Josie combos

Bread n' butter

Bread n' butter combos are juggles that:

Work on as many different launchers as possible
Work on all body sizes

Launchers that require unique combos go straight to § Staples.

Regular launch (e.g. df+2): f+3 d+3,4~f~1,3 S! f+2,3,3

Stun launch (e.g. CH f+3+4): f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3

Instant screw (e.g. CH 3+4): df+4~f~4 f+4,3 uf+3+4

Mini-combos

[23] CH (1,2),3
[21] CH (3),2
[20] f+1+2: [+29] f,f df+1,4,2; [+27] f,f db+4,2,3

CH ws1: [63] f+1+2 f,f df+1,4,2; [61] f+1+2 f,f db+4,2,3

CH CD.3: [46] <d+3+4; [46] uf+3+4; [45] f,n,d,df+3

CH FC.df+4: [50] FC.df+4; [49] f,f d+3+4

[18] CH df+4
[7] (1)+4: [+20] SWS.1

[21] (df+1,4),2: [+19] d+3+4

Staples

Staple combos are juggles that:

Can be done consistently by a skilled player
Either work on all body sizes, or the characters it does work on are comprehensively listed
Are not strictly worse than another combo listed in terms of difficulty, damage, wall carry, and oki

[13] uf+4
[10] df+2: [+52] f+1+2 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [+50] 4 f+1+2 4 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [+50] f+1+2 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! uf+3+4^{[s 3]}; [+49] f+1+2 4 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3

CH 4: [64] f+1+2 d+3,4~F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [63] f+1+2 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3; [63] b+4,3 f+3 3,2,F~1,3 S! 1,2,4~F; [63] b+4,3 f+3 3,2,F~1,3 S! uf+3+4^{[s 3]}; [61] f+1+2 f+2,3,4 S! db+4,2,3

[27] CH f+3+4
[24] CH ws3: [+42] f+2,3,4 S! f+3 1,2,4~F~3; [+40] f+2,3,4 S! f+3 f+2,3,3; [+37] f+2,3,4 S! f+3 3,2,F~1,3; [+35] f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3

[25] CH (df+1,4),2
[24] CH SWS.1
[21] b+1+2
[20] CH SWS.2
[20] CH SWS.3: [+52] ws3 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [+50] ws3 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! uf+3+4^{[s 3]}; [+49] ws3 2 f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [+49] ws3 2 f+1+2 3,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+47] f,F+4 S! ssr ws3 4 f+4,3 uf+3+4; [+47] f+3 4 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3; [+45] f+3 d+3,4~F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+45] b+4^{[s 4]},3 4 3,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+45] b+4^{[s 4]},3 4 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [+45] df+1,2 1,2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [+43] df+1,2 1,2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! uf+3+4^{[s 3]}; [+43] df+1,2 df+4~F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3

ws2,1: [59] f,f d+3,4~F~1,3 S! f,f ssr f+2,3,3; [57] f,f d+3,4~F~1,3 S! db+4,2,3; [57] f,f d+3,4~F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [55] f,f d+3,4~F~1,3 S! uf+3+4

CD.2: [71] f+3(x3) 3,3 S! f+2,3,3

[24] CH d+2
[20] uf+3: [+50] f+3^{[s 5]} 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [+48] f+3^{[s 5]} 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! uf+3+4^{[s 3]}; [+47] f+3^{[s 5]} 4 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3; [+41] df+4~F~1 1,2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! f+2,4; [+40] df+4~F~1 df+4~F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [+30] f+3+4 uf+3+4

CH d+2,D: [76] ws3 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[s 2]}; [74] ws3 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3 S! uf+3+4^{[s 3]}; [73] ws3 4 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3

CH 3+4: [73] 4 df+4~F~4 f+4,3 uf+3+4; [66] b+4,3 1,2,4~F <CD.1,3

CH f,F+4: [68] ws3 3,3 f+1+2 3,f+3; [64] ws3 4 1^{[s 1]},2,4~F <CD.1,3

CH SWB.2: [63] ws3 3,3 S! 3,f+3; [59] d+3,4~F~1,3 S! 3,f+3

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Jab as 3rd aerial hit can whiff if Josie is off axis to the left or opponent is too far away.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 df+1,2,F~1,3 ender after 6 or more aerial hits whiffs if Josie is off axis to the right.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 uf+3+4 ender can whiff if Josie is off axis to the right. Can replace with f+2,4 or df+1,2,F~3. It can also whiff if you don't get in deep enough—you can dash a lot deeper than with the other enders since uf+3+4 hits much lower.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Crumple b+4,3 works vs everyone except Alisa, Eliza, Josie, Kuma, Kunimitsu, Lucky Chloe, and Xiaoyu.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 CH d+2 f+3 doesn't work vs Kunimitsu.

