Pokken Tournament DX/Suicune

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Introduction

Suicune is a bulky fighter with tools to help him fight within close quarters or at a range. His strengths include rewarding anti-airs, strong pokes, and utilizing cancels for a powerful mix-up game. In field phase, Suicune has great defensive moves and projectiles that keep opponents on their toes. In duel phase, he can switch between solid zoning to make enemies approach, or bait opponents up close for rewarding confirms. Overall, Suicune is a sturdy character that excels when you have your game-plan ready.

Despite his strengths, Suicune does come with some weaknesses. In general, he requires taking risks in order to deal sizable amounts of damage. He is very momentum based and can fall if he loses small neutral exchanges. In field, his projectiles can be avoided by opponents walking sideways, so this phase requires some creativity. In duel phase, Suicune's quicker attacks lack reward so he must win a series of small exchanges or go for risky reads.

Suicune #PTDX_SUI
Vitals
HP	630
Shield Health	600 SH (Normal)
Synergy Gauge	200 CC
Burst Mode Duration	840F (14 sec)
Movement
Back Dash	33F (1-8F Strike and Throw invuln, Cancelable on Frame 25)
Side Dash	41F (5-14F Projectile invuln, Cancelable on Frame 25)
Forward Dash	25F (Cancelable on Frame 17)
Unique Movement Options	None
Stances
High Stance	Removes Debuffs Quicker.
Low Stance	High invuln. on Frame 1

General Moves

Burst Mode

Attack Type	Damage	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Total Frames	Hit Adv.	Block	Properties
Burst Wave	0	-12	Mid	BA(projectile)	i18	48	+8	0	1-48F Total invuln, Pierce

Icy Wind is always Level 3. j.Y and Hail both create more projectiles.

Burst Attack: True Sheer Cold

Version	Attack Type	Damage	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Burst Attack: True Sheer Cold	Counter (projectile)	170 (60)	12	Mid	S+	i23	51	Knockdown	+8	1-18F Counter Armor, 19-40F Total invuln, Pierce
Burst Attack: True Sheer Cold (Counter)	Counter (projectile)	224 (60)	12	Mid	S+	i16	44	Knockdown	+8	1-11F Counter Armor, 12-33F Total invuln, Pierce

Suicune surrounds itself with an icy barrier that expands over time. Burst Attack Activates immediately and deals additional damage if an attack hits the counter armor.

Y+B Grab Attack

Attack Type	Damage	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Total Frames	Hit Adv
Grab	FP 60 / DP 90	12	Ground only	1	i15	53	FP Shift (+8) / DP Shift

X+A Counter Attack

Version	Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
X+A Counter Attack	Counter (strike)	70	20%	3	Mid Low	5	i35	73	+8	-12	1-28F Counter Armor, Forward and Side Dash Cancelable on Frame 9, Back Dash Cancelable on Frame 17, Followup Cancelable on Frame 48
[X+A] Counter Attack	Counter (strike)	100	20%	3	Mid Low	5	i55	93	FP Shift (Knockdown) / DP Knockdown	-8	1-48F Counter Armor, Pierce, Forward and Side Dash Cancelable on Frame 9, Back Dash Cancelable on Frame 17, Followup Cancelable on Frame 68
X+A > Y Counter Attack: Followup	Counter (strike)	80	20%	3	Mid High	6	i19	85	FP Shift (Launch) / DP Launch	-36	1-13F Counter Armor, Airborne on Frame 20, Forward and Side Dash Cancelable on Frame 9, Back Dash Cancelable on Frame 17

Can be dash canceled by inputting a direction and R. Followup can be used on its own if Y is pressed while charging. If followed up after a CA, the initial CA will have no PSP (0, 3 PSP).

Field Phase Attacks

nY

Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (projectile)	38 / 28 (Scatter)	Special Mid / Mid (Scatter)	6	i19	9	56	-11	-18	Scatters on Frame 40 or on hit, Special Cancelable on Frame 29, fY Cancelable on Frame 39

A multihit water ball projectile that travels in a straight line. After a certain distance, the projectile scatters into multiple small hits.

sY

Version	Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
sY	Normal (projectile)	20	Special Mid	6	i23	9	63	+3 / 0 (s[Y])	-16 / -10 (s[Y])	N/A
sYY	Normal (projectile)	20 each	Special Mid	6	i62	N/A	115	+1 / -1 (s[Y])	-20 / -11 (s[Y])	fY Cancelable on Frame 105

Suicune dodges to the side, creating a water ball projectile. After a short time, the water ball morphs into an arrow-shaped projectile which is then shot forward. Holding sY causes the projectile to remain shape, and track down the opponent at a slower speed. sYY creates two water ball projectiles.

fY / nYY / sYYY

Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (projectile)	80	Mid	8	i19	9	55	Shift (Launch)	-9

A long distance waterfall attack that travels in a straight line. This move can hit both grounded and mid-air opponents.

bY

Version	Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block
bY	Normal (projectile)	20	Mid	8	i27	9	60	+6	-3
b[Y]	Normal (projectile)	40, 40, 40	Mid	9	i47	9	80	+86	+77

Creates an ice wall that slowly travels forward and absorbs projectiles. Can be charged to create a larger, multihit ice wall that lasts longer. The ice wall vanishes after a certain amount of time, or after all hits connect/are blocked. bY has one hit. b[Y] has three hits. The hits from b[Y] do not combo, and is not a blockstring either. Can act between the hits.

j.Y

Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (projectile)	30, 30	Mid	8	i60	9	Until landing +36	+70	+58

Suicune flips around in the air, spawning a giant bubble above the opponent. The bubble lands on the opponent, exploding upon contact.

