Sasha's Theme (Extended) - AW Dual Strike

Sasha's theme is a lovely one. I think even if the jingle bells were taken out, it'd still sound like the most snowy one of the Blue Moon CO themes. Grit and Colin are weak in that department, but I guess Olaf's could reflect the harshness of Winter? Whereas Sasha's shows the beauty and peacefulness of it. However, just like Sasha and her temper, snow can switch from being serene to deadly. This part could be seen in how I feel there's a sense of strength in this theme. While it's a cheery theme, it's not overt about it like Isabella's theme is. ​While I don't have much praise for jingle bells in snow themes, I will praise the bell that's used in this one. I tend to point out when there's a bell in a theme, huh? I guess I just like how it's incorporated in them.

Sasha's a nice character, having two main relationships with Colin and Jake. While very close to her brother, she can also be pretty rough to him! But that doesn't show up much, and it's mainly about the two getting along and having some interesting conversations. Both humor and sweetness. As seen in their victory quotes, Sasha isn't shy about letting Colin know that she's better than him. Meanwhile, there's Jake, who was able to give Sasha resolve about improving as a CO. They're quite different, but also get along well. Sasha's the only person that Jake really had deep talks with. Still think it's odd that Jake and Sasha only have 105% Tag.

In terms of gameplay, Sasha is ridiculous when it comes to Tags or team battles. It's very apparent in the Campaign: the one upside to having multiple opponents is getting faster meter, but Sasha puts a stop to that. So while your opponent's Powers are stalled, your more combat-oriented allies' have no problem. Pretty fun stuff there, and in a different way from the likes of Colin or Kanbei. But for 1 vs 1 battles I think she's more along the lines of a fine CO. Mainly because of the faster gauge building in DS. And I think that the slower gauge building in AWBW is the main reason why she's rated high there. I can see why. But I don't have much experience to vouch for that.

On a different note, she certainly has synergy with Colin. They can just take turns spamming their COPs for good effect. Sasha's COP is fueled by Colin's COP while Colin's SCOP is fueled by Sasha's. Even if their SCOPs aren't big, the synergy is at least nice.

00:00 Intro
01:56 HC Team Battles
7:57 Win Quotes & Tags
8:57 More Dialogue
11:24 CO Page, COP & SCOP Details
12:35 Pivot Isle - Eagle
17:45 Obelisk-End Dialogue
21:48 CO Meter Mechanics (DS vs AW2/AWBW)
24:36 Megapolis Javier
32:57 Cap Narrows - Rachel, Von Bolt, Hawke
50:04 Thumbnail

For a more detailed explanation of 2's Meter... It's based on Funds.
Each star (both small and big) = 9,000g. Let's start with an example first.

B. Copters cost 9,000g. 1HP = 900g.
10HP damage to your own B Copter gives you 9,000g.
10HP damage to an enemy B Copter gives you 4,500g.

Damage your units take gives you meter equal to their value. Damage you deal to the enemy's units gives half of their value.

Meanwhile, DS meter is explained here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/9248...


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