Street Fighter Alpha 3/Karin

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Karin was first introduced in the manga Sakura Ganbaru! as a rival for Sakura and has since been interred into Street Fighter Alpha 3. She is the only daughter and heir of the Kanzuki Zaibatsu who decided to seek out Sakura for a rematch of a previous fight, and to also seek out Bison, as her organization has been a target of interest for Shadaloo.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Super fast walk speed One of the shortest characters in the game and can walk under many attacks Great range on her sweep Rekkas are insanely safe and can create nearly endless pressure strings in neutral Multiple options for ending rekka strings, making it difficult for the opponent to counter safely Kick ender to rekka strings has low crush properties and counts as being airborne One of the most dangerous cross-up loops in the game Has one of the most versatile sets of custom combos with many leading to potential infinites Can land OTG setups off sweep like Akuma Grounded and airborne punch grabs do full damage on tech and can lead to OTG activations Can combo into command grab off from blockstun during activates, potentially ending rounds off a sweep depending on distance to the corner Strong anti-air with s. FP and c. FP Great jump-ins Huge damage off crouch cancel juggles with rekka enders Counters have extremely large windows and can be used at the end of rekka strings s. LP pressure is incredibly effective against taller characters and hits lower than most other jabs, meaning she can do this to more characters Wake-up DP+K can be used to partially escape cross-up strings

Rekka strings can leave you vulnerable to activates and supers if not used carefully Damage on individual rekkas is very low unless you hit the enders Rekkas must be committed to and cannot be confirmed visually due to low hit stun Rekka start-up has a very large hurtbox that makes it more interruptible than it appears No meterless reversal option Counter leaves you a sitting duck if you guess wrong with it Infinite is very difficult on P2 side Whiffed grabs build very little meter compared to most characters OTG setups require tight execution. Knowledge/execution-heavy character in general

Color Option

X-Ism		A-Ism		V-Ism
Punch	Kick	Punch	Kick	Punch	Kick

Karin
Character Data

Moves List

Ground Normals

• Standing Jab:

Damage	5
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	Yes
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	3/3/8
Block Stun	+3
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	+4/+9

• Standing Strong:

Damage	12
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	5/6/11
Block Stun	+2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	+3/+7

• Standing Fierce:

Damage	17
Stun	16/8
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count	8/10/25
Block Stun	-12
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-11/Launch

• Standing Short:

Damage	5
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	5/5/15
Block Stun	-6
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-5/0

• Standing Forward:

Damage	12
Stun	11,4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	4/5/21
Block Stun	-7
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-6/-2

• Standing Roundhouse:

Damage	16
Stun	8
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count	12/5/34
Block Stun	-16
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-15/Launch

• Crouching Jab:

Damage	5
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	Yes
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	4/3/9
Block Stun	+2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	+3/+8

• Crouching Strong:

Damage	11
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	5/5/22
Block Stun	-8
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-7/-3

• Crouching Fierce:

Damage	15
Stun	13,8
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count	7/2/32
Block Stun	-11
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-10/Launch

• Crouching Short:

Damage	4
Stun	2
Chain Cancel	Yes
Special Cancel	Yes
Super Cancel	Yes
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	4/3/13
Block Stun	-2
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-1/+4

• Crouching Forward:

Damage	10
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	6/6/18
Block Stun	-5
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-4/0

• Crouching Roundhouse:

Damage	14
Stun	8
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count	8/4/29
Block Stun	-10
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-

Air Normals

• Neutral/Diagonal Jump Jab:

Damage	6
Stun	2
Meter on whiff/hit	0/1
Frame Count	4/10/16

• Neutral/Diagonal Jump Strong:

Damage	11
Stun	4
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	6/8/18

• Neutral/Diagonal Jump Fierce:

Damage	16,15
Stun	8
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)6(XV)
Frame Count	7/5/-

• Neutral/Diagonal Jump Short:

Damage	5
Stun	2
Meter on whiff/hit	0/2
Frame Count	5/10/20

• Neutral/Diagonal Jump Forward:

Damage	8,12
Stun	4
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	5/8/28

• Neutral/Diagonal Jump Roundhouse:

Damage	15
Stun	8
Meter on whiff/hit	1/4(A)6(XV)
Frame Count	9/6/29

Command Normals

• Tsumuji-gari: +

Damage	11
Stun	4
Chain Cancel	No
Special Cancel	No
Super Cancel	No
Meter on whiff/hit	1/3(A)4(XV)
Frame Count	21/3/25
Block Stun	-5
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-4/Launch

