GGST/I-No

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Overview
Overview

I-No is a unique all-range character with powerful options from most places on screen and oppressive offense that utilizes her hoverdash for a very strong high/low/throw game.

Instead of a standard run, I-No has a unique “hoverdash” that puts her into the air, giving her near-immediate access to all her aerial attacks at a moment’s notice. This, along with her frame traps, pressure resets, and a high damage command grab super, makes I-No very difficult to block when she gets up close. To get there she possesses a suite of powerful neutral tools, most notable among them being Antidepressant Scale (note), a projectile that can be controlled vertically and gains hits as it travels across the screen.

However despite her strengths, neutral is probably the hardest thing to learn as I-No. Her hoverdash makes approaching directly difficult, meaning that depending on the situation and matchup she can end up zoning, trying to play footsies, or using her divekicks and Stroke the Big Tree to gamble on maneuvering around the opponent’s attacks. She also suffers on defense, lacking a meterless reversal or particularly fast buttons, so she needs to have a solid understanding of the universal defensive mechanics to get out of pressure. Her below average defense and guts make this even more important.

In the end though, no matter how far behind they are, all it can take is one knockdown for an I-No player to steal momentum and carry it all the way to victory.

I-No I-No , classified as a Rush type, is a hard rock witch with a wild offense using her hover dash.

Pros
Cons
  • Hoverdash: I-No gains powerful high/low mix-up options with her unique hoverdash, as she can make herself airborne while being very close to the ground.
  • Extra Mobility: Sultry Performance gives I-No a unique movement option alongside her hoverdash and downward airdash. Stroke the Big Tree also gives I-No a way around most pokes if she's willing to gamble.
  • Mixups: I-No's hoverdash gives her easy access to fast overheads and she has a high damage command grab super in Megalomania. While Antidepressent Scale is needed to make it truly safe, she can go for a hoverdash mixup when she is at advantage (or is willing to take a risk).
  • Hoverdash: Her unique ground dash makes it harder to approach opponents directly as it can be answered universally with 6P. I-No has to use her other tools like Chemical Love or Stroke the Big Tree to force an opening.
  • Damage: I-No gets relatively low damage off of most confirms. She can make you guess, but she has to make you guess a lot to win.
  • Defense: I-No has no meterless defensive options, making her quite frail if she's knocked down towards the beginning of the match.
I-No's ground dash does not behave like a normal run. Instead, I-No's ground dash puts her airborne, which allows her to perform high/low mixups without having to actually jump.
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I-No

Normal Moves

5P

5K

c.S

f.S

5H

5D

6P

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34 All 9 5 18 - -

Good 6P with decent range. Lack of jump cancel or grounded launch makes this move generally poor as a combo tool. Still useful as an anti-air and counterpoke, despite generally not leading to much. Low profile is also useful to disrespect certain moves during pressure, like Sol's f.S, Giovanna's 236K, or Ky's 214K.

Additional Frame Data: Initial Prorate 90%

6H

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20,45 All 7 2(12)8 19 - -

One of I-No's best combo tools. Fast, easy to confirm due to its multiple hits, and launches high, letting it combo into 236H and delayed 214K anywhere on grounded hit. Almost any starter will combo into this move, but if they're too far away, it will whiff. Occasionally useful as a high-risk, high-reward anti-air using the second hit. Leads to great damage on CH in the corner, but not midscreen.

2P

2K

2S

2H

2D

j.P

j.K

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24 High 7 12 14 - -

  • Jump and dash cancellable

Due to it's low blockstun this can be useful to try and frame trap opponents or go for a tick throw. It's also I-No's only button that cancels into j.D, making it useful to start mixups. However, the opponent can throw you when you land, so if possible you want to space it or make the transition into the landing blockstring tight enough to beat their throw attempt.

Additional Frame Data: Initial Prorate 80%

Gatling Options: j.D

j.S

j.H

j.D

Universal Mechanics

Ground Throw

Air Throw

Special Moves

Antidepressant Scale

214P(Air OK)

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One of I-No's most notable moves, essential for her okizeme and neutral. The projectile gains hits as it travels, to a maximum of five, leading to more blockstun/hitstun if it connects. By holding 2 or 8, I-No can influence the note's trajectory upward or downward.

Notes can be shot in neutral to force your opponent to block or move a certain way. They can also be shot after a 2D or 236H knockdown for a safe mixup. Keep the long recovery and limited vertical control in mind when using this move in neutral, especially if you're more used to earlier versions of the character.

