Skarlet Official Combo Thread V.1

[NRF CharlieMurphy]

That’s cool. Never would have thought that. But ya I feel like something is incomplete about that move. Too much recovery on hit I think.

Jack the AI combos to 30. You'll find all kinds of neat things that happen.
I've seen them use in the corner: 44~bf3amp 124 [ender]

they also do some odd punishes that i didn't think possible. but yeah... almost everytime the AI reads a tech roll out of the corner she blasts them with the blood-splosion and back into the corner they go.

 

[Malec]

Is this something that has been discussed before? Because it seems to work, and it's pretty dirty. I just tested B3,4, S1, 44xxdb3amp and it seems to work too.

That's awesome. Midscreen 212, 4xDB3amp works too, guess it's to much of a damage loss midscreen, but the option is there

 

[LionHeart]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1125497399726694400

Skarlet's combos in 11 are so boring :\

 

[LawAbidingCitizen]

She dominates in the corner with her range, being cornered by Skarlet its basically the worst position any character can be, she pretty much outranges and her overhead low mixup its kinda annoying to deal with, the overhead might be slow but she can react to people standing up and hit them with B3

She is also more around neutral rather than huge setups, pretty straight forward play.

Late to the party, Bern hung up with Kotal and since he is lower tier I'm wanting a co-main until DLC drop and I can't find any cooler character than Scarlet in the roster.

Currently I'm in love with the Heart Peirce Tournament Variation and prefer it over the Blood Drive.
Blood drive is good and all being able to Restand into +4 but her mids being 13f makes it kinda meh. Controlling the blood speed is really cool for setups and Oki but I am in love with her Parry and Teleport.
I'm finding they are helping when I lose the neutral to regain my footsie range and o4 help stop close up pressure which is good because even though she is great and built around keepaway and push out certain characters have the tools to bypass that.

Do you have any tips?
what are her best Krushing Blow combos?
Best BnBs and corner setups in Heart Pierce?
I played her a bit in the BETA and it seems she is quite different but not sure if I'm missing anything. So far I can tell she lost:
Life steal from BF4(3.6%) in her Blood drive var and BF2(7%) seems to lose quite a bit in certain combos making it kinda worthless for the bar compared to full screen launch from DB4.
Her Restand seems to only be +4 and not +7.
Are there any combos worth ending in BF2-AMP?
What's your best damage in corner so I have an idea and what is her best string to stagger into throw in the corner? Do you generally work them to corner and stay out of reach mixing them with B2/B34?

 

[Grim_Khan]

Really a fan of Heart Pierce .....

Any good mid-screen combos other than 212,212, 4,4 DB4?

I know corners will be able to utilize some different variations but I’m struggling in the lab finding anything different to string together effectively.

1,2,4xxDB4 is ok and easy to do and so are other small strings but looking for any other longer strings mid screen to punish gap closers.

I know this variation and her move set in general favors zoning and such but just curious as to mid screen play outside of the generic combo listed above for that class.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tanya-Fan-28]

unroolie found his maskless Skarlet today. His reaction will be the same as mine when (or if) I find it.

 

[John Grizzly]

Skarlet is such a cool character design, but man, she is in contention for most boring combos in the game.

 

[Eddy Wang]

Skarlet is such a cool character design, but man, she is in contention for most boring combos in the game.

Ex BF3 needs better recovery and needs to launch ppl straight up rather than fullscreen.

Every single Skarlet ender sends characters fullscreen, so we have too little less to work with, i personally think BF3 its her worst universal special move and could have been better, same as 44 launching ppl to the corner.

 

[John Grizzly]

Ex BF3 needs better recovery and needs to launch ppl straight up rather than fullscreen.

Every single Skarlet ender sends characters fullscreen, so we have too little less to work with, i personally think BF3 its her worst universal special move and could have been better, same as 44 launching ppl to the corner.

I tried her out last night and thinking to my self that she'd have a lot more options if the Blood Burst AMP launched upwards midscreen. She just seems so limited combo-wise. There are many characters that fall into that category, though.

 

[Brown Cow 54]

I tried her out last night and thinking to my self that she'd have a lot more options if the Blood Burst AMP launched upwards midscreen. She just seems so limited combo-wise. There are many characters that fall into that category, though.

She definitely is limited combo wise but I think that is from her formula being string, string, string~special. Where most other characters usually cancel into special moves in the middle of their combos. I think she is close to perfect balance wise, but I don’t think any character should have a universal special that is nearly useless so I completely agree with bf3 amp needing to be a launcher. The other thing that I think would help is if the double b2 KB did something. I feel like if you get that KB you should actually get rewarded for it. Most characters have at least one KB that launches when she has 0. If people weren’t ok with that one launching then at least make it do DoT like her b1,2 KB, or something to actually reward you for hitting it. I think that’s about all I would change on her besides some whiffing issues.

 

[John Grizzly]

She definitely is limited combo wise but I think that is from her formula being string, string, string~special. Where most other characters usually cancel into special moves in the middle of their combos. I think she is close to perfect balance wise, but I don’t think any character should have a universal special that is nearly useless so I completely agree with bf3 amp needing to be a launcher. The other thing that I think would help is if the double b2 KB did something. I feel like if you get that KB you should actually get rewarded for it. Most characters have at least one KB that launches when she has 0. If people weren’t ok with that one launching then at least make it do DoT like her b1,2 KB, or something to actually reward you for hitting it. I think that’s about all I would change on her besides some whiffing issues.

