A.K.I.

Chains into 5LP/2LP/2LK (delay required for consecutive 5LPs) or the 5LP~LP TC if chained quickly; Sinister Slide cancel: +1/-4

2f extra recovery on block; 2nd LP can be input with any non-crouching direction; () refers to scaled damage from 5LP combo starter; has a 3f blockstring gap between hits; combos into 236LP/MP/HP, 214HP, 214PP, or close range 214LP; Sinister Slide cancel: +6/+4; DR cancel is delayed until after 1st recovery frame

2 extra recovery frames on whiff/block; Sinister Slide cancel: +9/+5; moves A.K.I. forward; useful combo tool after 5MK or in counter-hit routes but does not combo into 236PP; high active frame count makes it useful as a meaty (up to +7/+1); special/DR/DI cancel is delayed until after 2nd active frame

Very good poke that can avoid some low attacks; hitconfirmable into 5HP~HP Target Combo, which is especially strong vs. poisoned opponents

5f extra recovery on block; poisons the opponent on hit; puts opponent into a limited juggle state; juggles into 2HP/SA1/SA3 midscreen (unless starting too far away) as well as 2HK/236HP in the corner; sets up a safe jump anywhere on screen (unless starting too far away midscreen); triggers Toxic Blossom, launching opponent even higher (gains juggles into 236MP/236PP/SA2/DR~5HK); always a true blockstring even at max delay; hitconfirmable from 5HP

Sinister Slide cancel: +6/0; DR cancel is delayed until after 1st recovery frame

2 extra recovery frames on whiff; useful poke and combo starter

Forces stand on hit; active frames 3-4 whiff on crouching opponents unless they extend a vertical hurtbox; important combo and juggle tool (combos into 2PP~K naturally, and 2PP~P on Punish Counter); staggers opponent on grounded Punish Counter and launches into a high limited juggle state on airborne Punish Counter; good anti-air on frames 10-12 but cannot hit cross-up; head hurtbox is anti-air invuln 5-12f; kicking leg and upper body hurtbox is anti-air invuln on frame 10-12; extends a hurtbox 1f before active that is vulnerable to projectiles; Sinister Slide cancel: +15/+8; DR cancel is delayed until after 2nd active frame

Chains into 5LP/2LP/2LK (true blockstring into 2LP); Sinister Slide cancel: +3/-2; topmost hurtbox on frames 1-5 is vulnerable only to aerial strikes (preventing its use as an anti-air)

Sinister Slide cancel: +10/+6; combo/buffer tool with good range; topmost hurtbox on frames 1-20 is vulnerable only to aerial strikes (preventing its use as an anti-air)

Hitbox does not move during active frames (cannot space to make it safer in neutral); very disjointed hitbox, but easily punished in neutral; has some juggle potential; poisons the opponent on Punish Counter

Chains into 5LP/2LP/2LK; highest range light normal, can be used in 4-hit blockstrings and to stuff grounded approaches

Solid low poke that can be buffered into Super or linked into light normals; good option out of Drive Rush, granting block advantage and a link into 5HK or 5MK

Upper body and kicking leg are anti-air invuln 10-15f (during active frames); decent anti-air but cannot hit cross-up; puts airborne opponents into limited juggle state on Counter-hit/Punish Counter; Punish Counter puts grounded opponents into limited juggle state; has high juggle potential, causing an air reset; Super cancel is delayed until after 2nd active frame; extends a hurtbox 1f before active that is vulnerable to projectiles

1f extra recovery on whiff; great poke that is safe on block; hitconfirmable into Super

8f extra recovery on whiff; Low Crush 11-26f (not airborne); 1st hit puts airborne opponents into limited juggle state (2nd hit causes air reset); excellent pressure tool, especially using Drive Rush forward momentum; Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage carries through both hits

Relatively slow overhead that leads to combos with meaty timing or Drive Rush

Can be used as a fuzzy instant overhead

Puts airborne opponents into limited juggle state; useful air-to-air but aims very high; lower body projectile invuln 7-22f (if used immediately on the way up, can avoid the 2nd hit of JP's OD Amnesia bombs)

Causes spike knockdown vs. airborne opponents on Counter-hit/Punish Counter; strong jump-in that doesn't extend hurtbox before active frames; lower body projectile invuln 11-23f except around the attack hitbox (cannot be used to avoid the 2nd hit of JP's OD Amnesia bombs)

Cross-up; good air-to-air (A.K.I.'s longest horizontal jump-in)

Solid jump-in attack; can be used as a fuzzy instant overhead (opponent must be in Burnout for true blockstring); lower body projectile invuln 7-20f except around the attack hitbox (cannot be used to avoid the 2nd hit of JP's OD Amnesia bombs)

