Yatagarasu/Crow

Crow

Introduction

Like Kou, Crow is a traditional shoto character. He lacks Kou's ability to convert st.HP and cr.HK from long range, weakening his footsie game somewhat. He makes up for it by being easily able to set up pressure with his fireballs and having access to stronger reversal options.

Pros:

• meterless invincible DP
• EX fireball is great at forcing pressure
• gets stronger conversions from BL counters

Cons:

• poor damage outside of close range
• higher execution requirements on his advanced combos

Move List

Normal Moves

Move: Startup/Active - Hit Adv/Block Adv

LP: 6F/4F - +4F/+3F Standard jab. Chains to c.LP, hits Hanzo, Jyu and Chadha crouching

cr.LP: 5F/3F - +4F/+3F Crouching jab. Hits mid. chains to all light normals.

j.LP: 5F/11F - ?/? Randy Savage its not but, its an elbow. Stays out a long time.

LK - 8F/4F - +3/+2 Mid-hitting toe kick. Max damage light normal.

cr.LK: 5F/2F - +1F/±0 Hits low, decent range.

j.LK: 7F/11F - ?/? Jumping knee. Good downward hitbox.

HP: 10F/4F - +4F/+1 Longer range than it looks. Hits crouchers.

cl.HP: 8F/6F - +3F/+0F Upwards hitting punch that may stop some crossups.

cr.HP: 9F/3~4F - -1F/-4F Good anti-air normal. Max damage normal. Slightly slower than Kou's.

j.HP 9F/4F - ?/? Awkward superman punch. Highest damage jump in.

HK: 8F/4F - +2F/-1 Upwards roundhouse kick. Hits crouchers.

cr.HK: 9F/3F - -1F/-3F Low forward yo. Special cancellable, super cancellable. You're going to get real familiar with this normal.

j.HK: 7F/5F - ?/? downwards jump kick. Crosses up.

Command Normals

LP+LK (Overhead) Short-hop j.LP. The box is out for a lot longer than it seems, and extends a bit farther down as well.

HP+HK (Unblockable) A slower f.st.HP. Despite low speed, has decent range.

3HK Sweep. Similar to Ryu's in that it extends out moderately far but recovers slowly.

6LP Two-hit overhead. Due to the higher damage and two-hit property it is slightly more useful than Kou's version.

6HK A hop kick. The recovery frames may be canceled into a special move or super for a combo. +2 on block.

Special Moves

Ateyumi – Kagebi 236P Crow’s fireball. They travel slower and are faster to recover than Kou's. LP: Moderate speed. When thrown from longer range Crow can dash behind it to gain pressure. HP: Fast speed. EX: Slowest speed and greatly reduced recovery. Potent pressure tool at closer ranges. Dissipates after traveling for a while.

Manchuin – Toriuchi 623P Crow's uppercut. LP: Low invincibility on startup. Single hit. HP: Fully invincible startup. Single hit. 7000 damage on the first active hitbox, only 2500(!) on the later ones. Make sure to time this properly in combos! EX: Fully invincible startup. 5 hits. Slower to startup than the normal versions.

Himezori – Yuzuruha 214K Potent combo tool. All versions launch the opponent on hit, allowing for varying juggle opportunities. The normal versions whiff on crouchers and won't combo from light attacks. LK: Single hit. Mainly used in BL Counter combos for a corner carry from anywhere on the screen. HK: 3 hits. EX: 2 hits. Hits crouchers and is -3 on block, so most characters won't be able to punish it unless they parry. Only Shahouhassetsu will juggle after this.

Supers

Shahouhassetsu Ukifune 236236K Crow's Shoryureppa. Fully invincible and fast startup (3f). Not that amazing in combos as usually only a few of the hits will connect and the range is pretty short.

Kasanejumonji – Kujigarasu 214214P Guard break on the first hit. Fully invincible until the first active frame. Pretty slow to come out. Unlike Kou, Crow gets a juggle opportunity after this move, leading to some of his higher damaging combos on a clean hit. Useful for punishes.

Combos

0 bars:

• cr.LK, cr.LK xx 623HP
• 6HK xx 623HP
• cr.HK/cr.HP/cl.HP xx 214LK, 214HK, 623HP
  • only works against standing opponents. Omit 214LK to make it easier.
• cr.HK/cr.HP/cl.HP xx 214LK, cr.HK xx 623HP
  • difficult, but more damaging variant
• (aerial BLC), [214LK]x4, 623HP
  • standard BLC conversion that works from anywhere
• (corner only) (aerial BLC), [214LK]x2, [623LP]x2, 623HP
  • slightly more damaging corner variant

0.5 bars:

• cr.LK, cr.LK xx EX 214K
• (aerial BLC), EX 214K, [214K]x2, 623HP
• (corner only) (aerial BLC), EX 214K, [623LP]x2, 623HP
  • slightly more damaging corner variant

1 bar:

• cr.HK/cr.HP/cl.HP xx 214LK, 214HK, 623HP xx 236236K
  • only works against standing opponents
• cr.HK/cr.HP/cl.HP xx 214LK, 214LK, 236236K
  • easier variation

• cr.HP xx 214214P, 214HK, 623HP
  • high damage punish combo
• cr.HP xx 236HP xx 236236K
  • easier punish combo. Only works from point blank.
• (aerial BLC), [EX 214K]x2, 623HP
  • highest damage possible from a BLC

1.5 bars:

• cr.HK/cr.HP/cl.HP xx EX 214K, 236236K

2 bars:

• (corner only) 214214P, 214214P
• cr.HP xx 214214P, 214HK, 623HP xx 236236K

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