Anko (SCON4)

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Anko
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HP	220
Guard Gauge	1760
Jab Speed	Frame 15
Jab Height	Mid
Backdash Type	x

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Summary

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Gameplay

Moveset

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Special Moves
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Super Moves
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Strategy

General Notes

• is an unblockable hit-grab
• (on hit) puts Anko in her ground stance with the following options:
  • : A sliding, unblockable hit-grab
  • : Teleport in the air behind the opponent
  • : Stance cancel
• and are swapped compared to Vanilla; in Super, is the higher damage, cinematic flying suplex

Strengths

• High damage in general and lots of chip damage
• Mid jab and above average range
• on block is Anko's best blockstring
  • Deals chip damage
  • Quick recovery after the fourth hit, combined with the or (teleport) continuations make it effective for guard pressure and mix-ups
• Can throw out in neutral safely due to having on whiff
• Good enemy back turn game
  • Decent sweep
  • turns around on hit giving Anko a guaranteed combo
  • is extremely fast and, for all intents and purposes due to its range and active frames, impossible to run away from or sidestep
• Her speedy slide, high crushing is one of the best running attacks in the game
  • converts to a full combo
  • Anko occasionally slides under the opponent, swapping sides on both hit and block
  • jumping snake attack is available as a mix-up on block
• Faster than average ; capture state is a large amount of unsubbable damage and gives a hard knockdown
• can cross-up, especially on short characters
• Good teleport which can be delayed with or reversed with
• loop is a high damage, meter positive loop
  • Can continue deep into higher combo counts
  • Meterlessly confirm to
  • Meterlessly confirm directly to
• Air throw compliments Anko's other tools
  • Has the dangerous combination of a lift on block (up snakes) and air throw
  • Punish opponents who try to escape Anko's guard pressure
  • Running teleport puts Anko in the air behind the opponent
• is one of the better cinematic supers in the game
  • Long range, lunging activator
  • Pops up, low crushing, and can catch jumps
  • High damage
• Availability of her reversal

Weaknesses

• Large amounts of recovery time on whiffed attacks
  • Includes , , , , , , and
• is unreliable in neutral or for catching jumps and should mostly be restricted to combos or for situational cross-ups
• Higher than average recovery on and reduces their ability to bait and punish KNJ
• is slower compared to many characters
• Aerial strings such as (air snakes) are easy to sidestep and punish

Combos

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COMBO 4	ETC

Changes from Vanilla

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• Walking animation reworked
• Air Throw added
• Health: increased from 200 to 210
• Guard: increased from 1600 to 1680
• Grabbable moves: The following moves can be grabbed before the snake projectiles come out 2A, JA, 2BBB(A), and 8B landing
• 5B: Hitbox lasts one frame longer, elbow hitbox does not appear on the first frame
• 5B(B): changed to be old GNT4 6B animation with old 5B(B) damage Move ends quicker
• 6B: uses an animation similar to Orochimaru; turns around back turned people has more stun and it is slightly later on transition to follow ups
• 4B: does 2 more damage; hitbox appears one frame sooner
• 4B and 4BA(Y): have improved windows on states as well as ending sooner and can be grabbed during their "sit" frames
• 4B(B): is an unblockable hitgrab that also hits OTG; hitbox appears one frame sooner
• 4B(A): transitions 8 frames faster
• 4BA(Y): can be subbed in the first few frames
• 2B(B): has more lift
• JB: does chip damage and does 4 more damage
• RB: replaced with RA, lift increased
• 2BBB(B): hitbox appears one frame later
• 2BBB(A): snakes lift and do chip; does 2A in string; ends 5 frames sooner
• 8B: is a blockable hitgrab that is untechable
• 5A: charge time decreased from 10f to 8f
• 6A: lifts higher on hit and now lifts on block
• 2A: snakes do chip damage, animation changed to be the finisher of 5X
• 4A: changed to be a teleport that can teleport to either side
• JA: momentum applies sooner
• JA and 6AA(A): snakes adjusted to do chip damage and lift
• RA: 4BA(A) changed to be a teleport into the air RKnJ position into normal fall; A and B strings added
• RA and 6AA(A): have three grabbable frames before the teleport
• 5Y: is a side switch throw
• 2Y: is a new throw that bounces the opponent
• 5X: has an improved launch angle to stop resetting the combo against high up opponents; requires 75% meter, but costs 100%; three less frames of super freeze; hitbox starts and ends one frame later; elbow hitbox smaller
• 2X: starts moving five frames sooner in super freeze and has an extended activator hitbox
• 4X: is a command grab that puts opponent into an untechable, unsubbable state; immune to highs and mids frames 1-9 after super freeze then immune to highs until after the hitbox disappears; requires and costs 75%l does 10+30 damage
• GRKnJ: appears slightly further behind the opponent

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