Persona 4 Arena Basics: Shadow Labrys's Movelist

We get it. Fighting games can be one tough cookie to crack, especially those developed by Japanese fighting fanatics Arc System Works. With Persona 4 Arena, the developer has taken a few steps to minimize confusion when dipping one's feet into this new release, but for fighting newbies or those who are only picking up the game to fuel their Persona fandom, it can still be a daunting task to overcome all of the systems at work in P4A. That's what our "Basics" series of guides is here for. We'll walk you through the game's controls, the combos for each character, and the game's various modes before leading into more advanced subject matter. It's everything that a new fighting fan could want, beginning with...

"The Shadow born from Labrys' dark side. The reason for her boiling rage and suffering is unknown... Together with her giant Persona, Asterius, she'll crush anyone in her way with brutal, wide-ranging attacks!" - Atlus' official character description.

Shadow Labrys's movelist:

(Moves are listed first by their PS3 controls, then their Xbox 360 counterparts)
(The commands listed here assume that the character is facing towards the right. The commands will be reversed when the character is facing to the left.)

• Furious Action: 5th Gen Axe Slash: Simply hit the X or A button plus the O or B button
  
• Skill: Guillotine Axe: Hit upwards and to the left on the D-Pad plus the Square or the X button. Alternately, hit the X or the A button during the attack
• Skill: Guillotine Aerial: While in the air, hit upwards and to the left plus the Square or the X button. Alternately, you can hit the X or the A button to pull off this attack
• Skill: Flame of Hades: Hit upwards and to the right on the D-Pad plus the Triangle or Y button. Alternately, you can pull this move off by hitting the O or the B button
• Skill: Buffalo Hammer: To pull off this simple combo you just need to hit upwards and to the left plus the Triangle or Y button
  
• Skill: Massive Slaughter: Charge to the left on the D-Pad, then charge to the right on the D-Pad and hit Triangle or Y. Alternately, you can hit O or B instead of Triangle or Y to pull this move off
  
• SP Skill: Challenge Authority: Quickly tap upwards to the right on the D-Pad twice in succession, plus Triangle or Y. Alternately, you can double tap upwards to the right on the D-Pad and hit the O or B button to get the same result
• Awakened SP Skill: Brutal Impact: Quickly tap upwards to the left on the D-Pad twice in succession, plus Square or X. Alternately, you can double tap upwards to the left on the D-Pad and hit the X or A button to get the same result
• Awakened SP Skill: Titanomachia: Quickly tap upwards to the left on the D-Pad twice in succession, plus Triangle or Y. Alternately, you can double tap upwards to the left on the D-Pad and hit the O or B button to get the same result. More commands can be added on to the end of this move to extend it; do this by hitting the face buttons more after the base move is performed
• Instant Kill: (1) Labyrinthos Gate: Quickly tap down on the D-Pad three times in succession, plus Square or X and  X or A
• Instant Kill: Additional Attack: As if you need to pull off more than one instant kill move, Shadow Labrys can use two in a row by following the next command. After performing Labyrinthos Gate, perform the exact same button command again: down three times in quick succession on the D-Pad, plus Square or X and X or A