Under Night In-Birth/UNI2/Kuon

Overview

Strategy

Starter Guide

Combos

Matchups

Frame Data

Data

#UNI2_KU

Story

In the story of the Night, Kuon stands as the root of all evil.
He is a Re-Birth--said to be the strongest form of existence.
Kuon has lived for 500 years, wielding the inexhaustible power of the Night; now, he aims to bring an end to the world.
Long ago, Kuon and his sister Linne were charged with protecting the Power of Sealing.
However, the immense power eventually consumed Kuon, and he lost sight of himself.
Now he desires further power--which he can attain by seizing the other half of the Power of Sealing possessed by his sister.
Kuon's arch-nemesis fled beyond the Night. By taking Linne's power and breaking the wall of the Night, Kuon hopes to reach him.

The resulting destruction of the world is merely the means to that end.

“

My guests will start arriving here at the abyss shortly... to become the stakes with which I bore through the wall of the Night. I must defeat every last one of them.

”

Gameplay

Kuon has a zoner's toolkit and a unique flight ability that allows him to control his opponents anywhere on the screen. He has long-range specials to keep away or fight at range, but also has tools to close the gap when Kuon's turn arrives.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Airgame Heavenly Law, its followups, and other aerial attacks make him difficult to contest midair. Projectiles Kuon's moveset has several projectiles useful for zoning, counterzoning, and area denial, making him a very adaptable character. Mobility Kuon's run is great at covering long distances, on top of his access to several teleports, his increased flight speed in vorpal, and many advancing attacks.

GRD flight spam is expensive

Character Stats

Health	Smart Steer Route
10100	5A > 5B > 5C > 236A > 5A+B > IW (requires 200 EXS)
Forward Walk Speed	Backward Walk Speed	Jump Startup	Jump Duration
1100	-910	4	42
Dash Startup	Initial Dash Speed	Dash Acceleration	Max Dash Speed
6	1800	180	4500
Backdash Startup	Backdash Duration	Backdash Distance	Backdash Invul
6	29	-45670	1~8 Full 9~10 Throw
Throw Width (pixels)		Throw Range (pixels)
Unique Trait	Similar to Hyde, Kuon's blade normals deal chip damage.
Vorpal Trait	Increased chip damage from normals Faster movement speed during Heavenly Law

Frame Data Help
Header	Tooltip
Damage	Damage done by this attack. (x) denotes combined damage [x] denotes minimum damage
Guard	The way this move must be blocked. High = Can block standing Low = Can block crouching Mid = Can block standing or crouching Air = Can block in the air Air Shield = Can block in the air while shielding Unblockable = Cannot be blocked
Cancel	Actions this move can be canceled into on hit or block, unless specially noted. N = Normal Cancelable SE = Self Cancelable SP = Special Cancelable EX = EX/IW Cancelable CS = Chain Shift UNQ = Unique (See description) TH = Throw Cancelable J = Jump Cancelable (Hit cancelable only by default) (X) = Hit cancelable only -X- = Can additionally be cancelled during whiff
Property	Special properties this move has. Click on the property to navigate to an explanation.
Cost	The resources this move costs to use. GRD = GRD Blocks EXS = EXS Meter Vorpal = Vorpal GRD Break = Causes GRD Break
Attribute	Attributes of the attack. Mostly used in situations involving invul. There are two sets of attributes: Strike/Throw and Head/Foot/Dive/Projectile Every move has a Strike/Throw attribute, but doesn't always have Head/Foot/Dive/Projectile attribute. --- Strike = Strike (Anything that isn't a Throw is a Strike) Throw = Throw --- Head = Head (Most jump normals) Foot = Foot Dive = Some air specials Projectile = Projectile
Startup	Frame when the first hitbox is present. + denotes the frames before and after super flash.
Active	The amount of frames that this move will have a hitbox. (x) denotes frame gaps where there are no hitboxes is present. Due to varied blockstuns, (x) frames are difficult to use to determine punish windows. Generally the larger the numbers, the more time you have to punish.
Recovery	Frames that this move has after the active frames if not canceled.
Overall	Frames that this move takes from start to finish before the character returns to neutral.
Advantage	The difference in frames where you can act before your opponent when this move is blocked (assuming the move isn't canceled and the first active frame is blocked). If the opponent uses a move with startup equal or less than this move's advantage, it will result in opponent hitting that move. ±x~±x denotes a possible range of advantage. The left value is when the active frames hit sooner (generally worse) and the right value is for when the active frames hit later (generally better).
Invul	The frames where this move cannot be hit by an attribute. Full = Fully invincible Strike = Strike invincible Throw = Throw invincible Head = Head invincible Foot = Foot invincible Dive = Dive invincible Projectile = Projectile invincible

