THE SAMURAI frame data

THE SAMURAI

A blade and nothing else. Light cuts chain high and low, the heavy coils for as long as you hold it, and the dash cut lands after you've passed.

Inputs are numpad notation for a hero facing right: 2 is down, 6 is forward, 236 is a quarter circle forward, 41236 a half circle forward. L is the light button (J), H the heavy (K), 66 a double tap forward or the dash key (L). Motions are lenient: the whole motion within 16 frames for a quarter circle and 22 for a half circle, diagonals optional, the button up to 5 frames late, and no more than 6 neutral frames between a half circle's back and its down. Presses buffer for 9 frames. Invuln is the frames nothing can hit or grab the hero (the grey strip under a frame meter); a dash carries 4 more into whatever it cancels into.

Normals

Move	Input	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invuln	Damage	Meter
Rising Cut	5L	8	5	14	26	-	2	-
Tachikaze (iai)	5H	22	2	44	67	-	6	-
Tachikaze (full coil)	[5H]	76	2	44	121	-	6	-
Up Cut	8L	4	5	12	20	-	1	-
Rising Heavy	8H	8	11	16	34	-	4	-
Iaido Dash Cut	66	2	10	9	20	1-20	2	-
Falling Cut	5L > 5L	8	5	14	26	-	2	-
Air Cut	j.L	4	5	10	18	-	1	-
Air Up Cut	j.8L	4	5	12	20	-	1	-
Air Rising Heavy	j.8H	8	11	16	34	-	4	-
Plunge	j.2L / j.H	10	1 + proj.	15	25	-	2 + 1	-

Gatling strings

J J J, J K J, J K K, K J J, K K J and K K K on the ground. Presses queue through a swing, and each link comes out on the recovery of the move before it. Frame 1 is the frame the link starts.

Move	Input	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invuln	Damage	Meter
KACHIAGE	5L > 5H	8	4	14	25	-	2	-
ASHI-BARAI	5H > 5L	7	6	14	26	-	2	-
ICHIGEKI	5H > 5H	15	1 + proj.	35	50	-	9 + 1	-
SANDAN	5L > 5L > 5L	10	8	14	31	-	3	-
TSUBAME	5L > 5H > 5L	5	12	16	32	-	2×2	-
JISHIN	5L > 5H > 5H	10	1 + proj.	23	33	-	4 + 1	-
HYAKURETSU	5H > 5L > 5L	6	18	14	37	-	1×6	-
KAMAITACHI	5H > 5H > 5L	8	proj. (16)	19	27	-	4	-
KAITEN	5H > 5H > 5H	9	6	16	30	-	6	-

Specials

Move	Input	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invuln	Damage	Meter
BLOOD FANG	236L	7	proj. (23)	18	25	-	4	-
RED MOON	236H	13	proj. (34)	24	37	-	4	-
RED MOON (full)	236[H]	57	proj. (43)	24	81	-	7	-
HELL STEP	41236L	7	20	11	37	7-28	7	1 bar
ONI RUSH	41236H	13	15 + proj.	29	56	13-34	12 + 7 + 1	1 bar
ONI RUSH (full)	41236[H]	47	27 + proj.	33	106	47-84	22 + 7 + 1	1 bar

Ultimates

Move	Input	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invuln	Damage	Meter
ONIGOROSHI	41236 41236 H	110	whole car	25	135	1-135	every demon dies (bosses 18)	3 bars
SHURA	41236 41236 L	45	the form	16	61	1-61	8 s oni form, x2 damage	3 bars

Movement

Move	Input	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invuln	Damage	Meter
Air Dash	j.66	-	-	-	9	1-9	-	-

