[Xrd] Ky Kiske vs. Sin Kiske

[Kazuki Slice]

• Use this thread to discuss the Sin Kiske matchup.
• If the matchup is giving you trouble, check to see if this post already contains info which will help you. If not, be as specific as possible when asking for help and others will be glad to give advice.
• Please focus more heavily on discussing how to play the matchup properly than who is at advantage/disadvantage.
• This post will be updated to collect useful info over time.

 

'Round Start:

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'Neutral:

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'Offense:

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'Defense:

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'Punishes:

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'Combo Notes:

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[BladeOfJustice7]

This matchup feels like a mixture of Faust and Johnny. Longer range and better pokes than Ky that he can hit confirm, and he essentially kills you in two combos with proper resources like Johnny.

 

Thoughts?

[Sytha]

It's really ground based match up is about as far as I've thought about the match up. Both characters absolutely slaughter the other one if they jump at all. Sin 6P pretty much has to be baited with air stun edge or forced to whiff or it will beat any air normal Ky has at pretty much any range. Ditto with Ky's 6P/j.K/2H AA options for Sin.

 

Bullbash is basically a free Stundipper if you see him do it. You can use 236D when you know he is going to do a 2K/2S after a Elk Hunt for a free CH Stagger. Beak Driver and Elk Hunt beat Stun Edge pretty bad if you use it from ranges they can react to the stun edge at. So full screen fireballs are kinda not good. Those moves are slow tho so if they use them on a reaction at closer ranges they'll just lose. Ky tends to beat up Sin on ground neutral. Sin damage is pretty much the only thing keeping him in this match up.

 

Hitbox wise he's the fattest character in the game so pretty much any combo works on him with ease. He inheirited all the bad Dizzy/Ky hitboxes and none of the good ones.