Killer Instinct (2013)/Kan Ra

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Introduction

Kan Ra PLACEHOLDER CHARACTER STORY

Kan Ra PLACEHOLDER GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW

Character

Strengths	Weaknesses
Corner Lockdown: It can be extremely difficult to escape Kan's pressure when you're at the wall, sitting on sand while he pins you down with Swarm and Clutch.	Crumbles on Defense: Kan has no invincible reversal until he has a sand trap up, and it costs health to use. S Whirl has among the shortest reach of all shadow counters.

Universal Mechanics

Instinct

Curse of Drought: Kan-Ra can perform super-jumps, super-dashes, Sacrifice, and cast tornadoes without needing a sand trap.

Combat Traits

Curse of Weight: After throws or Stings, the opponent will have reduced movement speed, attack speed, and jump speed for a short time.

Spike Linkers: Kan-Ra can start a combo off his long-range bandage normals by cancelling into the linker version of Spike.

Character Data
Forward Walk Speed	75f to cross two large training mode squares
Backwards Walk Speed	107f to cross two large training mode squares
Forward Dash Duration	23f While Standing on Sand Trap (SS)= 36f Airborne Frame 1
Backdash Duration	23f
Pre-Jump Frames	5f
Jump Duration	47f Jump (SS)= 48f
Landing Recovery	4f
Advantage Post Grounded Combo Breaker	-1

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

Standing Light Punch
Stand LP/5LP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	12(3%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	6	3	18	26f	+1	+3	+1	Chain
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Standing Medium Punch
Stand MP/5MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	24(6%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	13	3	17	32f	-1	+1	-2	--
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Standing Heavy Punch
Stand HP/5HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
30(8%)	36(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	16	2	24	41f	-1	+1	-2	--
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Standing Light Kick
Stand LK/5LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	12(3%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	5	2	15	21f	+1	+3	+0	--
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Standing Medium Kick
Stand MK/5MK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	14	2	16	31f	+5	+8	+2	--
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Standing Heavy Kick (Sand Punt)
Stand HK/5HK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
32(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	16	4	18	37f	+40	+40	+1	Stagger, Creates Sand Trap
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Crouching Normals

Crouching Light Punch
Crouch LP/2LP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	12(3%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	6	3	15	23f	+0	+2	-1	Flipout
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Crouching Medium Punch
Crouch MP/2MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
17.4(5%)	21.4(6%)	1.8(0.5%)	4.8	8	Mid	15	2 x2	27	48f	-1	-1	-3	--
Kan-Ra creates a grappling hook to reel his enemies in. Can cancel into Spike linker on hit.

Crouching Heavy Punch
Crouch HP/2HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
30(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Low	16	2	19	36f	+43	+43	-3	Launcher
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Crouching Light Kick
Crouch LK/2LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	12(3%)	--	1.6	2.4	Low	6	2	13	20f	+1	+3	-2	--
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Crouching Medium Kick
Crouch MK/2MK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	20(5%)	--	2.4	4	Low	9	3	21	32f	+2	+4	-2	--
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Crouching Heavy Kick (Sand Geyser)
Crouch HK/2HK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
30(8%)	30(8%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	11	1	21	32f	+1	+1	-1	Creates Sand Trap
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Command Normals

Back Medium Punch "Pinwheel"
Back MP/4MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
17.3(4%)	21.3(5%)	2.4(0.6%)	2.4	4	Mid	9	2 x5	12	41f	+8	+8	+1	--
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Back Heavy Punch
Back HP/4HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
32(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	13	3	25	40f	+31	+31	-3	Stagger
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Down-Back Medium Punch
DB MP/1MP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	24(6%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	10	3	19	31f	+1	+3	-1	--
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Down-Back Heavy Punch
DB HP/1HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
30(8%)	36(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	12	3	19	33f	+34	+34	-4	Launcher
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Air Normals

Jumping Light Punch
Jump LP/8LP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	24(6%)	--	1.6	2.4	High	8	4	4	15+f	+15	+17	+8	Flipout
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Jumping Medium Punch
Jump MP/8MP

Dugga Dugga Dugga

Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
19.7(5%)	23.7(6%)	2.6(0.7%)	??	??	High	15	6	4	25+f	+16	+19	+12	--
A multi-hitting drill attack.

Jumping Heavy Punch
Jump HP/8HP

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
16(8%)	20(10%)	--	??	??	High	15	8	4	26+f	+21	+25	+17	Cross-up
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Jumping Light Kick
Jump LK/8LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	24(6%)	--	1.6	2.4	High	5	8	4	16+f	+15	+17	+8	--
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Jumping Medium Kick
Jump MK/8MK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
24(6%)	30(8%)	--	2.4	4	High	14	3	4	20+f	+16	+19	+12	Cross-up
Instant overhead

Jumping Heavy Kick (Dune)
Jump HK/8HK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
11.3(3%)	12.5(3%)	2.8(0.7%)	??	??	Mid	??	20	13	??+f	+24	+28	+22	Cross-up, Creates Sand Trap
A vertical drop. Hitbox appears when Kan-Ra touches the ground and increases in size when done at higher altitudes. Cental hitbox (bright red): before jump apex Middle hitbox (medium red): at jump apex Outer hitbox (dark red): superjump apex

Throws

Throw
5LPLK/4LPLK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
20(5%)	-	20(5%)	-	-	-	5	2	29	35f	+4	-	-	Applies Curse
A bit of a stubby grab, but well worth the reward. Curses the opponent for 8 seconds, and builds Potential Damage to three easy levels.

