The Cross-up

Introduction
One might ask, "What is a cross-up?"

A cross-up is a commonly used combat mechanic in various fighting games and is usually known in GetAmped 2 as "JP Style". Such a mechanic involves a player landing attack behind the opponent's guard, allowing that attack to pass right through said guard. Below is a closer examination at how the cross-up mechanic applies to GetAmped 2.

Circumventing the Guard
In GetAmped2, there are two modes of guard, Manual Guard and Auto Guard. Manual Guard allows the user to freely block by pressing the special button while standing without aiming, whereas Auto Guard allows the user to block if his/her attack's button input happens to match that of an opponent when both attack at the same time. Any player, regardless of guard mode, is fairly susceptible to a cross-up, as a Manual Guard user will be hit if he/she fails to guard in the direction the cross-up is coming in, and an Auto Guard user will be hit if he/she fails to turn around in time to meet the attack. Thus, this mechanic is used very often when players approach one another in GAT.

On the other hand, many NPCs are capable of blocking any attack that happens to come in front of them whenever such NPCs are not in the middle of initiating an attack, making frontal approaches to higher-rank NPCs in Mega Force missions inadvisable. If the NPC happens to be slow to turn around, then players can simply use the cross-up to land the first attack on said NPC and repeatedly attack and hitstun the NPC to death.

Attacking characters that are guarding from the side may result in the hit going through guard if the hit comes in from more towards the back or in the hit getting guarded if the hit comes in more towards the front of the character.

Jump Attacks
The most commonly used cross-up move is the generic weak jump attack, which is usually a quick jump, punch, or hit that is usable in the air. Often times, the player doing the cross-up will jump right over an enemy and then turn around, using the weak jump attack to hit the enemy's behind. Certain strong jump attacks, including the Fairy style's strong jump attack, or jump special attacks, like Twin Blade -Moon-'s jump special, can also work quite well as cross-ups.

Other Attacks
Sometimes, an accessory will have a non-jump attack that can work as a cross-up. A (currently incomplete) list of such attacks is shown below:

Note: These attacks need to be able to hit the opponent from the back without being a grab or attack that automatically breaks guard (ex. Icicle Wand's weak hold attack does not qualify, nor does Fairy style's charged weak last attack.) ​