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Allen Walker FAQ version 1.0
Written by Alastor the Stylish (
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| I. Table of Contents | [TAB]
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Use your browser's find feature - normally mapped to Ctrl+F - to jump to the
section you want to go to by searching for the short code to the right of the
section, brackets included.
I. Table of Contents [TAB]
II. Version History [VER]
III. Getting Started [GET]
IV. Battle Koma Basic Moveset [MOV]
a. Basic Moveset [MO1]
b. Cancelling Moves (Comboing) [MO2]
V. Allen's Support Koma & Battle Koma Special Attacks [KOM]
VI. Allen's Play Style [APS]
a. Capitalizing on Strengths [AP1]
b. Protecting Weaknesses [AP2]
VII. Supporting Allen [SUP]
VIII. Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]
IX. Credits [CRE]
a. Credits [CR1]
b. Copyright Information [CR2]
c. Special Thanks [CR3]
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| II. Version History | [VER]
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Version 1.0 (04-15-06)
Wrote through IX, fixed miscellaneous errors throughout the FAQ, revised a few
sections.
Version 0.6 (04-14-06)
Wrote through part VI.
Version 0.5 (04-12-06)
.. Painstakingly crafted Part IV...
Version 0.3 (04-11-06)
Began work on the FAQ. Wrote through part III.
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| III. Getting Started | [GET]
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Welcome to my FAQ on Allen Walker. I decided to write this because no Allen
FAQs existed at the time, and because he's an interesting character very much
worthy of having a FAQ written about him. I wouldn't really say he's one of the
best in the game, but he's easy to work with and have several things going for
him. Characters like Allen are the kind I like to play most in fighting games;
that is, those with at least acceptable speed and power in close combat,
supported by very nice ranged techniques.
The character of Allen Walker is the main lead of D.Gray-Man, a relatively new
series which began serialization in 2004. Allen is an exorcist who uses his
fights the Millenium Earl and his akuma with the anti-akuma weapon in his left
arm.
Like my Yugi FAQ, this FAQ assumes you rather know what you're doing. While
try to explain some of the more complex things, it is assumed that you already
have most or all of the koma in the game and have a fair bit of knowledge and
experience with the game mechanics. Allen is a knowledge character, so he is
weak to power characters and strong against laughter characters. He has one of
the few tag attacks in the game that is actually worth using, and he has what
are more or less the best set of normal projectiles in the game. With that
said, let's move on to the main of the FAQ.
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| IV. Battle Koma |
| Basic Moveset | [MOV]
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Notation:
B = Weak Attack
Y = Strong Attack
X = Special Attack
F = Hold forward during attack
U = Hold up
G = Guard attack
FF = Double tap forward
A = Air attack
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Sample move:
Button or button plus direction used to trigger the attack: Attack name
Attack description
Attack range: General length of the attack; how far away from Allen the attack
can hit from
Notes: Any interesting information about the attack, or effects the attack has
other than damage
Damage: How much damage the attack inflicts
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The system of distance measurement I use is in character lengths, using Allen's
length as a guide. One character length from Allen means it would hit a
character standing where Allen would be if he walked forward by his own length.
Basically, it would hit right in front of Allen. Two character lengths means
the move will hit if there's room for another Allen between Allen and the
opponent, etc.
I'm looking to find frame information on all the moves. However, my attempts to
collect this information have been futile and inaccurate, as a result of the
inconsistency in animation present throughout the game. If anyone would be
willing to help with this, I would be most appreciative.
Since Allen is a Knowledge character, multiply the damage by 1.5 when facing a
Laughter character (when facing a Knowledge character in the case of his UX
specials, as those are Power, not Knowledge).
--~~== Basic Moveset ==~~-- [MO1]
B: Claw Swipe
Allen makes a quick swipe with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: About one and a quarter character lengths
Notes: None.
Damage: 3
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FB: Claw Gouge
Allen steps forward a bit and gouges with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: About two character lengths; steps forward an additional
character length
Notes: None.
Damage: 3
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UB: Claw Upper
Allen claws the air above him with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: Directly in front of Allen, or touching him.
Hits characters on platforms just above Allen.
Notes: Knocks down, knocks the opponent a short bit into the air. It's possible
to get it to hit twice, but the space appears to be only a pixel wide and is
well into touching the opponent and seems to only work on certain characters.
In short, it's amazingly impractical and not worth trying.
