Kitana "Fearless" Variation Discussion

[Edmund]

So what they showed is that Fearless has:

1. Low Fan Toss
2. Fan-Nando
3. Edenian Twist

She has a lot of universal buffs that will make her a lot more Kitana-like from the other iterations of her.

 

[LionHeart V1]

Only took 5 months after the game came out to finally have kitana in the game .

 

[Benlo]

The real Kitana, finally.

 

[xKhaoTik]

Edenian twist is lame without ground war.
Fan Nado at its current state is useless
low Fan is ok.

im way more excited about the universal buffs.

 

[gibster13]

Might cry

As all of you should know...all I’ve wanted is low fan

 

[TaserFace007]

If you can combo off of air fans, what exactly is the use of Edenian Twist? It seems that everywhere you could use it, air fans would be better. Am I missing something with it?

 

[DarksydeDash]

Edenian twist is lame without ground war.
Fan Nado at its current state is useless
low Fan is ok.

im way more excited about the universal buffs.

relax, we haven't seen the patch notes. There's gotta be some frame changes in there.

 

[DarksydeDash]

If you can combo off of air fans, what exactly is the use of Edenian Twist? It seems that everywhere you could use it, air fans would be better. Am I missing something with it?

It becomes a launching KB after Fatal Blow is used or on cooldown. This essential means that Kitana can have up to three KBs in her bnbs if this condition is met. So.. the damage is probably insane.

 

[TaserFace007]

It becomes a launching KB after Fatal Blow is used or on cooldown. This essential means that Kitana can have up to three KBs in her bnbs if this condition is met. So.. the damage is probably insane.

Ok, that’s pretty good. But if you’re not after a FB, you’d never use it?

 

[DarksydeDash]

Ok, that’s pretty good. But if you’re not after a FB, you’d never use it?

If anything, this variation wants you to use your Fatal Blow early.

 

[Edmund]

I think they changed the KB’s requirements because they landed it easily when showing off but the “easy KB’s” wasn’t toggled!!

 

[Monarchos159]

I think they changed the KB’s requirements because they landed it easily when showing off but the “easy KB’s” wasn’t toggled!!

no. easy kbs were on. they triggered f234 KB without having opponent blocking.

i really hope they changed the start up frames on fan-nado because as it stands it only combos midscreen off of b14. otherwise you're only getting 19% off of b231 amp fan.

 

[DarksydeDash]

We absolutely need to optimize her new BNBs. Her damage has the potential to be high but idk what to do off her Fearless KBs or any of strings in the corner since fannado connects off them if the opponent is cornered.

 

[gibster13]

At first I was hype...

Now I’m underwhelmed

 

[Benlo]

Not bad, I still have to put some work on that variation.

Some issues with the long fan-nado and what are the possibilities after the ex fan toss in the air ? I only can join it with B14/df2. It seems to really depend of where you hit the opponent with the jump kick before the ex fan toss.

 

[gitblame]

She seem really solid zoner character in Fearless. It seems like Kitana has 3 viable variations. Fan-fare has the best combo damage, can punish specific stuff with grounded ass. Also seems to do the best in anti air situations. Fearless can zone well and do dirty stuff in the corner. She has pseudo mix with low fan. And Highborn is just the best.

 

[FoxgloveHound24]

What's everyone using in the corner with fearless?

 

[Edmund]

I think this variation is my favorite. I like the mixup opportunities, i need to get used to using fan nando as a tool though. This has made me commit to using her back 1 so much more

 

[xWildx]

I started taking to the skies last night against my good friend, Runway. Started to refer to me as a Kung Lao player lol

She does have a lot of mixups from the air though. Jump in? Back? Air fan? Corkscrew? It’s fantastic lol

 

[Edmund]

I really like how they made her play now in this variation, i hope that she doesn’t get nerfs because of highborn but if she does I hope they’re highborn specific

 

[Dogeofthesea]

Highborn is so good now I don't even want to touch Fearless. Low fan is fuzzyable, easily punishable even if MB, so i'm not gonna bother. MB air fan is nice to have, but when I realize her old BnB is still better, I stop trying to optimize her combos lol

 

[DarksydeDash]

Where this variation excels is zoning. Fannado is such a strong tool that they can not trade with you unless they want to eat about 16%+ percent depending on distance. Hell, using it on a meaty wakeup after a string like B14 is also very good because it covers all wakeup options except forward roll. But if they do, you can still throw punish or check with a poke.
Lastly, WHIFF YOUR FATAL BLOW, you essentially get the ability to combine two KB if you manage to land a jump in or a fannados and many times it can take so long that the fatal blow can recharge during your combo for the kill.

 

[kevkopdx]

Dunno why but I’m finding this variation super fun to use! That low fan is a breath of fresh air

 

[DarksydeDash]

Ran some sets vs dab's eternal Geras, that MU seems ssupperr hard for Fearless.

We can't really keep him out and he can check in quicksand or exploding clones. His corner carry and damage surpasses ours too.

vtw, don't throw fannado at geras because he will punish you for doing so if not at least check you.

Also is it me. Or is it harder to d3 between geras' f212 now?

 

[Dogeofthesea]

Ran some sets vs dab's eternal Geras, that MU seems ssupperr hard for Fearless.

We can't really keep him out and he can check in quicksand or exploding clones. His corner carry and damage surpasses ours too.

vtw, don't throw fannado at geras because he will punish you for doing so if not at least check you.

Also is it me. Or is it harder to d3 between geras' f212 now?

I can still D2 his F212 very consistently.
The matchup has always been rough because his d1 is longer than Kit d3.