Sand Moves

Anti-Air Sting
Down-Forward LK/3LK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
36(10%)	36(10%)	--	1.6	2.4	Mid	11	5	23	38f	+28	+28	-12	Launcher, Applies Curse
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Sting
Down-Forward MK/3MK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
36(10%)	36(10%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	14	2	35	50f	-18	-18	-21	Applies Curse
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Antlion
Down-Forward HK/3HK

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
40(11%)	40(11%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	17	3	23	42f	-5	-5	-5	Recapture
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Sacrifice
LMHK/3K

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
30(8%)	30(8%)	--	??	??	Mid	11	3	87	100f	+7	+7	-75	Invincible 1-56f, Hard Knockdown
A.k.a. "Sandsplosion". Kan-Ra trades his own health and a Sand Trap for this invincible reversal.

Tornado
QCF+P/236P (While on Sand Trap)

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
8(2%)	8(2%)	--	??	??	Mid	26	??	12	37f	+55	+55	-1	--
Kan-Ra spends his Sand Trap to cast a whirlwind forward. When partially-charged, the hitbox widens. Opponents hit are flung towards Kan. If Kan-Ra is hit, the tornado disappears.

Monsoon
QCF+P/236P (Hold P while on Sand Trap)

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Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
24(6%)/12(3%) [late]	24(6%)/12(3%) [late]	--	??	??	--	94	??	29	122f	+38	+38	--	--
Kan-Ra spends his Sand Trap to cast an unblockable whirlwind. Despite the VFX, it is possible to jump through the monsoon.

Special Moves

Whirl
QCF+P/236P

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Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
LP	19.1(5%)	23.1(6%)	3(0.8%)	??	??	Mid	10	7	22	38f	-5	-5	-2	Recapture
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
MP	25.1(6%)	29.1(8%)	3(0.8%)	??	??	Mid	10	12	25	46f	-5	-5	-4	Recapture
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
HP	29.1(8%)	33.1(9%)	3(0.8%)	??	??	Mid	10	18	27	54f	-5	-5	-5	Recapture

Clutch
QCB+P/214P

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Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
LP	40(11%)	40(11%)	--	??	??	--	21	6	52	78f	+82	+82	--	Ground Bounce
Too slow to just whip out in neutral, fortunately it ticks from everything.
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
MP	40(11%)	40(11%)	--	??	??	--	18	4	56	77f	+82	+82	--	Ground Bounce
A large anti-air grab, good for catching people trying to jump through Kan's obstacle course.
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
HP	40(11%)	40(11%)	--	??	??	--	13	4	54	70f	+82	+82	--	Ground Bounce
An enormous anti-air grab for catching jump-ins.

Spike
QCF+K/236K

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Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
LK	20(5%)	20(5%)	--	??	??	Mid	22	2	23	46f	+36	+36	-8	Launcher, Creates Sand Trap
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
MK	20(5%)	20(5%)	--	??	??	Mid	22	2	23	46f	+38	+38	-8	Launcher, Creates Sand Trap
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
HK	20(5%)	20(5%)	--	??	??	Mid	22	2	23	46f	+38	+38	-8	Launcher, Creates Sand Trap

Swarm
QCB+K/214K

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Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
LK	23(6%)	27(7%)	3(0.8%)	??	??	Mid	19	1 x3/ 180	19	42f	+9	+9	-3	--
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
MK	29.5(8%)	35.5(9%)	3.8(1%)	??	??	Mid	22	1 x3/ 240	23	49f	+6	+6	-2	--
Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
HK	36.1(10%)	40.1(11%)	4.7(1%)	??	??	Mid	26	1 x3/ 300	29	59f	0	0	-1	--
The close hitbox is a proper opener, while the trap hitbox requires a manual.

Shadow Moves

Shadow Clutch
QCB+PP/214PP

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Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
S	44.2(12%)	44.2(12%)	10.4(2%)	0	0	--	1+8(9)	14	52	74f	+71	+71	--	Projectile/ Throw invul 1-22f
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Shadow Spike
QCF+KK/236KK

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Version	Damage	Counter-Hit Damage	Potential Damage	Shadow On Hit	Shadow On Block	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total Duration	On Hit	On Counter-Hit	On Block	Special Properties
S	48.8(13%)	48.8(13%)	9.6(2%)	0	0	Mid	7+6(13)	115	59	186f	+44	+44	-10	Creates Sand Trap
This creates a special Super Sand Trap at the opponent's position. The Super Sand Trap automatically uses Sting and Anti-Air Sting when the opponent gets close to it, in addition to the standard Sand Trap uses. Kan-Ra cannot manually summon scorpions or antlions from the Super Sand Trap. If Kan-Ra is hit or combo broken, the Super Sand Trap reverts into a regular Sand Trap.

Instinct

Curse of Drought
HP+HK

"Prepare yourself!"

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Enders

Whirl Ender
QCF+HP/236HP

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Wall Splat	+0/+23 (Splat)	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Wall Splat	+0/+23 (Splat)	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Wall Splat	+0/+23 (Splat)	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Wall Splat	+0/+23 (Splat)	--

Clutch Ender
QCB+P/214P

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Damage	+35	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Damage	+35	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Damage	+35	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Damage	+35	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Shadow	Damage	+71	--

Spike Ender
QCF+HK/236HK

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Launcher	+38	Creates Sand Trap
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Launcher	+38	Creates Sand Trap
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Launcher	+38	Creates Sand Trap
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Launcher	+48	Creates Sand Trap
At level 4, Kan-Ra can immediately follow up with Antlion and get another ender (including Ultra).

Swarm Ender
QCB+HK/214HK

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Exchange	+17	Free Shadow Swarm
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Exchange	+17	Free Shadow Swarm
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Exchange	+21	Free Shadow Swarm
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Exchange	+21	Free Shadow Swarm