Damage: 3
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FFB: Claw Dash (Weak)
Allen dashes forward a short bit and gouges with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: About two character lengths; dashes forward an additional two
character lengths
Notes: Knocks down.
Damage: 8
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AB: Claw Spike
Allen punches down in front of him with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: About one and a half character lengths
Notes: Counts as a jump.
Damage: 4
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GB: Cross Grave (Weak)
Allen punches the ground with his arm in claw form, generating a yellow
shockwave in front of him.
Attack range: About two and a half character lengths
Notes: Knocks down, guard breaks. If used when the opponent is about two
character lengths from Allen, it hits twice.
Damage: 8 per hit, up to 2 hits
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Y: Slash
Allen makes a quick slash in front of him with his arm in sword form.
Attack range: About one and a half character lengths.
Hits characters on platforms just above Allen.
Notes: Knocks the opponent a short bit into the air.
Damage: 11
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FY: Straight Gun
Allen shoots directly ahead of him with his arm in gun form.
Attack range: About six and a half character lengths.
Notes: Can be charged to fire twice in succession.
Damage: 11 per hit, up to 2 hits
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UY: Upper Gun
Allen shoots diagonally upward with his arm in gun form.
Attack range: About 4 and a half character lengths forward; moves up as well
as forward
Notes: Can be charged to fire twice in succession; knocks opponent a fair bit
into the air with each hit.
Damage: 11 per hit, up to 2 hits
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FFY: Claw Dash (Strong)
Allen dashes forward and gouges with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: About two character lengths; dashes forward an additional three
character lengths before it hits
Notes: Knocks down. When hitting an opponent from about four and a half
character lengths away - if both allen and the opponent were motionless, the
opponent would just protrude into Allen's screen, assuming no vision
modifications - it will hit twice.
Damage: 11 per hit, up to 2 hits
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AY: Lower Gun
Allen shoots diagonally downward with his arm in gun form.
Attack range: About 4 and a half character lengths forward; moves down as well
as forward
Notes: Can be charged to fire twice in succession; comes out faster than the
other gun moves when uncharged. Allen slowly moves backwardsin the air until it
fires, though he doesn't move vertically. Counts as a jump.
Damage: 11 per hit, up to 2 hits.
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GY: Cross Grave (Strong)
Allen punches the ground with his arm in claw form, generating a yellow
shockwave in front of him.
Attack range: About two and a half character lengths
Notes: Knocks down, guard breaks. If used when the opponent is about two
character lengths from Allen, it hits twice.
Damage: 11 per hit, up to 2 hits
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Dream Combo (Tap Allen icon on touch screen): Claw Step
Allen steps forward and gouges with his arm in claw form.
Attack range: About two character lengths; dashes forward an additional one
and a half character lengths before it hits
Notes: Allen's Dream Combo move.
Damage: 10
--~~== Cancelling Moves (Comboing) ==~~-- [MO2]
Cancelling moves follows a simple game mechanic - if you use certain moves
during the animation of other moves, after the first damaging frame the move
will stop and you will immediately begin performing the next move without any
delay. The notation I'm using for cancelled moves is the initial move followed
by the move it cancels into. For instance, B FB is B cancelled into FB.
Comboing uses move cancelling in order to immediately jump to a move before the
opponent has a chance to guard. A combo is any string of attacks that the
opponent cannot block or dodge once the first attack hits. Not all strings of
attacks that come from cancelling moves are always combos, however. Some take
careful positioning to work because the at first point they can hit it is too
early for the next attack to be guaranteed, such as is the case with Allen's FY
FFY. Others can be cancelled but the second and subsequent hits can always be
blocked, as is the case with his B FFY.
In this part of the movelist, moves which cancel into other moves are listed,
and if they are a combo the maximum damage they can do is also listed. Multiple
chains are listed when they combo with each other up to a point, though I don't
list chains that continue after they stop comboing.
Because you cannot block in the air, if cancel chains that normally don't combo
are fast enough if the last comboing hit knocks the opponent off an edge then
they can combo. However, I don't make any special note of these cancel chains.
Further chains can be made using support characters, but it would be very, very
impractical to list them all, so I'm not listing any.
As a general rule, all of Allen's moves except the dashing moves, aerial moves,
and guard moves cancel into special moves. However, they only ever combo into
the 4-Koma UX (abbreviated 4UX from this point on), so for convenience' sake
that's the only one I'll list here.
