Advanced V.G. 2/Yuka

Introduction

After winning the last VG tournament, Yuka took some time to herself in order to train and reflect. She still hasn't figured out what martial arts has to do with running a maid cafe.

The protagonist of the previous V.G. titles, Yuka is a straightforward shoto archetype who will feel familiar to just about anyone with experience in the genre. Along with the sacred trio of a fireball, reversal uppercut and rushing kick move, Yuka makes herself known for a fearsome offense, sporting a strong aerial presence (including one of the game's few four-hit aerial chains), high combo damage and powerful corner lockdown. These strengths are held in check, however, by a middling set of grounded anti-airs, preventing her from being able to utilise the classic fireball traps that her archetype would normally be inclined to use. A larger than average aerial hurtbox also makes one of her greatest strengths something of a weakpoint as well, meaning Yuka will have to pay careful attention to both the spacing and timing of her most important tools in order to be effective.

Pros	Cons
Strong aerial presence Powerful combos Good corner lockdown	Lacking in strong normal anti-airs Large aerial hurtbox makes her more susceptible to anti-airs and certain juggle combos

Movelist

st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
9	Mid	3	-	-	-+2
A gut check jab, chains into all other standing normals and into crLP as well. Links into itself and is special cancelable.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
13	Mid	8	-	-	--6
Nowhere near as fast or as advantageous as stLP, but much better range, easily links into itself multiple times, is special cancelable, and ever so slightly moves Yuka forward.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
28	Mid	6	-	-	--3
A strong punch, but one that has less range than stLK, no chains, and isnt special cancelable. Outside of the extra damage, this isnt worth much.

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cl.

File:AVG2 Yuka clHP.jpg

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	Mid		-	-	-
A step-in elbow, has a healthy proximity activation range, is special cancelable, and mini-floats the opponent which means a follow up like Kikoudan will give you a knockdown.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
32	Mid	7	-	-	--16
A high-angled roundhouse kick. Obviously much better at controlling vertical space than horizontal space. Is special cancelable.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
9	Mid	3	-	-	-+4
Awesome frame data but awful range. Can link into itself again but gets pushed back after that and links into literally every other standing or crouching normal. Special cancelable.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
13	Low	6	-	-	-0
A low kick with decent range, it can special cancel but no chains or links are available.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
28	Mid		-5	-	--3
A squatty punch, not the greatest range (less than crLK) and chains into crHK but the pushback is so much that it's always going to whiff.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
32	Low	6, 32	-	-	--5
A two-hit sweep. The second hit has much further range and both hits are special cancelable.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
9	High	4	-	-	-
A short downward jabz. Nothing too special in terms of range but it is active nearly the entirety of your jump arc. Awesome to have a hitbox just chilling in the air like that. Chains to all other jumping normals.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
13	High	6	-	-	-
A horzontal kick, active for a long time even if it's not as long as jLP. Despite the hitbox being great for air-to-air and space control, it doesn't extend far enough back towards Yuka for a cross-up. Chains into all other air normals.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
28	High	6	-	-	-
Practically the same move as jLP but deals more damage and is active a fraction of the time. Chains into jHK

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
32	High	6	-	-	-
Classic downward angled jump kick, can't crossup or anything but the obvious choice for jump ins. Chains into jHP.

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nj.

File:AVG2 Yuka njHK.jpg

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	High		-	-	-
An upward angled kick, A much needed utility for dealing with opponents higher than her. Chains into jHP.

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Command Normals

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
28	Mid	6	-	-	--4
Literally Yuka's clHP but done outside of proximity normal range.

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+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
32	High	6	-	-	--10
A slightly advancing knee, doesn't look like a whole lot but it is her command launcher. Says it starts up in 6f but feesl much more sluggish to actually use.

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j.+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
30	High	6	-	-	-
Looks like her jHK but with a slightly more downward angle, however it's true strength is that it is air unblockable.

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Target Combos
st.LP > (st.HP > st.HK)/(st.HK > st.HP)
st.LP > st.LK > (st.HP > st.HK)/(st.HK > st.HP)
cl.HP/b+HP > st.HK/cr.HK
cr.HP > cr.HK

(j.LP > j.LK)/(j.LK > j.LP) > (j.HP > j.HK)/(j.HK > j.HP)
j.HP > j.HK
j.HK > j.HP
j.d+HK > j.HP

Guard Cancels
LP: stHP
LK: stHK
HP: LP Soryugeki
HK: LK Idatensoku

If you are in range, the LP Guard Cancel will turn into clHP instead. The best option for defensive value is HP Guard Cancel, as LP Soryugeki is a DP with invincibility on it.

Special Moves

Kikoudan

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	26	Mid	12	-	-	--11
Legally mandated shoto fireball. Incredibly solid.
	28	Mid	14	-	-	--15
Barely any difference in frame data or projectile speed.
+	41 (3x)	Mid	1	-	-	--7
Lightning fast startup for three larger projectiles. Good enough on its own, but it can blow up chicken blocking as this EX is air unblockable.

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Soryugeki

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	28	Mid	4	-	-	--36
Legally mandated shoto uppercut. Probably the best meterless DP in the game, the LP version is invincibly until active.
	32 (2x)	Mid	4	-	-	--43
Invincible from the knee up until active, and then it becomes maybe the only meterless DP in the game that retains some invincibility once active. This is a massive boon for Yuka as she alone holds the ability to disrespect oki and pressure more than any other character.
+	30 (8x)	Mid	0	-	-	--37
0f Unblockable startup, invincibility until active, and awesome damage. Make sure you have a meter stocked for this as it will come in handy.

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Idatensoku

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	28	Mid	12	-	-	--21
Legally mandated Diet Tatsu attack. Yuka quickly dashes forward with her standing Heavy Kick when she gets in range.
	37	Mid	12	-	-	--18
Overall a better version due to the damage. It doesn't matter that its less disadvantage on block, you're still getting punished at -18.
+	71	Mid	1	-	-	--18
A short range but nearly instant startup kick. The damage isn't anything to write home about and you have one of the best DPs in the game so don't expect to use this.

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Super Moves

Kyukyoku Kikoudan

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Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
20 (21x)	Mid	0	-	-	--32
Do you want to win a fireball war for the price of 2 meter? with 0f unblockable startup and legit full screen range this will beat any and all zoning attempts against you. Useful for chipping out as well due to the amount of times it hits.

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Kiryu Idatengeki

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Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
28, 20, 20 (8x)	Mid	1	-	-	--49
While not full full screen like her other super, Kyukyoku Kikoudan can still hit from a far distance and combo. This psuedo-ranbu will connect all hits on an aerial opponent so keep that in mind for combos and conversions.

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Combos

Basic Combos

Throw Combos

Misc. Combos