Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

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Briefest Brief Guide to Noland H. Pages (AKA Librarian)
By Watdahec
blah blah blah you wanna play librarian but don't know how to actually use him but want to learn how to
you came to the semi rightish place to do that
(do note that i will not keep information up to date UNLESS it involves changes to any of his mechanics so if you want any other information regarding him that isnt any of his mechanics go get the codex mod)
   
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Cane Shot/Snipe
curse you Epic for making me make this

A Special which charges up for a maximum 3 times, primarily with Cane Charge, which puts you in a Cane Charge stance which you can wait out, and uses the corresponding amount of charges to shoot that many times.
When you have 3 charges and are in Cane Charge stance, you get access to Cane Snipe, a fullscreen version of Cane Shot which usually drops combo, making for a reliable combo ender.

Other moves can also charge it up, which are Air Strike, Cane Launch, and Cane Drop.
Pages
you're pages.. page around?

TL;DR, you place pages around and teleport to it as you do an attack via using the move used to place said page down, pretty simple.

Extra information includes that:
  • Pages always carry out your momentum.

  • You leave an afterimage where you were that when hit before the opponent is hit, forces you to drop combo with a grab.

  • At certain ranges, your attacks related to the pages have a delay. (Maximum of 3 Frames.)

  • Pages are destroyed before returning to you when 130 frames pass, but can also be destroyed by enemies with a melee attack, giving them a hitcancel property for doing so, and by placing you in hitstun.

  • You can also manually destroy all pages by using Check Pages, with Check Nothing doing as it implies, only passively generating meter by a small scale.
Anyways, quick overview on all of them.

Page of Motivation
One of your quickest and best options in close ranges, and hits @ 5 Frames High.
Based off of Mikoto Ashikaga's (AKA Miko) katana. (For you RoA fans, no, this isn't Zetta.)



Page of Lunacy
A good quick moving poke, better than the weird combination of Shoes Off and Horiz. Slash that is Cane Swing, which both hit @ 6 Frames High.
Based off of Ria Aegara's (AKA Lunatic) knife.



Page of Tyranny
A terrifying, fast moving Guard Break with super armor that's suitable for mid ranges and hits @ 12 Frames High.
Based off of Cress Vuris's (AKA Tyrant) scythe.



Page of Messiah
An even more terrifying Guard Break that has no super armor and shorter range, but hits @ 7 Frames Low.
Based off of the Messiah of Destruction's (AKA Omega) energy blade. (For you RoA fans, this would be Mayu Ashikaga's katana if you have the ALT skin for OMEGA, not Librarian, he doesn't have a skin.)


Page of Authority
Close range move that has multiple hits and lasts pretty long, at the cost of hitting @ 9 Frames High.
Based off of Lan Hunn's dual pistols. (If you don't know who that is because they aren't in YOMIH, Lan Hunn is the Prime Minister of Bunland in Saiverse.)



Page of Despair
Great combo finisher that also acts as a suitable Anti-Air, though hits @ 10 Frames Low.
Based off of Fallen's odachi. (Or if you're a NEET, it would be Sephiroth's Masamune.)



Page of Absolution
Crazy long, in both a frame sense, and a range sense, hitting @ 13 Frames High, but having very long range.
Based off of Fuki Fujisaki's dual katanas. (Also a character not in YOMIH, but they ARE in RoA.)
Footnote
A toggle that, when near a page, allows you to cancel out any previous momentum to push you into the direction your DI is in an 8-way snap that cannot be slowed down or adjusted by specific DI, almost instantaneously so, at the cost of destroying that page.
This can be used at any time, though with a 3 turn cooldown.
Books
For 1 meter, you can use the super Borrowed Knowledge to give yourself certain buffs, at the cost of only being able to use one at a time.


Book of Lament Void
  • Gives meter after your combo corresponding to the amount of hits in your combo.

  • Gives two moves, Rapid Sweep and Rejection.


Book of Azure Halo
  • Boosts DI knockback and shortens Footnote cooldown to 2 turns.

  • Increases Burst meter regen.


Book of Purple Doom
  • Gives enhanced versions of Cane Swing, Undercut, and Air Strike, at the cost of not being able to place a page during it like you could with the normal versions, though you have the normal versions alongside them. (Although enhanced Air Strike is the only one where it couldn't place pages when not enhanced, cannot be used midair as it's replaced by normal Air Strike, and replaces normal Air Strike when grounded.)

  • Gives a 10% damage reduction.


Page of Crimson Flame
  • Gives Torment, a version of the normal grab that dashes forward and grabs at 5 Frames instead of 3.

  • Gives Clause, a comboable Dragon Punch.
Levels
they're installs


Book of Librarian

the point of the mask is to be an install who woulda' known (not that white man behind a green background)

Gives you the ability to place pages as a free action. (AKA always be able to place pages when not in hitstun.)


|Final Chapter|
makes you BLACK by force (initial body color becomes a page aura)

Turns pages into physical weapon.
Whenever you use a page (Either by methods of using it's attack or by using it for Footnote.), it causes whatever weapon is used to auto attack for you, only dealing damage and delays opponent actions when unblocked, and counts as an unparriable projectile.
Requirements
for cool stuff

Hidden Points
Both installs require hidden points that're given during certain states of the game, the total cost being 6 points.

State
Points Given
Point Given in Level 1
Win Neutral
3.5
2.5
Lose Neutral
2
2
Off-Burst
1.5
1.5
Burst
1
1



Furioso
A Level 3 super that deals immense damage.

Requires all seven pages to be used as an attack. (Footnoting the page does not count.)
Credits
  • InklessBrush/Lam, for creating the original character, the thumbnail art, and providing some small feedback on this guide.
  • That "Lolang" guy, I heard they owe him 2 HamHamPangPang sandwiches and a couple of Pajeons.
  • Penutbroski, for inspiring this guide. (if the title wasn't obvious enough)

now go out there and silence them with the power of black or whatever
3 Comments
Torganllama 15 Jul @ 10:23am 
cost for furioso is seemingly only 1 bar
Watdahec  [author] 7 Jul @ 10:59am 
i just noticed the images for final chapter and book of librarian just. shat themselves???
anyways, they're fixed now :marten_sip:
absolutely tutoumi 15 Jun @ 11:23am 
pretty good guide