Tech Ex. Soul Glow Complete Research Part 1

I believe that this is Jade's most crucial ability and the key to understanding all of her matchups. I say that because I heavily studied the damage she receives from each character's special moves and then I play against those characters as much as possible to fully understand their strategy. So, I'm going to post all the damage she receives from each character's special attacks and hopefully this can help everyone learn her matchups better, including myself. If anyone has more information not listed please feel free to add to the pool of knowledge, any amount of help is appreciated.

General Knowledge
1. Of course we know that projectiles pass through her
2. She doesn't experience any hit stun for about 2 seconds
3. She takes an increase in damage and even chip damage on hit
4. Can't avoid X-Rays
5. Uppercuts - 18%
6. Sweeps - 11%
7. Throws - 2% (This includes nearly every move that starts as a throw or has a throw in it)
8. Once your health hits 50% this Ex. Move becomes very risky

Strategy
- I believe that her Ex. Glow has 2 purposes. (I recently notice several other things she could use this for so there may be 3 purposes)

1. A Parry
- because of the increase in damage she receives I realized that her Ex. Glow is strictly a tool for attacking and getting in as much as possible. Her best option to make this move effective while at the same time taking as little damage as possible is to use this skill as a surprise attack on the opponent. Especially if you can't open the opponent up you can catch them off guard with this ability during their strings and go into a full punish.

2. Safe Armor
A. Jump out of the corner with no fear of getting anti-aired
B. When you knock your opponent into the corner (just like Sub-Zero's Ice Clones) you can activate this move and stand over them. This helps "persuade" them to avoid using any wakeup attacks to escape.
C. Full protection during zoning wars
D. Activate as you pressure the opponent to scare them from trying to escape. You can also use it to get them to run away from you (this is her most intimidating tool after all)
E. Guarantees that your anti-airs will work

