Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Kevin Rian

Introduction

To come.

Character Colors

Gameplay Overview

To come.

Move List

Command Normal Moves

PoliKick: Forward+B

Special Command Moves

Command	Move	Weak Damage	Strong Damage
+	Hell Trap	19	19
+ (Break)	Hell Trap	9	9
+ lv1	Hell Rotor	14	15
+ lv2	Hell Rotor	20	19
+ lv3	Hell Rotor	23	26
+	Hell Arrest	19	22
+	Creeper	0	0
---	Creeper: Low Follow Up	20	NA
---	Creeper: Overhead Follow Up	20	NA
---	Creeper: Cancel	0	0
+	Abide Mine	0	0
+	Hell Snipe	15	16
, +	Lucky Strike	28	48
, +	Gattling Freezer	21	36

Attributes

When a move can be canceled, it can either be canceled into a special/super/feint. Some moves that can't be canceled when they hit can be canceled when the opponent blocks while some moves that can be Special/Super canceled cannot be Feint Canceled.

Command	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Feint Cancel
Far	O	O	O
Far	X	X	X
Far	X	X	X
Far	X	O	O (on block)
Close	O	O	O
Close	O	O	O
Close	O	O	O
Close	X	X	X
	O	O	O
	X	X	X
	O	O	O
	X	X	X
jump	NA	NA	NA
jump	NA	NA	NA
jump	NA	NA	NA
jump	NA	NA	NA
hop	NA	NA	NA
hop	NA	NA	NA
hop	NA	NA	NA
hop	NA	NA	NA
+	NA	NA	NA
+ +	O	X	O
+	X	X	X

Frame Data

Legend :
Command = the attack for the attack.
Start Up = How many start up frames a move/attack has.
Hit = When the attack hits.
Block = When the attack is blocked.
+ signifies how many advantage frames the attacker has.
- signifies how many disadvantage frames the attacker has.
KD means the attack will knock the opponent down.

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Close	4	+2	+2
Close	4	+2	+2
Close	6	-9	-9
Close	11	-9	-9
+	7	-2	-2
Far	3	+2	+2
Far	9	-6	-6
Far	11	-11	-11
Far	11	-9	-9
	4	+2	+2
	5	+2	+2
	6	-7	-7
	7	KD	-12
+	22	-6	0
+ +	8	0	+6
+	14	-1	-1
+ lv 2-3	14	KD	-14
+	20	KD	-8
+ ,	7	KD	-11
+ ,	16	KD	-10
+	8	KD	NA
+	9	KD	NA
+	10	KD	-22
+ (Break)	10	KD	+11
+	14	KD	-25
+ (Break)	14	KD	+9
+	15	0	-1
+	18	KD	NA
	10	KD	-15
, +	4	KD	-9
, +	4	KD	-25
, +	12	KD	+1
, +	0	KD	+3

Attack Notes

Hell Trap

+ (Break)

Kevin will move forward with a low attack, followed by a grab. This move is going to be important for corner lock downs as its his break, and he recovers very fast from it. The first hit goes low, and if blocked can be canceled with the break input. If it does hit, the grab will automatically grab them. The second hit of this move is a grab, but it registers as a normal attack, so you can trade with other attacks. its not a good idea to do this, but it will happen occasionally in battle. Since its an attack, it can be JD and punished.

Hell Rotor +

This move has 3 levels. The version hits mid, while the is an overhead. The version comes out a bit slower, but can be worth it for mix ups as many would expect Kevin to do his + attack. The version is the best follow up to his break, but it must be timed correctly, other wise it will whiff. This move has three levels, a level 2 must be done in order to hit after break. Doing this move by itself isn't the best thing to do, but it can be done every now and then to throw off your opponent. This move also leads into all of his advanced tricks with cancels. For more about his cancels read Kevin Cancels

Combos

Kevin has perhaps the most damaging combos in the game; he is 2nd to non in this field. While not all of his combos may be posted as of this writing, the ones given may suffice for even the most amateur of players (Note that UAA is Down+[LP+LK]):-

