Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Rock

Controls/Notation

HUD

Basic System

Movement

Offense

Defense

Damage and Other Calculations

Advanced Techniques

Miscellaneous

Wakeup

Meta Strategy

FAQ

Introduction

To come.

Character Colors

Gameplay Overview

In order to use Rock effectively you need to use all his tools wisely. Main things you'll be aiming for are his links from his normals into his kick supers/neo deadlyrave, using his command grab and counters for mixups. Rock has really low vitality so he can't really take too many hits. Rock has some tough match ups but if you play him correctly you'll be able to beat the majority of the cast. Just learn what beats what in certain match ups and you should be able to overcome an opponent.

Move List

Command Normal Moves

Standing ,

Special Command Moves

Command	Move	Weak Damage	Strong Damage
+	Reppu-ken	12	10/18 (2 hits)
+	Crack Counter	12	16
+	Hard Edge	12	18
+	Rage Run	20	--
ch. , +	Rising Tackle	18	21
File:360a.png +	Evac Toss	--	20
after File:360a.png Break	Rasetsu	--	11
, +	Raging Storm	33	46
, +	Shinning Knuckle	32	47/55 (more dmg in corner)
, +  ; , , , , , , , , +	Neo Deadly Rave	--	49/59 (more dmg in corner)

Frame Data

Move	Startup	Hit Adv.	Guard Adv.	Guard Crush value	Cancellable	Notes
close A	3	+6	+6	4	chain / ◯
close B	3	+2	+2	4	◯
close C	5	-8	-8	5	◯
close D	10	-6	-6	5	◯
Close D · → D		-8	-8	5,9	×
far A	3	+4	+4	4	◯
far B	7	-3	-3	4	×
far C	10	-6	-6	5	×
far D	11	-9	-9	5	△
cr A	4	+3	+3	4	chain / ◯
cr B	4	+5	+5	4	chain / ◯
cr C	5	-3	-3	5	◯
cr D	8	-12	KD	5	×
Jump A	3			4	×
Jump B	4			4	×
Jump C	8			5	×
Jump D	10			5	×
2AB	9	-5	-11	6	▽	1 ~ 5F upper body invincible
AB	21	+4	-2	six	×

Move	Startup	Hit Adv.	Guard Adv.	Guard Crush value	Notes
Reppuken	12	-3	-3	Seven
Double Reppuken	13	0	0	4,4
B counter	Three	0	down	7	4 ~ 19F upper body counter, activates 6F after proc
D counter	3	0	down	8	4 ~ 19F lower body counter, activates 9F after proc
Weak Rising tackle	3	-29	down	2,3,3	1 ~ 6F invincible
Strong Rising tackle	3	-32	down	2,3 × 3	1 ~ 6F invincible
Weak hard edge	11	-5	down	6
Strength hard edge	17	-12	down	6,6
Reijiran Type · "dunk"	24	-3	down	7
Throw vacuum	11		down
TOP Attack	29	-16	down	25
Raging Storm A	12	-23	down	15	1 ~ 9F invincible
Raging Storm C	17	-51	down	10 × 4	1 ~ 11F invincible
Shine knuckle B	1	-13	down	3 × 5
Shine knuckle D	0	-15	down	30
Deadly Neo Rave	0	-2	down	20

Hitboxes and Frame Data

Legend:
Hit Box: Area that will hit the opponent
Hurt Box: Area where you can get hit. A move is invincible if the Hurt Box is absent.
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: Hit box 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 hurt/hit boxes. Just allows characters to not pass through each other.
Command = the input 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.

