Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2/Pentagon

Pentagon

Story

Pentagon is an angel-winged, high-flying Justice Choujin from California, USA. Aside from his obvious striking appearance, he is known for having the greatest jumping power in the Choujin community (for what that's worth), and for being popular with the ladies. In his first appearance, Pentagon primarily fights with his acrobatic aerial techniques, which ultimately ended with him getting gored by Warsman's Bear Claws. He got better somehow, and returned for the Dream Choujin Tag Tournament along with his cousin Black Hole, as the "4D Killer Combo". As part of his 4D wrestling style, Pentagon is now able to swap places with his opponent instantaneously, and he is can literally stop time with the (appropriately named) Stop the Time technique. Why he did not make use of these moves in his earlier bout was not particularly explained.

Pentagon's favorite food is hamburgers. This is deemed important enough info to be mentioned both in his personal bio, as well as in the form of a remark in his image song.

Gameplay

After a significant fall from grace from the first Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix, Pentagon now epitomizes the "fragile speedster" or "pixie" character archetype, with buttons that are fast, long-ranged, and with built-in movement. All these combined allows Pentagon to play a fast-paced neutral where (often with the help of meter,) Pentagon can convert stray hits into full juggles. As an icing on the cake, Pentagon has his Stop the Time (421A+S) super, a unique counter super that freezes the opponent on successful counter, allowing Pentagon to do unique time-stop combos for potentially over 70% damage in optimal conditions.

The big trade-off to this is Pentagon does well below-average damage; his damage rating of 11 is tied for lowest in the game, to the point that his optimal situation combos are frequently out-damaged by the average character's day 1 juggles. Exacerbating this problem is Pentagon's lack of a special throw to easily meter dump for damage, meaning he has to settle for his markedly inferior hitgrabs. On a different negative note, Pentagon's frame data leaves quite a lot to be desired, with several of his otherwise best pokes being quite unsafe; this gives his neutral game a significant asterisk, where a poorly timed or spaced poke, and/or a flubbed block/whiff punish, can lead to Pentagon being punished harshly in-turn.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Fast buttons. Long-ranged pokes. Strong conversion via specials. STOP THE TIME	Very low damage. Low health. No special throw. Risky pokes.

Character Stats

• Health: 950
• Damage rating: 11
• Size/weight: Medium/Middleweight
• Movement speed: A

A

A File:KMGP2 Pentagon A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 33 Block/Parry LS - 17-37, 15-35 Sp, 15-36 KKD - 13/41 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 14 3 19 -14 -2 +2 - (placeholder text)

A,A File:KMGP2 Pentagon AA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry LS - 29-31, 29-30 Sp, 21-47 KKD - 23/41 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 15 4 26 (30) -22 -10 -6 - (placeholder text)

A,A,A Twist Rush File:KMGP2 Pentagon AAA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22 Block/Parry HS-5 - 22-27, 27 Sp*, 22-59 KKD - 29/53 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 19 4 33 (37) -7 -17 +4~37 8-43 Throw This move cannot be throw-cancelled. Special cancel must be buffered before frame 27, but will come out on frame 27.

A,A,A,4A Heel Combo File:KMGP2 Pentagon AAA4A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 55 Block/Parry HS-3 MBU 17-37, 15-35 Sp, 15-36 KKD - 25/45 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 27 5 25 (33) ±0 -10 +4~28 2-28 Throw (placeholder text)

A,A,A,4A,6A Wind Somersault File:KMGP2 Pentagon AAA4A6A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry Launch MBU 33-48*, 43-47 Sp, 33-66 KKD - 13/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 18 4 36 (46) -10 -20 - 9-31 Throw Earliest throw cancel is on frame 37.

A,A,4A War Combo File:KMGP2 Pentagon AA4A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 55 Block/Parry LS - 25-43, 25-42 Sp, 22-48 KKD - 32/59 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 12 8 24 (28) -24 -12 -8 - (placeholder text)

A,A,4A,6A War Somersault File:KMGP2 Pentagon AA4A6A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry Launch MBU 33-48*, 43-47 Sp, 33-66 KKD - 13/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 18 4 36 (46) -10 -20 - 9-31 Throw Earliest throw cancel is on frame 37.

6A

6A File:KMGP2 Pentagon 6A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22 Block/Parry LS - 15-29, 15-28 Sp, 13-32 KKD - 13/41 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 10 3 17 (21) -12 ±0 +4 - (placeholder text)

6A,A File:KMGP2 Pentagon 6AA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22 Block/Parry LS - 26-39, 16-38 Sp, 16-38 KKD - 21/37 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 12 3 24 (25) -19 -7 -3 - (placeholder text)

6A,A,A Tri-Shot File:KMGP2 Pentagon 6AAA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22 Block/Parry MS MBU 22-27, 27 Sp*, 22-59 KKD - 29/53 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 16 4 34 (38) -24 -18 ±0 6-43 Throw This move cannot be throw-cancelled. Special cancel must be buffered before frame 27, but will come out on frame 27.

