DARKSTALKERS III
VAMPIRE SAVIOR
LORD OF THE VAMPIRE (<--- Grammatical error here)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS or rather, a crappy text. :P
ITs.. it..s ITS.. ITSs... iTsS.. HERE!!!!!
Oh crap! Oh heavens! By golly!! It's FINALLY HERE!
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VAMPIRE SAVIOR
UNOFFICIAL FAQ Version 2.0 By AKIRA FU, Singapore (Paul Fu)
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This article is not endorsed, sponsored or promoted by CapCom Entertainment.
So, please don't sue me. All characters are trademarks of Capcom or their
respective companies. I'm trying to promote this sleeper but extremely cool
game to members of the general public. Nice work, Capcom! *applaud*
Observations on Vampire Savior:
Darkstalkers III is not here to stay in Singapore. The 'dissapearing' of the
DS3 game at Tiong Bahru means actually something. I discovered at Parklane
(when a controller was spoilt) from a technician that this game is due to
return to Japan in days. It is only a 'trial' in Singapore. Let's all hope
this great game would be released officially in Singapore soon.
Emerald and Cathay Funlands got DS3 a while after the game was removed from
other arcades. It seems that it is there for keeps.. I hope. There is a
slight difference between the two versions. Button-pressing EXes have
changed in their commands and chains have reduced damage. Some EXes have been
removed.
Rumours:
Rumours has it that a secret character exists. Intelligence claim this
'secret character' to be a cross between Demitri and Donovan Baine.
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CONTENTS:
-=AAA=- New Features
-=BBB=- Basic Gameplay
-=CCC=- Moves List
-=DDD=- Character Analysis
-=CHRONOLINE=- Orderly time listing of progress in FAQ.
-=About the Author=-
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-=AAA=- NEW FEATURES:
1) Triple level health bar (As I expected)
The health bar is one helluva breakthrough. Its a combination of SF,
XmenvsSFand the DS2 bar together. The health bar composes of 3 colours.
Green, Red and White. The Green part is of course, the life you left.
Whenever your character gets comboed, a chunk of Red appears, followed by
a White portion beside the Red. The Red is permanent damage, while the White
damage would heal in time. Blocking attacks and pouncing further increases
the White portion. Blocking normal attacks lengthen the time needed to recover.
K.O. ensues when either the Red or White touches the end of the bar.
2) Continous round system
This is no SF clone. The when someone wins, let's say Demitri(who else?!)
over Hsien-Ko(hahah), the life Demitri has left is carried over to the next
round. There are 3 'rounds' signified by bats per character and after the
bats are used up the poor soul dies. Once one life bar(round) is used up, one
bat dissapears and the loser immediately gets up for pre-battle positioning.
Time left is brought down to the next 'round'.
3) Pre-Battle positioning
A la Marvel Super Heroes, you can position yourself AFTER someone loses a
round. But this time you can DASH, and just a LITTLE before the word 'Fight'
appears you can smack the opponent.
4) Dark Force
A mixture of Custom Combos or Oro's(SF3) Tengu Stone and unique to every
character in DS3, there are Dark Forces. Use up one special to perform this
cool maneuver that changes the background. Executed by pressing a punch and
a kick of the same strength together. Different characters have different
Custom abilities. For example, Demitri has combo enchancer bats flying around
him while Jedah can fly.
5) 4 New Characters
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Of course, what would be a sequel game without new Characters? The new craps
are:
a) Lilith-
A Morrigan Clone, minus the hair, minus the ******, minus the bats, minus the
fireballs, and a plus to cute content. Basically, she has Morrigan's sprites,
but she has a short but cool haircut, and TOTALLY, fla, err.. 'not grown up
yet'(finally).. She has a small batty fireball which has Dan's fireball range
(which is too small). She also has an INSANELY HUMOUROUS special move which
makes her throw a hat thing to the opponent and when the opponent gets the
thing, the opponent appears on a circus stage and Lilith has to press buttons
according to the buttons that appear on screen to do major damage.
b) Queen Bee
Very cute character. Especially when she turns into a small bee. Lots of
stings and bees, and she has a move that makes you into a egg/statue thing..
Definately a new type of weird character. Looks sweet like honey. She has a
honey bubble special, but it doesn't trap the opponent and it seems blockable.
I wonder what's it for. :I I used to think that she looks crappy from the net
pics I got, but in fact she's very well-drawn.
c) Baby Bonnie Hood(or Bulleta)
The ultimate in hypocrisy. This Little-bo-peepesque(or Goldlilockesque)
character is totally ridiculous. The way she stands, wins or loses is like as
innocent as a new born baby. But, press a few buttons and she draws out mines,
uzis, rocket launches.. Argh. Man, she's a dead cute girl that has a Nazi
army backing her up. One of her specials calls 2 enourmous soldiers that
stand full screen firing lead at the opponent. Well, totally unique kind of
character not to be seen anywhere else. I don't think anyone else can create
such an insanely hypocritical character other than Capcom. Good job. *clap*
d) Jedah
ARGH!! There's someone as cool as Demitri in there! In some countries,
Darkstalkers 3 is known as Jedah's Damnation, I have no idea what that means.
Jedah is supposed to be the Vampire Saviour or 'Saviour of the Dark Side'
transalated.. I'm still wondering if he's evil or something. He's also a
totally unique character. He has a figure like the Magic User in AD&D2, and
has the Grim Reaper's sickle. He has lots of unblockable moves and long-ranged
attacks. He can fly!! His punches and kicks are dead cool. Devilish. His hands
extend, leaving his veins/blood in between his shoulders and hands for arms!
He also has a dead cool special, which works quite like Lord Raptor's
basketball special. It grabs the opponent, pulls him down to a place like hell
(yes) and lots of hands pester the soul and smacks him up again. I'm going to
use him!! What?! No one cares? Oh well..
