Idol Showdown/Sora Tokino

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Virtuous Pure Idol - Sonnant Seiso Setplay

Overview

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Introduction

Sora Tokino is an idol who sets the stage with her musical lockdown. She orchestrates her array of musical projectiles to set up safe approach opportunities and enforce 'respect' from her kouhai. Sora is capable of good keepout and space control through moves such as 5M, 6M, and the note projectiles. 6L and 2H are strong anti airs making it very hard to get in on her. Off of a HKD however, she turns into a setplay monster capable of opening you up with oppresive pressure and multiple high/low and left/right mixups anywhere on screen. 22H costs 1 Bar of meter, but summons A-chan to lock them down, giving you time to run a free 50/50 mixup anywhere on screen, or set notes so that you can run even more mixups after. A-chan can be destroyed if hit though, so just throwing out 22H isn't a very good idea. j.L is also a 9 frame overhead which you can cancel into off of any jump cancelable move like 2M. It doesn't give a combo on hit, but there are setups off of a HKD that lets you confirm it off of a note detonate or certain assists. All her oki leads to mixup/pressure and she is rewarded with loopable oki when guessing right. She has the best control over her airdrift in the game which enables ambigous left/right mixups. Soras combos grant both high Super Chat and Meter Gain, and since her resourceless combos already enable strong setups, most will go into assists for conversions, pressure and neutral utility. In exchange for her good neutral and pressure, she is weak on defense due to her slow buttons and lack of access to an invincible reversal. When being pressured, she generally has to block and wait it out. She has lower damage than the rest of the cast. A lot of her strongest oki and combo routes are locked behind execution barriers.

Playstyle
Sora is a setplay zoner that locks down the opponent with her musical prowess.

Pick if you like	Avoid if you dislike
Anti-Airs: Has an incredibly large and safe anti-air with 6L that gatlings into 2H for an air unblockable. Vortex: Can set up Re:Play on knockdown which forces the opponent to guess on every wakeup due to the variable detonation timing, instant overheads, and ambiguous cross-ups she can do. Space Control: If Sora is able to set up Re:Play traps from afar she can control the pace of the game with On Stage!, detonations, and her amazing set of normals. Reflect: 22M can reflect projectiles, forcing opponents to be wary of using them as counter-zoning. A-Chan	Low Resourceless Damage Midscreen: Without meter, corner positioning, or a setup, her damage is on the lower end compared to the rest of the cast. Limited Defensive Options: Sora's only invincible reversal, 236S, is fairly slow and locked behind spending 2 meter. Her fastest buttons are also 6F startup which means she can have a hard time mashing out of pressure. Some Assembly Required: Requires a knockdown to set up and get her gameplan going along with the situational awareness to know which set up to do and when. Her combos and how her projectiles are used per-matchup can vary wildly based on the opponent's position and her note placements.

Recommended Collabs

Roboco - Notes go here.
Amelia - Notes go here.
Miko - Notes go here.

Stats

HP: 1000
Backdash: 28F (1~23F Grab Invuln)
Movement Speed: Slow

Moves

Standing Normals

5L

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
25	Mid	6	3	12	-2	+2	None
Your go-to starter and stagger pressure button Safer than 2L Prorates less than 2L

5M

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
50	Mid	9	2	25	-10	-6	None
One of Sora's best poking tools in neutral Can confirm into 6M and occasionally 2H Core button of both corner and mid-screen loops

5H

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
90	Mid	9	9	19	-6~+2	-1~+8	None
Decent range grounded poke Highest blockstun normal with an amazing disjointed hitbox At max range can be -2 on block similar to how Korone's 5M works, but can be meatied to be extremely plus Abnormally high amount of active frames with very low recovery relative to the rest of the cast Confirms into 3H even at near max range 1.30 significantly reduced the pushback from this move; usable in blockstrings This move has special properties that give it different pushback depending on what point in the active frames it made contact with the opponent: Frames 1-2: Large pushback (-6~-5 on block) Frames 3-7: Minimal pushback (-4~0 on block) Frames 8-9: Large pushback (+1~+2 on block) The tip of this normal will always land on the "minimal pushback" frames and be -2 on block, other frame advantages are only achievable via meaty on oki. Effective startup is 13 frames for the "tip range" version of the move.

