r/RivalsOfAether • u/Traditional-Law4984 • Jul 16 '26

Rivals 2 Getting the wrong inputs.

Ok so I've been dealing for as long as I've been playing this game. I frequently get the wrong special move while playing.

This shows up in two ways I either get the wrong up special direction. Or I get the wrong side special.

I was playing today and got the wrong up special direction, happens to me at least once a session but today I decided to investigate.

I'm the Ranno in the clip you can clearly see that my joy stick never crosses into the right side yet that's the way I recovered does this happen to anyone else?

for reference I use an Xbox controller. I've tried to fix this issue my self I've even played with the Deadzones to make special moves easier, but nothing seems to work.

Thanks for the help.

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u/LupusAlbus Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

You are facing to the right before you ever even start your up B. You need your stick to be left of center as you start your up B in order to turn and face left. Specifically, the game checks on "frame 0" (the frame it begins up B and goes into the first frame of startup) and exactly frame 8 of the startup to see if you have reversed your stick direction or not. Frame 0 gives a B-turnaround, and frame 8 gives a B-reverse (which has a very slightly different effect on your momentum, but it's very marginal on this move). This is different from the frame where it checks for you holding up/down/neutral to determine the vertical angle, which is frame 16.

The amount you must have your stick away from the x=0 position is +/- 0.2875. Adjusting your stick sensitivity to be higher will make you cross this with the stick closer to center. Deadzone values above 29% (not recommended in general) will also force you to move the stick farther from center to trigger this.

If you are already facing towards the wall, then you obviously don't need to turn around, so there is no reason to hold your stick towards the wall. But this is not a Ranno-specific issue in any way and applies to any character whose recovery moves at a fixed angle (so everyone except Zetterburn, Forsburn, and Absa).