6A,A,A,4A Tri-Heel File:KMGP2 Pentagon 6AAA4A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 55 Block/Parry HS-3 MBU 36-46, 36-45 Sp, 34-63 KKD - 25/45 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 27 5 25 (33) ±0 -10 +4~28 2-28 Throw (placeholder text)

6A,A,A,4A,6A Tri-Wind Somersault File:KMGP2 Pentagon 6AAA4A6A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry Launch MBU 33-48*, 43-47 Sp, 33-66 KKD - 13/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 18 4 36 (46) -10 -20 - 9-31 Throw Earliest throw cancel is on frame 37.

4A

4A File:KMGP2 Pentagon 4A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22 Block/Parry MS - 20-23, 20-22 Sp, 20-55 KKD - 29/53 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 15 4 34 (38) -24 -18 ±0 5-42 Throw This move cannot be throw-cancelled.

4A,A Twist Heel File:KMGP2 Pentagon 4AA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 55 Block/Parry HS-3 MBU 36-46, 36-45 Sp, 34-63 KKD - 25/45 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 27 5 25 (33) ±0 -10 +4~28 2-28 Throw (placeholder text)

4A,A,6A Double Heel Somersault File:KMGP2 Pentagon 4AA6A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry Launch MBU 33-48*, 43-47 Sp, 33-66 KKD - 13/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 18 4 36 (46) -10 -20 - 9-31 Throw Earliest throw cancel is on frame 37.

8A

8A Air Stomp File:KMGP2 Pentagon 8A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 66 Block/Parry KD OTG,MBU 35-55, 35-54 Sp, 32-58 KKD - 24/77 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 5 27 (31) -2 -12 - 7-27 Throw (placeholder text)

8A,6A Twin Axle File:KMGP2 Pentagon 8A6A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry Launch MBU 33-48*, 43-47 Sp, 33-66 KKD - 13/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 18 4 36 (46) -10 -20 - 9-31 Throw Earliest throw cancel is on frame 37.

2A

2A Spin Kick File:KMGP2 Pentagon 2A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 33 Block/Parry LS SKD,OTG 48-61 KKD - 9/23 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 22 8 29 (33) -27 -17 -13 1-34 Throw (placeholder text)

66A

66A Somersault Kick File:KMGP2 Pentagon 66A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 44 Block/Parry Launch MBU 32-47*, 42-46 Sp, 32-65 KKD - 13/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 17 4 36 (46) -10 -20 - 8-30 Throw Earliest throw cancel is on frame 36.

214A

214A Wind Heel File:KMGP2 Pentagon 214A.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 66 Block/Parry KD MBU 27-37, 27-36 Sp, 25-59 KKD - 25/45 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 19 4 34 (38) -8 -18 - 5-22 Throw (placeholder text)

WRA

(While Running) A Flying Body Attack File:KMGP2 Pentagon WRA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 55 Block/Parry KD MBU - - 36/24 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 14 7 31 -8 -18 - 19-37 Throw (placeholder text)

WGA

(While Grounded) A File:KMGP2 Pentagon WGA.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22 Block/Parry MS SKD,OTG - - 42/21 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 22 14 12 (16) -10 -6 +12 1-21 Full, 22 Throw (placeholder text)

Throws

T

Choujin Satellite Scissors T File:KMGP2 Pentagon T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 132 Tech KD - - - 90/52 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 -16 - - - Guarantees slow OTG.

6T

Flying Headscissors 6T File:KMGP2 Pentagon 6T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 110 Tech KD - - - 80/47 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 -16 - - - (placeholder text)

236T

Frankensteiner 236T File:KMGP2 Pentagon 236T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 143 Tech KD - - - 99/57 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 -16 - - - (placeholder text)

214T

Swing DDT 214T File:KMGP2 Pentagon 214T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 154 Tech KD - - - 104/58 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 -16 - - - Guarantees quick OTG.

MST

Piledriver (Medium Stun) T File:KMGP2 Pentagon MST.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 132 N/A KD - - - 100/50 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 - - - - (placeholder text)

HST

Four-Dimensional Knee Drop (Heavy Stun) T File:KMGP2 Pentagon HST.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 143 N/A KD - - - 120/56 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 21 3 28 - - - - (placeholder text)

FBT

Spiral Backdrop (From Behind) T File:KMGP2 Pentagon FBT.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 154 Tech KD - - - 80/60 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 -16 - - - (placeholder text)

AB46T

Piledriver (Airborne) 46T File:KMGP2 Pentagon AB46T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 110 N/A KD - - - 30/200 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 1 10 84 - - - - (placeholder text)

RT

Frankensteiner (Running) T File:KMGP2 Pentagon RT.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 110 N/A KD MD - - 30/-100 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 12 23 7 - - - - (placeholder text)

WGT

Piledriver (While Grounded) T File:KMGP2 Pentagon WGT.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 132 Tech KD - - - 100/50 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 39 3 28 -16 - - 1-33 Full, 34-40 Throw (placeholder text)

4T

Irish Whip 4T File:KMGP2 Pentagon 4T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 0 Tech Run - - - 0/0 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 27 3 27 -16 - +17~35 - Universal Irish Whip.