Gatlings and cancels

From \ into	Rising Cut	Tachikaze (iai)	Iaido Dash Cut	Falling Cut	KACHIAGE	ASHI-BARAI	ICHIGEKI	SANDAN	TSUBAME	JISHIN	HYAKURETSU	KAMAITACHI	KAITEN	Air Cut	Air Rising Heavy	Plunge	BLOOD FANG	RED MOON	HELL STEP	ONI RUSH	Air Dash	Jump
Rising Cut 5L	-	11	8	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	14	14	-	11
Tachikaze (iai) 5H	48	-	34	-	-	48	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	34	34	34	-	34
Tachikaze (full coil) [5H]	102	-	88	-	-	102	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	88	88	88	88	-	88
Up Cut 8L	-	7	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	7
Rising Heavy 8H	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	19	12	12	14	14	12	19
Iaido Dash Cut 66	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	14	14	-	-
Falling Cut 5L > 5L	11	11	8	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	11
KACHIAGE 5L > 5H	-	12	8	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	12
ASHI-BARAI 5H > 5L	13	13	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	13
ICHIGEKI 5H > 5H	25	25	15	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	25	25	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	25
SANDAN 5L > 5L > 5L	18	18	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	18
TSUBAME 5L > 5H > 5L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	17	5	5	5	5	5	17
JISHIN 5L > 5H > 5H	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	16
HYAKURETSU 5H > 5L > 5L	24	24	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	24
KAMAITACHI 5H > 5H > 5L	12	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	12
KAITEN 5H > 5H > 5H	15	15	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	15
Air Cut j.L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	7
Air Up Cut j.8L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	7
Air Rising Heavy j.8H	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	19	-	-	-	-	12	19
Plunge j.2L / j.H	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BLOOD FANG 236L	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	14	14	-	-
RED MOON 236H	26	26	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	18	18	-	-
RED MOON (full) 236[H]	70	70	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	61	62	61	-	-
HELL STEP 41236L	31	31	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	31	-	-	-	-
ONI RUSH 41236H	43	43	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	43	43	43	-	-
ONI RUSH (full) 41236[H]	93	-	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	-	93	73	-	-
ONIGOROSHI 41236 41236 H	124	124	124	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	124	124	124	-	-
SHURA 41236 41236 L	57	57	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	57	57	57	-	-

Each number is the first frame of the move on the left that the move on top can cancel it on. A dash means it can't (it waits for the move to end).

Moves

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Rising Cut

5L J

startupactiverecovery

Startup8

Active5

Recovery14

Total26

Invuln-

Damage2

Hits1

Meter-

The first light: from the low guard the blade rises.

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 8
BLOOD FANG from 8
RED MOON from 8
Falling Cut from 11
KACHIAGE from 11
Tachikaze (iai) from 11
Jump from 11
HELL STEP from 14
ONI RUSH from 14

Tachikaze (iai)

5H K

startupactiverecovery

Startup22

Active2

Recovery44

Total67

Invuln-

Damage6

Hits1

Meter-

The blade goes home and one flat line crosses the car. Slow from neutral; out of a J it is the link instead.

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 34
BLOOD FANG from 34
RED MOON from 34
HELL STEP from 34
ONI RUSH from 34
Jump from 34
ASHI-BARAI from 48
ICHIGEKI from 48
Rising Cut from 48

Tachikaze (full coil)

[5H] hold K

startupactiverecovery

Startup76

Active2

Recovery44

Total121

Invuln-

Damage6

Hits1

Meter-

Held to the full coil.

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 88
BLOOD FANG from 88
RED MOON from 88
HELL STEP from 88
ONI RUSH from 88
Jump from 88
ASHI-BARAI from 102
ICHIGEKI from 102
Rising Cut from 102

Up Cut

8L W + J

startupactiverecovery

Startup4

Active5

Recovery12

Total20

Invuln-

Damage1

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 5
Falling Cut from 7
Tachikaze (iai) from 7
Jump from 7
BLOOD FANG from 8
RED MOON from 8

Rising Heavy

8H W + K

startupactiverecovery

Startup8

Active11

Recovery16

Total34

Invuln-

Damage4

Hits1

Meter-

Carries him up with the blade. Once per airtime.

Cancels into

Air Dash from 12
BLOOD FANG from 12
RED MOON from 12
HELL STEP from 14
ONI RUSH from 14
Air Cut from 19
Plunge from 19
Jump from 19

Iaido Dash Cut

66 D D or L

startupactiverecoveryinvincible

Startup2

Active10

Recovery9

Total20

Invuln1-20

Damage2

Hits1

Meter-

The cut lands after you've passed through.

