BBCF/Kagura Mutsuki

Kagura Mutsuki

Health: 11,500 Combo Rate: 65% Prejump: Backdash Time 25 / Invul: 1~7 Movement Options Double Jump, 1 Airdash, Dash type: Run Play-style Balanced, Charge, Stance, Mixup

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Overview

Kagura Mutsuki is an NOL General, and the head of the Duodecim's Mutsuki family, who is secretly plotting to overthrow the NOL. He first appeared as an unlockable character in the console version of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, unlocked by beating the true ending in the story mode.

Drive: Black Gale

Kagura's Drive allows him to enter three different stances. Each stance comes with its own set of unique moves that can be chained together once consecutively (5Dx>2Dx>6Dx). Once a stance is used in a D chain, it cannot be used until coming out of stance (5Dx>2Dx>5Dx does not work).

Overdrive: Infinite Coupling

Removes the limit on stance cancels in D attack strings
Can dash cancel all C and D attacks except for 3C and 5DB
5DC launches upwards instead of behind
6DC slides the opponent across the screen
2DC causes untechable knockdown
[4]1236C gets a additional follow-up attack
28D deal more hits and damage

Pros/Strengths

Massive, sweeping normals
Very high average damage
Stance cancels provide tricky mixup and mind games
Almost all combos can end in fireball okizeme
Certain moves have super armor
Has one of the best reversals in the game

Cons/Weaknesses

Very poor mobility
Fastest pokes have pitiful range
Is very heavily momentum based. He will either decisively steal a match, or get hopelessly blown up
Nearly all high damage combos must be in a corner
Has arguably the worst mid range game in the entire roster. Characters with strong footsies give him a very hard time
Struggles against fast mixup characters (Taokaka, Valkenhayn, etc...)

Remaining Health vs. Overdrive Duration (in Frames)
Health	100 - 91%	90 - 82%	81 - 73%	72 - 63%	62 - 54%	53 - 45%	44 - 35%	34 - 0%
Overdrive	240F	270F	300F	330F	360F	390F	420F	480F

This data is all copied over from BBCP 1.1. Replace with CF data as it becomes available (and delete this warning)

Normal Moves

5A

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
300	CSOJR	All	5	3	9	0	B	-
Standard 5A. Can be used as an anti-air, but requires very good spacing to do so

5B

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
400	SOR	L	8	3	11	0	F	-
Quick, but very short range 5B. Hits low.

5C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
1000	SOR	HL	19	4	23	-4	B	-
Huge, but slow swing with the sword. Blows opponent away on air hit. Can confirm from all ranges with 2DB. Causes wall bounce on Air Counter Hit.

2A

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
300	CSOR	All	7	3	10	-1	F	-
Standard 2A. Hits mid.

2B

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
500	SOR	L	12	3	14	-3	F	-
Hits low. Has better reach than 5B, but slower startup.

2C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
900	SOR	HL	18	5	23	-7	F	-
Staggers on hit Causes ground slide on air hit Hits mid. Range is similar to 5C, but 1F faster, making it a slightly better tool at midrange. Causes stagger. Can be late canceled into 5C on block and hit. On air hit, causes a slide effect which in the corner can be comboed into 5C. On counter hit, the stagger effect is huge, and can be comboed into 6DA at mid to close ranges.

6A

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
800	SOR	H	22	3	19	-3	B	-
Forces crouch on hit Causes ground bounce on air hit Kagura's overhead which has him attacking his opponent with his elbow. Links into 3C on counter hit, and can be linked into 5A on normal hit against Tager and Hakumen. Causes ground bounce on air hit.

6B or 5BB

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
600	SOJR	HL	11	3	24	-10	B	-
Not stance cancelable. Jump cancelable on block/hit. Has more range than one would expect and leads to great damage, making it an excellent punish. Can be used to pre-emptively stuff pokes for a CH into 6C, but beware of throwing it out at neutral because it has long recovery on whiff.

