Advanced V.G. 2/Satomi

Introduction

Satomi is gonna swing her arms around like this, and if you get hit, it's your own fault.

Satomi is one of the strongest characters in the game thanks to her straightforward, but overwhelmingly effective gameplan. Her button gives her some of the most fearsome normals in the game, giving her a top-class footsie game. Combined with a powerful anti-air in Kaenzan, and a simple but highly effective mixup thanks to her high-hitting Gokuenshou special, she can punish both impatience and passivity with ease. However, with her strengths concentrated in such specific areas, she can suffer from an overall linearity with her gameplan, especially when she comes up against a patient opponent who is able to limit her opportunities to score big damage. Satomi is a character who is easy to learn, but can be quite demanding at high levels of play, requiring a lot of creativity and a strong conditioning game.

Pros	Cons
Extremely powerful normals, especially on her button Kaenzan is arguably the best reversal in the game Gokuenshou gives her an unreactable overhead	Linear gameplan that requires a strong ability to condition the opponent to be effective Patient opponents can severely limit Satomi's primary means of scoring damage

Movelist

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A quick backfist strike that is an awesome button. Good speed and range and it chains into all other standing normals as well as crLP.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A low-looking shin kick, still a mid but it easily links into itself multiple times and can special cancel, meaning you can get Gokuensho as an ender.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid	5	-	-	-
The button of all time. Satomi lets loose a killer poke with only 5f of start-up. Outside of some interactions where it can be low-profiled, this button can strike fear into the opponent with it's speed and range. Not only that, but because it's also her dashing attack she can give this bad boy crazy momentum by doing the dashing version. stHP is one of the strongest single buttons in the game and enables Satomi to out footsie most characters without breaking a sweat. This does chain into stHK, but it will never connect.

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st.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-+1	-
An inside spinning roundhouse that could have used some additional frames of animation to get that across. While it does special cancel, it's range is inferior to stHP. However once inside the oppoenent's range this becomes more useful as it is +1 on block.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A quick elbow jab, the range is stubby but it has awesome chain routes. You can chain to stLP, chain to crHP for a juggle, or chain into crLK > crHK for a knockdown.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Low		-	-	-
No links, no chains, but with the threat of a Gokuensho overhead it doesn't necessarily need it. Because of how fast Gokuensho is, crLK can just pressure them to block low or if they really want to block Gokuensho, allow her to get free crLK's in.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
The button of all time's little brother. While not quite as good as stHP, crHP has the advantage of not being about to be low-profiled. Because of this Satomi can switch between the two depending on her needs to bully the opponent at range.

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cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Low		-	-	-
A sweep that actually juggles, so you can sore some extra damage off of it.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
A small karate chop, it's downward hitbox is actually quite good and it can cross up the opponent. Standard jHP and jHK chains

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
Satomi's best ranged air normal, it's got the biggest hitbox and controls space quite nicely. Also standard jHP and jHK chains

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
A fierce downward punch. Not particularly special, but good as a jump-in tool.

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j.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	High		-	-	-
You would like to believe this kick has a good hitbox, but it actually has less range than crLK. Really a bit of a shame.

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Command Normals

+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Mid		-	-	-
A command launcher. It could probably do as an anti-air in a pinch, but this is Satomi we are talking about, she has much better AA options.

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+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-	Low		-	-	-
Instantly gives her low-profile and has excellent range, meaning it can be a terror to deal with in neutral.

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Target Combos
st.LP > (st.HP > st.HK)/(st.HK > st.HP)
st.LP > (cr.LP) > st.LK > (cr.LK) > (st.HP > st.HK)/(st.HK > st.HP)
st.HP > st.HK
cr.LP > cr.HP
cr.LP > (st.LP) > cr.LK > cr.HK
st.LK > cr.LK

j.LP/LK > j.HP/j.HK

Guard Cancels
LP: st.LP
LK: st.LK
HP: LK Gokuensho
HK: LP Kaenzan

LP has the best reward on hit, but LK is more reliable in more situations, and HP is a good catch-all guard cancel for knockdowns. HK has the best hitbox, but its speed as a guard cancel is strangely slow, making it somewhat unreliable.

Special Moves

Kaenzan

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	-	Mid		-	-	-
Satomi hops upward, spinning her arms with accompanying flames. An incredible anti-air, not only is it useful in stopping air advances, but Satomi is considered airborne during her entire recovery. Now this does not necessarily stop her from being punished, but any opponent thinking they are going to get a grounded punish will have their combo whiff.
	-	Mid		-	-	-
Satomi jumps a noticeable amount higher for the HP version
+	-	Mid		-	-	-
Bar none the best anti-air in the game. The hitbox on EX Kaenzan is so big that it will even catch cross-up attempts. Not only that but anyone hit by EX Kaenzan will warp in front of Satomi, which is important because she can link a second EX Kaenzan afterwards. Always keep meter on deck for this, as it shuts down any aerial option the opponent has.

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Gokuensho

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	-	High		-	-	-
A mad quick overhead, it does cause a knockdown so she cannot use it as a combo starter but mixing it with crLK is a legitimate mixup when pressuring the opponent.
	-			-	-	-
LK is your mixup tool, but HK is slower and more damaging which means its best for combos.
+	-			-	-	-
A triple series of flame wheel kicks that comes out fast and recovers even faster on hit. You can link out of this.

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Shinku Karatake Wari

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	-	High		-	-	-
Satomi leaps high, like REAL high in the air and comes down with a flaming chop. Practically useless because the start-up is monumental. You can directionally influence Satomi's trajectory in air with either left or right and after she lands you can hit HP for a non-combo follow-up flame swipe.
	-	High		-	-	-
Seriously, Satomi jumps off the screen in this version. It takes forever.
+	-			-	-	-
Satomi engulfs herself in flames on the way up, meaning she's an active hitbox before leaving the ground. This is an inherently much more useful version of Shinku Karatake Wari, but it's true power is hitting during a juggle. If you EX Shinku Karatake Wari after a launcher like 3HP Satomi deals way more damage while in the air if her body arcs where they are. This is very tricky to time correctly, but off the right juggle you can make bank.

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Ouhou

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Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
	-			-	-	-
Projectile reflector. A big help against the more zoning-heavy characters as Satomi doesn't really have any other tools to help against zoning. There is a strike attached to it but the range and damage are absolutely pitiful.
	-			-	-	-
With roughly the same startup and only slightly less pitiful damage, the HP version is fundamentally the same.

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Super Moves

Hissatsu Kyokushinken

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Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	FrameAdv
-			-	-	-
A dashing 2 bar ranbu super, deals awesome damage if done raw but with no fixed damage it will scale when in combos. Regardless, it is a useful way to cash out meter.

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Combos

Basic Combos

Anti-Air Combos

Guard Break String

Misc. Combo