Duels of Fortune/Shoto

Overview

Overview

Shoto Kanji is a karateka from Master Locks' dojo and Derrick's classmate. While you might be expecting the more typical Ryu style shoto, Shoto takes more from Akuma, being a glass cannon with all the tools one could want at the risk of a lower health pool. Proper use of his full toolset can allow Shoto to control the game, with powerful neutral, offense, and defense.

Accordingly to the glass-cannon shoto archetype, Shoto has all the tools he needs to win the neutral game. His movement speeds and dashes are all among the best in the game. letting him out maneuver most of the cast. He also has an incredible projectile game between his 5S (Electric Ball) and 5[S] (Electric Blast), powerful projectiles with that can be used in the air, have multiple angles, and good recovery. His normals too, while small besides 5H and 663H (Hair Style - Upper Cut), sport incredible frame data. He has multiple very slightly minus and even a plus on block normal, which when combined with proper staggers makes his blockstrings among the best in the game if not the best. Furthermore, his actual mixups are quite strong. 4H (Axe Kick) is a decently fast overhead with huge reward on hit, his j.M and j.H are both large crossups, and you have to account for universal throw too, from which Shoto gets an excellent combo. Once he does get a hit with one of these options, his damage output is among the best in the game, capable of doing over well over 10K before adding meter.

As a glass cannon though, he's not without his cracks. Shoto's health is 20000, the second lowest in the game. Against some characters, particularly ones like Baron, Johnson, and Red, he can find himself often dying in 2 and sometimes even 1 hit, a severe weakness to deal with. He also has rather stubby buttons, and while his projectile game usually more than makes up for them, he can struggle to contest some characters in the mid range. His defense is also a bit more on the subpar side due to a bad reversal and small abare buttons, but it's still quite solid, with his 2S (Lightning Upper) being an incredibly fast and rewarding anti-air and having one of the fastest wakeup reversals. Taken altogether, Shoto is quite the powerful character as well as one of the easier ones to learn, but he does require considered play to avoid losing the game in one or two interactions.

Playstyle

Shoto plays an amped up all-rounder game at the cost of low health.
Pros	Cons
Fast Movement - Shoto's movement speeds are all in the upper end of the cast, letting him navigate the screen quite proficiently. Very Good Projectile Game - Between 5S and 5[S], Shoto has a very strong fireball game with multiple ways to mix up the angles and timings. Amazing Frame Data - Most of Shoto's moves are quite fast and his normals have incredible on block data, giving him possibly the best staggers in the game. Huge Damage Output - Shoto's combos are relatively easy, have massive carry, and more importantly, do massive damage. Helping this too is that many of his best combo starters are good pokes and mixup tools. Solid Mixups - Shoto's 4H is a very good overhead especially in conjunction with his 2H being a heavy starter low. Then add in great crossups with j.M and j.H plus throw, and you get quite the impressive set of mixups.	Low Health - Shoto is tied for the lowest health in the game excluding Guy at 20000, meaning it's very realistic for him to die in 2 hits. Small Normals - Outside of his 5H and 663H, Shoto lacks range on his normals. Usually his movement and projectiles more than make up for this and they also all have best in class frame data, but his poking game is weak.

Character Properties

Health	20000
Ground Speed	10
Air Speed	10
Backdash	XF
Unique Movement	None
Fastest Attack	5L (XF)

Character Summary

Move list

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Command Normals

4H - Axe Kick: An advancing overhead, ground bounces and HKDs on air hit.

663H - Hair Style - Upper Cut: A fast anti-air launcher out of dash, resembles an EWGF.

Special Moves

5S (Air OK) - Electric Ball: An arcing projectile that bounces off walls. Can be angled back with 4 on the ground.

5[S] (Air OK) - Electric Blast: A more standard multi-hit projectile. Can be angled upward with 8 on the ground or downward with 2 in the air.

4S (Air OK) - Storm Kicks: A series of plus on block approaching kicks that combo well.

2S - Lightning Upper: A strong and fast anti-air that leaves you actionable on hit. Very unsafe on block making it risky.

Supers

5SP - Thunder Eclipse: A massive projectile that does high damage.

2SP - Omega Lightning Upper: A short ranged rising uppercut that you can combo out of.

Quick combo reference

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5L > 5M > 5H > 5S: Easy combo for helping beginners. Put a brief description here.

