======================== Bleach Dark Souls Ichigo FAQ By BleachFreak7 ======================== This is a FAQ for the character Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach Dark Souls for the DS. Press ctrl-F to find the sections. 1.) Table Of Contents [TOC] 1.) Table Of Contents.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[TOC] 2.) Reason for using Ichigo……………………………………………………………………………………………………[RFI] 3.) Description……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[DSC] 4.) Move List…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[MVL] 1.) Basic Move Set………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………[BMS] 2.) Special Move Set………….……………………………………………………………………………………………[SMS] 3.) Super Move Set…………….………………………………………………………………………………………………[SUM] 4.) How to use Su.C.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………[USC] 5.) Command Key……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[CMK] 6.) Combos…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[CMB] 1.) Basic Combos……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[BSC] 2.) Advanced Combos……………………………………………………………………………………………………………[ADV] 3.) Bankai combos…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[BNC] 7.) Playstyle…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[PLS] 1.)Easy Playstyle…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[EPS] 2.)Confusing Playstyle……………………………………………………………………………………………………[CPS] 3.)Power Based Playstyle………………………………………………………………………………………………[PBP] 4.)Speed Based Playstyle………………………………………………………………………………………………[SBP] 8.) End…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[END] 9.) Contact………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[CNT] 10.) Legal Information…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[LGL] 2.)Reason For Using Ichigo [RFI] Ichigo is a High-Tier character and is, without a doubt, one of the easiest characters to use in the game. Ichigo has long-range attacks and good speed making him an excellent character to fight with. His combos are very basic and easy to do, but they do a lot of damage. Ichigo is effective on tall and short characters. He's basically good to use against anyone. 3.)Description [DSC] Ichigo has long-range attacks and exceptional speed making him easy to use. His combos are easy and do a lot of damage. His Flashstep has good distance. His Supers do a lot of damage and his Specials are good to begin and/or end combos with. 4.)Move List [MVL] The following sections will show you Ichigo Kurosaki's basic moves, Specials, and Supers. It will show how much damage each does, how many hits it does, it's range, and a description of it. The specials will include how much damage and how many hits with the normal special and the reinforced special, along with the range. Also, the specials that involve the "X-button" charge for a second before they can be used. The Specials involving the "Y-button" do not use charging, but you must wait for a second after using them before you can move, attack, or guard again. The "A-button" specials do not requiring any charging or waiting after you attack, but you use one spirit-pressure gauge. X-button-Light Attack Y-button-Medium Attack A button-Heavy Attack 1.)Basic Move Set [BMS] Standing Light (sL)-Ichigo hits opponent with the butt of his sword. Damage-4 Hits-1 Range-Short Standing Medium (sM)-Ichigo slashes sideways at the enemy. Damage6 Hits-1 Range-Medium Standing Heavy (sH)-Ichigo slashes down at the enemy. Damage-8 Hits-1 Range-Medium Crouching Light (cL)-Ichigo bends down and punches at the ground. Damage-4 Hits-1 Range-Short Crouching Medium (cM)-Ichigo bends down and stabs sword at enemy. Damage-6 Hits-1 Range-Medium/Long Crouching Heavy (cH)-Ichigo bends down and slashes his sword up in the air. Damage-8 Hits-1 Range-Medium Aerial Light (aL)-Ichigo punches the enemy while in the air. Damage-4 Hits-1 Range-short Aerial Medium (aM)-Ichigo slashes his sword sideways while in air. Damage-6 Hits-1 Range-Medium Aerial Heavy (aH)-Ichigo slashes his sword down at the enemy while in air. Damage-8 Hits-1 Range-Medium 2.) Special Move set [SMS] Special A or Zangetsu (Sp.A)-Ichigo blasts a wall of energy out of his sword. Command-Down, Right, Y/X/A Damage-1.) Down, Right, Y=15 Damage 2.) Down, Right, X=15 Damage 3.) Down, Right, A=18 damage Hits- 1.) Down, Right, Y=5 Hits 2.) Down, Right, X=5 Hits 