Killer Instinct (2013)/Sadira

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Introduction

Sadira PLACEHOLDER CHARACTER STORY

Sadira PLACEHOLDER GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW

Character

Strengths

Weaknesses

Jumping Spider: Sadira can use her excellent jump arc and suite of anti-anti-airs to make anti-airing her a difficult task and turn matches kind of a mess with how much stress the task of anti-airing exherts on the mental stack of the opponent.
Widow's Edge: Sadira's face-to-foot style gameplan is supported by one of the better instinct's in the game. Web traps enable Sadira with safe and multi-layered mixups and advantage after Demon Blade and she get swaggy hard to break jump cancel combos and the very practical Auto Double jc Damage loop
Going Up: Sadira has a lot of launchers so at any point in her mixup she can go into her signature juggles to build PD or setup an oki situation
StLK jc Goated: StLK is a jump cancellable normal that gives access to tricky combos that are useful and hard to break
Hate to See Her Whiff, Love to See Her Recover: ASW Game Legend Lord Knight has 2 famous pieces of advice. "You should want to hug your main" and "Look at the entire screen". Sadira players seem to do well at the prior, at the expense of the later

Delicate on defense: Sadira has a pretty poor defensive toolkit. Her backdash is among the slowest in the game at 31 frames and she lacks a true reversal attack either spending a bar on shadow web cling, guessing with H Blade Demon/H recluse/Shadow Counter or booking up on Under Night Throw Tech Option Selects, blocking and praying
Anti-Anti Airs are risky: There is usually an answer to challenge every single anti-anti air move Sadira has. Sadira ability to mix up these options to make it confusing to guess the right answer,but when the defender is right, they can often bring the hurt to Sadira
What goes up,Must come down: Sadira reliance on juggles can sometimes be a hinderance since juggles build pd slower than grounded combos with auto doubles and getting combo broken causes a soft KD i.e. the risk becomes higher while the reward is lower than staying on the ground.
Instinct Reliant: Sadira Instinct being such a vital trump card means clever opponent will do their best to circumvent the impact of instinct. Aggressively fishing for counter breaks after winning round 1 with a sliver of health, desperation DP/SC/backdash to get out of blocking crazy mix, disengaging for as long as possible. Sadira not getting enough value from Instinct can put her on the back foot often

Character Data

Forward Walk Speed	41f to cross two large training mode squares
Backwards Walk Speed	49f to cross two large training mode squares
Forward Dash Duration	18f
Backdash Duration	31f
Pre-Jump Frames	5f
Jump Duration	40f
Landing Recovery	4f
Advantage Post Grounded Combo Breaker	0

Universal Mechanics

Instinct

Widow's Edge: Can activate in air. Sadira can jump cancel moves on hit or block. She can press + to place a web trap during most moves. The web trap inflicts hitstun/blockstun on contact with the enemy.

Combat Trait

Air Combos: Sadira can target combo any j.L attack into any j.M. She can cancel air attacks into Widow's Bite, Shadow Widow's Bite, and Web Cling.

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	2	7	13f	+5	+7	+2	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	7	3	11	20f	+4	+7	+1	--
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	8	3	18	38f	+1	+5	-2	--
To Do

Standing Light Kick
Stand LK/5LK

(Sparassodae)

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	4	12	21f	+4	+6	+1	Chain, Flipout, Jump Cancel on Hit
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	2	14	23f	+1	+3	-2	--
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	10	4	18	31f	-1	+3	-6	--
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	+5	+8	+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%)	30(8%)	--	2.4	4	Mid	7	3	11	20f	+3	+6	-1	--
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(8%)	38(10%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	9	4	17	29f	-1	+7	-7	--
To Do

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	11	18f	+4	+6	+1	Chain
Chainable low attack

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	Low	8	2	14	23f	+2	+5	-2	--
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
36(10%)	44(12%)	--	4	4.5	Low	10	2	21	32f	+44	+44	-10	Hard knockdown
Standard sweep. Unsafe on block

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	7	2	10	18f	+4	+7	+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	8	3	13	23f	+3	+7	0	--
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	12	21f	+3	+6	0	--
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	9	3	15	26f	0	+4	-4	--
To Do

Command Normals

Fang
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
36(10%)	44(12%)	--	4	4.5	Mid	9	6	16	30f	+42	+42	-2	High invul 1-7f, Launcher, Jump cancel on hit,
Anti-air and juggle starter.

Widow's Drop
Jumping Down MK/82MK

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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%)	--	2.4	4	High	11	11	26	47+f	+2	+11	-6	Crossup, Ground Bounce vs. Airborne
Sadira's divekick.

