Guilty Gear X - Testament
By Kami Kaze no Kami

Version 1.0
February 27, 2001

Legal:
This is MY FAQ, you CANNOT copy anything from it without my authorization.
This game is a product of c ARC System Works.



About me:
This is my first FAQ (definitely not the last), and my English still need to 
be improved.  If you see any mistake about my grammar usage in my FAQ, I 
apologize.
Recently I'm a member of www.gamefaqs.com; you can see me in some boards, 
too.



CONTENT:
1. Who is Testament?
2. Conventions
3. Special Moves
4. Testament's combo
5. Testament's strategies
6. Ending words


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1. Who is Testament?
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Testament's looking is like the Death God (actually he is, I suppose).  He 
is the 9th opponent in the arcade mode.  His background story in Guilty Gear 
X is to protect Dizzy from the invader (that is you, the player).
His scythe gives him an advantage of wide range attack, most of his attack 
can be linked within the gattling combination.  Most of his attacks are 
tricky and high damage.  And also he has a counter-attack special move, only 
few characters in the game have it (others are Axl, Jam and Baiken).

His advantages:
- Insane combos
- Cool looking
- Have a good Overdrive Attack (The best one is May's G.Y.A.)
- Long range attacks
- Unpredictable attacks
- Above average strength
- Double jumps (although many characters have that)
- Only character who has "assistant" (Which is his servant, Zio)
- A good character to choose from a starter to an expert

His disadvantages:
- Relatively big size (big target)
- Only one Overdrive Attack
- Most of his moves have risk of get countered when blocked or missed



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2. Conventions
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I like to use numbers for the directions
     7       8      9
      \      |     /
       4  -  5 -  6   - Face this way
      /      |     \
     1       2      3

P - Punch
K - Kick
S - Slash
HS - Heavy Slash
RC - Roman Cancel



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3. Special Moves
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Phantom Soul    (RC: No)
236+P or K
This is Testament's projectile attack.  He releases a burning skull, the 
skull will fly for a medium distance.  Punch's Phantom Soul is horizontal 
forward; Kick's Phantom Soul is diagonally up.
Beware, before Testament release the skull, he has a short lagging time.  
So, this move is mainly for a making a pressure to the opponent from afar.  
If this hits the opponent, a magical target would be shown on the opponent.  
And then Zio, the crow will start her attack to assist Testament.
Zio's attack:
1. Bites attack (the most useful, fast and good damage.  Up to 6 times)
2. Feathers attack (3 hits, low damage, mainly for continuing the combo.  Up 
to 4-5 times)
3. Scythe attack (high damage, but the motion is slow.  Up to 4 times)


Grave Digger   (RC: Yes)
214+P
Testament will use his scythe to do a powerful slash.  Its range is quite 
far, but he has to move forward before the attack appears.  High risk of 
being countered if blocked.  So, it's better to be used in a combo.  
Moreover, because its attack appearance is slow, this is not suitable for 
anti-air.


Exe Beast   (RC: No)
41236+S or HS
Testament will summon a beast from the hell to attack the opponent.  S's 
attack is from the back of the opponent, HS's is from the front.  The speed 
of Exe Beast is fast, S's Exe Beast is hard to jump out of it.  It's good 
for controlling the position of opponent.  But Testament will have a bit 
lagging time after activating this move.


Violent  (RC: Yes)
214+S
This is Testament's counter-attack special move.  Once activated, if he's 
hit by any part of his body (high, medium, low), he will change to liquid 
form and dodge to opponent's back, and do the counter with low damage.  He 
can counter any attack, special move, Overdrive Attack or destroy move.  
EXCEPT unblockable.  The advantage of this move is fast activating.  But, 
Testament need about 0.5 second to dodge to opponent's back, so the 
opponents CAN still block the counter-attack.  If Testament successfully 
counter-attack the opponent, the opponent will get in the poison status, and 
his/her life will slowly drain.  The drain will stop before death, or the 
opponent hits Testament.  This move is useful and surprising in close range 
battle.


(Turning back slash) (RC: Yes)
6+P
This move is USEFUL for anti-air, fast activating.  Upper part of the body 
is invulnerable at the moment of activation.  Although he slashes his scythe 
low, it's a medium attack (you must block high).  But the disadvantage is 
short range.


