JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future/Mariah/Movelist

Overview

Movelist

Combos

Strategy

Matchups

Misc

Damage is split into 2 parts, regular/stand damage and meter building. first set of numbers contain regular and stand damage while second set of numbers contain amount of meter built on whiff and hit respectively.

Normals

5A

A poke with more active frames than most of your other normals

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
4	4 2(crc)	14(block) 6(crc) 9(whiff) 0(crc)	3/3 0/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+4 (+13)	+3 (+11)	-1 (-8)	5a (chain) Crouch Cancel Specials/Supers	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
Simple knife poke with good range. Turns into an "auto combo" with the third hit being visually similar to 6b but not comboing. Can be crouch cancelled.

5a (Chain)

Ah yes, the "auto combo"

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
13	3	26 (hit/block) 16 (whiff)	9/3 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+3	+1	-12	Specials/Supers	Mid Air-UB
The useless end to the 5a auto combo, mainly due to the fact that it doesn't actually combo from 5a and despite how it visually looks like 6b, it is not an overhead. Should you use it on accident be aware it does cancel into specials/supers and at the very least it doesn't trigger IPS.

5B

Stab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
6	3	25 (hit/block) 17 (whiff)	8/9 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
-1	-3	-11	specials/supers	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
Limited range but decent poke, use instead of 5c if opponent can just duck under it but be careful where you use it. Avoid using it in combos or cancelling into supers as it scales and triggers IPS

5C

Dab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
7	3	30 (hit/block) 22 (whiff)	14/16 6/8	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
-1	-3	1-6	special/super	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
One of Mariah's better normals. Functions as a really good poke and an even better anti air that can cancel into Burner on reaction for additional damage. Be careful when using this move though, as some characters can duck under it and whiffing it (even if you cancel) can be deadly for you.

2A

Tap Tap Tap

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
3	4 (hit/block) 2 (Whiff)	6 (hit/block) 0 (whiff)	3/3 0/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+12	+10	+7	2A (Chain) Specials/Supers	Low IPS Scaling
Behold, your bnb for the entire game. It's basically 5a except slightly less range but a frame faster and generally better frame data. It combos not only into itself, but into every other normal (yes her dashing normals included) excluding her command normals. Not to mention that the auto combo knocks down anyone stand off allowing for an oki.This move is not perfect though, despite having + frames on pushblock, being pushed back will render you outside the move's effective range in most cases and if you have already developed a habit of mashing 2a to get the auto combo, chances are you're going to get punished for it. Additionally, this is your main (and probably only) low move that you would want to use in a 50/50 oki situation.

2A (Chain)

The BNB

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
8	3	21 (hit/block) 13 (whiff)	3/4 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
KD	+7	-6	Specials/Supers	Low Knockdown
Mariah's BNB. Pretty much the entire game you want to fish for this combo, it's safe on anyone who doesn't push block and sets up oki on knockdown. On stand on opponents you don't really want to use it, even if your opponent doesn't know how to punish it, it's just bad practice. Don't forget you can cancel out of the sweep, so in the case you don't knockdown or you land this on a stand on opponent you can follow up.

2B

"Hey!"

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
5	3	23	6/9 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+1	-1	-9	Special/Super	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
One of Mariah's better pokes. Don't get me wrong, the recovery is still horrible, and you only get +1 frame advantage (which is a lot more than a lot of her other normals) but its range is better than 5b and despite the fact it doesn't hit low it still can hit most, no all characters even if they're crouching. Outside of that don't use this, it triggers ips, scaling, and there are much better alternatives.

2C

Leg Sweeper

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
11	2	24 (hit/block) 15 (whiff)	12/16 6/8	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
KD	+4	-9	Specials/Supers	Low KD IPS Scaling
Limited range knockdown that triggers ips and scaling despite being a knockdown/launch move. Recovery and framedata is a lot worse than the auto combo counterpart but at least you don't have to press 2a 2 time before hand.

J.5A

Don't be deceived, it's not the knife that does damage, it's the handle.

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
10	∞	upon landing	4/3 0/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+12	+10	+7	Specials/Supers (air versions only)	High IPS Scaling
Despite the hitbox, this move is great for meaties and can occasionally cross up your opponent. Use the B version though, as the A version of this move is exactly the same but does less damage.

J.5B

Totally not J.5A but more damage.

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
10	∞	until landing	7/3 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+12	+10	+7	Specials/Supers (air versions only)	High IPS Scaling
Just read the first sentence of the J.5A description, and then realize that j.5B has the exact same hitbox, frame data, and properties but for some reason builds meter on whiff and does extra damage.

J.5C

The (almost) instant overhead

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
8	3	until landing	13/9 6/8	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+12	+10	+7	Specials/Supers	High IPS Scaling
You read right, j.5C has even better startup than her other air moves, making this one the go to air-to-air, assuming you understand that it's only active for 3 frames. On some characters you can short hop and get a pretty close to unreachable overhead. There will be a table of characters that this works on but even then this is a really good normal you should use a lot.