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5A

5A

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5A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
200	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	-	-	21	-4	-

5B

5B

5B

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5B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
490	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	-	-	30	-6	-

5C

5C

5C

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5C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
690	mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	-	-	39	-10	-

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5[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
780	mid	-	B button into 5[C] 9f gap, C button into 5[C] 7f gap	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
24	-	-	59	-5	-

Crouching Normals

2A

2A

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2A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
160	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
6	-	-	20	-3	-

2B

2B

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2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
460	Low	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	-	-	30	-7	-

2C

2C

2C

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2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
640	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	-	-	34	-7	-

Air Normals

j.A

j.A

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jA

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
140	High	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	-	2 on landing	25	-	-

j.B

j.B

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jB

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
420	High	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	-	3 on landing	30	-	-

j.C

j.C

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jC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
590	High	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	-	4 on landing	-	-	-

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j[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
760	High	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	-	probably 4 on landing	long	-	-

Command Normals

6B

6B

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6B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
520	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
11	-	-	38	-12	-

6B~6B

6B

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6B~6B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
590	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	50 (full sequence)	-11	-

6C

6C

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6C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
240×4 (852)	Mid/Air	-	B button into 6C is a 10f gap, C button into 6C is an 8f gap	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
25	-	-	62	-5	-

j.6C

j.6C

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j6C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
710	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
13	-	4 on landing	31	-	-

4C

4C

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4C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
660	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	-	-	32	-8	-

3C

3C

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3C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
640	Low	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	15	13	35	-10 ~ +4	-

Dash Moves

66A+B

66A+B

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66~6A+B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	39	-	10~13 Strike

66B

66B

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66B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
490×2 (931)	Mid	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	-	-	46	-4	-

66C

66C

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66C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
940	High	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
27	-	-	50	-6	-

Universal Mechanics

Force Function

Heavenly Law

/Data#B+C

B+C

Heavenly Law

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
17	-	-	-	-	-

/Data#[B]+[C]

[B]+[C]

Heavenly Law

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
44	-	-	-	-	-

Throw

Throw

投げ

/Data#A+D

A+D

Throw

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1635	Throw	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4	-	-	30	-	-

Guard Thrust

Guard Thrust

ガードスラスト

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6A+B+C

Guard Thrust

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
0	Mid	-	Launch	100 EXS, All GRD	Strike
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	5	26	45	-12	1~15 Full, 16~45 Full on hit

Guard Thrust is a type of Guard Cancel that is only usable during blockstun. Blows the opponent away on hit.

Veil Off

Veil Off

ヴェールオフ

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A+B+C

Veil Off

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
0	All	-	Launch	100+ EXS	Strike
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	2	7 (3 on hit) on landing	64 (54 on hit)	-23	1~30 Full

Universal reversal that blows the opponent back on hit.

• Requires at least 100 meter and puts you in Veil Off state which grants 20% more damage, but drains your meter at a slow rate.
• Meter drains much slower when health is below 30% (orange health).
• If your opponent has Vorpal state and is hit with Veil Off outside of a combo, they will lose Vorpal.

/Data#A+B+C

A+B+C

Cross Cast Veil Off

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
0	All	-	Launch	100+ EXS	Strike
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
2	4	20	25	+3	1~19 Full

Cancels an action and launches the opponent high into the air on hit.

• CVO cancel is treated the same as EX cancel; you can only CVO when you can EX and the opponent is in hit/blockstun.
  • Including in the air.
• Requires at least 100 meter and consumes Vorpal state and drains meter at a fast rate.
• Has a lot of hitstun, making it easy to combo from.
• Allows for an additional bounce in the combo if two have been used so far, without hitting the combo bounce limit.
• Pressing A+B+C can be used for a shortcut for Infinite Worth.
• Used mostly as a way to tack on extra damage, or to reliably close out the round.

