Why I can't reach CELESTIAL rank in Guilty Gear Strive right now is because of influencers like LK, who generously share knowledge about the game, thus levelling up the entire FGC, thus making the average skill level higher. It's really sweaty up here, in floors 8, 9, & 10, when I'm constantly going up and down. I'll just keep grinding though and gladly take in the advice I can get to get through the gatekeepers. Cheers LK, keep the good work!

The gatekeepers really keeping me down out here

as a Nago main, i WILL reach heaven with the power of poor blood management, anime and raw zansetsu

What to watch out for in any GG game: PB Potemkin: Potemkin Buster Jam: Puff Ball Slayer: Pile Bunker If trouble is all you see, it's bound to be PB

My biggest hurdle getting into Heaven was mostly that once I hit floor 10, people got exponentially more choosy on if they wanted to actually fight or not, so my biggest challenge became just getting a match.

This is my first GG game and the first fighting game I’ve played with a fight stick since I was a kid. Stuck on floor 6 with Gio. Think my biggest hurdles are just knowing how the game works mechanically and not messing up inputs constantly. Thanks for the tips LK!

I'm capped at 9 for now. Chilling in park to get more uninterrupted practice instead of bouncing btwn 9 and 8

Saying switch character, when I know Anji is part of the reason it's difficult to beat the celestial challenge, gives me even more drive to just perfect him. I'm going to keep playing my dancing boy and nobody can stop me.

Struggling Millia player bouncing around floor 6-8.... Your Millia gives me hope

I can reach it just fine, it's staying in it that's an issue... Damn level 1000 Ramlethals.

I always pay attention to May like a hawk when I see her move forward on the ground. That's when I know she can't dolphin.

I made it to celestial with my main I-No then I ran into a level 348 Chipp.

Biggest tips to get really strong, really fast. Find a very good player ( celestial player) in Park. And then play and play, and each game observe where you get punished and why you don t broke his guard or deal a lot of damage. And then go to training and fix that. If it's damage, go learn more damaging combos If it's defense make the dummy do the sequence of attacks you struggle to block and try to find a solution If it's neutral try using different approach and see how do you get punished to find a solution ( positioning, air approach, ground approach, run block, run poke, jump guard, empty jump...) If it's tension management and neutral basics, go look at pro gameplay and see what they do to approach and how they use their tension, at the end it could take 10 hours of training to replicate approximately a pro strat Most of the time People don t progress because they don t try to progress They don t want to go to training and they just play match waiting that they get good miraculously You can get strong by playing match but you only get strong with your reflex and positionning, you ll be more at ease but you will not learn New strat and it will take longer to get strong this way

I was slowly working my up the floors with I-no always playing on the recommended floor. Then I picked up Zato and I'm on floor 4. Lmao

The tower system is nice. TBH i don't even care about rank in this game. I'm having a great time getting good matches at around floor 8 and 9. The game's solid netcode and absolutely sublime gameplay. I'm maining Millia and i NEVER play setup based quick characters, i always usually go with footsies based neutral control type characters so it's really a change for me. Great game, love strive, thanks LordKnight for all your tutorials on Millia they helped so much.

I grinded my way to celestial and found out that, ironically, heaven is full of demons. Level 300+ chips, nagas, sols, etc. So I guess I'm in limbo now. Always getting let in and immediately kicked out of heaven.

Reached celestial with Millia a couple days ago but still feel like I'm nowhere near good at GG yet, the fighting game journey is a tough one.

Just got to floor 10 as a Faust Main 🖤

Winning 5 straight for celestial is so hard.

Can I just say you give the best matchup advice on youtube. Would love to see a more in-depth series that covers every move for every character.

Coming from DBFZ without Zoning, I thought learning Nago was going to be difficult, but man I felt like this character was made for my hands.

"But LK why would I lab a match up and study other characters options when I can just complain about them on Twitter until they get nerfed?" 🙃 In all seriousness, great video! Ones you have done in this style, like your guides to fighting Z Broly, have helped me think about how I approach games and characters and that is super valuable insight LK you are the GOAT 🙏🙏🙏

Literally been in and out of celestial final frontier for 6 months. Got one match away today and now I’m really reaching for resources, thanks LordKnight!

