I'll be putting here some useful advice, combos and builds for characters I'm good with.
Note: Dodge Cancel or DC means when you do a dodge to cancel an attack's recovery time. When I say DC I mean dodging canceling w/o tilting the analog stick.
Note2: 1st part or 1P means that you must only press the input button once. i.e. when I say (Tap) Highbringer (1P) I mean stopping after Garland slices the enemy with his sword, without pressing O again to shoot his chain sword at the enemy. 2nd part or 2P... you can figure that out yourself.
I. Garland
Pros:
-Incredibly powerful attacks
-INCREDIBLY powerful attacks
-Powerful combos that own your opponent's BRV
-Easy BRV Wall Rushes
-CPU is stupid enough to get caught in Cyclone or Tsunami, and human players can easily get caught in Blaze
Cons:
-Most of his attacks are slow and thus easily blockable... however Lance Charge has Guard Crush, Round Edge's 2nd hit is unblockable and his 3rd hit staggers the opponent, and Highbringer comes out pretty fast and can be chained to other attacks.
-HP attacks are sometimes hard to land... sometimes.
-Slow movement
As you can see, the pros outweigh the cons. Garland is a great (but underrated) character. He will also knock you all down.
Landing BRV attacks
If you're fighting a CPU, then get in there and smack him with Round Edge and do the Mighty Combo of Ownage (see below) on him. Ifrit summon, repeat the combo, or do whatever you want. If you can't land Round Edge then try using Highbringer. I never fought human players so I can't help you with that...
Landing HP attacks
Dashing towards the enemy and launching a Cyclone in his face works quite well on CPUs. Though if you're fighting Tidus, Zidane etc. you might get smacked with Hop Step, Swift Attack etc. before you even cast the Cyclone.
Spamming Tsunami works well - if the CPU dodges at his right/left instead of dodging backwards... he's fucked. Spamming Blaze is useless when fighting high CPU enemies but works well on humans and low CPU enemies. If you just CAN'T land your HP attacks, guard and use Earthquake =/
Recommended moveset:
Ground
O Highbringer
O <- Round Edge
(optional) O -> Lance Charge
[] Earthquake
[] -> Tsunami
Air
O Twin Swords
O ^ Twist Drill
O \/ Bardiche
[] Blaze
[] \/ or ^ Cyclone
Highbringer and Round Edge is what you'll be using mostly however you should also use air attacks. These attacks can be seen coming and blocked so you should use them wisely. For human enemies, Multi Air Slide+ can be used to screw up their camera and them hit'em with Bardiche - he won't see it well, however Garland still yells I'LL CRUSH YOU! about an hour before hitting =/ as I said before I don't have any experience with human enemies.
Useful Abilities
Multi Air Slide+
Recovery Attack (HP recovery attacks can catch your opponent off-guard)
Counterattack (as if the Mighty Combo of Ownage wasn't overpowered enough, hitting your enemy with Round Edge while he's attacking will cause the WHOLE COMBO to critical)
Snooze and Lose
Speed Boost++
C-C-C-COMBOS!
Round Edge (1st part) > DC > (Tap) Highbringer (1P) > DC > (Tap) Highbringer (1P)* > DC > (Hold) Highbringer (1P)** > DC > Bardiche
Garland's long ass combo that will knock you all down. Deals massive damage if completed (and it's not that hard to complete). Can also be started at (Tap) Highbringer - Round Edge is not necessary for the combo to work.
*On some characters, (Tap) Highbringer can be done more than twice. On Shantotto, it can only be done once. I recommend that you only do it twice.
**If you have a LOT of BRV Wall Rush+%, then do Bardiche. If not, then just do the 2nd part of (Hold) Highbringer
Round Edge (1P) > DC > Round Edge (1P) > DC > Round Edge (1P) > Infinite
Supposedly an infinite combo, however it needs precise timing and even then, it does not work on some characters. I have heard that slightly tilting it left will make it work. I dunno, I don't use infinites.
Round Edge (1P) > DC > Lance Charge
When you need a couple more BRV to strike the finishing blow and you don't feel like doing a long ass combo.
Build
The current build I have on my Garland is...
Gigant Axe (Garland's level 100 exclusive; ATK+70 DEF-2)
Adamant Shield
Adamant Helm
Adamant Vest
Muscle Belt
Muscle Belt
Champion Belt
Gaia Ring
Miracle Shoes*
Hyperstar
Booster
Player Summon Unused
Player HP = 100%
Opponent HP = 100%
You can add in Easy Come Easy Go* which has x2.5 in the first 30 seconds of the battle and x0.5 after 30 seconds. Your choice.
*These two are password-obtained items - I will make a thread on them.
Coming up next is... hmm, I dunno.
Emperor? Gabranth? Jecht? Cloud? Bartz? Exdeath?
I'll decide on that later.
