sweet spot / critical hit

[YinYin]

i'm guessing object1 ik8s back to char1 using different ik8s (for different strengths), so it's the object doing the damage rather than char1. that'll save frames for the attack, so that's better than the char solution

well only if you dont need a different character frame and the included hit lag etc

But doesn't itr/k8 require new special bodies?

it does not - works perfectly fine on normal bdys

Theory (Click to View)

- Multiple itr tags in a single frame.
- First itr tag always takes precedence over subsequent ones (I think it does... if I know what I'm doing with frozen... unless it detects from left to right instead.)
- enough vrest or arest to ensure that after an itr tag takes effect.. the rest gets nullified by the delay. This works well enough with a quick attack... not so well on attacks that are meant to be multi-hit.. grinding.

- itr tags arranged left to right, side by side:
zone 1 - closest to clyde normal hit
zone 2 - to the right of 1 by 1px, crit lvl 1
zone 3 - to the right of 2 by 1px, crit lvl 2
zone 4 - right of 3 by 1px, crit lvl 1
zone 5 - right of 4 by 1px, normal hit

So... now.. when Rudolf's bdy is in contact with all 5 zones... which is when rudolf is closest to clyde...
zone 1 takes effect... normal physical hit... and others get negated by vrest/arest delay.
likewise.. as rudolf's relative distance from clyde is increased... eventually he'll be in a position where his bdy is overlapping with zones 2 to 5.. in which case.. zone 2 takes effect first... normal energy hit.. and the vrest/arest delay negates the other zones for that instant.
ditto for zones 3 4 and 5.

I used this method to calibrate frozen's shrafe initial pushback effect with respect to distance at which the shrafe connects... so that the second hits onward will connect nicely.

Also.. the margin for error can easily be tweaked by increasing each zones width...

proof you aren't as rusted as you may think

your method is great
i have initially thought of doing it that way too
but at some point my mind told me that it wouldnt work because the final critical itr is still 1px (which does normally get the range of the attacked bdy)
but the weaker itrs acting beforehand effectively prohibit that
why havent i at least tried it ... (affinity works that way too after all)
oh well

might rework mine with this to reduce the chance of glitches

btw i'm using itr kind 9 for the actual hit (and showing the animation) aswell - i see no problem with reflecting blasts there

one question from the dc noob i happen to be: how do u actually time an attack like this? (like charge up and when the opponent is at your favored distance, press release? (otherwise I can hardly imagine timing an attack at these small different lengths (the differences in your pic are like one millimeter...)

that millimeter can go down to exactly one pixel
youve got several options (as a player for clides move):

• sheer luck
  
• dance of pain - adjust your position - attack
  
• super awesome 1337 skill (critcal hitting whenever you perform the move)
  

and as a dcer you can of course make it easier for the player with something like this for example

but since the critical hit on clide is so overpowered it should not get any easier to pull it off - would defeat the point of it