Reaper Angel

Reaper Angel's Character Select Screen Image

**Reaper Angel** is a mysterious young girl with a knack for wielding a big, spooky scythe. Her cutesy demeanor isn't just a ruse, but get on her bad side, and you'll be lucky to even think before meeting your demise at the business end of her trusty blade of steel.

### Playstyle:

Reaper Angel is a rather difficult character to get used to. Her basic and down attacks have some nasty blind spots that makes her kit seem underwhelming at first. Despite this, a good player can make use of her Soul Meter and Frame-Cancelling to really throw their opponent off-guard!

## Moveset

### Soul Meter

By destroying projectiles with Soul Slice and Portals, Reaper Angel can fill up her Soul Meter to change her Super and do some other fancy stuff. Max amount of points is 5.

### Frame-Cancel (Passive)

Reaper Angel can consume some Soul Meter to switch moves mid-animation. Good use of this ability can trip up even advanced players. You can also cast Crescent Moon multiple times midair, giving you a really big jump, and an even better opportunity to trip up your opponent! (WARNING: Unecessary button-mashing can lead to an unfortunate loss of Soul points. Be Advised.)

### Backstep (Back + Attack)

A short, vulnerable dash backwards. Seems useless at first, but in conjunction with animation cancels via Soul Meter, it allows to you bounce back from defense to offensive in the blink of an eye!

### Soul Slice (Attack)

Reaper Angel dashes forward and swipes her blade, destroying projectiles and hitting in a wide arc. Has a drawback in a rather embarrassing blind spot just between her character model and the actual attack, leaving space for an enemy to retaliate.

### Crescent Moon (Down + Attack)

An Anti-air attack that sends Reaper Angel into a parabolic arc. When Attack is not held, she slices in front of her at the peak of her jump. When Attack is held, her slice is delayed until Attack is let go. Be careful! If you don't let go by the time the jump is over, you won't attack at all (though, if your timing is really good, you might be able to feint your opponent by making them THINK you messed up...)

### Place Portal (Special)

Reaper Angel places a void portal right in front her that absorbs projectiles. Costs 1 green point. Only one can be up at a time.

Portals persist through rounds, no matter if you win or lose, making them very useful for players who like to take risks to win the match.

### Vanish (Special (After placing portal))

Reaper Angel teleports back to the portal she placed earlier. This doesn't cost ANY green points or Soul Meter. Very useful for putting yourself at an advantage in a later round.

### Overdrive (Super)

INSTANTLY fills the Soul Meter. Like other Supers, turns 2 green points into red points. Good for gaining an advantage early or setting up for Heavenrend, if you're cocky/have 4 green points.

### Heavenrend (Super (FULL SOUL METER))

Reaper Angel tears a gash into the fabric of spacetime, sending it careening towards the enemy. Fast, difficult to dodge, and very tall. Can also be FRAME-CANCELLED

## Tips/Strategies

Reaper Angel is a very dangerous matchup for certain annoying projectile spammers. She can punish these kinds of lazy noobs by using Soul Slice to rip through their attacks harmlessly, all the while closing the gap between them and gaining Soul Meter while doing it!

When done right, cancelling Backstep into Soul Slice or Crescent Moon is very fast and hard to counter, and allows a good player to dodge melee attacks in a cinch.

Heavenrend is unusually large and speedy, even for a Super, so using it in conjunction with a multi-Soul slice charge across the screen or a properly-delayed Crescent Moon is sure to cost your opponent a round.

Unfortunately, against characters without any projectiles, it's extremely difficult to take full advantage of Reaper Angel's kit. Overdrive is the only way to compensate for this, but it's quite risky, since losing means shaving two red points clean off your score.

## Alternate Costumes:

Akatsuki Kirika
from Symphogear
Maka Albarn
 Base