Capcom vs SNK 2/Nakoruru

Introduction

Overview

Strategy

Combos

Matchups

Story

Nakoruru is a young girl from ancient Japan. She had a connection with nature from a young age, befriending her bird Mamaha for life very early on. One day, as she was playing with her sister Rimururu, Mamaha flew down to her with her fathers sword in his claws. Fearing for the worst, Nakoruru leaves Rimururu at home, and begins a journey to find her father. At the end of her journey, she learns her father was killed by Gaoh, and also learns of Gaoh's war. Gaoh was waging a war against Japan, and had plans to create a new country from the ashes. He was brutalizing nature along the way however. Nakoruru, disgusted at how he treated nature and killed her father, helped to fight and defeat Gaoh. Once he falls, Kamui appears in front of Nakoruru, and asks if she wants to follow in her fathers footsteps. She asks what will happen if she declines, and Kamui simply says that another young maiden would be chosen. Afraid that the other young maiden would be her sister, Nakoruru accepts, and becomes a Kamui Warrior of Kamui Kotan. Nakoruru acts as a nature protecting warrior for the rest of the series, appearing when great evil threatens the planet.

Gameplay

Nakoruru would likely best be described as a pixie character. Her small size makes catching her hard, complimented with her amazing mobility. She's fast on all fronts: great walkspeed, one of the better dashes, one of the best runs, and a fast jump. She can even jump onto her bird, Mamaha, with a 214K input. This allows her to freely fly around the screen, threatening solid air-to-airs, falling slashes, a burning projectile Mamaha, and an extremely fast divekick. This allows her to control the air very safely, as the opponent has to actively chase her down, putting themselves at major risk to eat one of her various followups. Nakoruru also has great normals for pressure and mixup, with plenty of plus frames and a great crossup.

She does have a few big weaknesses keeping her from being as strong as the top tiers. Namely two big ones: her health and her range. Nakoruru has very low health, and no meterless reversal. This means that smart use of her mobility and fast normals is important, as if you slip up, she can get hurt very badly. Her range is also very low, with no poke to make up for the massive range of top tier normals she has to fight. With these two put together, Nakoruru has to make smart use of her movement to evade the opponent until she can get in and run her pressure game. If she gets caught, she hurts hard, but she has every tool available to not get caught.

Groove Selection

Best - K: K-Nakoruru is her most popular Groove, which makes a lot of sense. K-Groove fits characters with good mobility and solid punishes, and Nakoruru excels in both of those. Just Defend is great for her, as it allows her to block without taking pushback that would send her out of her optimal range quickly. Shorthop makes her mixups even scarier, and she has one of the fastest runs in the game. Rage juices her damage and gives her the ability to threaten her level 3 supers, though she lacks the ability to easily combo into them. K-Nakoruru has everything she needs, and is comfortably her best Groove overall.

Useful - N/P/S: N-Nakoruru has a lot of what K-Nakoruru has, but also gets a roll now. This lets her RC some specials, which can be incredibly annoying, especially RC Mamaha. She gets more consistent access to level 1's, which isn't too useful but it lets her use her healing super often so it may be useful depending on the opponent. The sacrifice of Rage's damage potential and the very useful JD holds N-Nakoruru down a bit. P-Nakoruru is a surprisingly decent P-Groove character. Nakoruru doesn't really need meter to win with, so only having it occasionally isn't the worst deal, and she has solid parry punishes. The range you land a parry can heavily decide what your punish is however, and the damage won't be amazing. S-Nakoruru is a surprisingly fitting character. Nakoruru isn't reliant on her meter, and when she gets infinite level 1's she can use healing super in a very annoying way. Charging sucks but she really doesn't need to do it, and she gets run and hop for maximum mobility. However, you still have to grapple with S-Grooves weak mechanics, making it a questionable pick regardless of how she fits in.

Worst - C/A: C-Nakoruru gets some useful tools, but C-Groove really works well with characters who can easily utilize their supers, and Nakoruru can't really do that. Airblock is useful for her escapes however, but it isn't worth the sacrifices like hop. C-Nakoruru gets to spend meter on Alpha Counters a lot however, which does help her defense a bit. A-Nakoruru is fairly similar. While Custom Combos can be fairly damaging, Nakoruru really doesn't utilize it well. Namely, she lacks any way to anti-air realistically with CC.

Nakoruru is a pixie character with great mobility and close-range normals. Her unique mobility using her bird Mamaha and her various evasive tools lets her dodge everything the opponent does until she can get into range to run her mixups. Her low health and low range makes this difficult however. Nakoruru is best in K-Groove. Difficulty: Medium Tier: A-
Pros	Cons
Mobility: Nakoruru is one of the most mobile characters, being generally fast at everything, but also having Mamaha to fly around the screen freely with Close Range: Her normals when used in close range are great, with plenty of plus frames to threaten a further mixup, made scarier with hop Damage: Nakoruru's combos are both easy and damaging, and if she lands a 2HK she can use her Mamaha super for good damage Small: She's a very small opponent, allowing her to crouch under tons of things, making the opponent play much differently vs her Annoying: The opponent has to constantly commit to their own movement to catch her, and she has every punish option available, especially her Dive, making neutral vs Nakoruru very annoying	Health: Nakoruru has very low health and stun, so if she gets caught one or two good times she might be dead Defense: Without a reversal, and being popular in K-Groove mainly, Nakoruru tends to rely on system mechanics or her great movement to escape good pressure, which is harder and less rewarding Poor Super Usage: Many of the top tiers have simple and useful supers that are combo friendly and damaging. Nakoruru simply doesn't have one of these, with her only realistic super combo being 2HK > 6321463214K Access to Mahahatha: Bird specials can only be used when Mahahatha is above Nakoruru's head, leaving some situations where you can not use specials or super when needed.

