Million Arthur: Arcana Blood/Thief Arthur

Thief Arthur

Profile

• EN Name: Touzoku Arthur (romaji), Thief Arthur (localization)
• JP Name: 盗賊アーサー
• Voice Actress: Ayane Sakura
• Element: Wind
• Health: 18000

Happy go-lucky character that was the sacrificial pawn to SNK for having Iori in this game.

Overview

High mobility character with a lot of multi-hitting moves. Has many options for approaching, good pressure, a command grab, and can convert off touches easily. Has 2 airdashes, which also allows her to double jump after either a single airdash or a superjump.

Strengths	Weaknesses
High mobility. Has fast run/air dash speeds, two air dashes and can change her air momentum with her rope specials High mixup. Standing overhead and high air mobility options can make it easy for her to open up opponents Many ways to get consistent conversions into knockdowns	Low HP Normals are fairly short ranged Has no reversals whatsoever

Recommended Support Knights

• Fay: 1-cost fire assist. Can be used for pressure and will easily element counter and confirm off D buttons
• Evaine: 1-cost ice assist. Gives an alternate projectile to 236D and can counter-hit after with D buttons.
• Balin: 2-cost fire assist. Covers a huge amount of space in neutral, also useful for counter element.
• Sorcery King: 2-cost ice assist. Somewhat similar to Balin in neutral but covers far less vertical space, and can counter-hit after with D buttons
• Uasaha: 3-cost wind assist for ending Enchant Boost combos. Highly recommended as your damage output will increase significantly.
• Mercenary Arthur: 2-cost fire assist. Can cancel after Uasaha for counter element and confirm into ground Million Skill/Excalibur.
• Aife: 2-cost wind assist. Can be used before Uasaha to combo where the opponent would usually be too high.

Normal Moves

5A

5A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 6f - - -2 - - - Standard jab, can cancel into itself once (third hit onward will be autocombo) or 2A. Jump cancellable.

5AAA

5AAA	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 6f - - -4 - - Wind Autocombo. Hits twice, deals small bit of elemental damage. Can cancel into B buttons. Not jump cancellable.

5AAAA

5AAAA	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 9f - - -6 - - - Autocombo. Hits twice. Can cancel into C buttons. Not jump cancellable.

5AAAAA

5AAAAA	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 14f - - -8 - - - Autocombo. Launches. Not jump cancellable despite sharing 6C's animation.

5AAAAAA

5AAAAAA	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 12f - - -17 - - - Autocombo. Visually identical to 63214D. There's a very large gap between the first part of the move and the falling kick. Gives a ton of meter compared to using 63214D manually.

5B

5B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 7f - - -3 - - - Fast, multi-purpose jump cancellable normal. Use this in combos if you're not sure how to pick up an airborne opponent while grounded. Moves Thief forward slightly, enough recovery on whiff to be dangerous.

5C

5C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 16f - - -3 - - - Moves forward slightly. Not jump cancellable outside of Enchant Boost, but is generally safe on block.

6B

6B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 11f - - -7 - - - Longer range but slower than 5B, serves a similar purpose in combos and pressure. Inputting B again after 5B will give you this normal without having to manually hold 6. Jump cancellable.

6C

6C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HL 11f - - -8 - - - Woefully short horizontal range, but decent vertical range. Some invulnerability to air attacks and air unblockable if used raw. Jump cancellable.

2A

2A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - 6f - - -2 - - - Fastest low that can cancel into itself once (third hit onward will be autocombo) or 5A. Jump cancellable.

2B

2B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - 8f - - -6 - - - Hits low and has good reach, but will not always connect after 6B as it is slightly shorter. Jump cancellable.

2C

2C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 10f - - -11 - - - Two-hit upward slash. Can work as a pre-emptive anti-air with better horizontal range than 6C, but has zero invulnerability. Ideally used to pick up airborne opponents when grounded, but this isn't always possible. Both hits jump cancelable.

j.A

j.A	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HA 6f - - - - - - Fastest air normal, self and jump cancellable.

j.B

j.B	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HA 9f - - - - - - Very good hitbox, jump cancellable

j.C

j.C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HA 10f - - - - - - Not jump cancellable outside of Enchant Boost. Good horizontal range at the tip of the dagger.

Elemental Attacks

5D

Leap Slash 5D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - H 27f - - -4 - - Wind Rather obvious overhead with startup that can easily be mashed out of, but is safe on block. Can link into 2A if you hit a crouching opponent. Launches on counter-hit. Because Thief leaps before the attack, this can high profile some low normals

2D

Sneak Kill 2D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - L 18f - - -8 - - Wind Sweep. Better knockdown than ground 63214D at the cost of damage. Will low profile during the sweep and can go underneath many buttons and projectiles

j.D

Revolve Thrust j.D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HA 13f - - - - - Wind Two-hit axe kick, large hitbox. Not special cancellable outside of Enchant Boost.

