HELPDESK · Neon Stick Fight fighter

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How often HELPDESK gets picked, how often it wins, and its best and worst matchups, against the CPU and against other players. The numbers load from the game's server; they aren't available right now.

STATS

Measured against TEMP, the baseline (the tick on each bar).

HEALTH100

out of 100same as TEMP

WALK0.97x

walking speed-3% vs TEMP

BACK WALK1.03x

stepping back+3% vs TEMP

RUN0.95x

running speed-5% vs TEMP

JUMP1.00x

jump heightsame as TEMP

DASH1.00x

every glide and lungesame as TEMP

WEIGHT1.02x

heavier flies less far+2% vs TEMP

STAMINA BAR1.05x

size of the attack budget+5% vs TEMP

STAMINA REGEN1.15x

how fast stamina refills+15% vs TEMP

DAMAGE0.92x

every hit he lands-8% vs TEMP

BODY

SIZE: 1.00xthe whole rig
HEIGHT: 1.00xhead to feet
ARMS: 1.00xshoulder to fist
LEGS: 1.00xhip to foot
LIMBS: 1.00xthickness (hitbox and hurtbox)
LEAN: -1°leans back

REACH, ROOT TO FIST OR FOOT

JAB: 87 pxTEMP 88 px
CROSS: 116 pxsame as TEMP
SNAP KICK: 92 pxsame as TEMP
ROUNDHOUSE: 92 pxsame as TEMP

MECHANICS

PARRYTICKET CLOSED is a counter stance: a high or mid strike that lands in it is caught, the striker reels for 46 frames, and it turns into TICKET REVERSAL. Lows and throws beat it.
CPU STYLETurtle: guards a lot, waits at range and punishes whiffs.

UNIQUE MOVES

Frames are at 60 fps, from the animation's own timing. Damage is before HELPDESK's 0.92x damage stat. On block is about right, before any string follow-up. Tap or hover a move to replay it.

TICKET CLOSED

← 1

Parry a high or mid, then an elbow

DAMAGE: —
HEIGHT: —
STARTUP: —
ACTIVE: —
RECOVERY: 23f
ON BLOCK: —
STAMINA: 18
REACH: —

parries high and mid

TICKET REVERSAL

← 1when TICKET CLOSED catches a strike

Mid, knockdown

DAMAGE: 10
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 4f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 11f
ON BLOCK: -5
STAMINA: 0
REACH: —

knockdown
glides 88 px

REBOOT

← 2

Palm push, carries him to the wall

DAMAGE: 11
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 8f
ACTIVE: 8f
RECOVERY: 13f
ON BLOCK: -12
STAMINA: 24
REACH: 93 px

knockdown
wall splat
glides 26 px

CTRL ALT DEL

1, 3, 2ends CTRL ALT DEL

String, rising palms launch

DAMAGE: 13
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 5f
ACTIVE: 7f
RECOVERY: 11f
ON BLOCK: -4
STAMINA: 30
REACH: 66 px

ender
launch

STRATEGY

How to beat HELPDESK's own moves. Here → is toward HELPDESK and ← is away, 1 2 3 4 are your buttons, and ↘ is down and toward. Every tip was scripted against the move in the game, with a TEMP doing the answering, and kept only if it worked.

TICKET CLOSED

← 1

It only catches highs and mids. A low kick (↓3) or a sweep (↓4) beats it at any moment, and so does a throw (1+3) from right next to him.
Don't jab or cross the instant he sets it. That's what it's for: you get caught and knocked down.
It's over fast, and then he's stuck for about half a second. If you didn't swing, hit him as his guard drops: the cross (2) lands up close, and →2 reaches from a step back.

REBOOT

← 2

Stand-block it. It's a mid, so a crouch-block gets you shoved over.
Blocked, it's a free hit for you. A jab (1) or a snap kick (3) lands every time.
It's too quick to out-punch once it has started, so block it or parry it with →.

CTRL ALT DEL

1, 3, 2JAB › SNAP KICK › CTRL ALT DEL

Stand-block all three hits. There's no low in it.
The last hit leaves him wide open. As soon as you can move, punish with the cross (2) or →2.
Or crouch from the start. The first jab goes over your head, the string stops there, and a low kick (↓3) punishes.

HELPDESK still has the strings every fighter shares. How to beat those is on TEMP's page.

CELEBRATION

Win the match and HELPDESK breaks into this under the WINS banner.

PERFECT

Win a round without taking a hit and HELPDESK ends it with OFF AND ON AGAIN: the beaten body goes into the camera, hits the glass and squeaks down it.

OFF AND ON AGAIN

Have you tried turning them off and on: he spins once with the body held out by the collar and lets go on the way round; on the glass it blinks off and back on; then a calm thumbs-up.

stamped on the glass: TICKET CLOSED

STRINGS AND ENDERS

Press in rhythm: each press goes in during the last hit's recovery. Damage is for the whole string landing on TEMP, with combo decay. Stamina is the bar it spends, out of 100.