6C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
1200	SOR	HL	24	6	29	~-10	B	-
Launches on hit Wall bounces and untechable knockdown on CH Kagura takes a step forward and swings his sword upwards towards his opponent. On hit, launches the opponent high into the air with a ton of untech time, allowing combos into a wide range of followups, notably 6D~A and 6D~B. On CH, causes wall bounce and hard knockdown, allowing for an easy 6DA or 3C pickup.

3C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
700	SOR	HL	14	3	23	-9	F	-
Launcher, decently fast and useful for ground combos. Has a very poor hitbox VS air though, despite its appearance. Goes into a wide range of Drive moves, as well as Crush Trigger only in the corner.

j.A

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
300	CSOJR	HA	7	3	9	-	H	-
Fast, forward air poke.

j.B

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
450	SOJR	HA	10	4	15	-	H	-
Air poke that hits below and behind Kagura, very large crossup, good hitbox. Safer jump attack used when the opponent is right below Kagura. Has a ton of untechable time on air CH. Huge untechable time on air CH.

j.C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
750	SOR	HA	~15	5	24	-	H	-
Ground opponent on air hit Staggers grounded opponent on hit 9F landing lag Kagura does a huge downward swing with his sword while airborne. Amazing hitbox, good air defensive tool but need to well-spaced due to his recovery. Staggers for a long time on CH.

Drive Moves

Stance

Stance
5D/2D/6D, air OK

5D

2D

6D

4D to cancel

Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
Ground	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Earliest cancel into a drive attack is 14F All of Kagura's stance attacks are air unblockable (Barrier needed) Kagura enter in stance from frame 1. Each stance (5D, 2D and 6D) have a maximum of 3 attacks + his super. Any stance can be canceled into another stance quickly. Any stance attack can be cancel into another one from a different stance (5D~A > 2D~A > 6D~A) for a maximum of 3 chains (except during Overdrive), no order required. The Chain is reset when a normal is used between drives.
Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
Air	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Earliest cancel into Drive attack is 5F Grounds fastly before using a Drive attack Air version of any stance. Hangs in air while active. Upon drive attack use, Kagura dives to the ground before performing the normal ground version of the Drive. Can be followed up after his command throw and his 2D~A. You can adjust the direction of the dive by holding 4 (and 3) or 6 (and 1) when activating the Drive attack.
Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
Cancel	-	-	-	-	-	?	-	-	-

Dragon Blast

Dragon Blast
5D~A

龍破衝(りゅうはしょう)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
700	SRDa	HL	19	3	31	-14	B	-
Staggers opponent on ground hit. On air hit, blows back slightly with wallbounce in corner. Fatal Counter and staggers for 43F Has Super Armor against everything but fast lows. Fatal Counter Kagura throws his sword and punches it towards his opponent. Can be canceled into a forward dash or backdash on hit/block. -3 SD on forward dash cancel, -6 SD on backdash cancel.

Dragon's Claw

Dragon's Claw
5D~B

龍戟爪(りゅうげきそう)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
2000	R	Throw	7	3	-	-	T	-
Ground bounces on second hit Short-ranged command grab followed by Kagura doing a mid-air spin kick to his opponent. Canceling into drives will put Kagura in air stance.

Dragon Slaughter

Dragon Slaughter
5D~C

屠龍連斬(とりゅうれんざん)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
750,750	SR	HL	17	3(14)3	34	-16	B	-
Wall bounces on CH and wall bounds on regular hit in the corner Throws opponent behind Kagura Head invuln from frame 1 Kagura ends his stance and swings his sword upwards twice. Huge hitbox and very tight blocksting when it is canceled into 2D~B. The head invulnerability and huge hitbox make it a powerful, but highly situational anti-air. Extremely bad recovery on whiff, so be careful using it at neutral.

Dragon Strike

Dragon Strike
2D~A

砕龍撃(さいりんげき)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
1400	SR	HA	20	7	41	-27	B	-
Ground bounces on hit Cancels into air stances, will cancel into ground stances if done late in the animation Kagura jumps from his crouching position and slams his sword to the ground. Has a long ground bounce on hit, allowing combos into 5DA. Versitile combo tool and fast start-up for an overhead, but punishable on block.