Crouching Normals

2L

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
25	Low	6	2	10	-3	+3	None
Another stagger pressure normal and go-to starter Slightly more minus than 5L Slightly longer range than 5L

2M

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
25x2	Mid	10	4(4)2	27	-6	-3	None
A multi-hitting normal NOT a low Both hits jump cancelable on block and hit Use this after setting up a note to high/low mix your opponents with either jump cancel jL or a delayed 3H

2H

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
85	Air Unblockable	13	6	25	-14	+52	(5~18) Head
The God Button. This normal does it all. Sora's main combo extension and is air-unblockable Sora's best anti-air in conjunction with 6L Head invuln early into startup Jump cancelable on block or hit

3H

Let the fun begin.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
95	Low	11	3	25	-14	+37	None
The universal sweep Primarily used to end combos and set up 214x okizeme Small vertical hitbox, making it hard to hit aerial opponents Can confirm into 214x detonation post 1.30

Jumping Normals

j.L

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
30	High	6	5	Until Landing + 2	-22 to +13	-21 to +15	None
Sora's go-to instant overhead option with her note pressure Prorates extremely well Confirmable with certain collabs

j.M

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
70	High	10	4	Until Landing + 3	+10 to +12	+14 to +16	None
Sora's horizontally gigantic air-to-air Vertically small and subject to being low-profiled Useful as a corner combo extension

j.H

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
75	High	11	3	Until Landing + 4	+2 to +11	+11 to +20	None
Sora's staple cross-up button Decent horizontal, cross-up, and vertical hitboxes Knocks aerial opponents into a soft knockdown

Command Normals

6L

Step and Go!

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
40	Mid	6	3	16	-2	0	(6~24) Head
The second God Button Heavily disjointed vertically Head invulnerability that lasts from first active all the way through recovery Jails aerial opponents into a 2H air-unblockable setup Safest of all normals, tied with 5L, at -2 Whiffs on crouchers and standing Ayame

6M

VFX-Calibur - Strike Air

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
100	Mid	15	6	22	-10	+30	None
The third God Button More disjointed than some characters entire movesets Soft knockdown on hit Confirms into a 22L safejump Another great poking tool More recovery than 5M and subject to being jumped over

6H

Tokino Soda

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
50x2	High	21	4(6)2	26	-7	+1	None
Soda-chan is Sora's best starter and an overhead Confirm with either collab or note Insane 21 frame startup; faster than UOH and near-unreactable

Throw

+

or

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
140	-	7	2	21	-	+40	None
Total Frames: 29 Sora's throw. Grants 236L okizeme.

Overhead

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
60	High	25	3	22	-1	0	(6~33) Grab
Contender for Sora's most useless move Outshone by j.L or 6H as other overhead options Has niche applications throw-baiting Has niche applications in corner combo routing Confirm into 5L or 2L on counterhitting a grab tech only in the corner

Special Attacks

214X

Re:Play

+

/

Go my children, and hold down the neutral.

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
L (Stationary)	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	None
When first inputted, Stationary Re:Play will travel a set distance quickly before stopping Grants 2 superchats on use Automatically detonates after ten seconds Manually detonates with a second 214L input Primarily used in combos and midscreen okizeme
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
M (Travelling)	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	None
When first inputted, Travelling Re:Play will slowly travel across the stage until it auto-detonates after five seconds Grants 2 superchats on use Manually detonates with a second 214M input Primarily used in corner okizeme Some combo utility
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
L or M (Detonate)	80	Mid	-	1	10	+33	+77	None
Grants 2 superchats on use Projectile detonation happens exactly 5 frames after recovery, or 15 frames after input The L and the M notes will only be detonated by their respective grounded L and M inputs
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
H (Role:Play)	-	-	11	Until Expiration	31	-	-	None
When first inputted, Role:Play travels across the stage slowly until it reaches an opponent or auto-detonates after 180 frames Grants 5 superchats on use No manual detonation Detonates on hit or block Minus if done point blank
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
H (Automatic Detonate)	12, 120	Mid	0~180	1(5)1	-	-1~	+56~	None
Projectile detonates upon reaching an opponent or automatically after 180 frames Detonation hits twice First hit inflicts 5 frames of blockstun and second hit inflicts 20 frames of blockstun Frame advantage is based on point blank usage

236X

On Stage!

