Guide - Assassin Assassin Kitana Parry Guide

[Altsa]

So, I've been playing Assassin for quite a bit the past few weeks and it got me thinking what moves can Kitana parry. So I labbed for a few hours and here's what I found:

Kitana cannot parry:
-Any X-rays
-Any low attacks
-Any jump punches or kicks

Kitana can parry:
-Most high, mid and overhead attacks that make physical contact.

However there are many, many exceptions.

I have tested all special moves against Princess Parry and made a list of what moves can and cannot be parried. I've also listed few normals that cannot be parried. (If a move is a low, projectile or does not make physical contact it is not listed)

Spoiler: Sub-Zero

Cannot parry: Cryomancer Ice hammer

Spoiler: Scorpion

Can parry: Teleport, Air teleport

Spoiler: Kenshi

Can parry: Kenjutsu sword specials

Spoiler: Sonya

Can parry: Arc kick, Leg grab
Cannot parry: Divekick, Military stance grab

Spoiler: Jax

Can parry: Dash Punch, Major Pain, all grabs

Spoiler: Kung Lao

Can parry: Regular spin, all options after a teleport
Cannot parry: Ex spin, divekick

Spoiler: Mileena

Can parry: Roll, Telekick, Ravenous pounce specials

Spoiler: Takeda

Can parry: Tornado Strike, air Tornado Strike, Fist Flurry, Shirai Ryu Kan, Teleport, air Teleport, all whip normals, all laser sword normals, Lasher Whip Strike
Cannot parry: Spear Ryu, air Spear, Lasher Whip Assault

Spoiler: Cassie Cage

Can parry: Glow Kick, Getaway Flip, Nut Kracker, Brawler Bow Breaker
Cannot parry: The American Way, Brawler Take Down

Spoiler: Jacqui Briggs

Can parry: Forces Rush, Bionic Dash, Gauntlet Strike
Cannot parry: f4

Spoiler: Kung Jin

Can parry: Bo Swat, Bo Swing
Cannot parry: Dive Kick, Cartwheel Drop, Lunge kick, Shaolin Up Kick

Spoiler: Kotal Kahn

Can parry: Sun God Choke, Saw Blade, Overhead Sword Strike
Cannot parry: Sword Shake

Spoiler: Ermac

Can parry: ground Teleport, Spectral Soul Charge, Spectral air normals
Cannot parry: air Teleport

Spoiler: Reptile

Can parry: Reptilian Dash, Klaw Swipe, Klaw Bounce

Spoiler: Kitana

Can parry: Shadow Kick, Assassin Strike
Cannot parry: Rising Fan, Throat Slice, Staff Grab, Square Boost

Spoiler: Ferra/Torr

Can parry: Torr Charge, all Grabs
Cannot parry: Boulder Roll, Torr Up

Spoiler: D’Vorah

Can parry: d3, f2, Ovipositor Charge

Spoiler: Raiden

Can parry: Electric Fly, air Electric Fly, Electrocute, Rising Thunder, Thunder God Lightning normals

Spoiler: Quan Chi

Cannot parry: Sky Drop, air Sky Drop, Warlock f3, Portal Grab

Spoiler: Liu Kang

Can parry: Dragons Roar, Windmill Punch
Cannot parry: Bicycle Kick, Flying Kick

Spoiler: Erron Black

Can parry: command grab, Swing Shot, Tarkatan Stab
Cannot parry: f4

Spoiler: Johnny Cage

Can parry: Rising Kick, Nut Breaker, Shadow Kick, Flipkick

Spoiler: Kano

Can parry: regular Kano Ball, up Ball, command grabs, Blade Strike
Cannot parry: EX Kano Ball, Air Ball

Spoiler: Shinnok

Can parry: Charging Shoulder
Cannot parry: s3

Spoiler: Goro

Can parry: Punchwalk, command grabs, Chest Lunge, Fang Spin
Cannot parry: EX Punchwalk(glitch), Stomp

Spoiler: Tremor

Can parry: Krystal Punch, Stone Punch, Lava Punch

Spoiler: Triborg

Can parry: Smoke all Teleports, Cyrax regular Chest Saw, Sektor all Teleports
Cannot parry: Sektor air Cyber Charge, Cyber Sub-Zero f2, Dive kick

Spoiler: Jason

Can parry: all specials that make physical contact
Cannot parry: Jason in armor buff

Spoiler: Predator

Can parry: Scimitar Stab, Dread Slam
Cannot parry: Yautja Strike

Spoiler: Tanya

Can parry: Flip Kick, Tonfa Swipe
Cannot parry: Air Split kick, air Blade Dive, all options after staff stance, Swing Kick

Spoiler: Bo Rai Cho

Can parry: Tumble Kicks, Flying Kick, Spinning Kane, Kane Snag, Kane Snap, Kane Flurry, Belly Smash

Spoiler: Leatherface

Can parry: Psycho Kutter, Spinning Saw, all options after Berserker Stance, Gut Slice, Mallet Strike, Skull Smash, Blood Bath

Spoiler: Alien

Can parry: Low Krawl, Tarkatan Rush, Chop Chop, Blade Spin
Cannot parry: Tail Flip, Xeno Strike

If you feel like certain moves need to be added to the list or if you find a mistake, notify me and I edit this guide.

 

[ragnar0kz28]

nice guide man! good job, too bad that Parry vs EX punch walk is still glitched

 

[exflyingbooty]

Kitana cannot parry any moves that leave the opponent in an airborne state such as her own throat slice for example.

 

[FROST_]

Has anyone found the exact frame advantage of 21, ex sharpen? It's has be -5 at most and +\-0 at least

 

[exflyingbooty]

Has anyone found the exact frame advantage of 21, ex sharpen? It's has be -5 at most and +\-0 at least

+6

 

[FROST_]

+6

Thank you. I'm guessing D1 has a 1f gap and s1 has a 1f gap and s2 has a 2f gap so I guess 21, ex sharpen, s1, 21, ex fan, b2 is viable pressure?

 

[exflyingbooty]

Thank you. I'm guessing D1 has a 1f gap and s1 has a 1f gap and s2 has a 2f gap so I guess 21, ex sharpen, s1, 21, ex fan, b2 is viable pressure?

d+3 jails, it's preferable to use that if you want to do that, d+1 ex fan is good but it's a waste of meter if you want to pressure your opponent b+1,4 is a lot stronger

 

[YoloRoll1stHit]

You didn't have to spend so much time working on it.
All you need to do is go to Sonya forums and copy paste from there. There is a guide for Covert Ops Parry

 

[exflyingbooty]

You didn't have to spend so much time working on it.
All you need to do is go to Sonya forums and copy paste from there. There is a guide for Covert Ops Parry

Sonya's parry loses to throws tho kitana's doesn't

 

[YoloRoll1stHit]

Sonya's parry loses to throws tho kitana's doesn't

Which throw? It works on all normal throws and as far as I know, most command grabs as well (the only exception is Sun God command grab). In the lab Erron Black is my most used punching bag and in order to practice ex parry combo, or test normal parry hit advantage I set him to wake up/reversal command grab.
There's more information need to be added. For example:
Kitana's 7f parry can interrupt gap in Cassie's B124 but not gaps in these strings: Kung Lao's 44, Tanya's 3rd rekka when enhanced. However, Sonya's and Flamefist's 4f parries are able to interrupt those gaps