Dragon's Blade

Dragon's Blade
2D~B

龍閃剣(りゅうせんけん)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
500,800	R	LA	13 Minimum	3(10)2	26	-7	F	-
First attack hits low and causes hard knockdown Second hit is mid and is emergency techable Kagura uses his sword to surf and attack the opponent. First attack hits low and allowing followup combos by RCing the first hit. Standard ender, can be cancelled into a Fireball for a mix up.

Dragon's Dual Strike

Dragon's Dual Strike
2D~C

臥竜双破(がりょうそうは)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
400,1000	-	HL	16	2(20)3	27	-9	B, F	-
Untechable knockdown on CH Causes spin state when hitting grounded opponent. Kagura attacks with two downward sword strikes into the ground. First attack hits higher and pulls in and the Second hit is a low but slightly ground bounces the opponent attack. Has a good hitbox, comes out fairly fast, making this an easy move to use to start drive combos with. Can be comboed into from 5C when done on a crouching opponent. Quite safe on block due to the push block of the last hit.

Dragon's Fang

Dragon's Fang
6D~A

龍牙迅(りゅうがじん)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
800	SR	All	26-35	5	20	-6	F	-
Ground bounces on hit Amazing invuln, can go through DP's or supers Kagura dashes forward and swings his swords downwards towards the opponent's feet. Hits mid. Startup depends on distance from the opponent. On hit, groundbounces and can be linked into normals without canceling. Has very strange invuln for a lengthy portion of the move, avoiding mids and overheads, but losing to lows, low mids(2A's) and jumping normals.

Dragon's Mirage

Dragon's Mirage
6D~B

龍影迅(りゅうえいじん)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
800	SR	All	33-42	3	24	-8	F	-
Switches sides Fatal Counter Kagura slides through his opponent and attacks them from behind. Crosses up. Typically used as a means of switching sides mid-combo. Has some invuln mid way into the move (some being used loosely), but nothing too amazing.

Sky Dragon's Strike

Sky Dragon's Strike
6D~C

飛龍尖撃(ひりゅうせんげき)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
1200	SR	HL	15-20	4	26	-9	B	-
Blows back opponent on hit Armour against projectiles Wallbounces on counter hit Kagura charges his sword forward towards his opponent. Blows back on hit, but can be followed up in corner with various drive moves, notably 2D~C and 2D~B. Very good combo tool and corner carry. Does not hit crouching opponent at max range and does not go fullscreen. Has armour against projectiles.

Universal Mechanics

Forward Throw

Forward Throw
5/6B+C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
0,100,1300	-, SOR	-	7	3	19	-	T	-
Wall bounces opponents midscreen Wall Splats opponents in the corner Can be followed up with [4]~6A to extend combos midscreen.

Back Throw

Back Throw
4B+C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
0,100,1300	-, SOR	-	7	3	19	-	T	-
The same as the forward throw, but in reverse.

Air Throw

Air Throw
j.B+C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
500,200,700	-, SOR	-	7	3	15	-	T	-
Ground bounces Fourth hit causes ground bounce, easy to follow up with [4]6A

Counter Assault

Counter Assault
6A+B (While Blocking)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
0	R	All	13	2	31	-14	B	1-20 All
Has the same animation as his 6B. Not stance cancelable. Knocks away, short tech time.

Crush Trigger

Crush Trigger
5A+B

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
1000	R	B	30	1	26	+2	B	-
Costs 25% Heat Possible to charge 180F Heat Gauge cooldown Neutral on barrier guard. 40 frame+ spinning knockdown, launch on air hit Fairly short range Crush Trigger. Can be easily used in corner combos to greatly increase combo damage.

