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Shiva's Dead or Alive 3 Combined Christie & Basics FAQ 0.98
tkcheng@mchsi.com
17 Nov 01
Last update: 23 Jul 02
Copyright 2001 by Tom Cheng (Shiva/Shivan)
Distribute freely (and only freely), without modifications.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Christie Herself
3. FAQ Conventions
4. Dead or Alive 3 Basics
--8WR
--Defending
--Throwing
--Holds/Reversals
--Stuns
5. Christie Movelist
--Throws
--Tag Throws
--Standard Attacks
--Back turned Attacks
--Special Movements
--Jumping Attacks
--Reversals
6. Christie Style
7. Christie Combos
8. Obligatory Notes

Version History:
17 Nov 01 -- FAQ started and submitted to www.gamefaqs.com. Far from
complete, a lot of information is in as a placeholder only.
Descriptions and attack striking levels really need to be added.

18 Nov 01 -- Additional suggestions and corrections per Edward Chang.
Certain gaps were filled in, fixed some typos and incorrect move
commands.

19 Nov 01 -- Fixed the godawful formatting and added a few little things.
Nothing too major, still need to document attack striking levels.

02 Jan 02 -- 2002, and no flying cars. Added some much-needed move
descriptions.

02 May 02 -- Changed my e-mail address, added CR stun information and more
move descriptions. Added backturn combos and overall small tweaks. Gimme my
booster disc!

02 Jul 02 -- Minor changes, booster disc stuff. Found more typos and added
a couple of move descriptions. You haven't played DOA3 until you've played
it in 480p widescreen.

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1. INTRODUCTION
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Dead or Alive 3 is Dead or Alive 2 with sugar on top. If you like and
are good at Dead or Alive 2, you will like and be good at Dead or
Alive 3. It's that simple. The current body of Dead or Alive 2
printed information is very non-technical and very top-level, as
any moron can type out a movelist. I am hoping to contribute to some
of the deeper aspects of the game, by, if nothing else, writing a FAQ.

This is a FAQ for the Dead or Alive 3 character, Christie. Christie is
a new character to the Dead or Alive cast, and brings with her the
first full-blown Snake style fighter into a fighting game. Her
superior hand speed and long legs make her very deadly, despite her
lack of power strikes or good throws.

This FAQ also documents basic technical elements of DOA3. Said
information might or might not be worthy of a seperate FAQ, but I have
included them here because it pertains to Christie (and everyone else).

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2. CHRISTIE HERSELF
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Name: Christie (not many last names are given out in DOA)
Nationality: English
Date of birth: December 18, 1976. This is based on her being 24 years
old when the
game is released, 13 Nov 01.
Hair: Blinding Argent
Eyes: Piercing Violet
Blood Type: B
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 126
Three sizes: B37" W23" H35"
Likes: Tomato Juice
Hobbies: Driving
Occupation: Assassin
Martial art: She Quan (literally: Snake Fist)
Seiyuu: Mitsuishi Kotono -- also was Kyoko in Rival Schools, Juri in
Utena, Misato in Evangelion, Sailor Moon in Bishoujo Senshi Sailor
Moon, and Mireille Bouquet (another assassin!) in Noir.

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3. FAQ CONVENTIONS
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This FAQ assumes the only buttons are free (F), punch (P), and kick
(K). If you rely on crutches for the weak and feebleminded like alias
buttons or macros, the standard controls can be adapted to your crippled
playing style. If you play with this three-button mentality, your
performance will be less hindered when you play in the arcade. At least,
that's what I'd like to say and what I used to say, but there is no
arcade version of Dead or Alive 3. So. On with the moves.

