Samurai Shodown 3/Gaira Kafuin
Introduction
Gaira’s illustrious college football career came to a grinding halt when he accidentally killed someone during a game. He was expelled and sent to serve as a monk at a local Buddhist shrine in the hopes that he would learn to control his temper. He didn’t.
Gaira is the boisterous nephew of Samurai Shodown 2 veteran Nicotine Caffeine. He uses his large stature, the strength that comes with it, free guard cancels, and huge normals with surprising speed to pummel, grapple, and SHOUT his opponents into submission.
Slash Gaira could be classified as a more 'mixup' oriented incarnation, for lack of a better descriptor. He boasts an incredible anti-air grab, two threatening hitgrabs that form a high/low mixup at close range, and an all purpose high damage shoulder tackle that provides decent corner carry. This versatile toolkit lends itself to conditioning the opponent to block a certain way and hurting them for it. A lot.
Bust Gaira is all grappler, all the time, mixups be damned. His command throw is the star of the show. It cashes in hard on unjumpable setups, can combo on hit AND block, and it’s one of the best guard cancels a monk could ask for. He wants nothing more than to be in his opponent's face and hammer toss them to the ends of feudal Japan.
Stats
Damage taken: 95%
Rage rate: 100%
Rage duration: 3.5 seconds
Normal Moves
Far Slashes
5A
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5B
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5C
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2A
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2B
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2C
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Near Slashes
n.5A
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n.5B
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n.5C
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n.2A
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n.2B
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n.2C
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Overheads
5BC
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u.5BC
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Kicks
5D
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6D
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2D
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3D
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Jumping Normals
j.A
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j.B
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j.C
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j.D
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Dashing Normals
66A
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66B
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66C
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66D
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Unarmed Normals
u.5S
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u.2S
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uj.S
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u.66S
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Command Moves
j.2D
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j.2C (Slash Only)
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Special Moves
Universal
- 「Jishin Gan」 - 22AB
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- 「Katsu」 - 214A
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- WFT「Kenbu」 - 236236AB
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Slash
- 「Midare Uchi」 - 236AB
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- 「Kachi Age」 - 623S
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- 「Tsukamuzo: Kumitenjo」 - 421A
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- 「Tsukamuzo: Ishi Atama」 - 421B
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- 「Tsukamuzo: Shiri Mekuri」 - 421C
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Bust
- 「Buchikoroshi」 - 236S
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- 「Enshin Satsu: Ten」 - 2146AB
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- 「Enshin Satsu: Chi」 - 2146CD
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Strategy
both techniques press buttons and make combos happen sometimes
Slash
slash strategy
Bust
bust strategy
Combos
Universal
combos both techniques can do
Slash
slash-only combos
Bust
bust-only combos