Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3/Neji

Neji
Health:	10,000
Guard Gauge:	10,000
LNP Activation %:	30%
Damage Modifier:	1x

Main Strengths

• Long attack strings that can even come out on whiff and lead into decent guard damage/breaks when repeatedly chained
• Chakra Drain; Neji has multiple attacks that take away from the opponent's chakra gauge, being able to limit their resources in this high-resource game
• "Hyuga Cancels" that allow for semi-surprise pressure resets or RPS mid pressure
• Good at escaping backturned situations (such as LKnJ and jump overs) due to and instant turnaround blocking in LNP.
• Incredibly strong combo potential with Paper Bomb extensions, including high damage unsubbable combo routes due to chakra drain + Paper Bomb infinite
• Amazing supers between draining lots of chakra and being a teleport/substitution-punisher

Additional Notes

Hyuga Cancels

Neji can cancel some of his attacks to a neutral state by pressing during their startup, as a feint. These attacks/strings include:

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These specific attacks can still be Hyuuga Cancelled even when used in the middle of other strings.

Neji has a 10 frame recovery after a Hyuga Cancel, much less than the natural recovery of his attacks. He can move and do other attacks on frame 11.

Latent Ninja Power

• LNP activates at 30% health remaining and grants these buffs:
  • Neji can block immediately after turning around.
  • drains the opponent's Chakra even if blocked.
  • drains Neji's Chakra more slowly.
  • When using , Neji will autocorrect towards his opponent during startup.

Other

• Neji's Offensive Substitution (Grounded) launches opponents at a much higher elevation than the move it is based on.
• Neji's (behind obstacle) and are his and respectively.

String List

String #	Inputs	Notes
01		Cancellable at () Can
02		Cancellable at () Can
03		Cancellable at () Can Can the final input to change the move's effect.
04		Cancellable at () Can and
05		Can
06		Cancellable at () Can
07		Cancellable at () Can
08		Cancellable at () Can Can the final input to change the move's effect.
09		Cancellable at () Can and
10
11		Cancellable at () Can
12		Cancellable at () Can
13		Cancellable at () Can Can the final input to change the move's effect.
14		Cancellable at () Can and
15		Cancellable at () Can
16		Cancellable at () Can
17		Cancellable at () Can Can the final input to change the move's effect.
18		Cancellable at () Can and
19		Can

Weak Attacks

5B

File:CONR3 Neji 5B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 472 - - - - - - - - Placeholder

6B

File:CONR3 Neji 6B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 590 - - - - - - - - Placeholder

2B

File:CONR3 Neji 2B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 472 - - - - - - - - Placeholder

4B

File:CONR3 Neji 4B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 590 - - - - - - - - Staggers on hit

8B

File:CONR3 Neji 8B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 472 - - - - - Launch - - Launches on hit Can be despite Neji being in the air

Running B

File:CONR3 Neji Running B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 630 - - - - - - - - Horizontal launch

j.B

File:CONR3 Neji Jump B.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 590 - - - - - - - - Launches on hit

Strong Attacks

5A

File:CONR3 Neji 5A.png

Version Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity Normal 393 23 - - 562 - +8~26 -5~25 - Full Charge 787 48 - - 15000 - - - - Can be to gain different properties Deflects deflectable projectiles, destroys them if undeflectable Staggers on hit when uncharged, launches away into a groundbounce when charged Neji fires an Eight Trigrams Air Palm. Very high-priority projectile. Regular air palm is very useful as a neutral tool due to its range and staggering on hit that can potentially allow offense if Neji is close enough. He can also hold the button for a bit to delay his release and mix up his projectile timing to beat opponents who plan to sidestep it on reaction. Has twice as long startup and less travel speed/distance, but in exchange its projectile lingers towards the end and deals enough guard damage to instantly break any unmodified guard bar. Since it's so slow, it's typically only used as okizeme, and even then still struggles to connect sometimes due to the various wakeup options.

6A

File:CONR3 Neji 6A.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 315*2, 393 21 - - - - +1 -19 / -29 / -36 - Can Drains chakra on hit Sometimes referred to as just "stabs"

2A

File:CONR3 Neji 2A.png

Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 668 20 - - - 19 - -19 - Neji does a low kunai slash. Since it hits so low to the ground, it can be used to OTG the opponent for bonus damage in or after combos, or meaty against wake-up kicks when Neji isn't close enough / with enough chakra to paper bomb plant. Even on whiff, it chains into , so he can start some pressure afterward if the opponent blocks the move.

