I've been messing around with Kolin aaand i actually like her! Not exactly what i'd want from a character but at least she's cooler then most others in the roster. Could someone give me a quick rundown of the most important things i should know about her?
Kolin is kool.
-Her cr mk is real good. Long range, +1. You can use a st hp or mp afterwards to counter attempts to poke at you bc any button that can actually reach at that range will be counterhit most of the time with those buttons and faster buttons wont reach and you will whiff punish them. They can counter your attempts to do that though. If youre feeling lucky you can fit in a vskill to counter a slower normal too. Cancels into v trigger and is good on hit and advantaged enough on block for a dash or two in
-use vskill as you like until the opponent shows adequate punishes. Use it as a neutral winner or a ranged anti air. Theres a place where you can use it and it will hit empty or hard jump ins, and a place where it will whiff and you will get punished. Learn where those places are.
-Whiff punishing is important for Kolin. Learn how to do it with st lk buffered into stuff, st no, and st hp.
-cr hk is risky, but useful if you can get the read on the opponent walking around at distance. Always buffer it into something when using
-avoid using snowball in neutral too much, its very slow.
-Learn your meaty timings. After every hp hands hits you can dash up and use st mp or st go depending on quick or back rise. Same goes for v skill. After throws she has st hp or back hk depending.
-Dont abuse her command dash.
-Ex lp dash is strike invincible on frame 1. Safer than counter for escaping but not throw invincible. If youre smart you can play the mixup between backdash, ex lp dash, wakeup 3 frame jab, and block.
-vtrigger can be used in a few ways. You can hit them with it and try to overwhelm them. Hit them and wait for them to get desperate and then defend appropriately leading to stun. Footsies/anti projectiles usage. Play with it.
-kolins real strength is her stun.m, not her damage. Watch the stun bar as you play.
-at the same time she does her best damage with meter. Learn her ex hands mixups. Learn her conversions with 1, 2, or 3 bars. Rarely do you want to save super.