Players to Watch

Name	Country	Groove	Accounts	Notes
GAO	Japan	K-Groove	N/A	Makes Nakoruru look scary, once he has an opponent locked down, there's no escaping. Sample Match
P-Rugal	Japan	P-Groove	Twitter: @oyasuminecalli	Though a pocket of his, P-Rugal makes great use of shorthops and parries to maximize P-Nakoruru's damage. Sample Match
Kitsune	Japan	K-Groove	Twitter: @cvs2fox Youtube: fox cvs2	Great K-Groover in general. Plays similarly to GAO. Sample Match

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Normal Moves

Far Normals

5LP

Far Jab
Far Light Punch
5LP / Far LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	200	2	RF/SP/SU	Mid	High	2	4	8	14	+5	+5	None
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5MP

Far Strong
Far Medium Punch
5MP / Far MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	800	8	SP/SU	Mid	High	6	6	21	33	-1	-1	None
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5HP

Far Fierce
Far Heavy Punch
5HP / Far HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	1200	12	None	Mid	High	11	4	34	49	-8	-8	None
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5LK

Far Short
Far Light Kick
5LK / Far LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	400	4	SP/SU	Mid	High	3	5	9	17	+3	+3	None
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5MK

Far Forward
Far Medium Kick
5MK / Far MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	700	7	None	Mid	High	9	6	18	33	-2	-2	None
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5HK

Far Roundhouse
Far Heavy Kick
5HK / Far HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Far	1100	11	None	Mid	High	13	8	11	32	+5	+5	None
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clLP

Close Jab
Close Light Punch
cl.LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	300	3	RF/SP/SU	Mid	High	2	4	5	11	+8	+8	None
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clMP

Close Strong
cl.MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	800	8	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	4	14	22	+6	+6	None
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clHP

Close Fierce
Close Heavy Punch
cl.HP

First Hit

Second Hit

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	600+700	6+7	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	2(9)4	22	41	+6	+6	None
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clLK

Close Short
Close Light Kick
cl.LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	400	4	SP/SU	Mid	High	3	6	5	14	+6	+6	None
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clMK

Close Forward
Close Medium Kick
cl.MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	700	7	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	7	10	21	+5	+5	None
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clHK

Close Roundhouse
Close Heavy Kick
cl.HK

First Hit

Second Hit

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close	600+800	6+8	SU	Mid	High	6	3(5)4	22	40	-2	-2	None
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2LP

Crouch Jab
Crouching Light Punch
2LP / cr.LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	200	2	RF/SP/SU	Mid	Mid	3	4	7	14	+6	+6	None
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2MP

Crouch Strong
Crouching Medium Punch
2MP / cr.MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	800	8	SP/SU	Mid	Mid	4	4	14	22	+6	+6	None
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2HP

Crouch Fierce
Crouching Heavy Punch
2HP / cr.HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1000, 700	10, 7	SP/SU	Mid	High	4	7	28	39	-4	-4	None
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2LK

Crouch Short
Crouching Light Kick
2LK / cr.LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	200	2	RF/SP/SU	Low	Low	3	4	6	13	+7	+7	None
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2MK

Crouch Forward
Crouching Medium Kick
2MK / cr.MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	700	7	SU	Low	Low	5	8	8	21	+6	+6	None
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2HK

Crouch Roundhouse
Crouching Heavy Kick
2HK / cr.HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1100	11	SU	Low	Low	6	8	24	38	DWN	-6	None

j.LP

Jump Jab
Jumping Light Punch
j.LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	400	4	-	High	High	2	22	-	24	-	-	None
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j.MP

Jump Strong
Jumping Medium Punch
j.MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	800	8	-	High	High	4	4	-	8	-	-	None
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j.HP

Jump Fierce
Jumping Heavy Punch
j.HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	1100, 1000	11, 10	-	High	High	7	2	-	9	-	-	None
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j.LK

Jump Short
Jumping Light Kick
j.LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	400	4	-	High	High	2	18	-	20	-	-	None
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j.MK

Jump Forward
Jumping Medium Kick
j.MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	700	7	-	High	High	5	10	-	15	-	-	None
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j.HK

Jump Roundhouse
Jumping Heavy Kick
j.HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
//+	1000	10	-	High	High	6	8	-	14	-	-	None
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Command Normals

Chitenzan

Chitenzan
3HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1100	11	None	Mid	Mid	10	12	18	40	+6	+6	None
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Throws

