Nine the Phantom/Gameplay

• Overview

General Strategy

Nine is a mage who fights her opponents with a wide range of magic. Her controls are rather unique, and it require the Player to remember the magic spells she can use with her D. Once mastered, however, she offers a wide range of options for attacking.

All of Nine's dashes are replaced with teleports, and she is able to perform an additional dash. Additional dashes can be used pressing ↑↑ to upwards, or ↓↓ to go downwards.

Normal attacks, A, B, C are similar in damage and power. Instead, her ← versions are generally quick, her Standing and Crouching attacks have long horizontal reach, and her → attacks are good against airborne opponents.

At mid-range, try to use Standing B or Standing C as much as possible. Both attacks have long reach -- they will reach the opponent as soon as the match starts. Standing B and Standing C can be used twice in a row with Revolver Action, and can be chained with Standing C into Standing b. If it lands, connect it with Crimson Raider.

If the opponent is defensively blocking your attacks, use magic with D or combo into the overhead, Navy Pressure. Navy Pressure will seek the opponent, making it useful even at long ranges. When attacking your opponent, use the D overhead Kunzite of Keep Breaker or the low Morganite of Malice. Connecting ← ＋ A into Standing C into Standing C, will allow you to transition into Kunzite of the Keep Breaker. Use that combo with Standing C into ↘ + C to keep the opponent guessing. Morganite of Malice can be chained ↘ + C. After that, quickly transition into Navy Pressure, which will collide with the opponent at almost the same time they try to Emergency Recovery from ↘ + C.

Against opponents from midair, use the attack that makes you invulnerable to aerial attacks, Mauvette Roar. If you are able to react quickly, pursue the opponent with a → + B. Flax Nurture can be used as an invulnerable move as long as there is magic equipped in the Active Slot. If the opponent gets too close, keep them at bay with this move. Furthermore, Counter Assaults are effective, if you can spare the Heat Gauge. Nine's counter assault results in a sliding-down for the opponent, which is an excellent way to reset, and keep your distance.

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Drive	None (Nine does not have Drive)
	Press D to use various magic attacks
Overdrive	Burning Red バニングレッド Baningu Reddo
	Will alter the Active Slot spell, even if the attack misses the opponent
Exceed Excel	Scarlet Vein 嘲笑う真緋の虚栄Ridiculing Scarlet Vanity -スカーレットヴェイン- Azawarau Mahi no Kyoei "Sukāretto Vein"
	During OD, A + B + C + D

Name	Command
	Technical Type	Stylish Type
Special
Crimson Raider 果てなき真紅の襲撃Endlessly Crimson Raid -クリムゾンレイダー- Hatenaki Shinku no Shūgeki "Kurimuzon Reidā"	↓↙← ＋ A (also in midair)	→ ＋ SP
Mauvette Roar 断罪せし紫苑の咆哮Roar of the Condemning Aster -モーベットロア- Danzaiseshi Shion no Hōkō "Mōbetto Roa"	↓↙← ＋ B	SP
Navy Pressure 蹂躙する蒼碧の重圧Overwhelming Deep Blue Pressure -ネイビープレッシャー- Jūrinsuru Sōheki no Jūatsu "Neibī Puresshā"	↓↙← ＋ C	↓ + SP
Seamoss Gate 原初たる翠緑の門Primitive Emerald Gate -シーモスゲート- Genshotaru Suiryoku no Mon "Shīmosu Gēto"	↓↘→ ＋ D (also in midair)	↓ ＋ SP in midair
Flax Nurture 大いなる雄黄の促進Nurture of the Great Oripment -フラックスナーチャー- Ōinaru Yūō no Sokushin "Furakkusu Nāchā"	↓↙← ＋ D (also in midair)	SP in midair
Distortion Drive
Flame Punisher 荒れ狂う炎灼の消滅結尾End Result of the Annihilating Rampaging Blaze -フレイムバニッシャー- Arekuruu Enshaku no Shōmetsu Ketsubi "Fureimu Banisshā"	↓↘→↓↘→ ＋ A
Cardinal Nova 選ばれし煉朱の新星輪廻Chosen Smelting-Red Nova's Saṃsāra -カーディナルノヴァ- Erabareshi Renshu no Shinsei Rinne "Kādinaru Nova"	↓↘→↓↘→ ＋ B
Azurite Nova 燃え盛る藍銅の獄葬災禍Cataclysmic Imprisonment in Copper Peptide -アズライトインフェルノ- Oesakaru Randō no Gokusō Saika "Azuraito Inferuno"	↓↘→↓↘→ ＋ C	← ＋ SP
Astral Heat
Colorless Void 降臨せし無色の終天無極Advent of the Colorless Reaches of Infinity -カラーレスヴォイド- Kōrinseshi Mushoku no Shūten Mukyoku "Karāresu Voido"	↓↘→↓↘→ ＋ D

References

• BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Website (US), Characters - Nine the Phantom
• BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Website (JP), Nine the Phantom - Command List