Touhou Games Thread

Directional keys: Movement. When locked on, you'll move horizontally relative to the target, so it doesn't take into account vertical height.

S: Ascend.

D: Descend.

Z + direction: Slide in a direction. This gives you a short period of invincibility and consumes 2 spirit orbs (the red dots under your life bar). You can input the command again during the slide to consume 2 more spirit orbs and extend the slide in the same direction.

Hold Z: (Tracking) Boost Dash. Sends you zooming in either the direction you're holding, or if you're locked on, towards your target. Costs 2 spirit orbs to activate and then rapidly drains them for the duration of the dash. Cannot be performed during Low Tension.

X: Normal danmaku shot. Consumes 1 shot ammo per.

Hold X until Shot gauge is filled and release: Charge shot. Takes the same amount of shot ammo as a regular shot.

A + X: Spell Card. Just a more powerful danmaku shot with a longer delay. Consumes 1 spell ammo per.

Hold A + X until Spell gauge is filled and release: Charge Spell Card. Most powerful regular attack with the longest delay. Takes the same amount of spell ammo as a regular spell.

A + V: EX Spell Card: Effect varies by character. Tends to be a support-like effect of some kind. The gauge for this starts off empty at the start of a match.

C: Melee attack. Close ranged, relatively weak attack that can interrupt an opponent's actions. Normally you can do up to a 3-hit combo, but in High Tension you can do a 5-hit combo and during Climax a 7-hit combo. There is a short cooldown for this as displayed by the second gauge on the right side of your screen.

C during a slide: Slide melee. On hit this sends an opponent spinning away for a couple seconds of stun. If you miss, however, YOU are vulnerable for slightly less amount of time as you're stuck in place.

A + C: High Tension Spell Card: Super attack. Large delay in the form of a pose. Can only be used during High Tension or Climax.

A + Z: Climax Spell Card: Ultra attack. After a pose and delay, you shoot a white orb that will trap an opponent if it successfully hits and automatically transition into the attack. Can only be used during Climax. If used during the last 20% of the last Climax section in your battle music, the attack will be an extended version that does even more damage.

Q: Toggle lock-on to a target. If there are multiple targets, press to cycle through targets and hold to remove lock.

V: Guard. 180 degrees in front of you for roughly 3 seconds. Fully blocks all damage for its duration. Using this right before an opponent melee attacks you stuns them for a few seconds ("Just Guard"). There is a short cooldown between shields as displayed by the first gauge on the right side of your screen.

A + S: Mirage Slide A. Sends you sliding to a point right in front of your target.
A + D: Mirage Slide B. Sends you sliding to a point right behind your target.
Both Mirage Slides consume 6 spirit orbs and cannot be performed during Low Tension. They still have the same invincibility properties as regular slides, but go for a much farther distance. Once started, they can only be canceled by removing your lock-on or with the following command.

C during Mirage Slide: Mirage Slide Attack. Apparently identical to the regular sliding melee, but consumes 2 spirit orbs.

Any three of Z + X + C + V while being hit: Spirit Spark. Consumes 1/10 of your max health and 5 spirit orbs to give a couple seconds of invincibility.

Spacebar: If you have AI teammates, this cycles their behavior between Attack Your Target/Attack Different Target/Evade/Act Freely.

W: Resets camera to look straight ahead of you when not locked on to anything.