Tengu Cross

Cross (BN6)
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TenguCross Portrait.png TenguCross Emotion.png Tengu Cross
DescriptionWindChip Atk+10!AirShsOn! [B]+Left:SuckIn
ElementElement 6 Wind.png Wind
WeaknessElement 6 Sword.png Sword
Charge shot

TenguCross. Master of Wind. Deadly. Beautiful.
— Master Feng-Tian

Tengu Cross

Tengu Cross is the third Cross linked in Falzar using the power of TenguMan. As a Element 6 Wind.png Wind element Cross, Tengu Cross can drag opponents across the field with their charge shot and B+Left ability.

While in Tengu Cross:

  • MegaMan is weak to Element 6 Sword.png Sword attacks.
  • Non-screen dimming Element 6 Wind.png Wind chips gain +10 damage.
  • Megaman gains a B+Left ability to produce Chip Icon 6 Standard 135.png Fan gusts in each row simultaneously from the opponent's back column

Tengu Racket: A 3 panel wide 1 panel deep attack that drags(Big Push) the enemy or object it hits away, dealing Wind element, Flinching damage.

Tengu Racket also produces invisible Chip Icon 6 Standard 134.png Wind gusts in each row, starting from the column in front of the player.

Attack Formula (20 × Attack level + 40)
Attack Level 1 2 3 4 5
Damage 60 80 100 120 140

Notes

  • The AirShoes provided by Tengu Cross cannot be removed by uninstall
  • Tengu racket does not cause Flashing, unlike most charge shots.
  • Since Tengu Racket applies Big Pull drag if it hits, it is the only charge shot that disrupts an opponent's buster or chip charge (TODO: Confirm if chip charge is disrupted)
  • Tengu Cross is equipped with AirShoes, but not FlotShoe, meaning that while Tengu Cross can step over hole and broken panels, it will still slide on ice panels, lose HP from poison panels, be pushed by conveyor panels, and turn cracked panels into broken panels by stepping off them

Frame Data

  • The charge shot is active on frame 10 and lasts for a total of 28 frames.
  • TODO What is the frame data of the wind produced by the fan (not the drag caused by the attack)
Charge Speeds (f)
Charge Level 1 2 3 4 5
Charge Speed 100 90 80 75 70
Startup Active Recovery
1-9 10 11-28

Competitive Overview

Tengu Cross provides valuable utility in its ability to remove Chip Icon 6 Standard 184.png LifeAur or other barrier chips through its B+Left ability and Tengu Racket. Because of this, Falzar players can often afford to run fewer Element 6 Wind.png Wind chips than players running Gregar.

Access to AirShoes allows Tengu Cross to avoid being trapped or obstructed by broken panels or hole panels and lets Tengu Cross take advantage of chips such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 169.png Geddon. Falzar also provides AirShoes, but Tengu Cross can be used even if the player already used all their Beast Out turns, or if the player intends to save their Beast Out for later.

Tengu Racket has the shortest range of all charge shots, but because it does not cause Flashing, it can achieve the highest damage per second of any charge shot. The drag it applies to an opponent it hits also disrupts their charge, limiting the opponent's ability to retaliate.

Setting up a scenario to take advantage of Tengu Racket's high damage potential requires either establishing strong area control through Chip Icon 6 Standard 165.png AreaGrab or Chip Icon 6 Standard 164.png PanlGrab, or by trapping an opponent in their front column through chips that create broken panels, such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 169.png Geddon or Chip Icon 6 Standard 136.png Magnum.

The +10 increase to the player's Element 6 Wind.png Wind chips provides a large damage boost multihit wind chips such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 053.png Tornado and Chip Icon 6 Standard 054.png Static.

Chip Icon 6 Standard 190.png AntiSwrd specifically protects against Element 6 Sword.png Sword attacks, which prevents Tengu Cross from being decrossed.

Both Tengu Racket and Tengu Cross's B+Left ability cause drag, which can increase the HP Bug of opponents with a Damage HP Bug.

CounterPlay

Both Tomahawk Cross and Slash Cross possess Element 6 Sword.png Sword element charge shots that outrange Tengu Racket and are difficult to avoid if they have area advantage.

