Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3/Sonya/Introduction

Introduction

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Biography

Sonya disappears in the first tournament, but is later rescued by Jax. After returning to Earth, she and Jax try to warn the U.S government of the looming Outworld menace. Lacking proof, they watch helplessly as Shao Kahn begins his invasion.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great Rushdown: Sonya's pressure consists of sweeps, crouching LKs, kara jabs, extremely fast knee staggers and difficult to anti air jump punches. Safe Sweep: Sonya's sweep is completely safe on block. Sonya can counter glitch jabs easily using sweep. Fast Normals: Sonya has the fastest normal attacks in the game on average. Sonya's knee is safe on block and is an extremely fast stagger. Glitch Jab Launcher: Sonya has a launcher (HPHPuLP) that begins with HP, so it can be glitch jab option selected. Great Crouching LK: Sonya's crouching LK can make many jump attacks completely whiff. Sonya's crouch LK has enough range to do 3 on block. Generally, other characters can only do 2 crouching LKs on block. Near Universal Relaunch: Sonya relaunches Female Ninjas, Stryker and Sindel with Glitch Cancel. She can relaunch every other character no matter what. Small Running Hurtbox: Sonya is one of the few characters who can run under instant air projectiles like Kabal's instant air gas blast or Mileena's instant air sai. Crouching Corner Traps: Sonya can corner trap Jax, Kabal, Kano, Lao, Robots, Shang and Sheeva crouching.

No Sweep Punish: Sonya's Leg Grab is fast enough to punish unsafe sweeps, but unfortunately it is disabled in this instance. However, Sonya can still punish block LKs, and HKs with Leg Grab. Sonya relies on running in and using auto combos to punish sweeps at close ranges. Weak Punishment Mode Combo Damage: Sonya's optimal Teleport punish only does around 40%. Poor Jabs: Sonya has poor LP jab range and priority. She relies on crouching LK and sweeps force glitch jabbing opponents into blockstun.

Notable Players

• Storm, Storm1987 (CIS)
• JDW (USA)