Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2/Korra

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Strategy

About

The powerful Avatar of a new generation.

Part of the Avatar Legends franchise, Korra is the Avatar after Aang and hails from the Southern Water Tribe. The White Lotus found her at a young age and decided to train her in a secure compound. After mastering 3 of the 4 elements, she went to Republic City to learn airbending from Aang's son Tenzin. Her hard-headed nature and justice sensitivity led to some fierce battles with many people throughout her life, including the masked leader of an anti-bending movement and a secret order dedicated to sending the world into chaos. She may not have won every battle she fought, but she's still credited for many great feats such as reopening the Spirit Portals, bringing back the airbender population, and dividing the world into... Oh wait, she hasn't done that just yet. Let's just say it's something for the next Avatar to worry about...

Playstyle

Korra is a fast, heavy, strong and incredibly versatile character, capable of controlling the pace of the match like almost nobody else. Korra's suite of disjointed aerials and nigh unmatched aerial mobility between Air Side Special and her incredible fall speed enable some of the most non-linear and difficult to assess approach options in the game; this combined with solid grounded spacing tools in Forward Light and Forward Strong allow her to apply pressure in a variety of ways. Alongside these traditionally strong traits exists a smorgasbord of more situational options, such as her grounded Neutral Special laying a bed of traction reducing ice on the ground, Grounded Up Special, a strong shield pressure tool and "Shine"-like attack on hit. Her primary weaknesses lie within her well-above average Fall Speed leading to her being combo food versus a skilled opponent, and her exploitable, linear recovery from below causing her to struggle to return to the stage when spiked.

Metagame

Korra is ranked 13th out of 29 on the current tier list, in the A tier. This is a sizeable improvement over her 20th out of 25 placement in the first Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.

Korra is a particularly strong character in many departments. Her movement is tricky for a lot of players to keep up with, being uniquely special-oriented. This ease of movement allows Korra to freely confirm into a kill off of anything, even something as little as a jab. Finally, Korra also has a very strong edgeguarding game, being able to fling rocks at her opponents using her Aerial Up Strong and follow it up with her deadly Aerial Neutral Strong.

Korra is not without her weaknesses, however. Perhaps her most notable flaw is her fast fall speed, which, combined with her tall frame, makes her a combo food character for some of the cast. Korra also has a very linear vertical recovery, though she can mix it up depending on how many resources she has left when offstage.

Overall, Korra's strengths outweigh her weaknesses. While not as dominant as she was previously, her players still achieve notable results in the current metagame.

Korra


Franchise	The Legend of Korra
Home Stage	Harmonic Convergence
Weight	0.92
Fall Speed	1.38
Gravity	1.175
Run Speed	1.35
Air Speed	0.93
Charactercord	KorraCord

Strengths

Weaknesses

Good Movement: Between Grounded Up Special, Side Special, and Air Down Strong, Korra has many tools for chasing opponents toward the blastzone.
Strong Combos: Thanks in part to her great movement, Korra can combo off nearly every move in her kit, at the right percents. She can often force stray hits to become combos by spending slime on Side Special
Edgeguarding: Korra has many tools to prevent opponents from reaching the ledge. Air Down Special, Strong Up Air, and (Slime) Neutral Special can wall out opponents.

Fall Speed: Korra's insane fall speed leads to some of the most devastating, consistent & hard to escape combos in the game.
Linear Recovery: Korra's Up Special is one of the few that doesn't snap ledge until the animation has completed, allowing for disjointed pokes that cover the ledge to make recovering a living nightmare for our avatar.

Moveset

Ground Light Attacks

Elemental Combo
Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
3%	4	4-5	21	-5
Korra's fastest attack. 4 Hit Jab Combo, more data necessary to input, lotta cancel windows. Can be Combo'd into itself at mid percents, and Up Charge at mid to high percents.

Water Whips
Forward+Light

"Footsies"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	10	10-17	32	-14
Korra whips her arms around and bends water outwards Doesn't kill, but is disjointed and fairly long range. Can be slime cancelled into your imagination.

