The nice thing about Kolin is that she seems to represent her RL martial art pretty well in the context of SF. I think people who were disappointed with Abel and Laura and wanted to see more “grit” in their MA style will like Kolin.
These are the infos I gathered by looking at Kolin gameplay at Lupe Fiasco event:
her sweep is 2 hits (probably the slowest 2-hitting one in the game) and the 1st hit is special cancellable. I dunno if it can be cancelled into anything or into dandy step only. It seems to launch on CC, which means she has no hard knockdown at all. Also, due to the range of the 2nd hit she may not be easily punishable on block unless you stick a button right after you block the first one.
dandy step has a reasonably fast recovery if you don’t follow it up with anything.
st. HK seems actually to have a very solid range.
as said by Frosty, her regular throws are actually an amazing pressure tool as they leave her almost in the opponent face. Forward throw though doesn’t give her enough time to just walk and grab.
there’s a version of ice slashes that doesn’t end with a KD (probably light one), it’s fast AF and has almost no recovery. You may use it as Laura’s L Bolt. It also looks relatively safe on block (can’t be punished by mediums).
EX ice slashes might be + on block.
she doesn’t seem to be a 900 health character. Maybe 950?
her walk speed doesn’t look great. Feels Laura-ish. But her back dash is fast. edit2: forward dash looks pretty fast too, maybe 16f.
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counter grab does a fuckton of damage. High version might easily be the most damaging AA in the game and a hilarious punish for overheads. In return, it can easily be baited and harshly punished by empty jumps.
overhead looks almost identical to Laura’s. Actually the animation looks more like Sean’s overhead, which is pretty funny.
It’s a clinch knee into an STO. It’s one of my three favorite normal throws based purely on aesthetics. The other two being Alex’s “Rick Flair Chop” and Urien’s Spartan Bomb.
Nahh, to be insane, this would have to be coupled with good stun output and a way to capitalize on the stun she inflicts. Perhaps a V-Trigger that also does stun.
She definitely has better range on some of her normals than people are seeing. She’s not shoto stubby at all. c.LK seems about the range of Rashid’s which is one of the longer ones in the game. c.MK probably about as long as Laura’s which is decent range and her s.MP seems pretty solid for whiff punishing heavier buttons.
The only buttons of hers that are actually stubby are most likely plus on block or used for setups any ways. As it is for most of the cast.