A Normals
[7F Startup / 3F Active / 19F Recovery / -7 On block]
Good coverage for a 7F 5A, will catch people trying to jump
Can be staggered into itself with microdashes, but is risky
Can be jump cancelled to go into air options or bait dp's and bursts
19F is a lot of recovery for a 5A, so don't go pressing it without it least a decent chance of it being blocked
Cannot be swept or low profiled, so abuse the range
[11F Startup / 3F Active / 20F Recovery / -8 On block]
Decent way to confirm air hits, and ok in pressure, although does not blockstring into anything apart from A guillotine and 5AAA
Frametraps nicely into 5B for a big CH confirm
Poor as a pressure reset point due to frame data, but can be done against less knowledgeable opponents or characters with shorter reach
[12F Startup / 2F/3F/6F Active / 30F Recovery / -19 On block]
Decent to go into either to build axe or as a frametrap
Once done on block, you must into going into either, sweep, guillotine axe or a hop, otherwise you will be getting hit
Now combos into hop j.2B in yellow axe and above if the opponent is low enough
[7F Startup / 2F Active / 14F Recovery / -1 On block]
Decent low poke that gatlings into itself, and only slightly minus
Doing 2A gatlings until enemy is out of range, then 5A, is a situation that not many characters can deal with well
No blockstrings can be done from 2A, so be careful choosing what you press after your third gatling
[9F Startup / 2F Active / 6F Recovery]
Labrys' fastest air normal by far, and should be the button you press if you know for certain you're going air to air and it'll land
Can also be used to control airspace for relatively low risk and will stop people charging at you.
May also catch OS/jump attempts if done early enough
Also used to confirm high CH j.B hits, and combos into j.B
Can technically be used to do a double overhead (and threaten a 50/50 high/low) if done immediately after an airdash and cancelled into j.B, but this will whiff on crouchers and must be timed perfectly, and only works well in the corner
Can also use this from a slightly higher than IAD airdash into j.B for a double overhead
Gatling into j.B is pretty much necessary to confirm this, so you can autopilot into the j.B input most of the time
With the speed in increase since 1.1, can be used to fuzzy certain characters
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