Cancels into

BLOOD FANG from 12
RED MOON from 12
HELL STEP from 14
ONI RUSH from 14
Rising Cut from 16
Tachikaze (iai) from 16

Falling Cut

5L > 5L J J

startupactiverecovery

Startup8

Active5

Recovery14

Total26

Invuln-

Damage2

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 8
BLOOD FANG from 8
RED MOON from 8
HELL STEP from 8
ONI RUSH from 8
SANDAN from 11
Tachikaze (iai) from 11
Rising Cut from 11
Jump from 11

KACHIAGE

5L > 5H J K

startupactiverecovery

Startup8

Active4

Recovery14

Total25

Invuln-

Damage2

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 8
BLOOD FANG from 8
RED MOON from 8
HELL STEP from 8
ONI RUSH from 8
TSUBAME from 12
JISHIN from 12
Falling Cut from 12
Tachikaze (iai) from 12
Jump from 12

ASHI-BARAI

5H > 5L K J

startupactiverecovery

Startup7

Active6

Recovery14

Total26

Invuln-

Damage2

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

ASHI-BARAI from 1
Iaido Dash Cut from 7
BLOOD FANG from 7
RED MOON from 7
HYAKURETSU from 13
Tachikaze (iai) from 13
Rising Cut from 13
Jump from 13

ICHIGEKI

5H > 5H K K

startupactiverecovery

Startup15

Active1 + proj.

Recovery35

Total50

Invuln-

Damage9 + 1

Hits2

Meter-

Cancels into

ICHIGEKI from 1
Iaido Dash Cut from 15
BLOOD FANG from 15
RED MOON from 15
KAMAITACHI from 25
KAITEN from 25
Rising Cut from 25
Tachikaze (iai) from 25
Jump from 25

SANDAN

5L > 5L > 5L J J J

startupactiverecovery

Startup10

Active8

Recovery14

Total31

Invuln-

Damage3

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 10
BLOOD FANG from 10
RED MOON from 10
HELL STEP from 10
ONI RUSH from 10
Rising Cut from 18
Tachikaze (iai) from 18
Jump from 18

TSUBAME

5L > 5H > 5L J K J

startupactiverecovery

Startup5

Active12

Recovery16

Total32

Invuln-

Damage2×2

Hits2

Meter-

Cancels into

Air Dash from 5
BLOOD FANG from 5
RED MOON from 5
HELL STEP from 5
ONI RUSH from 5
Air Cut from 17
Plunge from 17
Jump from 17

JISHIN

5L > 5H > 5H J K K

startupactiverecovery

Startup10

Active1 + proj.

Recovery23

Total33

Invuln-

Damage4 + 1

Hits2

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 10
BLOOD FANG from 10
RED MOON from 10
HELL STEP from 10
ONI RUSH from 10
Rising Cut from 16
Tachikaze (iai) from 16
Jump from 16

HYAKURETSU

5H > 5L > 5L K J J

startupactiverecovery

Startup6

Active18

Recovery14

Total37

Invuln-

Damage1×6

Hits6

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 6
BLOOD FANG from 6
RED MOON from 6
HELL STEP from 6
ONI RUSH from 6
Rising Cut from 24
Tachikaze (iai) from 24
Jump from 24

KAMAITACHI

5H > 5H > 5L K K J

startupactiverecovery

Startup8

Activeproj. (16)

Recovery19

Total27

Invuln-

Damage4

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 8
BLOOD FANG from 8
RED MOON from 8
HELL STEP from 8
ONI RUSH from 8
Rising Cut from 12
Tachikaze (iai) from 12
Jump from 12

KAITEN

5H > 5H > 5H K K K

startupactiverecovery

Startup9

Active6

Recovery16

Total30

Invuln-

Damage6

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 9
BLOOD FANG from 9
RED MOON from 9
HELL STEP from 9
ONI RUSH from 9
Rising Cut from 15
Tachikaze (iai) from 15
Jump from 15

Air Cut

j.L J (air)

startupactiverecovery

Startup4

Active5

Recovery10

Total18

Invuln-

Damage1

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Air Dash from 5
Plunge from 7
Jump from 7

Air Up Cut

j.8L W + J (air)

startupactiverecovery

Startup4

Active5

Recovery12

Total20

Invuln-

Damage1

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Air Dash from 5
Jump from 7
Air Rising Heavy from 8

Air Rising Heavy

j.8H W + K (air)

startupactiverecovery

Startup8

Active11

Recovery16

Total34

Invuln-

Damage4

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

Air Dash from 12
Air Cut from 19
Plunge from 19
Jump from 19

Plunge

j.2L / j.H S + J (air)

startupactiverecovery

Startup10

Active1 + proj.

