GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- bbl in strive (how to play gio)

Who Is Me And Who Is Gio

mei started playing this game four days ago (now five) and decided to make a gio guide because it'd be funny and because of bbl drizzy and there's a brazilian and i had to do something at least

you should read this if you have absolutely no clue what you're doing and want to build bad habits

brazilian woman (and dog)gio is said to be a rush down char, but all that really means is you throw yourself at the opponent

they say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, but for some reason the results do change because of the iq of a guilty gear player

play if you like to attack your opponent, throw your opponent, hold meter, hot char, and doggie

dont play if you like blocking because we never block💯

How Gio Work

metergio's tension meter gives her buffs that are represented visually at 50 & 100%

you get some funny stats but more importantly an excuse not to use meter

if ur a sweat use meter to roman cancel though cause thats actually pretty useful

(gio at 100 tension)

dashgio has a dash that carries momentum so when you kick while dashing you kick far

the dash itself is very useful to get in and be annoying with weird timing that your opponent needs to get used to

mix-up gameattack them and then when they block you grab

grab them and then why they jump you attack

do this until they leave the match

What Gio Move

YOU ONLY NEED TO KNOW FIVE MOVES

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CLOSE SLASH (c.S) your bread and butter

dash up to them and hit them with this, and then hit them with this again

watch out for throws when you dash up

this ♥♥♥♥ is +3 on block

FAR SLASH (f.S) use after close slash

three-hit nature useful for dimwitted opponents

carries momentum from dash

if you throw this out randomly you can easily just die

NEUTRAL HEAVY SLASH / FAR KICK (5H) hit far and hit fast and push away opponent

carries momentum from dash

use after literally anything except trovão / arrow

follow up with sepultra / dog kick

SEPULTRA / DOGGY KICK (214K) finishing move that pushes you away so you dont die

to follow up after this usually you gotta roman cancel so save this for last

TROVÃO / ARROW (236K) use to get close to opponent (this is your only move if you're far)

projectile immunity after a slow startup

safe on block, follow it up with 5K cause idk what else to use

other moves that are pretty good

LOW SLASH (2S) hits low and hits fast

use after close slash instead of f.S for similar damage but one less hit

hits twice low and is very fast

SOL POENTE / SPLIT KICK (214S) overhead attack

air-ok

SIDE PUNCH (6P) anti-air attack, requires some time to start up

SOL NASCENTE / 'REVERSAL' (623S) anti-air attack but spins and has good evasion

faster startup than 6P but longer recovery

really important moves that i suck at using

NEUTRAL KICK (5K) carries momentum from dash

faster than 5H with good range

you can use it after trovão / arrow

just keep dashing and using this move if you're a nerd

LOW KICK (2K) faster than 2S, safe on block simply dont get counter hit

LOW DUST (2D) considerable range that keeps opponents at range

good poke with generally good timing

i'd write about the meter moves but you dont REALLY need any of them except maybe the spinny one because that one can be implemented into combos a lot easier

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close slash is +3 on block

follow it up with far slash / down slash which chains into neutral heavy into doggy kick

keep doing this until your opponent learns the timing and then you mix it up

if they keep holding block you can start mixing in overheads/throws

during neutral you can just start dashing and kicking with momentum or using the arrow (236K) to get close, but it has a slow startup, goes through only 1 projectile, and can be hit out of

Combo Wombo

close slash into low slash into neutral heavy into doggy kick

and then do it again

and again

Final Gio

TL;DR

gameplan is just running it down and spamming the one combo

land the combo by mixing up the timing and then showing the occasional throw/overhead

as always the most important thing is to familiarise yourself with all the moves

if you follow this guide you too can become a hot brazilian woman with a dog!!!

(yes i missed a lot but it should be fiiiine)

helpful things to look at that are better than this guide:

https://www.dustloop.com/w/GGST/Giovanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vATVq5-HVO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgz_lQnvyAA

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3268665942

bbl in strive (how to play gio)