___ _ |_ | | | | |_ _ _ __ ___ _ __ | | | | | | | '_ ` _ \| '_ \| | /\_ / / |_| | | | | | | |_) |_| \____/ \__ _|_| |_| |_| __/(_) | | |_| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ U l t i m a t e S t a r s +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ =============================== Seiya Character FAQ Version 1.0 Written By: d3m0nsl4y3r =============================== Table of Contents 1.Story 2.Obtaining and Evolving Seiya 3a.Basic Controls 3b.Basic Attacks 4.Help and Support Koma 5.Battle Koma 6.Strategies 7.Credits =============================== Updates ------- February 5th, 2007 Added more in depth strategies to replace the Combos section. =============================== 1.Story Saint Seiya focuses on the tale of Seiya, a young man sent to Greece to fight for the bronze armor of Pegasus, and for what reason, he knows not. Seiya believes that once he's won the armor, the bulk of the battle is over. Little does he know that his battles are only beginning. As he returns to Japan, he learns of a tournament between the Saints of Athena in which he's already been entered, much to his chagrin. Seiya refuses to fight, but is quickly convinced to do so by the devious host, Saori. Yet, Saori's intentions remain pure as she follows her lineage, and in the mere hosting of one tournament, she endeavors to draw out a great evil that will either fall to her Saints, or defeat them and rule the world. =============================== 2. Obtaining and Evolving Seiya Seiya’s help koma can be unlocked on the first objective of the first mission in the Saint Seiya world(located in J-Space, alongside Dragonball and Rokudenashi Blues). Completing the mission is easy enough, requiring you to finish the match with the most points. Seiya’s evolution chart is as follows: -[S2]-[S3] | [H]-[B4]-[B5]-[B6]-[B7]-[B8] The gem cost for each koma, excluding the free help koma, is: Support 2 koma-35 red, 15 green, 5 white Support 3 koma-80 red, 20 green, 10 white Battle 4 koma-150 red, 50 green, 15 white Battle 5 koma-350 red, 50 green, 20 white Battle 6 koma-500 red, 100 green, 30 white Battle 7 koma-900 red, 100 green, 200 white Battle 8 koma-900 red, 500 green, 300 white Athena(used to obtain the path to Seiya’s 8 koma)-100 red, 300 green, 50 pink, 100 blue This comes to a total of 3,015 red gems, 1,135 green, 50 pink, 100 blue, and 580 white. =============================== 3a.Basic Controls Left on the D-pad: Moves your Battle Character left. Right on the D-pad: Moves your Battle Character right. Down on the D-pad: Puts your Battle Character into a defensive stance, guarding against attacks. Up on the D-pad: Used with the X,Y, and B buttons to execute different attacks. A button: Used to jump. Some characters are allowed to jump three times instead of the normal two. B button: Executes a weak attack. These do less damage than Y attacks, but are usually faster. Y button: Executes a strong attack. Usually slower than B attacks. X button: Performs a special attack. These are more powerful than B and Y attacks but cost one bar of SP each time they are used. Select: Performs the character’s Ultimate Action. Some Ultimate Actions have positive effects such as regaining SP or increasing the damage of the character's Y attacks. ---------------------- 3b.Basic Attacks B:Seiya does a simple forward punch. Fairly fast and good for starting combos. B+right or B+left:Seiya steps forward while punching with energy surrounding his fist. Pretty decent, rather like Seiya’s regular B attack. B+up:Seiya performs an uppercut. Good for launching the enemy a short distance into the air. B+down:Seiya makes a burst of energy around him. Changes the opponents Battle Character if it hits. B(aerial):Seiya chops downwards. Decent spike attack. Y:Seiya steps forward while releasing a burst of energy bullets from his fist(Tapping Y quickly yields more hits, up to 10 maximum.) Good for edge-guarding and good for finishing combos. Y+right or Y+left:Seiya steps forward while firing a large energy bullet out of his fist which travels a short distance. Y+up:Seiya jumps while releasing a burst of energy bullets from his fist(Tapping Y quickly yields more hits, up to 13 maximum.) Good for hitting opponents above you. Y+down:Seiya punches the ground around him. Breaks enemy’s guards. Y(aerial):Seiya kicks downwards at a 45 degree angle. Deals decent damage and is fairly fast. Select:Seiya does a pose while glowing blue. This recharges SP a little at a time, and should only be used if your bar is almost