BA2 Deathscythe Hell Custom: BnB/Infinite

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Moving on to some nostalgia! With my Arcade stick broken, I decided to show my love to a game I played quite a lot of with my brother way back when: Gundam Battle Assault 2. (I skipped 1 because with the exception of a few aspects, 2 is superior.) Back in the day, I didn't play fighting games at a high level so going back to this game with all of my newly acquired knowledge, it was amusing for me to discover that all of these things were possible in this game. Crossups, meaties, links, combos -- every fighting game standard was there and though I felt bad that I could no longer play the game as I once did, it was fascinating for me to dissect the inner mechanics of this game!

This is Gundam Deathscythe Hell Custom's standard BnB while also doubling as his infinite. With the number of hits that Deathscythe's beam sickle special provides when using the strong version of it, it's very easy to continue a combo and just as the previous sickle dies out, you can replace it with another. (As two cannot be on screen at once) However, it launches the opponent, forcing you off the ground if you wish to continue the combo. Typically, since the game only allows 3 uses of your boosters, a combo of that nature would only go for so long but because of Deathscythe's teleport, you can easily swap out using your boosters for using that, allowing time for the boosters to recharge. 

It's an easy combo and an easy infinite but still very fun. However, though I say it is an infinite, that is actually not entirely the case as such things are not possible in Battle Assault 2 due to the overheat system. Each gundam has 3 life bars (most anyway) and once that bar reaches it's end, the gundam overheats and plummets backwards and though it can be hit about once more, it will hit the ground where it can be hit further but the damage is greatly reduced. Especially after a long combo with all of that natural damage reduction.