Resources

A list of (hopefully useful) Fantasy Strike resources, for those looking to learn, looking to watch tournament archives, or just looking for handy dandy tools!

Tools:

• The Forum: The official Fantasy Strike forum.
• Events: The official Fantasy Strike events page.
• The Discord: The official Fantasy Strike Discord server.
• The Subreddit: The Fantasy Strike subreddit. (With a resources page of its own!)
• Mizuumi Wiki: A wiki for Fantasy Strike.
• Custom Team Battle manager: A tool for managing Team Battles between custom teams of Fantasy Strike characters, including any number of non-unique characters, based on Danielizabeth Stretulch's similar tool for all Yomi characters.
  • If you need an async version you can entirely determine before the match, here's one! It works by picking exactly enough blind picks that you can't run out before the match ends.
• monorail's fs_stats: A python tool for tracking your win-rate.
• trapdoorbeaver's safe zone template: A Twitter post containing reference images for where important parts of Fantasy Strike's UI are located.

Guides:

• Official Guide: An official guide for the fundamentals of the game.
• Playing to Win: Playing to Win, a book (free to read online) about how to approach fighting games.
• Some help with port forwarding
• Glossary of Fighting Game Terminology: A useful list of explanations of various terms commonly used in fighting game communities.
• Frame Data Spreadsheet: A spreadsheet listing the frame data of every move in Fantasy Strike.
• Aphotix's Argagarg Guide: A guide on the fundamentals of playing Argagarg effectively, written by one of the best Argagarg players in the community.
• Aphotix's Setsuki Guide: A guide on the fundamentals of playing Setsuki effectively, written by one of the best Setsuki players in the community.
• Novril's Character Guides: A guide to the basics of each character.
• Tidazi’s thoughts on “Noise” (and a bit about conditioning and Rook oki): A forum post on a notable psychological element of gameplay, written by one of the best Rook players in the community.
• Hypergrav's Matchup Compendium: A compilation of footage for every matchup in Fantasy Strike, collated by Hypergrav, a prominent member of the community.
• "Little things I wish I knew before I started": A huge amount of little useful bits of information that can be extremely useful, put together by ErickDRedd, prominent member of the community and Maker Of Memes.
• Random Character Thoughts: A collection of pieces of advice for some characters, by Sente and professorplacid.
  • Random Degrey Thoughts
  • Random Lum Thoughts
  • Random Midori Thoughts
  • Random Geiger Thoughts
  • Random Rook Thoughts
• Janet's Thoughts on Stuff: A (currently very small) collection of brief guides on miscellaneous concepts in Fantasy Strike, put together by Janet who is also the person who made this page!
  • Janet's Thoughts on Advantage
  • Janet's Thoughts on Throw Strategy
  • Janet's Thoughts on How to Dice
  • Janet's Thoughts on Lum's Oki
  • Janet's Thoughts on Reactions
  • Janet's Thoughts on Mixups
• Andrew Mirror's Boss Rush Guide: A document full of powerful strategies for Boss Rush, written by a Boss Rush expert.
• Tidazi's Onimaru Guide: A guide on the fundamentals of playing Onimaru effectively, written by an utterly fantastic Onimaru player.
• A two-part guide (part one, part two) by trapdoorbeaver - the first part dealing with his fundamental strategies and toolset, the second part dealing with his matchups.
• Full Combo Guide by Hating Mirror - a spreadsheet containing the main combos for every character in the game.

Video Channels (plus a recommended video or playlist from each):

• Fantasy Strike: The official Fantasy Strike Youtube channel - notably containing a playlist of character spotlights (that can also be found in-game).
• ThyPirateKing Esports: A Youtube channel owned by a major Fantasy Strike tournament organiser - notably containing a playlist of archives for his weekly tournaments.
• Toronto TopTiers: A Youtube channel owned by a Canadian fighting game community which hosts many tournaments (including Fantasy Strike tournaments!) - notably containing a playlist of archives for their online weekly tournaments.
• Daniel Stretulch: A Youtube channel owned by Daniel Stretulch, host and commentator for Garden of Chaos - notably containing a playlist of archives for Garden of Chaos tournaments.
• Agoners Gaming: A Youtube channel owned by Remy, a Fantasy Strike streamer and blogger - notably containing a playlist of ranked matches he's commentated in his streams
• Mr Mkl: A Youtube channel owned by MrMkl, prominent member of the Toronto FS community, especially in the Toronto TopTiers local fighting game community - notably containing a series of Jaina training sequences! (But also check out the playlists and combo videos)
• CWheezy: A Youtube channel owned by CWheezy, an absurdly skilled and experienced member of the Fantasy Strike community and tournament commentator - notably containing a video explaining the Grave vs Valerie matchup in a minute.
• Shobbs: A Youtube channel owned by shobbs (aka the rook hugger), an extremely experienced and skilled member of the Fantasy Strike community - notably containing a video tutorial on playing Rook.
• Simon Braendli: A Youtube channel owned by mysticjuicer, containing a video guide on safe jumping as Rook.
• Alien Toy Shop: A Youtube channel owned by ATS, one of the strongest Oni players around and frequent tournament winner - notably containing an advice video for the Oni vs Midori matchup!
• Nahjus: A Youtube channel owned by Nahjus, a frequent FS streamer, containing videos of ranked play from their streams.