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B FB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 6
B FB FFB - Not a Combo
B FB Y - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 17
B FB Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B FB Y FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 28
B FB Y FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 36
B FB Y FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 39 normally; 50 if FFY hits twice
B FB Y FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 58
B FB Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 28
B FB Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
B FB Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
B FB Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 28
B FB Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 47
B FB FY - Not a Combo
B FB Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 28
B FB Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
B FB Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
B FB FFY - Not a Combo
B FB UY - Not a Combo
B FB 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 36
B UB - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 6
B UB FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
B UB Y - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 17
B UB Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B UB Y FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 28
B UB Y FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 36
B UB Y FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 39 normally; 50 if FFY hits twice
B UB Y FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 58
B UB Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 28
B UB Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
B UB Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
B UB Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 28
B UB Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 47
B UB FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 17
B UB FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 28
B UB UY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B UB UY FFB - Not a Combo
B UB UY FFY - Not a Combo
B UB FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 17
B UB 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
B UY - Not a Combo
B FFB - Not a Combo
B Y - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
B Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B Y FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B Y FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
B Y FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 36 normally; 47 if FFY hits twice
B Y FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 55
B Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 25
B Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
B Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
B Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 44
B FY - Not a Combo
B FFY - Not a Combo
B 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
B FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 11
B Y - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
B Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22
B Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 25
B Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
B Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
B Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
B Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 44
B FY - Not a Combo
B FFY - Not a Combo
B 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
FB FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 11
FB Y - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
FB Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22
FB Y FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
FB Y FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
FB Y FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 36 normally; 47 if FFY hits twice
FB Y FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 55
FB Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 25
FB Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
FB Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
FB Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
FB Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 44
FB FY - Not a Combo
FB FFY - Not a Combo
FB 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
UB FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 13
UB Y - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
UB Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22
UB Y FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
UB Y FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
UB Y FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 36 normally; 47 if FFY hits twice
UB Y FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 55
UB Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
UB Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
UB Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
UB Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
UB Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 44
UB FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
UB FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 25
UB UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 14
UB UY FFB - Not a Combo
UB UY FFY - Not a Combo
UB FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 14
UB 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 30
Y FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 19
Y FY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22
Y FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33
Y FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 33 normally; 44 if FFY hits twice
Y FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 52
Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None
Damage: 22
Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
Y FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22
Y UY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22
Y UY FFB - Not a Combo
Y UY FFY - Not a Combo
Y 4UX - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 41
FY FFB - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 19
FY FFY - Combo
Requirement: None.
Damage: 22 normally; 33 if FFY hits twice
FY 4UX - Combo
Requirement: Must be close enough to a wall that the FY doesn't knock them too
far for the 4UX to hit.
Damage: 41
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| V. Allen's Support Koma & |
| Battle Koma Special Attacks | [KOM]
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1-Koma (Help)
Extends range of vision for 8 seconds
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2-Koma (Support): Jump Attack
Summons a support Allen to leap forward and slash down with arm in sword form.
Attack range: Leaps forward two character lengths from initial summoned
position, or until hitting an edge or wall, then attacks one character length
away.
Hits characters in air and on platforms directly above; will not hit characters
directly in front if a platform is in the way of the fall.
Notes: Successful hit prevents opponent from blocking for 9 seconds
Damage: 24
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3-Koma (Support): Jump Attack
Summons a support Allen to leap forward and blast diagonally down three times
with arm in gun form.
Attack range: Leaps forward two character lengths from initial summoned
position, or until hitting an edge or wall, then fires blasts which travel four
character lengths forward, which travel down at the same rate they travel
forward.
Notes: Hits three times against characters against walls.
Damage: 9 per hit, up to 3 hits
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4-Koma (Battle) X: Cross Grave Special (Weak)
Allen punches the ground with his arm in claw form, generating a blue shockwave
in front of him.
Attack range: About two and a half character lengths
Notes: Guard breaks, knocks opponent high into the air. Hits twice when
opponent is stuck under a wall.
Damage: 20 per hit, up to 2 hits
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4-Koma (Battle) UX: Summon Linali
Allen summons Linali to deliver a spinning attack with her Dark Boots.
Attack range: Up to five character lengths away (two character lengths away at
start for full damage); Linali won't travel past an edge.
Hits characters on platforms directly above Allen.
Notes: The sixth and seven hits hit sporadically and are only guaranteed
against opponents stuck against walls or on platforms directly above Allen.
Final hit knocks opponents down through the floor and far forward.
