User:Kalki/matchups-new

Akuma

• u/f+4 > d/f+1 anti-airs Demon Flip
• Sidestep or use 4 when Akuma does Demon Flip
• Pressure when Akuma has no meter
• Escape when cornered at wall (play keep-out)
• Punish shoryuken heavily (use u/f+3)
• Use b+4 to punish d+2 and d+3 on whiff
• u/f+4 and u/f+4,4 OS ws2 even if Akuma cancels into DFLIP
• Be careful when throwing out 4,4,4 since shoryuken OSes it and its extensions

Alisa

• Alisa can evade CH HAR 1 > f,F+3 > d+3+4 using her special getup. Use u/b+4 instead of d+3+4.

Anna

• Abuse FC d/f+4 since Anna cannot launch it

Armor King

• AK can punish b+3+4 and f,F+4 with f+1+4 (i13, 28 dmg)
• AK can evade and punish all HAR moves with b+1+4 > f+1+4, making it a poor tool to use without proper conditioning. Options to beat the b+1+4 from AK are listed below. A video demonstration can be found here.
  • HAR cancel into block and punish, since b+1+4 is -13 on block
  • HAR cancel > ws1,1 will counterhit AK out of b+1+4
  • HAR cancel > FC d/f+4 will evade and punish b+1+4
  • HAR cancel > 4 will CH for a full launch
  • HAR cancel > SS whiff punish

Asuka

• u/f+3+4 has good risk/reward against Asuka since it is only -10, giving Asuka a 7 dmg punish, but gives Kat ~40 dmg with the guaranteed u/b+4 follow-up. Asuka can parry the second hit of u/f+3+4, so chickening it is recommended.
• d/b+1,2 beats every move from a minus ob transition to HAR (4,4,4F, 3,3,3F). You cannot even crouch cancel into block fast enough to block the d/b+1. The move crushes and punishes HAR 1, and is faster than any other standing HAR move (you'll get CH). It can't be low-crushed using HAR u/f+3/d/f+3 since it is a true mid (you'll get floated). Of course, if the Asuka knows and is using this frequently, simply bait it out by not transitioning to HAR. You will either get +7 if you block the d/b+1, and if they're sharp enough to hit-confirm and not do the follow-up, or duck and launch if they commit to the follow-up.
• d/b_1,2 loses only to HAR 4 from a plus ob transition to HAR (d+2,F, b+1,F). You can crouch cancel into block in this situation.

Bryan

• Kat's FC.df+3 will low profile Bryan's orbital, especially after d+4
• 2,2 always punishes df+2,3
• Katarina lacks a very good punisher for qcb+3, so try to low parry it if you expect it instead of blocking
• Katarina's FC.df+4 consistently goes under Bryan's f+3

Claudio

• b+1,2 is a good tool in this match-up - closes distance against his push-back moves, and he doesn't get a strong mixup even at +8.

Devil Jin

• Devil Jin's u+4 evades Katarina's d/f+4 at >= +5. Be cautious when using it after getting frame advantage a frame advantage of +5 or better (e.g., after HAR d/f+3 on hit, 1,1,2 on block).
• When Devil Jin is not in rage, use b+1,F to check u+4 usage. Confirm the float, and pickup with ws4 into float combo. If Devil Jin is in rage, this will get beaten by RA
• It will not evade at +4 (e.g. after d/f+4 on hit)
• Use u/f+3 (not u/f+4; whiffs if there's no flight transition) to option select Devil Jin's u+4 if he goes into flight transition or not (no combo on the latter though).
• Devil Jin can punish Katarina's f,F+4 with df+4,4