full. =============================== 4.Help and Support Koma Seiya's help koma, when attached to a Battle Character, decreases damage done by special attacks.Seiya's 2 koma(Shield of Athena) heals your Battle Character a little and removes status effects. Finally, Seiya's 3 koma(Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken) causes him to appear above you, launching a barrage of energy bullets down on the enemy. This koma is often used to break chains or combos. =============================== 5.Battle Koma All of Seiya's komas are relatively easy to combo with certain support komas. For example, 7 koma Seiya's special + Shishio 2 koma sends your opponent flying because of the explosion at the end of Seiya's special and leaves them with a burn effect because of Shishio. This combo can be done with all of Seiya's koma, but the damage output decreases as the koma size decreases. Seiya's koma traits are as follows: 4 koma ------ Nature: Power Help Koma Boost: Shiryu, Shun, Hyoga J-Soul: 136 Special 1: Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken - Fires a barrage of energy bullets. Fires a second barrage if tapping X repeatedly. Special 2: Pegasus Sui Sei Ken - Fires a medium-sized energy bullet in the air. Shape: [][] [][] 5 koma ------ Nature: Power Help Koma Boost: Shiryu, Shun, Hyoga J-Soul: 152 Special 1: Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken - Fires a barrage of energy bullets. Fires a large bullet after initial barrage if tapping X repeatedly. Special 2: Pegasus Sui Sei Ken - Fires three medium-sized energy bullets into the air. Shape: [][][] [][] 6 koma ------ Nature: Power Help Koma Boost: Shiryu, Shun, Hyoga J-Soul: 168 Special 1: Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken 'BIG BANG' - Fires a short barrage of energy bullets. If the initial barrage hits your opponent, tap X repeatedly for an explosion after the barrage. Special 2: Pegasus Rolling Crush - Seiya stands in one place and grabs the opponent, taking them up then smashing them into the ground. Shape: [][][] [][][] 7 koma ------ Nature: Power Help Koma Boost: Shiryu, Shun, Hyoga J-Soul: 168 Special 1: Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken 'BIG BANG' - This is almost the same as 6 koma Seiya's Special 1 but you do not need to hit the opponent to activate the explosion. Tapping X repeatedly will yield more hits. Special 2: Pegasus Rolling Crush - Again, almost identical to 6 koma Seiya's Special 2 but when this special is activated, Seiya dashes forward a short distance. This dash also blocks any frontal attacks. Shape: [][][] [][][] [] 8 koma(Gold Saint Seiya) ------------------------ Nature: Power Help Koma Boost: Athena, Mu, Ryotsu(Kochi Kame) J-Soul: 200 Special 1: Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken 'BIG BANG' - This special is different from 7 koma and 6 koma in that there is no explosion at the end of the special. Instead, Seiya releases a more straight-forward barrage of energy bullets after the initial barrage. Special 2: Saggitarius Arrow - Seiya pulls out a bow and fires a straight beam of golden energy into the air. Shape: [][] [][] [][] [][] =============================== 6.Strategies Seiya is played best as a middle range character. He can hit his opponent pretty much anywhere, even behind him as his guard break and forced character change hit all around and have semi wide areas of effect. He is best for surprise attacks on the ground because of his left/right Y attack. Although Seiya is a middle range character, he cannot recover very well from ranged attackers. Ranged attacks make it hard for Seiya to get in range of attacking his opponent so keep your opponent on screen while staying clear of their attacks at the same time. Seiya is also a fantastic edge-guarder. If you manage to fling your opponent off the edge, his left/ right Y attack is great. This will only work, however, if your opponent isn't flung too high. If they are above you and off of the stage, they can simply fall clear over your head and back onto the stage. =============================== 7.Credits I'd like to thank finally13(a.k.a. actawesome), Hiei_owns_you, and DismalTwilight for helping me practice with Seiya and letting me test out different combos on them. Story summary of Saint Seiya taken from TV.com's summary of the show(http://www.tv.com/saint-seiya/show/24397/ summary.html). Thanks to Genroh's JUS Walkthrough FAQ for the names of Seiya's specials. This is my first FAQ ever so please don't be too hard on me! ^^ Thanks for reading!