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6) Characters Removed
Ah.. The downside. Not really, actually, a few unpopular(maybe) and cheesy
characters are taken away. The all-powerful Pyron, the chicken Huitzil and
the almost-crappy Donovan Baine. So, no more fireball trapping by the bosses.
(At least i don't think they'll come back as secret chars) ^_^
7) Random Box Character Selector
Oh no! The bosses may come back has secret chars! Well, at least I think there
are going to be secret characters in there. Hmm..
8) New backgrounds
Yes, finally Capcom decided to whip their artists to draw up some VERY
impressive backgrounds. Some of the old backgrounds remain, retouched in
colour. The new backgrounds are all drawn with impressive detail and in
perspective. Perspective as in, like, some of SF3's backgrounds. But far
better. Examples are a Chinese River with some of Chinese fairies(Chang-Er?)
on boats, and a VERY well-drawn skyscraper stage. The stange is on the SIDE
of the skyscraper, meaning the gravity went wrong somehow, and a helicopter
hovers.. At first I was wondering why there were ant-like cars in the middle
of everything.
9) New bar formats!!
Err, ok, so that's what Capcom always does, change the design of the life bar,
special bar, and other stuff.. This time if the 1st player gets hit the fire
flickering around the time would lean to the 1st player life bar.
10) New portraits
This time around, Capcom employed some really good artists indeed. All the
character portraits look very impressive. I think they got rid of the DS2
artist. I hate to say it but the portraits in DS2 suck. DS1's Demitri was
dead cool but a bit too small.
11) New sprites!!
Not totally. Cappy used back the old sprites for old characters, but changed
certain moves and maybe even new moves. Of course, the new characters, all
except Lilith, are totally newly drawn. And very well too.
12) New Character select screen
Cappy is incorporating 3-D into their 2-D games. A bit like this is cool. Too
much like EX is uncool. Anyway, look carefully, and the character select
thingy is 3-D when it pops up.
13) Nude scenes!
Stop drooling!! There aren't any! Just trying to make you guys read on..Maybe
there are a bit?? -_- Don't hit me!! *sniff*
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-=BBB=- BASIC GAMEPLAY (Argh)
-Buttons-
There are six buttons. In sane, logical arcades the button formation would be
three punches on top and three kicks below.
The punches and kicks range from light to heavy, from left to right.
In general light attacks are faster and do lesser damage while heavier attacks
are slower and do less damage.
-Blocking-
Blocking high is done by holding back. When the opponent attacks you will
block. High blocking is to avoid overhead attacks that hit you when you block
low. When you just finish doing a move you cannot block.
Blocking low is done by holding back/down(diagonal).
Air-blocking is done by holding b or b/d in the air. Certain moves may be
air-blocked but normal moves(i.e. punches and kicks) on the ground cannot be
air-blocked. Air punches and kicks can be air-blocked. After air-blocking, an
air move may be executed immediately to turn the tables.
-Chaining-
Chain combos are hits that only need pressing buttons in a sequence. The
sequence is from light to heavy. You can chain punches and kicks of the same
strength.
-ES-
ES are moves which are enhanced special moves. Just do your conventional
special move motion and press all punch or all kick buttons depending on your
special move. They take up one EX meter.
-EX-
EX are moves which are unique to that character. They are, in general,
spectacular, damaging and useful. They take up one EX meter.
-Guard Cancels-
Guard Cancels are moves that enables you to break your guard when you block
and counter the opponent's attack. It is usually a Shoryuken motion,
i.e. f, d, d/f followed by a button. Guard Cancels can also be used in ES
form. It requires skill. They do little damage and look dead cool. GCs are
not invincible.
-Special Moves-
Moves which require some motion and pressing a punch or a kick. They are
usually called just 'moves'. Doing different moves store different lengths for
the EX Meter.
-Tech Hits-
Tech Hits are low-level Guard Cancels used by simpletons and timid people..
Ok, ok. They are just easy-to-do Guard Cancels. They push your opponent away
when they are attacking you. Press a button when you are blocking. It requires
little skill. They do no damage.
-Throw Escapes-
Escape throws by pressing f+MP, or f+HP, or f+MK, or f+HK. Does not work
against Special Throws. Escaping normal throws lighten the throw by around 50%
damage.
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-=CCC=- MOVES LIST:
This is the Moves List for all the characters(sans secret character(s) if any).
The Moves List is taken from Gamest June 97. I noticed some moves were left
out, and certain moves are totally or partially different in Asian and
European versions of DS3.
No names for moves are listed as I do not know the names of every move. Any
inconvienience is regretted. However, there is are some move descriptions. If
the description sucks means I don't know much about it.. Yet..
Some moves are added in myself as Gamest did not put in all the moves.
Legend:
d, u, b, f Down, up, back, front, respectively.
D, U, B, F Down, up, back, front, respectively, but hold the
direction for 2 seconds.
(air) Do the move in the air.
(air/ground) Do the move in the air or ground.
(hold) Hold down the last button/motion.
LP, MP, HP Light, medium, heavy punch respectively.
(or jab, strong, fierce in some countries)
LK, MK, HK Light, medium, heavy kick respectively.
(or short, forward, roundhouse in some countries)
-DEMITRI-
Normal Moves:
d, d/f, f+P(air/ground) Fireball, different look from DS2. Cool. Added
recovery.
f, d, d/f+P Air defence. Better priority than DS2.
d, d/b, b+K(air/ground) Drill. Useful for escaping moves.
360deg+P Special throw. More useful now, but still
useless. Demitri does a spinning piledriver
on the opponent.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P Uppercut move.
Dark Force:
Combo-Enchancer bats a-la-Tengu-stone help Demitri add hits and damage to his
moves.
EX Moves:
d, f, d/f+KK Demitri turns into a flock, err, hoard, err,
group.. Whatever... of bats. It does good
damage in close and has high priority.