Not only does the double B2 KB not launch, but it also does very low damage for a KB. I believe 160? That's only slightly more than a regular throw. I feel like that KB launching would make sense for her. BF3 AMP launching midscreen would be a nice change, as well.

 

[Eddy Wang]

Not only does the double B2 KB not launch, but it also does very low damage for a KB. I believe 160? That's only slightly more than a regular throw. I feel like that KB launching would make sense for her. BF3 AMP launching midscreen would be a nice change, as well.

those 2 changes along with a 6f parry would make a lot of sense.

 

[@MylesWright_]

Is this a secret Skarlet buff thread


bf3 amp being bad stops you from getting 30% off F43 and S1 midscreen. I don't know if that's a necessary change atm

 

[Brown Cow 54]

Is this a secret Skarlet buff thread


bf3 amp being bad stops you from getting 30% off F43 and S1 midscreen. I don't know if that's a necessary change atm

Maybe unnecessary but it would be nice for the move to have some sort of usefulness. I don’t think any character should have a special in their base kit that they never use.

 

[NoobsUseScorpion]

her kit is perfect & the most well designed character in the game. she’s not OP, but she can be fantastic if played to her strengths, her gaps are there but you can counterplay if you think they’ll flawless block. good example of a fighter that needs no nerfs or buffs.

 

[-Nachtmahr-]

Maybe unnecessary but it would be nice for the move to have some sort of usefulness. I don’t think any character should have a special in their base kit that they never use.

*cries in Kabal

 

[projectzero00]

Is this a secret Skarlet buff thread


bf3 amp being bad stops you from getting 30% off F43 and S1 midscreen. I don't know if that's a necessary change atm

Many characters get 30-40% off S1 midscreen. I don't see how spending 1 bar for a 30% combo would make Skarlet overpowered. If anything it would give her some variety in her combos which she's severely lacking atm

 

[igotAhalo]

Am I going nuts or what? In the OP under key normal it has f3, but isnt that f4?? She doesnt have a f3

 

[Alex_Smith]

Am I going nuts or what? In the OP under key normal it has f3, but isnt that f4?? She doesnt have a f3

Judging by the frame data mentioned, it was meant to be F4.

 

[@MylesWright_]

Many characters get 30-40% off S1 midscreen. I don't see how spending 1 bar for a 30% combo would make Skarlet overpowered. If anything it would give her some variety in her combos which she's severely lacking atm

I've changed my mind a month later. We need damage

 

[versavices]

I would have loved a 2-slot blood dash stance like she had in MK9. Her kustom abilities are pretty bland and I swear there’s like 3 that do the same exact thing...

 

[Edmund]

I would have loved a 2-slot blood dash stance like she had in MK9. Her kustom abilities are pretty bland and I swear there’s like 3 that do the same exact thing...

I hate that she has Blood Rain, Red Mist, AND Krimson shield. The mainly useful one is Red Mist but it replaces her Mid tongue so i never use it. I don’t like that she got the “power up” treatment.

They could have given her so many, but I am happy she is a complete character without needed abilities.

 

[Eddy Wang]

Do you have any tips?
what are her best Krushing Blow combos?
Best BnBs and corner setups in Heart Pierce?
I played her a bit in the BETA and it seems she is quite different but not sure if I'm missing anything. So far I can tell she lost:
Life steal from BF4(3.6%) in her Blood drive var and BF2(7%) seems to lose quite a bit in certain combos making it kinda worthless for the bar compared to full screen launch from DB4.
Her Restand seems to only be +4 and not +7.
Are there any combos worth ending in BF2-AMP?
What's your best damage in corner so I have an idea and what is her best string to stagger into throw in the corner? Do you generally work them to corner and stay out of reach mixing them with B2/B34?

Sorry only now i'm seeig this
Skarlet combos are already as strict as it is due the garvity scalling being a bit too hard on her, all her midscreen combos work in the corner, Krushing blows combos can be expanded but the drop factor its not worth the risk and resources personally.

Skarlet does 310 damage with one KB throw, and her other two useful KB both have DOT damage, so a good advise is, instead of trying to do KB combos, try to stack those, one works on punish or Kounter hit, other work if they failed to tech a throw, but i think there is a bug with this one. and the Parry one it activates on the third parry if amplified also i think this one has a bug which is being reset per round.
Skarlet best Restand its blood trail amplified its over +20 on hit and you can walk into throw, into mids, into highs, into 44 all the way back to outworld into a 50-50 while they're too worried either will throw or strike.

 

[Eddy Wang]

I would have loved a 2-slot blood dash stance like she had in MK9. Her kustom abilities are pretty bland and I swear there’s like 3 that do the same exact thing...

I would actually love if by Season 2 her 3rd of 4th tournament variation was about her MK9 moveset, having Blood Dash, downslash and Red Slide.
Equipping her twin swords and having new strings with them.