Throws

5/6B+C

Forward Throw 5/6B+C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - Throw 7f - - - - - Throw

4B+C

Back Throw 4B+C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - Throw 7f - - - - - -

j.B+C

Air Throw j.B+C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - Throw 5f - - - - - -

Special Moves

236A/B/C

Hold Trick 236A/B/C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - 8f(A) 13f(B) 14f(C) - - -11(A/B/C) - - - Blockable hitgrab, used for sideswapping mid-combo. Travels different distances depending on button used. Enters recovery when Thief connects with the opponent

236D

Twin Daggers 236D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - HLA 16f(ground) 23f(air) - - -9(ground) - - Wind Throws two small projectiles that travel in a helix pattern. Air version goes downwards at a 45 degree angle and has quite a bit of recovery.

63214D

Whirlwind 63214D	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - 12f(ground) 9f(air) - - -17(ground) - - Wind Ground version travels diagonally upwards and air version stays in place. Standard combo ender, air version gives better knockdown than ground version.

j.623A/B/C

Wire Shot j.623A/B/C ~A ~B ~C	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element N/A - - - - - - - - Wire swing. A version goes backwards, B stays in place, C goes forward. Cancellable into normals after 14f(A and B versions) or 18f(C version)

Million Skill

236XX

Sniping Tempest 236XX	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - - - - -4 - - - Projectile super that tracks pretty well and is safe on block. Can Enchant Boost Cancel the last hit if you really need to.

j.236XX

Catch and Barrage j.236XX	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - - - - -39 - - - Last few hits deal elemental damage. Recovers in the air, but does not knock down. Can be comboed from when done early in a combo

Million Excalibur

United Excalibur 214XX	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Starter Scaling Combo Scaling Element - - - - - -37 - - - Thief shoots a projectile across the screen. Upon a successful hit, will enter her Million Excalibur animation. Projectile will hit at approximately head height and can be low profiled

Combos

Solo Combos

A Starter

• 5/2A > 5BB > 2B > 5C > ender

Basic full chain route, can also act as a base for blockstrings as all B buttons are jump-cancellable and 5C is safe on block. 2D will give a better knockdown than 63214D at the cost of damage.

• 5/2A > 5BB > 2B > j.B [VERY SLIGHT DELAY] j.D land 5A > 5BB > 2B > 5C > ender

Standing opponent, does not work on Bisclavret/Nimue/Koume. Length of this combo means you won't be able to do an enchant boost extension. Meter gain is comparable to an autocombo, but takes significantly more effort.

6C Starter

• 6C > j.B > j.D land 5B > air stuff

Support Knight Combos

6C Starter

• 6C > j.A > jB > dj.B > j.C > Sorcery King, j.63214D, airdash j.D land 2C stuff

Enchant Boost Extensions

• starter > 63214D A+B+C airdash j.A > j.D, land 6B > 2C(1) > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Use when starter has one or fewer A buttons.

• starter > 63214D A+B+C airdash j.A > j.D, land 2C > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Use when starter has up to two A buttons or is a jump-in.

• starter > A+B+C airdash j.AA > j.C land j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

For reaching 2.0x bonus off a j.D starter on a grounded opponent.

• starter > A+B+C airdash j.AA dj.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

The "I don't know how much scaling my combo has" extension. Reaches a 1.9x bonus rather than 2.0, but works off anything including autocombo and j.D starters.

• Throw, A+B+C airdash j.C land 6B > 5C > j.C > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Enchant Boost makes 5C jump cancellable. Note that against everyone except Snow White, you will have to jump in the opposite direction after the 5B as they will end up behind you...unless your opponent is in the corner, in which case you don't have to worry and can jump in the same direction. Replace 5C with 2C to avoid sideswap in exchange for damage, which works on all characters outside of the corner except Nitou.

• Air throw, A+B+C airdash j.B delay j.D(1), rejump j.A > j.C delay j.D(1), rejump j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

If the first j.D is delayed too much, it won't actually come out. If the second j.D isn't delayed enough, you won't get the second rejump.

• (airborne opponent) 5A/5B/6B A+B+C 5B/2C > j.B > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

5B is the easiest normal to use for pickups, can be substituted with 6B or 2C in certain situations. Works off j.D starter on an airborne opponent. 6B A+B+C 2C is max damage, but isn't always possible. If 5B is used before A+B+C, 2C must be used after, as a third 5B will drop.

• (airborne opponent) airdash j.C A+B+C land 5C > j.C > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Concept for converting from a relatively close assist hit (most likely Balin) into airdash, will do a bit less damage than above combo but does not require landing first. Fall a bit before doing j.C to ensure you're low enough for 5C to land.

• (Balin hit) microdash 5C A+B+C, 5C > j.C > j.D land 5B > j.A > j.C > j.D(1) > j.63214D > Uasaha

Experiment with range to see how far you can be for a max range 5C to hit.

Videos

• Thief Arthur basic guide by ASConviction
• Thief Arthur official combo video A by Square Enix (2017)

5AA > 5BB > 2B > 5C > 2D > Support Knight Faye, j.D land 5B > j.A > j.B > j.C > j.63214D

• Thief Arthur official combo video B by Square Enix (2017)

Autocombo (5AAAAA) > Million Excalibur

Colors

Note: Colors 20 and 21 were pre-order exclusives for JP PSN and Amazon respectively. Unfortunately, they aren't selectable on Steam without the use of Cheat Engine.

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External Links

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