Slayer is a pretty scary opponent to face in Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. The teleporting vampire hits hard, and on top of that, he has a confusing moving pattern that can easily catch the victim off guard. Don’t carry a stake — rather than panic, study up a little so you know what to do against this match-up.

daymendou posted several videos on Twitter to guide players to better responses to Slayer. With each Tweet, he explains each situation so that you know how to counter his approach. He starts out by talking about possible follow-ups after the K version of Mappa (BDC stands for backdash cancel):

Bite reaches after K Mappa hits, but not on block or FD. Standing or crouching doesn't seem to matter. pic.twitter.com/al9XGt5iUs — Rare Mushroom|Peter (@daymendou) September 26, 2017

You can jump or backdash and possibly get a big punish on Bite (42F recovery). However, this can be hard to do because of cS (see below) pic.twitter.com/xDURSOXlSA — Rare Mushroom|Peter (@daymendou) September 26, 2017

Slayer is always in cS range after K Mappa, except after FD. While FD can avoid both BDC Bite and cS, Slayer may react with 5K, etc. instead pic.twitter.com/EO61IbVb4e — Rare Mushroom|Peter (@daymendou) September 26, 2017

Jumping doesn't seem to be an option on hit, but it seems possible to superjump FD to avoid cS on block (likely character dependent). pic.twitter.com/7TUrB8Tn2g — Rare Mushroom|Peter (@daymendou) September 26, 2017

Slayer's cS is active enough to catch most backdashes unless they are delayed. Backdash > Throw in corner is probably character dependent pic.twitter.com/dzast3IiOt — Rare Mushroom|Peter (@daymendou) September 26, 2017

Extra stuff that the Slayer discord pointed out: Walking backwards avoids BDC Bite. Even Zato, who has the slowest backwalk, can avoid it. pic.twitter.com/V0PAKBuwri — Rare Mushroom|Peter (@daymendou) September 26, 2017

Here they are — that’s just one segment that daymendou covered. Don’t hesitate to ask him more questions on Twitter or follow him to stay updated on more tech that he might explain.

Source: daymendou