Special Moves

236X

Void-Piercing Shadow

236X

236A/B

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

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236A

Void-Piercing Shadow

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
818	Mid/Air	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	-	-	44	-7	-

/Data#236B

236B

Void-Piercing Shadow

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
870	Mid/Air	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	-	-	52	-7	-

/Data#236C

236C

Void-Piercing Shadow

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1769	Mid/Air	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	-	-	41	-1	-

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236X~X

Vortex of Chaos

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	-	-4	-

623X

Mantle of Nothingness

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

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623A

Mantle of Nothingness

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	623A dissapears on the 12f	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
22	-	-	-	-11	-

/Data#623B

623B

Mantle of Nothingness

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	623B dissapears on the 16f	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
29	-	-	-	-5	-

/Data#623C

623C

Mantle of Nothingness

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
23	-	-	-	-18	-

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j623A

Mantle of Nothingness (Air)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
22	-	-	-	-11	-

/Data#j623B

j623B

Mantle of Nothingness (Air)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
39	-	-	-	-10	-

/Data#j623C

j623C

Mantle of Nothingness (Air)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
23	-	-	-	-18	-

22X

Vortex of Chaos

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

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22A

Vortex of Chaos

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
14	-	-	-	-6	-

/Data#22B

22B

Vortex of Chaos

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
14	-	-	-	-4	-

/Data#22C

22C

Vortex of Chaos

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
19	-	-	-	+12	-

/Data#j22A

j22A

Vortex of Chaos (Air)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	-	-	-	+3	-

/Data#j22B

j22B

Vortex of Chaos (Air)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
18	-	-	-	+3	-

/Data#j22C

j22C

Vortex of Chaos (Air)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
19	-	-	-	-1 ~ +20	-

214X

Whirlpool of Omens

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

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214A

Whirlpool of Omens

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
34	-	-	-	+19	-

/Data#214[A]

214[A]

Whirlpool of Omens (Increase)

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
40	-	-	-	+25	-

/Data#214B

214B

Whirlpool of Omens

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
25	-	-	-	+18	-

/Data#214C

214C

Whirlpool of Omens

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	-	-	-	+60	-

[2]8X

Barrier of Isolation

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

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[2]8A

Barrier of Isolation

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7	-	-	-	-14	1~X Head (Check Dive)

/Data#[2]8B

[2]8B

Barrier of Isolation

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	-	-	-	-29	-

/Data#[2]8C

[2]8C

Barrier of Isolation

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	-	-	-	-38	-

Super Moves

Infinite Worth

The Silent Orchard of the Abyss

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

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41236D

The Silent Orchard of the Abyss

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
3442	All	-	-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	-	-	75	-32	-

Infinite Worth EXS

Black Scarlet Carving

Hitboxes Off

Hitboxes On

/Data#A+B+C+D

A+B+C+D

Black Scarlet Carving

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
3760	All	-	Knockdown	200 EXS, Vorpal or GRD Break (only when IWEXS does not hit)	Strike
Startup	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
3+14	2	51	69	-25	1~? Full

Highest damage super option for 200 meter.

Notable Rebeats and Gaps

Rebeat Table

Attack	Chain	Advantage

Gap Table

Attack	Chain	Frame Gap
5A	5C	1F

Colors

Default Unlocks

001 Total Eclipse

002 Fallen Sunlight

003 Green Flash

004 Deep Light

005 Twilight Fire

006 Redshift

007 Dark Matter

008 Bright Nebula

009 Cosmic Microwave

010 Red Dwarf

011 Forest Kingdom

012 Bright Giant

013 Brine Pool

014 Sunset Glow

015 Flaming Illusion

016 Endless Guilty

017 Chaos Chronicle

018 Disaster Genesis

019 Mirage Emblem

020 Grudge Stigma

021 Sacred Dogma

022 Ruin Fragment

023 Inferno Vortex

024 Dystopia Matrix

025 Strange Eclipse

026 Arcadia Demise

027 Calamity Sinner

028 Moonlight Canon

029 Crisis Nexus

030 Criminal Legion

031 Equatorial Wave

032 Inferno Blaze

033 Annular Eclipse

034 Seeds of Heaven

035 Clamorous Colors

036 Royal Calibur

037 Stella Nest

038 Little Briar Rose

039 Betrayal of Savior

040 Switching Contrast

Overview

Strategy

Starter Guide

Combos

Matchups

Frame Data

Data

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