Normal Moves

5L File:DoF 5L.png File:DoF 5L Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low XF - - XF XF XF Invul, Dash Cancelable, Jump Cancelable, Tracker, Ground Bounce, Wall Bounce, XF Anti-Air Invul, XF Armored, Projectile Invul, Disjointed Describe the move and the uses it has.
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5M File:DoF 5M.png File:DoF 5M Hitbox.png Caption Caption	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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5H File:DoF 5H.png File:DoF 5H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - F
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2L File:DoF 2L.png File:DoF 2L Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Mid - - - - - - F
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2M File:DoF 2M.png File:DoF 2M Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Mid - - - - - - F
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2H File:DoF 2H.png File:DoF 2H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Mid - - - - - - F
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j.L File:DoF jL.png File:DoF jL Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Mid - - - - - - F
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j.M File:DoF M.png File:DoF jM Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Mid - - - - - - F
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j.H File:DoF jH.png File:DoF jH Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Mid - - - - - - F
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Command Normals

Axe Kick 4H File:DoF 4H.png File:DoF 4H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High - - - - - - Shoto's standing overhead. Gives quite good reward on hit.
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Hair Style - Upper Cut 663H File:DoF 663H.png File:DoF 663H Hitbox.png Dorya! Dorya!	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High - - - - - - someone add details
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Universal Mechanics

Throw

Throw 6H File:DoF 6H.png File:DoF 6H Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - Unblockable - - - - N/A - Describe their throw. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Reversals

Reversal 5R File:DoF 5R.png File:DoF 5R Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe their regular reversal. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Wakeup Reversal 5R on Wakeup File:DoF Wakeup 5R.png File:DoF Wakeup 5R Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe their wakeup reversal. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Burst

Burst 5B File:DoF 5B.png File:DoF 5B Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties 0 High/Low - - - - - - Describe their burst, this should be roughly the same for most characters. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Taunt

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Taunt 5T File:DoF 5T.png File:DoF 5T Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the taunt and its uses. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Down Taunt 2T File:DoF 2T.png File:DoF 2T Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the taunt and its uses. Add bullet points if necessary.
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Special Moves

Electric Ball 5S File:DoF 5S.png File:DoF 5S Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - An arcing fireball. Can be angled by holding 4.
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Storm Kicks 4S File:DoF 4S.png File:DoF 4S Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - An approaching barrage of kicks that can carry opponents into the corner easily.
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Lightning Upper 2S File:DoF 2S.png File:DoF 2S Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - An anti-air rising uppercut that is actionable on hit.
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Special Name j.S File:DoF jS.png File:DoF jS Hitbox.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Generally describe a special and its uses. Add bullet points for data.
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Super Move

Super Name 5SP File:DoF 5SP.png File:DoF 5SP Hitbox.png Informative and maybe funny caption Informative and maybe funny caption	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the super and what you can do with it. Any additional information that doesn't fit with the main description, such as it whiffing on certain characters.
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Super Name 2SP File:DoF 2SP.png File:DoF 2SP Hitbox.png Informative and maybe funny caption Informative and maybe funny caption	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Properties - High/Low - - - - - - Describe the super and what you can do with it. Any additional information that doesn't fit with the main description, such as it whiffing on certain characters.
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Strategy

Neutral

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Offense

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Defense

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Additional Resources

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Additional Categories

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Combos

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Combo Legend

Numpad Notation •  =  7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3  =  up-back up up-forward back neutral forward down-back down down-forward 236 = 214 = 63214 = 46 = 28 = Light: Medium: Heavy: Special: Super: Block/Reversal: Burst: Taunt:

Dash = 66 j. = Jump / / dc = Dash Cancel jc = Jump Cancel dl. = Delay [X] = Hold ]X[ = Release gb = Ground Bounce wb = Wall Bounce bb = Blast Burst tc = Trigger Cancel SP = Super [X]*N = Repeat sequence N amount of times. X(N) = Multi-hit move hits only N times. May be omitted if all hits are used. (X) = Optional input OTG = On The Ground TK = Tiger Knee (doing an air move the moment a jump sends you airborne) > = Cancel , = Link AA = Anti-air land = Land before doing the next input.

Basic Combos

Easy combos for starting.

Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
5L > 5M > 5H > 5S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2L > 2M > 2H > 2S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.

Advanced Combos

Harder combos that deal more damage or provide some other benefit.

Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
5L > 5M > 5H > 5S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2L > 2M > 2H > 2S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.

X Combo Category

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Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
5L > 5M > 5H > 5S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2L > 2M > 2H > 2S, Ender	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the combo.

Enders

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Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2H > 2S	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the ender.
Combo	Damage	Difficulty	Meter Spent	Position	Notes
2H > 2SP	X	Very Easy/Easy/Medium/Hard/Very Hard	0/50/100	Midscreen/Corner/Near Corner/From Corner	Description of the ender.

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Trivia

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