Punch Throw

Ruten Kyogekijin
Punch Throw
Near Opponent, 4/6HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close /+	1600	0	-	Grab	-	3	1	13	17	-	-	None
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Kick Throw

Jiten Sanrenkyaku
Kick Throw
Near Opponent, 4/6HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
Close /+	1700	0	-	Grab	-	5	1	13	19	-	-	None
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Special Moves

Annu Mutsube

Annu Mutsube
412P

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1100	11	None	Low	Low	11	19	23	53	DWN	-27	None
+	1200	12	None	Low	Low	11	24	23	53	DWN	-32	None
+	1300	13	None	Low	Low	11	29	23	53	DWN	-37	None
Nakoruru slides with her dagger, knocking down on hit. Can low profile under fireballs and her best bread and butter ender.

Rera Mutsube

Rera Mutsube
236P

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	1200	12	None	Mid	High	8	11	56	75	DWN	-47	None
+	1300	13	None	Mid	High	8	13	57	78	DWN	-50	None
+	1400	14	None	Mid	High	8	15	57	81	DWN	-53	None
Nakoruru flies at a 45 degree angle upwards with her dagger, knocking down on hit. Easily combos off lights, but can whiff completely from some ranges. Not the best ender and bad as anti-air.

Kamui Rimse

Kamui Rimse
421P

P followup

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	800	8	P	Mid	High	14	5	24	43	-5	-5	None
+	900	9	P	Mid	High	14	5	24	43	-5	-5	None
+	1000	10	P	Mid	High	14	5	24	43	-5	-5	None
+ ,	500	5	None	Mid	High	14	2	24	40	DWN	-6	None
A fireball reflector that has a knockdown follow up if comboed into. Generally safe on block.

Amube Yatoro

Amube Yatoro
63214P

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	900	9	None	Mid	High	19	-	40	59	DWN	0	None
+	1000	10	None	Mid	High	19	-	40	59	DWN	+1	None
+	1100	11	None	Mid	High	19	-	40	59	DWN	+3	None
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Mamaha Nitsukamara

Mamaha Nitsukamara
Cling
214K

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	None

Mamaha Movelist

Mamaha LP

Mamaha LP
214K LP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ ,	500	500	SP	Mid	High	6	2	17	25	-3	+8	None
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Mamaha MP

Mamaha MP
214K MP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ ,	800	8	SP	Mid	High	6	2	20	28	-6	+5	None
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Mamaha LK

Mamaha LK
214K LK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ ,	400	4	SP	Mid	High	4	2	10	16	0	+11	None
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Mamaha MK

Mamaha MK
214K MK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ ,	700	7	SP	Mid	High	4	2	10	16	0	+11	None
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Yatoru Pokku

Yatoru Pokku
214K HP

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ ,	1000	10	None	Mid	High	2	Varies	6	Varies	+7	+16	None
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Mamaha Release

Mamaha Release
214K HK

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ ,	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6L	-	-	-	None
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Shichikapu Ai

Shichikapu Ai
214K 236P

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ , +	900	9	None	Mid	High	1	Varies	11	Varies	DWN	-4	None
+ , +	1000	10	None	Mid	High	1	Varies	11	Varies	DWN	-3	None
+ , +	1100	11	None	Mid	High	1	Varies	11	Varies	DWN	-2	None
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Kamui Mutsube

Kamui Mutsube
214K 214P

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+ , +	1100	11	None	High	High	4	Varies	22	Varies	DWN	-8	None
+ , +	1200	12	None	High	High	4	Varies	22	Varies	DWN	-8	None
+ , +	1300	13	None	High	High	4	Varies	22	Varies	DWN	-8	None
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Super Moves

Shichikapu Kamui Irushika

Shichikapu Kamui Irushika
6321463214P

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	2400	0	None	Mid	High	5:14	-	19	38	DWN	+18	9 (Full)
+	3600	0	SP/SU	Mid	High	5:14	-	19	38	DWN	+24	15 (Full)
+	5000	0	None	Mid	High	5:14	-	19	38	DWN	+24	22 (Full)
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Ererushi Kamui Rimse

Ererushi Kamui Rimse
6321463214K

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	2600	0	None	Mid	High	18:5	20	22	65	DWN	-6	15-22 (Full)
+	3800	0	SP/SU	Mid	High	18:5	21	22	66	DWN	-6	15-28 (Full)
+	5600	0	None	Mid	High	18:5	23	22	68	DWN	-6	15-36 (Full)
A decent damage super that is rare to combo into due to requirements to land it (Bird above you, c.fp starter)

Shirikoro Kamui Nomi

Shirikoro Kamui Nomi
236236K

Cancel

Version	Damage	Stun	Cancel	Guard	Parry	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Adv Hit	Adv Block	Invul
+	-	-	3K	-	-	5:1	130	-	136	-	-	None
+ ,	-	-	None	-	-	-	-	-	68	-	-	None
Heals 3900 HP if not cancelled, can be used after certain knockdowns (Mahathaha air knockdown, Punch throw, etc), although you will have to cancel early in some match ups.

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