Mortal Kombat 9/Jade

Jade

An assassin for Shao Kahn, Jade has earned a reputation as an agile and stealthy warrior. Her family was Edenian nobility and served the emperor once he conquered their realm, giving Jade to him as tribute when she was a child. After years of rigorous training in the art of kombat, Shao Kahn awarded her the position of Bodyguard to Princess Kitana. Over the centuries she and Kitana have become close friends, which makes Jade's secret orders from Shao Kahn painful to accept: Should Kitana's loyalty falter, Jade must kill her friend.

Moves

Basic Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Front Punch

fp

3%

high bufferable

Back Punch

bp

3%

high bufferable

Front Kick

fk

5%

high bufferable

Back Kick

bk

5%

high bufferable

Crouching Front Punch

d + fp

2%

high bufferable

Crouching Back Punch

d + bp

12%

high uprcut

Crouching Front Kick

d + fk

1%

low bufferable

Crouching Back Kick

d + bk

3%

low bufferable

Angled Jumping Punch

during angled jump, fp or bp

4%

med

Angled Jumping Kick

during angled jump, fk or bk

7%

high knockdown

Straight Up Jumping Punch

during straight up jump, fp or bp

5%

med groundbounce

Straight Up Jumping Kick

during straight up jump, fk or bk

5%

med knockdown

Command Normals

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Staff Strikes

b + fp

5% + 3% + 2%

high + high + high ; 3rd hit: bufferable stagger

Rising Pole

b + bp

7%

high launch ; deceptive range

Upward Thrust

f + bp

5%

high bufferable

Gut Kick

b + fk

5%

high bufferable

Pole Vault

u + fk

3% + 9%

high + high ; 1st and 2nd hit: knockdown

Sweep

b + bk

7%

low sweep

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Throw (Away)

b or n + fp + fk

1% + 7% + 4%

throw

Throw (Towards)

f + fp + fk

1% + 7% + 4%

throw

Kombo Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Pole Check

fp --- bp --- bp

3% --- 3% --- 5%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: flatten

Jade Charge

b + fp --- f + fp

5% + 3% + 2% --- 6%

high + high + high --- high ; 3rd hit: bufferable ; 4th hit: knockdown

Bad Girl

bp --- fk --- f + bp

3% --- 5% --- 6%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd and 3rd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: knockdown

Edenian Rush

f + bp --- fp --- bp

5% --- 3% --- 6%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 2nd and 3rd hit: knockdown ; 3rd hit cannot be performed unless 2nd hit connects

Betrayal

fk --- bk --- bp

5% --- 3% --- 9%

high --- low --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 2nd hit: knockdown ; 3rd hit: launch