Salticidae
Jumping Down HK/82HK

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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
4(1%)	4(1%)	--	4	4.5	High	13	12	26	50+f	+6	+6	+6	Crossup
Mobility/mixup and combo extension tool. Enemies hit in the air are sent upward. Try to do 3 in a row during a juggle and JHK will come out instead. Sadira can perform one additional Salticidae after a M Widow's Bite juggle.

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	6	10	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	7	10	4	20+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	7	4	20+f	+20	+24	+17	--
To Do

Jumping Light Kick
Jump LK/8LK

(Lycosidae)

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	6	9	4	18+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
29.4(8%)	35.4(10%)	1.8(0.5%)	4.8	8	High	8	11	4	22+f	+16	+16	+12	--
Hits twice

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
26(7%)	32(9%)	--	4	4.5	High	11	8	4	22+f	+20	+24	+17	Crossup
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
20 (5%)	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	29	35f	+81/+74	-	-	Launcher, Hard Knockdown, Jump Cancel
Jugglable for 11/4 frames.

Special Moves

Blade Demon
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	20(5%)	32(9%)	--	??	??	Mid	8	7	22	36f	+4	+10	-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
MP	24(6%)	36(10%)	--	??	??	Mid	9	8	26	24f	+2	+8	-4	Low invul 1-16f
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	30(8%)	42(11%)	--	??	??	Mid	10	9	31	49f	+1	+7	-5	Low invul 1-18f
To Do

Recluse
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	30(8%)	42(11%)	--	??	??	Mid	7	4	21	31f	+2	+8	-5	To Do
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	8	5	30	42f	+5	+11	-7	High invul 1-4f
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	52(14%)	64(17%)	--	??	??	Mid	9	5	40	53f	+19	+19	-20	High invul 1-8f
Launches opponents behind Sadira.

Widow's Bite
Jump QCF+P/8236P

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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	18(5%)	18(5%)	--	??	??	Mid	6	--	9	14+f	+25	+25	+7	--
Sadira throws a kunai at a sharp downward angle, then continues on her jump arc.
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	18(5%)	18(5%)	--	??	??	Mid	6	--	0	6f	+25	+25	+15	--
Sadira throws a kunai at a 45° angle, then flips forward.
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	27.4(7%)	27.4(7%)	3.1 (0.8%)	??	??	Mid	6	--	0	6f	+1	+1	-26	--
Sadira throws a kunai at a long angle, then flips backwards. On hit/whiff, Sadira pulls herself to the opponent. On block, Sadira bounces high into the air. She can attack on the way down but she's still very vulnerable to anti-airs.

Web Cling
Jump 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	--	--	--	--	--	--	23	--	51	74f	--	--	--	--
Sadira drops a short distance forward.
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	--	--	--	--	--	--	23	--	51	74f	--	--	--	--
Sadira jumps a decent distance forward.
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	--	--	--	--	--	--	23	--	51	74f	--	--	--	--
Sadira leaps a great distance forward.

Shadow Moves

Shadow Blade Demon
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	33.6(9%)	41.6(11%)	7.2(2%)	--	--	Mid	2+2(4)	6[2]6[2] 6[2]6[2]6	20	61f	+6	+6	-2	Projectile/Low invul 1-41f
To Do

Shadow Recluse
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	36.2(10%)	46.2(12%)	7.4(2%)	0	0	Mid	4+0(4)	5	39	47f	+55	+55	-19	Throw/High invul 1-10f, Juggle Cashout, Jump Cancel
25 frame window to start a juggle, if you jump cancel it.

Shadow Widow's Bite
Jump QCF+PP/8236PP

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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	50.4(14%)	50.4(14%)	10.8(3%)	--	--	Mid	1+3(4)	--	25	28f	+1	+1	-30	--
To Do

Shadow Web Cling
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	--	--	--	--	--	--	7+0(7)	--	28	35f	--	--	--	Full invul 1-8/21f
If Sadira is already in the corner, the move will end sooner.

Enders

Blade Demon Ender
QCF+HP/236HP

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Launcher	+44	14f window to start a juggle
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Launcher	+50	20f window to start a juggle
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Launcher	+53	23f window to start a juggle
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Launcher	+55	25f window to start a juggle

Recluse Ender
QCB+HK/214HK

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Exchange	+72	Hard Knockdown
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Exchange	+72	Hard Knockdown
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Exchange	+74	Hard Knockdown
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Exchange	+71	Hard Knockdown
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Shadow	Exchange	+55	Launcher, Soft Knockdown
Trades the HKD for a lot of damage 25f window to start a juggle

Web Cling Ender
QCB+P/214P

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Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 1	Damage	+26	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 2	Damage	+25	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 3	Damage	+26	--
Version	Ender Type	On Hit	Special Properties
Level 4	Damage	+26	--