Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Khushnood Butt

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

Marco Rodriguez, or otherwise known for his English localized name -- Khushnood Butt.

Gameplay

Khushnood has many tools at his disposal to answer anything an opponent might do. With a 0 frame anti-air super, the fastest projectiles in the game, special moves that all knock down and quickly pressure into a corner, and a special move that does super level punishment damage, he has a lot going for him.
Khushnood's main drawback is his randomness. Breaking his dragon punch can be unreliable outside of certain combos because the window to brake changes based on when the move connects, and may connect and not juggle the opponent up. Played with precision, this can be avoided.
Bait a mistake, knock 'em down, then get in close and keep the pressure on.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Good offensive pressure and damaging conversions, even without meter Safe on block break move that can be easily comboed into Best fireball in the game; travels very fast, does high damage, and leads to a knockdown in close range Relatively fast command normal overhead that can lead to a full combo	Need to be able to guard cancel in order to have a stronger defense Lacks far-reaching cancellable normals (besides being able to renda cancel his st.A/cr.B)

Character Colors

Move List

Frame Data Source: https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/26.html and https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/64.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
5	Mid	4	4	5	13
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	No/chainable	No/chainable	4
Standing jab.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	Mid	4	4	7	15
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+4	+4	No	No	4
The last 3F of recovery has full-body invincibility.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5, 5	Mid	7	1, 《2》, 4	21	35
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-4	-4	Yes (1st hit)	Yes (1st hit)	3, 3
Not very good, cancel first hit into something else if you don't end up grabbing.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	5	4	26	35
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-9	-9	Yes	Yes	5
Leads to big damage combos

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	No/chainable	No/chainable	4
Good range and a fast normal, used to cover some states like people dashing at you, trying to jump or stopping other jabs.

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	5	3	16	24
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-4	-4	No	No	4
A good fast poke, even if you get nothing from it.

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
12	Mid	11	5	21	37
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-5	-5	No	No	5
Bad normal, big range but punishable by some supers on hit, and reward is nothing on hit.

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	Mid	11	4	24	39
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-7	-7	No	Yes	5
Another lacking normal, cancel it at far range with C 1/4+ screen from the opponent for deception and to help gain a bit of momentum. Whiffs on crouching opponents.

Crouching Normals

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	4	4	5	13
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	No/chainable	No/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	No/chainable	No/chainable	4

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
9	Mid	5	1, 《1》, 2	22	31
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-5	-5	Yes	Yes	5

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Low	8	4	22	34
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-5	No	No	5
Your furthest reaching crouched normal, decently quick too.

Jumping Normals

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	5	10	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4
Your go to air to air.

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	9	10	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4
A ton of active frames, can cross up and beat some anti airs Neutral or back hop B can beat out an upper-body evasion attack.

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
9	High	12	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5
Use it as an air mixup due to it's slower startup, and possibly a crossup with it's big hitbox. Also while you're charging D

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
9	High	9	7	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5
Arguably the best jump D in the game. Can be comboed out of and can be used to pressure pretty well.

Command Normals

Kyokugen Hiji
+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
12	Overhead	15	1	14	30
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	No	No	9
Great overhead, relatively fast with good frame advantage, allowing you to link after it with various options and get a full combo conversion on hit.

Universal Moves

St.
Lower-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Overhead	24	5	14	43
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
0	+6	No	No	6

Cr.
Upper-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	9	3	22	34
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-6	0	Yes	No	6
1～6F upper-body invincibility.

Zanretsuken (T.O.P. Attack)

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
2x8, 15 (base damage)	Mid	10	-	20~	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-24	-	-	2×8, 9
Used in some counter hit juggle combos and in chip kill scenarios.

Throws

Kyokugen Zu Tsuki
Headbutt
Close /+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	-	1	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+64	-	-	-	-
Has good corner carry.

Feints

++
Forward Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	10
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Haou Shoukou Ken C, and to a lesser extent the start of Haou Shoukou Ken A.

++
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 Kohou (and its break version) or Kyokugen Kohou.

Special Moves

Ko-ou Ken
+/

Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar. The damage and guard crush values in parentheses are at short-range.

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	13(18)	Mid	9	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-5	-	-	7(8)
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	14(22)	Mid	9	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-5	-	-	8(9)
Fastest fireball in the game. Does more damage and also leads to a knockdown in close range. Used for zoning/controlling space in neutral and as a meterless combo ender. It is possible to renda cancel into his fireball from a st.A by inputting 5A > 236C~A or 5A > 236A~C (the timing is like chain cancelling his st.A).

Hien Shippu Kyaku
+/

Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	8, 9	Mid	10	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	4, 3
Used as combo filler, most notably after a Kohou A break in the corner.
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	8, 10	Mid	7	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-7	-	-	4, 4
Can potentially be used as an anti-air guard cancel, but risky if the opponent empty jumps and air JDs. The second hit will whiff on crouching opponents on the ground.