Good jump-in that doesn't extend hurtbox as much as j.HP; lower body projectile invuln 8-19f except around the attack hitbox (cannot be used to avoid the 2nd hit of JP's OD Amnesia bombs)

During forward jump only; can only hit as a cross-up; causes spike knockdown vs. airborne opponents; lower body projectile invuln 9-23f except around attack hitbox (cannot be used to avoid the 2nd hit of JP's OD Amnesia bombs)

Side switch; after corner side switch, can Drive Rush for a true strike/throw mixup (auto-timed 5MP becomes +11 oH / +5 oB); a successful Throw Escape builds 0.5 Drive bars for the defender; Throw Escape is awarded to a random player if input simultaneously

Can walk 16-17f for a corner throw loop (strict timing to beat 4f normals); 1f more lenient vs. Marisa and 2f more lenient vs. Blanka/E.Honda/Zangief; a successful Throw Escape builds 0.5 Drive bars for the defender; Throw Escape is awarded to a random player if input simultaneously

Farthest trajectory; cannot hit cross-up; Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage applies to all hits; landing recovery has a crouch-sized hurtbox despite being in a standing state; first 2 hits will whiff on crouching opponents (less damage, chip, Drive Dmg); can link naturally into 2LP for a follow-up combo; pushback on block keeps A.K.I. out of throw range but also weakens her Burnout pressure; extends a large projectile invincible hurtbox downward on frames 26-32 (makes it easier for opponents to anti-air A.K.I.)

Strike hitbox (no projectile durability); poisons opponent on hit; puts opponent into limited juggle state; extended arm is projectile invincible 13-21f; useful combo and juggle tool; relatively safe blockstring ender, but can whiff in cancels outside close range; can get significantly better frame advantage on a late meaty connect (up to +4 on block); leaves a 2f blockstring gap when canceled from 5LK, or a 4f gap (trade combo) when canceled from 2LP; 6f hitconfirm window into SA3 refers to 2nd hit only

Hold left/right to steer trajectory; cannot hit cross-up; Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage applies to all hits on non-cinematic version; landing recovery has a crouch-sized hurtbox despite being in a standing state; goes into grab animation on a grounded hit for full damage and follow-up oki, but 3rd/4th hits can get a non-cinematic hit late in the active frames (400~640 damage); poisons opponent on hit (cinematic or non-cinematic); puts airborne opponents into a limited juggle OTG state (KD +51~58); Super cancel works only on non-cinematic version; SA2 cancel will not combo unless LP version lands as a counter-hit or Punish Counter; extends a large projectile invincible hurtbox downward on frames 23-27 (makes it easier for opponents to anti-air A.K.I.)

Shortest trajectory; cannot hit cross-up; Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage applies to all hits; landing recovery has a crouch-sized hurtbox despite being in a standing state; first 2 hits will whiff on crouching opponents (less damage, chip, Drive Dmg); gives a strike/throw mixup on hit, a light combo extension on counter-hit, and a 5MP combo extension on Punish Counter (very effective as a throw bait); does not extend a large downward hurtbox during startup like other versions (harder for opponent to anti-air with grounded normals)

Slow-moving 1-hit projectile; can be extremely plus on hit/block from longer ranges or when used with meaty timing; poisons the opponent on hit; extended arm hurtbox is projectile invincible 16-41f; 6P follow-up can be input on frames 30-36 (detonates bubble if it hasn't yet collided with opponent); cancelable into 236KK from frame 36 until end of recovery (can help avoid punishes or advance forward for pressure)

Poisons opponent on hit; refers to the non-burst version (projectile dissipates, causing the whip to strike the opponent rather than the bubble); [] refers to data when whip connects during Toxic Blossom, causing a limited juggle state; the whip is a 1-hit projectile that will detonate the 214LP bubble if still active on-screen (despite being a projectile, a perfect parry gives screen freeze like a strike); at close range, there is a 1f gap between the projectile and whip on block (can be delayed to create frame traps from farther ranges)

Poisons opponent on hit; striking the bubble projectile before it makes contact with the opponent causes it to burst, dealing more damage; the burst itself is a large stationary 1-hit projectile hitbox with 6 active frames

Medium trajectory; cannot hit cross-up; Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage applies to all hits; landing recovery has a crouch-sized hurtbox despite being in a standing state; first 2 hits will whiff on crouching opponents (less damage, chip, Drive Dmg); extends a large projectile invincible hurtbox downward on frames 21-27 (makes it easier for opponents to anti-air A.K.I.)