INPUT	STRING	HITS	PAYOFF	DMG	STAMINA
1, 3, 2	CTRL ALT DELUNIQUE	JAB › SNAP KICK › CTRL ALT DEL	launch	24	69
1, 1, 2	ONE-TWO	JAB › JAB › CROSS	—	20	55
1, 1, 2, 4	FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	JAB › JAB › CROSS › FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	33	85
1, 1, 1	TRIPLE JAB	JAB › JAB › JAB	—	17	51
1, 2, 4	ONE-TWO KICK	JAB › CROSS › ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	29	60
1, 2, 3	UPTOWN	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN	—	24	60
1, 2, 3, 4	NEON TORNADO	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN › NEON TORNADO	launch	34	90
2, 3	CROSS SNAP	CROSS › SNAP KICK	—	16	43
2, 1, 4	SPIN HEEL	CROSS › JAB › SPIN HEEL	knockdown, wall splat	29	68
3, 3, 4	CRESCENT	SNAP KICK › SNAP KICK › CRESCENT	knockdown	28	74
↓1, ↓1, ↓3	LOW RUSH	LOW JAB › LOW JAB › LOW KICK	low	15	48
↓3, ↓3, 4	GROUND RUSH	LOW KICK › LOW KICK › RUSH KNEE	knockdown	24	66
↓2, 1, 2, 4	SKY SPIKE	UPPERCUT › JAB › CROSS › SKY SPIKE	knockdown, ground bounce	32	92
↓1, release ↓ 3	RISE AND SHINE	LOW JAB › RISING KICK	—	15	37

SHARED BASICS

Every fighter has these.

→ is toward the other fighter. Reach is on HELPDESK's body.

INPUT	MOVE	DMG	HEIGHT	STARTUP	ON BLOCK	STAMINA	REACH	PROPERTIES
1	JAB	6	high	7	-16	17	87
2	CROSS	10	high	14	-18	21	116
3	SNAP KICK	7	mid	7	-9	22	92
4	ROUNDHOUSE	16	high	14	-18	22	92	knockdown
→ 1	BODY BLOW	9	mid	4	-7	19	88
→ 2	LUNGE CROSS	11	mid	11	-18	22	134
→→ 1	BULLET JABout of a dash or a run; the fast way in, bounced out and punished if blocked	7	high	7	-21	19	101	glides 57 px
→→ 2	COMET CROSSout of a dash or a run	16	mid	11	-14	30	164	ender, knockdown, wall splat
→→ 3	SKID KICKout of a dash or a run; blocked low it has no blockstun at all	8	low	9	-26	20	93	glides 69 px
→→ 4	RUNNING BOOTout of a dash or a run; slow out and very slow back	13	mid	10	-22	24	100	knockdown, glides 82 px
→ 4	OVERHEAD KICK	13	mid	14	-7	22	90
← 4	SPIN KICKnear a wall: Wall Spin	15	high	11	-9	22	93	knockdown
↓1	LOW JAB	5	low	4	-10	15	84	ducks highs
↓2	UPPERCUT	9	mid	9	-6	24	64	launch
↓3	LOW KICK	6	low	5	-15	18	88	ducks highs
↓4	SWEEP	9	low	11	-21	22	95	knockdown, ducks highs
release ↓, 1	RISING JABthe quick one out of a crouch, and a mid	7	mid	6	-10	17	88
release ↓, 2	RISING UPPERCUT	11	mid	9	-4	24	64	launch
release ↓, 3	RISING KICKthe second hit of ↓1, release ↓, 3	11	mid	7	-12	22	92
release ↓, 4	RISING KNEE	12	mid	4	-3	24	61	launch
1+3	THROWor 2+4; near a wall: Wall Slam	8	throw	2	—	22	100	throw, knockdown
1 in air	JUMP JAB	6	overhead	2	-1	12	83
2 in air	JUMP CROSS	9	overhead	5	-1	15	97
3 in air	FLYING KICK	10	overhead	3	-2	16	88
4 in air	AIR ROUNDHOUSE	13	overhead	5	-1	18	86	knockdown
↓4 in air	DIVE KICK	11	overhead	4	-5	16	68
↓4 over them	STOMPthe other fighter on the floor in front of you; ↓3 there is the low kick	9	low	10	—	18	90	glides 29 px
1 on the floor	WAKE KICKor 3, while knocked down; can't be hit until it swings; 17 to 24 frames minus on block	8	mid	9	—	12	—	knockdown
2 on the floor	WAKE SWEEPor 4, or ↓ and any button, while knocked down; can't be hit until it swings; 17 to 24 frames minus on block	7	low	11	—	12	—	knockdown

Also shared, with no button of their own: parry, a tap toward the other fighter just before a hit lands (↘ for a low), which costs nothing and leaves the striker reeling; getting up, where ↑ stands, ← or → rolls, and a button is a wake-up strike; and air recovery, a button at the right moment while juggled that lands you on your feet (right at the start of the window, with a jab).