Street Fighter X Tekken/Nina

Nina

Ideal Team Position: Anchor

The Tekken franchise’s longest-tenured female character was once considered so outrageously dominant that “#PlayNina” was put on a shirt and given away as a side prize to whoever won EVO 2014. On defense, she has air crush moves that lead to full combos, an excellent one-bar reversal that also leads to a combo, and modest-ranged cancellable normals that allow her to play footsies where necessary. On offense, she has an unblockable attack throw that can break an opponent’s guard, a decent high-low game where she can remain at advantage, juggles that will always land in a free tag-in, ki charge, or anything else she wants to do thanks to the hard knockdown it gives. The very low angle of her j.HP is difficult to anti-air on reaction and gives her yet another offensive option to get in close and put her opponent in a storm of frame advantage, high-low mixups, and guard break opportunities. As v2013 progressed, a hole in her game was discovered: her dominance is watered down if her opponent is willing to let her come to them rather than try to press the attack first. If the opponent is able to keep her out through effective anti-airing, a careful ground game, and punishing her reversal (EX Geyser cannon, qcb+KK), Nina becomes a little bit less scary. If you’re playing as Nina, have her as an anchor character that can overwhelm the opponent with her devastating offense and shut down the opponent’s counterattack with her defensive options.

Strengths

Weaknesses

+High damage output +Her LK Geyser Cannon (qcb+LK) possesses Air Crush properties, making her completely immune to airborne attacks while executing this move. Furthermore, using this as an anti-air can lead to full combos +LP+MK Overhead is safe on block, bounds on counter-hit, and leads to a hard knockdown when used as a combo ender. Furthermore, the opponent’s recovery after the hard knockdown gives Nina enough time to raw tag in her partner with no penalty or loss of position +Able to set up a counter hit charge for okizeme, safe tag, or relaunch back to her partner without sacrificing any damage +Strong pressure game thanks to the ability to combo from several different attacks, a safe blockstring from Skull Splitter (rdp+P, this is a low attack!) and break the opponent’s guard with Backhand Slap (hck+k, PP) or continue pressure with an empty Backhand Slap dash that continue to leave her in position to continue attacks. Only the EX version will grab crouching opponents. +Strings can be useful for confirming and even putting opponents in mix-up situations that can lead to full combos +j.HP has a very low angle and fairly quick startup, making it difficult to anti-air at mid-range as it can hit opponents earlier than similar heavy attacks. +Capable of converting unusual tag cancels into big combos due to the “screen lock” glitch

- Low health total at 900

Moves

Normal Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Standing Light Punch

Standing Medium Punch

Standing Hard Punch

Standing Light Kick

Standing Medium Kick

Standing Hard Kick

Crouching Light Punch

+

Crouching Medium Punch

+

Crouching Hard Punch

+

Crouching Light Kick

+

Crouching Medium Kick

+

Crouching Hard Kick

+

Jump Light Punch

/ / +

crossup

Jump Medium Punch

/ / +

crossup

Jump Hard Punch

/ / +

crossup

Jump Light Kick

/ / +

Jump Medium Kick

/ / +

Jump Hard Kick

/ / +

crossup

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Ivory Cutter

+

both hits
vs airborne 2nd hit
on 1st hit
on 2nd hit

Left Right Combo

Left Right Combo
to Spider Knee

3rd hit

Bermuda Triangle

vs airborne 3rd hit

Biting Snake

on 4th hit

High to
Spin Low Kick

on 2nd hit

Blonde to Uppercut

on 2nd hit
on 3rd hit

Blonde to High Kick

3rd hit can only into rolling dash
or boost combo

Flash Kicks

+

on 4th hit
vs airborne

Creeping Snake to
Left Low Uppercut

+
+

on 2nd hit
on 3rd hit
on 4th hit
vs airborne

Creeping Snake to
Left Low High Kick

+
+

on 2nd hit
4rd hit can only into rolling dash
or boost combo
vs airborne

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Arm Grab Flip

or + +

Over the Back Toss

+ +

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Skull Splitter

+

on and versions
on version

Geyser Cannon

+

dodges under fireballs

Rolling Dash

+

evades fireballs

   Backhand Slap

Rolling Dash +

vs standing
on rolling dash

      Arm Break

Backhand Slap +

automatically performed
on rolling dash

         Double Arm Break

Arm Break +

Blonde Bomb

+

on

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Double Explosion

+

on 1st hit
on hits 3 and 4

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

N/A

Unique Attacks

N/A

Normal Throws

N/A

Special Moves

N/A

Super Combos

N/A

The Basics

N/A

Advanced Strategy

N/A

Combos

Bread and Butters

• cr.HP xx qcb+HK, rdp+MP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK (410)

(0bar, medium)

• cr.MK xx qcb+HK, rdp+MP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK (390)

(0bar, low, medium)

Hit Confirm Combos

• st.MP, st.MP, cr.MP xx qcb+HK, rdp+MP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK (396)

(0bar, medium)

• cr.LK~st.MK>LK>MP, rdp+MP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK (297)

(0bar, low, medium)

• df+LK>LK>MK xx qcb+HK, rdp+MP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK (384)

(0bar, medium)

Post-launch Combos

• st.MP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK/HP+HK

(0bar, medium)

• st.MP, cr.HP xx rdp+P, qcf+HP

(0bar, medium)

• cr.HP xx rdp+HP, cr.HP xx rdp+HP, LP+MK

(0bar, hard)

Advanced Combos

• LP+MK, hcf+K>PP>PP>PP (322)

(0bar, counterhit, easy)

• cr.MK, cr.LK xx qcb+LK, rdp+HP, cr.HP xx qcb+HK, LP+MK (347)

(0bar, counterhit, medium)

Combos Into Supers

• N/A