Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Rock

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

He is the abandoned son of Geese Howard and Mary R. Heinlein, after his mother's death he was a vagabond and then found by Terry Bogard who adopted him as a father figure and legal tutor.

His fighting style its a mix about the reversals of Geese Howard with Terry Bogard rush attacks.

Gameplay

Rock is a neutral/footsies character. His main gameplan is to build meter (mainly with Crack Counter D and Reppuken in neutral) and confirm into his Shine Knuckle super. Shinkuu Nage is a command grab that he can use to open up more defensive opponents in close range and can lead to highly damaging conversions with P-Power.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Decent far-reaching normals for poking and good neutral game Very versatile super move in Shine Knuckle that allows for a wide range of confirms and punishes, even at farther distances	Relatively low damage output without meter Lack of reliable (non-risky) reversals Reliant on meter; struggles heavily in matchups where he can't build meter safely

Character Colors

Move List

Frame Data Source : http://www13.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/19.html and http://www13.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/68.html

Data Help
Disclaimer: This is meant to teach basic terminology used when describing moves.
Hitbox:	A predefined area (usually a rectangle or rectangles) that tells the game how any given attack can come in contact with a character. Hitboxes are invisible to the player when normally playing.
Hurtbox:	A predefined area (usually a group of rectangles) that tell the game how your character is allowed to get hit by any incoming attack. Specifically, you'll get hit by (or block) an attack if that attack's hitbox ever overlaps your hurtbox.
Throw Box/Range:	Active throw frames and range. Your opponent will be thrown in this field if not in block or hit stun.
Projectile Box:	Hitbox on a projectile attack.
Guard/Counter Box:	The Guard Box or Counter Box. This appears when blocking or using a counter move.
Push Box:	Has no bearing on hit/hurt boxes. Just prevents characters to not pass through each other. (Also known as "Collision Box".)
Startup	The number of frames before an attack can hit the opponent. Does not include the first active frame.
Guard	The way this move must be blocked. High or H or Overhead (especially when from the ground) -- must be blocked standing. High-Low or HL or Mid -- can be blocked either standing or crouching. Low or L -- must be blocked crouching.
Damage	"Basic" damage -- Unmodified damage values "Correct" damage -- Damage values accounting for damage scaling, TOP multiplier, and defense rate
Guard Crush Value	Decreases the defender's guard durability gauge by this value.
+X	Attacker has X number of advantage frames.
-X	Attacker has X number of disadvantage frames.
KD	Short for "knockdown", knocks down opponent on hit.
◯	Cancelable on both hit and block.
∞	Chain cancelable with the same button (renda cancel).
※	Cancelable on the first hit/part only.
《X》OR «X» OR <<X>> OR (X)	X number of inactive frames between hits of multihit moves.
△	Only cancelable on block.
▽	Only cancelable on hit.
× OR X	Not cancelable.

Close Standing Normals

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	3	4	5	12
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4
Standing jab.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	Mid	3	1	12	16
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+2	+2	Yes	Yes	4

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	5	4	25	34
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-8	-8	Yes	Yes	5

Cl.

Cl.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	Mid	10	5	22	37
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-6	-6	Yes	Yes	5
Cl. > +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	Overhead	24	3	26	53
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-8	-8	No	No	5,9
Target combo from cl.5D. Can be done during the startup of cl.5D.

Far Standing Normals

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5	Mid	3	4	7	14
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+4	+4	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	7	4	14	25
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-3	-3	No	No	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	Mid	10	2	25	37
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-6	-6	No	No	5

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	Mid	11	3	27	41
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-9	-9	No	Yes	5
f.5D whiffs on crouching opponents.

Crouching Normals

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	4	4	8	16
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+3	+3	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	Low	4	4	6	14
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+5	+5	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	5	4	20	29
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-3	-3	Yes	Yes	5

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Low	8	3	30	41
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-12	No	No	5

Jumping Normals

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	3	10	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	4	5	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
9	High	8	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
9	High	10	4	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5

Universal Moves

St.
Lower-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Overhead	21	6	15	42
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-2	+4	No	No	6

Cr.
Upper-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	9	3	27	39
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-11	-5	Yes	No	6
1～5F upper-body invincibility

Overhead Kick (T.O.P. Attack)

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
16 (base damage)	Overhead	29	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-16	-	-	25
Rock's TOP attack is a horribly slow overhead. It deals decent damage and knocks down on hit, but the reward doesnt come close to making up for the immense risk of this move.