Kohou
+

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	-	4	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-19	-	-	7
Used as combo filler in some counter hit corner juggle combos. Can potentially be used as an early anti-air to catch the opponent off guard and can potentially score a counter hit, although somewhat risky.
+ Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	-	4	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+2	-	-	7
Used more in the corner and in close range, when you would want a safer option than his C break, as there will be more pushback on block and will still be safe on JD.

Kohou
+

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	-	4	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-29	-	-	7
+ Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	-	4	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	0	-	-	7
A staple in Marco's BnB combos. It can be linked or cancelled into from many of his normals as a combo starter. The move doesn't have invincibility, so it isn't used as a traditional anti-air DP, however you can guard cancel into it. Marco moves forward during the startup, leaving him closer to the opponent on block than the A version.

Harai
+/

Both are more useful as dash replacements for gaining meter, as the counter active frames are pretty short.

+ Jou-dan (High/Mid)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	7
The A version counters mid/high attacks. Marco can convert into his Ko-ou Ken or Haou Shoukou Ken on a successful counter. 4～11F of upper-body counter state, after counter is initiated the counter-attack startup is 2F.
+ Ge-dan (Low)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	7
The B version counters low attacks. Marco can convert into his Ko-ou Ken or Haou Shoukou Ken on a successful counter. 1～3F lower-body invincibility, 4～13F of lower-body counter state, after counter is initiated the counter-attack startup is 2F.

Ryuu-sen Ken
Ch.

Requires holding down the C button to charge. Fairly risky and somewhat gimmicky, but can used as an easy guard cancel thanks to its simple execution or to catch the opponent off guard in neutral and potentially score a counter hit. Can also be used as a combo ender for some combos.

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Lv1	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-9	-	-	7
Charge time is 120F (~2 seconds) or more.
Lv2	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	18	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-9	-	-	8
Charge time is 240F (~4 seconds) or more.
Lv3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	22	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-9	-	-	9
Charge time is 480F (~8 seconds) or more.
Lv4	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 10, 10	Mid	11	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-11	-	-	4×3
Charge time is 960F (~16 seconds) or more.

Ko-sen Kyaku
Ch.

Requires holding down the D button to charge. Like his Ryuu-sen Ken, it can be fairly risky and is somewhat gimmicky, but can potentially be hard to punish on block for some characters if spaced well (works best with his level 1 charge). Can be used as an easy guard cancel thanks to its simple execution or to catch the opponent off guard in neutral and potentially score a counter hit. Can also be used as a combo ender for some combos.

Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Lv1	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	8
Charge time is 120F (~2 seconds) or more.
Lv2	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	18	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	8
Charge time is 240F (~4 seconds) or more.
Lv3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	22	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	9
Charge time is 480F (~8 seconds) or more.
Lv4	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 10, 10	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-6	-	-	4×3
Charge time is 960F (~16 seconds) or more.

Super Moves

Haou Shoukou Ken
, + /

Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	33	Mid	17	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-16	-	-	15
Commonly used as an OTG conversion after a counter hit from farther away. If Marco performs the super just as the opponent touches the ground from a knockdown, the super freeze will prevent the opponent from being able to input a tech roll to escape the OTG. 1～7F full-body invincibility.
, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	14, 14, 14, 14	Mid	7	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-24	-	-	6×4
Can be used in place of Kyokugen Kohou if you juggle the opponent from farther away, outside of its range. It is also possible to renda cancel into the super from a st.A or cr.B, most easily done as a T.O.P. confirm. 1～9F full-body invincibility.

Kyokugen Kohou
, + /

, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7×7	Mid	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-44	-	-	5×2, 3×5
Marco's standard combo ender with meter after a juggle. The move also has 0f startup so it can be used to punish certain moves in close range, that may otherwise be difficult to punish. Has decent invincibility but is still fairly risky as a reversal or anti-air. 1～4F full-body invincibility.
, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9×2, 7×8	Mid	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-56	-	-	10×2, 3×8
Similar in function to the B version, but does more damage. Typically used when you need the extra damage for the kill. 1～5F full-body invincibility.

Ryuuko Ranbu
,, +
(Press rapidly)

Lv1	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4×13	Mid	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-42	-	-	3×13
1～3F full-body invincibility. No extra presses ( x1).
Lv2	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4×19	Mid (Low on 7th hit)	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-48	-	-	3×19
1～3F full-body invincibility. x3-6 (2-5 extra button presses during blackout).
Lv3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4x16, 5x6	Mid (Low on the 7th hit)	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-48	-	-	3×22
Does a good amount of chip damage and a ton of guard crush damage. Used in guard crush setups, typically to end a round and guarantee a kill. Can be confirmed into from a blockstring by linking into it with st.A/cr.A (easier to perform by using the simultaneous button press technique to store at least one of the 236 motions). 1～3F full-body invincibility. x7-9 (6-8 extra button presses during blackout).
Lv4	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	8×6, 6×5, 7	Mid	4	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-40	-	-	8×6, 5×6
1～9F full-body invincibility. x10+ (9+ extra button presses during blackout). Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.