Sailor Moon S/Sailor Neptune

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Sailor Neptune

Full name	Michiru Kaioh
Age	16-17
Height	5'5"
Blood type	O
Hometown	Tokyo
Likes	Haruka Tenou, playing the violin while bouncing a lemon on it, Beef Salami
Dislikes	Projectiles, being called a shoto, faster swimmers
Special skills	Backing other Senshi into the corner and ending them within 10 seconds

Character Overview

The non-shoto of the game, Neptune rewards solid fundamentals and getting in your opponents face.

Strengths:

• Ridiculously good DP

• Very good corner pressure

• Decent sized buttons

Weaknesses:

• Bad fireball

• Can have difficulties approaching

Movement

Back Dash

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
N/A	1	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
Strike, projectile and throw invulnerable for 1~25 frames.

Crouch block "Bug"

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
Neptune's crouch block is "bugged" in the sense that that hurtbox doesn't match up to the sprite. This is because Neptune moves her sprite forward during crouch block. Her hurtbox is close to where her standing blocking hurtbox would be. This is still a useful as the visual confusion will mess up many player's spacing of sweeps or projectiles like Jupiter Coconut or Venus Up-ball, allowing for you to whiff punish with your own sweep or a DP.

Throws

Neck Throw

Range	Damage	Techable	Advantage
40	20	Yes	+16(2P+17)
Neptune really got the short end of stick when it comes to grab. Her throw only does 20 damage when other throws can do more. It is also a punch throw so it has less range than a kick throw. Punch throws usually have less range in exchange for them being untechable. Neptune's grab can be teched sadly. Depending on port you can get a follow up if they tech in the corner however. Still useful for oki setups in the corner, just remember you have to be closer than your opponent's grab range.

Air Throw

Range	Damage	Techable	Advantage

Brings the opponent down to earth when you get it, but Neptune hardly ever presses HP in the air.

Normal Attacks

Standing Light Punch

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	5	6	14	+6	2 / 3 / 3 / 3
Neptune's fastest normal. Can be used to get extra damage when crouching LK won't combo due to the extra frame of start up it has because of crouch.

Standing Hard Punch

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	7	12	18	36	-1	7 / 9 / 11 / 12
Good combo extender than can combo into HP DP very easily for big damage

Standing Light Kick

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	5	6	6	16	+5	3 / 4 / 5 / 5
Farthest reaching light normal

Standing Light Kick (Close)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	5	5	6	15	+6	4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Does 1 more damage but can whiff on some characters if not close enough to their hurtbox

Standing Hard Kick

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	13	14	15	41	0	9 / 12 / 14 / 15
A poke that can combo into fireball and can also anti-air

Standing Hard Kick (Close)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
/	9	12(0)8	8	36	+14~+18	8-10/10-13/12-15/14-17
The second hit of the move is an overhead. Makes it very good as a corner mix up tool. Can cancel into DP or Fireball.

Crouching Light Punch

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	5	6	14	+6	2 / 3 / 3 / 3
Comes out if you miss DP, mostly useless

Crouching Hard Punch

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	9	14	10	32	+5	6 / 8 / 9 / 10
Usually seen if you miss a standing HP into DP combo. It does less damage and has a smaller hitbox so it is not preferred

Crouching Light Kick

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	5	6	14	+6	3 / * / 5 / *
Good poke due to the large disjoint. Good combo tool as well. Just a good button.

Crouching Hard Kick

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	10	11	16	36	+2/D	8 / * / 12 / *
Second farthest sweep in the game and a core poking tool for Neptune due it's range. Can also low profile some projectiles such as Jupiter Thunder Dragon.

Jumping Light Punch (Vertical)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	All	All	All	+8~+14	3 / 4 / 5 / 5
Ambiguous cross up tool

Jumping Light Punch (Moving)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	All	All	All	+8~+14	3 / 4 / 5 / 5
Ambiguous cross up tool that moves!

Jumping Hard Punch (Vertical)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	5	11	8	23	+8~+14	5 / 7 / 8 / 9
If you miss an air grab you will see this move, but why are you going for air grab?