Rising Kick
Up+Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10% / 7%	9 / 10	9-16 / 10-21	32	-13
Korra kicks air upward while rising into the air. Has a direct hit and a gust hitbox The hop can be used to avoid shield-grabs

Earth Shattering Punch
Down+Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
6% / 10%	10	10-12 / 10-13	37	-22
Korra punches the ground, causing an earth spike to appear in front of her The melee hit sends outward, the earth hit sends upward

Waterbending Slide
Light (Running)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10% / 3%	8 / 18	8-18 / 18-38	50	-25
Korra slides forward with a wave of water, then sends forward a small water projectile. Two hits. The second hit is easy to combo off of

Air Light Attacks

Spinning Spirit Kick
Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	8	8-37	45	-4
Default Neutral Air Light. Perform after using a Water Attack. Has the most horizontal range of the four.

Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	8	8-37	45	+0
Perform after using an Earth Attack. Has the most Safety on Block of the four

Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	8	8-37	45	-6
Perform after using a Fire Attack. Is a multi-hit, and has the greatest knockback of the four.

Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
7%	8	8-37	45	-4
Perform after using an Air Attack. Korra has decreased gravity while using this move. Has the least knockback of the four, making it good for combos

Fire Daggers
Forward+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
12%	7	7-14	36	-1
Korra jabs forward with a flaming fist.

Cold Edge
Back+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
9%	6	6-12	31	+1
Korra swipes behind her with an icicle.

Sky Hunter
Up+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
13% / 11% / 7%	8 / 11	8-17 / 11-24	38	-1
Korra flips, kicking Air upward Has a melee hit and an Air projectile. Can be chained into itself; great for juggling opponents

Earth Spike
Down+Light (Airborne)

"Ganondorf would be proud"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
16% / 10%	16	16-20	44	-2 / -10
Korra stomps downward, causing Earth hazards when near the floor. Melee hit is a strong spike. Earth sends upward

Ground Strong Attacks

Inferno
Strong

"Footsies, but deadlier this time"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14% / 13%	18	18-27	57	-25
Amazingly disjointed grounded poke and kill option. Go-to ledge trapping too for antsy opponents who love attacking from the ledge (or can't ledgedash).

Crescent Gale Kick
Up+Strong

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
16%	7	7-17	47	-26
Strong option when used from Block Can often be followed up with Grounded Up Special to chase opponents upward

Axe Stomp
Down+Strong

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14% / 10% ⏐ 14% / 10%	14 / 16 ⏐ 10 / 10	14-15 / 16-19 ⏐ 10-12 / 10-13	50 ⏐ 40	-24 / -29 ⏐ -18 / -25
Korra stomps forward and backward, spawning Earth at her feet The stomp can spike opponents hanging on ledge

Air Strong Attacks

Flame Cannon
Strong (Airborne)

"THE Combo Ender"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14%	15 / 15	15-17 / 15-23	-16 / -18	-16 / -18
Kills absurdly early and consistently, AND is extremely convenient to route into Useful after a Grounded Up Special to catch high recoveries surprisingly fast

Aerial Earthbending
Up+Strong (Airborne)

"A bit of an oxymoron"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14% / 12% / (?)	19 / 19 / (?)	19-23 / 19-end / (?)	49 / 49 / (?)	+2 / +3 / (?)
Has 1-2 melee hits. 2nd melee hit is a spike, only used if Korra inputs this move a 2nd time Rock projectile flies in an arc. Its angle is dependent on Korra's speed at the time of execution. (frame data not available for 2nd hit)

Dive Blast
Down+Strong (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
12%	12	12-36	53	-12
Korra uses Air to dive diagonally down. Offstage, can lead into Forward Aerial for early KO's

Special Attacks

Waterbend
Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
1% / 8%	6 / 25	6-15 / 25-27	49 or 44 (?)	-13
Korra surrounds herself with a water ring, then sends it down. Leaves a bed of ice on the ground that heavily reduces traction for anyone (or thing) on it. At low percents, leads to Grab if Korra hits an opponent behind her

Special (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
1% / 10%	6 / 26	6-21 / 26-39	54 or (?)	-46 / -29 / (+0)
Korra surrounds herself with a water ring, then sends it forward. Jump Cancelable from frames 20-22 if Korra is standing on the ground. +0 safety Good for killing off the side of the screen when you don't want to risk/don't have the time to follow up. Has fewer total frames if the early frames of the water ring hits an opponent.