LP, MP, f, MK, MK Midnight Pleasure, his old EX move. Requires
2 EX meters as it is very damaging. Short
ranged.
d, f, d/f+PP New version of Midnight Pleasure. It is not
so easy to grab the opponent now, but it does
really good damage and is too cool. He bows,
turning the opponent into a female(yes), and
holds the opp. in the air, sucking the
whatever out of it..
-MORRIGAN-
Normal Moves:
d, d/f, f+P Projectile.
f, d, d/f+P Air defence.
d, u High jump.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Special Throw. Picks up the opponent in high
in the air and brings opp. down again.
u, u/f, f+P(air) Air fireball. Works like Akuma's but worse
recovery.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P Her uppercut move.
Dark Force:
A mirror image of Morrigan does exactly what she does.
EX Moves:
LP, LP, f, LK, HP Volley of multihits. Blockable and can be done
in air.
f, d/f, d, d/b, b+KK Speeds through the opponent and comes from
behind, drilling the opponent. Old EX.
f, HP, MP, LP, f Cool special!! She extends her metallic arm
FULL SCREEN and if the opponent gets caught
she short of shocks him. Blockable.
MP, LP, b, LK, MP ???
-ANAKARIS-
Normal Moves:
d, d+PorK(air/ground) A sarcophagus crashes down from the air.
d, d/f, f+P(air) Curses your opponent into a cute thing,
defenceless for some time.
d, d/b, b+K Sucks in opponent's fireball.
d, d/f, f+K Throws out opponent's fireball.
b, f+P Ultra-long range multihit move.
d, d/f, f+P A long range throw. Different buttons have
different ranges.
f, d, d/f+K(when falling) Use this when you get knocked down. See what
happens.. :)
MK An overhead with good coverage. Chainable.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+PP It uses up one EX meter. COol GC!
Dark Force:
Anakaris splits into half and both body parts attack the opponent. Does not
get stunned when opp. hits him. Only the upper half of his body is
vulnerable.
EX Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK An unblockable move. Looks cool.
HK, MP, d, MK, HP Probably the most damaging special in the game.
Multihit lightning/fire/ice special with a
huge sarcophagus finish. Uses 2 EX meters.
HK, MP, LK, d, LP, MK, HP ??? Uses 3 EX meters. Not confirmed in non-
testing versions.
-LORD RAPTOR- (or Zabel)
Normal Moves:
d, d/b, b+K(air/ground) Air defence with good range and power. Done in
the air, it twists down at an angle.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+K Teleport. Different kicks do different places.
d, u+K(air/ground) Chainsaw dive at opponent.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Special throw. Quicker and more damaging now.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+K COOL guitar GC!!!! 8D
Dark Force:
Lord Raptor's hand turns into a huge chainsaw for combo mania!! My favourite
Dark Force in the game.. Makes Lord Raptor look like a deranged maniac.
EX Moves:
f, b+PP For combos, this is damaging and cool. Long
range.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+KK(air/ground)EX air defence. Damaging.
f, d, d/f+PP Cool-basketball-unblockable-autoaim-EX. Faster
than before!
-RIKUO- (or Aulbath)
Normal Moves:
B, f+P Stun ray. Stuns MUCH longer than before.
B, f+K Stun gas. Can be aimed full screen. Different
kicks do different ranges. Lesser stun
potential than in DS2.
b, b+K or f, d, d/f+K Air defence. Great air coverage.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Special throw. Rikuo picks the opponent up
in the air and air combos the opponent.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+K Special throw. Rikuo turns into a pearl
spitting-oyster and juggles the opponent.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+K GC. His air defence move.
Dark Force:
Rikuo calls forth a swordfish and rides on it, with waves in the background.
Low attacks cannot hit him, and he does not stun when he gets hit.
EX Moves:
f, d/f, d+PPorKK A torrent of water rushes upwards when the
small splash connects. KK has a definate
distance before it rushes. Or is it the other way around?
f, d, d/f+PP A bubble that is unblockable and damages the
opponent as it traps him in it. For combos.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP Full-screen wave EX. Spectacular.
d, d+PP A pretty useless EX that uses 3 EX meters.
Maybe it is useful??
-Felicia-
d, d/f, f+P, P Felicia throws a ball in front and leaps
clawing at it. A high priority move with good
recovery.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+P, P She rolls and the second P pressed makes her
do an uppercut. Harder to go under fireballs
now.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+K She swings around her opponent, clawing.
Special throw.
f, d, d/f+P Leaps up in the air and rushes downwards with
kicks.
d, d+KK(hold) Adds to your EX meter.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+K Kicking GC.
Dark Force:
Felicia calls her little kitty friend to help hit her. Much like Demitri's.
EX Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP Multihit rolling special.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK Calls her kitty friends to smack the opponent
nuts. Looks much better but has increased
recovery.
-SASQUATCH-
d, d/f, f+P WHY?! Cappy removed the snowman projectile and
... and replaced it with this insulting move!
d, d+P Tower of ice air defence.
f, d, d/f+K Spinning kick with good range.
f, d, d/f+P(hold) Rolling fist with good range and power. Hold
to stop it. If the opponent tries to move
release it. High priority.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Swallows the opponent, spits the opp. out
frozen for combos. Harder to combo now.
360deg+K Powerful throw. Damaging.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+L Spinning kick GC.
Dark Force:
Pressing LP+LK would make Sasquatch turn colour, and he doesn't get stunned
when hit. Pressing other button combinations would make a group of jumping
penguins follow Sasquatch, that explode as Sasquatch hits the opponent!
EX Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP Full-screen ice laser EX.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK Unblockable hilarious EX Move. Sasquatch
freezes the floor and makes the opponent fall
through it. A whale kicks the opp. out and
Sasquatch says,"Baibai!!" Aww..
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP Sasquatch pulls a banana skin from his mouth
and throws it on the ground. Insult special.