3.) Down, Right, A=6 Hits Range- 1.) Down, Right, Y=Me 2.) Down, Right, X=Medium 3.) Down, Right, A=Medium/Long Special B or Engetsuzan (Sp.B)-Ichigo rams into the enemy and slashes sideways with his sword. Command-Left, Down, Right, Y/X/A Damage- 1.) Left, Down, Right, Y=8 Damage 2.) Left, Down, Right, X=12 Damage 3.) Left, Down, Right, A=16 Damage Hits- 1.) Left, Down, Right, Y=2 Hits 2.) Left, Down, Right, X=6 Hits 3.) Left, Down, Right, A=9 Hits Range- 1.) Left, Down, Right, Y=Medium 2.) Left, Down, Right, X=Medium/Long 3.) Left, Down, Right, A=Medium/Long Special C or Gazan (Sp.C)-Ichigo jumps into the air and hits the enemy with his sword on his way up in the air and on the way down to the ground. Command-Right, Down, Right, Y/X/A Damage- 1.) Right, Down, Right, Y=7 Damage 2.) Right, Down, Right, X=7 Damage 3.) Right, Down, Right, A=24 damage Hits- 1.) Right, Down, Right, Y=2 Hits 2.) Right, Down, Right, X=2 Hits 3.) Right, Down, Right, A=6 Hits Range- 1.) Right, Down, Right, Y=Short 2.) Right, Down, Right, X=Short 3.) Right, Down, Right, A=Short Special D or Kongenzan (Sp.D)-Ichigo stabs his sword into the ground. A huge beam of energy blasts straight up into the air. Command-Down, Down, Y/X/A Damage- 1.) Down, Down, Y=8 Damage 2.) Down, Down, X=8 Damage 3.) Down, Down, A=8 Damage Hits- 1.) Down, Down, Y=1 Hit 2.) Down, Down, X=1 Hit 3.) Down, Down, A=1 Hit Range- 1.) Down, Down, Y=Very Short 2.) Down, Down, X=Very Short 3.) Down, Down, A=Very Short Special E or Danhazan (Sp.E)-Ichigo uses his sword to launch a pile of rocks in the air. Command-Down, Up X/Y/A Damage- 1.) Down, Up, Y=18 Damage 2.) Down, Up, X=19 Damage 3.) Down, Up, A=19 Damage Hits- 1.) Down, Up, Y=10 Hits 2.) Down, Up, X=11 Hits 3.) Down, Up, A=11 Hits Super Move Set [SUM] Super A or Getsuga Tensho (Su.A)-Ichigo slashes his sword down creating a huge wall of energy. Cost-1 Spirit Bar Command-Down, Right, Down, Right, Y/X/A (all 3 do the same) Damage-36 Hits-5 Range-Long Super B or Issentzuki (Su.B)-Ichigo stabs his sword into the ground, creating a giant beam of energy that blasts straight up and expands sideways, both left and right. Cost-1 Spirit Bar Command-Down, Left, Down, Right, Y/X/A (all 3 do the same) Damage-23 Hits-4 Range-Long Super C or Tensa Zangetsu (Su.C)-Ichigo turns into his strongest form. His attacks become more powerful and his speed increases. Lasts for limited time. Cost-3 Spirit Bars Damage-Varies Hits-Varies Range-Varies How to Su.C [USC] Ichigo's Super C can vary in damage and hits. Super C makes Ichigo transform into his most powerful state. In this form, his attacks do much more damage and his speed greatly increases. Super C only lasts for a limited amount of time though. Use it wisely and only when you know you can do some serious damage with it. Standing Light (sL)-Ichigo slashes sideways at the enemy. Damage-4 Hits-1 Range-short Standing Medium (sM)-Ichigo slashes sideways, sending out a black cloud. Damage-9 Hits-5 Range-Very Long Standing Heavy (sH)-Ichigo slashes sideways, sending out a black cloud. Damage-11 Hits-5 Range-Very Long Crouching Light (cL)-Ichigo bends down and stabs enemy with his sword. Damage-4 Hits-1 Range-Short/Medium Crouching Medium (cM)-Ichigo bends down and sends out a cloud of black smoke. Damage-9 Hits-5 Range-Very Long Crouching Heavy (cH)-Ichigo bends down and sends out a cloud of black smoke. Damage-11 Hits-5 Range-Very Long Aerial Light (aL)-Ichigo slashes down at the enemy from the air. Damage-4 Hits-1 Range-short Aerial Medium (aM)-Ichigo slashes down at the enemy, sending a black cloud of smoke at them. Damage-9 Hits-5 Range-Medium/Long Aerial Heavy (aH)-Ichigo slashes down at the enemy, sending a black cloud of smoke at them. Damage-11 Hits-5 Range-Medium/Long Special A (Sp.A)-Ichigo slams his sword into the ground creating an enormous wall of black smoke. Damage-14 Hits-1 Range-Long Those were the basic moves of Ichigo's Su.C. A little farther into the FAQ I will have a few combos that can be done in that form. 5.) Command Key [CMK] This key shows what the buttons do and a few basic terms. A- sH, cH, aH B- Flashstep X- sM, cM, aM Y- sL, cL, aL L- Line Jump R- Guard Start- Pause Select-Taunt D- Pad: Up- Jump Up, Up- Double Jump Up, Sideways- Instand Air Dash (IAD) Sideways- Walk Sideways, Sideways- Dash Down- Crouch Sideways in air- Dash in Air Break Combos- Press Any 2 attack buttons when being attack. Uses 1 spirit bar. Terms: IAD-Instant Air Dash: Done by Jumping and instantly dashing sideways. TAFS-To Air FlashStep: Done by doing a Flashstep Diagonal into the air. FS-FlashStep: Done by pressing the B-button. BOF-Behind Opponent FlashStep: Done by doing a Flashstep to get behind your opponent. GC-Guard Cancel: Done by doing a FlashStep while guarding. 