Slime+Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
2%/ 12% / 8%	6 / 25	6-15 / 25-44	(?)	-13 to +19
The Slime version, sends the water up and then crashing down. Pops up for potential combos at the start, has a heavily disjointed and powerful spike near the end, also has a "splash" hitbox at the very end that kills off the side.

Burning Tackle
Forward+Special

"The party starter"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
0%	0	0-0	0	-0
Korra bursts forward with Fire The move can be interrupted by pressing Block

Metalbending
Down+Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
9% / 5%	16	16-18	57	-33 / -22
Korra performs a frontal attack with a metal wire. If the tip connects, she drags her opponent back to her. The Slime version will even pull Blocking opponents toward her. Grounded version is useful for clashing with/calling out your opponent using grounded projectiles, it functions as inconsistent combo starter however.

Down+Special (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
9% / 5%	16	16-18	56 / (?)	-8
Combos into literally everything on a good connect, Up Air Light for combo extension, Air Strong for killing. Fantastic tool for catching recovering opponents since it reaches through the stage and pulls them around the ledge into your loving arms. Has fewer total frames on hit; can act sooner if she hits an opponent

Air Impulse
Up+Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
6%	13	13-20 / 15-32	32	+20 / +7
Korra propels herself upwards with an Earth pillar while on the ground. Earth pillar has a hitbox, and Korra herself becomes a hitbox from 15-32 Cancellable into any action as early as Frame 15. Fantastic combo tool when used after a Slime Cancel.

Up+Special (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
2% / 7%	10	10-33 / 34-37	40	-112
Korra propels herself upwards with a gust of wind while in the air. Slime Version carries less horizontal momentum, but travels further and faster upward Leaves her in special fall. Does not snap to ledge. Inconsistent for KO's off the top. Slime makes it much more consistent

Grab/Throws

Grab
Grab

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
0%	8	8-9	35	_
Korra wraps an opponent with water

Dash Grab
Grab (Running)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
0%	13	13-14	43	_
Slower, but further reaching than her normal Grab

Grab Pummel
Light (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
1%	11	_	32	_
A standard pummel that deals 1%

Up Throw
Up (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
6%	16	_	50	_
Korra tosses an opponent upward Difficult / impossible to follow-up on at low percents At high percents, may send straight upward depending on DI

Forward Throw
Forward (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
6%	20	_	46	_
Tosses the opponent forward

Down Throw
Down (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	27	_	50	_
Generally Korra's best combo throw at low percents At high percents, may send straight upward depending on DI

Back Throw
Back (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
6%	27	_	50	_
Korra's best throw for directly securing KO's, without needing a follow-up

Super

Super
Slime+Light

"Time to Use the Avatar State!"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
40%	26	1 or 4?	48	N/A
Invincible on startup, extremely funny (and surprisingly useful) tool for disrespecting your opponent's pressure. Time to Use the Avatar State!

Taunts

Taunt
Taunt

"I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
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Down Taunt
Down+Taunt

"You are very... muscular for a woman"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
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Up Taunt
Up+Taunt

"Why don't you come and find out?"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
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Strategy

In neutral, Korra often uses her safe aerials, such as Earth/Water nair, Fair, and Bair. Dair from a distance works well. Fire nair has a multi-hit property which can be useful, but it's easily punished if blocked
Up air is a great juggling tool at early to mid percents
For edgeguarding, Air Down Special, Strong Up Air, and (Slime) Neutral Special can wall out opponents trying to recover. Air neutral special can snipe opponents from far off the ledge.
For recovery, Side special -> Strong Dair gives her good horizontal momentum. Up special cannot snap to ledge, so good spacing is key. Slime can be used to bypass ledge entirely by boosting her recovery specials, or by overshooting the ledge with Up special and canceling it.

At high percents, Korra often sets up for KOs by launching an opponent upward. Ground Up Special allows her to chase them toward the blast zone, and follow up with Strong Forward Air for the KO. If they're sent too high, spend slime on Ground Up Special for some extra height.
Some moves that send upward include Up Strong, Up throw, Down throw, and the rocks spawned by Dair, Down Tilt, and Down Strong.
Down Throw and Up Throw can both send opponents straight upward, but they depend on DI. If Down throw fails to send them upward, try Up throw next time.

