Fantasy Strike/Setsuki

Introduction

Setsuki is a diligent student and excels at one of the key virtues of the Fox's Den: speed.

Overview

Health	Character Type	Super Meter charge time
5	Rushdown	12 Seconds

General

Setsuki has the best mobility in the game as well as the most varied mixups but has bad defensive options, especially against jump ins.

Unique Traits

Can cancel into Super.

Moves

Ground

Knee, Elbow Knee Elbow	Version Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute Knee 1 5 5 13 -4 -4 0 - Strike Can cancel into A[2] (combos on CH), can cancel into B, C, or S on hit or block Elbow 1 5 5 13 2 0 7 - Strike Can cancel into B, C, or S on hit or block

Double Palm +	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 10 4 22 -6 -7 0 - Strike Can cancel into B, C, or S on hit or block

Slide +	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 14 13 8 0 -1 5 - Strike -

Ninja-Port Dash Kick Throw	Version Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute Dash 1 14 7 26 -20 -27 -14 Fully Invincible Strike Has no pushbox, frames 6-14 and 22-42 invincible. Will immediately go into Kick followup. If button is held, will go into Throw followup instead. 1 7 26 - KD -12 KD Fully Invincible Strike Invulnerable frames 3-12 Hold 1 17 3 32 KD - KD - Command Throw -

Starlight Tumbler Tumble Throw Divekick Kunai Flying Fox Parry

Version Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute Stance - 35 - - - - - - - First 13f invincible to projectiles. Can cancel into [C], C.A, C.B, C.C, or C.S. Cancelling into C gives 12f projectile invinicbility, [C] gives 11 Hold 1 19 11 26 KD - KD - Command Throw - 1 27 16 2 7 4 12 - Strike Only one angle 1 27 P 24 7 4 12 - Projectile Only one angle 1 20 8 22 -9 -10 -3 - Strike - 1 12 45 16 - - - - Parry Performs Surprise Gift with 12 frames of startup added.

Throw	Version Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute Forward 1 3 4 16 KD - KD Knockdown Throw Forward Throw. Back 1 3 4 16 KD - KD Knockdown Throw Back Throw.

Esper Dash	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 0+7 10 28 KD -18 KD Fully Invincible Strike Frames 8 - 25 invincible.

Air

Divekick Neutral Back	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 7 20 4 9 7 13 - Strike Strong Divekick with good priority, the back version can be used to land short or to hit as late and close as possible.

Kunai Kunai Throw Neutral Kunai Back Kunai	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 20 P 23 P P P - Projectile Kunai can be destroyed with non-projectile moves.

Flying Fox	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 8 20 22 -21 -22 -16 - Projectile Can cancel into j.A, j.B, or j.bC, and can be followed up in the air with any aerial move after active frames end, a second j.C loses this property

Surprise Gift	Damage Startup Active Recovery Hit Adv Block Adv Counter Adv Properties Attribute 1 0 45 16 - - - - Parry Counters strikes and tiles, puts Setsuki in invisible state for 5s or until she is hit. After a successful counter, setsuki may hold back or forward to appear on that side of the opponent.

Combos

Basic

+, (Divekick), > (4 damage, Knockdown)

Counterhit

, > (3 damage)
+, + > (2 damage, on late hit)

Airborne Opponent

(Kick version), (2 damage)
( > ), (2 damage)

Advanced

+, (2 damage, Knockdown)
+, +(Back Divekick), + > (4 damage)

• Note that can replace in any Combo for a safer combo and a Knockdown.
• Kunai can be added at the start of most jump in combos for extra damage

Strategy

General

Setsuki's basic strategy is to get in on the opponent with a combination of walking forward and her strong (or the more passive and walk in quickly underneath it) then use her mixup game to confuse/bait/exploit.

It cannot be overstated how important it is to learn to quickly and carefully walk forward at an opponent. You will be forced to react quickly to block pokes trying to keep you out but it is the safest and least reactable method.

Her mixup game is strongest standing close to a knocked down opponent, with the following primary options:

• - Best used when an opponent is going to try to jump out, counterhit allows second A to combo
• - Useful for catching inveterate blockers and opponents who attempt a slow or non-invulnerable reversal
• - Decently good option as opponents rarely expect it, typically beats jump outs and leaves you with decent advantage if blocked
• hold- - At the right distance and timing, this can dodge Grave gC/gS & Jaina gC, but a good guess from an opponent is 3 dmg to you
• hold- - This option is particularly easy to react against, you take 3 dmg when jumped, but it can counterhit an opponent attempting to counter-poke you

peppered with rarer alternatives:

• - Modest oki option as your hitbox and post-hit advantage are good.
• - Kunai followed by a delay throw or another pressure option is reasonable if your opponent is unlikely to reversal, but some characters can escape entirely
• - This option is quite good to beat jump outs but loses to many other things.
• - Pretty weak oki option but if your opponent gets hit by it you land a lot of damage.

This is not an exhaustive list but covers the basic options in close neutral or from oki.

Once in, Setsuki wants to knockdown the opponent then pressure with a mixup option that minimizes her risk and punishes the opponent's attempt to escape or reversal. Conditioning the opponent to do something and then punishing it is Setsuki's secondary level of strategy, where you put the opponent in a mixup mixup.

While you are learning Setsuki, do not rely on , as tempting as it may be. is punishable on block (with or ) by all characters at almost all spacings. should be used very sparingly to punish mid-range projectiles on reaction.

Guides

Aphotix guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVdWoyd4S3Ta6ACE_5p7E3E0963sHO9woq0t_SR4xgQ/edit

Matchups

Name	Type	Matchup Strategy
Argagarg	Zoner	-
DeGrey	Wild Card	-
Geiger	Zoner	-
Grave	Zoner	-
Jaina	Zoner	-
Lum	Wild Card	-
Midori	Grappler	-
Onimaru	Wild Card	-
Quince	Wild Card	-
Rook	Grappler	-
Setsuki	Rushdown	-
Valerie	Rushdown	-