Koihime Enbu/RyoRaiRai/Sonken

Sonken

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Name: 孫権仲謀 (Sonken Chūbō)
Real Name: Renfa
Historical Counterpart: Sun Quan - Zhongmou
Voice Actress: Harumi Sakurai

The second sister of the Son family, she is very serious and brooks no compromise. Driven to fulfill her task of keeping her kingdom safe, she heads for the battlefield with her trusty weapon, Conqueror of the South Seas.

Gameplan

Straightforward yet deceptive footsies character. Desk drop (214X) aka table chop allows Sonken to immediately get on your face, through projectiles, from the other side of the screen with an overhead. Her normals are decent, with 5A and 5B having better-than-average range within the cast. Her throw does little damage but can be combo’d into. 22X is air-invincible on frame 1, which a good alternative if you miss a 3B window. Her moves have very strange animations, like her 6B overhead, 2A (which is not a low!) and j.A. Her unique counter moves let her interrupt and punish predictable pressure strings without meter.

Recommended Strategists

Shuuyu (Fire) - Decent neutralcheck, reaches further than f.5C. Combo into 66 5B on hit.
Jun'iku (Pit) - Strong aggressive assist to strengthen midrange/close range options. Good against characters like Ryofu's 2b on block > 2b or rekka(1) on block > 2b. Since there's no superflash on pit startup, after blocking ryofu 2b, pit deals with the followup 2b well.

Normal Moves

5A

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
300	Mid	5	2	10	±0	-2	Knockback

c.B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
800	Mid	6	4	19	+7	-3	Knockback
Fast, with a good upper hitbox, making a good situational anti-air (e.g. when being crossed up). Links into 5A on hit.

f.B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1100	Mid	10	3	26	+3	-7	Knockback

c.C

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
Normal	1000	Mid	16	2	30	+2	-12	Collapse
Causes Hougeki on counter-hit.
Followup	1000	Mid	6	3	34	+2	-12	Wall Bounce - Knockdown
Can be delayed to frametrap after the first hit. Sends them flying on counter-hit, confirm into c.B 236A if that happens. Can also 3C 236A midscreen for more damage(distance-dependent) or 6C in the corner for oki.

f.C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1400	Mid	16	3	37	±0	-19	Knockback

2A

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
300	Mid	5	2	9	+1	-1	Knockback

2B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
900	Low	11	2	29	+1	-9	Knockback

2C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1600	Low	22	2	37	+2	-12	Hard Knockdown

j.A

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
300 x3	High	5	3, 3, 6	-	+15	+7	Knockback

j.B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1000	High	8	5	-	+20	+8	Knockback
Crossup, rising j.B will hit standing opponents(except for Chohi sometimes)

j.C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
800 x2	High	11	2, (5), 2	-	+26	+8	Knockback
Air-to-air button that covers horizontally in front in case you misspaced/they backdashed.

Hougeki Moves

6B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
900	High	22	2	24	±0	-12	Collapse
Lower-body invul on frames 17-24. Floor bounces during a Hougeki. Universal overhead with an obvious animation.

6C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1200	Mid	18	3	35	+2	-12	Collapse
Airborne on frames 11-18 Wall bounces during a Hougeki. Universal lunge move.

3B

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1000	Mid	12	3	31	+2	-12	Blow away
Areial invul on frames 13-15. Launches during a Hougeki. Universal anti-air.

3C

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
1100	Low	13	2	29	+48	-15	Collapse
Universal sweep. Special cancelable.

Throws

Forward Throw

Forward Throw
5D/6D

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
600	Throw	7	1	24	+102	-	Throw
Initial hit causes proration, leading to 480 actual damage. One of the few characters to have a throw that allows a combo afterwards.

Back Throw

Back Throw
4D

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
600	Throw	7	1	24	+102	-	Throw
Initial hit causes proration, leading to 480 actual damage. One of the few characters to have a throw that allows a combo afterwards.

Special Moves

236X

Slash of Faith
Ishinzan
236A/B/C

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
A	750 x2	Mid	14	3, (11), 3	27	+1	-10	Knockback
B Catch	-	-	0	20	23	-	-	-
Parries mid and aerial attacks.
C Catch	-	-	0	20	23	-	-	-
Parries low and high attacks.
Attack	800, 800	Mid	19	4, (10), 4	27	+6	-	Knockback
On successful parry, fully invul until attack ends. Successful parries always hit grounded opponents.
EX	650 x4	Mid	10	4, (10), 4, (13), 4, (10), 4	33	+2	-14	Knockback
Fully invul on frames 1-11.