Recovery15

Total25

Invuln-

Damage2 + 1

Hits2

Meter-

Cancels into

Rising Cut from 18
Tachikaze (iai) from 18
Iaido Dash Cut from 18

BLOOD FANG

236L S D + J

startupactiverecovery

Startup7

Activeproj. (23)

Recovery18

Total25

Invuln-

Damage4

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

BLOOD FANG from 10
RED MOON from 10
Iaido Dash Cut from 10
HELL STEP from 14
ONI RUSH from 14

RED MOON

236H S D + K

startupactiverecovery

Startup13

Activeproj. (34)

Recovery24

Total37

Invuln-

Damage4

Hits1

Meter-

Tapped: the smallest moon.

Cancels into

Iaido Dash Cut from 18
BLOOD FANG from 18
RED MOON from 18
HELL STEP from 18
ONI RUSH from 18
Rising Cut from 26
Tachikaze (iai) from 26

RED MOON (full)

236[H] S D + hold K

startupactiverecovery

Startup57

Activeproj. (43)

Recovery24

Total81

Invuln-

Damage7

Hits1

Meter-

Cancels into

RED MOON from 61
ONI RUSH from 61
Iaido Dash Cut from 62
BLOOD FANG from 62
HELL STEP from 62
Rising Cut from 70
Tachikaze (iai) from 70

HELL STEP

41236L A S D + J

startupactiverecoveryinvincible

Startup7

Active20

Recovery11

Total37

Invuln7-28

Damage7

Hits1

Meter1 bar

Cancels into

Rising Cut from 31
Tachikaze (iai) from 31
Iaido Dash Cut from 31
BLOOD FANG from 31
RED MOON from 31

ONI RUSH

41236H A S D + K

startupactiverecoveryinvincible

Startup13

Active15 + proj.

Recovery29

Total56

Invuln13-34

Damage12 + 7 + 1

Hits3

Meter1 bar

Tapped: the shortest rush.

Cancels into

Rising Cut from 43
Tachikaze (iai) from 43
Iaido Dash Cut from 43
BLOOD FANG from 43
RED MOON from 43
HELL STEP from 43
ONI RUSH from 43

ONI RUSH (full)

41236[H] A S D + hold K

startupactiverecoveryinvincible

Startup47

Active27 + proj.

Recovery33

Total106

Invuln47-84

Damage22 + 7 + 1

Hits3

Meter1 bar

Cancels into

ONI RUSH from 73
Rising Cut from 93
Iaido Dash Cut from 93
BLOOD FANG from 93
HELL STEP from 93

ONIGOROSHI

41236 41236 H A S D A S D + K

startupactiverecoveryinvincible

Startup110

Activewhole car

Recovery25

Total135

Invuln1-135

Damageevery demon dies (bosses 18)

Hits-

Meter3 bars

Time stops for the flash and the act; the final blow kills every demon in the car at once (bosses take 18). It cancels anything but getting hit, grabbed or killed, and its startup counts the frames time is stopped.

Cancels into

Rising Cut from 124
Tachikaze (iai) from 124
Iaido Dash Cut from 124
BLOOD FANG from 124
RED MOON from 124
HELL STEP from 124
ONI RUSH from 124

SHURA

41236 41236 L A S D A S D + J

startupactiverecoveryinvincible

Startup45

Activethe form

Recovery16

Total61

Invuln1-61

Damage8 s oni form, x2 damage

Hits-

Meter3 bars

SHURA: eight seconds as an oni, the DEMON BLADE in his hands. Double damage, faster, every kill heals him and adds half a second, never past ten seconds in all. No meter while it lasts. Costs 3 bars.

Cancels into

Rising Cut from 57
Tachikaze (iai) from 57
Iaido Dash Cut from 57
BLOOD FANG from 57
RED MOON from 57
HELL STEP from 57
ONI RUSH from 57

Air Dash

j.66 D D or L (air)

invincible

Startup-

Active-

Recovery-

Total9

Invuln1-9

Damage-

Hits-

Meter-

No cancels: it plays out.