Killer Instinct (2013)/Orchid

Overview Strategy Matchups Resources

Introduction

Orchid PLACEHOLDER CHARACTER STORY

Orchid PLACEHOLDER GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW

Character

Strengths	Weaknesses
In Progress	In Progress

Universal Mechanics

Instinct

Cat's Call: Orchid can summon an army of Firecat projectiles by pressing HP+HK.

Character Data

Forward Walk Speed	42f to cross two large training mode squares
Backwards Walk Speed	50f to cross two large training mode squares
Forward Dash Duration	18f
Backdash Duration	23f
Pre-Jump Frames	5f
Jump Duration	34f
Landing Recovery	4f
Advantage Post Grounded Combo Breaker	+2

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	5	3	8	15f	+4	+6	+1	Chain
To Do

Far 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%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	8	2	19	28f	+1	+4	-2	--
To Do

Far 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%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	13	3	25	40f	-4	0	-8	--
To Do

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	11	17f	+5	+7	+2	Chain
To Do

Far Medium Kick
Stand MK/5MK

Test

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(4%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	8	4	15	26f	+3	+6	0	--
To Do

Far Heavy Kick
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
30(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	11	5	19	34f	0	+4	-3	--
To Do

Crouching Normals

Crouching Light Punch
Crouch LP/2LP

Test

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	9	15f	+4	+6	+2	Chain
To Do

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
20(6%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Low	8	2	19	28f	+1	+4	-2	--
To Do

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(10%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	9	4	20	33f	-3	0	-6	--
Jump cancelable vs. airborne.

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	5	2	9	15f	+5	+7	+2	Chain
To Do

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%)	26(7%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	7	6	13	26f	+4	+7	+1	--
To Do

Crouching Heavy Kick
Crouch 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
24.1(6%)	32.1(9%)	--	?	?	Low	11	2[4]2	23	41f	+41	+41	-7	Hard knockdown
Twice-hitting sweep.

Close Normals

Close Standing Medium Punch
Close Stand MP/clMP

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	8	3	16	26f	+3	+6	+1	--
To Do

Close Standing Heavy Punch
Close Stand HP/clHP

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	Mid	11	3	18	31f	+1	+5	-3	--
To Do

Close Standing Medium Kick
Close Stand MK/clMK

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	7	3	16	25f	+4	+7	+1	--
To Do

Close Standing Heavy Kick
Close Stand HK/clHK

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	Mid	10	4	18	31f	0	+6	-2	--
To Do

Command Normals

Grenade
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
30(8%)	30(8%)	--	??	??	Mid	22-40	--	15	37-55f	38f of hitstun	38f of hitstun	33f of blockstun	Chargeable
Explosion active for 2 frames Hold the button to throw the grenade further. It will roll full-screen at max charge. Technically a special, meaning you can cancel into this from normals.

Whiplash
Forward HPK/6HK

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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
28.1(8%)	40.1(11%)	2.7(0.7%)	8	9	High	24	4[7]3	21	58f	-3	-7	-4	Throw invul 10-38f, Low invul 18-30f
To Do

Air Normals

Jumping Light Punch
Jump LP/8LP

Test

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	8	4	19+f	+15	+17	+8	--
To Do

Jumping Medium Punch
Jump MP/8MP

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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	9	9	4	21+f	+16	+19	+12	--
To Do

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
30(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	High	10	4	4	17+f	+20	+24	+17	--
To Do

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	8	8	4	19+f	+15	+17	+8	--
To Do

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	9	9	4	21+f	+16	+19	+12	Crossup
To Do

Jumping Heavy Kick
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
30(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	High	12	12	4	27+f	+20	+24	+17	--
To Do

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
40.0 (11%)	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	29	35f	+54/+57	-	-	Hard Knockdown
To Do

Air Throw
8LPLK

(Danger Zone)

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
15 (4%)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	10+f	??	-	-	Recapture / Ground Bounce
Starts a grounded combo when done in neutral, even if you grab while rising. Does a ground bounce if done during a juggle.

Special Moves

Ichi
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	10 (2%)	14 (3%)	--	??	??	Mid	8	3	23	33f	+3	+9	-1	--
To Do
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	12 (3%)	18 (5%)	--	??	??	Mid	10	3	23	35f	+2	+8	-2	--
To Do
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	14 (3%)	20 (5%)	--	??	??	Mid	12	4	22	37f	+1	+7	-3	--
To Do

Ni
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	10 (2%)	14 (3%)	--	??	??	Mid	7	3	36	45f	-1	-1	-5	--
To Do
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	12 (3%)	18 (5%)	--	??	??	Mid	8	3	35	45f	-2	-2	-6	--
To Do
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	14 (3%)	20 (5%)	--	??	??	Mid	10	3	33	45f	-3	-3	-7	--
To Do

San
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	12 (3%)	16 (4%)	--	??	??	Loq	20	3	18	40f	+3	+3	-9	--
To Do
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	10.7 (3%)	16.7 (4%)	0.9 (0.2%)	??	??	High	20	2[3]2	24	50f	+4	+4	-10	--
To Do
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	20 (5%)- 40 (11%)	28 (7%)- 44 (12%)	--	??	??	Mid-N/A	12-55	3	26-27	40-84f	+5	+5	-9 - N/A	Chargeable, Fwd Dash Cancelable
To Do

Blockade Runner
QCF+K/236K

Coming through!