Chip Icon 6 Standard 189.png AntiDmg is a very common chip that deals sword damage, but it can be avoided if Tengu isn't stuck in place by status or an attack's recovery frames. Chip Icon 6 Standard 190.png AntiSwrd is another relatively common defensive chip that deals sword damage and can be easily triggered by being hit by an opponent's Anti Damage.

Tengu Cross takes x2 damage from Element 6 Sword.png Sword chips, including high damage chips such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 084.png Muramasa, Chip Icon 6 Standard 082.png NeoVari, , and Chip Icon 6 Giga 003 Gregar.png DeltaRay. However, a player using Tengu Cross can avoid taking damage by positioning out of the chips' range or by putting up Chip Icon 6 Standard 190.png AntiSwrd.

Tengu Racket has a very short range. Preventing Tengu Cross from holding an area advantage or trapping their opponent with broken panels is key in denying Tengu Racket. Chips such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 165.png AreaGrab, Chip Icon 6 Standard 166.png GrabBnsh, and Chip Icon 6 Standard 167.png GrabRvng can prevent area loss, while Chip Icon 6 Standard 168.png PnlRetrn and Chip Icon 6 Standard 171.png Snctuary restore broken panels.

An opponent can avoid the wind from Tengu Cross' B+Left ability by standing in front of an object and can avoid the wind produced by Tengu Racket by standing behind an object.


Tengu Beast

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TenguCross Portrait.png TenguBeast Emotion.png Tengu Beast
ElementElement 6 Wind.png Wind
WeaknessElement 6 Sword.png Sword
Chip charge

Using the power of Falzar, Tengu Cross is able to Transform into Tengu Beast.

Tengu Beast gains:

Tengu Beast is weak to Element 6 Sword.png Sword attacks.

While in Tengu Beast:

  • Non-screen dimming Element 6 Wind.png Wind chips gain +10 damage.
  • Megaman gains a B+Left ability to produce Chip Icon 6 Standard 135.png Fan gusts in each row simultaneously from the opponent's back column
  • File:Element 6 Null.png Null chips can be Beast Charged to execute Tengu Storm dealing Flinching Wind Element damage.

Tengu Storm unleashes a Wind breath attack that hits once one panel ahead, twice two panels ahead, and three times in a 1x3 area three panels ahead.

Notes

  • Because Beast Out replaces the Mega Buster with the Falzar Beast Buster, the timing to perform Tengu Cross's B+Left ability is stricter. For the input to register, the player must input both B and Left on the same frame.

Frame Data

  • The Beast Charge takes 60 frames to fully charge and is not impacted by Charge value.
  • Tengu Storm has a X? frame windup. (TODO Determine frame data)
Attack Formula (20 × Attack level + 30)
Attack Level 1 2 3 4 5
Damage 50 70 90 110 130
Startup Active Recovery
? ? ?

Competitive Overview

Tengu Storm has decent range and can hit the opponent's back column assuming the opponent does not have an area advantage. It is a reasonably safe method of decrossing Erase Cross

Tengu Storm is Falzar's highest damaging beast chip charge, but only if the opponent is hit the maximum three times. It can be made easier to land by establishing area control with chips such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 165.png AreaGrab or trapping the opponent with broken panels with chips like Chip Icon 6 Standard 169.png Geddon.

Similar to Tengu Cross, Tengu Beast's B+Left ability can remove an opponent's aura.

Falzar's Beast Jump makes it easier to land multihit wind chips such as Chip Icon 6 Standard 053.png Tornado and Chip Icon 6 Standard 054.png Static that benefit from Tengu Beast's +10 damage boost to Element 6 Wind.png Wind attacks.

Counter Play

An opponent can completely dodge Tengu Storm by establishing area advantage with Chip Icon 6 Standard 165.png AreaGrab and staying in their back column.

Tengu Storm doesn't cover the exact same range as similar beast breath attacks, such as Great Fire or Big Thunder, and an opponent can potentially dodge it even with slight area disadvantage. Even if an opponent is hit by Tengu Storm, they can still move to avoid taking further hits.

Tengu Storm has a long cooldown, and leaves Tengu Beast open to being decrossed by Chip Icon 6 Standard 189.png AntiDmg.