Dashing Normals

d.5A

Your favorite poke but now has more range

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
4	4	14 (hit/block) 9 (whiff)	3/3 0/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+4	+2	-1	Specials/Supers	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
It's 5A but with momentum, great poking tool and potentially good for tick grabs. If need be you can even cancel into a super.

d.5B

Stabs deeper

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
9	3	25 (hit/block) 17 (whiff)	6/3 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
-1	-3	-11	Specials/Supers	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
Same 5B with added momentum but has longer start up. Similarly to d.5A you can cancel into supers if need be. The alternative to d.5c when d.5c whiffs. Still negative on everything though.

d.5C

Dabs Intensely

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
8	3	30 (hit/block) 22 (whiff)	12/3 6/8	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
-1	-3	-16	Specials/Supers	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
Probably Mariah's best and most used dashing attack. Great range and damage as well as being able to cancel into 214aa after a 2a. Also a good sorta late anti air that will also combo into burner and set up a tech chase. Still negative on everything though.

Dashing 2A

Another potential infinite for a bad character that got shut down because of IPS

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
4	4	14 (hit/block) 9 (whiff)	3/3 0/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+4	+2	-1	Specials/Supers	Low IPS Scaling
A quick low dashing move to apply some pressure. You can combo into 2a (which can again combo into d.2a for an "infinite") or cancel into supers if need be.

Dashing 2B

"hey!"

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
7	2	24	6/9 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+1	-1	-9	Specials/Supers	Mid Air-UB IPS Scaling
One less active frame than the original, but still a pretty good long range poke. Whiffing it means 24 frames of recovery, but you can always cancel into stuff when need be.

Dashing 2C

Sweep Sweep Sweep

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
11	2	24 (hit/block) 15 (whiff)	12/16 6/8	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
KD	+4	-9	Special/Supers	Low KD IPS Scaling
Lacks active frames but is great to set up a ub oki and catch people by surprise. Launches stand on characters (some of which can be comboed into outlet)

Command Normals

Grab 6C/4C (close)

Haha Untechable grab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
0	1	100	15-20	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
KD	N	a	None	Proximity Grab Untechable Launch
Extremely good grab, launches opponent very far away, allowing for zoning shenanigans and if done in the corner, well, you're right next to them and can set up a close up oki. Unfortunately, recovering from this grab takes a while, on some characters by the time you recover the opponent is already awake so you really need to be careful. Don't be afraid to grab with Mariah, it could win you the game.

6B

Fancy Twirl

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
20	3	29 (hit/block 19 (whiff)	9/3 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
0	-2	-15	Specials/Supers	High Air-UB
Slow but effective overhead that combos into supers. A key part of Mariah's oki game especially when your opponent can duck under j.c. Doesn't scale so if you land this close up, 214aa should be your follow up.

4B (also known as knife)

k n i f e

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
12	read description	24	5/1 3/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+25	+23	+16	Specials/Supers	Projectile IPS Scaling
Mariah takes a knife from her infinite collection of knives and throws it over her head. After 40 frames of the knife appearing the knife will either home in or drop on the floor depending on where the opponent is during the 40 frames. The Activation period for this is around 8 frames and level does NOT affect the distance. The uses for this move are MASSIVE. To keep it short, it's a combo tool, sometimes can be used as a meaty, a defensive option, a grab set up, an anti air, and there is even a glitch associated with this move. All this will be discussed in the Strategy tab.

3C

Knife Uppercut

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
5	4	21 (hit/block) 16 (whiff)	13/7 6/8	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
Launch	+5	-8	Special/Supers	Mid Air-UB IPS
Extremely good move, one of Mariah's 4 frame active normals (which is like, the max excluding her supers and specials). Make sure to use this in blockstrings but be aware of its limited range. This move can combo into outlet on some characters and will almost always combo into 214aa for full unscaled damage.

GC and Outlets

Bast's Magnetism (also known as outlets or magnets)

You know you want to run into them

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
12 (standing) 11 (air)	183	24 (Standing) 28 (Crouching) until landing + 5 (air)	4/1 3/4	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
-3 (standing) +5 (air)	-5 / +2 (5s 2s) -5 / +8 (6s 4s) +3	+23 (air)	None	Projectile 2s hits low
183 frame long outlet (roughly 3 seconds). This is Mariah's most essential move as every time an opponent gets hit by it your "level" increases by 1. This stops at max or level 8. The outlets are projectiles so they collide with other projectiles but unlike most projectiles, outlets also function like nets and can be destroyed by stand attacks. Since this move also counts as a special, you can cancel normals into outlets and the outlet becomes active 8 frames after appearing on screen. See the gif to see where outlets get placed.

Guard Cancel

A decent guard cancel that still hits overhead

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
10	3	29 (hit/block) 19 (whiff)	9/3 4/5	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
0	-2	-15	None	High Air-UB
Decent guard cancel that's a quicker version of 6b. Range is a bit limited but it's invincible until the hitbox appears, meaning it'll trade with most multi hits. Use this as an alternative to pushblocking if need be.

