Kratos has slow normals, a dumb dash special, and a godlike parry. Actually he has the slowest normals in the game. That being said, his parry reflects normal hits, grabs, and projectiles. When a projectile is parried, he shoots an unblockable projectile that launches the opponent up in the air. His f4, 2, hold 2, 4 combo does around 30% damage off of 3 or 4 hits. He has the highest damage to input ratio I've seen in this game. 2,1, db 2, f4,2, dash f4,2(hold), 4 does like 41%. The easiest way to beat someone who uses Kratos is to neutral jump in on him. The person will most likely parry and after the animation you can combo him. This combined with sweep kicks will dominate kratos. His projectile is good, but once you get in on him just start going low. However some lows will still be parried. I've noticed that if the character is standing but has a low starter(kang, jax..etc.) he'll still parry that low. To win with kratos you can use a few basic combos like 1,1,2 and 2,1,2 <- overhead on last hit, but ranged..doesn't hit point blank. But its about effective use of the parry. Basically if you know kratos' moveset you can dominate him. Its really hard to parry good players, and f4,2 is not safe on block. The flashiest combo I do with kratos, which is a little easier than the one I mentioned above, but does less damage is 2,1, db 2, f4,2 dash, 1, df 2, dash, 1, df 3. I say its easier because I have a hard time hitting with the second f4,2. You have to be fast. I don't main kratos, but I will use him online. He's part of my repertoire of characters I use to show people I'm not a one trick pony when they start losing respect for me in koth. One last note on that parry: when its used to block normals or throws kratos will do a shove motion and knock the character to the ground. This is fine if you parry an air attack, however on the ground you can dash out of the shove motion and perform one of the combos mentioned above. This is what I have on kratos, for those of you interested.