Im still struggling on the “purchase the game” part

Thank you Lordknight for this video. As An I-No player, I struggle against May, Sol, and Ramlethal specifically. These were some great tips especially since Ram's buttons are the literal reason I am stuck on the 9th and 10th floor and also that last bit of advice you gave about just grinding it out gave me so much more motivation. I thought for a while that I was doing everything wrong but in reality, I should be focusing on just getting better at what I'm doing, knowing my matchups, and playing mistake-free. As an I-no main, I can't get hit by these characters or she explodes, These were some great tips thanks

I don’t feel like I’ve tried very hard but I’m already at floor 8. I guess all those hours of dragon ball fighterz paid off.

As a very new player, who has only played online a few matches only to identify weaknesses, I have definitely thought about character vs character match ups. There's another huge hurdle for us newbies, we have no answers. I know how I get my ass kicked, I know the problems, just can't figure out the answers. XD This video was huge.

The way you explained this is really helpful! Appreciate it as someone new to Strive and fighting games.

It's crazy he didn't say Leo's name once.

I think you have the best educational videos about Strive right now. Super helpful. Hopefully I can get out of floor 9.

I wish the towers were character specific so i can try out a new character and not have to worry about leaving the 10th floor. If i lose trying someone new that i have been working on.

I've found it easy to hit floor 10 but actually beating the celestial challenge feels so hard. Anywhere below even on floor 9 or 10 I feel almost unstoppable as a Ram player who knows the frame traps SQ shows off in tournament but then the celestial floor humbles me and reminds me how much I don't know in match ups or even just in general.

Great video! Would have been interested in seeing the Q&A part at the end.

Something that has helped me is the in built replay mode. If you have a bad matchup, you can filter your character vs the bad matchup, as well as set it so only matches where your main wins are shown. This has helped me find gaps in combos and how to punish them as well as other things.

loving the gg content , would love a video about bes ways to use the lab

I started this game as the first gg I played, I thought that I probably shouldn’t play nago (even tho he was the thing that got me excited for fhis game), until I get better because ppl said he is hard. I was doing really bad and went, ok, f*** it, I’l just play nago and now I’m at 9th floor and climbing… Just play whoever you want, if it’s hard then just work harder. Don’t play the character you like is the worst advice u can give. Rest of the video is great tho so thanks for that

Funny this video comes up now, cause I've gone through (and failed) the Celestial challenge like 6 times now, and somehow 90% of the games I've played were against Giovanna. I know the other characters are there- they're playing on other cabs- but I always end up against a Giovanna. Game is fun as heck and I'm having fun figuring stuff out, spending a bunch of time on Training mode finding what's safe or not, trying out different things, trying to get myself to FD more etc. Edit from 20 hours later: I cleared the Challenge now, without fighting a Gio- fought Axl, Ky and Ram

obviously i can't get the most out of it just watching on youtube but dude it's so good that you specifically ask the chat if they have questions

i hit floor 9 imma just chill in the park so i can learn match ups and try tech. i dont wanna fraud my way up with picking and choosing match ups only to get knowledge checked by some simple shit

I just play every person I can find at floor 10 and always all 3 matches regardless if I get smoked or not.

It's true, I ran over most players in floor 9-Celestial using Pot (also Ky), they have great options against common player tendencies. Really solid advice as always =)

I don't know about the point made at 1:55 The lobby system gives you a choice with who you want to fight, meaning you can dodge anything you even feel slightly uncomfortable taking if you wanted to. I was able to go from F8 to heaven from just dodging sol, may, and ram. I'd still suggest learning every matchup, though. I tried getting vip once, on my first attempt I only took Axl vs pot matches. And I was 1 game away from getting VIP. That being said this is incredibly unfair and there needs to be something preventing me from doing this.