Damage: 8 hits; 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 12 (Up to 30)
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5-Koma (Battle) X: Cross Grave Special (Strong)
Allen punches the ground with his arm in claw form, generating a red shockwave
in front of him.
Attack range: About four character lengths ahead, one and a half character
lengths behind
Notes: Guard breaks, knocks opponent high into the air. Hits twice when
opponent is stuck under a wall and is within two and a quarter character
lengths from Allen, roughly three and a half character lengths from Allen,
roughly two character lengths behind Allen, or roughly one and a fifth
character lengths behind Allen.
Damage: 30 per hit, up to 2 hits
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5-Koma (Battle) UX: Summon Khanda
Allen summons Khanda to deliver a phantasmal attack with his Mugen sword.
Attack range: Up to four character lengths away (Up to three character lengths
away at start for full damage)
Hits characters on platforms directly above Allen.
Notes: Final hit knocks opponents far forward.
Damage: 3 damage first 6 hits, 10 damage 7th hit (up to 28 damage)
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| VI. Allen's Play Style | [APS]
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--~~== Capitalizing on Strengths ==~~-- [AP1]
Allen's primary strength is his versatility; he plays well in a very wide range
of situations. His attacks have some decent range on them, and he has a
fantastic moveset. His weak attacks all flow smoothly, and his strong attacks
combo quite well for absurd damage in close quarters. His guard attacks deal
the highest damage of all of them. He has excellent projectiles in his FY, UY,
and AY. He's extremely good at ring outs, as he has several attacks which knock
the opponent back a fair ways and a combo that knocks the opponent back an
incredible length.
The primary tool in Allen's arsenal is his most basic combo, B FB Y FY FFY.
When started from about 1.9 character lengths from the opponent, it does a
rather astonishing 50 damage and will knock an opponent from dead center in the
arena to a collision with the outer wall, assuming it's even there. A bit
closer and it stops working, but B UB Y FY FFY, which does the same damage,
begins working just a bit after that. If the opponent is much farther from
Allen than the range at which his combos hit, the opponent can't often
effectively hit Allen, who still has his quite good gun form projectiles for
pressure. In particular, his AY is pretty much the best move of its type that
the game has. It comes off quite quickly, knocks the opponent back, and can
be used quickly for good disruption... And serves as a weak, delayed triple
jump, as well. Other moves are worth using, too, of course. His FFY does great
damage as a rush move if you space it right, and his UB is decent defense
against attacks from above.
Overall, Allen is an unusually aggressive character relative to his range. The
key to playing him well lies in the balance between long-range support and
short-range damage. Opponents can't effectively get close to Allen, as a result
of his above-average range and fantastic combos. And yet, fighting him at a
distance is difficult as well, because of his gun form attacks. Thus, if you
pressure the opponent well, it is easy to overwhelm them.
--~~== Protecting Weaknesses ==~~-- [YP2]
Unfortunately, Allen suffers from a relative lack of mobility. While far from
the slowest character in the game, he's just not very fast, and lacks a real
way to get around quickly. Another good character with the same basic problem,
Yugi, at least has a triple jump to aide vertical mobility, but Allen has no
such luck. Thus, if the enemy begins to pressure Allen, he lacks a good escape
route, which can be devastating when facing some of the more mobile characters.
The only real solution is to play very effectively and reduce the chances of
getting into a compromising situation. However...
Compounding the mobility problem is the fact that Allen doesn't really have any
safe moves to combo into. He's forced to play a dangerous game, as should his
moves whiff, he becomes vulnerable lacking a way around this. Because Allen can
be reversed more easily than some of the other good characters, he needs to
devote a fair amount of his deck to countering his weaknesses, which other
characters may use for accentuating strengths and furthering combo potential
with effective support. Through the deck, his weaknesses can be protected, but
it will cost him efficiency.
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| VII. Supporting Allen | [SUP]
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Naturally, Allen's weaknesses do keep him from being a greatly effective
character on his own, and thus he needs support in order to do well. A second
battle koma is greatly needed. My recommendations are either Kazuki Mutou (from
Busou Renkin), Yugi Mutou (from Yu-Gi-Oh!), Eve (from Black Cat), and Sanji
(from One Piece). Kazuki is a great compliment to Allen, providing much needed
mobility as well as a more offensive spin to Allen's aggressive but tactical
style. Yugi benefits from some of the same support Allen does, and though he's
a bit slower than Allen, his triple jump and ranged moveset with a lot of safe
combos provide some defense from opposing pressure. Sanji's quite mobile and
has a good moveset in general, and his 4-koma's up X special provides a massive
power boost with the right deck construction, which Allen can make use of as
well. (See another FAQ for good advice on using Sanji.) Eve is slower than
Allen, but like Yugi has some good range (if not quite AS good as him) and has
a triple jump, and has a few unique tricks. If bound to Allen with the
exertion, friendship, and victory koma, they gain the following very nice tag
attack:
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Tag Attack: Gun Form Wing
Allen readies shots with his arm in gun form as Eve supports him with feather
shots from her wings.
