Reina strategy

Overview

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Stances

Heaven's Wrath

Heaven's Wrath is a scary pressure stance that can be entered a variety of ways and sports devastating mids with a homing high to dissuade side steps/walks, a quick power crush, and an unbreakable throw. In addition to that, when in heat, Heaven's Wrath gains an automatic High/Mid parry, as well as a high damage low hitting Heat Smash, complimenting the stance's inherent disuasion of crouching against it. Due to these additions in Heat, Heaven's Wrath is able to threaten an automatic High/Mid parry, a high damage low, an unbreakable throw, and a plethora of safe to advantageous mids all at the same time.

Ways to enter Heaven's Wrath

• d+1+2

Raw Heaven's Wrath input from neutral

• WGS.4,2,d | i16 | +6 on hit | -23 on block

Hellsweep option to transition into Heaven's Wrath. Due to Reina's oppresive mid's the opponent is normally dissuaded from low blocking lest the eat something like a f+4 or a f,f+2, and due the speed of the move it is nigh impossible to react to the Hellsweep. Midscreen some characters can backdash a WRA.1 followp, near the corner all followups are fair game.

• uf+1 | i13 | +8 on hit(+17 on CH) | -9 on block

Safe high hitting option. On CH WRA.1 is guarenteed which leads into the guaranteed 4 followup or into a guaranteed f SEN.3 follow up for a heat engager. Due to it being a non homing high this isn't something to spam, as it will eventually get ducked and punished if used too frequently.

• df4,2,d | i15 | +8 on hit | -6 on block

Transition from a mid,mid string. Must hit confirm as even though you are at -6 you cannot block in Heaven's Wrath and will more likely then not eat a mid poke. A good option to punish a whiff that leaves the opponent in a crouching state.

• f,f,F+4,d | i26~27 | +31 on hit | +8 on block

Homing high that is very advantageous on block. On hit it kicks the opponent down which somewhat invalidates the Heaven's Wrath transition anywhere that isnt close enough to the wall, but at worst the opponent still ate 26 damage and you can cancel into Sentai or WGS.

• SEN.1+2 | i14 | +32 on hit | -6

Transition from Sentai. Rarely will this hit out of a combo, during which the second hit will cause T! if not already used in the combo. If hit outside of a combo the second hit will knock the opponent down in a way that WRA.2 and WRA.4,2,2,qcf+1+2 are both guaranteed. WRA.2 does more damage midscrren, whilst WRA.4,2,2,qcf+1+2 does more damage if you are close enough to get a wall hit.

Moves from Heaven's Wrath

• WRA.1 | i12 | +8 on hit | -4 on block

Homing high that is the basis of Heaven's Wrath pressure. Can transition into Sentai with a f input, reading as WRA.1,f and on hit a SEN.3 is guaranteed. Has a natural combo on hit 4 follow up, with WRA.1,4 being +9 on hit and -9 on block whilst dealing 6 chip damage.

• WRA.2 | i15-16 | +17 on hit(Heat Engager)(+11 no Heat) | -9 on block

Mid check option to remind the opponent why to block mid. Heat engager on hit if Heat is still available in the round, if not then the oponent is just blown. Has alot of pushback on blok making it notable safe even at -9, allowing for an easy back dash or sidestep after.

• WRA.3,4 | i28 | +17 | +6 on block(+8 on Heaven's Wrath transition)

Also know as Hunting Hawk, a mid,mid string that can be left as is to be plus on block or transition back into Heaven's Wrath for a little more advantage and the threat of doing it again. Deals 13 chip damage on block, leading to some absurd chip scenarios if the oppoent lets you get more then one.

