Boring Moves Detection (BMD) is the internal name for the anti-infinite system. Many people find it problematic, and that's understandable. There wasn't much explanation other than pure gameplay. The intent was to stop you from cheesing the game so easily through stunlock or basic juggles. They did a good job finding a middle ground trying to balance this. Once you realize how to work around this, you'll learn a lot about the game's balance yourself.

There are three things the game looks at as they record your string of attacks:

• How many times you've hit with the same attack in a row
  
• The last three different attacks used
  
• If a repeated pattern of three exists within the last seven hits.

Before I start getting into this, let me explain something important first. I'm using letters to label each different attack in a sequence. If your character jabs twice in a row before going into their next attack, it's AAB.

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AAA- Three hits in a row is never welcome. Characters that can't follow up with the same button after jabbing twice may notice this most. Multi-hit moves count as one move, by the way.


AABAAB- Repeating the same three-hit combo twice triggers a break. A pattern of three is being repeated twice.


ABCAABC- Seven hits using three attacks. The game allows a one-attack buffer as it tries to detect a pattern, thus the seven-hit rule.

There are two ways to do this: You need to use more than three attacks or use a string that doesn't repeat a pattern of three within seven hits. This is a lot easier than it sounds.

The game rotates the tracking list when you use four or more unique attacks (ABCDABCD). When you chain ABCD, the game looks for BCDBCD. By the time you hit A again, it looks for CDACDA.

You can mix up your combo as to not trigger a break. Using the seven-hit rule to your advantage, you can create a string that doesn't have a pattern the game discerns as lame. Such combinations include AABAAC (pictured), ABBACC, ABBAAC, AABACC, ABCAAB, AABABC. If you want to change up your patterns, remember the seven-hit rule well.

This is a miscellaneous section but it's still worth looking at

Everything resets after 3-4 seconds if you don't hit anybody. The best way to tell is when your combo counter disappears in most cases. Exceptions are below.

Blocked attacks still count as part of a string. You can block a jab twice, and let go of your guard to trigger a break on the third hit. It's understandable why this happens, but you could safely retaliate without worry in theory.


Even if you trigger a break, the game still keeps track of your string to prevent any more patterns. Here is Provie repeating her KKKP combo. In our little pattern logic, it's AABC. Three breaks are present here. With each bold as a break spot, it goes AABCAABCAABCA. You should see the three patterns: AABAAB, CAACAA, and BCABCA.


The OG characters do NOT need to worry about patterns. This might have been a recent update. They still need to worry about spamming attacks, however.

I need to thank the people that were crying about this. Without them I never would have spent that extra bit of time to finally figure out how this worked. I was stumped on how juggles worked for a while. I hope it has helped.