Homing Attack

Version	Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
X Homing Attack 1	Normal (strike)	20	Mid Low	4	i21	1	47	0	+8	Throw Blast, Block or Jump Cancelable on Frame 1
XX Homing Attack 2	Normal (strike)	40	Mid	5	i46	N/A	78	+4	-4	Airborne on Frame 48
XXX Homing Attack 3	Normal (strike)	60	Mid	5	i76	N/A	112	Shift (+8)	-8	Airborne
XX[X] Homing Attack 3	Normal (strike)	90	Mid	6	i96	N/A	132	Shift (+8)	+24	Pierce, Guard Break

Suicune homes in on the opponent and does a headbutt. If Homing Attack 2 was blocked, there is a 22 Frame window to punish a charged Homing Attack 3.

j.X

Attack Type	Damage	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (strike)	80	Mid High	6	i21	1	Until landing +27	Shift (Knockdown)	-8	Throw Blast

Suicune gallops in the air and homes in on the opponent. Getting in proximity of the opponent (or after a set distance), Suicune dives headfirst to the ground.

Duel Phase Weak Attacks

5Y

Version	Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
5Y	Normal (strike)	38	10%	0	Mid Low	3	i19	9	51	0	-8	Special Cancelable on Frame 28, 2X Cancelable on Frame 30
5YY	Normal (strike)	34	10%	0	Mid	4	i45	N/A	86	0	-8	Special Cancelable on Frame 54
5YYY	Normal (strike)	32	0%	2, 2	Mid	4	i79	N/A	128	+8	-12	Airborne on Frame 68, Special Cancelable on Frame 80

A flurry of tail attacks. Each having multiple hits. Each individual hit from 5YYY can be special canceled.

6Y

Version	Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block
6Y	Normal (strike)	62	10%	0	Mid	3	i19	9	61	0	-20
6YY	Normal (strike)	52	20%	4	Mid	4	i19	N/A	85	Launch	-12

Suicunes winds-up to perform a donkey kick attack.

4Y

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (strike)	80	30%	3	Mid Low, High	4	i11	1	51	Knockdown	-12	Throw Blast, 1-10F High invuln, Airborne on Frame 11, Launch on Crit

Suicune lunges forward and does a headbutt. Creates a hard knockdown against grounded opponents. Against smaller characters when they're knocked down, 4Y can be used to cross-up.

8Y

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (strike)	60	20%	3	Mid	3	i15	5	51	+20	-8	5-16F High and Mid High invuln, Launch on Crit, Special Cancelable on Frame 18

An upwards headbutt. Universal Anti-air.

2Y

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (strike)	30	20%	0	Low	3	i11	1	49	+8	-4	Throw Blast, High invuln. on Frame 1

Two tail swipes that hit low to the ground.

j.Y

j.Y
Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (projectile)	36	20%, 20%	0	Mid High	6	i15	5	Until landing +13	+27	+12

A water gun projectile that is fired diagonally downwards. In Burst Mode, j.Y fires an extra projectile.

Duel Phase Strong Attacks

5X

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (projectile)	80	20%	4	Mid	7	i23	9	56	+8	-8	Launch on Crit, Block Cancelable on Frame 27

Creates a water pillar that can be placed up close or from a distance with a 6 input. Can be canceled with R.

8X

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (strike)	80	0%	1 each hit	Mid High	4	i23	1	59	+8	+4	Throw Blast, Low invuln. on Frame 5, Airborne on Frame 12

A spinning attack. Can input 7X to move backwards, or 9X to move forwards.

2X

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (strike)	80	0%	3	Low	4	i15	5	57	Knockdown	-16	High invuln. on Frame 1

A multitude of hits from Suicune's tail that has considerable pushback on block.

j.X

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (strike)	60	20%	0	Mid High	4	i26	9	Until landing +19	+25	-2

Suicune dives headfirst to the ground.

Pokemon Moves

5A Aurora Beam

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (projectile)	60 (15)	20%	5	Special Mid	8	i27	9	84	FP Shift (-4) / DP -8	-28

Suicune fires a beam that covers the entire length of the stage. In Field Phase, the trajectory can be changed.

6A Hydro Pump

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (projectile)	130 (36)	0%	5	Mid Low	S+	i51	9	116	FP Shift (Launch) / DP Launch	-24	Block Cancelable on Frame 42

A blast of water that covers the entire length of the stage. In Field Phase, the trajectory can be changed. Can be canceled with R.