• Overhead

Throws

Yashiro Kuzushi:

/+

Damage	20
Stun	0
Meter on whiff/hit	1
Frame Count	5/1/16

Homura-geri:

/+

Damage	3x2~16+3*¹
Stun	0
Meter on whiff/hit	1
Frame Count	5/1/16

Abise Yashiro Kuzushi [ Front ]:

Any direction but /+

• Air Throw

Damage	20
Stun	0
Meter on whiff/hit	1
Frame Count	1/1/1(before landing)

Abise Yashiro Kuzushi [ Back ]:

Any direction but /+

• Air Throw

Damage	20
Stun	0
Meter on whiff/hit	1
Frame Count	1/1/1(before landing)

Alpha Counter

During Blockstun ++ of same strength

• A-ISM:

Damage	4
Frame Count	27/11/24
Invincibility	0-27

• V-ISM:

Damage	4
Frame Count	26/6/28
Invincibility	0-26

Special Moves

Guren Ken : +

• Guren Ken First:

	Jab	Strong	Fierce
Damage	4	3	2
Stun	2	1	1
Meter on whiff/hit	1(A)3(XV)/1
Block Stun	-9	-11	-13
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-8/-8	-10/-10	-12/-12
Frame Count (Jab)				12		8		28
Frame Count (Strong)				12		8		30
Frame Count (Fierce)				12		8		32

• Guren Ken Second: After first

	Jab	Strong	Fierce
Damage	5	4	3
Stun	1
Meter on whiff/hit	1/1
Block Stun	-9	-11	-13
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-8/-8	-10/-10	-12/-12
Frame Count (Jab)				11		8		28
Frame Count (Strong)				11		8		30
Frame Count (Fierce)				11		8		32

• Guren Hou Shou: + After first or After second Guren Ken

	Jab	Strong	Fierce
Damage	12	11	10
Stun	1
Meter on whiff/hit	1/1
Block Stun	?
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count (Jab)				11			8	36
Frame Count (Strong)				12			8	40
Frame Count (Fierce)				13			8	46

• Guren Daisoku Barai: + After first or second Guren Ken
• Startup:

Frame Count	13

• Active/Recovery

	Short	Forward	Roundhouse
Damage	14	13	12
Stun	2
Meter on whiff/hit	1/1
Block Stun	-12
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count				3	32

• Guren Chuu: +, After first or second Guren Ken

• Guren Mujin Kyaku: After first or second Guren Ken

• Guren Sen Ha: + After first or second Guren Ken

• Guren Yasha (Joudan): + After first or second Guren Ken

• Guren Yasha (Gedan): + After first or second Guren Ken

NOTE: The last 5 follow ups share the same data and hitboxes as their respective standalone moves.

Mujin Kyaku : +

• Startup:

Frame Count	11

• Active

	Short	Forward	Roundhouse
Damage	8x2	7+8	6+8
Stun	2x2
Meter on whiff/hit	1(A)3(XV)/3x2(A)4x2(XV)
Block Stun	-8
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count				3	5				6

• Recovery:

Frame Count	25

Ressen Ha : +

• Startup:

Frame Count (Short)	27
Frame Count (Forward)	29
Frame Count (Roundhouse)	31

Active:

Damage	7+10
Stun	4x2
Meter on whiff/hit	1(A)3(XV)/1x2
Block Stun	-10
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count (Short)		6		6			4
Frame Count (Forward)		6		6			4
Frame Count (Roundhouse)		6		5			4

• Recovery:

Frame Count	25

Hou Shou : +

• Startup:

Frame Count (Jab)	10
Frame Count (Strong)	11
Frame Count (Fierce)	12

• Active:

	Jab	Strong	Fierce
Damage	16	17	18
Stun	1	2	2
Meter on whiff/hit	1(A)3(XV)/3(A)4(XV)
Block Stun	?
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count				8

• Recovery:

Frame Count (Jab)	36
Frame Count (Strong)	40
Frame Count (Fierce)	46

Ressen Chou : +

	Jab	Strong	Fierce
Damage	10	9	8
Stun	2
Meter on whiff/hit	1(A)3(XV)/1
Block Stun	?
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count (Jab)				11		6	37
Frame Count (Strong)				12		6	41
Frame Count (Fierce)				13		6	45