Opponents trip on it and fall down with
ultra-minimal damage. The one who litters can
too trip over the banana skin.. ^_^
720deg+KK This is the new 'dog sled' special that is
totally ridiculous!! Unblockable and Sasquatch
sits on the opponent across the screen
multiple times as if the opp. is a sled!! Very
damaging..
-VICTOR-
Normal Moves:
B, f+P New animation. His head turns big and smashes
the opp.
D, u+P Very BIG move. High priority.
f, d, d/f+K Air Defence. Rising knee.
d, d/b, b+P Electric spinning lariat.
d, d/f, f+K Unknown.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Special throw. Picks opponent up into the air
and smashes opp. down onto the floor.
360deg+P Mega-Damage Special Throw. Kicks the opponent
up and when the opponent bounces from the
impact, Victor smacks opp. onto the floor
again.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+K Rising knee GC.
Dark Force:
Victor summons the spirit of his creator and pressing f+HP near the opponent
would cause Victor to do a twirling throw with the dead scientist's ghost
swirling around.
EX Moves:
D, u+KK His old 'jump-up-bang-floor-with-electricity'.
Now better air defence potential.
720deg+KK Ha, ha!! Victor uses his butt to grab the
opponent and squeezes opp. with electricity
and swings him away. Damaging!!
-BISHAMON-
Normal Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+P Spirit projectile. Setup for combos.
b+P, f, d, d/f+P To be done after Spirit projectile.
d, d/f, f+P To be done after Spirit projectile.
B, f+PorK A high-priority multislash. It is quite
damaging, useful and has good range.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P Uppercut GC.
Dark Force:
Bishamon does not get stunned when hit with this Dark Force activated.
EX Moves:
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+PP A huge hand emerges from Bishamon's chest and
grabs the opponent. It is now unblockable.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP New EX. A washboard travels across the screen
and knocks the opponent down. Some tiles fall
on the opp. and Bishamon slashes them.
d, d+KK(pounce) Use this when your opponent is on the ground.
-JON TALBAIN- (or Gallon)
Normal Moves:
d, d/f, f+P(air/ground) Jon gets engulfed in energy and rushes at
opponent. Can be repeated immediately twice
for a combo by pushing direction and punch
button just before it ends.
f, d, d/f+P Rising Beast Laser.
d, u+K Air defence move. Rising kickflip.
d, d/b, b+P Argh. Cappy removed the cool nunchaku
animation for this not-so-nice multihit thing.
d+KKK Jon leaps forward a small distance.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+K Special throw. Jon picks opponent up spinning
into the air and crashes opp. onto the floor.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P Beast Laser GC.
Dark Force:
Jon's old EX, he casts multi images and whenever he hits more damage and hits
would be added.
EX Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK Full-screen twirling fire-dragons stream
across the screen.
LP, MP, f, LK, MK Very cool EX. Not confirmed.
-HSIEN-KO- (or Lei Lei)
Normal Moves:
d, d/f, f+P She throws different objects at the opponent.
Certain objects dizzy immediately.
d, d/b, b+P She knocks a gong.. High priority move. Air
defence.
f, d, d/f+P Swinging tarzan across the screen with blades
swishing.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Special Throw. Throws opponent up and slices
opp.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P Changed GC from DS2.
Dark Force:
Hsien-Ko's chinese Taoist summoner appears. Hsien-Ko does not get stunned
when hit. She cannot do any special moves.
EX Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK Large Chinese blades emerge from the screen
across the floor, juggling the opponent.
LK, HK, MP, MP, u She drops a weight on the opponent and many
spiked balls fall on the opponent. Spiked
balls hit opponents on the floor.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP A bomb with a face, dropped by Hsien-Ko,
ticks from 9 to 0 and explodes. It can be
kicked around.
-JEDAH-
d, d/f, f+P(air/ground) Spinning sickleblades hover in the air.
Different buttons yield blades at different
heights.
d, d/b, b+P Traps opponent in a bubble and slashes opp. A
throw. Crouch to avoid the initial slash.
f, f(air)(hold) Jedah dashes forward in the air. It can hit
an opponent. Chainable.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+KorK, P(air) Jedah hovers in the air for a while and leaps
down, grabs opponent, leaps up and slashes
opp. Unblockable. Can be done in the air.
Pressing P after K would make Jedah rush down
in a wheel. The wheel is blockable.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+K(ground) A special throw. Jedah makes the opponent
swell till opp. bursts! Very cool!
HK Sickle overhead with very good range but low
damage. Very slow.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P Jedah decapitates himself and splashes blood
to GC.
Dark Force:
Flying ability. Not very useful.. Air chain when doing this.
EX Moves:
d, d+PP A hole travels across the screen, and grabs
the opp. into a hell-like bubbly place. Lots
of hands pester opp. Unblockable. Very fast!
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK, K A pool of blood splashes across the screen,
the second kick pressed splashes the blood
further a few steps and grabs the opponent in
a bloody grasp. The opponent gets hammered on
the ground and is onto an ancient book filled
with queer words. Cannot be blocked.
Very damaging!! Coolest EX in the game!!
-QUEEN BEE-
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+P(air/ground) A blockable move.. The ES version is very
cool.
d, d/b, b+K Like Adon's move. Leaps back and rushes down
with sting. Combo after this if it hits.
f, f(air) Air dash.
K(Press many times) Multiple stings.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P Special throw your opponent to the wall with
a sting.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+K Sting GC.
Dark Force:
Flying ability. Use this for air chains.
EX Moves:
f, d, d/f+PP A bubble of honey bounces around the screen.
Setup for combos. Use many of these and throw
your opponent as they block.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK Lots of bees rush towards your opponent. Can
be done in the air.
