Beginner question

[Aru]

I plan on buying this game since from the short session with it at my friends place it looks like an interesting rogue-like that looks absolutely gorgeous.
But I do have a question, which character/s should I pic first as a beginner? Which ones give that slow-mo passive after perfect dodge?

[Rinkeby Katalysatortjuv]

id say you should try playing "Es". Imho She's the best character to play and she also has that kind of slow-mo effect after dodge. Jin is good as well as he can freeze opponents

[P.Diddy's Baby Oil]

id say Es is the best starter for a new player, but most of them are fairly accessible. and you'll have them all unlocked in like 10 hrs or less i'd say. the worst chars for me have been no.11, mai and ragna (takes some understanding to not do a bunch of dmg to yourself with him, but i know he's good).

hakumen, jin and koko are all S tier imo and one of my favs noel the gunslinger is fun to bounce around on. haven't played hibiki or taokaka yet.

[Kayin]

Es or Mai are fairly easy to use and powerful.

For your second character, I suggest Jin or Hakumen. Jin use ice to slow or freeze ennemies, very useful when learning the game.
And Hakumen gameplay revolve around counter. It is slower than any other character, but I think it's a great choice to learn Bosses patterns.

Have fun!

[Aru]

I see. I will start with Es probably. I'm surprised to see that she is the one with that slowmo dodge. I played a bit as Mai and that gunslinger chick at my friend. Mai feels really intuitive that's true.

[ɦєxყáhko]

can I play this for the first time ? I've never play other blazblue games before. I find it interesting since I like metroidvania game

[Kayin]

Es doesn't have slowmo in her kit, it's Jin's specialty.
When Es dodge, she creates Crests at the dodge location to inflict more damages and speed up the SP Skill usage. (Es's SP regeneration each time your Crests do damages).

You can definitely use Es! (she's my favorite =D)
edit:
Allisee: Yes, it's a spin off, out of the Blazblue mainline. The story of Blazblue is all over the place anyway, so don't mind it.

[dunai.theukie]

Jin gives slow mo after a successful dodge

Play Es. Not only she's beautiful, but her gameplay is as cool as it comes

[BigScug A.K.A Heroic Mr. Piss]

Originally posted by Aru:

I plan on buying this game since from the short session with it at my friends place it looks like an interesting rogue-like that looks absolutely gorgeous.
But I do have a question, which character/s should I pic first as a beginner? Which ones give that slow-mo passive after perfect dodge?

jin has the slow but in the ea version i was beyond confused how his unsheathing stance worked

[Aru]

Originally posted by Allisee:

can I play this for the first time ? I've never play other blazblue games before. I find it interesting since I like metroidvania game

It's not a metroidvania. You fight mobs, try to not get hit much, gather randomized rewards on your way and beat bosses.

Originally posted by Pvt. Parts:

Originally posted by Aru:

I plan on buying this game since from the short session with it at my friends place it looks like an interesting rogue-like that looks absolutely gorgeous.
But I do have a question, which character/s should I pic first as a beginner? Which ones give that slow-mo passive after perfect dodge?

jin has the slow but in the ea version i was beyond confused how his unsheathing stance worked

I see. I will start with Es and then, as a second character I will pick up Jin since his gameplay also looked cool.

[Nocx]

Although you've already picked, I'd like to mention to beginners- Don't be afraid of Ragna. You don't have to worry about health management, he takes zero skill to use.

Just unlock the hold Y Skill and Down Y skill . The skills say they use 60% & 90% of your current health respectively (which they do), but they regenerate all your health after .

Since his damage boost when he's low on health, he'll give you big damage easily. You can one-shot bosses with him if built correctly.

[Purple Sauce]

Mai was my first and she's really simple to use. After that I would recommend haku and start learning how to block attacks. Once you can block them you will have the timing down to use invincibility frames with your other characters making the game MUCH easier.

[ɦєxყáhko]

Originally posted by Aru:

Originally posted by Allisee:

can I play this for the first time ? I've never play other blazblue games before. I find it interesting since I like metroidvania game

It's not a metroidvania. You fight mobs, try to not get hit much, gather randomized rewards on your way and beat bosses.

then why it's tagged metroidvania

[Kayin]

Originally posted by Allisee:

Originally posted by Aru:

It's not a metroidvania. You fight mobs, try to not get hit much, gather randomized rewards on your way and beat bosses.

then why it's tagged metroidvania

Because most people don't make the difference between "Roguelike" and "Metroidvania" those days. (and tags are selected by users)
To be fair, the last part of the game plays like a metroidvania, but it's fairly short.

This is a Roguelike through and through.

[Aru]

What I'm worried now is that apparently characters will be sold as DLCs? Not even as character packs but DLCs? At least that's what I understand from devs statement that if you bought the game in EA or in the current sale you will get a character for free.

That kind of monetization makes me really wary.

[BigScug A.K.A Heroic Mr. Piss]

Originally posted by Aru:

What I'm worried now is that apparently characters will be sold as DLCs? Not even as character packs but DLCs? At least that's what I understand from devs statement that if you bought the game in EA or in the current sale you will get a character for free.

That kind of monetization makes me really wary.

I hope a large portion of characters will come out for free, but characters like Susano'o and Arakune will be paid dlc