Special Attacks

1. Kenshi
Shoulder - 14%
Ex. Shoulder - 20%
Rising Karma - 8%
Ex. Karma - 14%
Slash - 15%
Ex. Overhead Slash - 22%
Tele-Flurry - 5%
Ex. Tele-Flurry - 11%
Blade stab - 17%
2. Reptile
Slide - 12%
Ex. Slide - 9%
Elbow Dash - 9
Ex. Dash - 29% (Counts each hit separately, damage can be reduced if he is interrupted)
Acid Hand - 17%
Ex. Acid Hand - 14%
3. Kung Lao
Spin - 8%
Ex. Spin - 18% (8% then counts the other spins as 5% and 5% again)
Dive Kick - 9% (whiffs)
Ex. Dive Kick - 23% (9% then counts the other kicks as 8% and 6%)
Teleport - Throw - 2%, Kick - 14%, Punch - 11%, Heavy Kick - 20%
Hat Swipe - 11%
4. Kabal
Dash - 0% (completely whiffs)
Ex. Dash - (0% completely whiffs)
Tornado Slam - 3%
Ex. Tornado Slam - 3%
5. Liu Kang
Parry - deactivates (This blew my mind, his parry won't work at all when she hits him)
Ex. Parry - deactivates
Bicycle Kick - 4% (passes totally over her head)
Ex. Bicycle Kick - 5% (passes totally over her head)
Flying Kick - 11%
Ex. Flying Kick - 20%
6. Raiden
Electric Fly - 2%
Vicinity Blast - 11%
Ex. Vicinity Blast - 15%
Electrocute - 5%
Heel Smash - 11%
Spinning Kick - 17%
7. Mileena
Teleport - 11%
Ex. Teleport - 16%
Neckbite - 2%
Ball Roll - 8%
Ex. Ball Roll - 13% (2% then 3% as startup, 8% as roll)
Low Starter - 5%
Splits - 11%
8. Ermac
Airblast - 12%
Ex. blast - 18%
Teleport - 12% (whiffs)
Ex. Teleport - 8%
Lift - 2%
Push - 9%
Hover Slam - 12%
Psychic Palm - 17% (Fully charged)
9. Cyrax
Ragdoll - 11%
Ex. Ragdoll - 18% (12% then 6%)
Buzzsaw - 12%
Floor Bomb - 12%
Ex. Teleport - 12%
Anti-Air - I'm not sure how much damage it does when she is glowing in the air
Yank - 0%
Hop Kick - 11%
Blast Overhead - 17% (3% startup, 14% explosion)
10. Quan Chi
Trance - 2%
Sky Drop - 11% (whiffs)
Ex. Drop - 11% (whiffs)
Ground Burst - 11%
Ex. Ground Burst - 15%
Low Hop Kick - 11%
Low Starter - 5%
11. Sheeva
Jump Stomp - 6%
Ex. Jump - 9%
Ground Pound - 14%
Ex. GP - 12% and 14%
Grab N' Punch - 2%
Low Grab - 2%
12. Sektor
Teleport - 9% (whiffs)
Ex. Teleport - 9% (Doesn't whiff)
Flamethrower - 12%
Ex. Flamethrower - 18%
Ex. Missile - Passes through without tracking
Afterburn - 17%
13. Jax
Dash Punch - 14%
Ex. Punch - 15%
Gotcha Grab - 2%
Ground Pound - (close) - 12% (medium) - 17% (far) - 23%
Overhead Smash - 18%
Ex. Overhead - 15% (Because the 2nd half of the move counts as a throw)
14. Smoke
Teleport - 14% (whiffs)
Ex. Teleport - 23% (whiffs)
Smoke bomb - 9%
Ex. Smoke Bomb - 15%
15. Jade
Shadow Kick - 9%
Ex. Shadow Kick - 15%
Pole Grab - 3%
Pole Slam - 12%
16. Shang Tsung
Soul Steal - 12%
17. Baraka
Blade Charge - 12%
Ex. Charge - 20%
Chop Chop - 5%
Ex. Chop - 11%
Blade Spin - 15%
Ex. Spin - 29% (6% for each spin, 11% knockback)
Slices - 18% (5% for each spin, 8% knockback, damage can be reduced if you attack during his spins)
Ex. Slices - 18% (very tricky to calculate due to last hit)
18. Sonya Blade
Kartwheel - 14%
Ex. Kartwheel - 19%
Leg Grab - 6%
Kiss - 2%
Arc Kick - 14%
Ex. Arc - 17%
Dive Kick - 11% (whiffs)
Ex. Dive Kick - 25% (whiffs)
Military Stance - (Tackle - 5%) Dash Punches (16%)
Heel Bash - 17%
Spin Kick - 17%
19. Johnny Cage
Nut Punch - 15% (whiffs)
Ex. Nut Punch - 21% (whiffs)
Flip Kick - 14%
Ex. Flip - 8% (passes over her)
Shadow Kick - 12%
Ex. Shadow Kick - 18%
20. Scorpion
Hellfire - 11%
Ex. fire - 12%
Teleport - 14% (whiffs)
Ex. teleport - 19% (Doesn't whiff)
Takedown - 2% (whiffs)
Ex. Takedown - 8% (whiffs)

Good tool? Yes. Great tool? Yeah, I'll give you that.

Most dangerous in the game? No.... she takes 50% more damage and she really can't do too much after it's successful anyway...

I should know. I've been playing Jade for a WHOLE month

ShadowBeatz said:

Good tool? Yes. Great tool? Yeah, I'll give you that.

Most dangerous in the game? No.... she takes 50% more damage and she really can't do too much after it's successful anyway...

I should know. I've been playing Jade for a WHOLE month

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My honest assumption is that she is so terrible in this game because her Ex. Glow is so broken. Giving 2 second of invincibilty to anyone else would be beyond unfair, so, I agree that the only way to make her fair would be to give her some decent weaknesses. But, I feel like it made her imbalanced in a bad way. They could at least give her better mix ups, or a smaller hit box, or make the invincibilty last longer, or give her really good damage, or something. =0

This is what I meant when I said "overnerfed".
Taking extra damage is penalty enough.
Old story, guys.
Old story.

Reminds me of this match @1:50.
When I saw I lost almost half life from a wrongly inserted glow, a little Jade love died inside of me.

Hold block and punish during recovery, than you'll save your hp.

I'm glad you guys like this I hope it helps you out. I saw that no one took interest in her Glow so I decided to post this. I'm thinking I should also post a matchup chart thats more up-to-date for Jade players to discuss.