Jumping Hard Punch (Moving)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	5	11	8	27	+8~+14	6 / 8 / 9 / 10
If you miss an air grab you will see this move, but why are you going for air grab?

Jumping Light Kick (Vertical)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	All	All	All	+8~+14	4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Very good air to air, only losing to Pluto jumping LP and spaced Venus HP. The large disjoint will also beat some anti-airs, but you are then minus on it. If timed and spaced this can combo into lights or DP.

Jumping Light Kick (Moving)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	All	All	All	+8~+14	4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Very good air to air, only losing to Pluto jumping LP and spaced Venus HP. The large disjoint will also beat some anti-airs, but you are then minus on it. If timed and spaced this can combo into lights or DP. And it moves!

Jumping Heavy Kick (Vertical)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	5	9*	9	25	+9~+14	10 / 13 / 15 / 17
At best this move can be used as a bait to then punish with DP.

Jumping Heavy Kick (Moving)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	8	7	5	24	+5~+14	9 / 12 / 14 / 15
Good jumping HK. Can combo into anything

Special Attacks

Splash Edge (LP)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	3	18	19	39	-4/D	12(10)/16(13)/18(15)/20(17)
+ Invincible frames 1-6 Neptune's frame 3 DP is a staple of Neptune and one of the best specials in the game. This DP has fast start up, big range, and little ending lag. Requires players to respect this move on wake up or guard cancel if they want to beat Neptune.

Splash Edge (HP)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	4	5(0)22	29	92	-22/D	14+8/18+a/21+a/24+a
+ Invincible frames 1-8 The heavy version of DP has more invincibility and does more damage but comes with some caveats. Only the second hitbox causes knockdown, so if Neptune is not close enough only the first hit will connect and thus her opponent can counter attack. Also despite it reaching higher in the air LP DP is preferred as an anti air due to it doing more damage, as the second hit of HP DP does 8 while LP DP does 10. HP DP is a great as a combo finisher due to it's high damage (22!) and it putting opponents in knockdown, allowing for Neptune to continue pressure.

Deep Submerge (LP)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	12	Projectile	36	48	~+1	8 / 10 / 12 / 14
+ Potentially the worst fireball in the game. It's slower recovery and awkward angle makes it lose most fireball wars. It's atrocious hurtbox makes Neptune's entire hand a head hurtbox, making it very easy for other characters to jump in at her. It should not be used mindlessly and has to be properly placed to be have any chance at being effective.

Deep Submerge (HP)

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	16	Projectile	51	67	-14~	10 / 13 / 15 / 17
+ Can be used to do extra damage in combos or to use it's speed to snipe opponents at low health. A sad fact about HP Deep Submerge is that it does the same chip damage of 2 as LP Deep Submerge.

Desperation Attack

Dragon Rise

Guard Level	Startup	Active	Recovery-Whiff	Motion	Advantage	Dmg/Face/Counter/Both/Chip
	6	43	41	89	-43/D	48 / 62 / 72 / 72
+++ 1F~14F:Invincible, 15F~82F:Air, Chip: 12x2 Definitely one of the better desperations outside of the top tier ones. The input can be tricky to input due to the forward press at the beginning. If you miss it you will get a HP DP instead. Can be combo'd into from an air HK by buffering the input while in the air.

Strategy

Be good at the video game and hit them with the mix.

Match-ups

• Vs. Sailor Moon

• Vs. Sailor Mercury

• Vs. Sailor Mars

• Vs. Sailor Venus

• Vs. Sailor Jupiter

• Vs. Sailor Chibi Moon

• Vs. Sailor Uranus

• Vs. Sailor Neptune

• Vs. Sailor Pluto

Colors

Player 1
Player 2

Frame Data

External Links

A lot of this information is out of date, so please tread with caution and cross-verify information. Roughly ordered by level of practicality/difficulty from most practical/least difficult to least practical/most difficult to perform in a match.

Basic Neptune primer by DaiAndOh
Neptune tutorial by Kobold Jager


Sailor Moon S
Sailor Chibi Moon	Sailor Jupiter	Sailor Mars
Sailor Mercury	Sailor Moon	Sailor Neptune
Sailor Pluto	Sailor Uranus	Sailor Venus

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