Specials

Collection
236x

Rng Projectile

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
12	N/a	38	-	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+38~	+35~	+21~	None	Scaling
Full screen projectile with the added bonus of being able to home in on your opponent. This move is really slow so it is imperative that you use it under the safety of an outlet or cable from a distance. The amount of hitstun and random properties are determined by the type of metal object (fork, knife, etc). The properties of all of the objects are not known, but I would not recommend relying on any one object for a combo as this move is heavily rng based. Can be done in the air but you are most more likely to be meatied upon landing or just anti aired. One of her few chip/stand guage damage specials. Higher levels means faster projectiles and better homing. s

Enrapture, Wrap, or wires
214x

Wire not cable

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
21	N/A	5	N/A	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
Hitgrab	+15	+21	None	Hitgrab
Wires is a fickle move, it's a great grab set up against people that like to push block and can condition people to jump or roll. You would think that it being 25 frames in total it would be the fastest special to cancel into but in reality the nature of wrap makes it very risky and even punishable. If it lands you get 94 frames to do whatever you want to the opponent until they get sent into an untechable launched (of which they can tech after wall bouncing unless they were previously hit by a move that cannot be teched). The opponent cannot escape it normally however any hit they take during the wrap will send them flying unless it's done on the frame they get released. At low levels it is easy to whiff (if opponent is not in activation range mariah will be in an extremely long recovery state) and is super easy to punish when it does whiff. Higher levels increase the activation range. On small stages a max level 214x will activate at max range but on large stages max level wrap will need to be slightly closer than fullscreen to activate.

Electric Burn(er) or Cable
623x

Comcast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
11 (49 for cable)	always (knife) 15-86 (cable depending on level)	28	5/1 0/4 (knife) 2/1 0/4 (cable)	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
-3 (knife) 39-95 (cable)	-5/-12 (knife) 39-95/39-95 (cable)	-	None	Mid
The cable, my (VagueText) personal favorite of her specials. A version throws a knife right above her, B a bit further, and C at a roughly 45 degree angle. The knife acts as a sort of vertical anti air whereas the cable acts as a multi purpose tool. It has a large hurtbox, meaning it can be cut HOWEVER, the cable can increase the recovery of the move used to cut it anywhere from 0-8 or more frames depending on the move used, acting as a bait. Since the hurtbox can't move it's also an incentive in some cases for your opponent to approach. It is her main follow up after a knockdown into oki and can even be looped. Higher levels mean the cable travels faster and lasts longer (thus dealing more damage and providing longer/better oki).

Supers

What are you thinking?!
236AA

Da Booba Supa

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
10	14	long	0/3 0/4 (initial hit) 3/1 0/0 (projectiles)	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
Launch (+47)	-10/+23 (init 0/ial hit) -6/N	A (projectiles)	None	(Initial Hit) Launch
Very situational super. Doesn't trigger ips or scaling but it scales horribly and can even lose damage due to accuracy or opponent getting knocked down too early. At high levels this super does more overall unscaled damage than 214aa though, and unscaled routes aren't hard to come across. Note this is one of her most active moves at 14 for the initial hit. It's air ub too so you could actually use this as an anti air if you wanted, the benefits being that you'd rarely get stuffed out and should you trade what ends up happening is you take a hit but your opponent gets stand crashed and sent into an untechable launch. Can actually combo into 214aa in the corner too. Number of projectiles increase with level.

What are you thinking?!(air)
j.236AA

Air Boobs

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
5	11	long	0/3 0/0 (initial hit)	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
Launch (44)	-3/23 (initial hit) +3/N	a (projectiles)	None	(initial hit) Launch
Overall a faster version of the grounded super. Can be used after an air normal which allows from double overheads. The overhead itself is actually pretty small so don't expect it to hit often. Like the grounded version this one scales horribly. There are advantages to each version. Usually outside of damage you'll be using this super for chip damage. The air version is better close up (and high in the air), you're less likely to get guard cancelled and it's generally more accurate close up. Further away the arc won't fully encompass your opponent and there is the risk your opponent will jump over you or use an air move to stop you. Both versions are cable of a lot of damage at high levels when unscaled. Number of projectiles increase with level

Iron Crush
214AA

This is jojos, ofc the worst character has a TOD

Startup	Active	Recovery	Damage	Guard
6	4	34	2 (initial hit) 1 (projectiles) 24 (car) only damage info	-
Hit Adv.	Block Adv.	Pushblock Adv.	Cancel	Properties
+54	-25	-39	None	Stand Crash
High utility super. Much more likely to see someone using this than 236aa. Iron crush is easy to combo into and is the better super to use in a scaled combo. It guarantees a knockdown for oki. While it's better for unscaled combos, combinations of 3c and outlets when unscaled can make this super do a lot more damage. There is a glitch associated with this super where the opponent is airborne before being knocked down and Mariah has recovered by then. This allows her to do another 214aa indefinitely for a TOD. It requires 3 meter at max level but you can also ub reset by doing 5a xx 214x during this window. UB resets guarantees unscaled combos, wrap follow ups, and cable loops but can be techable and punished accordingly. This super is NOT air UB so don't try using this as an anti air unless you know it'll work. Total damage depends on the level but doesn't vary much unscaled.The car itself and any of the other hits don't increase in damage, the number of projectiles before the car increases as level increases.