Assassin Strikes

b + fk --- bp

5% --- 7%

high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 2nd hit: knockdown

Polecat

bk --- f + fk

5% --- 9%

high --- high ; 1st hit: bufferable ; 2nd hit: knockdown

Fast Tags

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Untameable

Rising Pole --- tg

N/A

Pole Pain

Pole Vault --- tg

N/A

Tag Kombos

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

After You

fp --- bp --- tg

Based on Teammate

Likewise

bp --- fk --- tg

Based on Teammate

Edenian Tag

f + bp --- fp --- tg

Based on Teammate

Distrust

fk --- bk --- tg

Based on Teammate

Tag Kombo Attack

Attack from Teammate's Tag Kombo

3% + 9%

high + high ; 1st and 2nd hit: knockdown

Tag Specials

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Tag Assist

d , b + tg

7% + 6%

Performs Reboomerang ; high + high

Tag Attack

d , f + tg

10%

Performs Eclipse Kick (only first hit) ; high knockdown

Special Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Boomerang

d , f + fp

8%

high

Boomerang Up

d , b + fp

8%

high

Boomerang Down

d , f + fk

8%

low

Shadow Kick

d , f + bk

6%

high knockdown wkup

Shadow Followup

Shadow Kick or Eclipse Kick --- d , f + bk

2%

high knockdown ; Cannot be performed unless first attack hits

Shadow Flash

b , f + fk

N/A

wkup ; Causes projectiles to pass through Jade for 1 second

Staff Overhead

d , b + bp

8%

med groundbounce wkup

Staff Grab

d , f + bp

2% + 7%

high + unblockable ; 2nd hit: flatten ; wkup

Enhanced Special Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Reboomerang

d , f + fp + bl

7% + 6%

high + high ; 2nd hit cannot be crouched under

Reboomerang Up

d , b + fp + bl

7% + 6%

high + high ; 2nd hit cannot be crouched under

Reboomerang Down

d , f + fk + bl

7% + 6%

low + low

Eclipse Kick

d , f + bk + bl

10%

high knockdown wkup

Eclipse Followup

Shadow Kick or Eclipse Kick --- d , f + bk + bl

6%

high knockdown ; Cannot be performed unless first attack hits

Shadow Glow

b , f + fk + bl

0%

wkup ; Causes projectiles to pass through Jade and all other attacks to be absorbed for 2 seconds ; When attacks are absorbed, Jade still takes the normal damage from attack but without hit stun

Staff Smash

d , b + bp + bl

8%

med groundbounce wkup

Staff Slam

d , f + bp + bl

2% + 4% + 4% + 5%

high + unblockable + unblockable + unblockable ; 4th hit: flatten ; wkup

Wake Up Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Staff Overhead

d , b + bp

8%

med groundbounce

Shadow Flash

b , f + fk

N/A

Causes projectiles to pass through Jade for 1 second

X-Ray Attack

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Staff Buster

fk + bk + bl

5% + 15% + 15%

1st hit: high ; knockdown

Finishing Moves

Fatality

Kode

Distance From Opponent

Fatality 1

u u d f + fp

Full Screen

Fatality 2

b d b d + bk

Sweep

Stage Fatality

b f d + bl

Varies

Babality

d d f d + bk

Jump

Move Analysis

Basic Attacks

N/A

Command Normals

Staff Strikes

Great distance poke and bufferable move. Safe from afar if blocked high. Remember this move staggers on hit so dash up after you land one for some mixup.

Rising Pole

This move launches and has a deceptive range on it. Think of a shoryuken when it comes to this move. Not best to use up-close.

Pole Vault

Funky move that I would use sparingly. Check people with it. It has fast startup but a few characters can punish it when blocked. Good for spacing.

Kombo Attacks

Sadly this is where Jade lacks any mids. For any kind of mixup you need to rely on , knockdown into some kind of mixup like EX straight or low boomerang or some poke strings.

Special Attacks

Shadow Kick

Relatively fast, safe move when blocked. Just don't spam it like crazy or it will be punished by crouching. Tack on a extra kick during combos. Good for checking opponents mid screen.

Staff Overhead

Sadly a very slow overhead. Any good player can see this coming and block high. Its only usage is during the 3, 4 mixup or during Staff Strikes. If you do land one, use Rising Pole to put them in the air higher and juggle. The enhance version comes out faster but it might not be worth it to use meter for. Save it for breakers and ex boomerangs or even ex glow.

Shadow Flash

This is mainly used for projectile wars. Get thru any projectile to get closer to your opponent or just to get thru there projectile and spam your own boomerangs.

Boomerangs

Boomerangs have slow startup animations but good recovery when thrown so use them when midscreen. Remember that the low boomerang needs to be blocked low so use it in your high-low mixup game.

Enhanced Special Attacks

Shadow Glow

This is a move that is well worth the meter. It just depends on how much health you have left considering any hit on Jade does significantly more damage then normal during glow. The point to glow is to rush in and try to create any opportunity you can. Using this with mixups can help you out greatly. Also this is a great wake-up move and helps against rushdowners.

X-Ray Attack

N/A

Basic Strategy

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

4-Hits: + Staff Grab

5-Hits: + Shadow Kick x 2

5-Hits: + Shadow Kick x 2

Jump-in Combos

8-Hits: Jump in Punch Staff Overhead Dash + Shadow Kick Dash crouching Shadow Kick

10-Hits: Jump in Punch + Staff Overhead Dash + Dash Returning Boomerang (Down)

Combos With Enhanced Specials

7-Hits: Returning Boomerang Enhanced Shadow Kick Shadow Kick

11-Hits: + Staff Overhead + Returning Boomerang (Up) Dash Shadow Kick x 2

Combos With X-Ray Attacks

Keep Xray combos short because of the damage scaling

8-Hits: + Staff Overhead Rising Pole Xray

Corner-Only Combos

14-Hits: + Staff Overhead Rising Pole pause a sec. crouching Staff Slam

Style

• N/A

Matchups

N/A