Throws

Kokuusen
Close /+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	-	1	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+35	-	-	-	-
Normal throw.

Feints

+
Forward Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	12
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Shine Knuckle.

+
Down Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	11
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Reppuken.

Special Moves

Reppuken
Rock's fireball
+ /

Reppuken +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	12	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-3	-3	-	-	7
The fireball is s great way of controlling ground space and contesting zoners/keep slow characters away. However, the move's awkward recovery along with how strong jumping is in this game, you dont want to bet on a fireball often. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
Double Reppuken +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 10	Mid	13	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+0	+0	-	-	4, 4
Ground projectile C version first does a point-blank projectile, then sends out a second projectile. Either (1) both projectiles hit as a point-blank, 2-hit ground projectile; or (2) the first projectile dissipates and the second projectile travels out. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Crack Counter
+ /

+ Upper-body (High/Mid)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	18	-	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	0	-	-	7
4～19F upper-body counter, counterattack activates with a 6F startup after hitting. counters mid & high attacks, while counters low attacks. You can use this to bet against certain tools on defense as well as a risky anti-air Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
+ Lower-body (Low)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	20	-	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	0	-	-	8
4～19F lower-body counter, counterattack activates with a 9F startup after hitting. Can be used on defense but its primary use is to build meter safely, considering how fast it is and how much meter is important for Rock Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Hard Edge
+ /

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	12	Mid	11	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-5	-	-	6
A version has Rock do a quick short dash with an elbow attack, it needs to be spaced to be safe. Used mainly as his combo ender to his meterless BnBs and a filler during juggles.
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 9	Mid	17	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-12	-	-	6, 6
C has him follow-up with a punch (highly unsafe). Used mainly in meterless punish combos Correct damage = 18

Rage Run
+ /

+ Type「Dunk」	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	20	Overhead	24	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-3	-	-	7
B version has him dash then do an overhead punch. This move is risky as the punch has some start-up delay and is negative. Your best bet for a overhead, as its one of your fastest while also the least punishable.
+ Type「Shift」	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-	-	-	-	-
D Version will make Rock disappear in front of his opponent and then appear behind his opponent. After "shifting" behind the opponent, you are able to cancel into command throw 360+C. Risky, but can be worth it and helps creating mindgames with his overhead. Dont use this often or you'll die.

Rising Tackle
Charge ~ + /

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7, 7, 7	Mid	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-29	-	-	2, 3, 3
1～6F full-body invincibility Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	8, 6, 6, 6	Mid	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-32	-	-	2, 3×3
1～6F full-body invincibility Other then being a DP, which means its great for reversalling and anti-airs, it also deals the most damage out of Rock's specials so its your best combo ender for metered juggle combos. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Shinkuu Nage
Evac Toss
+

+ Evac Toss	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	20	-	11	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	-
Command throw & is Break-able with AB. Just doing 360+C will have Rock throw his opponent to the opposite side of the screen.
+ Break Evac Toss Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-	-	-	-	-
Breaking the move with AB will allow Rock to follow up with a special move or super.
Hold During Break Rasetsu (Follow-up)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	11	-	-	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	-
Holding AB during the Evac Toss Break will have Rock charge up his fist for an energy blast called Rasetsu. To do this follow-up, continue holding AB after break and then release. The timing is strict to get this follow-up to connect.

Super Moves

Raging Storm
+ /

+ S Power	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	33	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-23	-	-	15
1～9F full-body invincibility. Has a projectile hitbox/hurtbox. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
+ (Can Hold ) P Power	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	13, 13, 14, 14	Mid	17	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-51	-	-	10×4
1～11F full-body invincibility. Has a projectile hitbox/hurtbox. You can hold C at the beginning and release to delay when the super comes out. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Shine Knuckle
+ /

+ S Power	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	8×5	Mid	1	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-13	-	-	3×5
+ P Power	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 10, 6×9	Mid	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-15	-	-	30
Character defining move. Startup is insanely quick and the range is absurd. Like all supers it deals great damage and is very easy to combo into, but it does so much for rock's combos and punish game due to its efficiency.

Deadly Rave Neo
+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
2, 5×8, 8×6	Mid	0	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-2	-	-	20
Full input: + > > + Deals higher damage in the corner. Last hit has a projectile hitbox/hurtbox.