Sakon and Ukon are the closest thing GNT4 and SCON4 have to a traditional stance character. Sakon is more or less a standard, close-combat fighter. Things get weird once transformed into Ukon, who has passive super armor, a state in which he still takes damage but can tank many attacks without interruption. Ukon's unique traits emphasize the importance of matchups as some foes may find themselves without good options against this two-in-one fighter.
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Gameplay
Moveset
Basic Moves
Notes
Frame 14 high jab
Jump kick. Launches and lifts the opponent on block.
Low kick. Does not sweep or turn the opponent.
Guard frame attack. Staggers the opponent on hit.
Mid attack. A low spinning launch on hit.
A running punch which knock flying away into the ground on hit.
An overhead fist which auto-cancels when landing. Bounces the opponent or pushes on block.
Special Moves
Simple kunai projectile.
Multiple legs barrage. Sakon/Ukon ascends with the attack at a 45 degree angle.
A fast, low swipe which high crushes.
Counter. At startup, immediately swaps between Sakon and Ukon. Upon activation, knocks the opponent away.
Multiple fists barrage. Super cancel point. If is held, pushes on block or sends flying on hit instead of leaving the opponent in place.
An uppercut slash which lifts on block and launches on hit.
Multiple legs barrage. A divekick which hits multiple times and can be -cancelled upon touching the ground
Super Moves
Sakon and Ukon use their multiple strike attacks and pummel their foe.
Kuchiyose: Rashomon! Sakon/Ukon summons a giant wall at the location of their opponent. Very fast, hard to avoid and great for punishing substitutions. Costs 75% chakra.
Switches between Sakon and Ukon heads at the cost of 25% chakra. Faster than but does not have a counter.
Same as but switches between Sakon and Ukon heads.
Strategy
This character has two forms. The round always begins as Sakon. Major differences include:
Sakon has longer strings, better combos, an air throw and more health.
Ukon has continuous super armor as long as he's not airborne and individual attacks do more damage.
Sakon has a normal backdash, whereas Ukon has a short backdash.
There are four ways to swap between Sakon and Ukon:
- Immediately swaps the current character regardless of whether the counter is activated
- At the cost of 25% chakra
- Switches between heads if the super activates
Strengths
Ukon's super armor allows him to interrupt his opponent's strings and take back his turn if they are not careful with their string or move selection. When Ukon has the health lead, he can repeatedly trade hits to close out rounds.
Ukon can block all supers in the game.
() is one of the best lows in the game and staggers on hit.
Sakon has one of the longer meterless loops in the game ( > ) and can get 10 or 11 hits including a finishing .
Raw and in-string versions of are super cancel points.
is one of the better alternate supers in the game, quickly summoning a large wall at the location of the opponent. Sakon/Ukon can checkmate opponents by looping and waiting until a substitution to perform . can also punish projectiles or whiffs from anywhere on the screen.
Weaknesses
Super armor can be broken by sweeps and all launchers
Players who over-rely on super armor will see their low health quickly depleted as opponents take advantage of a mashing Ukon by choosing moves which break super armor. Ukon may also struggle to mount a comeback from low health as trading hits becomes a losing proposition.
Multihit moves will do unscaled damage, dealing a lot more damage to Ukon. Fire attacks such as Sasuke will be a death sentence if Ukon is caught by it, as the hitstun in super armor is unsubbable.
Many of Sakon's strings and combo options involve aerial juggles which can't be -cancelled or may drop at the wall.
Aside form , extremely limited options at long range (slow/weak projectile, poor run attacks and no teleport).
Other Notes
is the highest damage combo filler. does less damage per hit but has higher meter build and is easier to execute
The triple punch (, and ) is a super cancel point.
does high amounts of damage and builds lots of meter due to it being a multi-hit attack. It also can easily break guards.
hits twice OTG. can hit three times OTG.
Combos
Head
Combos
Notes
25% Chakra Opponent
> >
> > >
Or > (less damage, shorter)
> >
> > >
> >
Short combos can use the super-cancel point
0% Chakra Opponent
> >
> > > > >
181 damage.
> > > > >
199 damage. can replace > (-5 damage)
> > > >
Changes from Vanilla
Sakon (but not Ukon) has a new idle
Pressing (or holding) Z on the first frame of back dash switches the brothers; can be done on match startup
5B: more stun on hit and block; elbow hitbox doesn't appear until the third active frame
5B(B): hitbox appears and disappears one frame sooner; better stun on hit and block; move ends sooner
5BB(B): hits mid
5BBA(A): transition adjusted to be quicker
6B(B): replaced with 8B with follow ups
4B: doesn't push on block
8B: has slightly more lift on hit
8B(B): has slightly more lift
8BB(B): hitbox appears one frame sooner
8BB(A): has slightly more lift; string added for Ukon
5A: charge changed from 11f to 8f
6A: done as Sakon doesn't launch, super cancel, pushes on block
4A: window for counter improved; swaps the brothers when the activation window starts
Sakon Act4A: is unblockable and unsubbable
Ukon Act4A: does 2A(B)
2A: stagger removed
2A(B): has more lift and ends earlier; transition slowed down
2AB(A): does 8BB(A)
2A(A): staggers and has increased lift
8A: hitbox appears one frame sooner
RA: has less lift, 3 more frames duration, lifts on block
RA(A): does spinning knockdown, less lift, ends sooner; transitions later
JA, 8BB(A): hits 3 times instead of 4, more damage, stun, and guard damage
JY: Sakon (but not Ukon) has an air throw
5X: starts moving 4 frames sooner during super freeze
4X: swaps Sakon to Ukon the first active frame of the hitbox and swaps Ukon to Sakon on frame 2 of the activator. Goes into 5X on activation
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-cancelled upon touching the ground
Sakon has longer strings, better combos, an air throw and more health.
Ukon has continuous super armor as long as he's not airborne and individual attacks do more damage.