-LILITH-
d, d/f, f+P(air/ground) A projectile with a range like Dan's.
f, d, d/f+P An air defence move with good range.
d, d/b, b+K Like Raptor's move.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P A long-range catch throw. Different punches
have different ranges. She launches you out
of a bow.
d, u High jump.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+P GC. Her air defence move.
Dark Force:
An exact replica of Lilith follows what she does a few seconds later than her.
EX Moves:
f, d, d/f+KK She turns nude and lots of bats surround her
as she rises in the air. Very damaging.
LP, LP, f, LK, HP Multihit special. Can be done in the air.
-BABY BONNIE HOOD- (or Bulleta)
B, f+PorK A rocket projectile. Kick does low ones.
D, u+P Air rocket projectile.
f, d, d/f+P She opens a flaming wine bottle. Air defence
move.
d, d/b, b+P(hold) BB Hood swings her basket and smacks the
opponent. Hold the P button to make the
basket bigger with more range.
Guard Cancel:
f, d, d/f+K She teleports to the back of the opponent!
Dark Force:
It seems that she can do multiple rockets after activating her Dark Force.
Without storing!
EX Moves:
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+PP Two HUGE soldiers and BB Hood fire full
screen. To be used against opponents in the
air and in combos.
b, b/d, d, d/f, f+KK First she charges at her opponent, then she
cries her heart out and the opponent falls
into a pool of tears. Later she rubs her
hands in glee as the opponent gets tossed out!
Damaging with high priority.
f, f/d, d, d/b, b+KK She places an gives an apple to the opponent.
While the opponent ponders on what the apple
is, the apple explodes. Unblockable.
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-=DDD=- CHARACTER ANALYSIS
This section is about combos, tips, comments and descriptions on the
characters. I would like to applaud Capcom again for breaking the barrier on
a game with very balanced gameplay. There are also parts on how to break
certain tactics.
The Darkstalkers series concentrate on chain combos as the main way of
fighting rather than harder SF type combos, as it is a game aimed at
medium-level players. Marvel Super Heroes is an example of a low-level game,
full of button mashers. There are no infinity combos as yet in DS3, and I
don't think there will be. I still encourage more skillful combos rather than
boring chains. Luckily, chains when blocked can be Guard Cancelled.
In my opinion, normal throws are not cheap unless they are used excessively.
However, Chicken/Machi playing tactics, i.e. hit and run, fireball trapping,
wait-for-time, wait-for-mistake tactics, take the fun out of the game. A
little is ok but a lot is, well, despicable and unethical. Worst of all, are
people who toot fireballs and run away like chickens.
-DEMITRI-
Demitri has improved a lot from DS2. His air defence has better range and
priority, and his unblockable EX has improved range and quickness. Capcom
made that EX more vulnerable, though. Therefore, I do not conclude that cheap.
:I His projectile has increased recovery time, but it has better range than
before. The batty EX does good damage and is more useful now. One of my
favourite characters.
Much of Demitri's strength lies in his unblockable EX. It is very useful and
damaging. Cancel punches and kicks with this move to trick the opponent into
getting grabbed. Break this move by jumping, dashing backwards or pressing a
light attack that comes out quickly. When the opponent gets smart, do the
batty EX.
Another tactic for his unblockable EX is to do a fireball, and rush forward
when the opponent is stunned to execute the EX. I know his fireball has more
recovery time because it is harder to do this tactic than in DS2.
Use his air/ground drill to escape attackers and to nail projectile-hurling
opponents.
Because Demitri has a projectile and good air defence, it has attracted
Chicken players. Fortunately, his air defence can be air-blocked. Block it
at a certain height to stop this move.
-MORRIGAN-
Morrigan seems much unchanged from DS2. She still attracts Chicken players
due to her very useful air projectile. Morrigan players like to do the air
projectile and when the opponent leaps over it she uppercuts. It is hard to
break such a tactic. I suggest using long-ranged air attacks to hit her when
she is recovering from both air and ground projectiles. Block her air defence
when neccessary.
She doesn't have that cheesy 3-Hit air attack anymore, so DS players can stop
fearing her multi-overhead hi-priority move.
Morrigan players should use more of her attacks with good range and power.
Many of her punches and kicks yield excellent priority. Use her multihit
split image EX both in the air and on the ground, comboing it after air and
ground chains. It has good priority and can be used defensively.
-ANAKARIS-
DO NOT underestimate this hyper-slow character. He is very slow and very
weird, but he is one character NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED. Few know how to use
him as he is slow and weird(but I have been known to use Necro in SF3 :P).
Anakaris has great air defence using his d+HP, and a great overhead move MK.
He also yields good range and reasonable air coverage with this d+MP. Use his
b, f+P very often as it has very great range. Tick an opponent with a
cancellable punch or kick into a his special throw. Press l, r, l, r in quick
succession after you manage to grab the opponent. This swings the opponent for
more damage. His ES throw very useful but is not very damaging. If used
correctly, Anakaris is a formidable character with great trapping abilities.
Use his unblockable EX, the hole-in-the-ground-with-light thing to catch
opponents blocking in fear or jumping opponents.
For offensive play, Anakaris can press d/f+MKorHK in the air to start a combo.
He has permanent floating ability, so he can stay in the air for long periods
of time. Use his royal curse projectile occasionally. Once the opponent is
cursed, land on the ground and utilise his overhead on the helpless opponent.
Another really sadistic way to use Anakaris is to curse the opponent when he
is low on life and press d, d+PP to call forth the sarcophagus ES. Lots of
egyptian coffins fall on the puny opponent, and he can't block it! Really
sadistic and farnee. :D~
Because Anakaris is slow, he can sometimes be trapped in corners. Simply press
b, b to teleport to the other side of the screen.
-LORD RAPTOR-
Lord Raptor is a dhalsim-type character, capable of trapping opponents. He has
many combos and strategies, and is quite hard to use at first. One of the few
characters that possess many SF-type combos. He is definately one of my
favourite characters, but some Chicken players use him in a very boring way.
