Killer Instinct (2013)/Riptor

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Introduction

Riptor PLACEHOLDER CHARACTER STORY

Riptor PLACEHOLDER GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW

Character

Strengths	Weaknesses
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Universal Mechanics

Instinct

Rage: Riptor's fire breath and tail normals have increased range, and her run speed is massively buffed.

Character Data
Forward Walk Speed	47f to cross two large training mode squares Forward run: 18f to cross two large training mode squares Instinct run: 10f to cross two large training mode squares
Backwards Walk Speed	71f to cross two large training mode squares Back run: 22f to cross two large training mode squares
Forward Dash Duration	Has a Forward Run (Primal Stance). Cancellable into stance attacks on frame 4. Has a standard forward dash in Predator Stance= 18f
Backdash Duration	Has a Back Run (Survival Stance). Cancellable into stance attacks on frame 6. Has a standard backdash in Predator Stance= 23f Uniquely has 11f of full invul.
Pre-Jump Frames	5f Primal Stance Pre-jump= 11f Survival Stance Pre-jump= 11f Predator Stance Pre-jump= 0f
Jump Duration	38f
Landing Recovery	4f
Advantage Post Grounded Combo Breaker	+1

Normal Moves

Each of Riptor's buttons is linked to a different body part:

• LP: Claws
• MP: Teeth
• HP: Fire breath
• LK: Talons
• MK: Forehead
• HK: Tail

Far 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
10(2%)	14(3%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	5	2	9	15f	0	+5	0	Chain
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Far 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
20(5%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	6	3	18	26f	+4	+7	0	--
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Far 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
30(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	11	23	24	57f	-21	-21	-23	Projectile Hitbox
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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
12(3%)	16(4%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	6	4	12	21f	+4	+6	+2	Flipout
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Far 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	Mid	7	3	12	21f	+4	+15	+3	--
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Far 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
26.3(7%)	54.3(15%)	3.4(0.9%)	4	4.5	Mid	12	2 x3	22	43f	-1	-1	-3	--
Riptor pulls the opponent in with this 3-hit tail stab.

Crouching Normals

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
10(2%)	14(3%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	5	2	11	17f	-1	+6	+2	Chain
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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
20(5%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Low	7	6	12	24f	+4	+7	+2	--
Perhaps Riptor's best meaty; hits low, highly active, and supremely plus.

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
38 (10%)	38 (10%)	--	4	4.5	Low	8	23	24	54f	-21	-21	-23	Instead of an anti-air or sweep, Riptor's 2HP is a low-hitting target combo.
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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	5	2	14	20f	+3	+5	+2	--
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Crouching Medium Kick
Crouch MK/2MK

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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	Mid	7	3	20	29f	+2	+5	0	--
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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
36 (10%)	44 (12%)	--	4	4.5	Low	8	2	25	34f	+69	+69	-5	Hard knockdown
A fast sweep with huge range.

Close Normals

Close 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
20 (5%)	26 (7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	6	3	14	22f	+2	+5	-1	--
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Close 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
30 (8%)	38 (10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	9	3	26	37f	+2	+6	-3	--
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Close 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
22 (6%)	26 (7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	6	2	15	22f	+7	+9	+1	--
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Close 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
24.1 (6%)	24.1 (6%)	--	8	9	Mid	9	2[5]2	14	31f	+1	+1	-2	--
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Command Normals

Back Heavy Punch
Back HP/4HP

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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%)	30 (8%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	11	23	10	43f	-7	-7	-5	--
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Flame Carpet
DB HP/1HP

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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
19.7 (5%)	19.7 (5%)	2.6 (0.7%)	??	??	Mid	31	60	11	41f	+63	+63	+35	--
Riptor's premier oki tool, guaranteed after sweeps and Tail Flip enders. Looks a lot like a low. It isn't.

Flame Mortar
LMHP/PPP

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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
20 (5%)	20 (5%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	14	--	29	42f	-11	-11	-11	--
Riptor launches a volley of fireballs at the opponent's position. The mortars do not combo into themselves or cause a true blockstring. Inflicts 18f of hitstun and blockstun.

Air Normals

Jumping Light Punch
Jump LP/8LP

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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
20 (5%)	24 (6%)	--	1.6	2.4	High	7	6	4	16+f	+15	+17	+8	--
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Jumping Medium Punch
Jump MP/8MP

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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	High	8	6	4	17+f	+16	+19	+12	--
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Jumping Heavy Punch
Jump HP/8HP

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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
23 (6%)	23 (6%)	3 (0.8%)	??	??	High	12	--	4	??f	+21	+21	+11	--
A thrice hitting downward flame attack. Active 'til landing Capable of crossing up wide characters.

Stance Moves

Primal Normals

Flame
Primal Run HP/66HP

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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
23 (6%)	23 (6%)	3 (0.8%)	??	??	Mid	11	23	30	63f	-3	-3	-3	Opener
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Tail Slap
Primal Run HK/66HK

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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
48.1 (13%)	48.1 (13%)	4 (1%)	??	??	Low	16	4[5]2	18	44f	+16	+16	-2	Stagger
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Survival Normals

Flame Wall
Survival Run HP/44HP

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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
20 (5%)	20 (5%)	--	??	??	Mid	16	20	20	36f	0	0	-8	--
Inflicts 18f of hitstun, 12f of blockstun.

Tail Fling
Survival Run HK/44HK

a.k.a. "Run Back Tail"

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
36(10%)	36(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	11	7	33	40f	+102	+102	-21	Launcher, Throw invul 1-11f
A strong anti-air that doubles as a pseudo-reversal.