Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Kain

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

Kain R. Heinlein is the final boss in Garou. He is uncle to Rock Howard, and runs the family business after Geese's death.

Gameplay

TBD

Strengths	Weaknesses
Can Combo 2 S-Power Moves Good Zoning Moves Excellent Poking Normals	Low Stamina Slow Special Recovery

Character Colors

Move List

Frame Data Source : https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/32.html and https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/70.html

ExpandData Help
Disclaimer: This is meant to teach basic terminology used when describing moves.
Hitbox:	A predefined area (usually a rectangle or rectangles) that tells the game how any given attack can come in contact with a character. Hitboxes are invisible to the player when normally playing.
Hurtbox:	A predefined area (usually a group of rectangles) that tell the game how your character is allowed to get hit by any incoming attack. Specifically, you'll get hit by (or block) an attack if that attack's hitbox ever overlaps your hurtbox.
Throw Box/Range:	Active throw frames and range. Your opponent will be thrown in this field if not in block or hit stun.
Projectile Box:	Hitbox on a projectile attack.
Guard/Counter Box:	The Guard Box or Counter Box. This appears when blocking or using a counter move.
Push Box:	Has no bearing on hit/hurt boxes. Just prevents characters to not pass through each other. (Also known as "Collision Box".)
Startup	The number of frames before an attack can hit the opponent. Does not include the first active frame.
Guard	The way this move must be blocked. High or H or Overhead (especially when from the ground) -- must be blocked standing. High-Low or HL or Mid -- can be blocked either standing or crouching. Low or L -- must be blocked crouching.
Damage	"Basic" damage -- Unmodified damage values "Correct" damage -- Damage values accounting for damage scaling, TOP multiplier, and defense rate
Guard Crush Value	Decreases the defender's guard durability gauge by this value.
+X	Attacker has X number of advantage frames.
-X	Attacker has X number of disadvantage frames.
KD	Short for "knockdown", knocks down opponent on hit.
◯	Cancelable on both hit and block.
∞	Chain cancelable with the same button (renda cancel).
※	Cancelable on the first hit/part only.
《X》OR «X» OR <<X>> OR (X)	X number of inactive frames between hits of multihit moves.
△	Only cancelable on block.
▽	Only cancelable on hit.
× OR X	Not cancelable.

Close Standing Normals

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	4	4	5	13
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4
Standing jab.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	5	4	11	20
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+0	+0	Yes	Yes	4

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	8	3	24	35
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-6	-6	Yes	Yes	5

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5×3	Mid	9	1, 1, 3	30	44
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-12	-12	No	No	3, 3, 3

Far Standing Normals

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5	Mid	4	4	5	13
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	5	4	11	20
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+0	+0	Yes	Yes	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
8, 8	Mid	12	2, 1	23	38
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-3	-3	Yes (1st hit)	Yes (1st hit)	3, 3

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6×3	HL	9	1, 1, 3	30	44
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-12	-12	No	No	3, 3, 3

Crouching Normals

Cr.

Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4	Mid	3	5	6	14
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+4	+4	No/chainable	No/chainable	4
Cr. > Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4, 5	Mid, Low	4	4	7	15
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+4	+4	No	No	4, 4
Target combo from 2A.
Cr. > Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4, 8	Mid, Mid	7	3	19	29
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-1	-1	No	No	4,5
Target combo from 2A.

Cr.

Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	6	Low	4	4	7	15
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+4	+4	No/chainable	No/chainable	4
Cr. > Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	6, 8	Low, Mid	7	3	19	29
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-1	-1	No	No	4, 5
Target combo from 2B.

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	7	3	19	29
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-1	-1	No	No	5

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Low	11	5	21	37
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-5	No	No	5

Jumping Normals

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	5	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	6	8	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	High	9	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	High	8	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5
Small jump D can beat out upper-body evasion attacks.

Universal Moves

St.
Lower-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6, 6	Overhead	23	3, 8	12	46
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-1	+5	No	No	3, 3
Overhead.

Cr.
Upper-body evasion attack

Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	Mid	8	4	27	39
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-12	-6	Yes	No	6
1～6F upper-body invincibility
Cr. > St.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 10	Mid	6	1	36	37
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-16	Yes	Yes	6, 3
Target combo from 2AB (on both hit and block). Make 2AB safe on block by feint canceling the C follow-up. (Kain is the only character that can do this.)

Schwarz Schütze (T.O.P. Attack)

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
19	Mid	18	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-13	-	-	25
Kain's top move travels forward, covering a fair amount of distance and is good for one hit that knocks down your opponent. Besides doing a super, this is one of the most damaging moves you can finish a combo with.

Throws

Schwarz Mond
Close / +

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7×3	-	1	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+78	-	-	-	-
Kain's normal throw.

Feints

+
Forward Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	10
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Schwarz Panzer D and its break.

+
Down Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	10
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Himmlisch Atem.

Special Moves

Schwarz Flamme
Charge ~ + /

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	12	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-5	-5	-	-	8
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-14	-14	-	-	8, 5

Schwarz Panzer
Charge ~ + /

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	18	Mid	13	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	7
Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 9, 9	Mid	22	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-7	-	-	2×3, 3
Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
~ + Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 9	Mid	22	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-2	-2	-	-	2×3
Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Schwarz Lanze
Charge ~ + /

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7, 6	Mid, Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-4	-	-	7, 5, 7
1～6F full-body invincibility Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
~ + Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7	Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+11	-	-	7
1～6F full-body invincibility Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5, 3, 3, 8, 6	Mid, Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	8, 5×2, 7
1～5F full-body invincibility Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
~ + Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5	Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+9	-	-	8
1～5F full-body invincibility Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

Super Moves

Himmlisch Seele
+ /

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5×7	Mid	13	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+34	-	-	2×7
Especially useful as a strong pressure option during okizeme 1～4F full-body invincibility, attack guaranteed to go through entire startup and come out.
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5×10	-	9	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+46	-	-	2×10
1～4F full-body invincibility, attack guaranteed to go through entire startup and come out.

Himmlisch Atem
+ /

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	28	-	1	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+8	-	-	15
Neither version seems to have any hit confirms, even after a Schwarz Lanze break. The opponent can even move during the black screen. Ignore this outside of scenarios you'll know it'll land. 1～6F full-body invincibility, attack guaranteed to go through entire startup and come out. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	28, 16, 16	-	2	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+34	-	-	15, 8×2
The damage is HUGE but you'll have to be in a place to land all 3 shots. 1～6F full-body invincibility, attack guaranteed to go through entire startup and come out. Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.