Melty Blood/MBTL/Arcueid Brunestud/Combos (2024)

Mostly up to date for 1.4 - special thanks to Hare, whose combo document is linked at the bottom of this page.

Midscreen

These combos typically work anywhere on the screen, but are intended to be used from 100%-to-corner to 60%-to-corner.

A Starter / IAD Starter

2B and 5B can be swapped in most combos - which one you use first will normally depend on how you decide to run pressure. Combos are listed with 2B first, but 5B first often leads to more damage.

B / C Starters

All combos listed for 2B also work for 5B and 5C. Do note for posterity that 5B is an inferior starter to 2B, so even though it works for all of the combos in this section it may not be interchangeable for other 2B starter combos. Also, 2C typically can't use the same routing as other normals, so it requires some specialized confirms.

Special Starter

Moon Skill Starter

Anti-Backdash

Moon Drive

Corner

A Starter

B/C Starter

In this case, 5B being a better starter than 2B is relevant - the listed 2B combos require alteration to function with 5B starter. 2C starter is less specialized in corner, but you may have to use it twice and incur SMP if you don't want to modify your routing significantly.

Throw Starter

Throw combos start with both a high hitstun decay value and also poor starting damage prorate. Doing a harder combo is at most 75 more damage, so its better to either pick a combo with a superior okizeme situation or just one you personally find more reliable.

Corner Moon Drive

Misc

Air to Air Starter

Shield Counter

Notes

Near-Corner Routing

Arcueid has natural tools that give her routes very high corner carry, so "near corner" for Arcueid can mean anywhere from true midscreen(60%-to-corner) to almost in the corner(16%-to-corner). Most midscreen routes can be improved by slotting in a 214B at the end when Arc reaches the corner. Some can further benefit from 623AA afterwards, but it's often too difficult to use it due to height, proration, or both. It is possible to optimize routing specifically for near-corner hits, but use your own discretion for whether it's worth the effort.

Corner steal combos

Corner steal combos are a class of combos first discovered by Japanese players @ymd_alternative and @grovegrow31 that set up a unique okizeme situation where, depending on minor delays made in combos, Arcueid can leave a cornered opponent displaced from the corner by extremely small amounts (a minimum difference of 2 pixels). Can be very hard to block the resulting left/right mixup when executed well.

Situational: Frametrap Combos

Some moves of Arc's moves lead to a different combo routing on counter hit or when used late in a string after other options have been used. In the best case, e.g. 236XX~X, landing a counterhit as a frametrap can lead to a full meterless combo where otherwise it would be impossible. In other cases, such as using a late 2C in a blockstring, you may just have to pick up with whatever you can, be it any special move or even autocombo.

Situational: Trades

In some situations, having an attack trade with the opponent can still lead to a combo for Arc - at times even better than what she would normally get. For example, if the opponent mashes a 5F normal against 236XX~4X, the trade will give Arc a full meterless combo.

External Links

• アルクコンボメモ by はれ; current as of 1.4. Outdated translated version here.
• Combo spreadsheet by Charby. Up to date for 1.4.

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