Uploaded January 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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From Elize Chapter 4. Cookies to anyone who guesses the purpose of the first snippet.

Jiao is big and slow, like a less-intimidating, slower Natchigal, though the vertical range on his attacks are much better than the deceased king. He has a hefty amount of Iron Stance, to the point I had to level up far beyond ~70-80 to be able to break it reliably.

His attacks aren't hard to get around; most having some decent startup which allows time to evade or attack before his attack fully activates. Devil's Maw can be a bit dangerous, because of its range and the fact that he gets some kind of superarmor that makes it hard to pull a last-min Iron Stance break, but fortunately, it can be Perfect Guard-ed. The biggest problem going against him? It's one of his normals, where he does a backhand followed by another spin-around backhand. It is so ridiculously quick, if you don't move ahead of time, it is impossible to not get hit by it. The 2-hit normal is enough to kill me, even at max HP, and can come out at any time.

I don't even entertain the thought of 'playing around', keeping the pressure on him until his guard breaks and weakness combos can follow suit. Being one of the only three humans that are in the "Heavy" weight class, he can't be lifted very high by Leia, so most attacks are low-to-ground combos.