Hey man, appreciate you for this. I play on PC so it's a bit of a weird mix of people playing different things. I've had the chance to play with some really good people, and some really degenerate people, but I've been stuck between floor 7-9 for the longest time. Hopefully I can grind it out good. Giovanna main btw.

Honestly I feel like the floors don't mean much yet, I hit floor 9 relying solely on my dbfz basics and I'm slowly learning matchups (50% of games are ramlethal I swear). Most people up to now actually don't know how to maneuver key aspects of the game, so once you figure that hey can't either block on wakeup, tech grabs, stop jumping into my 6P, it's pretty straightforward. Now on floor 9 people are starting to utilise their character's strength so I had to actually sit and learn Ram's corner pressure, how to challenge I-no's strokes etc... Thanks sajam for answering the basic questions of "how tf do I deal with x" and you for the broader advice

Problem number 1: We return to the character select screen (so LK said to pick Sol, got it.)

Didn't meet many Potemkins suprisingly, so I didn't lab him in depth yet. Learning that his Megafist is punishable on block is very useful tho when I finally fight them. Thanks alot!

10:55 - I learned this the hard way yesterday. A Ram stole a number of rounds from me in my sets thanks to that overdrive. I'm now keeping a closer eye on her meter going forward.

Thank you for these videos

I reached the floor.... now i just need to get the dubs. With milia too, all because of your guides :D... edit: I DID IT!!!!

I play this game off and on with friends but for the past 3 days I’ve been playing by myself and I got to floor 7 with Asuka #R Kreutz, but back down to floor 6, learning now how each character works

Manually timing safejumps for Millia 2H 214P and 6H 214P knockdowns has been the hardest out of these, specially against Leo players. It also feels like jH has so little blockstun sometimes, I keep getting grabbed after it.

My ass on floor 4 after just starting guilty gear and picking Axl bc I thought he has a fun personality (also the chain scythes are pretty sick) 🤣 Keep up the content though bro it’s fire 👍

thanks for putting the ram counter options! shes definitely my most annoying m/u in floor 9-10

10:58 at 50% Tension Meter metal game goes like this [Any other Character]: "Gotta convert this in to Roman Cancel and and open up my opponent." [Ramlethal Players]: "2362362362362362362362326326326326 HS"

Was stuck on floor six and did what ya said about just learning to get in on certain charecters. Shot right up to 8 in like a hour. LK Gigachad

Thanks a lot. I'm playing Ky on floor 10 and whenever a Sol wants to fight me I feel stressed out so much (I don't want to dodge any matchup). Same with Pot.

Noted. I recently got to floor 9 and it's a nice warning that many people begin to struggle here. I've just been having fun and haven't gotten competitive yet. But I promised myself I will get to celestial at least once in my lifetime 😤

Thanks for reminding me to study the other characters at this point as well! I will get Faust to heaven!! Made it to floor 10 today for the first time (de-ranked quickly lol) so now I'm starting to believe!

for ram as anji you can spin through her corner pressure, block the sword and spin the explosion. if the ram does anything but grab you either get out for free or get a counter hit close slash. if they throw both against anji i almost always spin. because i can jump/tech the throw or burst if they read it. either way ram if forced to play neutral without her swords.

Would love a quick video on how to manage training mode and setting up recording, random playbacks, and swapping to the cpu to control.

I can't get into Celestial because I'm new to Guilty Gear, and I need more experience. I do not deserve to be at a rank that I am not skilled enough to be in. The ranking system works, and I trust where I am.

I got to floor 8 in two weeks after just starting the game. Now I think im stuck but this video helps

Thank you for the great tips!!!!

WOW that was helpful, thanks as always LK

Right now I'm not sold on maining any one character yet. I really need Jam in the game so I can just go wild.

Thanks for the tip as always i'll def practice tht and i cant wait for u to strean so i can steal more tech from u:)

SO basically we're supposed to guess what Sol does after far slash (cuz it's pretty much unreactable if he does a low punch for example)....

A level 500 Chipp player followed me around the lobby the first time I got up there... I need to get back up there. Friendship with 1st King postponed. New Best Friend 2nd King: le Monke.

