Strategy - Kitana Kitana General Discussion/Strategies

[JDE]

What about tech setups/situations in variations?

 

[Flux]

LOL WTF IDK about you guys but I'm having a blast with Kitana.

Same.

Just because she's not easy to play doesn't make her bad.

 

[Eldriken]

Same.

Just because she's not easy to play doesn't make her bad.

A character can be bad (let's face it, she really is), but you can still have a blast with them.

 

[Flux]

Okay whatever you say

 

[Shiizu]

Has anyone tried air floats for instant overheads? It's still probably a bit slow and can be reacted to quite easily, but doesn't require the full jump animation to get the njp.

 

[Konqrr]

Great to hear the blockstring gaps are gone... That was a big scare!

Having trouble against jumpers? Kitana j2 is 4 frames and can be done on reaction. You can cancel straight into AF or run cancel to combo.

 

[ragnar0kz28]

Yeah.

not accured I did play all 3 living towers the 1 day the goro one and the 1 hour one got gold on all of them no skinn...

 

[Mikotto]

not accured I did play all 3 living towers the 1 day the goro one and the 1 hour one got gold on all of them no skinn...

Strange. I'm like 95% sure that that's how I got it. Maybe I met some other requirement at the same time that I wasn't aware of? Sorry if I led you on a goose chase.

 

[Rean]

revenant kitana - no clue how to unlock yet
dark empress kitana - beat 10 towers (doesnt matter which)

dark empress is hawt

 

[wndrboy2k3]

Great to hear the blockstring gaps are gone... That was a big scare!

Having trouble against jumpers? Kitana j2 is 4 frames and can be done on reaction. You can cancel straight into AF or run cancel to combo.

When you say block string gaps are gone does that mean the combo cannot be armoured through as well?

 

[ragnar0kz28]

Strange. I'm like 95% sure that that's how I got it. Maybe I met some other requirement at the same time that I wasn't aware of? Sorry if I led you on a goose chase.

Had to beat 10 towers, now I need Revenant

 

[RYX]

Jingu Kitana made me want to play Kitana

so what do i get from each variation and why should I play mournful (which IMO looks the coolest)

 

[chrisisnice]

You got to get gold with Kitana I guess?

No it is something else.

I got this doing one of the hourly towers and I only got Bronze. Perhaps it is in random hourly towers?

 

[SakuraMadoi]

I'm not good with her but I did beat a good sub zero so I'll try to post matches here in the forum and media, I win overall though

 

[Jimmypotato]

Had to beat 10 towers, now I need Revenant

I got Revenant somehow, and I don't know how, all the sudden after going to the washroom, I came back, went to pick a costume and it was there, Super wierd.

 

[RunwayMafia]

Jingu Kitana made me want to play Kitana

so what do i get from each variation and why should I play mournful (which IMO looks the coolest)

In Mournful her glaives hit mid and have good recovery.

Shadow kick is basically safe and is good in neutral.

That's about it.

 

[Konqrr]

When you say block string gaps are gone does that mean the combo cannot be armoured through as well?

Like @GGA 16 Bit said, the gaps in f112 and f22u4 are gone. The one in 334 (the 4) is still there.

On another note... Kitana Option Selects!

f2~qcf+1+2+3~u4 and b14~qcf+1+2+3

Either they block and she does the blockstring normally or it hits and the f2 or b14 cancels to EX Fan for a 40%+ combo.

 

[RunwayMafia]

Has any offline Kits played on stream anywhere? Any battle footage?

 

[Eldriken]

Like @GGA 16 Bit said, the gaps in f112 and f22u4 are gone. The one in 334 (the 4) is still there.

On another note... Kitana Option Selects!

f2~qcf+1+2+3~u4 and b14~qcf+1+2+3

Either they block and she does the blockstring normally or it hits and the f2 or b14 cancels to EX Fan for a 40%+ combo.

Nice find!

Mind if I ask what the 40% EX Fan combo is? If it's listed here already, I must have overlooked/forgotten it.

 

[Konqrr]

Nice find!

Mind if I ask what the 40% EX Fan combo is? If it's listed here already, I must have overlooked/forgotten it.

Midscreen after EX Fan hits, d1~Fan, Run~u2~AF, dash, f4~Lift, NJP, f4~TS (40%) *you can do JK~AF after d1~Fan sometimes, not sure if it is hitbox or timing related

b14~EX Fan is only full comboable in the corner. You can, however, get a TS after for 27% midscreen.

 

[N-Zalo]

I've found that f2,2,u4,db2 is pretty safe on block. Asked a friend to try to punish her with mileena and he couldn't do it. Haven't meassured yet how safe it really is, but droping down with njp off the AF seems a nice way to punish attempts of punishing.
That, added to f2,2 being hit-confirmable into lift makes the f2,2 string kind of viable...

 

[MK Led]

So does anyone have any use for db2 besides EXing it for a wake up in some situations? It doesn't really seem like a very useful tool atm.

 

[Konqrr]

I've found that f2,2,u4,db2 is pretty safe on block. Asked a friend to try to punish her with mileena and he couldn't do it. Haven't meassured yet how safe it really is, but droping down with njp off the AF seems a nice way to punish attempts of punishing.
That, added to f2,2 being hit-confirmable into lift makes the f2,2 string kind of viable...

Kitana herself can punish on reaction to her not throwing a fan after float with 21~Fan/Lift. If she throws the fan, you can walk forward after ducking it and get a full punish with standing 1.

 

[xKhaoTik]

Idk if anyone knew this, but a well spaced iaJ2 hits standing opponents. Once connected, Kitana immediately falls back on to the ground, allowing her to follow up with any string on block (jails) or hit(combos).

Its a mid, so it can't be ducked and its safe on block.

 

[GLoRToR]

XD yeah, I started out with assassin but all the combos made for rs and the bounce back won me over

There is no point limiting yourself to any single variation of a character though! Try stuff! Moving this here so we don't clutter the bnb thread with chatter.