214X

Desk Drop
Gyokuankō
214A/B/C

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
A	900	High	24	3	36	+7	-13	Knockback
B	900	High	26	2	36	+7	-13	Knockback
Projectile invul on frames 1-21. Airborne on frames 14-25.
C	900	High	30	2	36	+7	-13	Knockback
Projectile invul on frames 1-21. Airborne on frames 14-29.
Desk	600	Mid	-	-	-	+7?	-13?	Knockback
EX	1200	High	25	3	40	+55	-24	Knockback
Fully invul on frames 1-13. Does a long lunge like 214C, at cl.C range turns into a 214A-like slash. Close version has a good vertical hitbox for stopping approaches. Both versions give extra damage and a knockdown off c.B/2B.
EX Desk	800	Mid	-	-	-	+55?	-24?	Blow away

22X

Tiger Roar
Kohōkō
22A/B/C (Air OK)

Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
A	100	Mid	6	5	36	+3	-11	Knockback
Aerial invul on frames 1-11.
B	1100	Mid	7	5	36	+3	-12	Knockback
Aerial invul on frames 1-12. LaunchHard Knockdown
C	1200	Mid	8	5	36	+3	-13	Knockback
Aerial invul on frames 1-13. LaunchHard Knockdown
EX	1800	Mid	16	5	47	+70	-14	Blow away
Fully invul on frames 1-17. Launches during a Hougeki.
Air	1000 / 1100 / 1200	Mid	1, (Until landing)	4	33	+7	-12 / -13 / -14	Knockback
Damage and Adv on Block listed as A/B/C.
Air EX	1800	Mid	1, (Until landing)	4	50	+57	-16	Blow away

Ougi

The Oath to Heroes
Eirei e no Tikai
2363214D

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
2000	-	21	3	45	+131	+4	Unique Hard Knockdown
Fully invul on frames 1-24

Hiougi

The Seal of Sun Wu
Songo no Shōin
236BC

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv on Hit	Adv on Block	Counter-hit Attribute
300, 3700	-	30	5	24	+108	-	Unique Hard Knockdown
Fully invul on frames 1-58. Minimum damage: 3000. Only available during Hougeki, uses 4 bars.

Combos

General

2B/c.B/3C > 236A

c.B is the fastest starter, 2B is your poke starter, and 3C is generally used only for jump-in combos.

2B CH > 214B (22A/5A > 236AB if crouching)
[5A/2A]*n > 236AB

Only 236AB is fast enough to combo from her A normals

5B CH > 5A > 236AB
Throw > 236A/5C/j.C

Using 236A is easier, but does slightly less damage than using 5C or j.C. Also, if 236A is done quickly, the opponent will be able to air-tech afterwards. It's actually possible to force a hard knockdown off of Throw 236A, but that requires them to be specifically low. A useful timing trick for this is to hold 4 (backwards) during the throw animation and then follow up with half-circle A for the 236A.

Corner Throw > 6C

Best oki in the corner. Enough frame advantage to go for another throw/throw bait with 6B or c.C

236B/C > Successful Parry > 5A > 236AB
22B/C Anti-Air CH > 3C > 236A
214A/C CH > 5A > 236AB/(corner)c.B > 236A
(crouching)214X > 22A/5A > 236AB/(corner)c.B > 236A
9j.B > j.22X > 5A > 236AB
2363214D > j.B > 3C > 22C

Hougeki Combos

Midscreen

The easy near-universal ones, learn these when starting out:

FC(3C) 6B > j.C > 6C > j.C > 3B > j.C > runup c.B > 236A (4060)
Anti-air FC(3B) > j.C > 6C > j.C > 6B > j.C > runup c.B > 236A (3780)

A 3B starter doesn't allow using 3B in the middle of a combo, but you should end up with 4000~ damage and a corner regardless.

A throw after an FC offers more corner carry and is easier on timing and spacing, but scales down the combo by exactly 100.

Corner-to-corner:

FC(3C) > runup throw > 9j.B > land >[delay] 9j.B j.22C > runup c.B > 236A > 6C > j.A > 3B > c.B 22C > 3C > 236A (4700)

Use 3C > 236A as the ender if you're deep enough into the corner, or 2B > 236A if you're not.

Midscreen-to-corner:

FC(3C) > [runup throw > 9j.B] > [delay] 9j.B j.22C > runup c.B > 236A > 3B > c.B 22C > 5CC > c.B 22C > 2B > 236A (5040)

3B Variations:

Anti-air FC(3B) > j.C > runup c.B 214B > 2B 214C > 6B > 9j.B j.22C > 5CC > c.B 22C > 3C > 236A (5050)
Anti-air FC(3B) > j.C > runup c.B 214C > 6B > 9j.B j.22C > 5CC > c.B 22C > 3C > 236A (4450)

Very range-dependent. The 6B won't land if youre too close to the corner, use 6C in ranges where you're too far for 6B.

1 Bar Combo

FC(3C) > jump over j.22AB > 22C > 214C > 214C > 214B > 6B > 9j.B j.22C > 5CC > c.B 22C > 3C > 236A (5900)

Go for this when you have at least 1 bar of meter! Again, very range-dependent, but even with adjusting and omitting a 214x, you'll end up with over 5000 regardless.

Corner

FC(3C) > 3C 214B/C > 3C 214B > 3B > j.C > 5CC > c.B 22C > 6B > 9j.B j.22C > 3C > 236A (5540)

Also works a bit further from the corner.

FC(3C) > 3C 214B/C > 3C 214B > 3B > j.C > 5CC > c.B 22C > 3C > 2363214D > 9j.B > j.B j.22C > 2B > 236A (6940)

Hiougi(236BC) is best done off of huge launchers like 3B or 6B.

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