6.) Combos [CMB] This section just shows some basic, advanced, and expert combos with Ichigo. Since Ichigo is a very basic character to use, he has very few expert combos. Those combos are right between advanced and expert. They will not take an expert at the game to learn. 1.) Basic Combos [BSC] Combo 1.) sL, sM, sH, FS, sL, sM, sH, FS, cL, cH, aL, aM, aL, aM, aH. Damage-37 Hits-13 Combo 2.) aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, FS, sL, sM, sH, FS, sL, sM, sH, FS, sL, sM, sH, Sp.B, Su.A. Damage-81 Hits-21 Combo 3.) aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, RfSp.B, aL, aL, aL, aM, aL, aL, aL, aM, FS up, aL, aL, aM, FS up, aL, aL, aM, RfSp.C. Damage-75 Hits-33 2.) Advanced Combos [ADV] Combo 1.) IAD, aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, TAFS, aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, TAFS, sL, sM, aH, TAFS, sL, sM, sH, RfSp.B, Su.A. Damage-95 Hits-32 Combo 2.) IAD, aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, TAFS, aM, aH, FS, aH, cL, sM, cM, TAFS, aM, aH, cL, cM, cH, aL, aL, aM, aL, aL, aM, RfSp.C. Damage-73 Hits-28 Combo 3.) cL, cM, FS, cL, sM, cM, TAFS, aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, TAFS, aM, aH, sL, sM, cM, sH, RfSp.B, RfSp.C, Su.B. Damage-75 Hits-27 Bankai Combos [BNC] Bankai combo 1.) SuC, sL, cL, sM, cM, sH, FS, sL, cL, sM, cM, sH, FS, sL, cL, sM, cM, sH, FS, sL, cL, sM, cM, sH, Sp.A. Damage-114 Hits-70 Bankai Combo 2.) IAD, aM, aH, sL, sM, sH, TAFS, aM, aH, sL, sM, cM, sH, SuC, sL, cL, sM, cM, sH, TAFS, aL, aL, aL, aL, aL, sL, cL, sM, cM, sH, (do this as many times as possible before time runs out). Damage-Varies Damage-Varies 7.) Playstyle [PLS] Ichigo has four main playstyles; easy, confusing, power, and speed. Speed and confusing kind of go together because the confusing style involves a lot of speed. The easy playstyle is just a basic style that is easy and quick to learn. The power style means that you don't play as fast but you base you style on doing large combo that do a lot of damage. 1.) Easy Playstyle [EPS] The easy playstyle is a basic playstyle and quick to learn. It is not very effect against human players but can be used to beat the computer players in the game. This style is not based off of speed or strength. It is just a beginner strategy for those just learning to play the game. The easy playstyle consists of the following: 1.)Easy combos that do little damage. 2.)Medium speed. Not fast nor slow. 3.)Not a lot of flashsteps or complicated moving. 4.)Not good at tricking opponents. For the Easy Strategy, you will be playing more defensively than offensively. You will be guarding when people attack you rarely ever Guard Cancel. You basically just play, not hoping to kill the enemy fast, but to just to make sure you win. You don't care how you win, as long as you win. The people who use this strategy are not very effective against any other strategy. This is not a very professional strategy to use. 2.) Confusing Playstyle [CPS] The confusing playstyle is made up of speed and unpredictable moving. These are meant to trick your opponent so they have no idea what you will do. Your combos will do a medium amount of damage. Combos aren't the main concern though. You're concerned about making the opponent have no idea what could be coming and build pressure on him. The Confusing Playstyle consists of: 1.)A lot of Flashsteps. 2.)Combo Break about 50% of the time. 3.)Good Speed. 4.)Attacking High and Low at random times so they never know which will come next. 5.)Guard cancel in different directions. 6.)Short combos that do a medium amount of damage. 7.)Doing a Flashstep right through one of their attacks and attacking them. 8.)Playing very offensive. 