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/

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
L (Low)	25 → 25x2 → 25x3	Mid	23	Until Expiration	20	-6~	-2~	None
On Stage! (Low) is a slow, horizontal, forward-moving projectile Long startup projectile that spawns on frame 18 behind Sora, but will not reach the opponent at point blank until frame 23 Can gain two extra hits depending on how long it is active Projectile expires once reaching around 85% of the screen length Susceptible to being jumped over due to the startup Grants 2 superchats on use Disappears if Sora is hit Projectile durability scales with how long the projectile has been on screen, similar to I-no from Guilty Gear: At point blank and nearby (around 2 character lengths) has projectile durability of 1x1 At medium range has projectile durability of 1x2 At long range has projectile durability of 1x3
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
M (High)	20x2 → 20x3	Mid	15	Until Expiration	25	-3~	+1~	None
On Stage! (High) is a fast forward-moving projectile that controls the space in front of Sora at a 45° angle as it travels upward Shorter startup projectile that spawns on frame 15 in front of Sora Can gain one extra hit depending on how long it is active Projectile expires at around 70% of the screen if Sora's back is to the wall Whiffs on crouching opponents aside from point-blank spacing Grants 3 superchats on use Disappears if Sora is hit Projectile durability scales with how long the projectile has been on screen, similar to I-no from Guilty Gear: At point blank and nearby (around 2 character lengths) has projectile durability of 1x2 At medium range to long range has projectile durability of 1x3
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
H (Parallel Time)	35x3	Mid	14	Until Expiration	37	-3~	+1~	None
Parallel Time is a slow-moving multi-hitting projectile Can be -12 on block when used at point blank in the corner as only 1 hit of the projectile lands Projectile expires once reaching around 85% of the screen length Used full-screen as a safe approach option Grants 4 superchats on use Does not disappear if Sora is hit Has a projectile durability of 1x3

22X

A-chan!

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/

22L

22M

22H

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
L (A-ssist!)	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	None
Sora leaps into the air with the help of A-Chan Grants 3 superchats on use Recovers in the air Can confirm off of 6M for a safejump Can Superchat Cancel off of fullscreen 22S for a safejump Some combo utility (CURRENTLY BUGGED, will always send Sora higher for the rest of a match if Sora jumps at any point)
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
M (A-egis Reflector!)	30	Mid	9	6	10	0	+10	None
A-egis Reflector! is one of Sora's most unique moves Grants 1 superchats on use Acts as a projectile reflector Safe blockstring ender with very little recovery Has variable blockstun and hitstun values depending on what active frame A-chan makes contact with the opponent, which makes it consistently 0 on block at every possible range it can land Utility in scramble situations A-Chan disappears on hit post 1.30
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
H (A-nnotations!)	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	None
A-nnotations! summons A-Chan with her trusty clipboard and pen. A-Chan slowly walks forward, travelling a preset distance if uninterrupted Costs 1 Star Meter and grants 5 superchats on use Sora's main and most ideal way to spend meter A-chan appears on screen behind Sora the moment this move's recovery finishes, but takes an additional 23 frames to reach the opponent at point blank
Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
H (A-chan Girlboss Walk)	15x4	Mid	38	1(23)1(23)1(23)1	-	+107	+109	None
A-Chan is a constant hitbox, doing potentially 4 hits of 15 damage individually A-Chan's individual hits have gaps inbetween them on block (5 frame gap) and do not combo into themselves on hit (3 frame gap) A-Chan will disappear if she receives any damage whatsoever Advantage based on Sora not acting until A-chan makes contact

214S

Rakka-Chan

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
50	Low	10	4	22	-14~-10	+41	None
A decent-ranged disjointed faceplant attack that causes hard knockdown Costs 1 Star Meter and grants 10 superchats on use Can Superchat Cancel into 22L to safejump/approach Confirmable off 6M at any range except the very tip, can then be Superchat Cancelled into 236M for a full combo

Super Star Attack

236S

Blue Sky Symphony

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. on Block	Adv. on Hit	Invulnerability
285(12,24x13)	Mid	13	9	21	-20	44	None
Blue Sky Symphony is Sora's only invincible reversal and also Sora's main damage source Minimum damage: 122 Costs 2 Star Meter and grants 5 superchats on use Easily blocked hit-grab with relatively long startup Has limited use as a reversal and is primarily used to end combos Can follow-up with certain collabs or 214L auto-detonation

Colors

Original Outfit

Cosplay 1

AZKi (Hololive)

Cosplay 2

Airani Iofifteen (Hololive)

Cosplay 3

Yoruno Sora

Cosplay 4

First design

Cosplay 5

Tsukino Mito (Nijisanji)

Cosplay 6

Athena Asamiya (SNK)

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