Techniques

Strong Up Air sends a rock upward. The trajectory of this rock can be redirected by hitting it with a melee attack.
Strong Down Air can be slime cancelled shortly after startup to gain lots of momentum diagonally down.

Down air can be auto-canceled if inputted close enough to the ground. With precise timing, this will spawn the Earth hazards while allowing Korra to act immediately. Effectively becomes +6 safety on block.
Down air's auto-cancel window can be buffered if Dair is inputted during a grounded Side Special.

Side Special can be interrupted by pressing Block, making Korra actionable faster than normal. If side special is immediately interrupted from the ground, Korra can use her aerials close to the ground more quickly and safely.
If Side Special is interrupted midair, Korra can turn around midair with momentum in either direction.
If Side Special is slime cancelled soon after startup, Korra gains a huge burst of speed in the inputted direction. Good for recovery, or for chasing opponents to secure KO's

(Slime) Grounded Down Special has a special property: when used on an oppponent's block, the sweetspot hit will pull the opponent directly next to Korra.

Air Neutral Special can be jump-canceled. If Korra is grounded, a Jump input from frame 20-22 can interrupt the move.
The attack normally consists of a spinning attack that hits both sides of Korra, and a projectile that travels forward. The jump-cancel window is just after the spin attack ends. If done correctly, the projectile won't be sent out, but the spin attack can still hit opponents. There are two main benefits to this:
At close range, the spinning attack gives good Block pressure at +0 safety when jump cancelled, and can lead to combos on hit.
At long range, Korra gets to decide whether she will jump cancel, or send out a projectile. This pressures opponents to block or jump around the projectile, which she can then attempt to punish.

One method is to Short-hop, input neutral special at the apex of the hop, then immediately Fastfall to touch the ground. Then input Jump at the correct time to interrupt the attack.
Another method is to use Side Special -> Block, which places Korra near the ground—no need for a fastfall.
A final, more difficult method is to buffer Air neutral special during the startup frames of a short-hop, and fastfall within that same shorthop. The timing is tight and easy to mess up, but is overall faster, and harder for opponents to react to.

After Korra jump-cancels the neutral special, she can do anything she would from a normal jump, including aerials or Wavedashing. Grab and Up-strong can be input during a jumpsquat as well.

On an opponent's Block, air neutral special is a multi-hit, which may throw off opponents expecting a single hit aerial. Jump-cancel Grab tends to be a good followup option: it will land if the opponent holds Block for too long, or if they drop it too early. A well timed roll or spotdodge will counter this.

At a distance, this tech can be used to put pressure on the opponent's Block. Korra can jump from frame 20-22, and the projectile comes out on frame 25; it's impossible for them to react to Korra's chosen option in time. Korra can bait out a Block, then approach with a Wavedash forward. (Or she can even use neutral special again to set up another 50/50.)
This tech does not improve the endlag of the move; thus, the safer option is generally to jump cancel. However, the threat of an attack is still there, so the opponent may be pressured to Block. The move is easily punished if the opponent Blocks it, but they can't hold Block forever.

Even without considering jump-cancel, Air Neutral Special has some odd properties.
Its first few active frames can deflect projectiles.
If the spin attack hits the opponent on its first active frames, the endlag of the projectile portion is massively reduced; Korra can shoot the projectile and move quickly afterward.
For the purposes of this tech, a "hit" also also applies to the Rock spawned from Strong Up Air. If the spin attack hits this rock, Korra can shoot the water projectile and move quickly afterward.

Combos

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Other Resources

Korra Guide
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Videos

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Costumes

Korra's Default Outfit.
Korra wearing her Pro-Bending uniform, first seen in the episode "A Leaf in the Wind".
Korra's normal outfit and hairstyle worn throughout Book 4: Balance. First seen in the episode "Reunion".
Korra's globetrotting outfit from the first half of Book 4: Balance. First seen in the episode "After All These Years" (Unlocked by having the Ultimate edition of NASB 2).
Mind controlled Korra (unlocked by defeating Korra twice in campaign mode).
Korra's Ghost Clone (unlocked by defeating Korra thrice in campaign mode).