Additional Frame Data: Initial Prorate 80%

Stroke the Big Tree

236S/H

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  • Both versions stagger on hit.

I-No's most essential pressure tool. Great low profile during startup means Stroke is extremely useful for approaches in neutral, but both versions can be prone to trading with attacks it low profiles, as the low profile ends as soon as the move becomes active. Both versions will lead to great damage on counter hit.

236S

  • Frame traps and combos from 2S/f.S, combos from 5H/2H as well but requires a delayed cancel for a frame trap.
  • Unfortunately does not lead to much on normal hit if your opponent knows how to recover from stagger.
  • Can be hard to punish on block due to pushback.

Additional Frame Data: Initial Prorate 90%


236H

  • Grants hard knockdown on air hit
  • Slightly plus on block, though it will always leave a gap if chained into during a blockstring.
  • Great combo tool, always plus enough on hit to allow 6H/5K to combo.
  • Combos from CH f.S/2S/2H/5H.

Additional Frame Data: Initial Prorate 90%

Sultry Performance

j.236K/S/H

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  • Values in () indicate advantage on block if you input the button again to bounce up.
  • Values in [] indicate if the move is charged
  • All versions hit mid

I-No's divekicks. If I-No presses the same button used to input the special after it connects, she will bounce up, allowing a pressure extension. Aware opponents can mash or use 6P to deal with it, but I-No can block after the follow-up to try and bait out buttons, though she gets no reward for it. However, even on block, using the follow-up makes the dive safer, especially for j.236H.


j.236K/j.236S

  • j.236K sends I-No downward at a 45 degree angle.
  • j.236S travels more horizontally, at around a 60 degree angle.

These versions are largely identical in function. Both are largely useless in combos, requiring RC or full charge to convert in the vast majority of situations. They do cause a soft knockdown, however, so they allow for a quick hoverdash reset. They are also useful to stall air momentum and catch careless anti-airs, or as air-to-airs to drag the opponent back to the ground with plus frames.


j.236H

  • Hits three times, five when fully charged
  • Travels parallel to the ground

Mostly used in combos for corner carry and wall damage. Allows I-No to convert meterlessly from j.K F-Shiki and j.D. Occasionally useful in neutral to cover large distances with high profile, usually with PRC.

Chemical Love

214K (Air OK)

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  • CH state in recovery

A projectile with good range, but easily low profiled by runs, crouching opponents, and even certain standing characters. Even with these cons, Chemical Love is still useful in neutral to stuff approaches using far moving specials and airdashes, curbing jumps from a distance, and simply as a poke. In addition, the move is vital to I-No's corner combos. Using it in the air will raise I-No further up.

Additional Frame Data: Initial Prorate 80%

Overdrives

Megalomania

632146H

Damage GuardHow this attack can be blocked. StartupThe number of frames between inputting an attack and when the attack becomes active. Includes first active frame. ActiveThe number of frames for which a move has hitboxes. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryThe number of frames after a move's active frames during which the character cannot act assuming the move is not canceled. On-BlockThe difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Invuln
13×18 (17×11) Ground Throw (All) 11+0(41) - -

  • +69 on successful grab.

Absurdly damaging command grab super that supplements I-No's great high/low mixup game. Active instantly after the superflash, so the opponent needs to be in air before it to avoid Megalomania, they can't simply react to the flash. The projectiles that come out after the cinematic will appear even on whiff and I-No is completely invulnerable until the end of the attack, making jumping forward the only way to punish this super. The projectiles inexplicably track behind I-No if the opponent is close enough to her back.

The projectiles that come out on whiff are unfortunately not fast or active enough to force the opponent to block, so this super isn't too great to chip the opponent out.

Ultimate Fortissimo

632146S (Air OK)

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  • I-No's only reversal. If done while airborne, I-No skips the flying knee and simply does the projectile.
  • This super has two parts for the ground version. knee attack and then the followup. between the two attacks you are vulnerable and can be attacked or thrown.

If the projectile is blocked by the opponent, I-No has enough advantage to run a mixup. This makes it useful if your initial mixup is blocked, or if your opponent isn't aware of how to punish this super. Will force an Area Shift in the corner, but won't actually break the wall unless the opponent is right up against it.


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Overview Complete 20/20
Combos Several combos listed but videos examples may help 8/10
Strategy Needs information on how to defend as I-no and what to do in situations where other characters would use their run. 19/20
Frame Data few moves missing recovery and active 45/50
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