Rage of The Dragons/Sonia/Movelist

Move List Showcase

Movelist

Impact

(Air)

Command Normals

Special Moves

/ - Fascination Sharp

/// - Snake Hold

/ - Serpent Bite

/ - Serpent Slash

Super Moves

/// - Guardian Mercy

Close Normals

cl.A

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
6		Mid	2	Chain, Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	5	5	+1	0

cl.B

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
8		Mid	4	Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
5	3	7	+1	0

cl.C

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
16		Mid	8	Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
5	2	9	+5/+8	+2

cl.D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
18		Mid	10	Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
6	4	13	+2	-4

Standing Normals

st.A

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
8		Mid	2	Chain, Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	5	5	+1	0

st.B

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
10		Mid	5	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
5	3	12	-4	-5

st.C

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
18		Mid	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
9	2	19	-5/-2	-8

st.D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
20		Mid	12	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
11	4	21	-9/-6	-12

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
6		Mid	2	Chain, Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	5	5	+1	0

cr.B

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
8		Low	4	Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	2	6	+3	+2

cr.C

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
16		Mid	8	Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
6	3	11	+1	-5

cr.D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
20		Low	15	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8	4	13	KD	0

Jumping Normals

j.A

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
8		High/Air	6	Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
6	16	-	-	-

j.B

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
10		High/Air	8	Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8	16	-	-	-

j.C

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
14		High/Air	12	Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
12	12	-	-	-

j.D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
16		High/Air	12	Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
12	16	-	-	-

Command Normals

6B

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
12		High	14	Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
23	2	21	-4	-10
Sonia's overhead, which synergises with 3B perfectly. Unfortunately, it doesn't juggle.

3B

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
18 (8+10)		Low	14 (4+10)	Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
13	6+(11)+8	27	-15	-21
Essential to Sonia's offense as a fast, gapless mixup option and as reliable combo glue.

Throws

4/6C

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
20		-	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	KD	-
Sonia throws the opponent three quarters of the screen away.

System

Tag-In

BC

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
16		Mid	0	Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
6 (1-9 invuln)	2	25	KD	-10

Guard Cancel

gcCD

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
10		Mid	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
13 (1-16 invuln)	4	21	KD	-8

First Impact

CD

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
5+5×5		Mid	0	Hit: Command, Special
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
14	4	32	KD	-19
One of the best First Impacts in the game for its low profile and tall hitbox. A bit of a pre-emptive anti-air, but still very useful.

Duplex Attack

236CD

236CD~236CD

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
30		Mid	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	60	29	KD	-13
Your partner must be alive and able to tag in.
Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
27 (27 with Jimmy)		-	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	KD	-
Follow up with another 236BC for more damage. Costs an extra bar. Refer to Jimmy's combo section for his unique links after this Duplex.

Special Moves

Fascination Sharp

63214A/C

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
20		-	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	40	KD	-
Sonia's command grab. Lacks range, but remains essential to her offense as an unbreakable throw.

Snake Hold

236A/B/C/D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
14		Mid/Air	8	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
23	8+0/31/28/34+∞	39	-13	-14
Sonia throws a knife. The button strength determines where the knife goes. For most versions, the knife will stop to turn in the middle, but its hitbox still remains. The frames on all of these are pretty lame, so they're not so good at zoning unless Sonia wants something to run behind. Instead, she most often uses them for setplay, spaced so the opponent recovers where the knife spins. A — The knife flies forward without a break. B — The knife turns in the middle of the screen and then flies diagonally upward. C — The knife turns in the middle and then flies forward. D — The knife turns in the middle and then flies upward.

Serpent Bite

214B

214D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
18		Mid	8	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
33 (1-22 invuln)	2	28	KD	-13
Sonia feigns backward, then rolls forward with an electric kick. This kick is the only one of Sonia's moves which sends the opponent fullscreen — others don't push them far at all.
Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
24 (6+12)		Low, Mid	8	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
36 (1-22 invuln)	3+(17)+2	32	KD	-17
Same as the light version but Sonia starts with a low-hitting sweep before the mid. Either version can bait guard cancels. You can avoid either version with a dodge, but with rolls, there's a guess.

Serpent Slash

623B/D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
20 (10+10)		Mid/Air, High/Air	12 (6+6)	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
9 (1-10 invuln)	4+(16)+2	22	KD	-7
A very good DP, and an annoying one to punish because of the overhead axe kick. There's a very tight window between the hits to dodge, but you won't get a punish if you do. If you block it close, punish with sweep. From afar, you can dodge a bit before she hits the peak, then punish with something ranged like First Impact or a sweep. Causes a ground bounce on hit.
Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
23 (6+7+10)		Mid/Air, High/Air	18 (6×3)	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
9 (1-3 invuln)	8+(16)+2	24	KD	-9
Sonia's preferred way to end combos. The axe kick whiffs on characters with low crouch heights, but in combos, the launch makes this a non-issue.

Super Moves

Guardian Mercy

236236A

236236B

236236C

236236D

Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
40		Mid	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
10 (1-2 invuln)	?	42-?	KD	-6
Sonia casts a pillar of light in front of her. Her main metered way to end combos.
Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
40		Mid	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
10 (1-2 invuln)	?	38-?	KD	+2
Sonia casts a pillar of light halfscreen away. Potential anti-approach tool, but not really for zoning.
Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
60 (5+55)		Mid	20 (10+10)	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
10 (1-2 invuln)	?	42-?	KD	-4
Adds another pillar one space away from the A pillar.
Damage		Guard	Stun	Cancel
60 (5+55)		Mid	20 (10+10)	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
10 (1-2 invuln)	?	38-?	KD	+4
Ditto but for B.