MK9 | The Sonya Blade Thread

[TheDarkPhoenix]

Did they take out the MS block loop?

[TuffGun]

Beastin with Sonya on XBL so far! Ermac players have no honor…

[FROG55JON]

Mix-ups are crazy lol her stagger overhead is pretty cheap. She’s got some much options

[Exalted-1]

huh? are you talking about j.2? Idk MK mechanics but I was under the impression that everyone’s j.1-2 or j.3-4 were generally around the same speed. In fact, I assumed all air attacks were pretty much the same for every character lol. (not counting airthrows and fireballs etc)

If you’re not talking about j.2 then what? To my knowledge she doesn’t have a standing overhead. (or medium in this game, I guess) Her divekick can be blocked low.

Anyway she seems like she’ll end up being a pretty solid character. If anything she’s a bit faster than other characters. Her damage seems to be decent, airthrow and divekick are nice extra options. Maybe we’ll find some use for drill kick or extra stuff with military stance. Her weakness seems to be mixup. I wish bf4 worked on block lol.

All in all I would guess she’d fall somewhere into midtier along with most of the cast in this game. But what do I know!

Also, does kiss do something else that I don’t know about? lol

EDIT: nevermind, just now finding out about Military stance > 1+3

She has like lots of overheads

F3 hits overhead
F2,2,3 is a string that ends with a overhead
Enhanced divekick hits 3 times, second hit is overhead
Military Stance tackle
Possibly one more…

[Shynkz]

yeah yeah, edited the post a long time ago

[Pessh]

Please sub

[ApocaLips]

Great guide! Love it!

If you don’t mind, I’d like to submit a combo. You have this listed for a combo off of jumping punch:

j.2~dive, 2,1~cartwheel, dash, b+2,1~leg grab - 39%

If you replace the B+2, 1, leg grab with B+2, 1, F+2, j.k, air throw, you end up getting 41% instead and pretty much the same wakeup position. The full combo is:

j.p, dive kick, 2, 1, cartwheel, dash, B+2, 1, F+2, j.k, air throw - 41%

She has like lots of overheads

F3 hits overhead
F2,2,3 is a string that ends with a overhead
Enhanced divekick hits 3 times, second hit is overhead
Military Stance tackle
Possibly one more…

Just for clarity, replace 3 with 4. F+4 is the overhead. F+3 doesn’t exist, and F+2, 2, 3 isn’t a chain but F+2, 2, 4 is.

[Merkilo]

Whats good for punishing someone in an aerial rolling state? Like after a blocked raiden superman

[RIDLEYomega]

anybody knows how safe or unsafe Sonya’s HK is? I heard LP,LP,HK is safe on block but idk if it is positive frames on guard or it’s still negative.

[RIDLEYomega]

@ Merkilo uppercut them with 2HP (down and triangle for PS3, or down and Y for xbox)

[Shynkz]

Whats good for punishing someone in an aerial rolling state? Like after a blocked raiden superman

pretty sure every character has lag when they hit the ground from that aerial spinning thing. just wait till they land and time a b.2, 1 etc

[guitalex2007]

pretty sure every character has lag when they hit the ground from that aerial spinning thing. just wait till they land and time a b.2, 1 etc

More specifically, b+2-1 can whiff the b+2, leaving the 1 to be blocked. Instead, try for a 2-1 when they land. Follow it up with a Kartwheel, dash, b+2-1 into anything you fancy and soon they will start hesitating to throw out their random Superman/Teleport move.

They get to stop taking damage for no reason and you get a breath of fresh air. Win-win.

If the heat of the moment is too much to respond in time, just do one of those arc leap kicks (d,b+4). From that close it will always hit, and push them conveniently the hell away.

[socheazy]

How are you guys punishing Kano’s upball? I was getting owned by it last night. I couldn’t uppercut it on block nor could I get any sort of combo going.

[guitalex2007]

Kano’s upball’s recovery was lessenned to the point where online it’s almost impossible to retaliate. This was done to buff Kano because he was so unsafe, but unfortunately the best advice I can give you is to stay out of its range. Fireballs and the Arc Kick can help you keep Kano away, and crouching under his knives will force him to try to approach (hopefully with any other of his balls which are still unsafe).

[PhinnyCupcakes]

Heres an easy one. It doesn’t work in the corner:

Dive kick -> hp, lp -> kartwheel -> dash -> lp, lp -> (Ex)Rings

9 hits, 33% damage, easy to execute.

[bestsku]

Have any of you all had any glitch where Sonya’s chest caves in? As in her you know whats? Its pretty hilarious actually. I think it’ll happen after F+HP, HP, HK, and in her second outfit.

Also doing Military Stance cancels are nice, especially with the negative edging the game allows. You can do 2,1 and just roll the stick back and get Military Stance.

I heard the stance’s properties are going to be nerfed soon, which I don’t agree with personally but whatever. Maybe I’ll go back to Raiden?

I haven’t ran into that glitch. I definitely want to try that now until I recreate it.

[xJayx]

dont think i saw this one so

j1 > 21 > kartwheel > dash > b+2 1 f+2 > 4 > leg grab (36%)

j1 > b+2 1 f+2 > nj1 > dash > 21 >kartwheel > 2 > leg grab (38%)

still trying to get a dive kick into 21 >.>

[BigVfromNC]

yo, anybody got advice on making dive kicks work more consistently? When i do a kick in the air then dive kick it combos, otherwise im not comboing.

[Merkilo]

You can’t hit confirm the dive you have to start inputting the rest of the combo while you are still airborne

[BigVfromNC]

wow, that makes a lot of sense, thanks