seeing people say "don't pick zato until you know what you're doing" just makes me want to try him first. Gonna try Axl first though, time stop is awesome and he doesn't seem incredibly difficult

My gf kept saying that fighting games were scary to learn. I made her watch this and she's like "oh, it's not so bad. let's play rn". thanks man!

I’m really gonna try to learn all the mechanics and get good at this game, your channel seems like the perfect one to help with that, thanks

This is going to get so many views because there are going to be so many new players getting this game like myself. Really appreciate the work!

I'm brand-new to the GG franchise and I just want to say, not only is this video and excellent introduction to the core mechanics of the game, but also your enthusiasm talking about it is really infectious. It's awesome to hear someone detail something they love so passionately while also not being obnoxious about it. Great stuff!

Noticed you push Ky to the corner manually. I found that when you press the touch pad to reset, if you hold left or right while doing so, it will change the reset positioning to either corner respectively. Then the touch pad button by itself will be that same position going forward, until you use down button and touch pad to return to center. Lastly, using up button will swap if you're player 1 or player 2, if you want some mirror practice. :)

Just wanted to thank you for the tutorial, GGS is going to be the first fighting game I actually try to learn, and it seems a lot more beginner friendly than most other fighting games, I tried MK1 but didn’t like it because of how punishing the game was if you had no previous experience. Your guide helped me get trough the basics and give me a proper head start into the game. Thank you!

Appreciate this bunch, still new to fighting games and I want to make this the first game I actually devote time to getting good at. Took notes throughout the video so you know I'm at least a lil serious

You missed the last kind of roman cancelling. If you press buttons before the slowdown happens you get an instant cancel that functions like RC's in XX+R and BlazBlue

Faust caught my eye all the way back when he was announced. I can't wait to play spooky doctor Edit: after watching a history of guilty gear video, i can't wait to play very sad, but still just as spooky doctor

I've always been a dbfz player and I knew it was unique enough that I would basically have to drop all my previous knowledge about fighting game knowledge to learn this one so this is appreciated

Thanks for the video ! This will be my first time diving deep into a guilty gear game after trying the older games.

It's been a while always helps to refresh the basics

Thanks for taking the time to do this. This will be my first GG game so I really needed to know this basic stuff. Cant wait to see more content!

This was fantastic. Super clear, straight to the point, and entertaining

Sooooo when I played the beta I picked Nagoriyuki and let me tell you he has clicked with me more than any other character and it’s because I liked him so definitely play who you want to play. I’m glad I discovered this beautiful game.

thank you for this guide! finally bought the game; ive been on the edge on whether or not i should get it cuz im not too familiar with fighting games, but wanna get into them. this game has cool characters and visuals and now that i got it, i can try to get better :)

Thank you for this Roofle! Gonna watch it after I wake up. Game looks really good in the most part. I really want to give this GG a real try when it comes out. Hope this video will help!

This video is perfect. Exactly what i was looking for. Answers all questions i had as a noobie coming in GG:S. Thank you! ++Bonus points for friendly and chill presenter voice~

When I first played guilty gear it was accent core on the Wii. The first characters I played was dizzy, zato and aba. I only played by myself so it wasn't obvious to me they were hard characters, but learning zato and Eddie was like the dopest thing to me. I think zato is a character to play after learning the fundamentals with others, but if you're not even bothered with playing ranked or online matches, then I would say to just go for it.

As someone who's never played guilty gear I think the concept of the roman cancels is awesome.

No clue if anyone will read this anymore, but I wanted to let you know that this video was recommended to me out of the blue. I haven't really played a fighting game more than half an hour since the original Street Fighter II on SNES back in the early 90s, but for whatever reason I clicked on the video and basically bought the game for PC immediately after the video ended. The mechanics just got me totally hooked and I just wanted to jump in and spend hours on end to learn how this game works. I started with the first mission tutorial last night and am currently having lots of fun just learning how to play. And I'm very curious to see how horrible my first fight will go. I guess I just wanted to say thanks, great content, very well made, I subbed :)

New to GG, one of the better fighting game guides I have seen, straight to the point, taught me everything I need to play the game

damn this game looks sick. looks like imma be playing a real fighting game now

Amazing guide. Thank you. Sometimes it is boring to make missions, and yet you don´t know what are the core stuff.

I've been looking for a new fighter to dive into for a while now. Coming from the SF scene and promptly avoid 5 for reasons, this is an extremely helpful guide to core mechanics. Appreciate the detailed run-down brother.

This will be literally the first GG ive ever played in my life lol i just got hyped to try fighting games again. I dont know anything about them, i used to play some MK and thats it. I hope the entry barrier isn´t that big, im really going to put some hours and try to become good, i hope i can find some more beginner friendly guides, this one was amazing. If anyone has some more detailed info about the game, i will really appreciate it! thanks alot! Greets man!