His useful punches and kicks are really a long list. Both in the air and on
the ground, press f for increased range. Most of the time his ranged attacks
have lesser priotity than his short attacks. f+MK is a great move for
pestering opponents. His ranged attacks can be chained, therefore, chain them!
f+MP too is great. Chain them into a f+HP.
In the air, His d+MP is quick and long-ranged. For better priority use MK.
Pressing d for any of his kicks make him do a screw downwards.. This move is
pretty useless. Pressing u or d would make Raptor point his air punches in
directions. His air HK can't be used for air combos anymore.
For air defence, use his d, d/b, b+K for opponents jumping in from far. If
they block it, special throw them. If they get hit by it, you can probably
pounce on them. For opponents who jump vertically onto Raptor, press d+HP.
Vary his air defence with air throws and his EX.
For combos, his d+MK has good range and can be cancelled into various EXes and
special moves a-la-SF. Use his improved basketball EX on projectile-happy
opponents, and cancel his punches and kicks into the basketball EX on blocking
opponents.
-RIKUO-
This Merman is toned down a lot from the previous series. His stun moves need
to be stored now, therefore decreasing their potency. He has very good normal
attacks, and is a quick fighter.
Rikuo is harder to use now. Alternate his Stun Ray with his Stun Gas. Use the
gas when you think the opponent is about to jump. The gas can go full screen,
so use it on opponents recovering from a move. If the opponent gets hit by
the gas, rush towards them and perform a chain combo or use the f, f+HP, a
shell multi-hit move, for a tick-throw. If the opponent gets hit by the ray
in the air, use Rikuo's air defence. If the ray hits the opponent on the
ground, rush forward for a chain or do an EX move.
For air defence, Rikuo can either use his leaping kick move or his standing
HP. I encourage the former, though. Air throw the opponent if you think they
are going to jump at you doing nothing.
Use his Dark Force occasionally. If opponents hit Rikuo during his Dark
Force, he does not get stunned. He has one of the best Dark Forces in the
game. Use his Dark Force and form a bubble EX when close. Pester your opp.
so he gets trapped in the bubble for combos.
-FELICIA-
Felicia is an example of a low level character. She has plenty of powerful
chains and moves with high priority. She is already formidable without any
special moves.
Experiment with the various punches and kicks to use in various situations.
Her ground crouching and standing LKs are very fast and are totally
irritating! Use her d, HP for air defence.
Felicia's f, d, d/f+P has great priority.. Cancel normal moves into this
to pester your opponent.
As for her multicat EX, press b, b/d, d, d/f, f+MK+HK (note the strengths of
the buttons, they influence the special) against jumping opponents. For her
rolling EX, do it on fireball-happy opponents.
-SASQUATCH-
Sasquatch is a VERY POWERFUL character! He has various punches and kicks for
all purposes and many throws to boot. Cappy has weakened him from DS, but he
is still one of the most powerful characters in the game. Don't be deceived
by his humourous nature. He is deadly and a token-sucker. He has powerful
and long-ranged chains.
A very important element in using Sasquatch is using his dash. Dash and
attack, then use the 'eat' special throw to swallow your opponent. I don't
consider that a cheap move as long as it is used in moderation. It can be
broken by the usual light attacks or by doing a hi-priority move when you
see Sasquatch charging. Another option is to dash and chain your opponent.
In such cases if the opp. LKs to break the tactic, it might not work. So,
opponents may use a hi-priority move to counter..
Use his new f, d, d/f+P in combos. You can cancel normal moves to combo. If
the opponent blocks hold it down until the opponent tries to hit. His GC has
great range too. For jumping opponents, use d, d+P, the Ice Tower.
release that cool move and 'bang' the opponent is on the ground.
As for his EX moves, the laser thing is useful against projectile-wielding
opponents, and for a combo after swallowing your opponent. His ground
freeze special is useful against opponents jumping in from far and or
recovering from a knockdown. It is unblockable. For his really humourous
Dog-sled special, dash in and tick your opponent before grabbing him!
-VICTOR-
Victor is a character that deals a lot of damage in most of his moves. He is
slow, but fast enough to be usable. His queer speed makes it hard to block.
Victor's medium and heavy attacks can be held down to make his body charge
with electricity for more range and damage. For chains, you can hold down
his medium attack, then without letting go, chain it into a heavy and hold
the heavy attack for lots of damage! His air HP makes a good anti-air weapon.
Victor has a some powerful throws. The best is his 360 throw. It does lesser
damage than in DS2(Where it took nearly 1/3 damage), but it is flashy and
adds to your EX meter. It also shuts up those people who think Victor is
cheap.
His GC is with good range. Use it often. For air defence, use the rising
knee or the lariat.
Victor's Dark Force is his old EX move. It is invulnerable when he activates
it, so use it on jumping opponents or tick your opponent when he is in a
corner. Just activate the Dark Force and throw your opponent like normal.
Air-throws work too.
Use his present EX on opponents jumping in from far or opponents recovering
from a move. It is not very useful but it is damaging.
-BISHAMON-
Bishamon was very powerful in DS2. He doesn't seem toned down at all in DS3,
and he has that unblockable EX to add to his arsenal. His strength lies not
in his moves, but his long-ranged and hi-priority slashes. All of his punches
and kicks each has their own use. He is a low-level character. If you don't
believe me go use him for an hour(or less) and go challenge experts. People
who haven't fought Bishamon would be tricked time and time again by his
normal pesky attacks.
Experiment with his punches and kicks to get used to what to do in which
situation. His air MP is very useful as it chops 2 times. Bishamon has very
strong chain combos. In fact, they are not only strong, they are very scary.
He slashes in many different directions and even players used to the game
would feel the pain. :)
A good tactic with Bishamon is to use his B, f+P slash opponents about to
jump, and B, f+K to slash crouching opponent. When they get scared, dash in
and attack them.