Just dropping in for the algorithm boost.

I have no clue how to fight people past floor 7. It's like watching a toddler box a rottweiler.

i got into heaven on my second try but i really think if different people were there i would’ve been terribly horrifically wiped

What do you mean, I did it. Ok but for real, im moderate, maybe above average at fighting games. Maybe so-so. I have a tendency to choose characters on the "Lower" tiers out of accident, usually out of joy playing more difficult characters. But the big advantage that I have is that people dont generally know how to fight against me (In this case, as I-no). And when I do find someone good against my shenanigans as the character, I Level Up, becoming even more difficult! And so, I eventually get permanent stay on celestial floor (Until floor reset).

Step 1: Get better Step 2: Learn to fight Top Teirs

My biggest issue is Sol, even though I play Sol. People complain about him all the time, but I only ever see another one in level 9 and I get so bodied I'm back down to level 6 before he stops rematching me..

I don't struggle to reach Celestial, I got to floor 10 real easy. ... by getting matched up with floor 4 players during quickplay... ... I'm now getting easily bodied on floor 10 and I can't get out

Been playing since launch and have yet to get higher than 9. I get there and immediately lose one game and get sent back down. "Love" this tower system.

Thank you for this!

I'm stuck between floor 7-8 because I rarely even do more than a 2-3 move combo on hit even when I have meter available lmao. I can repeat high damage combos in training just fine but for some reason I never have the mental clarity to execute them in real games. I made up for it by winning neutral more often than my opponent. But on floor 7-8 The amount of times I win neutral in most matchups is close to equal to my opponent. And at that point my 20% damage combos lose to their 40%. Almost all the games I lose come down to my opponents simply getting more damage off each hit confirm than I do. I just wish my brain would cooperate lmao.

i hit vip but i can still learn a ton from ur vids, good shit LK

I am an I-No main, I just got on 10F. Haven't tried for Celestial yet, but I can already tell I won't be able to pass the 5/6 gate at the end of 10F. I have dropped games to opponent that I know are patterned player, yet I still can't 100% dominate the match. For example, I fought a sol that basically plays 50/50 DP on all his minus moves. I would bait it and get a few punishes, but would get hit by the DP once in awhile, and command grabbed then we eneded up in the same health. I ended up going 2 - 1 just from his patterned play. And that was just one example. Just from these matches alone, I already know I don't got a shot at celestial until I can fix that problem.

You could do a serie of videos with hints like this, for every matchup with millia (to help all the players that want to play Millia but have a hard time)

I just hit Celestial Today. I can’t believe I made it. It’s funny the day I start doing safe jumps I hit celestial after a year and a half.

My problem is I can't pick a character so I'm kinda just stuck at being mediocre lol. I want to play Baiken but they cut her so I'm mostly playing Anji since he's kiiind of like Baiken, but he's not exactly Baiken so I'm not fully satisfied with him so when I get bored I swap characters. So I guess I'm just not fully dedicated to the game yet, although I'm doing pretty well so far at least. I bounce around between floors 8 and 10. I really hope one of the new characters added in Season 1 is someone I can fully attach myself to, but otherwise I'm just stuck waiting until Season 2 to hopefully maybe get Baiken (since we already know she isn't gonna be in Season 1). Aba would be cool too though, I liked her when I tried out +R, but Baiken was the character I liked universally in all the games, especially in Rev 2 (I liked how they changed her moves a bit, made it even more fun IMO). Sorry, it's late at night and I'm rambling haha. Great vid as always LK.

I’m bouncing around 9- 10 and a little bit of my celestial starter matches but I usually face a really good rushdown character and get demolished because I’m axl low 😅

For me the real gatekeepers are nago, millia, chipp, ky, and axl, cause there's so many of those in celestial and I have to work so hard just to be allowed to punch them once then there's a solid chance I won't get anything off it other then two blocked hits and a teched grab and then it's their turn and neutral reset and have to go back to square one but with less health, like these players are so consistent and so smart I can't get away with any of sol's bullshit.

Please make an updated version of this!