4A

File:CONR3 Neji 4A.png

Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 737 11~ 18~84 10 - 24F Launch -22 - Can be to extend catch frames Can catch opponents behind Neji Counterattack does horizontal launch on hit Counter can be triggered by projectiles, but is ineffective against Paper Bombs Common counter . Neji's counter in particular does a wind vortex on catch that launches the opponent almost the entire play area away on hit. At the cost of draining his own chakra, Neji can extend the catch frames of his counter to trip up opponents who expect to only have to wait half a second to punish his counter instead of over a second and also build conditioning.

8A

File:CONR3 Neji 8A.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 393 19 - - - 19F - -24 - Same as except it goes at a 45 degree angle upward and has no charge version. Similarly great at beating out air attack attempts and other projectiles, especially air kunai spam.

Running A

File:CONR3 Neji Running A.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 668 - - - - - - - - Staggers on hit

j.A

File:CONR3 Neji Jump A.png

Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 275 14/28 - - - 19F per kunai - +5~19 - Neji throws two kunais, but instead of both at the same time at a 45 degree angle like most other moves of its kind, Neji throws his one after the other and at much more outward angles. Considerably better for neutral than most equivalent moves due to the angling and coverage, but is also effective in Neji's juggle combos thanks to the delayed knife allowing for a pickup afterward and both projectiles building very little chakra for the opponent on hit.

Throws

5Y

File:CONR3 Neji 5Y.png

Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 600 1 1 - - - - - - Standard Throw Neji's party starter on opponents who don't have enough chakra to substitution the initial throw, leading into high damage combos with proper execution. Most common follow-up is 6AY for chakra drain which can then go into 5B/6B juggles or start his optimal 6A loops.

2Y

File:CONR3 Neji 2Y.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 1181 1 1 - - - Launch - - Horizontal launch Neji's custom throw where he blasts the opponent with a close range Eight Trigrams Air Palm. Launches the opponent very far away on connect. Not very notable.

j.Y

File:CONR3 Neji Jump Y.png	Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 600 1 1 - - - - - - Standard Air Throw Generic air throw that leads to a knockdown. However, Neji might represent this often if the opponent keeps back jumping out of his Hyuuga Cancels in pressure.

Special Jutsu

5X

File:CONR3 Neji 5X.png

Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 3910 24 - - - - - -5 (Gaara) - Requires 100% (4 bars) chakra On hit, drains ~64% of the opponent's chakra Neji's 5X would otherwise be a standard damage / unsubbable punish super, but the fact that it drains chakra from the opponent on hit makes it a cut above a lot of the rest. While in LNP, 5X will autocorrect during the start-up to hit the opponent wherever they are in a 360 degree area around Neji, letting him hit opponents to the side or behind him if they sidestepped / running sidestepped against it.

2X

File:CONR3 Neji 2X.png

Damage Startup Active Frames Recovery Guard Damage Blockstun Advantage on Hit Advantage on Block Throw Immunity 2625 12 (back), 15 (front) 15 - - - - -32 - Requires 75% (3 bars) chakra Start-up values are for when the attack starts hitting behind Neji vs hitting in front of him Unblockable if Neji is in a backturned state (Backturn unblockable) Opponent cannot KnJ this attack on hit. Commonly known as "rotation" or "kaiten". Neji surrounds himself with a massive chakra blast that hits all around him. Rotation is his faster and much more common super, being able to connect after more scaled juggles than 5X and is also able to punish the opponent trying to KnJ out of combos into it since the hitbox basically shields him on all sides. The only issue is that it's very punishable on block, most of the time with Neji eating a decently strong combo since he just spent his chakra. Can also hit OTG but does basically no damage like most OTGs. Despite being conventionally blockable, rotation is uniquely backturned unblockable property and lets Neji use this as a sort of checkmate for unblockable oki sometimes that can also punish attempts to escape via wake-up substitution.

BNB Combos

Combo	Damage	Notes
	--	Notes 1 Notes 2

Strategy

Shorthand Reference for Neji Strings

animation in any string goes back into strings 01 through 04.

String #	Inputs	Notes
01		Cancellable at () Can
02		Cancellable at () Can
03		Cancellable at () Can Can the final input to change the move's effect.
04		Cancellable at () Can and
05		Can
06~09	01~05
10
11~14	01~05
15~18	01~05
19		Can