Mr. Mileena
Noob
So, over the past 2 or 3 months, Pig of the Hut and I have been playing the Kitana vs Kenshi matchup immensely.
He picked Kenshi up for Kitana, and I had no idea how hard this matchup can be for the princess.
Throughout these months, Pig has gotten the Kitana matchup SPOT ON, as he performed very well at Final Round with him.
Now, as he learned the Kitana matchup, I was learning the Kenshi match up as well.
Pig of the Hut, in my opinion, has the BEST kenshi out there.
His spacing combined with his zoning (as well as no fear of using meter) proves kenshi to be a devastating match up for Kitana.
Now before I give my insight on this, please remember, in no way am I saying that this is in Kitana's favor, or even(5-5), this is still a BAD matchup (4-6) for kitana.
But hopefully I can help fellow Kitana users.
Tips:
Tip number 1- Dash blocking is your BEST FRIEND. It is important to have this down and to react to his zoning accordingly, and block them accordingly and correctly. The key is not to be in his face, the key is to be at about jump kick distance or F2+1 distance to punish any whiffed rising karmas, shoulders, reflects, jump ins, etc. You can be at 2,1 distance as well, but this is very risky. He can easily put you in mixups, frame traps, etc.
Tip number 2- Throw your air fans!!!! - (this is probably THE MOST CRUCIAL TIP) People laugh at me for saying this, but Pig of the Hut knows throwing fans can ruin Kenshi's game. Yes he can reflect, yes, when he reflects he can tele flurry or overhead, and what not.
The important thing about this is, he cannot constantly throw out projectiles without getting hit, not only this, if you throw your fans really fast, and he reflects it, the fan will disappear and not hit you, as you throw out another fan.
This puts the kenshi player grounded, expecting to reflect fans, (sometimes realizing its too late and taking the chip damage, or sometimes missing it and eating 8%)
Another thing is that this causes you to build meter! Which is important in my next tip.
(EDIT) : I'm not saying to spam air fans 24/7 but to throw them out often.
Tip Number 3- Ex fans- Now, this one is really tricky, you have to be spot on for this. The key is to bait out any special from kenshi, and punish with ex fan, and quickly dash once or twice and proceed to punish. You have to be very careful as to not get hit by it yourself from a reflect. time it right, and youll get 40%+ punishes for his whiffed attacks.
Tip Number 4- Patience and Staying Calm- You cannot finish a block string, and proceed to d+1, jump, grab, 2,1 etc etc, his tackle will prove to be devastating. instead, calmly back up, and bait him. You cannot be up in his face, you have to react on mistakes. Kitana pressure will NOT work on kenshi.
Tip Number 5- Know Kenshi's distance on his specials- Know where kenshi's falling swords(dont know the name of it lol) fall. Sometimes he may do a far one, into a medium one, but if you feel he will do that, block the far one, and throw an air fan, which causes him to miss the medium distance one, and get hit.
Tip Number 6- Duck Dash the tele flurry- The tele flurry can be duckable, so dash while pressing down, which causes you to duck under the tele flurry, while moving in at the same time, and then proceed to block and move in.
This is very common when a Kenshi reflects a fan, simply duck it, and move in.
Tip Number 7- Save your meter for Ex fans + breakers.
I will try and upload matches with pig in the future, I just got my new ps2 pad, and it is HELL ON EARTH to get used to.
Please post any other detailed questions, and I will try to answer them.
I hope this helps you guys, love you guys
He picked Kenshi up for Kitana, and I had no idea how hard this matchup can be for the princess.
Throughout these months, Pig has gotten the Kitana matchup SPOT ON, as he performed very well at Final Round with him.
Now, as he learned the Kitana matchup, I was learning the Kenshi match up as well.
Pig of the Hut, in my opinion, has the BEST kenshi out there.
His spacing combined with his zoning (as well as no fear of using meter) proves kenshi to be a devastating match up for Kitana.
Now before I give my insight on this, please remember, in no way am I saying that this is in Kitana's favor, or even(5-5), this is still a BAD matchup (4-6) for kitana.
But hopefully I can help fellow Kitana users.
Tips:
Tip number 1- Dash blocking is your BEST FRIEND. It is important to have this down and to react to his zoning accordingly, and block them accordingly and correctly. The key is not to be in his face, the key is to be at about jump kick distance or F2+1 distance to punish any whiffed rising karmas, shoulders, reflects, jump ins, etc. You can be at 2,1 distance as well, but this is very risky. He can easily put you in mixups, frame traps, etc.
Tip number 2- Throw your air fans!!!! - (this is probably THE MOST CRUCIAL TIP) People laugh at me for saying this, but Pig of the Hut knows throwing fans can ruin Kenshi's game. Yes he can reflect, yes, when he reflects he can tele flurry or overhead, and what not.
The important thing about this is, he cannot constantly throw out projectiles without getting hit, not only this, if you throw your fans really fast, and he reflects it, the fan will disappear and not hit you, as you throw out another fan.
This puts the kenshi player grounded, expecting to reflect fans, (sometimes realizing its too late and taking the chip damage, or sometimes missing it and eating 8%)
Another thing is that this causes you to build meter! Which is important in my next tip.
(EDIT) : I'm not saying to spam air fans 24/7 but to throw them out often.
Tip Number 3- Ex fans- Now, this one is really tricky, you have to be spot on for this. The key is to bait out any special from kenshi, and punish with ex fan, and quickly dash once or twice and proceed to punish. You have to be very careful as to not get hit by it yourself from a reflect. time it right, and youll get 40%+ punishes for his whiffed attacks.
Tip Number 4- Patience and Staying Calm- You cannot finish a block string, and proceed to d+1, jump, grab, 2,1 etc etc, his tackle will prove to be devastating. instead, calmly back up, and bait him. You cannot be up in his face, you have to react on mistakes. Kitana pressure will NOT work on kenshi.
Tip Number 5- Know Kenshi's distance on his specials- Know where kenshi's falling swords(dont know the name of it lol) fall. Sometimes he may do a far one, into a medium one, but if you feel he will do that, block the far one, and throw an air fan, which causes him to miss the medium distance one, and get hit.
Tip Number 6- Duck Dash the tele flurry- The tele flurry can be duckable, so dash while pressing down, which causes you to duck under the tele flurry, while moving in at the same time, and then proceed to block and move in.
This is very common when a Kenshi reflects a fan, simply duck it, and move in.
Tip Number 7- Save your meter for Ex fans + breakers.
I will try and upload matches with pig in the future, I just got my new ps2 pad, and it is HELL ON EARTH to get used to.
Please post any other detailed questions, and I will try to answer them.
I hope this helps you guys, love you guys
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