Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars/Karas

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

Karas tells the story of Yousuke Otoha, a former yakuza, living in a fictional version of Shinjuku, Tokyo populated by humans and yōkai (Japanese spirits). He is one of the titular karas, humans appointed as superpowered agents of the land. Able to transform into a car, an aircraft, and an armored crusader; the skilled swordsman is to stop his corrupt predecessor, Eko, from taking over Tokyo.

Gameplay

Strengths	Weaknesses
Combos look super cool Some really good mixups Very good crossover combination Counter super has a wider hitbox than the other counter supers Hsien-ko dash Excellent blockstrings	Can be very execution heavy, and even with his most optimal execution heavy combos he barely does damage Lowest health in the game Even with baroque, he barely does damage

Moves List

Normal Moves

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
5A	5	2	20	-	540	-	Jab
2A	5	2	20	-	480	Low	Crouch kick
5B	9	2	25	-	920	-	Sword swipe, decent range
2B	10	2	27	-	920	Low	Sword swipe, good range
5C	11	10	26	-	2028	-	Two sword swipes, good normal
2C	12	8	32	-	2060	Low/Hard Knockdown	Quick 1/4th screen slide, leads to kasha loops
6C	25	-	-	-	3000	Hard Knockdown	Karas poses then teleports to swing his sword, leads to hard knockdown. Massively unsafe without baroque.
6[C]	65	-	-	-	3700	Crumple/Hard Knockdown	Karas poses then teleports to swing his sword, except this time it's unlockable. You HAVE to baroque as soon as it hits if you want to follow it up. If you wait a frame too late, the opponent becomes invincible until wakeup. *severe damage scaling occurs if comboed after
3C	13	2	32	-	1840	Launcher	Pushes karas forward a little bit, good for crossunders, otherwise it's a launcher.
j.A	4	10	38	-	640	Overhead	Fast and active
j.B	8	4	45	-	940	Overhead	Good hitbox, solid for air control
j.C	10	3	44	-	2480	Overhead	Fast for a j.C but the hitbox is...not great, use in combos

Universal Mechanics

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
VAR starter	11	-	-	-	3200	-	j.C animation
Crossover Combination	26	6	21	-	2400	Invulnerable until Karas lands	Narukami animation
Forward Throw	-	-	-	-	4174	Throw	Can link into Level 3
Back Throw	-	-	-	-	4800	Throw	Can link into Level 3, but be quick
Air Forward Throw	-	-	-	-	5600	Throw	Use as reversal
Air Back Throw	-	-	-	-	5600	Throw	Use as reversal

Special Moves

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Kasha [4]->6X	9/10/15	-	-	-	2020	Stagger	Karas dashes foward, on ground it causes stagger. 2C -> A Kasha can be looped to carry to wall. loops into Yoinagi
Yoinagi Kasha -> 236X	7	-	-	-	1140	Soft Knockdown	Follow-up to Kasha, This basically exists to rekka into Yasagurama or Yato. It's also a very finnicky move that tends to drop, be sure to practice this link a lot when doing kasha loops.
Yasagurama Yoinagi -> 6C	26	-	-	-	3000	Wall Bounce/Overhead	Karas flips over bonks you on the head. Causes wall bounce, good for combos and some mixups
Yato Yoinagi -> 46X	7	-	-	-	4500	Hard Knockdown	Strong damage, causes knockdown, leads to level 3 or can be baroqued for more Kasha loops. On block you can baroque and dash for a mixup, or baroque j.A
Narukami 623X	8	-	-	-	2300/2907/3679	-	Shoryuken, but the hitbox on this is insane. Moves karas foward a tiny bit you can do some ugly crossunders
Tobimizuchi 63214X 63214X -> 236X 63214X -> 214A 63214X -> 214B 63214X -> 214C	19	-	-	-	800 (4429 with wall kick)	Hitgrab	Karas nails the opponent with a chain, at this point he can perform some followups 236X causes a wall kick where Karas will put the opponent on the ground, follow up with 2B if you do this 214A will pull them close to karas along the ground 214B will toss them high in the air and send them crashing down recommended for giants 214C will throw them against the wall behind karas for easy pickups Useable on giants
Ungaikyo 236X	4	-	-	-	400	Projectile Reflect/Stagger	Karas summons his inner vergil and spins his sword in front of him, very annoying, very active, reflects projectiles, staggers on ground. It's only drawback is damage but the benefits are so strong that it's fine

Super Moves

Move	Startup	Active	Recovery	Block Adv	Damage (Billions)	Properties	Notes
Zaneijin Ungaikyo -> 236XX	1+31	-	-	-	15134	-	Verg-I mean Karas spins his sword then sweeps the screen a bit. Really annoying and good super. On rare occasions it may drop, and if you throw this out without a setup and it whiffs it's massively unsafe. Great for DHC or crossovers.
Shiranui 623XX	1+0	-	-	-	14600	Counter	Arguably one of the better counter supers in the game. like the rest, baroque is disabled for a few frames, but Karas has a much wider hitbox to avoid
Super Hiei Zangetsu 63214XX	3+30	-	-	-	20600	OTG	Karas summons the crow, ties you up before slicing you in half before the full moon. A really cool super. Highly telegraphed so you need to have Level 3 setups ready. Recommended a grounded Kasha, Back Throw, or yato should set this up easily

Match-Ups