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ShadyHeart

Relationship with Sonya ended
So there's no reason for EX throat slice to exist now yes? It was only useful because it had armor. At least Mournful doesn't have her kick overshadowed now.
 
yep there's absolutely no reason to use ex throat slice. It's useless now
It's still a safe advancing mid(people tend to neutral crouch against Kitana a lot) and her most damaging combo ender(though hardly ever worth the meter). I'm glad it was nerfed, but yea they have to buff the damage or startup to make it really useful again.
 
you don't have to. walking foward just makes the jump kick easier to connect. After fan they're in the air for half a year, there's plenty of time to do combos
Ah ok, yea I did 212~fan like 4 times and I just stayed there, like she was still recovering for like 3 seconds after that, weird.
 
Come to think of it, i think 24 was only buffed block advantage wise. Does anyone know how much damage you could get off this string midscreen pre-patch? I just remembered the string existed(everyone said it was useless) after the patch cos it was buffed. I get 35% off it now, but maybe it was her best punish all along, lol.
 

YoloRoll1stHit

Publicly Educated
Come to think of it, i think 24 was only buffed block advantage wise. Does anyone know how much damage you could get off this string midscreen pre-patch? I just remembered the string existed(everyone said it was useless) after the patch cos it was buffed. I get 35% off it now, but maybe it was her best punish all along, lol.
I always remember prepatch the scaling off 24 is horrible, it leads to worse damage that 111. It might have received stealth scaling buffs
 
24 xx Fan. F43, F43, 21 xx Lift. JK xx Fan. F33 xx ender.

Don't let Sub get away with those poorly spaced B2s! :D
You can also do 24 fan, jump 3 fan, 33 lift, 33 ender. Easier inputs for me since Im learning Kitana! and it only shaves off 3 percent mid screen. And yes, 24 its a pretty safe string too.

On a side note, I picked up Kitana about two days ago. Do you guys think she complements Scorpion well? I play Ninjitsu and I was never really sold on Hellfire due to Ninjitsu punishing everything for 30 percent meterless, but I need a zoner (which hellfire counter zones) and I wanted Kitana due to her combos giving you damage from anywhere on screen where a fan meets your opp in the air. Any other suggestions of who I should pick up alongside Kitana to cover her weaknesses?
 

ShadyHeart

Relationship with Sonya ended
This has to be sarcasm? Am I right?
It uses a bar of meter to do a tiny bit more damage (even using ex lift instead of regular lift in a combo adds more damage than using ex throat slice at the end), it has no armor, she already has a safe special so using it for that is pointless (especially since she can do rising fan > ex float instead), and I don't think it has any special uses. It doesn't seem to have a reason for existing.

There's no way he's being sarcastic.