Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

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Bhadra

Description
Johnny Guilty Gear and rail grind gimmick!

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•BHADRA SUMMARY•

  • Archetype: Rushdown, Stance, Iaido sword technique
  • Good qualities: Speed, overwhelming attacks
  • Bad qualities: Stubby, hard to control

GIMMICK
Hitting enemies with coins through nspecial will reward Bhadra with an increased level on Fspecial, which increases the distance of the attack.
Fspecial will leave a gold trail that will solidify in the air, and airdodge from above the rail will enable the rail grind mechanic, to gain a lot of momentum that way.
Jab3 gives 1 coin, Dspecial at enemies gives 3 coins, and special into a rail gives coins based on level.

•SPECIALS OVERVIEW•


NEUTRAL SPECIAL

  • Ol’ reliable
  • Great for extending combos
  • Fast, and low on endlag
  • Gives levels to fspecial on hit
  • Bounces once on hit

FORWARD SPECIAL

  • Command Stance
  • Attack, Special and Dodge do a unique follow-up each

  • Hold special to remain in stance
  • Release special to slash
  • Slash has different predetermined angles based on joystick input and if it is Grounded

  • Press dodge to dash
  • Press attack to cancel the stance

  • Dash on the ground stales and dash can be done once in the air
  • Dash has an increased buffer to cancel

  • Can be walljumped

DOWN SPECIAL
  • Main way to get coins back
  • Gives 3 coins back on hit enemies and one per extra level on rails

UP SPECIAL
  • Spawns a mandala, which is an area denial trap, with a super-long activation time
  • Mandala can be triggered instantly with a coin collision, up to 2 times

•OTHER NOTABLE QUALITIES•


Rails spawned through Fspecial can be wavelanded on! Enemies can also do the same. Any horizontal or down airdodge into it will start the rail grind state, and cancel that state into any action. You will maintain most of the momentum gained.
Rails can be extended with coin collision, it will increase the set rail level by one up to a max, and this increase spawns a disrupting hitbox.
Mandala's can be triggered up to two times manually with coin.

•STAGE•

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152014365

•MUSIC•

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnGOp1CI_xE

•LORE•


Bhadra is the last known Samurai from the noble house of gold benders. For centuries the secrets of their clan's vast wealth and charity were unknown. That secret was in their most prized heirloom, a magical sword gifted by the gods of aether that could turn whatever it cut into gold. One day the ancient secret of their wealth was mysteriously revealed, and every greedy bandit and dictator descended on their palace sanctuary to steal that holy blade. Amid the burning chaos and destruction Bhadra, a young master of the house and the most virtuous and honorable among them was tasked to flee with the sword and ensure that its blessings may never be withheld to those in need and that it never be held by wicked hands.

Bhadra now wanders from town to town, living their lives through the power of the sword, forging new coins, and paying all their expenses. This life comes at the risk of being found out by nefarious groups seeking to hold that same power, and so Bhadra is always on the run.

Bhadra's sword is endowed with an enormous amount of power, so much so that Bhadra's family pledged to keep it sheathed unless necessary. The sword is a delicate instrument that requires utmost care. If left unattended even for a few seconds, the blade will start to crust due to exposure to air, which would transform it into gold. This will prevent the blade from fitting inside its sheath. To keep the sword in its best shape, a gold bender must pay constant attention to it, sharpen it back to its original shape, and clean it without touching the blade. This is the task that Bhadra has taken responsibility for, and they will do it for as long as they exist.
Bhadra will avoid using the sword as even a single touch of the blade could result in death and a new golden statue being created.
Many previous masters of the golden blade suffered a fate similar to it, and many more have marks and parts of the body coated in gold caused by that cursed sword.

Credits:
Animation: Hemuth
Code: PJ (Discord: lamenor)
Intro Music & theme, and Fspecial Slash: DeltaParallax
Nspecial Level effect: ArtistOfSeer
Special Thanks to: Sirc and Flasher
86 Comments
The Ogrelord 4 Apr @ 10:26pm 
Super well designed and polished, very fun, but damn is he one of the more overpowered mod characters that's not a cheapie/joke. Would be nice if he could get an update to balance him out.
thatonegoldpotato 9 Nov, 2024 @ 11:04pm 
great to play as but made me break my fucking keyboard fighting his cpu
Thedeadmemelord 11 Oct, 2024 @ 9:28am 
What the fuck is wavegrinding? You can't just make up random terms and not explain them.
Watchdogg 21 Jul, 2024 @ 6:26pm 
I had what I think is a pretty good idea for a new up special, so I thougjt I'd share in case you ever wanted to change it.

This Up Special would act similarly to a mix of Greninja's counter and uncharged Sephiroth up special, with some visual flair that is similar to his current up special:

Bhadra disappears into his hat (with a weak hitbox) and a moment later reappears slightly behind his hat, slashing and dashing simultaneously in one of 8 chosen directions. At the end of the dash he stalls in the air briefly then falls straight down with limited aerial drift.

It would have high endlag/landing lag, but if Bhadra makes contact with a Rail during the dash, it will be cancelled into a rail grind (maybe only after slash hitbox comes out?).

Thanks for reading!
Strudel 4 Jul, 2024 @ 7:01pm 
Peak asf
Mocha 3 Jul, 2024 @ 4:44pm 
"MIST FINNER"
Corn 29 Jun, 2024 @ 4:42am 
This is my favorite character to play
NoneYaBuissness 19 Jun, 2024 @ 9:01am 
Hes got my vote for sure!
Nikost 5 Jun, 2024 @ 7:11pm 
FURRY JOHNNY
Riah!! 26 Apr, 2024 @ 1:56am 
Also I think there's a bug that pushes him through the stage upward instead of having him hug the wall if his up B just barely wouldn't make it up. not sure though.