9.)A good amount of Instant Air Dashes. This style basically shows that you want to win fast and fill them with pressure and nervousness about what might happen. Your goal is to be as unpredictable as possible. Attack high and low at random times so they never know how to guard. Guard Cancel in different directions so they don't know where to run. And most importantly, you need a lot of speed. The people that use this strategy are effective against every other strategy. They are hard to touch and you never know what could happen next. Difficulty to learn-Very Hard Difficulty to fight against-Very Hard 3.) Power Based Playstyle [PBP] The Power Based Playstyle is basically a style where you want your combos to do a bunch of damage and take enormous chunks out of the opponent's health. You don't really want to go fast or trick the enemy. You just want to put fear in them that your next combo might be the finishing hit. The Power Based Playstyle Consists of: 1.)Knowing long and complicated combos. 2.)Focusing on doing as much damage as you can. 3.)Not breaking many combos so you have Supers for your combos. 4.)Using a Reinforced attack in most of your combos. 5.)Doing a lot of Guard Canceling to get a good entry on your opponent. 6.)You spend most of the time on the ground. With the Power Playstyle, your combos will be strong and people will get worried whenever you begin a combo. Powerful Players are weak against most speed players though because they cannot land a hit. Difficulty to learn-Medium Difficulty to fight against-Medium 4.) Speed Based Playstyle [SBP] The Speed Based Playstyle involves faking out your opponent and making it tough for your opponent to make contact with you. You should flashstep through them a lot and Guard Cancel. You break a good amount of combos because you don't need a lot of Supers. Your combos do not do a large amount of damage. Your main focus is dodging the opponent and playing as fast as possible. The Speed Based Playstyle Consists of: 1.)Using a lot of Fashsteps. 2.)Spending a good amount of time in the air. 3.)Breaking a lot of combos. 4.)Not worrying much about power. 5.)Guard canceling a lot. 6.)Dashing at the opponent and doing a flashstep through him to fake him out. 7.)Run at them and flashstep away to fake them out. 8.)Dodging as much as you can. 9.)Saving Reinforced attacks for the end. You need all 3 of those bars for flashsteps. If you run out of flashsteps, you could be in trouble. 10.)Do a lot of Instant Air Dashes. This style is very effective against the Easy Playstyle and the Power Playstyle. This style is almost as good as the Confusing Playstyle, but the confusing Plsystyle is still a little bit better. This style will take a little while to learn but not too long. It is good with Ichigo because he has long range. Difficulty to learn-Hard Difficulty to fight against-Hard After reading through those, you should have a main idea about what style you would like to use with Ichigo. All of those styles work for him. That's why he is such a good character and up high on the Tier List. It's obvious that some styles are better than others, but better the style you learn, the better you get. Some of the styles might take a while to learn, but once learned, they are even harder to fight against. 8.) End [END] After going through this FAQ, hopefully you have learned a few things about how to use Ichigo. He's an easy character to use and is very effective against people. He's one of the few characters that can have all of the 4 strategies. Have fun using him and don't give up. He only takes a little while to learn to use. Once you learn to use him, you'll be a lot better than you thought you would ever be. Keep practicing. 9.) Contact [CNT] If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, you can email me at Ninjamaster9875@aol.com I'll do best to respond to any questions you have. If you have a really important question, message me at www.youtube.com/Yomaster16 I will respond much faster on there. I should respond within 24 hours. 10.) Legal Information [LGL] This FAQ was created by and written by BleachFreak7. This FAQ was written exclusively for Gamefaqs. It may be used by other people to learn how to use a certain character in the game. Please provide Credit When and Where it is due to both the writer of the FAQ and the company (Treasure) for making the game. Treasure gets all credit for making this game. It's given me and many other people many hours of fun. It's been a fun experience playing this game and I will continue to play it for a while. If you guys hadn't made this game, I'd be missing out on one of my favorite games. Thanks Treasure. END