Specials

Dragon Spirit

Dragon Spirit
[4]~6A/B

龍縛旋(りゅうばくせん)

Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
A	450,450	-	All	19	64	Total 36	+4	BP*	-
B	550xN (Short) 400xN(Long)	-	All	40	-	Total 54	+7 (Short)	BP*	-
45F charge A version starts up faster and goes half-stage. B version takes longer to start up and moves slower initially, but rapidly accelerates and goes all the way across the stage, but number of hits varies per distance traveled (From 2 to 5) Both have SMP, but it is not shared Dissipates rapidly after Kagura is hit. You can use the projectile as an okizeme tool, the B version starts as the A version, but the further it travels, the more hits it gets (Min 2, Max 5). Has Vacuum effect, which is negated if the opponent IB barriers. Grants small frame advantage on A version, massive frame advantage on B version if it travles far enough. Can be used for both a combo extender and for okizeme.

Dragon's Ascent

Dragon's Ascent
[2]~8B/C

龍刃翔(りゅうじんしょう)

Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
B	(1)700 (2-3)350	R	HL	9	-	-	-13 (-26)	B	1-17 Head Inv.
C	(1)1000 (2-6)300	R	HL	13	2(3)2x5	49	-40	B	1-27
45F charge B version is anti-air, C version is reversal Can be canceled into Ryuurenbu Uppercut, B version has only head invuln and must be barrier blocked in the air, while C version is completely invuln but can be regular blocked in the air. Damage scales well in combos. B version knocks the opponent very far away, in the corner on counter hit can comboed from, and is also safe on air block in most situations. C version launches them directly up, and is untechable until knockdown on CH. Incredibly unsafe on block.

Dragon's Dance

Dragon's Dance
[8]~2C

龍憐舞(りゅうれんぶ)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
-	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
45F charge Overhead. Can be used as a follow-up to Dragon's Ascent.

Distortion Drives

Supreme Dragon's Inferno

Supreme Dragon's Inferno
[4]~41236+C

龍覇・獄焔塵(りゅうは・ごくえんじん)

Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
Normal	2012	-	-	1+1	6(7)6(7)6	24	-3	-	-
Overdrive	2764	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30F charge 180F Heat Gauge cooldown Minimum damage: 471 (927 OD) Kagura swings his sword and causes three pillars that travel forward towards his opponent. Projectile. Very fast get-away move and safe on block.

The Dragon Lord's Striking Fang

The Dragon Lord's Striking Fang
During a stance, 28D, air OK

龍皇・斬牙欧衝(りゅうおう・ざんがおうしょう)

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
500,1747	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Air OK 180F Heat Gauge cooldown Minimum Damage 1100 (1400 OD) Kagura raises his sword and slams it to the ground, creating a vertical pillar below his opponent. Can be done either on the ground or in the air depending on the stance used.

Exceed Accel

Dark Flame of the Bellowing Dragon
ABCD during Overdrive

哮龍・幻魔烈刀嶄(こうりゅう・げんまれっとうざん)

Version	Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
Normal	2040	-	All	-	-	-	-	-	-
Active Flow	4020	-	All	-	-	-	-	-	-
Does not cost Heat, but inmediately ends Overdrive if used. Becomes stronger and flashier with Active Flow. Kagura jumps from his crouching position and slams his sword to the ground. On hit, he slashes the opponent several times before finishing with a black flame pillar. Puts Kagura in Active Flow if he hasn't already been in it already. Has full invul and is safe on block, but it has no minimal damage and cannot be rapid-canceled.

Astral Heat

Black Dragon's Sky-Rending Blade
236236C

Damage	Cancel	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Frame Adv	Attribute	Invul
DESTROY	-	All	7+15	5	40	-24	B	1-32
Kagura attacks the opponent with two slashes as black and purple lightning courses around his sword. He points his sword toward the sky and a cinematic occurs where his sword emits a large pillar of black energy. There is a zoomed in shot on Kagura's face which pans out as he delivers the final blow by crashing his sword down on the downed opponent. Incredibly easy to combo into from moves such as 3C, and just about any stance move, most notably 2DC.