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Table of Contents:
Search the numbers to quickly jump around the guide
00-Legal Stuff
01-Updates
02-Intro
03-General Strategies
04-Janemba Strategy
05-Match-Ups
06-Combo Section
07-Death Move/Ultimate Ratings
08-Dealing with Piccolo
09-Tier List
10-Special Thanks
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00-Legal Stuff+Contact
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This may not be reproduced exept for personal, private use. It MAY NOT be
placed on any website, or distributed without my permission. Use of this on web
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COpyright 2010 ViewtifulBrohan
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01-Updates
4-18-10 Finished Version 1.0 of the FAQ
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02-Intro
I'd rather not talk about the anime, so if you want to read a bio, look on the
Dragon Ball Wiki. In Another Road, Janmeba sports many poweful tools, a throw
that puts him outside of the range of most starters, good rushdown, and
regeneration, which puts him above alot of the cast. His combo starters are
RRRE- and SRRE-, both of which need to be canceled very quickly to combo.
JANEMBA ADVANTAGES
-High Baseline Ki
-Exellent Throw
-Good Rushdown, though not quite "Bardock" Rushdown
-Regeneration ABC
-Good Damage Potential, does just above 2800 with his best combo
JANEMBA DISADVANTAGES
-Slow Deathmoves
-Requires very fast, very precise cancels. Definintly not for beginers
-Unable to deal with long range fighters
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03-General Terms
Charge Canceling:
Charge canceling has been around since the first budokai, and it is what makes
the combos you see on youtube possible. Canceling is done by holding down the
"S" in the attack chain down, and tapping guard. This allows you to return to
a neutral stance. Now's the fun part: when in this neutral stance, you can use
chain, and another, and another, until you use the same chain twice. If done
fast enough, all you will see is one long combo. Two more advanced forms of
canceling are the ki cancel, and the aura burst cancel. Aura Bust cancelling
is done by holding S, tapping the right shoulder button[while still holding S]
and quickly tapping either R or S. Ki cancelling is the most advanced form,
and is done by holding E at the end of any chain and tapping block. There is
double, triple, and even QUAD ki canceling. Players famous for this are
Soriphen and Saiyanjin2. I myself have only mastered single ki canceling.
For more info check out Goryu's FAQ
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/file/924588/42016
18 sec. rule
Although it is nice to use charge canceling to make long combos, this is not
always going to be possible. See, your opponent's Ki regenerates at a fixed
rate, even while you're beating the crap outta them. When it regens to 3 bars,
you will be TC'd[teleport countered]When at zero ki, you have 18 sec.
to use a combo, and even less if your opponent's Ki is higher.
Ki Management
EVERYTHING other than Rush and Slam attacks cost Ki, so don't abuse it. This
means no long-range spam with death moves or Ultimates, because nothing sucks
more then having an ultimate Aura guarded and seeing 5 ki bars go down the
drain. Always try to have 3 Ki bars at all times to escape combos.
Combos with no Deathmoves in them usually build alot of Ki, so keep that in
mind as well.
Zoning- Zoning is basically another term for keep-away. Characters infamous
for this are namely Piccolo and Broly. The former's zoning is so beastly,
that he is considered pierless.
Pokes- Quick, usually high-priority attacks that are used to gain distance to
charge ki.
Rushdown-The ability to pressure the opponent to teleport counter. Generally
speakin, the better your rushdown, the higher placement on a tier. Characters
infamous for thier good and bad rushdown are Bardock and Goku. the latter is
low-tier, so keep that in mind when choosing a main.
Slam Starters: Slam starters are the essential tool to compete in
Shin Budokai Another Road. They are usually high priority attacks
that lead into other chains.
Chains- A chain of attacks.ex.>RSS, SSS,ect.
Priority-The amount of "oomph" behind a move so to speak. Attacks with high
priority rip through lower priority attacks.
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04-Janemba Strategy
Janemba has an array of tools to crush his opponent beyond all hope. Think of
him as a mixture of Bardock and Sword Trunks, but toned down a bit.
Rushdown and Offense
For Rushdown, Janemba has S is a Guard-Breaking
move, so that pretty much makes up for his limited options, but make sure to
energy cancel it so you can combo off of it a bit though. Another good tool is
Janemba's RS, which is a stun that you can also use as combo filler, and
unlike Future Trunk's >RRSS, can hit short characters on the ground.
Sword Cancel
Another part of Janemba's offense are his sword cancels. Any chain that
involves his sword can be canceled to continue a combo. But don't think it will
be easy to do this, because there is JUST ENOUGH stun in his sword cancels to
continue a combo, and this can only be utilized by an energy cancel. This means
you will need to have very fast canceling speed to use Janemba effectively, but
the payoff is great. Think of him as GT Vegeta from Infinite World.
When at a Ki disadvantage
Luckily Janemba can also fight at a Ki disadvantage as well. The first "S" in
SRRE- has good priority like Vegeta's and Bardock's, so that's good. But
Janemba's throw is his main tool while at a disadvantage. Although you can't
combo off of it, R+G is still an exellent option because it puts you outside
the range of most combo starters. Only Piccolo and a few others can reach you
from there. Keep using his throw, and your natural Ki regen should be enough
to put you in a ki advantage, as your basline ki is 6 bars.
Regeneration
Regeneration should only be used when your health is low, and more importantly,
when you're sure you won't lose the regened health from a combo. This means
using it when at a Ki advantage so you can teleport counter, otherwise, you
won't have the ki to escape a combo, and as such could lose more health than
you gained.