f - tap forward
[f] - tap and hold forward
b - tap away from the opponent
[b] - tap and hold away from the opponent
d - tap down
[d] - tap and hold down
u - tap up
[u] - tap and hold up
u/f - tap to diagonal between up and forward
[u/f] - tap to and hold diagonal up and forward
u/b - tap to diagonal between up and back
[u/b] - tap to and hold diagonal between up and back
d/b - tap to diagonal between down and back
[d/b] - tap to and hold diagonal between down and back
d/f - tap to diagonal between down and forward
[d/f] - tap to and hold diagonal between down and forward
P - tap punch button
[P] - tap and hold punch button
K - tap kick button
[K] - tap and hold kick button
F - tap free button
[F] - tap and hold free button
+ - perform commands simultaneously
, - perform commands in succession
() - parentheses indicate damage values after attack names
8WR - Command to be performed during eight-way run
(H) - Attack strikes high
(M) - Attack strikes mid
(L) - Attack strikes low
(G) - Attack strikes grounded opponent
(KD) - Attack knocks opponent down
(KB) - Attack knocks opponent way back and down, and will cause wall
damage
(S) - Attack induces stagger
(CS) - Attack induces crying stun
(FS) - Attack induces face stun
(LS) - Attack induces lift stun
(CR) - Attack induces one of two crumple stuns, depending on position
(FL) - Attack induces float and sends enemy airborne
(SS) - Attack induces sit stun
(DO) - Attack induces double-over stun
(DOB) - Attack induces double-over back stun
(BT) - Attack leaves Christie with back turned

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4. DEAD OR ALIVE 3 BASICS
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f,f - quick dash forward
f,[f] - run towards opponent, if you have enough room
b,b - quick dash back
[b] or [F] - standing guard
[d/b] or [d] or [d]+[F] - crouching guard
[d] or [d]+F - crouch until you let go of the down direction
u/b+F - high attack reversal
b+F - mid attack reversal
d/b+F - low attack reversal



This was taken almost directly from Soul Calibur. In Dead or Alive 2,
sidestepping was not very useful because it was slow and most attacks
could track you as you walk. In Dead or Alive 3, 8WR has been greatly
improved in ease of exeuction, speed, and utility.
Certain characters have 8WR moves and now it is a very good way to move
around and get behind advancing opponents. Moving any direction away
from your opponent results in a slightly slower 8WR, to discourage
cowardly hit-and-run tactics.

To 8WR, tap u,u or d,d to start. Then move around freely as you
choose. You might find yourself doing this a lot on accident, so I find
the best way to duck is to press d+F.
If you happen to be pressing up on accident and start to 8WR, it's a lot
better than most games which will punish your controller ineptitude with
an awkward jump.



Hold F or back to block high.
Hold d+F, down, or d/b to block low.

While defending, you cannot move in any direction except to duck. The
exception is if you are holding back to block high, you can slowly
shuffle backwards.
There are two levels of blocking, high and low. While blocking high,
you block high and mid attacks, and can be thrown by standing throws.
While blocking low, you will dodge high attacks and block low attacks,
but will be hit by mid attacks and thrown by low throws.



All throws are done with some combination of F+P and the directional
pad. Throws can never be blocked, nor can they be performed on a stunned
opponent. There are four levels of throws in Dead or Alive 3:

Standing throw -- done to standing, unstunned opponent. All characters' F+P
standard throw can be escaped by pressing F+P. Command throws cannot be
escaped, and therefore, F+P should never be done except in tag mode, where
it defaults to the appropriate tag throw.

Low throw -- done to crouching opponent. Cannot be blocked. Some characters
have multiple low throws, while Christie only has d+F+P for front and back
low throws. Essentially, if the opponent ducks, you can throw them with
d+F+P. Certain stances, like Helena's Bokuho, Brad's laying down, and
Bayman's Tank Roll are vulnerable to low throws as well.

Ground throw -- done to fallen opponent. Not all characters have ground
throws. Christie has no ground throws.

Air throw -- done to airborne opponent, usually after a float launcher.
Only Tina, Bass, and Leon have air throws.

Relative to the rest of the Dead or Alive 3 roster, Christie's throws
are below average.

Dead or Alive 3 also has multipart throws, which are referred to as "combo
throws." Most of the time, they can be escaped by pressing/mashing F+P
or F+P+K between the parts of the throw combination. If the thrower has
perfect timing with each command it will be unbreakable.
Sadly, Christie has no such multipart throws.



Everyone in Dead or Alive 3 has reversals, or as the game calls them,
"defensive holds." I will call them "reversals" since everyone has
called them that since Virtua Fighter.

u/b+F reverses high punches and kicks.
b+F reverses mid punches and kicks, including the jumping attacks which
are usually mid.
d/b+F reverses low punches and kicks.

Certain characters, like Lei-Fang and Bayman have different kinds of
reversals, while others like Jann-Lee have special reversals.
Christie has none of those.

Reversals are very important to Dead or Alive 3 because many stuns can
be broken by doing one. This makes stun combos very tricky, as they
are rarely guaranteed. However, generally speaking, anything with the
words "counter" or "critical" in it cannot be escaped.