44T

Side Switch 44T File:KMGP2 Pentagon 44T.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 0 Tech Special - - - 0/0 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 3 26 -16 - +10 - Universal side switch throw.

Specials

S

Space Kick S File:KMGP2 Pentagon S.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 66 Block/Parry HS-5 MBU 55-69 KKD 1 -100/80 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 23 11 33 (37) -14 -24 -3~+30 8-54 Throw (placeholder text)

66S

Flying Body Attack 66S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 66S.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 121 Block/Parry KD MBU 45-66 KKD 2 -200/130 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 24 10 30 (34) -32 -20 - 1-3 Strike, 19-37 Throw Hitgrab.

46S

Space Falcon 46S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 46S.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 66 Block/Parry Launch OTG,MBU 55-67 KKD 2 -200/125 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 22 4 39 (43) -13 -23 - 1-3 Strike, 5-55 Throw (placeholder text)

63214S

Meteor Heel Drop 63214S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 63214S.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 176 Block/Parry KD MBU 37-46 KKD 2 -200/170 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 19 3 22 (26) -17 -5 - 1-3 Strike, 4-37 Throw Hitgrab.

623S

Cross Tornado 623S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 623S.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 22x5 Block/Parry Launchx5 MBU 71-81 KKD 2 -200/32x5 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 18 23 (1) 38 (42) -8 -40 - 1-3 Strike, 23-69 Throw (placeholder text)

421S

Chronos Change 421S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 421S.png

Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain See Desc. N/A See Desc. - - 5 -500/See Desc. Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 1 52 52 Total* - - See Desc. 1-52 Non-Super Counter move that is active frame 1, countering everything but supers. On successful counter, this move will "copy" the move that hits it; for example, countering a throw will cause Pentagon to do that throw on the opponent, while countering a launcher will cause the opponent to be launched instead. Although the counter copies the countered move's attribute and opponent's meter gain value, the damage will be scaled to Pentagon's damage rating of 11 (see formula below). As this is the lowest damage rating in the game, countered moves will usually do noticeably less damage. This counter does not actually have a recovery; it is active for the entire 52 frames of its animation. If a strike is countered, Pentagon still needs to finish the full animation of this counter, effectively making the remainder frames of the counter the "recovery". Countering an opponent's strike while Pentagon or the opponent has True Green KKD active will not reduce the countered move's hitstun. Damage formula: (Countered move's damage/Opponent's damage rating)*11

Supers

41236A+S

Space Rush 41236A+S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 41236AS.png	Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 341 Block/Parry KD - - 9 -900/480 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 30 5 29 -4 -14 - 1-28 Full, 29-56 Throw Guarantees slow OTG.

421A+S

Stop The Time 421A+S File:KMGP2 Pentagon 421AS.png Baby, Stop The Time~ Baby, Stop The Time~

Damage Guard Attribute Property Cancel Cost Meter Gain 0 N/A Special - - 9 -900/0 Startup Active Recovery Guard Adv Parry Adv Hit Adv Invul 1 61* 0 - - - - Counter super, triggered when hit by any non-super strike/throw. On successful counter, this super freezes the opponent in place for 300 frames, allowing Pentagon to get free hits in. With the right combos and the optimal situation (standing opponent, proximity to the ropes, etc.), Pentagon can rack up over 700 damage off of a successful time-stop. Like 421S, This move has no recovery, but unlike that move, Pentagon will recover instantly if the counter is triggered, so being hit earlier in the super's active frames does not take away from the time-stop duration. There are several quirks with this super under the hood: if a move hits the super on its first active frame, the time-stop will trigger, but without the character cut-in or SFX normally present with supers. Upon successful counter, Pentagon will get 2 frames of full invuln if the countered move is still active.

Combos

Midscreen

• 6A,A xx 623S, A,A xx 46T
  (placeholder text)

• A xx 46S, A,A 46T
  (placeholder text)

• 4A (cc), 6A,A xx 46T
  (placeholder text)

• 214T, 2A
  (placeholder text)

• 8A (cc), 8A xx 46S
  (placeholder text)

• 41236A+S, 8A (cc)
  (placeholder text)

• 66A, A,A xx 46T
  (placeholder text)

• 421A+S, (A,A,4A (cc))x3, 4A,A xx 46S, A,A xx 46T
  Time-stop bnb.

Ropes

• 4A,A,6A (cc), A,A,4A (cc), A,A xx 46T
  (placeholder text)

Colors

Manga/Anime

MGP2-Original

External Links

• Google Docs by fishtrabs