• WRA.4,2,2,qcf+1+2 | i17 | +7(first input) +24(last input) on hit | -10(1st) -18(2nd) -12(3rd) -20(4th) on block

String that starts with a mid,mid from the first input and is very easy to hitconfirm with how long you are allowed to delay the second input on hit. On block only the first input is safe with everyon other input being punishable to some degree. Mostly used as a combo ender near the wall, this also can see use during pressure if the opponent has shown a fatalistic willingness to mash on your Heaven's Wrath plus frames

• WRA.d4,3 | i16(first input) i21(second input) | -4(1st) +48(2nd) on hit | -15(1st) -16(2nd) on block

A very weird and not all that usefull low,mid string. On normal hit this will not naturally combo nor jail and will leave you punishable if completed and blocked. On CH it will naturally combo when done in full. Due to needing a CH for the full string to naturally combo this string will rarely if even be done in full and WRA.2 and WRA.4,2,2,qcf1+2 are much better options when calling out an opponents mash as well as having relativly the same startup speed. In addition, the first hit deals only 9 damage and leaves Reina in a disadvantageous position on hit, making this rarely worth going for in anything other then a round ending scenario.

• WRA.1+2 | i15 | +16 on hit | -13 on block

A fast hitting power crush to completley shut down any mash attempt of the opponets or something like a duck to try and callout WRA.1. Punishable at -13 on block, and theoretically launchable vs Reina or Kazuya via a PEWGF. Most situations WRA.2 is better but somethimes if rarely the power crush is needed.

• WRA.3+4 | i18-19 | +5 on hit | -5 on block

Standalone version of the second hit of WRA.1,4. Unlike the string version, the standalone version is safer on block, less advantageous on hit, and does 1 extra point of chip damage on block at 7. Sees use as a safe ender that also doubles for chip damage.

• WRA.1+3/2+4 | i16 | +10 on throw | cannot be blocked

Threatening stance throw that has the benefit of being unbreakable. Deals 20 damage normally, though if the opponent is thrown into the wall by the throw it will instead deal 35. This move is etremely scary at the wall, being an unbreakable 35 damage from a stance that already heavily dissuades the opponent from crouching. This can and will 100% end rounds when the opponent has various mids to be scared of aswell. The opponent will undoubtable be able to launch punish if this is called out however.

• H.WRA.2+3 | i18-19 | +-0 on hit | -17 on block

A low starting high damaging hit throw that is punishable on block. One of the main reasons Heaven's Wrath is such a threat when in Heat, turning the stance into a true 50/50 stance with WRA.2 mid and H.WRA.2+3 low, the opponent either eats 40 damage off of the low or eats a mid into a heat dash leading to a full combo off of the mid. This is without mention even mentioning the other options from Heaven's Wrath that already make the opponent second guess crouching.

Wind Step

Wind Step is similar to Kazuya's Mist Step, but it moves Reina forward slightly and has a punch parry at the beginning of the animation. This stance will mostly be used incidentally when crouch dashing, but a skilled player can use the punch parry to stop an opponents' offense and steal the momentum, and WND.3 can be used as a safe mid counter hit launcher that gives a full combo.

It should be noted that this is a parry stance, and tied to Reina's forward movement. This means that while in Wind Step, which happens any time Reina begins to advance, she will be unable to tech throws. Using Wind Step excessively without cancelling it into a dash or Wind God Step may leave you open to punishment from opponents who tend to use their throws.

Ways to enter Wind Step

• f,*

Reina can enter Wind Step by tapping forward while standing or crouching. The punch parry frames are very tight, only 1 or 2 frames at the very beginning of the animation. The parry functions very similar to a 3rd Strike parry. A successful parry will put Reina in Wind God Step with a +10 frame advantage.

Moves from Wind Step

• WND.df

Transitions from Wind Step to Wind God Step. This is what allows Reina to perform perfect electrics like Kazuya using f,*,df#2.

• WND.3 | i16 | +4 on hit | -6 on block

A somewhat fast mid counter hit launcher. It is linear, but still catches Side Step Left. A successful counter hit results in a crumple stun for a full launch, similar to FC df+4.