Use his unblockable EX move on blocking opponents. It is not very damaging
but harder to break than Demitri's unblockable EX. His other washboard EX
should be used on opponents recovering from a fall or opponents jumping in
from far.
In DS2 I was killed so many times by pesky Bishamons that I was determined to
find a way to kill them. His air attacks are indeed very irritating, so jump
and block his air attacks and before you land kick/punch him with a ranged
attack. Another tactic that Bishamons use is to dash and slash you. Use the
Guard Reversal or wait until his initial dashing attack stops and counter
with a hi-priority move.
-JON TALBAIN-
Jon is another Bishamon type character if you use his Chains. He has quick
and damaging chains. His main asset is his very quick speed and ranged
attacks. He can both be a low and medium level due to his controllable beast
laser.
At first, Jon users would just chain combo here and there all the time. Later
on when Jon sees the world he would prefer to combo his opponents using the
Beast Laser. Jump HP, crouching MK, Beast Laser(d, d/f, f+P). Usually after
this combo a sensible direction to point the second charge would be u/f. Just
press u/f+P just before the first Beast Laser ends to do the second before
landing.
Another one of Jon's beautifully intimidating combos is his ES Beast Laser.
It is VERY damaging. It can take up to a little more than 1/2 your life meter
with a whole chunk of white damage. Just do the combo above but press all 3
punch buttons to do an ES Beast Laser instead of a normal one. It sucks up 1
EX meter but is really too cool. It is harder to aim. The ES Beast Laser can
be done 5 times before Jon stops and lands on the ground. Do a f Laser, then
a u/f Laser, and according to where your opponent is, point the rest.
His new Fire Dragon special is too useful. It takes little damage but it can
be used as an air defence, an anti-projectile move or on opponents jumping
from far.
BTW, there is a code for Jon only. At the Character Select, hold start at Jon
and press all 3 punches or kicks. A flashing Jon would appear. There is no
difference except he uses his old fire dragon.
-HSIEN-KO-
Hsien-Ko is a high level character. This is because she is slow and very hard
to use. She was ranked, I heard, last in DS2. But that doesn't mean she's
hopeless. (Hi Mike Ting!) A very cool chracter if used properly.
She has an array of air defences. Her d+MP is used for opponents jumping in
from far, much like her f+HP. For opponents jumping in close, use her MK or
d+HK. Some people consider this cheap. This is not really so since you can
attack her without jumping. Anyway, anything used excessively is boring so
don't keep irritating your opponent with her easy defences. Mix it with air
throws.
Use her medium and heavy projectiles. Medium for running opponents or those
who love to void projectiles. To use her heavy projectile properly, you have
to cancel normal attacks into it, to avoid opponents hitting you. A good one
is d+MK. Cancel it and throw the projectile. After that the opponent would
not dare to air defense you in fear of getting hit by the falling thing you
threw. So charge or jump and attack the opponent at this point. If the opp.
tries to use a normal attack and you anticipate it, use the gong to hit him.
At close range, mix up heavy and light projectiles.
After her air swinging wheel, before she falls she can do a second one. You
can gong before you fall too, on opponents who want to hit you.
-JEDAH-
Now, this is a HIGH level character. I was smashed, slashed, smacked and
milked(of credits) in the process of learning him when DS3 first came out.
Jedah is slow and his moves are hard to time correctly. To others, Jedah
users might seem cheap but he actually is not. Use him and you'll find out.
COOL he is, and COOL the way he should used. He is also one of my favs.
For normal attacks, you can use his standing MK 1 or 2 times on opponents
trying to GC or counter attack you. This move has good range and priority.
His standing and crouching LKs and LPs can be cancelled. They are the only
normal ground moves that can be cancelled in the game. Do not use his HP too
much as it does little damage compared to the hits it does. Jedah has one of
the weakest chain combos in the game. That's what his d+HK is for. It is more
damaging than his HP. His standing MP is very useful on opponents JUST ABOUT
to jump. His d+MK is for opponents jumping in from far.
His air attacks are quite short except for his MP. Use his air MP on fireball
happy opponents or jump back, MP for opponents with those sickeningly
hi-priority air attacks. His air MK and MP are the only air attacks with
good priority. His cancellable air attacks are LP, LK and MK. Jedah's air
HK is high-priority but it takes some time to come out.
Hee... His moves have cool names like Dio Sehga and Nero Fatica! Anyone who
knows what language or what these means please email me. For his ground
sickleblades, always try to cancel a normal attack to use it. This is because
it is very slow and would dissipate if you get hit early. The same with his
air blades. On the ground, generally use the light blade and in the air use
the heavy one. His unblockable air grab move is very useful. Use it after
cancelling air moves or just by itself on revcovering opps. If opponents try
to jump at you, just smack the P button to make Jedah roll down as a giant
spinning blade. To break all of these moves just attack Jedah with ranged
attacks if you sense or see him doing it. If Jedah is pestered he has a hard
time retaliating.
For air defence, use his d, d/b, b+P. It MUST be done very early. Almost at
a 'guessing' timing, as if it is done late Jedah gets smacked. So once you
get the feeling that your opponent is about to jump or see him jumping....
For his d, d+PP EX move, use it on opponents just recovering from a fall or
before they land from a jump far away. For his 'Contract' special, do it on
blocking opponents up close. Cancel attacks into sickles then do the EX.
-QUEEN BEE-
Queen Bee is NOT a lousy character. She is good. She is good. This is because
of her moves that reeks of hi-priority. Adon players of SF would find her in
some ways similar. A high level character.
Her ground moves are varied and pestering. Use her d+MP when opponents are on
the ground to pester them, and if you think they are going to jump do the
standing MP. Both have excellent priority and speed. If Capcom ever decides
to make her standing MP a mid attack, it would be the end of the world. Her
HP is a beehive move that should NOT be done too close. It is for people
trying to GC or counterattack. Mix up her punches and kicks to confuse your
opponent.
