Charge ahead in a forward-leaning stance. Other moves can be executed out of Avenger by pressing a button during its animation.
派生・强度差异
| 技能 | 发生 | 命中 | 防御 | 伤害 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenger | — | — | — | 0 |
| OD Avenger | — | — | — | 0 |
Evaluation
Not a neutral tool — this is a setup-driven oki mixup after a knockdown.
The structure is clean: P followup is a high knockdown, K followup is an overhead knockdown. On hit, you can follow with 214214P for big damage.
Raw versions are heavily minus and punishable; the OD versions improve to -6 (No Chaser) and -3 (Impaler), making them much harder to punish. The trade-off is whether spending 2 Drive bars on oki is worth it.
How to Use
Setup oki
The main use is mixing No Chaser (high) vs. Impaler (overhead) on opponent wakeup.
- After a Light P / Light K oki line, use Avenger for spacing → mix.
- Impaler hit converts into 214214P for high damage.
OD Avenger
- Armor on the rush: tanks one strike.
- Followup block frames are much better than the raw version:
- OD No Chaser -6F: hard to punish at range.
- OD Impaler -3F: essentially no punish.
How to Counter
Punishes
The raw Avenger followups are punishable on block.
- No Chaser -16F: 5MP-starter combo for big damage.
- Impaler -22F: 5HP-starter max punish. It's an overhead, so block standing.
OD Avenger followups have very small punish windows:
- OD No Chaser -6F: only fast 4F starters can punish, otherwise no.
- OD Impaler -3F: basically no punish; what comes next is the abare yomi.
Defending the mix
Impaler is an overhead, so the default is "block standing" until you confirm a low. Impaler is 13F startup (around 20F if you count the armor frames), giving you a surprising amount of reaction time on wakeup.
No Chaser is a high, blockable crouching. You can also stuff the meaty with stand-tech option-selects.
- Default: block standing on wakeup, switch to crouch if you read a low.
- At range: crouch-block on No Chaser read (Impaler has shorter reach than No Chaser).
- After blocking both: Luke usually goes for throw — backdash / invul / tech yomi.
Beating OD Avenger armor
- Multi-hits break it: armor only soaks one hit, so chained moves cleanly punish.
- Throw: armor doesn't block throws.
- Just block: the followups (-6 / -3 OD) are barely punishable, but if you blocked, Luke's pressure ends.
You almost never see raw OD Avenger at neutral, so this isn't a high-priority concern.
Judge by Drive Gauge
When Avenger comes in after a knockdown, the strength is hard to read visually.
- Raw Avenger → followup is punishable on block.
- OD Avenger → followup is essentially safe.
Read his Drive Gauge — if he's out of OD bars, it's the raw version, and you should commit to the punish.