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05-Match-Ups
Match ups are what comprises a tier list. A character with mostly good
match-ups is Top Tier. Ones with mostly bad match-ups are bottom tier.
But being top tier doesn't mean that person is the best, a low tier character
can be better than them. This is called a counter. But enough blabber,
lets get going.
JANEMBA GOOD MATCH-UPS
Cell-Cell's SSSS* starter has more hits than your starter, but will always lose
on priority and speed. Without his starter, Cell really can't put up a fight
because your rushdown is better than his to. With these gone, he can't do
realiable damage outside of Tail Shoot, so you pretty much shut him down.
Vegeta- Your starters are nearly identical, but yours is much better, because
has two attacks after the initial "S". His rushdown may be slightly better, but
you still outclass him in terms of damage and starters.
JANEMBA BAD MATCH-UPS
Piccolo-For someone that needs to be close in to fight, Piccolo is your worst
nightmare. His SSS starter shuts down your entire game, because he will
constantly be pushing you away or drawing you in, and then quickly pushing you
back again. You can't even have a damage advantage over him, or a counter
Deathmove to stop his starter. This is probobly Janemba's worst match-up
Pikkon-For every one of your sword cancels, he has an Axe-Kick cancel, and does
not need to energy cancel to use them. This means his Ki building is better
than yours, which is a bad thing in this game. He also has Burning Shoot and
Hyper Tornado, both of which have higher priority than anything you have. You
may have a slight damage advantage, but this doesn't matter if he's constantly
wailing on you.
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06-Combo Secton
Now to get to the part you have been waiting for, the combos. Here's a legend
if you don't understand the notations:
R = Rush attack
S = Slam attack
> = Towards opponent
< = Away from opponent
/\ = Up on the D-pad
E = Energy Button
- = Cancel
* = Stun
' = Fully charge upcoming move
[AB] = Aura Burst
-[AB] = Aura Burst Cancel
#1:RR*, >RRRR*, RRRR*, E[Hell Gate] 11 hits, 1336 dmg
#6:SRE-, RS*, >RRRRE-, R, RRRS 25 hits, 1830 dmg
#7:RR*, >RRRRE-[AB]S, SRE-, E[Hell Gate]
25 hits, 2581 dmg.
#8:SRRE-, RRRRE-, >RRRR*, RRRE, E[Hell Gate]
32 hits, 2825 dmg
[The easier combos are near the top, and get tougher until you hit #7]
Janemba is a very stylish, very strong fighter that has a very high learning
curve. Don't be down if you don't get the combos at first, because I sure
didn't, so keep practicing and you'll get the hang of it.
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07-Deathmove/Ultimate ratings
Hell Gate-6/10
It's a one hit deathmove with slow startup, which would usually be a bad thing,
but when Hell Gate DOES come out, it almost immeadiately hits the opponent.
A strategy I like to use is when I use this outside of a combo, I charge it a
bit to fake my opponent out, so when they rush up to start a combo, they get
blasted in the face for 440 dmg. Don't get too obvious though, because any good
player will get wise to what you're doing eventually, so mix up the charge
times a bit.
Rakshasa's Claw-4/0
A physical deathmove that has low damage, and worse yet, low priority. That's
like having a sandwitch without the meat and cheese, pointless right? This
move's only use is as a combo ender, so use it as such.
Spike Hell-6/10
Average, in the truest sense of the word. It's startup time is a little slow,
and the damage is low for an ultimate. It is used at it's best you cancel into
it from a high juggle, as it has many follow-up options. It's situational but
works well.
Regeneration 10/10
Among the best ABC in the game. This attack regenerates 1500 health, that's
a big deal in a game like this. Need I say more?
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08-Dealing With Piccolo
where should I start? For one, his SSS starter has the longest range in the
game. This is enough to make him Top Tier already, but it doesn't stop there.
He does 3200 damage with his best combo, 400 more than your 2800. Your throw
won't work, because even though it pushes your opponent away, Piccolo will
still be able to hit you with SSS. With no counter DM, Janemba has no way of
fighting Piccolo effectively. I'd hate do be a downer, but just put your PSP
down and take a walk or something.
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09-Tier List
For those of you questioning the placement of certain characters on the tier
list, here's a rough outline of it.
SS Tier
1.Piccolo
S Tier
2.Sword Trunks
3.Krillin
4.Bardock
5.Armor Trunks
A Tier
6.Broly
7.Pikkon
8.Janemba
9.Vegeta
B Tier
10.Vegetto
11.Kid BUu
C Tier
12.Super Buu
13.Future Gohan
14.Cell
15.Freiza
16.Demon King Dabura
17.Fat Buu
18.Android 18
D Tier
19.Goku
20.Adult Gohan
21.Teen Gohan
22.Gotenks
23.Gogeta
E Tier
24.Cooler
Piccolo is best because of his SSS starter, and Cooler is worst because he has
no slam starter, and worse, nothing to compensate for it. Vegetto and Kid Buu
are in a tier of their own for having good matchups against top tiers. Super
Buu MAY be B tier because of his Super Evasive Kick. Again, this is a rough
outline, so some people could be switched around.
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10-Special Thanks
Dimps-Duh, they made the game,
DrunkenPilot72-For introducing me to DBC,
[http://dbcompetitive.forumotion.com/forum.htm]
DBC-Thanks to everyone there for helping me up my game to a whole new level,
My friend Wendell-For the hours he spent helping me test all this nonsense,
And most importantly Akira Toriyama for creating this series.