Attack range: Upper and lower feather shots, six and a half character lengths
forward; mid-upper and mid-lower feather shots, seven character lengths
forward; gun form shots, eight character lengths forward; final gun burst, nine
character lengths forward.
Notes: Tag attack between Allen Walker and Eve. Final hit knocks down.
Damage: 1-2 per feather hit, 3-4 per gun hit, 15 for final gun burst
(realistically, up to around 60 damage)
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You're more than likely going to be wanting healing koma and status
recovery koma, and a koma to increase your vision range is going to be very
nice, so you can accurately hit opponents with your gun forms from farther
away than they can even see you from. A stealth koma and possibly a speed koma
will also be useful for both offense and defense. Supportwise, though, there
are several different routes you can go. There are really too many fast attack
supports you can combo with to list, and you can go a more tactical style with
anything to inflict status effects on the opponent. My favorites are vision
reduction and paralysis. Outside of that, there's really no limit to what you
can do, and I encourage you to use whatever fits your playstyle.
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| VIII. FAQ: Frequently |
| Asked Questions | [FAQ]
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Q: Where do I get Allen's koma?
A: Most D.Gray-Man koma are found in Battleground 1-6. The ones that aren't are
Allen's 5-Koma and 2-Koma, which are both found in Battleground 3-4. For more
complete information, you should consult a different FAQ.
Q: "Counts as a jump?"
A: Allen has the standard two jumps. If you jump, and then you use his AY or AB
move, he can't jump again. He CAN use another AY or AB move, though, and he can
double jump and then use an AY or AB move... But only that many. And if you
switch to a character with a triple jump in mid-air after performing the
equivalent of three jumps, they can't use their third jump. Everyone's aerial
moves work this way, just as everyone's guard attacks knocks the opponent down
and guard break.
Q: Can't you give more specific advice on playing Allen? There's a lot of "do
what you want with this as a general guide" feelings in there.
A: Well, I really could go into very specific detail on how I play Allen. But,
most people do not play in the same way, and the more specific I get, the less
helpful I'm going to be, as tactics I'm good as probably aren't going to be the
same as tactics you'll get proficient at. I do my best to provide some good
advice and detail in that advice, but it's never going to be perfectly
detailed, and it shouldn't be, either.
Q: I noticed an error in your FAQ and, being a greedy, greedy person, want to
tell you what it is to get credit. Perhaps you made a glaringly obvious typo or
set of typos, or perhaps I have responded to your call to accurately record the
frame data. Perhaps it's a problem completely unrelated to these. You WILL give
me credit for helping, won't you?
A: Yes. Yes I will.
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| IX. Credits | [CRE]
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--~~== Credits ==~~-- [CR1]
Alastor the Stylish (That's me)
- For writing all this stuff.
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- For helping with D.Gray-Man lore, and giving miscellaneous support
throughout the FAQ writing process.
Anyone else
- Who corrects me on anything, or who assembles accurate frame information.
-~~== Copyright Information ==~~-- [CR2]
This guide is Copyright 2006 Michael Stark. This guide may be not be reproduced
under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed
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it is found anywhere else, contact me at
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Shonen Jump and all related characters are Copyright of Shueisha Publishing and
all of its authors. Game Copyright Ganbarion & Nintendo, Co. Ltd. 2005.
D.Gray-Man Copyright Katsura Hoshino 2004.
--~~== Special Thanks ==~~-- [CR3]
All of GameFAQs staff
- For hosting this guide, as well as generally being awesome people.
Nintendo
- For producing and publishing many, fine games, including publishing this
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Ganbarion
- For designing this game.
Genroh
- For writing an excellent walkthrough and guide for this game, without which
I never would have gotten anywhere in this game.
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- For being rather helpful with the D.Gray-Man lore, and for being amazingly
supportive throughout all my ridiculous, ridiculous ranting. I'm sure he must
hate me by now.
