Yatagarasu/Aja

Aja Salisbury

Move List

Normal Moves

LP 4f startup. Whiffs on most crouching characters. The recovery can be canceled into another LP for easy hit confirms. Special- and super-cancelable.

cr.LP Standard crouching LP.

j.LP Not as quick as most other jumping LPs.

LK Max damage light normal, chains into HK.

cr.LK Standard crouching LK.

j.LK Fastest air normal, many active frames. Can crossup, but linking after it is often not possible.

HP Long range slash. Special- and super-cancelable.

cr.HP Lower vulnerable hurtbox compared to standing HP. Special- and super-cancelable.

j.HP Max damage jumping normal. Very large range.

HK Its vulnerable hurtbox doesn't extend as far out compared to her HP attacks, useful counterpoke. Special- and super-cancelable.

cr.HK Amazing anti-air normal. Mixing it in with your other anti-air options can easily result in BL counters against parry-happy opponents. Special- and super-cancelable.

j.HK Best jumping attack for crossups.

Command Normals

3HK Fast sliding kick that travels about 3/4 screen distance. Frame advantage if it is blocked at the tip, but can easily get parried or neutral jumped.

LP+HP (Overhead) -1 on block and hit against standing opponents. Leads into the LK,HK target combo against crouching.

HP+HK (Unblockable) Aja is considered to be crouching during the animation.

Target combos

LK, HK Useful target combo for easy two-hit confirms. +2 on block. Special- and super-cancelable.

Special Moves

Aja may cancel the first special move in a string into other special moves on hit and block (but not on parry) at any point in their recovery frames. The LP/LK versions of her special moves may be charged up to two different levels by holding the button down, usually resulting in better hitboxes, damage and other properties.

236P Gekisensai Horizontal slash that pulls the opponent in on hit and block. Negative on hit and block, enough so to be punishable in a lot of situations. LP: Charge level improves frame advantage and pull distance, but only LV3 is advantageous on block and hit. LV3 version has a large disjointed hitbox. HP: - EX: Fullscreen vacuum effect.

236K Mushinshou Overhead strike. Very negative on both hit and block regardless of version, but large pushback so it can be hard to punish when spaced properly. LK: LV2 ground bounces opponents that have been launched. Strong combo potential. HK: - EX: Causes knockdown.

214P Gouezan Anti-air slash. Quick startup coupled with a gigantic hitbox. LP: LV1: no invincibility LV2: super armor on startup LV3: fully invincible until recovery HP: Upper-body invincibility on startup EX: Fully invincible until active, upper-body invincibility afterwards.

214K Kokuushin A launcher that whiffs on crouchers. Unsafe when blocked. Mostly combo-filler as Gouezan makes for a better anti-air. LK: charge level greatly improves damage and scaling. HK: - EX: -

41236P Ryokusendan A rushing slash. Destroys incoming normal and EX projectiles (except Azure's Reppus). Unlike other specials, the LP and HP versions can only be canceled during the active frames and may not be super-canceled. LP: Charge level increases the range, adds additional hits and improves the frame advantage (though all versions remain disadvantageous when blocked). HP: 2 hits. EX: 4 hits. Launches on hit. +0 on block. Remarkable in being one of the only ways to safely end blockstrings.

Supers

236236P Gekisen Gojou Renge Moderately damaging ranbu that has better juggle potential than a lot of Aja's specials, though most of the hits will whiff on airborne opponents. Best used in combos that leave the opponent grounded.

214214K Kongou Shingonsou Timer super that removes the limit on special cancels in strings and slightly reduces the charge time for her powered up special moves. Canceling into it from her normally unsafe specials generally leaves you at a slight frame advantage on block and allows linking afterwards on hit. Lasts 6 seconds. Reinforcing it doubles the duration.

Combos

Combos using EX meter [[1]]

Super 2 confirms [[2]]