DOA5 Tag Tier List thread
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phoenix1985gr
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Especially character with moves that dont wallsplat abd refloat enough for many loops...
DR2K
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Sarah 3pk and FL 3pk say high, holy fuck does it relaunch. So much damage, so beautiful.
Mesharey
Active Member
I didn't explore for enough time, but if you launch high you can use her 3H+K.
Also, if you end a launch with Ayane 8KKK you get a guaranteed ground throw too.
I think Kasumi is the queen of tag in this game. I know that before the update, revision goes down like crazy the more you switch characters in the middle of a combo. Kasumi can keep a character in the air all her own if the opponent is launched high enough. She can do pkk6k, kk6k, pkk7k 6p+k kk. That is 13 hits on her own after a launcher. Courtesy of FFKOTOR (Doug). The combo can also continue after she finishes that string using the other tag partner.
qoodname
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I mainly used Kasumi for tag in combination with different characters and she is good, can tell you that!
I wont say anything about tiers since i dont know how the other characters play in tag but that is what i found so far.
Pros:
- PPK / PPPK / H+K / 6H+K still guarantee her 6K as launcher or simply tag out for +33
- She can relaunch you to infinity with PKK7K, 6P+K, KK / PP7K, 6P+K, KK / 7K, 6P+K, KK / PKK6K / 33P / 4PKK
- Near a wall you can obviously just cancel the second K of strings that end with 6P+K, KK / 4PKK and tag out
- After a wall splat you can do 33P, 2P, 4PK using 4PK as relauncher and tag out
- Her 236T launching throw leads to insane damage and even to good damage if Kasumi is on her own
(236T, 66, KK7K, 6P+K, K, PKK6K, 7K, P+K / 98 dmg on NH with only Kasumi)
(236T, 66, KK7K, 6P+K, K, PKK6K, 4PKK / 97 dmg on NH with only Kasumi and still has good juggle height)
- Her expert mid kick hold comes in as handy as her throw and can be used for the same combos
- Her 66T which is ok in singles now that stuff like 6P6K ground bounces again is one her best tools in tag
(In singles 66T guarantees 6PK / 6P6K - 6P6K for a ground bounce into a juggle for 75 dmg but in tag...)
(66T, 6PK tag out and enjoy your +33 for a free launcher, full juggle and something around 150 dmg)
Cons:
- She is still as unsafe on block as in singles since you can only tag cancel if the opponent is stunned
- 4H+K being her only usefull sitdown stun that is not a high or part of a string
- Pretty much all her relaunchers / juggles take a lot of space
I wont say anything about tiers since i dont know how the other characters play in tag but that is what i found so far.
Pros:
- PPK / PPPK / H+K / 6H+K still guarantee her 6K as launcher or simply tag out for +33
- She can relaunch you to infinity with PKK7K, 6P+K, KK / PP7K, 6P+K, KK / 7K, 6P+K, KK / PKK6K / 33P / 4PKK
- Near a wall you can obviously just cancel the second K of strings that end with 6P+K, KK / 4PKK and tag out
- After a wall splat you can do 33P, 2P, 4PK using 4PK as relauncher and tag out
- Her 236T launching throw leads to insane damage and even to good damage if Kasumi is on her own
(236T, 66, KK7K, 6P+K, K, PKK6K, 7K, P+K / 98 dmg on NH with only Kasumi)
(236T, 66, KK7K, 6P+K, K, PKK6K, 4PKK / 97 dmg on NH with only Kasumi and still has good juggle height)
- Her expert mid kick hold comes in as handy as her throw and can be used for the same combos
- Her 66T which is ok in singles now that stuff like 6P6K ground bounces again is one her best tools in tag
(In singles 66T guarantees 6PK / 6P6K - 6P6K for a ground bounce into a juggle for 75 dmg but in tag...)
(66T, 6PK tag out and enjoy your +33 for a free launcher, full juggle and something around 150 dmg)
Cons:
- She is still as unsafe on block as in singles since you can only tag cancel if the opponent is stunned
- 4H+K being her only usefull sitdown stun that is not a high or part of a string
- Pretty much all her relaunchers / juggles take a lot of space
From my testing, I swear that the window to tag out diminishes the more you do a string juggle repeatedly in tag.
But it's not consistent with each character. For Example, Mila's 6PK I have to time on the actual hit frame or right after the recovery, but I swear doing a retag 6PK with her on the same timing I generally whiff the tag in. Bass though I don't get this strictness with his 6PK, and I don't feel the strictness with Mila's 4PP.
Anyone else noticing this?
But it's not consistent with each character. For Example, Mila's 6PK I have to time on the actual hit frame or right after the recovery, but I swear doing a retag 6PK with her on the same timing I generally whiff the tag in. Bass though I don't get this strictness with his 6PK, and I don't feel the strictness with Mila's 4PP.
Anyone else noticing this?
synce
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Nope, no issues here... actually I was just playing 1.04 and 1.02 side by side, the only differences I noticed is being able to relaunch more often and the damage reduction being far less. The last hit in my Mila test combo did only 1 point of damage in 1.02 but 6 points in 1.04... Total damage was 82 in 1.02 vs 150 in 1.04 
Nightpup
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I'm a poor little 360 player with no experience with the patch, but I know that in 1.02 Alpha is amazing to have as a tag mode partner, just because of how PPPPPP/3PPPP can extend juggles like mad. I don't know if she's any worse in tag for 1.03A, though. I'd like some insight on how she works in it.
DR2K
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If you have any specific tag combos you want me to check on I can verify them for you.
Nightpup
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The only tag juggle I ever used was Lisa + Alpha-152, launch -> PPPPPP, PPPPPP, T!, T
With a wall launch with Alpha I used PPPPPP, 6PPP. As long as those still work, I'm fine.