Places a pool of poison on the ground that poisons the opponent; poison cannot be blocked, and is constantly reapplied as long as the opponent is in close proximity; cannot use another 214MP until the first one has dissipated (can exist alongside SA2 poison pool, but the poison damage does not stack between them); A.K.I. is in a counter-hit state for entire 46f attack animation

Slow-moving 2-hit OD projectile; can be extremely plus on block from longer ranges or when used with meaty timing; poisons the opponent on hit; 2nd hit knocks opponent into limited juggle state; extended arm hurtbox is projectile invincible 16-36f; 6P follow-up can be input on frames 34-35 (detonates bubble if both hits haven't yet collided with opponent); cancelable into 236KK on frames 32-33 (can help avoid punishes)

Poisons opponent on hit or block (but not parry); refers to the non-burst version (projectile dissipates, causing the whip to strike the opponent rather than the bubble); [] refers to data when whip connects during Toxic Blossom; the whip is a projectile that will detonate the 214PP bubble if still active on-screen (despite being a projectile, a perfect parry gives screen freeze like a strike)

Poisons opponent on hit (does not poison on block unless the whip itself makes contact after the projectile burst); striking the bubble projectile before it makes contact with the opponent causes it to burst, dealing more damage; the burst itself is a large stationary 2-hit OD projectile hitbox; damage/chip/KD Advantage are changed if only 1 hit of the detonation connects on opponent (this can happen when detonating from max range, or immediately after the first hit of 214PP connects); opponent is launched higher on hit, allowing follow-up juggles (much more juggle potential if only the 1 hit of 214PP Burst connects)

Can switch sides with opponent (cross-up version usually has a fixed 23f recovery after passing through; total time depends on distance from opponent); at a very specific spacing, A.K.I. can cross-up with 43f move duration (extremely ambiguous left/right mixup); counter-hit state for entire move duration; projectile invincibility lasts longer on cross-up version; semi-low profile 11-17f (crouch height); crouching state 17f until end of recovery; low profile 18f until end of recovery; collision box disappears 20-31f to allow cross-up; Distance: 3.18 (3.84 cross-up)

Strike hitbox (no projectile clash); poisons opponent on hit; [Toxic Blossom] causes a higher launch on hit; no head hurtbox on frames 4-8; semi-low profile 9-30f (crouch height); only 1st active frame can realistically hit grounded opponents at close range; can anti-air vs. cross-ups; sets up a strong safe jump on non-TB hit midscreen or in the corner (must use cross-up j.2HP if opponent does not back rise midscreen)

Entire animation is vulnerable to Punish Counter Throws; crouching state 17f until end of recovery; Same-side version: 42f total animation, 8 recovery frames at the end that are vulnerable to strikes; Cross-up version: the entire animation is strike/projectile invincible; total duration of cross-up version depends on distance from opponent (23f fixed recovery time after passing through); collision box disappears 7-33f to allow cross-up; Distance: 4.06 (3.52 cross-up)

Feint (starts moving forward before retreating); counter-hit state for entire move duration; 8-13f semi-low profile (crouch height); 14-37f low profile; 14-36f crouching state (4f forced standing after recovery unless a crouching attack is input); Distance: -0.965

Strike hitbox with 1-hit projectile durability; poisons opponent on hit; [Toxic Blossom] hit launches opponent into a limited juggle state (can follow up with corner 236HP from close range); 6f extra recovery on whiff; slightly better frame advantage from longer ranges; extended arm is projectile invincible 13-16f; sets up a strong corner safe jump on Toxic Blossom hit but requires sacrificing the extra juggle; Punish Counter crumple puts opponent into limited juggle state (cannot follow up with grounded combo); Toxic Blossom PC juggle gives much stronger juggle follow-ups midscreen

Stays on same side; counter-hit state for entire move duration; semi-low profile (crouch height) 9-15f and 39f; crouching state 14f until end of recovery; low profile 16-38f; Distance: 1.94

Strike hitbox with 1-hit projectile durability; poisons opponent on hit; [Toxic Blossom] causes limited juggle crumple state on grounded hit, and a higher juggle (KD +60~72) on airborne hit; cannot hit crouching opponents (close-range hitbox can hit extended vertical hurtbox); can hit standing opponents from close range only; has a good anti-air hitbox but slow startup; sets up a strong corner safe jump on non-TB hit

Strike hitbox with 1-hit OD projectile durability; poisons opponent on hit; A.K.I. pulls herself toward opponent on hit (fully invincible during pull animation); [Toxic Blossom] causes crumple on grounded hit (+5 before opponent becomes airborne, or +9 on Punish Counter) and resets the juggle counter vs. airborne opponents (free juggle state); only the [Toxic Blossom] follow-up is Super cancelable; slightly better block advantage if spaced out (cannot hit on final active frame in neutral, as hitbox doesn't move after 4th active frame); extended arm is projectile invincible 20-25f (great anti-projectile tool due to speed and range); Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage carries through the follow-up hit; mid-combo damage scaling does not apply to Toxic Blossom version; refunds 2000 Drive gauge on Toxic Blossom hit (after spending the initial 20000, so it will not prevent Burnout if A.K.I. has just under 2 Drive bars)