I hope this is helpful!
Note: Dodge Cancel or DC means when you do a dodge to cancel an attack's recovery time. When I say DC I mean dodging canceling w/o tilting the analog stick.
Note2: 1st part or 1P means that you must only press the input button once. i.e. when I say (Tap) Highbringer (1P) I mean stopping after Garland slices the enemy with his sword, without pressing O again to shoot his chain sword at the enemy. 2nd part or 2P... you can figure that out yourself.
I. Garland
Pros:
-Incredibly powerful attacks
-INCREDIBLY powerful attacks
-Powerful combos that own your opponent's BRV
-Easy BRV Wall Rushes
-CPU is stupid enough to get caught in Cyclone or Tsunami, and human players can easily get caught in Blaze
Cons:
-Most of his attacks are slow and thus easily blockable... however Lance Charge has Guard Crush, Round Edge's 2nd hit is unblockable and his 3rd hit staggers the opponent, and Highbringer comes out pretty fast and can be chained to other attacks.
-HP attacks are sometimes hard to land... sometimes.
-Slow movement
As you can see, the pros outweigh the cons. Garland is a great (but underrated) character. He will also knock you all down.
Landing BRV attacks
If you're fighting a CPU, then get in there and smack him with Round Edge and do the Mighty Combo of Ownage (see below) on him. Ifrit summon, repeat the combo, or do whatever you want. If you can't land Round Edge then try using Highbringer. I never fought human players so I can't help you with that...
Landing HP attacks
Dashing towards the enemy and launching a Cyclone in his face works quite well on CPUs. Though if you're fighting Tidus, Zidane etc. you might get smacked with Hop Step, Swift Attack etc. before you even cast the Cyclone.
Spamming Tsunami works well - if the CPU dodges at his right/left instead of dodging backwards... he's fucked. Spamming Blaze is useless when fighting high CPU enemies but works well on humans and low CPU enemies. If you just CAN'T land your HP attacks, guard and use Earthquake =/
Recommended moveset:
Ground
O Highbringer
O <- Round Edge
(optional) O -> Lance Charge
[] Earthquake
[] -> Tsunami
Air
O Twin Swords
O ^ Twist Drill
O \/ Bardiche
[] Blaze
[] \/ or ^ Cyclone
Highbringer and Round Edge is what you'll be using mostly however you should also use air attacks. These attacks can be seen coming and blocked so you should use them wisely. For human enemies, Multi Air Slide+ can be used to screw up their camera and them hit'em with Bardiche - he won't see it well, however Garland still yells I'LL CRUSH YOU! about an hour before hitting =/ as I said before I don't have any experience with human enemies.
Useful Abilities
Multi Air Slide+
Recovery Attack (HP recovery attacks can catch your opponent off-guard)
Counterattack (as if the Mighty Combo of Ownage wasn't overpowered enough, hitting your enemy with Round Edge while he's attacking will cause the WHOLE COMBO to critical)
Snooze and Lose
Speed Boost++
C-C-C-COMBOS!
Round Edge (1st part) > DC > (Tap) Highbringer (1P) > DC > (Tap) Highbringer (1P)* > DC > (Hold) Highbringer (1P)** > DC > Bardiche
Garland's long ass combo that will knock you all down. Deals massive damage if completed (and it's not that hard to complete). Can also be started at (Tap) Highbringer - Round Edge is not necessary for the combo to work.
*On some characters, (Tap) Highbringer can be done more than twice. On Shantotto, it can only be done once. I recommend that you only do it twice.
**If you have a LOT of BRV Wall Rush+%, then do Bardiche. If not, then just do the 2nd part of (Hold) Highbringer
Round Edge (1P) > DC > Round Edge (1P) > DC > Round Edge (1P) > Infinite
Supposedly an infinite combo, however it needs precise timing and even then, it does not work on some characters. I have heard that slightly tilting it left will make it work. I dunno, I don't use infinites.
Round Edge (1P) > DC > Lance Charge
When you need a couple more BRV to strike the finishing blow and you don't feel like doing a long ass combo.
Build
The current build I have on my Garland is...
Gigant Axe (Garland's level 100 exclusive; ATK+70 DEF-2)
Adamant Shield
Adamant Helm
Adamant Vest
Muscle Belt
Muscle Belt
Champion Belt
Gaia Ring
Miracle Shoes*
Hyperstar
Booster
Player Summon Unused
Player HP = 100%
Opponent HP = 100%
You can add in Easy Come Easy Go* which has x2.5 in the first 30 seconds of the battle and x0.5 after 30 seconds. Your choice.
*These two are password-obtained items - I will make a thread on them.
Coming up next is... hmm, I dunno.
Emperor? Gabranth? Jecht? Cloud? Bartz? Exdeath?
I'll decide on that later.
I hope this is helpful!
