What Could This Be?

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What Could This Be?, originally dubbed What's Next?, is one of Faust/Dr. Baldhead's Special Attacks, first appearing in Guilty Gear X and has been a staple of his moveset since. he signals his hand to bring in objects:

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Faust takes an object out of his coat/smock, then throws it high in the air. Objects include:

Item	Description
Hammer	A hammer that drops down from above. Can bounce on the floor once before disappearing.
File:GGXrd Faust Gold Hammer.png Golden Hammer	A golden hammer that comes out a tad faster. Exclusive to Xrd.
Banana Peel	A banana peel that trips the opponent on contact.
Bomb	A bomb with a skull design that detonates after 3 seconds. Can hit Faust too.
100T Weight	A 100t weight that trips the opponent if they are on the ground. Only the weight deals damage; the shockwave can hit Faust too.
File:GGXrd Faust Gold Weight.png Golden 100T Weight	A golden 10,000t weight that comes out a tad faster. Exclusive to Xrd.
Donut	A pink-frosted donut that heals whoever grabs it.
File:GGXrd Faust Donut Box.png Box of Donuts	A box of donuts that recovers even more health.
Meteor	A meteor that drops 6 total meteors that bomb diagonally downwards. Causes a ground bounce if the opponent is hit.
File:GGXrd Giant Meteor.png Giant Meteor	An even bigger meteor that slowly falls, dealing multiple hits to the opponent.
File:GGXrd Faust Chocolate.png Chocolate	A bar of chocolate that heals whoever grabs it.
File:GGXrd Faust Valentine.png Valentine's Box	A Valentine's chocolate bar that recovers even more health.
File:GGXrd Mini Faust.png Mini Faust	A mini version of Faust that floats down with a blue balloon, then crawls forwards if it touches the ground. If it walks into the opponent, it jumps up for disappearing.
File:GGXrd Big Faust.png Big Faust	A bigger version of the Mini Faust that deals slightly more damage.
File:GGXrd Faust Oil.png Oil Can	A canister of oil that makes the floor slippery for 8 seconds.
File:GGXrd Faust Black Hole.png Black Hole	A small black hole that pulls both Faust & the opponent - as well as any projectiles - close to the epicenter for 3 seconds.
File:GGXrd Faust Helium.png Helium	A pink canister of helium attached to a blue balloon that makes the jump height of whoever touches it.
File:GGXrd Poison.png Poison	A vial of purple poison that deals poison damage to the opponent for 5 seconds, unless hit.
File:GGXrd Faust Platform.png Platform	A platform that launches whoever touches off-screen.
File:GGXrd Faust Firework.png Firework	A bomb-shaped firework that rises up, then explodes, damaging anyone within its blast radius.
Afro	An afro that increases the opponent's hitbox height. If Faust collets the afro, a Love bomb launched afterwards has the ability to bounce. Exclusive to GGST.
Mini Faust	A plushie in Faust's likeness holding a miniature scalpel that walks across the screen. If it walks into the opponent, it stomps on their feet, then launches itself at them in rage. Exclusive to GGST.
Trumpet	A trumpet that calls a stampede of Mini Fausts. If Faust touches the trumpet, the opponent will be hit by stampede. If the opponent touches the trumpet, Faust will be hit by the stampede. Exclusive to GGST.

Store item
Spit item

In Guilty Gear -Strive-, Faust can stock an item by holding the button, then spit it back out with + .

Note that for items that take a while to disappear, Faust cannot throw out another item until the most-recently-thrown-out one is exhausted in some way.

Faust also has an Overdrive version called W-W-What Could This Be? (な・な・な・なにがでるかな？, Na-Na-Na-Nani ga deru ka na??, lit. W-W-W-What could be coming out?), done by inputting + , having Faust throws 3 of the above objects sequentially.