(Scythe strike)   (RC: Yes)
6+HS
This move is quite useful, the advantage is its long range.  Good for 
anti-air, once it hit the opponent, you can chain it into Grave Digger.


Throws:
(Close up) 6+HS or 4+HS
His throw is useful for someone who doesn't recover in the air.  You can do 
anything after the throwing move (including his Overdrive Attack)


Overdrive Attack:
Nightmare Circular   (RC: No)
63214,6+HS
The one and only one of Testament's Overdrive Attack.  Testament will draw a 
magical sign and a devil will rush out to do the attack.  Testament is 
invulnerable at the moment of activating this move, also the range is very 
long.  Although its damage is not very high, the opponent will be in poison 
if he/she is get hit.  Beware that this move can be blocked in the air.  
This Overdrive Attack can be combo into by the gattling combo.
Dash in, P => K => 2+S => 2+HS => Nightmare Circular


Destroy move:   (Ichigeki Hissatsu)
Sevens Sign
After all 4 buttons are pressed (in the "state of destroy"), 236236+HS
Testament will use 2 scythes to attack the opponent.  The opponent will lie 
in a bed, and then Zio will climb up onto the bed and use her fingernails to 
stab in opponent's neckKDestroyed.  The disadvantage is short range, but 
this move is very fast.  Testament's whole body is invulnerable when 
activating this move.  And the opponent cannot block this move in the air 
(except using fortress defense).




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4. Testament's combo
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1.   Dash in, 2+K=> 2+S => 2+HS => Exe Beast (S or HS)

2.   Dash in, P => K => 2+S => 2+HS => Grave Digger/Nightmare Circular
     (To someone who don't recover in the air)
     Dash in, P => K => 2+S => 2+HS => HS Exe Beast => Grave Digger/ 
Nightmare Circular

3.   Violent => RC => S (close range) => (jump) => S =>P => S =>HS
      *After Roman Cancel immediately do the S to off the opponent from the 
ground

4.    6+P => 2+S => 2+HS => Nightmare Circular => 6+HS

5.   Dash in, K => S => HS (1 hit) => Grave Digger => RC => 6+HS => Grave 
Digger

6.   Dust Attack => (push up) => HS => S => P => S => P => S => P => (double 
jump) => S => HS
      *Immediately press S right after HS, it's escapable when you do the 
double jump.



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5. Testament Strategies
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- Either a flying Phantom Soul or magical target on the opponent's body must 
be seen on the screen.  A flying Phantom Soul can give pressure to the 
opponent, so that he/she doesn't dare to do meaningless move.  A magical 
target (Zio's target) could stop the opponent's combo if you block well, 
also it can be used for chaining your combo.
- If the opponent is playing defensive game, then you can use Exe Beast (S, 
the back one) and Phantom Soul to force him/her to make a fault.  And you 
take the chance.
- Since his body is relatively big compare to other characters, you should 
use Violent (counter attack) wisely and frequently (Especially to fast 
characters such as Chipp, Millia and Jam.  Once you activated the Violent, 
they couldn't stop their combo right away to block your Violent, and you can 
start your combo with RC) .
- Always know when to offense, when to defense.
- Most of Testament's moves have lag time when finished, remember if your 
combo is blocked, you're likely to get countered.  Always use Phantom Soul 
(P, horizontal one) after a blocked combo, you may have a chance to force 
the opponent back.
- Remember, Testament is a all-range fighter besides Dizzy, Ky Kisuke and 
Sol Badguy (in my opinion), so you might have to play keep away to a 
specific character.
- Use HS for jump in, it has good priority against the ground.

Strategies to different characters:
LaterKK



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6. Ending Words
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Special thanks to:
Yuki G.: Although your looking is good, I don't treat you as a 
girlKanytime. (Her Baiken is crazy, she can beat all of my characters, 
butKBaiken)

Aoi Y.: You are always the clownKyour Faust is good.

Hirotaka S.: He's really my "true" rival, he's an expert with all characters 
(butKyou can't beat my Testament)

Arc System Works: To create such a game

Any comment, feel free to mail me to
epcy_kami@hotmail.com