In the air she has a good MP. She can cancel it into her air moves. This MP
has excellent range and priority, use it on fireball-tooters and those using
normal attacks as air defences. Her MK can too be cancelled, it is useful
when opponents jump and you jump, use her MK then cancel into a move. Bee's
air HP can be used effectively if you think your opponent is about to air
defense you.
Use her special throw(f, f/d, d, d/b, b+P) on opponents too afraid to do
anything but block. Mix up everything with her multi-stings..
After her leaping-back-then-sting move, you can chain the opponent. She
Doesn't have very powerful chains. If you do the ES version of the leap move,
and it actually HITS, the opponent gets poisoned and stunned for a short
while. For her d, d/f, f+P use it in the air after blocking or to break air
defences. Use it to avoid low ground attacks as well. The ES version is
damaging and beautiful too. ^_^
For her killer bee EX move, (doesn't it remind you of the X-Files?)utilise
when opponents try to air defense you. It is not very effective but quite
damaging and fun to watch. Queen Bee's Honey EX is not very useful as ONE EX.
Preferbly it should be a few balls of Honey bouncing around. If your opponent
tries to block it throw him. Just pester the opponent after the Honey EX. It
can be used as an air defence too. Traps opponent should it hit the opp. on
the ground. But you can only hit the opponent once after he gets trapped.
-LILITH-
This young lady is not Morrigan, and she doesn't play like Morrigan. She has
some of Morrigan's normal attacks, but she is different. She is very powerful
due to her normal attacks.
Let's see.. Lilith's d+MP(same as Morrigan) is good and fast, and her d+HK is
good for tricking scared opponents. Her d+HP(same, *yawn*) has good range.
For cancelling moves, d+MK is cool, it has range.
Of all her air attacks, the best(few compare to it) is her HP. She can use it
as a combo starter, anti-air and even hits air defences sometimes. Luckily it
isn't nearly as powerful as certain game's super-heavy attacks, which almost
definately dud air defenses. This punch lasts long through the air.
Her projectile is dead short-ranged but think of it as a hi-priority move.
Do it in the air or on the ground, as it has good recovery. Air defence for
her is easy, as she has a good air throw and a good uppercut. Her uppercut,
although it looks like it has good range, Morrigan's is actually better.
Lilith has that ranged unblockable move. In the beginning everyone would get
fooled by it.. Later on most of the time it foils. Much later on expert users
of Lilith would develop the 'Zangief Syndrome' and discover ways to use this
move making it hard to avoid. The ES version is very good as you can hit the
opponent after he bounces back from the wall.
-BABY BONNIE HOOD-
Baby Bonnie Hood. I got lots to say about her, man.. She's insane. Funny to
watch. Quite hard to use at first but later on she becomes a deadly weapon.
*draw Minigun*
BBHood has powerful but short-ranged chains. She has the best air chains in
the game, and if practised she can do lots of damage even before she lands on
the ground. Her air chain combination is LP, LK, MP, MK.. Of course, it can
be changed.
Her ground attacks are pretty short, but her HP(uzi thing) is cool to watch.
Use her HK or d+HK all over the place.. Like laying mines.. :) For cancelling
moves, d+MP or MK is good. Use her standing MK when close and special throw
the opponent. It can be used to pester the opponent, and b+MP can be used to
escape.
Rocket high and low to confuse and charge after the opponent once you rocket.
Her Dark Force, when activated, you need not store for the rockets. Use it
when your opponent is low on life and in the corner. The champagne flambe
thing has good recovery, so just use it if you think your opponent is gonna
jump. She has a good special throw. Useful as opponents would be fearing so
much they'll block and get thrown!
BBHood can be used effectively if you GC often. GC and appear behind your
opp. to do her Crying EX if they try to hit you. If they don't, rush forward
and do the Apple EX(unblockable). The Crying EX has great ground priority, so
pester your opponents with LKs or LPs and when they try to kick you DO IT.
Her soldier special is for jumping opponents or opponents who are close and
recovering.
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-=CHRONOLINE=-
Chronological list of Progressive hard work and toil:
19-5-97: First section of FAQ done. Brief description of New Features and New
Characters.
24-5-97: Moves List done up. Not 100% ready but many moves are in here.. :)
26-5-97: Updated Moves List and Custom Abilities added. Basic Gameplay section
added. (Argh!!! *puke*)
30-5-97: Updated Moves List with new discoveries. Overall touching up. Started
Character Analysis section.
31-5-97: Changed paragraphing format for easy DOS editor viewing. Added more
crap on Character Analysis section.
20-6-97: Added more characters in Character Analysis section. Updated certain
moves.
10-6-97: Character Analysis COMPLETED!! *WHEW* *PANT* *WHEEZE* Water!! Should
I continue? Removed 'a lot more fun than SF3'. Felt that SF3 can
actually be fun after a LONG time.. ^_^ So maybe now they're equals!
COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, INSULTS, FLAMES, ARGUMENTS, PRAISES and QUESTIONS
about this FAQ please email Demitri at
[email protected]
And, oh ya, Challengers too. ^_^ I live in Singapore.
-=About the Author=-
The author is a fighting games freak with a love for Capcom games and Sega's
VF3. He plays regularly at Funan Centre Astropolis, Singapore, and often
hangs out with his usual group of friends there. He is easily recognisable
by the way he wears his cap. (=D
Paul Fu is also an ex-SysOp of Demitri BBS. The BBS has crashed along with
his old computer system, and along with it goes his friends from his BBS
days. Now he no longer BBSes but spends time shaping his Homepage.
Please visit THE SPLAT(tm) at
http://home.pacific.net.sg/~demitri
It contains info on VF, SF and DS..
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