Rage

Wall

Regular carry (30% scaling): [22] 1 db+4,2<3; [20] b+4,3,4; [18] d+3,4~4; [15] d+3,4~2; [15] d+3,4~3; [14] 1,2 uf+3+4

Float

One hit BNB: [+33] d+3,4~F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3

Two hit BNB: [+26] 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3

[4] 1
[5] 2
[5] (1),2
[12] f+3: [+38] f+3 2,4~F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [+37] f+1+2 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3; [+35] f+3 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+29] 1 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+28] 1 1 3,3 S! f+2,3,3

[8] 1,2
[16] b+4,3: [+30] f+3 3,3 S! f+2,3,3

3,3: [42] ws3 f+4,3 uf+3+4^{[f 1]}; [41] ws3 1,2,4~4; [41] ws3 2,4~F <CD.1,3; [40] f+3 2,4~F~1,3; [35] 1,2,4~F~1,3

3,2,F: [40] CD.1 4 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [38] CD.1 f+2,3,4 S! f+2,3,3

[14] f+1+2
[7] 3
[7] df+2: [+33] d+3,4~F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+33] df+4~F~1 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[f 2]}; [+31] df+4~F~1 3,2,F~1,3 S! uf+3+4; [+30] df+4~F~1 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,4

ws3: [50] f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [49] 2 f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3^{[f 2]}; [47] 2 f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! uf+3+4; [46] 2 f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,4

[15] (2),4
[10] df+4: [+34] SWS.F~4 3^{[f 1]},2,F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+30] SWS.F~1 3,2,F~1,3 S! f+2,3,3; [+30] SWS.F~1 4 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [+27] SWS.F~4 f+4,3 uf+3+4

2,4: [42] SWS.F~1 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [42] SWS.F~1 3,3 S! f+2,3,3

R.f,n,d,df+3+4: [51] <3+4 S! f+3 1,2,4~F~3; [50] <f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [48] f,f 2,4~F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3; [43] <3,3 S! f+2,3,3; [43] <3+4 S! f+2,3,3

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Can whiff easily, especially vs smalls.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Doesn't work if you're even slightly off-axis to the right, which can happen easily. Best to try when you start slightly off-axis to the left.

Back-turned opponent

[13] uf+4
[10] df+2: [+44] f+1+2 d+3,4~F~1,3 S! 3,f+3

Stage break

Howard Estate: big boy break all the walls combo here

Vermilion Gates
Twilight Conflict: [79] CH f,n,d,df+3 uf+3+4 BB! f+1+2 3,3 S! f+2,3,3 W! db+4,2,3

Jungle Outpost: [76] CH f,n,d,df+3 uf+3+4 BB! 3+4 S! f+2,3,3 W! db+4,2,3

G Corp. Helipad: [79] CH f,n,d,df+3 uf+3+4 WB! 3+4 S! <1,2,4 W! SWS.4 db+4,2,3; [76] CH f,n,d,df+3 uf+3+4 WB! 3+4 S! f+2,3,3 W! db+4,2,3

Duomo di Sirio: [63] CH f,n,d,df+3 uf+3+4 BB! f+1+2 3,3 S! f+2,3,3; [63] CH f,n,d,df+3 uf+3+4 BB! f+1+2 3,2,F~1,3 S! df+1,2,F~1,3

Extras

Extra combos are juggles that are:

Strictly worse than one of the § Staples; or
Too inconsistent to be a staple; or
Joke combos for style points.

External links

Josie Combo Guide (Season 4) by Ryzing Sol

[x-x-jab-sus-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Jab as 3rd aerial hit can whiff if Josie is off axis to the left or opponent is too far away.

[df1-ender-sus-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 df+1,2,F~1,3 ender after 6 or more aerial hits whiffs if Josie is off axis to the right.

[uf3+4-ender-sus-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 uf+3+4 ender can whiff if Josie is off axis to the right. Can replace with f+2,4 or df+1,2,F~3. It can also whiff if you don't get in deep enough—you can dash a lot deeper than with the other enders since uf+3+4 hits much lower.

[crumple-b4-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Crumple b+4,3 works vs everyone except Alisa, Eliza, Josie, Kuma, Kunimitsu, Lucky Chloe, and Xiaoyu.

[f3-kuni-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 CH d+2 f+3 doesn't work vs Kunimitsu.

[sus-6] 1.0 ^1.1 Can whiff easily, especially vs smalls.

[df1213-max-ender-7] 2.0 ^2.1 Doesn't work if you're even slightly off-axis to the right, which can happen easily. Best to try when you start slightly off-axis to the left.

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