Jade
An assassin for Shao Kahn, Jade has earned a reputation as an agile and stealthy
warrior. Her family was Edenian nobility and served the emperor once he
conquered their realm, giving Jade to him as tribute when she was a child.
After years of rigorous training in the art of kombat, Shao Kahn awarded her
the position of Bodyguard to Princess Kitana. Over the centuries she and Kitana
have become close friends, which makes Jade's secret orders from Shao Kahn
painful to accept: Should Kitana's loyalty falter, Jade must kill her friend.
Moves
Basic Attacks
Front Punch
fp
3%
high bufferable
Back Punch
bp
3%
high bufferable
Front Kick
fk
5%
high bufferable
Back Kick
bk
5%
high bufferable
Crouching Front Punch
d + fp
2%
high bufferable
Crouching Back Punch
d + bp
12%
high uprcut
Crouching Front Kick
d + fk
1%
low bufferable
Crouching Back Kick
d + bk
3%
low bufferable
Angled Jumping Punch
during angled jump, fp or bp
4%
med
Angled Jumping Kick
during angled jump, fk or bk
7%
high knockdown
Straight Up Jumping Punch
during straight up jump, fp or bp
5%
med groundbounce
Straight Up Jumping Kick
during straight up jump, fk or bk
5%
med knockdown
Command Normals
Staff Strikes
b + fp
5% + 3% + 2%
high + high + high ; 3rd hit: bufferable stagger
Rising Pole
b + bp
7%
high launch ; deceptive range
Upward Thrust
f + bp
5%
high bufferable
Gut Kick
b + fk
5%
high bufferable
Pole Vault
u + fk
3% + 9%
high + high ; 1st and 2nd hit: knockdown
Sweep
b + bk
7%
low sweep
Throws
Throw (Away)
b or n + fp + fk
1% + 7% + 4%
throw
Throw (Towards)
f + fp + fk
1% + 7% + 4%
throw
Kombo Attacks
Pole Check
fp --- bp --- bp
3% --- 3% --- 5%
high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: flatten
Jade Charge
b + fp --- f + fp
5% + 3% + 2% --- 6%
high + high + high --- high ; 3rd hit: bufferable ; 4th hit: knockdown
Bad Girl
bp --- fk --- f + bp
3% --- 5% --- 6%
high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd and 3rd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: knockdown
Betrayal
fk --- bk --- bp
5% --- 3% --- 9%
high --- low --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 2nd hit: knockdown ; 3rd hit: launch
Assassin Strikes
b + fk --- bp
5% --- 7%
high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 2nd hit: knockdown
Polecat
bk --- f + fk
5% --- 9%
high --- high ; 1st hit: bufferable ; 2nd hit: knockdown
Fast Tags
Untameable
Rising Pole --- tg
N/A
Pole Pain
Pole Vault --- tg
N/A
Tag Kombos
After You
fp --- bp --- tg
Based on Teammate
Likewise
bp --- fk --- tg
Based on Teammate
Edenian Tag
f + bp --- fp --- tg
Based on Teammate
Distrust
fk --- bk --- tg
Based on Teammate
Tag Kombo Attack
Attack from Teammate's Tag Kombo
3% + 9%
high + high ; 1st and 2nd hit: knockdown
Tag Specials
Special Attacks
Boomerang
d , f + fp
8%
high
Boomerang Up
d , b + fp
8%
high
Boomerang Down
d , f + fk
8%
low
Shadow Kick
d , f + bk
6%
high knockdown wkup
Shadow Flash
b , f + fk
N/A
wkup ; Causes projectiles to pass through Jade for 1 second
Staff Overhead
d , b + bp
8%
med groundbounce wkup
Staff Grab
d , f + bp
2% + 7%
high + unblockable ; 2nd hit: flatten ; wkup
Enhanced Special Attacks
Reboomerang
d , f + fp + bl
7% + 6%
high + high ; 2nd hit cannot be crouched under
Reboomerang Up
d , b + fp + bl
7% + 6%
high + high ; 2nd hit cannot be crouched under
Reboomerang Down
d , f + fk + bl
7% + 6%
low + low
Eclipse Kick
d , f + bk + bl
10%
high knockdown wkup
Shadow Glow
b , f + fk + bl
0%
wkup ; Causes projectiles to pass through Jade and all other attacks to be absorbed for 2 seconds ; When attacks are absorbed, Jade still takes the normal damage from attack but without hit stun
Staff Smash
d , b + bp + bl
8%
med groundbounce wkup
Staff Slam
d , f + bp + bl
2% + 4% + 4% + 5%
high + unblockable + unblockable + unblockable ; 4th hit: flatten ; wkup
Wake Up Moves
Staff Overhead
d , b + bp
8%
med groundbounce
Shadow Flash
b , f + fk
N/A
Causes projectiles to pass through Jade for 1 second
X-Ray Attack
Staff Buster
fk + bk + bl
5% + 15% + 15%
1st hit: high ; knockdown
Finishing Moves
Fatality 1
u u d f + fp
Full Screen
Fatality 2
b d b d + bk
Sweep
Stage Fatality
b f d + bl
Varies
Babality
d d f d + bk
Jump
Move Analysis
Basic Attacks
N/A
Command Normals
Staff Strikes
Great distance poke and bufferable move. Safe from afar if blocked high. Remember this move staggers on hit so dash up after you land one for some mixup.
Rising Pole
This move launches and has a deceptive range on it. Think of a shoryuken when it comes to this move. Not best to use up-close.
Pole Vault
Funky move that I would use sparingly. Check people with it. It has fast startup but a few characters can punish it when blocked. Good for spacing.
Kombo Attacks
Sadly this is where Jade lacks any mids. For any kind of mixup you need to rely on
,
knockdown into some kind of mixup like EX low boomerang or poke strings.
Special Attacks
Shadow Kick
Relatively safe move when blocked. Just don't spam it like crazy or it will be punished by crouching. Tack on a extra kick during combos.
Enhanced Special Attacks
N/A
X-Ray Attack
N/A
Basic Strategy
Advanced Strategy
Combos
Matchups