Anywhere

Jumping HP-->St. HP or UAA-->QCF+K, Break-->F, D, DF+LP
Jumping HP-->St. HP or UAA-->QCF+LK, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release
Jumping HP-->St. HP or UAA-->QCF+K, Break-->QCFx2+HK-->F, D, DF+P
Jumping HP-->St. HP or UAA-->QCFx2+LP-->F, D, DF+P
Jumping HP-->St. HP or UAA-->QCFx2+HP

a) In any of these combos, you can start them instead as-
St. LP or Cr. LP-->QCF+K, Break-->etc.
St. LP or Cr. LP-->St. LP or Cr. LP-->QCF+K, Break-->etc.
The same principle can be done with the Corner only combos shown below.

b) Furthermore, should you wish to perform any of these combos at the corner, you can substitute Jumping HP-->St. HP or UAA with Jumping HP-->St. HP-Feint->UAA; this gives you an extra 8 points of damage.

c) Note that you don't HAVE to start these combos with a Jumping HP unless you find an opening for it to cleanly hit. The same applies to the Corner only combos.

Corner only

1- Jumping HP-->St. HP-Feint->UAA-->QCF+LK, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release-->QCFx2+LP-->QCB+Hold LP then release-->QCFx2+LP-->QCB+Hold LP then release
2- Jumping HP-->St. HP-Feint->UAA-->QCF+LK, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release-->QCFx2+LP-->QCB+Hold LP then release-->QCFx2+LK-->QCF+K, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release
3- Jumping HP-->St. HP-Feint->UAA-->QCF+K, Break-->QCFx2+HP
4- Jumping HP-->St. HP-Feint->UAA-->QCF+K, Break-->QCFx2+HK-->QCF+K, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release
5- Jumping HP-->St. HP-->QCFx2+LK-->Jumping HP-->St. HP-->QCFx2+LK-->Jumping HP-->St. HP-Feint->UAA-->QCF+LK, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release

Notes:
You will notice that in a number of combos here and in Anywhere, you will have to Hold LP for his special move to hit. Your best bet is to hold it for a split second to get it's Lvl. 2 ver. In addition, you can 'buffer' the QCB during Kevin's recovery from attacks then when holding LP, you most likely will get the Lvl. 2 ver. immediately.
Finally, only his Lvl. 2 & 3 ver. of his QCB+P will hit a juggled opponent.

2- For the QCFx2+LK to connect easily, you must hit your opponent with the 2nd QCB+LP somewhat 'early' this will knock them high enough for the super to hit them.

3- The difference between adding in the QCF+K and not, is approximately 7 points of damage.

4- You can get some energy for your power gauge by doing QCB+(LP+HK) then QCF+LK, Break-->QCB+Hold LP then release. This method makes it so that the QCF+K will connect easily, however you might need to practice this method as it requires performing the QCB+(LP+HK) as soon as Kevin recovers (attempt the buffering trick mentioned previously).

Overall Strategy

To come.

Matchup Notes

To come.

Advanced Tactics

• Hell rotor can not only be canceled, it can be canceled into a short hop normal right off the ground, which allows Kevin to jump in and keep attacking after a string in the corner, making pushback not such a big factor in his corner pressures. Also, he can cancel his dash at any point. I think standing A into broken Hell trap can be repeated infinitely in the corner for a guard crush string, but its probably escapeable. Well, mine anyway.

• Kevin can "twitch charge". Hell rotor canceled with C+D will cause him to use a standing C outside of top mode. The standing C can be Kara cancelled into another Hell rotor. This means Kevin can charge his own meter at a rapid pace. Also, he can cancel into any normal done at the same time as the D. However, you have to hold A and D doesnt do anything on its own (unless canceled very early, in which an automatic roll will be produced). This limits the normals he can cancel to to only B and C, which can be standing, crouching, or jumping.

• A particularly worthless trick Kevin can do is to dash up to the opponent, Hell rotor, cancel with c+d and away from the opponent, and the opponent will be thrown with the Hell rotors flame effect in the background. Yes, completely worthless.