4A Mirror Coat

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Counter (projectile)	140 (40)	0%	5	Mid Low	S+	i19	51 / 85 (Attack)	FP Shift(Launch) / DP Launch	-16	9-40F Projectile Counter Armor, 14-30F Strike, Throw, and Projectile invuln. (Attack), Pierce

Coming in contact with an opponent's projectile, Suicune lets out an attack similar to Hydro Pump.

8A Aurora Beam: Upwards

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block	Properties
Normal (projectile)	72	10%	5	Air Only	8	i21	9	66	Launch	N/A	1-22F High and Mid High invuln.

An anti-air variant of Aurora Beam.

2A Hail

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Total Frames	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (projectile)	20 (8)	0%	0	Mid	6	i60	9	64	+40 / +50 (Burst)	+45 / +55 (Burst)

After its initial startup, two waves of Hail fall from above. Inputting 1A changes the placement to be closer to Suicune. Inputting 3A changes the placement to be farther away from Suicune. In Burst Mode, three waves of Hail fall.

j.A Blizzard

Attack Type	Damage	Scaling	PSP	Height	Priority	Impact	Throw Crush Frame	Recovery	Hit Adv	Block
Normal (projectile)	160 (48)	0%	5	Mid	S+	i46	9	FP Until landing +27 / DP Until landing +23 / DP Until landing +13 (j.AR)	Knockdown / Stun (Burst)	FP +1 / DP +5

Suicune fires a multihit blast of ice from above. Afterwards, Suicune drops downwards to where Blizzard was fired. Can be canceled with R.

]A[ Icy Wind

Version

Attack Type

Damage

Scaling

PSP

Height

Priority

Impact

Throw Crush Frame

Total Frames

Hit Adv

Block

Properties

Level 1

Normal (projectile)

50 (13)

20%

0

Mid Low

7

i46

9

69

Launch

+3

Charge Time: 60F, Block Cancelable on Frame 41

Level 2

Normal (projectile)

72 (20)

20%

0

Mid Low

7

i46

9

69

Launch

+3

Charge Time: 150F, Block Cancelable on Frame 41

Level 3

Normal (projectile)

80 (22)

20%

0

Mid Low

7

i46

9

69

Launch

+13

Charge Time: 240F / 60F (Burst), Block Cancelable on Frame 41

Suicune sends out a tornado that chases down the opponent. The move powers up the longer its charged. In Burst Mode, Icy Wind will always be level three. Can be canceled with R.

Combos

Field Phase


nX

• nXXX (120 Damage)

nY

• nY > fY (39 Damage)

• nY > nA (54 Damage)

sY

• sYY > fY (140 damage)

jY

• jy > nA (120 Damage)

• jY > nXXX (180 Damage)

• jY > fA (190 Damage)

• jY > ]A1[ W! > b[Y] > nXXX (257 Damage)

]A1[

• ]A1[ W! > b[Y] > nXXX (214 Damage)

• ]A1[ W! > b[Y] > nYfA (238 Damage)

Does not work on Suicune, Sceptile, and Gardevoir


Duel Phase


5Y

• 5Y2X (101 Damage)

• 5Y2X W! > 5X > 8Y9A (281 Damage)

• 5YYY5A (146 Damage)

• (Aerial) 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (240 Damage)

8Y

• 8Y5A (108 Damage)

• 8Y6A (164 Damage)

• (Aerial/Crit) 8Y > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (196/254 Damage)

• 8Y6A W! > 6jY > 5YY9A (283 Damage)

• (Crit) 8Y W! > 7A > 5YY9A (278 Damage)

4Y

• (Crit) 4Y2X (140 Damage)

• 4Y W! > 5X > 8Y9A (226 Damage)

• (Aerial) 4Y > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (160 Damage)

6Y

• 6YY > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (200 Damage)

• 6YY W! > 9X > 4Y (254 Damage)

jY

• jY > 6YY > 4Y > 6YY > 5YYY8A (163 Damage)

• jY > 2X W! > 5X > 8Y9A (252 Damage)

2X

• 2X W! > 5X > 8Y9A (281 Damage)

• (Spaced) 2X W! > 6X > 2X (224 Damage)

5X

• (Aerial/Crit) 5X > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (221/258 Damage)

6X

• (Aerial) 6X > 8A > 8A (176 Damage)

• (Crit) 6X > 6X > 9A (208 Damage)

jX

• jX > 6YY > 4Y > 6YY > 5YYY8A (203 Damage)

• jX W! > 2X > 5X > 8Y9A (281 Damage)

jA

• jA W! > 5X > 2X (304 Damage)

8A

• (Up Close Aerial) 8A > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (245 Damage)

• (Midscreen Aerial) 8A > 8A > 8A (192 Damage)

1A

• 1A > 6YY > 5YYY8A > 5YYY8A (206 Damage)

]A[

• ]A1[ W! > 7A > 8Y9A (210 Damage)

CA

• [CA-Y] W! > 8Y9A (234 Damage)

Notable Players

• ALLISTER (NA): Twitch, Twitter, YouTube

• Buntan (JP): Twitter

• Burnside (NA): Twitch, Twitter

• Elm (JP): Twitter

• Fabilous (EU): Twitter

External Resources

Pokken Arena: Suicune

Frame Data: Suicune