RECEPTIONIST · Neon Stick Fight fighter

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STATS

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

HEALTH102

out of 100+2 vs TEMP

WALK1.04x

walking speed+4% vs TEMP

BACK WALK1.12x

stepping back+12% vs TEMP

RUN1.00x

running speedsame as TEMP

JUMP1.00x

jump heightsame as TEMP

DASH1.00x

every glide and lungesame as TEMP

WEIGHT0.96x

heavier flies less far-4% vs TEMP

STAMINA BAR1.00x

size of the attack budgetsame as TEMP

STAMINA REGEN1.10x

how fast stamina refills+10% vs TEMP

DAMAGE1.06x

every hit he lands+6% vs TEMP

BODY

SIZE: 0.98xthe whole rig
HEIGHT: 0.97xhead to feet
ARMS: 0.98xshoulder to fist
LEGS: 0.98xhip to foot
LIMBS: 0.90xthickness (hitbox and hurtbox)
LEAN: 1°leans in

REACH, ROOT TO FIST OR FOOT

JAB: 85 pxTEMP 88 px
CROSS: 113 pxTEMP 116 px
SNAP KICK: 89 pxTEMP 92 px
ROUNDHOUSE: 88 pxTEMP 92 px

MECHANICS

SIDE SWAPTRANSFER throws the other fighter overhead and down on the far side.

UNIQUE MOVES

Frames are at 60 fps, from the animation's own timing. Damage is before RECEPTIONIST's 1.06x damage stat. On block is about right, before any string follow-up. Tap or hover a move to replay it.

PLEASE HOLD

→ 1

Phone-cord lash, long reach, open up close

DAMAGE: 10
HEIGHT: MID
STARTUP: 8f
ACTIVE: 2f
RECOVERY: 16f
ON BLOCK: -12
STAMINA: 20
REACH: 180 px

TRANSFER

← 1+3or← 2+4

Grab over her head, can’t be broken: sides swap

DAMAGE: 10
HEIGHT: THROW
STARTUP: 2f
ACTIVE: 10f
RECOVERY: 23f
ON BLOCK: —
STAMINA: 26
GRAB RANGE: 96 px

command grab
can't be broken
knockdown
sides swap

HANG UP

3, 1, 1ends HANG UP

String, the handset slams down (overhead)

DAMAGE: 14
HEIGHT: OVERHEAD
STARTUP: 7f
ACTIVE: 6f
RECOVERY: 13f
ON BLOCK: -7
STAMINA: 30
REACH: 115 px

ender
knockdown

STRATEGY

How to beat RECEPTIONIST's own moves. Here → is toward RECEPTIONIST 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.

PLEASE HOLD

→ 1

Stand-block it, or parry it with →. From across the room nothing you press beats the cord.
Blocked from range it's safe: she's too far away to punish, so don't swing at air.
Up close it's weak. At arm's length a low kick (↓3) or an uppercut (↓2) thrown as she starts beats it clean, and any closer than that the lash goes past you.

TRANSFER

← 1+3or← 2+4

It's a grab. You can't block it or break it, and it comes out almost instantly. Crouch (↓) and it goes over your head.
When it goes over your crouch she's stuck for over half a second. Punish with your biggest hit: the uppercut (↓2) launches.
It only reaches about one step, so from the edge of that, holding ← walks you out of it. Jumping doesn't: she catches you on the way up.

HANG UP

3, 1, 1SNAP KICK › JAB › HANG UP

Stand-block all three. Crouching loses to the very first kick.
Up close it's safe once it's blocked. She ends up out of reach, so don't swing after it.
It only reaches about a step. Hold ← from just outside and the whole string misses, and then the cross (2) punishes.

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

CELEBRATION

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

PERFECT

Win a round without taking a hit and RECEPTIONIST ends it with TRANSFER TO THE LENS: the beaten body goes into the camera, hits the glass and squeaks down it.

