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.
Bob
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