Andy Bogard overview & gameplay guide

The easiest way to describe Andy in CotW is that he is a more aggressive take on Akuma from Street Fighter. He’s a rushdown character outfitted with a fireball, air fireball, uppercut, demon flip complete with a cross-up and command grab, and in typical Andy fashion, he still has his multiple gap-closing special moves in Zan’ei Ken (236P) and Kuuha Dan (236K).

This mass of tricky yet safe moves gives Andy six ways to Sunday to play solid neutral, get in, mix up, pressure, force mistakes, and more, not to mention his combo versatility using the REV system. He’s no slouch on defense, either; in addition to an invincible DP and a reversal super that can be tricky to punish, Andy enjoys a strong, safe backdash cancel option in REV Kuu Hishou Ken (j.214AC) that can turn opponents’ low and throw attempts into a combo for Andy himself.

Where Andy is weakest is in his normals. He has several issues on this front, from struggling to confirm from lights, to lacking a good heavy for poking despite the range on his 5C. On top of weakening his neutral game, it means Andy can’t reliably lock down opponents into a mix-up until he gets a knockdown, and has to resort to either increased risk or spending REV to truly get his scary offense going from beyond close range.

When it does get going, though, Andy employs some of the game’s scariest offense and strongest momentum. Players who like to overwhelm opponents with multiple ways to play the rushdown game will have a whirl playing the new take on this classic Fatal Fury protagonist.