LK: - Trust, they're going to do it. (RAM DP) Me, a Ram player: - Or am I? e_e

Can't escape floor 7 because people back out when they see Potemkin. Running away from ranked fights should nudge the one who stuck around up, while draining the declining party's rank some. How the F can I learn if people keep declining fights!? I'm not even good

Hey lord Knight great vid ofc 💯... I would like to share my thoughts. I been playing sol since beta was out and i was like hmm sol is a good character for me, I don’t use sol like some scrubs will i try to be on a high level was sol tbh.. soo i played online to see if i can make to the final frontier and did it 💯 .. practice is key

Most Pot play is a strike/throw guessing game. It turns into an active decision of just how much do you want to avoid Pot Buster? Because Pot players like me will make bets that you’re so focused on avoiding the grab that we can sweep you, or f.S you, or put you through the gunshot mixer. But I agree, being better than you are to reach another level is just matchup knowledge. Because every character has some bullshit tech you need a knowledge check on.

I was bouncing around 7-8 on the Japan server and when I tried going to the US server I got 10 in an hour now I’m doing my Celestial Qualifiers. Honestly I feel boosted and want to fight it out in the Japan server since I have a harder time there. (Also how great is the netcode of this game omg)

11:21 bro my character with good neutral ONLY has a reversal as a "get of me" lmfao. Of course I'm going to do it.

Lk, heavy dolphin is +5. If they block that, they can't interrupt an S Dolphin attempt. Important for beginners to know this, maybe you overlooked?

I peaked at floor 7 so far in 1 week with Sol. Never played any fighting game seriously before so I’m not mad at that :D

I sorta got carried to floor 9 by Leo and now I’m stuck here. These are really helpful

I'm painfully stuck on the 10th floor with muh Vampy Boi Nago. I wanted to play him since day 1 and now people clown on me saying I picked him up because "hype." *Crying noises* I sometimes fluctuate between the 9th and the 10th, but mostly I'm on the 10th. I've challenged the Celestial floor three times. Twice I got folded with only one and two wins respectively, the third time I ran into Sanefox11. You know. The pro in the Dominican Republic who also does art. Just fuggin' bad luck honestly. I bet one time I'll run into somebody I can partially beat. It'll happen. MY VAMPY SAMURAI BOI IS GONNA GET TO HEAVEN SOON LK!

Too good for 10 not good enough for VIP 😭

Why not FD cancel your air dash when trying to whiff punish? I thought that Millia-super-jump-air dash-FD-j.H was pretty nice since that allows for a 2K combo and enough height for an air dash cancel off of an as soon as possible j.H? Why not tell people to 6P through hammerfall? Why does it matter if they whiff an air button? Isn't the landing recovery what you are after? For example, I thought that air-dash-land has the same recovery and total duration as air-dash-j.S-land?

I have to address the scrub comment. I'm gonna drop some truth. Being a scrub is a mentality. The scrub mentality consists of blaming everyone and everything other than yourself and your own ability to comprehend the fundamentals of any one genre of gaming or sport. This isn't a title to title issue. Characters aren't the problem. Mechanics aren't the problem. More often than not it's your problem. In FG's: 1. You can't expect people to play the game the way that you want them to. 2. respect the counter. 3. Learn footsies and spacing, but more importantly, patience. 4. Learn and implement frame data to your advantage. 5. This one goes hand in hand with the first rule of mastery. Adapt and overcome. May isn't unbeatable. Sol isn't unbeatable. Go into your replays. Watch the match up that you're having a hard time with. Go into practice mode and practice those scenarios. So that you can find a way to beat them, or get out of them. If you're unwilling to do any of these things, and for some reason think that the dev's should cater to you. Or that you shouldn't have to for any reason at all. You're a scrub. Live with it. Because you're not going to get anywhere, and you will never get better as a result of this kind of thinking.

Just got locked into VIP celestial with KY 💪💪I had to go up against May and a lvl 449 Leo (I'm like 102) no less 🤣 learning how to grab Leo's side switch move is such a game changer.