Persona 4 Arena Basics: Aigis'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...

"A combat android built by the Kirijo Group to destroy Shadows. Though she is a machine, her heart allows her to summon her Persona, Athena. Her heavy weaponry and Orgia Mode help her gain the upper hand." - Atlus' official character description.

Aigis' 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: Escape Change: Simply hit the X or A button plus the O or B button
  
• Skill:Mode Change : Quickly hit down twice on the D-Pad, and then hit the Square or X button, or the X or A button
  
• Skill: 7th Gen Gattling Blast: Hit upwards and to the right on the D-Pad, and then hit Square or X, or hit X or A
• Skill: 7th Gen Radical Cannon: Hit upwards and to the left on the D-Pad, plus Square or X. Alternately, you can hit upwards and to the left and the X or the A button
• Skill: 7th Gen Vulcan Cannon: In the air, hit upwards and to the right plus the Square or X button. Alternately, you can hit upwards and to the right and X or A, as long as you are in the air
• Orgia Mode Skill: Orgia Boost: Simply hold right on the D-Pad to activate the Orgia Boost
• Orgia Mode Skill: Back Boost: Hit left on the D-Pad twice in a row in quick succession to boost backwards
• Orgia Mode Skill: Hover Boost: While in the air, hold up on the D-Pad to get a nice hover going
• Orgia Mode Skill: Megido Fire EX: Hit upwards and to the right on the D-Pad, plus the Triangle or Y button. Alternately, you can hit upwards and to the right on the D-Pad and hit the O or the B button
• Orgia Mode Skill: Pandora Missile Launcher: Hit upwards and to the left on the D-Pad and hit the Triangle or Y button. Alternately, you can hit upwards and to the left on the D-Pad and the O or B button to pull this off
  
• SP Skill: Goddess Shield: Quickly tap upwards to the right on the D-Pad twice in succession, plus Square or X. Alternately, you can double tap upwards to the right on the D-Pad and hit the X or A button to get the same result
• Awakened SP Skill: Heavenly Spear: 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
• Instant Kill: Heritage Liberator Palladion: While in the air, quickly tap down on the D-Pad three times in succession, plus Triangle or Y. Alternately, you can triple tap left on the D-Pad and hit the O or B button to get the same result as long as you remain in the air