Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Kevin Rian

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

Kevin Rian

Originally, his designer gave him knife attacks to improve his reach but this was taken out due to balancing issues.

Gameplay

TBD

Strengths

Weaknesses

Insane damage potential Has arguably the best super in the game in Gatling Freezer D The only character with a low-hitting break move Best cr.AB in the game One of the best, if not the best st.A in the game Rotor cancel gives him the fastest meter build in the game and leads to more optimal combos than using feint cancels Infinite corner blockstring that leads to guard crush Higher guard crush gauge than average

Not the best guard cancels without meter (although it is possible for him to guard cancel then rotor cancel into a normal) His most optimal combos and techniques require relatively high execution

Character Colors

Move List

Frame Data Source: https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/30.html and https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/74.html

Data Help
Disclaimer: This is meant to teach basic terminology used when describing moves.
Hitbox:	A predefined area (usually a rectangle or rectangles) that tells the game how any given attack can come in contact with a character. Hitboxes are invisible to the player when normally playing.
Hurtbox:	A predefined area (usually a group of rectangles) that tell the game how your character is allowed to get hit by any incoming attack. Specifically, you'll get hit by (or block) an attack if that attack's hitbox ever overlaps your hurtbox.
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:	Hitbox 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 hit/hurt boxes. Just prevents characters to not pass through each other. (Also known as "Collision Box".)
Startup	The number of frames before an attack can hit the opponent. Does not include the first active frame.
Guard	The way this move must be blocked. High or H or Overhead (especially when from the ground) -- must be blocked standing. High-Low or HL or Mid -- can be blocked either standing or crouching. Low or L -- must be blocked crouching.
Damage	"Basic" damage -- Unmodified damage values "Correct" damage -- Damage values accounting for damage scaling, TOP multiplier, and defense rate
Guard Crush Value	Decreases the defender's guard durability gauge by this value.
+X	Attacker has X number of advantage frames.
-X	Attacker has X number of disadvantage frames.
KD	Short for "knockdown", knocks down opponent on hit.
◯	Cancelable on both hit and block.
∞	Chain cancelable with the same button (renda cancel).
※	Cancelable on the first hit/part only.
《X》OR «X» OR <<X>> OR (X)	X number of inactive frames between hits of multihit moves.
△	Only cancelable on block.
▽	Only cancelable on hit.
× OR X	Not cancelable.

Close Standing Normals

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	4	4	9	17
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+2	+2	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4
Standing jab.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	Mid	4	3	10	17
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+2	+2	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	6	1	29	36
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-9	-9	Yes	Yes	5

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	Mid	11	3	27	41
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-9	-9	No	Yes	5

Far Standing Normals

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5	Mid	3	3	10	16
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+2	+2	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	9	4	17	30
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-6	-6	No	No	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
11	Mid	11	4	28	43
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-11	-11	No	No	10

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	Mid	11	3	27	41
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-9	-9	No	Yes	5

Crouching Normals

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	4	3	10	17
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+2	+2	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	Low	5	3	10	18
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+2	+2	No	No	4

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
9	Mid	6	3	25	34
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-7	-7	Yes	Yes	5

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Low	7	2	31	40
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-12	No	No	5

Jumping Normals

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	4	9	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	6	8	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	High	9	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5
Small Jump C has 9 damage.

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	High	12	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	No	No	5
Small Jump D has 9 damage.

Command Normals

Poli-Kick
+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6, 6	Low, Mid	7	2, 《14》, 7	16	46
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-2	-2	No	No	4, 4

Universal Moves

St.
Lower-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Overhead	22	6	13	41
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
0	+6	No	No	6
Overhead.

Cr.
Upper-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	8	3	22	33
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-6	0	Yes	No	6
1～8F upper-body invincibility Kevin has the only 2AB in the game that doesn't expose a hurtbox before being active, which makes it much more reliable. Every other characters has a hurtbox that appears before being active, so if an active hitbox was there (ex: jump ins, delayed normals), they get hit even if the move didn't hit the low part. In this situation the worst case scenario for Kevin is a trade, for everyone else it's a full combo.

Blast Charge (T.O.P. Attack)

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
8x3 (with 1.25x damage modifier)	Mid	10	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-5	-	-	9×3

Throws

Poli-Throw
Close /+

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
14	-	1	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+48	-	-	-	-
Normal throw.

Feints

++
Forward Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	10
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Hell Rotor.

++
Down Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	11
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of cl.5C or f.5C.

Special Moves

Hell Rotor
+

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

+ Lv 1	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	14	Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-1	-1	-	-	7
No charge. (Charge can't be held past 1～9F of startup.)
+ Hold Lv 2	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	20	Mid	15-34	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-14	-	-	8～10
Charge held past 9 frames of startup, between the window of 10～29F of startup (20 frame window). (How long you hold increases the startup by that amount.)
+ Hold Lv 3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	26	Mid	35-66	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-14	-	-	8～10
Charge held past 29 frames of startup, between the window of 30～61F (max) of startup (32 frame window). (How long you hold increases the startup by that amount.)

Hell Rotor
+

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

+ Lv 1	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Overhead	20	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	7
No charge. (Charge can't be held past 1～15F of startup.)
+ Hold Lv 2	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	19	Overhead	21-40	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	8
Charge held past 15 frames of startup, between the window of 16～35F of startup (20 frame window). (How long you hold increases the startup by that amount.)
+ Hold Lv 3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	23	Overhead	41-72	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	10
Charge held past 35 frames of startup, between the window of 36～67F of startup (32 frame window). (How long you hold increases the startup by that amount.)

Hell Arrest
+/

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 10	-	8	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	-
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	12, 12	-	9	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	-

Creeper
+

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-	-	-	-	-
Advance forward with a low-profile crawl.
--- (Follow-up)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	20	Low	9	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-11	-	-	7
Low follow-up
--- (Follow-up)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	20	Overhead	17	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-10	-	-	7
Overhead follow-up
--- (Follow-up)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	0	-	-	-	-	7
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-	-	-	-	-
Cancels Creeper.

Abide Mine
+

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	0	-	-	-	-	32
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-	-	-	-	-
1～11F full-body invincibility. 12～20F airborne hurtbox.

Hell Snipe
+/

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	15	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	0	-1	-	-	7
1～4F full-body invincibility.
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	16	Mid	18	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-	-	-	8
1～4F full-body invincibility. Whiffs against opponents on the ground.

Hell Trap
+

Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 12	Low, Mid	10	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-22	-	-	7
Follow-up is a hitgrab that whiffs or is blocked after guarding the first hit. The follow-up can be air JDed.
+ Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9	Low	10	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+11	-	-	7

Hell Trap
+

Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 12	Low, Mid	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-25	-	-	8
Follow-up is a hitgrab that whiffs or is blocked after guarding the first hit. The follow-up can be air JDed.
+ Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9	Low	14	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+9	-	-	8

Super Moves

Lucky Strike
, + /

, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	3, 3, 11, 11, 11	Mid	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-9	-	-	3×2, 4, 3×2
1～6F full-body invincibility, 7～14F lower-body invincibility, 15～18F upper-body invincibility.
, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	2, 2, 10, 10, 10, 32	Mid	3	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-25	-	-	4×2, 5×3, 20
1～7F full-body invincibility, 8～14F lower-body invincibility.

Gatling Freezer
, + /

, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	21	Mid	11	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+1	-	-	7
1～7F full-body invincibility, 10～11F full-body invincibility.
, +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7, 8, 9, 10, 11	Mid	0	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+3	-	-	10
1F full-body invincibility.