Up Block Vulnerable Moves (List)

[kabelfritz]

There are many moves in the game that can be made very punishable by up-block, even inside of strings. This is not displayed in the in-game frame data and also an effect that can not always be achieved by flawless blocking the very same hits. up-block also often (if not always) removes push back on block.

Generally overheads are vulnerable to up-block, but there are exceptions, like mileenas f4, takedas triple df4 or li meis air db4, which have no extended recovery if up-blocked. I only know of one mid that is up-block-vulnerabe and that is Nitara's new dive kick. Overheads inside of strings are sometimes vulnerable to up-block, but not always. It's not 100% clear with what it has to do, but it's not gaps before the overhead. ANY overheads in strings can usually be up-blocked if the hits before the overhead whiff though, but i have not included these cases in the list, i thought that didnt have enough value right now.

if you are caught in a blockstring that contains an up-block-vulnerable overhead, just hold up and it will come out automatically at the right time.

Now here's the data:

Main Fighters

Ashrah:
f3: -37
Fatal Blow: -55

Baraka:
f3: -22

Ermac:
f2: -22

General Shao:
f2: -47
b32: -22
db4: -35
f2 (no axe): -21

Geras:
f3: -50

Havik:
f122: -22
Fatal Blow: -52

Homelander:
airbf2,1: -30
airbf2,4: (no data)

Johnny Cage:
212: -21
f34: -21
f4: -20

Kenshi:
b2 (sento): -38
db2: -32

Kitana:
4f334: -27

Kung Lao:
f2: -34

Li Mei:
f3: -35

Liu Kang:
Fatal Blow: -61

Mileena:
121+2: -37
211+2: -21

Nitara:
b2: -30
Airdb4: -34 to -40. this is a mid but vulnerable to up block

Omni-Man
f2: -29
db3,3 and airdb3,3: -37

Peacemaker:
db2: -36

Quan Chi:
13: -22
b2: -27
db1: -23
bf4: -30

Raiden:
b2: -22
f34: -4 (up from -3 lol, probably not intentional though)

Rain:
f3: -19

Reiko:
f2: -31

Reptile:
b2: -24 to -33
air db4: -54

Scorpion:
122: -38

Shang Tsung:
f3 (young): -19

Sindel:
b23: -21
df4: -40

Smoke:
b2: -20
f32: -19
db2: -29
Fatal Blow: -66

Sub-Zero:
Airdb4: -20 to -28

Takeda:
122+4: -31
212: -20
b212+4: -40
f4: -32
bf3u: -27
db4: -36

Tanya:
b23: -27

Kameos:

Ferra:
k,2: -27
air2: no data, seems punishable with s1

Khameleon:
k(Mileena): not vulnerable (lol)

Scorpion:
fk: -17

Sonya:
bk: -27

Stryker:
uk: -9

Tremor:
bk hold (metallic): not vulnerable

 

[Marlow]

What about Havik's 112?

 

[kabelfritz]

What about Havik's 112?

not up block vulnerable, only flawless

 

[Mikemetroid]

Tanya:
-

lol this bitch

 

[wsj515]

I thought you could upblock that one Tanya string where she throws the baton in the air then comes down in an OH?

 

[Eldriken]

Man, when people up block Reiko's f2, I'm like, "...fuck." Free punish with anything you want for days.

 

[kabelfritz]

I thought you could upblock that one Tanya string where she throws the baton in the air then comes down in an OH?

oh of course it is, how did i miss that? edited in.

 

[kabelfritz]

btw i cant wait to punish liu kangs up-blocked fatal blow with haviks db1

 

[The Hex Man]

Mannnnnnn this is amazingggg. Good stuff. When I get home from work I'm all on it.

 

[Trini_Bwoi]

It would be cool to have a list of low-risk upblocks, situations where you can just turn your brain off and upblock because there's low risk of punishment

 

[wsj515]

It would be cool to have a list of low-risk upblocks, situations where you can just turn your brain off and upblock because there's low risk of punishment

Any OH fatal blow is a lobotomy upblock considering there is a cinematic, just need to know which ones are OH. Otherwise I think most have some measure of risk/guess.