Such a good overview for a newbie like me. Thanks!

Thanks for the tutorial. I play competitive Super Smash Bros Ultimate and I have never played a Guilty Gear game before. I wanted to play the beta for Strive but it was too late for me to get it. When the game comes out I’m definitely am going to get it cause this looks fun. Your tutorial made stuff sound so simple.

I just bought it on Pc it’s my first ever fighting game so thank you very much for this guide it’s really helpful for beginners and newcomers

Nice! Perhaps I should share it with my friends if they ever feel like picking up GG: Strive and are new to playing fighting games competitively! ^^

this is such a fantastic video, everything is so well explained and paced, just perfect. I learned so much from it that I thought I already knew. thank you

Looking forward to playing this with my friend this weekend. Very useful video as always!

This will be my first fighting game in my life. Coming from the smash series, it is definitely a culture shock. Thanks for guiding me to along!

About to play at 10est! Thank you

Dear lord, I'm playing all the Guilty Gear before this one comes up and the animation is so smooooth! It is just an outstanding and beautiful job that Arc System Works did to Strive!! :, D

Excellent guide! Well versed, visually represented and straight to the point. Nice job!

This game came up in my recommendations and it is my first time seeing this game and I was hooked when I saw the gameplay. I've never played this game before. I just brought REV 2 so I could get a feel of the gameplay and the control's. But this guide your showing me is good 👍.

Casual player coming from MK11 here, I was a bit lost on this beta (didn't have time to try the February one, but not missing this weekend's one !). As the tutorial is not really clear (maybe it's not a finished version), I found your guide really helpful. It really helped me a lot to get myself into the game. Thank you !

Great video! I have been playing Guilty Gear since the Dreamcast days but never actually stopped to truly understand how Roman Cancel worked. Now I get it!

Since getting GGXRD (which was years after it's glory) I dreamed of a day when I'll be able to play GG game with everyone else. I don't think I was so hyped for a game since getting my PS2 back in primary school!

From what i’ve seen i’m most interested in ramlethal (because waifu) and nago because i love swords

Those are the exact three characters I was most interested in!

Siiiick, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks bro!

Thank you for such a detailed guide, I will send it to my friends, they are used to Mortal Kombat and could not play a fighting game without separate block button.

I wanted to get into the guilty gear series despite being a very slow turn-based JRPG type of person. This video is so helpful! You explained everything clearly and easy enough to understand for an airhead like me. Thank you so much for making this.

Always with the top notch content. Covers pretty much everything I had questions about in a concise yet still thorough manner. Now if only the game will come back online. Hopefully tomorrow I will see you all in the lobby!

Really well put together, kudos.

Finally picked up this game. This guide is helping me a lot as I keep coming back to it. I didn’t really enjoy the tutorials so much so this has been a great way to learn the basics. Especially RC stuff. Thanks!

ive been playing for a few hours now and i had no clue how to do roman cancels nor that there was a one tap dash. what a lifesaver

Almost time!!! Hope to see you guys online! Best of luck to everybody!

I think that I will be willing to buy my first fight pad for this game.

Super nice introduction, thank you so much! Sf4 player here

Love your videos! I was here back when FighterZ came out now I’m back for my first Guilty Gear game!

You put together an informative guide and I enjoyed your enthusiasm! Thanks from everyone here!

This is going to help me out massively in the beta as a player new to Guilty Gear. Thanks!

Ky is the Kiddie pool and Zato is being lost in the ocean, in a current, during a hurricane, and as a tsunami approaches

I’ve never played GG before this and I thought Zato-1 was really interesting lol. Loved playing him

i am so excited to go into the beta now and so thankful for your content :)

This a pretty good guide, easy to understand. Thanks!

i''m really grateful for this guide man, thanks for the hardwork

Me and my younger brother are new to the Guilty Gear series lol. This video helped us out a lot👌

Great tutorial and a really pleasant delivery. High quality stuff.

You get a sub not even cause I’m playing the game but I just wanted to understand what the content creators I watch are doing and this definitely helped

Thanks for this guide, I never played a GG but I’m hyped

I purchased guilty gear xrd late into its life so I had no chance to get the flow and understand what to do to win and play well online given that game was my intro to this entire series😂 BUT NOW I can start fresh and get into it with this new entry and im definitely preordering cuz I know what I’m getting into 🔥🔥

thankyou! this is. what I need!

you are my go to fighting game channel. it makes me wanna improve my gameplay and also helps me learn more about fighting games in general. 10/10 to useful to not watch

You're a great teacher, rooflemonger! I'm glad that I'm subscribed to your channel because now I'm interested in getting into fighting games.

Thank you so much man, loved this guide wasn't able to find many good ones. This was super helpful and informative cheers.