• Ressen Chuu: During Ressen Chou

	Jab	Strong	Fierce
Damage	11	10	9
Stun	2
Meter on whiff/hit	0/3(A)4(XV)
Block Stun	?
Hit Stun/Counter Hit	-
Frame Count (Jab)				11		8	30
Frame Count (Strong)				11		8	34
Frame Count (Fierce)				11		8	38

Yasha Gaeshi : + (Joudan) or (Gedan)

	Joudan	Gedan
Damage	18	21
Stun	4
Meter on whiff/hit	1(A)3(XV)/1
Frame Count	4/27/22

Arakuma Inashi : +

	Short	Forward	Roundhouse	Short	Forward	Roundhouse
Damage	5+2x14	5+2x15	5+2x16
Stun	0
Meter on whiff/hit	1/0
Frame Count	4/1/16

Super Combos

Kanzuki-ryuu Shinpikaibyaku : +

• Startup:

Invincibility (LVL.1)	0-11
Invincibility (LVL.2)	0-22
Invincibility (LVL.3)	0-34
Frame Count		10

• Active + Recovery:
• Level 1:

Damage	8x4+12
Block Stun	-28
Frame Count		1	2	9		3	9		3

Frame Count	9		3	17					10

Frame Count	41

• Level 2:

Damage	11x6
Block Stun	-11
Frame Count		3	9		3	9		3	9

Frame Count	3	6				5	8

Frame Count	10		24

• Level 3:

Damage	15x7
Block Stun	-10
Frame Count		3	9		3	9		3	9

Frame Count	3	17					2	9

Frame Count	6	12					10

Frame Count	23

Kanzuki-ryuu Kou'ou Ken : +

• Startup:

Invincibility (LVL.1)	0-10
Invincibility (LVL.2)	0-14
Invincibility (LVL.3)	0-18
Frame Count		10

• Active + Recovery:
• Level 1:

Damage	12X3
Block Stun	?
Frame Count		7			2		6			2

Frame Count	7			32

• Level 2:

Damage	11X6
Block Stun	?
Frame Count		5+2			2		4+2

Frame Count	2	5+2			30

• Level 3:

Damage	11X9
Block Stun	?
Frame Count		3+2+2			2		2+2+2

Frame Count	2	2+3+2

Frame Count	28

Miscellaneous

• Idle, Crouching, Airborne:

Which Ism?

• A-ISM:

Solid character overall. Supers are mediore with poor range and generally aren't worth using over just getting the oki from rekka enders.

• V-ISM:

Recommended.

Access to her insanely versatile custom combos and an infinite on top of her already great neutral.

• X-ISM:

Nothing substantial gained over A-ISM. Avoid.

Combos

• Basic Combos:

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• Ikushin VC:

This VC route is important as the other anti air VC routes you see in combo videos will get you from corner to corner, but they do not reach the corner with enough meter to get a CC setup.

Advanced Strategy

Match-ups

She eats V-Cody for free. Easily his worst match-up due to her sweep pressure and rekka strings putting him in guard crush loop scenarios off a single mistake sometimes.

Notable Players

Japan

CR Daiku no Minamoto-san (V-Karin)

Crusher (A/V-Karin)

Enmachi (V-Karin)

Fuku Kaichou (V-Karin)

Harashou (V-Karin)

Hidatchi (V-Karin)

Hidawa (V-Karin)

Igari (A-Karin)

Ikushin (A/V-Karin)

Isotti (V-Karin)

Joe (V-Karin)

Kario (V-Karin)

Katou (V-Karin)

Kurassha (A-Karin)

Kuutan (A/X-Karin)

Makoto (V-Karin)

Michu (V-Karin)

Phosphorus (V-Karin)

Sarada (V-Karin)

Yousei (V-Karin)

Yuki (V-Karin)

North America

Arturo Sanchez / Sabin (V-Karin)

Eddie Lee (V-Karin)

Gentlemanthief (V-Karin)

Kyokuji (V-Karin)

Lemres (A/V-Karin)

Xpionage (V-Karin)

Europe

Psi-OTG / 41i45 (V-Karin)

Latin America

ShinRockman1 (A/V-Karin)

Hyuga (V-Karin)

Discussion

• SRK Karin thread

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