Semi-low profile 10-15f (crouch height); low profile 16-197f; Cancelable into follow-ups after 11f; can input up to exit stance after 28f (stance exit takes 21f on its own); automatically exits stance after 216f if no input is made (no low profile or projectile invincibility)

Can be input after 28f of Sinister Slide; maintains low profile 1-10f and semi-low profile 11-21f (crouch height); fastest total Stance + Exit time is 49f; shortest Slide~Exit travel distance: 0.78

During Sinister Slide; 3f extra recovery on whiff; low profile 1-15f, semi-low profile 16-27f, crouch-sized hurtbox 28-35f; Counter-hit/Punish Counter bonus advantage carries through both hits; good combo tool that is also safe on block; both hits put airborne opponent into limited juggle state; 15f hitconfirm window into SA3 refers to 2nd hit only

During Sinister Slide; () refer to Punish Counter damage; good range but slow startup

During Sinister Slide; poisons the opponent on hit; triggers Toxic Blossom for a crumple state vs. grounded opponents, or a tumbling OTG state vs. airborne opponents; low profile 1-17f; low crush 20-31f; good anti-zoning tool, but can lose to slower projectiles at some ranges; sets up high damage punish combos (but does not combo naturally when canceled from any grounded normals)

No invincibility; Super-priority projectile hitboxes; button strength determines distance (LP close/mid range, MP mid range to full screen, HP full screen); Modern Controls: hold back/neutral/forward to choose move strength; poisons the opponent on hit; creates a pool that lasts 700f, poisoning opponent while in close proximity; reapplies poison as long as opponent is close to pool; pool placement depends on button strength used; poison pool moves forward after MP/HP versions; SA2 poison pool can exist simultaneously with 214MP pool (poison does not stack); MP version can be used to counter projectiles (if too far, may drop out; if too close, A.K.I. will be hit before projectile dissipates); heavier versions can whiff if used from close range, especially vs. crouching; opponent cannot Drive Reversal until the 2nd to last hit (right before poison detonation)

Poisons opponent on hit; good anti-air hitbox but cannot hit cross-up; transition to a cinematic on hit; very short horizontal range; if SA1 trades with a projectile right as it hits, opponent will be launched into a high limited juggle float state, allowing a follow-up juggle

Cannot hit cross-up; cinematic time regenerates ~2.2 Drive bars for A.K.I.

Cannot hit cross-up; available at 25% HP or below; cinematic time regenerates ~2.2 Drive bars for A.K.I.

Performed by inputting 6HPHK during blockstun; 5f extra recovery on hit; freezes the screen for 4f during startup; see Drive Reversal.

Performed by holding 6HPHK on wakeup; 5f extra recovery on hit; does not have any screen freeze except for a 12f freeze when interacting with the opponent's throw hitbox (this also refunds 1 Drive bar after punishing the throw); see Drive Reversal.

See Drive Impact. Airborne connect gives spinning juggle state on Punish Counter or corner Wall Splat with variable height.

See Drive Parry. Perfect Parrying has only 1F of recovery and disables the opponent from canceling their attack. Perfect Parrying projectiles puts you into fixed 11 frames of recovery. After a Perfect Parry, all Super Gauge gain is reduced by 20% and Drive Gauge gain/damage is reduced by 50% for the entire punish combo.

See Drive Rush; 3-bar version performed on hit/block from a cancelable normal; can also be performed on whiff from cancelable light normals; startup refers to minimum time before an attack can cancel the Drive Rush animation; the first 15 recovery frames are cancelabe into any attack; the final 22 recovery frames are cancelable into any attack or movement option or blocking (except Parry); only Normal and Command Normal attacks are enhanced with +4 frame advantage and improved juggle properties

See Drive Rush; 1-bar version performed out of a Parry; startup refers to minimum time before an attack can cancel the Drive Rush animation (if performed immediately after a successful Parry, only 1+8 startup); the first 15 recovery frames are cancelabe into any attack; the final 22 recovery frames are cancelable into any attack or movement option or blocking (except Parry); only Normal and Command Normal attacks are enhanced with +4 frame advantage and improved juggle properties; Distance: 0.907 (min/throw), 2.437 (min/block), 4.049 (max/final DR frame)

"Isn't he wonderful? Ahhh~"; "Ugh, you're a trifling little pest." bubbles have a large projectile hitbox behind A.K.I.; if popped, A.K.I. says a second line and enters a different recovery animation; puts opponent into limited juggle state

"The master's prized poison... ahh, a perfect, beautiful, most brilliantly crafted poison! Now you'll get a taste."; builds 1 bar of Super gauge after 411f (1000 Super gauge on frames 303, 324, 346, 363, 383, then 5000 Super gauge on frame 411)

"Time for some experimentation... I bet poison would work wonders on you."