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	30 (8%)	36 (10%)	--	??	??	Low	10	7	17	33f	+1	+7	-2	High Invul 7-25f
To Do
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	34 (9%)	40 (11%)	--	??	??	Low	17	14	23	53f	+3	+9	-8	High Invul 12-36f
To Do
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	42 (14%)	48 (13%)	--	??	??	Low	24	30	25	78f	+5	+10	-13	High Invul 16-62f
To Do

Flick Flack
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	26.3 (7%)	36.3 (10%)	3.4 (0.9%)	??	??	Mid	10	3[4]3[4]3	18	44f	+1	+1	-2	Low Invul 1-10f
To Do
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%)	39.5 (10%)	3.8 (1%)	??	??	Mid	14	3[4]3[4]3	15	45f	+3	+3	-3	Low Invul 1-14f
To Do
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%)	46.1 (12%)	4.7 (1%)	??	??	Mid	18	3[4]3[4]3	12	46f	+4	+4	-5	Low Invul 1-18f
To Do

Air Buster
DP+K/623K

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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	32 (8%)	44 (11%)	--	??	??	Mid	3	8	23	33f	+22	+22	-25	Invul 1-2f, High Invul 3-7 f, Throw Invul 3-12
To Do
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	38 (10%)	50 (13%)	--	??	??	Mid	3	9	32	43f	+20	+20	-29	Invul 1-3f, High Invul 4-7f, Throw Invul 4-13f
To Do
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	44 (12%)	56 (15%)	--	??	??	Mid	3	10	42	54f	+12	+12	-37	Invul 1-4f, High Invul 5-7f, Throw Invul 5-13f
To Do

Shadow Moves

Shadow Ichi Ni San
QCF+PP/236PP

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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	26.4-48(7-13%)	26.4-48(7-13%)	4.8-12(1-3%)	0	0	Mid-N/A	1+4-64(5-65)	45-89	3-5	52-158f	+28-41	+28-41	-12 - N/A	--
Orchid stabs the ground with her batons, causing pillars of light to erupt. As the screenshot suggests, there is no going over it. This move can be charged. More charge = more pillars. At max charge, the pillars go full-screen and are unblockable!

Firecat
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	33.6(9%)	45.6(12%)	7.2(2%)	0	0	Mid	1+6(7)	5[1]5[1] 5[1]5[1]5	18	53f	+5	+5	-2	Throw/Proj/High Invul 1-35
Orchid transforms into a golden jaguar and races full-screen.

Shadow Flick Flack
QCB+KK/214KK

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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	44.8(12%)	56.8(15%)	9.6(2%)	0	0	Mid	3+3(6)	4[5]2 [3]4	16	??f	+5	+5	-4	Throw / Low Invul 1-23f
To Do

Upper Firecat
DP+KK/623KK

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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	38.8(10%)	50.8(14%)	7.6(2%)	--	--	Mid	3+0(3)	3[2]3[1]1	39	51f	+16	+16	-31	Invul 1-7f, High Invul 8-11f, Throw Invul 8-15, Juggle Cashout
On hit, Uppercat can be canceled into Air Throw.

Enders

Ichi Ni San Ender
QCF+HP/236HP

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Launcher	+49	--
Jugglable for 19 frames
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Launcher	+54	--
Jugglable for 24 frames
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Launcher	+59	--
Jugglable for 29 frames
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Launcher	+67	--
Jugglable for 37 frames

Flick Flack Ender
QCB+HK/214HK

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Launcher	+84	Exchange, HKD
Jugglable for 14 frames
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Launcher	+87	Exchange, HKD
Jugglable for 17 frames
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Launcher	+90	Exchange, HKD
Jugglable for 20 frames
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Launcher	+94	Exchange, HKD
Jugglable for 24 frames

Blockade Runner Ender
QCF+HK/236HK

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Wall Splat	0/+15 (Splat)	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Wall Splat	0/+20 (Splat)	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Wall Splat	0/+25 (Splat)	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Wall Splat	0/+30 (Splat)	--

Air Buster Ender
DP+K/623K

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Damage	+17	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Damage	+13	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Damage	+15	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Damage	+21	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Shadow	Damage	+16	--
Still combos into Air Throw.