Persona 4 Arena Basics: Mitsuru Kirijo'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...

"Heiress of the Kirijo Group megacorporation and member of SEES, which ended the Tatsumi Port Island incident. Though beautiful and popular, she is also aloof. Artemisia, her Persona, can freeze opponents to the bone" - Atlus' official character description.

Mitsuru Kirijo'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: Getsu-ei: Simply hit the X or A button plus the O or B button
  
• Skill: Coup Droit: Charge to the left on the D-Pad, and then charge to the right on the D-Pad and hit the Square or S button, or the X or A button
  
• Skill: Bufula: Charge downwards on the D-Pad, and then charge upwards on the D-Pad plus Triangle or Y, or hit O or B
  
• SP Skill: Myriad Arrows: 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
• SP Skill: Bufudyne: 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: Mabufudyne: 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: Niflheim: 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