Killer Instinct (2013)/Eyedol

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Introduction

Lore

Centuries ago, Eyedol stood against one of Gargos' invasions of Earth. Emerging victorious, he won the adoration of many people from around the world. But soon it all went to his head, and Eyedol became mad with power, turning on the very heroes he fought alongside in his own conquest for world domination. Banished to the Astral Plane by Tusk, Eyedol and Gargos would face off once again, this time Gargos coming out the victor after cleaving Eyedol's head in half. In the modern day, Kan-Ra resurrects Eyedol to help ARIA's alliance repel another Shadow Lord invasion. But Eyedol doesn't play nice with others.

Gameplay

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Character

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great range:  Eyedol's large frame grants him great reach on his normals and makes him a footsies monster. Overwhelming offense:  Both heads have safe/plus specials to create frame traps that loop themselves while building Shadow very quickly. Warrior jump arc: Eyedol is infamous for having the quickest jump in the game, complimenting his pip cancels and making his jump-ins particularly difficult to contest. Third eye: Between head switches, Eyedol has plenty of time to analyze his opponent's offense and counter accordingly, such as with an anti-air or reversal. Head switching also comes with 7f of invulnerability, causing some attacks to pass through harmlessly and scoring Eyedol a free punish. Clear headspace: Eyedol has no shortage of moves that cover the air above him, making jump-ins a risky affair against players with good reactions. Chips away: Eyedol's specials in Mage and especially in Instinct knock off full percents of health on block.

Mediocre damage: When not in Instinct, Eyedol's damage output lags behind most of his contemporaries. Linear offense:  Eyedol largely relies on strike/throw for his pressure, as his crossups and overheads are extremely telegraphed. Projectile vulnerability: While Warrior has a great forward walk speed, he doesn't have any meterless answers to zoning, and his big body + fast jump arc means he will get tagged a lot trying to get in on keepaway characters. Projectile immunity vulnerability: Mage is uniquely weak to projectile immune moves as all his punches and specials use projectile hitboxes. Chronic downplaying: You will never be satisfied with Eyedol's strength and all the little ways he could be improved.

Character Data
Forward Walk Speed	Warrior: 41f to cross two large training mode squares Mage: 77f to cross two large training mode squares
Backwards Walk Speed	Warrior: 61f to cross two large training mode squares Mage: 127f to cross two large training mode squares
Forward Dash Duration	Warrior: 30f+ Mage: 25f
Backdash Duration	Warrior: 22f Mage: 25f
Pre-Jump Frames	5f
Jump Duration	Warrior: 32f Mage: 38f
Landing Recovery	4f
Advantage Post Grounded Combo Breaker	+1

Introduction

Centuries ago, Eyedol stood against one of Gargos' invasions of Earth. Emerging victorious, he won the adoration of many people from around the world. But soon it all went to his head, and Eyedol became mad with power, turning on the very heroes he fought alongside in his own conquest for world domination. Banished to the Astral Plane by Tusk, Eyedol and Gargos would face off once again, this time Gargos coming out the victor after cleaving Eyedol's head in half. In the modern day, Kan-Ra resurrects Eyedol to help ARIA's alliance repel another Shadow Lord invasion. But Eyedol doesn't play nice with others.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great range:  Eyedol's large frame grants him great reach on his normals and makes him a footsies monster. Overwhelming offense:  Both heads have safe/plus specials to create frame traps that loop themselves while building Shadow very quickly. Third eye: Between head switches, Eyedol has plenty of time to analyze his opponent's offense and counter accordingly, such as with an anti-air or reversal. Head switching also comes with 7f of invulnerability, causing some attacks to pass through harmlessly and scoring Eyedol a free punish.

Low overall damage: When not in Instinct, Eyedol's damage output lags behind most of his contemporaries. Linear offense:  Eyedol largely relies on strike/throw for his pressure, as his crossups and overheads are extremely telegraphed. Projectile immunity: Mage is uniquely weak to projectile immune moves as all his punches and specials use projectile hitboxes.

Universal Mechanics

Instinct

Awakening: Eyedol's specials combine the properties of their Warrior and Mage counterparts, and he can do any command normal from either stance.

Combat Traits

Head Switching: Eyedol has a chance of changing stances after returning to neutral from any special, ender, or grounded medium/heavy normal. If Eyedol doesn't switch. the likeliness of switching increases on the next move.

Cosmic Charges: By landing Crushing Roar and Tele-Strike, Eyedol earns pips that let Warrior run or jump-cancel his attacks, and power up Mage's specials.

Shared Normals

Ground Normals

Standing Light Punch
Stand LP/5LP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	10(2%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	6	2	10	17f	0	+2	-1	Chain
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Standing Light Kick
Stand LK/5LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	10(2%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	5	4	12	20f	+4	+6	+2	--
Low pushback normal that frametraps into itself, but has the shortest range of Eyedol's lights.

Standing Medium Kick
Stand MK/5MK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
18(5%)	22(6%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	8	2	22	31f	+1	+6	+1	--
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Standing Heavy Kick
Stand HK/5HK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
22(6%)	26(7%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	10	5	21	35f	+5	+9	0	--
Huge normal and excellent meaty.

Crouching Light Punch
Crouch LP/2LP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	10(2%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	5	2	10	16f	0	+2	-2	Chain
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Crouching Light Kick
Crouch LK/2LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
12(3%)	16(4%)	--	1.6	2.4	Low	6	2	14	21f	-3	-1	-5	--
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Standing Medium Kick
Stand MK/5MK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
24(6%)	30(8%)	--	2.4	4	Low	8	3	27	37f	-4	-1	-6	--
Long range low that works harmoniously with Meteor-Strike and pip-cancelled Head Bash.

Crouching Heavy Kick
Crouch HK/5HK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
30(8%)	34(9%)	--	4	4.5	Low	11	2	28	40f	+53	+53	-4	Hard knockdown
Standard sweep.

Air Normals

Jumping Light Kick
Jump LK/8LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
16(4%)	20(5%)	--	1.6	2.4	High	8	11	4	--	+15	+17	+8	--
Useful for ticking into neutral Crushing Roar on block.

Warrior Normals

Standing Medium Punch
Stand MP/5MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
18(5%)	22(6%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	6	2	18	25f	+5	+8	+1	--
Godlike normal. Lightning fast, low pushback, frametraps into itself, and has decent range. Use this to keep your opponent locked down.

Standing Heavy Punch
Stand HP/5HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
24(6%)	28(7%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	9	2	22	32f	+4	+8	+1	--
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Crouching Medium Punch
Crouch MP/2MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
18(5%)	22(6%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	6	2	14	21f	+6	+9	+1	--
Very similar to St. MP, with less recovery and more advantage on hit, but shorter range.

Crouching Heavy Punch
Crouch HP/2HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
24(6%)	28(7%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	10	4	18	31f	0	+1	-3	--
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Mage Normals

Standing Medium Punch
Stand MP/5MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
18(5%)	22(6%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	10	2	17	28f	+3	+6	-2	Projectile hitbox, destroys projectiles
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Warrior Specials

Crushing Destroyer

Crushing Destroyer
236P

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
26.8(7%)	38.8(10%)	2.3(0.6%)	1.6%	2.4%	Mid	11	3 twice	15	42f	+1	+1	-1	Ground bounce vs. airborne
Powerful and spammable footsies tool until your opponent has a bar of shadow. Mondo hitbox will swat away some jump-ins. M and H versions have a large enough gap between hits that certain characters can slip a reversal or parry through.