Standing, Crouching and Running

Taunt

Command	Total Frames
Normal	35

Command	Total Frames
Close / +	9

Command	Total Frames
+ +	12

Command	Total Frames
+ +	11

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Close	3	+6	+6

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Close	3	+2	+2

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Close	5	-8	-8

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Close	10	-6	-6

+

--

-8

-8

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Far	3	+4	+4

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Far	7	-3	-3

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Far	10	-6	-6

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Far	11	-9	-9

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	4	+3	+3

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	4	+5	+5

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	5	-3	-3

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	8	KD	-12

Command

+

Command

+

Command

+

Command

+

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	21	-2	+4

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+ +	9	-11	-5

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	29	KD	-16

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	12	-3	-3

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	13	0	0

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	11	KD	-5

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	17	KD	-12

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	22	KD	-3

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	22	--	--

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	3	KD	--

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
+	3	KD	--

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Charge , +	3	KD	-29

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
Charge , +	3	KD	-32

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
File:360a.png + , +	11	KD	--

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
, +	13	KD	-23

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
, +	18	KD	-51

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
, +	1	KD	-13

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
, +	0	KD	-15

Command	Start Up	Hit	Guard
, +	0	KD	-2

Attack Notes

+
Ground projectile C version does a point blank ground projectile then sends out a Reppu-ken. The Reppu-ken he sends is weaker than the normal Reppu-ken

+
counters mid & high attacks, while counters low attacks.

+
A version has Rock do a quick short dash with an elbow attack. C has him follow-up with a punch. The C version is slower than the A version.

+
B version has him dash then do an overhead punch, while D will warp him behind his opponent. The B version is very risky as the punch has some start-up delay. The D version is a good set-up for his 360+C.

File:360a.png +
Command throw & is Break-able with AB. There are 3 things to do with this move:-
1- Just doing 360+C will have Rock throw his opponent to the opposite side of the screen.
2- Breaking the move with AB will allow Rock to follow up with a special move or super.
3- Holding AB during the Evac Toss will have Rock charge up his fist for an energy blast. The timing is strict to get this follow-up to connect. This follow-up is the Rasetsu.

Combos

Combos anywhere (No meter):
1) Close standing /+//++ cancel into / + /.

2) Jump /, land, close standing , cancel into+

3) File:360a.png + into press (hold) + , then release to hit.

4) File:360a.png + into press (break) + , ( + /)/run in + /TOP attack ( + ).

Combos anywhere (1 bar of meter):
1) Jumping /, land, close standing , cancel intox2+ or Neo Deadly Rave

2) Jumping /-->++-->x2+

Combos anywhere (Full meter):

Combos mid-screen (No meter):

1) Jump crossup , land, close standing cancel into / + /.

2) Jump crossup , land, close standing , close standing / + cancel into +

3) + (get behind them) into File:360a.png + into press (break) + , ( + /)/run in + /walk in + /TOP attack ( + ).

Combos mid-screen (1 bar of meter):

Combos mid-screen (Full meter):

Corner only (No meter):
1) Jumping C/D-->Down+AB-->QCFx2+P
2) Jumping C-->Standing A-->Standing C-->QCF+C

Corner only (1 Bar of meter):
1) Jumping C-->Standing A-->Standing C-->QCFx2+K

Corner only (Full meter):
1) Jumping C-->Standing A-->Standing C-->Neo Deadly Rave

Back to corner:
1) 360+C, Break-->QCB+A-->QCFx2+D-->C Rising Tackle
*Time this combo to get 15 hits total
2) 360+C, Break-->QCFx2+C
3) 360+C, Break-->Rising Tackle-->QCFx2+D-->C Rising Tackle

Overall Strategy

Coming soon.

Matchup Notes

Coming soon.

Rock vs Rock:

Rock vs Dong:

Rock vs Hotaru:

Rock vs Butt (Marco):

Rock vs Hokutomaru:

Rock vs Kevin:

Rock vs Freeman:

Rock vs Tizoc(The Griffon/Griffon Mask):

Rock vs Jenet:

Rock vs Gato:

Rock vs Jae:

Rock vs Terry:

Rock vs Grant:

Rock vs Kain:

Advanced Tactics

Rock has a special ability to combo after any type of arial hit connects. This video explains it in more detail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWc2ikH3u30

More info coming soon.