TRANSFER TO THE LENS

Transfer, the long way: both hands on him, heaved up overhead, a beat, and thrown forward down at the camera; then the phone back at her ear and a hip sway.

stamped on the glass: TRANSFERRED

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
3, 1, 1	HANG UPUNIQUE	SNAP KICK › JAB › HANG UP	knockdown, overhead	29	69
1, 1, 2	ONE-TWO	JAB › JAB › CROSS	—	23	55
1, 1, 2, 4	FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	JAB › JAB › CROSS › FLASH ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	39	85
1, 1, 1	TRIPLE JAB	JAB › JAB › JAB	—	19	51
1, 2, 4	ONE-TWO KICK	JAB › CROSS › ROUNDHOUSE	knockdown	34	60
1, 2, 3	UPTOWN	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN	—	28	60
1, 2, 3, 4	NEON TORNADO	JAB › CROSS › UPTOWN › NEON TORNADO	launch	39	90
2, 3	CROSS SNAP	CROSS › SNAP KICK	—	18	43
2, 1, 4	SPIN HEEL	CROSS › JAB › SPIN HEEL	knockdown, wall splat	33	68
3, 3, 4	CRESCENT	SNAP KICK › SNAP KICK › CRESCENT	knockdown	32	74
↓1, ↓1, ↓3	LOW RUSH	LOW JAB › LOW JAB › LOW KICK	low	17	48
↓3, ↓3, 4	GROUND RUSH	LOW KICK › LOW KICK › RUSH KNEE	knockdown	28	66
↓2, 1, 2, 4	SKY SPIKE	UPPERCUT › JAB › CROSS › SKY SPIKE	knockdown, ground bounce	37	92
↓1, release ↓ 3	RISE AND SHINE	LOW JAB › RISING KICK	—	17	37

SHARED BASICS

Every fighter has these. Struck through: replaced by a unique move.

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

INPUT	MOVE	DMG	HEIGHT	STARTUP	ON BLOCK	STAMINA	REACH	PROPERTIES
1	JAB	6	high	7	-16	17	85
2	CROSS	10	high	14	-18	21	113
3	SNAP KICK	7	mid	7	-9	22	89
4	ROUNDHOUSE	16	high	14	-18	22	88	knockdown
→ 1	BODY BLOWreplaced by PLEASE HOLD	9	mid	4	-7	19	86
→ 2	LUNGE CROSS	11	mid	11	-18	22	131
→→ 1	BULLET JABout of a dash or a run; the fast way in, bounced out and punished if blocked	7	high	7	-21	19	98	glides 57 px
→→ 2	COMET CROSSout of a dash or a run	16	mid	11	-14	30	160	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	90	glides 69 px
→→ 4	RUNNING BOOTout of a dash or a run; slow out and very slow back	13	mid	10	-22	24	96	knockdown, glides 82 px
→ 4	OVERHEAD KICK	13	mid	14	-7	22	87
← 4	SPIN KICKnear a wall: Wall Spin	15	high	11	-9	22	89	knockdown
↓1	LOW JAB	5	low	4	-10	15	82	ducks highs
↓2	UPPERCUT	9	mid	9	-6	24	62	launch
↓3	LOW KICK	6	low	5	-15	18	85	ducks highs
↓4	SWEEP	9	low	11	-21	22	92	knockdown, ducks highs
release ↓, 1	RISING JABthe quick one out of a crouch, and a mid	7	mid	6	-10	17	86
release ↓, 2	RISING UPPERCUT	11	mid	9	-4	24	62	launch
release ↓, 3	RISING KICKthe second hit of ↓1, release ↓, 3	11	mid	7	-12	22	89
release ↓, 4	RISING KNEE	12	mid	4	-3	24	58	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	81
2 in air	JUMP CROSS	9	overhead	5	-1	15	94
3 in air	FLYING KICK	10	overhead	3	-2	16	85
4 in air	AIR ROUNDHOUSE	13	overhead	5	-1	18	83	knockdown
↓4 in air	DIVE KICK	11	overhead	4	-5	16	66
↓4 over them	STOMPthe other fighter on the floor in front of you; ↓3 there is the low kick	9	low	10	—	18	87	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).