How does Nightmares Burst work?

[DJukor]

Feals like he can do it after any move while getting hit.
Esencialy makig evry hit i land backfire on me.
Is it a cancel or somting ot it it its own move.
Can i jsut bait it ot can he jsut do it after any hit i land if he has it redy.

[alandarkworld]

There are three moves that Nightmare can use to acquire night terror mode: 6AA (first hit only), 6BB (first hit only) and 6K. If you hit him during the chargeup phase of these moves (look for "revenge move" in training mode / move list), the dark wave will burst, sending him into rage mode and you flying.

Beyond that, there are two more options to go into night terror mode (aside from soul charge):

4KK has a command grab at the second move which activates night terror if it hits the opponent and they don't block it.

6AB is an unconditional dark wave burst. This is the ONLY move in Nightmares arsenal (aside from soul charge) that he can use without requiring any interaction with the opponent. Careful: 6AB is a revenge move itself, so if you hit him during chargeup, an even bigger explosion will occur.

In general, the way to beat Nightmare is to:
- respect his options: let him strike first, then counter.
- do NOT spam attacks. You will be punished.
- stay in his face as much as possible. Do not let him out-range you.
- attack his feet, he's very VERY vulnerable on the ground
- use launchers. He has extremely poor air control and can be juggled like crazy.

[klimat13]

Originally posted by alandarkworld:

Beyond that, there are two more options to go into night terror mode (aside from soul charge):

4KK has a command grab at the second move which activates night terror if it hits the opponent and they don't block it.

6AB is an unconditional dark wave burst. This is the ONLY move in Nightmares arsenal (aside from soul charge) that he can use without requiring any interaction with the opponent. Careful: 6AB is a revenge move itself, so if you hit him during chargeup, an even bigger explosion will occur.

You are missing 2AB on a lying opponent and a successful K during Reversal Edge rock paper scissor mini-game.