Big Band plays as the archetypal “tank” character. With the highest base Health among all characters, Big Band is extremely durable in battle and most of his variants are best placed on defense. Many of Big Band's abilities grant him ARMOR, further bolstering his defensive capabilities.
However, he has very low Attack and his large body makes it easy for opponents to chain combos against him. To compensate, a lot of Big Band's moves can be chained together into long strings of combos. He also has several abilities that can inflict STUN, providing him with an easy way to start combos.
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Biography
Ben Birdland has seen a lot in his time, including the worst of the Grand War. But nothing was worse than what he saw as a beat cop in New Meridian. When he ran afoul of his crooked unit he was given a violent early retirement, and his broken body was left to spend the rest of its days in an iron lung.
That would have been the end of Ben’s story if it hadn’t drawn the ears of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. With little left to lose, he agreed to be rebuilt with their experimental procedures. Melded with the machinery that allows him to breathe and a powerful an array of pneumatic weaponry, he was reborn as “Big Band.”
Now a senior member of Lab 8, he’s become a father figure of sort to the younger ASG soldiers. A firm believer in their cause, he has stayed with the project through its controversies and still sees his place on the front lines against the Skullgirl. His technology may be dated, but he more than makes up for it with experience and fortissimo.
Abilities
Character Ability
Marquee Ability: MAESTRO
Prestige Ability
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Variants
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Special Moves
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TAUNT your opponent to gain ARMOR for 10/15/20 seconds. | |
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50/100% chance on HIT to inflict BLEED for 4/6 seconds. | |
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On HIT, inflict CRIPPLE for 5/7/10 seconds. | |
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20/35% chance on HIT to STUN opponent for 3/4 seconds. | |
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Removes all BUFFS from the opponent and disables their SPECIAL MOVES for 4/8/12 seconds on HIT. | |
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If used to counter an attack, STUN opponent for 2/3/4 seconds. | |
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Reduces the opponent's BLOCKBUSTER METER by 6/7/8% per landed HIT. | |
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Forces the opponent to TAG OUT on HIT, removing all COMBAT EFFECTS. |
Blockbusters
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Level 1 Blockbuster
Deals 2/5/8% bonus damage per COMBO HIT. | ||
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Level 1 Blockbuster 15% chance on HIT to inflict HEAVY BLEED for 5/7/10 seconds. | ||
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Level 2 Blockbuster 25% chance on HIT to inflict ARMOR BREAK for 5/7/10 seconds. | ||
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Level 2 Blockbuster On COMBO HITS higher than 10, reduces the opponent's BLOCKBUSTER METER by 8/10/12% per landed HIT. | ||
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Level 3 Blockbuster Gain 3 stacks of REGEN for 8/10/12 seconds. | ||
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Level 3 Blockbuster 35% chance on HIT to remove 1 opponent BUFF. The final HIT has a 50/75/100% chance to inflict STUN for 6 seconds. |
Combo
Notes
- L5 means a chain of 5 normal ground attacks. (Usually by tapping 5 times on the screen)
- Up or Launcher means the normal move that sends your opponent up in the air (Performed by swiping up)
- A3 means a chain of 3 normal air attacks. (Usually by tapping once right after having launched your opponent)
- Dash means a dash attack (Swipe right)
- Trip or Sweep means a trip attack (Swipe down once)
- Grab refers to throwing your opponent. (Swipe with 2 fingers)
- Escape is how you escape a grab (Swipe with 2 fingers during enemy's grab animation)
- Block is a defensive stance (press and hold with two fingers)
- Charge is a powered attack (Press and hold with one finger for a few moments to charge then release)
- CA is the character's special ability (Performed by pressing the characters' unique button on the bottom left of the screen)
- Mid Screen means attacking an opponent when exactly in the middle of the fighting ring.
- Right Corner means attacking an opponent when his back is touching the right wall.
- 3/4 Screen means attacking an opponent when exactly between Mid Screen and Right Corner
- Be aware that some combos may be character-specific due to character weights or hitboxes.
Standard combos
- Dash > L5 > Up > A3
- Dash > L5 > Up > Dash > L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > D2 (lights only)
- Dash > L5 > Cymbal Clash > L5 > Up > L4 > Beat Extend > Dash > L3 > Trip
- Dash > L5 > Giant Step > L4 > Beat Extend > Cymbal Clash > L3 > Trip
- Dash > L5 > Giant Step > L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > Dash Dash > Dash > L3 > Brass Knuckles
- Dash > L5 > Up > L4 > Super Sonic > Jazz > (delay if lightweight) Cymbal Clash > L3 > Beat Extend > Dash > L3 > Trip
- Dash > L5 > Up > L3 > Sweet Clarinet > L3 > Super Sonic Jazz > (delay if lightweight) Cymbal Clash > L3 > Beat Extend
- Dash > L5 > Up > Dash > L4 > Beat Extend > D1 > L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > Tympani Drive (Lights only)
- Up > L3 > Super Sonic Jazz > (Squigly/Painwheel/[delay] Eliza) tag in
- Tympani Drive > Super Sonic Jazz > Cymbal Clash > L4 > Beat Extend > Dash > L3 > Trip
Situational combos
- (1/2 range) Dash > L5 > Up > Dash > L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > Dash Dash > Cymbal Clash > L4 > Beat Extend > Dash > L3 > Trip (lights only)
- (1/2 range) Dash > L5 > Up > Dash > L4 > Beat Extend > Cymbal Clash > L3 > Super Sonic Jazz > Dash Dash
- (3/4 range) L5 > Up > A3 > (Wall bounce) > L5 > Sweet Clarinet > Brass Knuckles (very character specific)
- (3/4 range/corner) L5 > Up > A3 > (block cancel) L4 > Beat Extend > Dash > L3 > Trip
- (3/4 range/corner) L5 > Up > A3 > (block cancel) L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > Tympani Drive > (dashup) L4 > Beat Extend > Cymbal Clash > L3 > Trip (lights only)
- (3/4 range/corner) L5 > Up > A3 > (block cancel) L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > Dash Dash > Cymbal Clash > L4 > Beat Extend > Dash > L3 > Trip (lights only)
- (3/4 range/corner) Tuba Tuba > Take the 'A' Train
- (3/4 range)Charge > Dash > L3 > (any blockbuster except Timpani Drive)
- (Right corner) Dash > L5 > Up > A3 > (block cancel)
- (Right corner) Tuba-Tuba > (wall bounce) > Dash > L4 > Super-Sonic Jazz > Timpani Drive > (dashup) L3 > Beat Extend
- (Right corner) Dash > L5 > Up > A3 > Dash > L4 > (Any block buster Except Timpani Drive)
- (Right corner) Charge > Burst
- (Right corner) Charge > L3 > Beat Extend > Dash > L4 > Super Sonic Jazz > Tympani Drive > (dashup) L3 > Trip
- (Right corner)Dash > L5 > Up > A3 > Tympani Drive > Beat Extend > L3 > Super-Sonic Jazz > Dash Dash (very character specific)
- (Right corner)Dash > L5 > Up > Dash > L4 > Super-Sonic Jazz > Tympani Drive > Dash > Take the 'A' Train (lights only)
- (Right corner) Strike Up the Band > L3 > Super Sonic Jazz > (delay) L3 > Beat Extend
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