Fighter's History Dynamite/Karnov

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Introduction

THE 'NOV.

Karnov is Data East's flagship character, and his powerful is *nearly* unmatched in FHD. His invincible balloon, high damage output and doable infinites make him a strong contender in this game. He is often thought to be unbeatable, but the more you play him you will recognize the weakness of Karnov....

Weak Spot

Frame count	-	2	2	-

Color Options

Punch	Kick

Moves List

Quick Reference

Special move name	Input	Nickname	Note
Fireball	+		fireball
Fire Breath	+		standing version
	+		crouching version
Super 100-Kick	Charge , +	100-kick
Balloon Attack	(in air) +	balloon	invincible while float
Teleport	Charge , ~ +		glitch, teleports behind the opponent

Normal Moves

Light Punch

• Standing (Close):

Damage	5	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+10
On block	+11
Frame count		2	1	1

• Standing (Far):

Damage	5	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+10
On block	+11
Frame count		2	1	1

Spammable.

• Crouching:

Damage	5	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+10
On block	+11
Frame count		2	1	1

A staple in Karnov's ground game. Great poke, longer range than standing far LP.

• Jumping (Diagonal/Neutral):

Damage	8	Startup
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
Frame count		2	∞

This is the only chain-cancellable air attack in the whole game. It allows Karnov to do sick shenanigans with Balloon Attack in the air. Also it's unique because of the faster startup than every other aerials in the game.

Strong Punch

• Standing (Close):

Damage	18	Startup			Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-3
On block	-8
Frame count		4	3	3	18

• Standing (Far):

Damage	20	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+9
On block	+4
Frame count		4	1	11

An ultra fast hand stab. Comparable with medium punches in SF. Big damage, safe on block, good in combos. Arm becomes vulnerable after active part, but only on 1 frame.

• Crouching:

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-3
On block	-8
Frame count		4	6	18

Great anti-air. Stuffs pretty much any jump-in.

• Jumping (Diagonal):

Damage	20	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
Frame count		4	12	∞

Good jump-in, stays out for long time.

• Jumping (Neutral):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
Frame count		4	6	∞

Light Kick

• Standing (Close):

Damage	4	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+5
On block	+6
Frame count		2	3	4

Matchup specific attack to target weak spots.

• Standing (Far):

Damage	4	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+2
On block	+3
Frame count		2	4	6

2px longer than cr.LP, so maybe is useful as a poke. Maybe as far anti-air.

• Crouching:

Damage	5	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+4
On block	+5
Frame count		2	4	4

Basically useful only against Marstorius.

• Jumping (Diagonal/Neutral):

Damage	8	Startup
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
Frame count		4	∞

Butt splash! Awesome crossup tool.

Strong Kick

• Standing (Close):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-3
On block	-8
Frame count		4	6	18

A high kick. Hits Zazie's standing weak spot.

• Standing (Far):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-3
On block	-8
Frame count		6	6	18

Good far anti-air. Use it particularly against far jump-ins instead of cr.HP.

• Crouching:

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	kd
On block	-10
Frame count		4	8	18

A slide. Fairly slow, but you can catch opponents off guard if used sparingly.

• Jumping (Diagonal):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
Frame count		4	6	∞

Great jump-in. May crossup.

• Jumping (Neutral)

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
Frame count		4	6	∞

Throws

Damage	21
Range (From pushbox)	31

• Headbutt: / +

Special Moves

• Fireball: +

Slightly slow recovery, traverses full screen. Incorporate this into your ground game and be sure to try the slide glitch... Your opponent might have trouble blocking ;)

• Fire Breath: + (for standing version) / (for crouching version)

Better up close than Fireball, this attack stays out longer. Karnov also recovers pretty much right after the fire dissapates, so don't worry about getting punished. A solid way to help keep an opponent locked down, especially in the corner.

• Super 100-Kick: Charge , +

Damage	29 total	Startup						Recovery	Landing
On hit	0/+4/kd
On block	-5/-1/+3
Frame count		10	1	3	1	3	1	3	9

Best rushdown special in the game. These rapid-fire kicks are useful from a cheap damage to the main combo ender from a standing light punch. Pressed kick button determines how fast Karnov will fly forward, frame data is the same for both versions. From the very first frame Karnov is already in the air and can't be interrupted with low attacks. If used from a bad distance kicks won't connect properly most of the times (it's even possible to hit with only the first hit). This move covers a wide area of weak spots. Especially good to punish crouching opponents.

• Balloon Attack: (in air) +

This is the one. Incredible invincibility, stays out forever. Experiment with this for crossup fun and lock down shenanigans. If you want to play Karnov you will need to be able to effectively use this move.

Note: actually you can do the input on the ground and Karnov will jump automatically to perform the move.

The Basics

He is the main character of the game and also one of the top tiers.

With great arsenal from low to medium bouncing projectiles to overhead ones its a excellent all around character, sadly you don't have a good anti air outside of your standing HK.

Combos

• cr.SP xx Fire Ball
• cr.WK x n,s.WP xx weak super 100 kicks
• falling Baloon, any combo of above

BALLOOON

As an overhead can be a nice cross up combo tool,use it on big hitbox chars like Mastorius and Zazie

As a air mix up tool its nice when a oponnent block your jumping Weak Punch.

In corner can be a nice air trap for crounching oponnents

Advanced Strategy

Karnov can cheat the game a little and do a glitch with his 100 Kicks special combined with the df+hk slide. The input it charge b (or db), then do lp~df+hk. Karnov slides across the screen to the other end. Useful for crossing up with his fireball.

Match-ups

Ray

Lee

Zaz

Kar

Jea

Miz

Sam

Yun

Mat

Clo

Fei

Mar

Ryo

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Vs. Clown:

Karnov had some advantages but try to escape of Overhead Stand with a Slide or 100 Rush Kicks,

Vs. Jean:

Try to get close with 100 Kick Rush, don't ballon it

Vs. Lee:

Senkyutai is an issue here because 100 Kicks is beaten by it, and he can counter most jump ins with it as well as balloon. Use fireballs to keep him at bay, and crouching hard punch to counter his jump ins. Sliding is a bad idea here.

Vs. Ray:

Do not brainlessly spam balloon. Ray has the edge here with Wheel Kick. You will also not be using close fireballs / flame breath for this same reason. Ray's fireball is incredibly fast, so use balloon to float over those. Just be careful to never enter wheel kick range. (Need more info)