GGST/I-No/Matchups

 I-No

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Detailed

• Replay Theater is a great resource to find high-level matchup footage.
• High-level replays may also be found in-game (Main Menu > Collection > Replay > Search).
• The Counterstrategy page will generally have some basic counterstrategy against each character in the game.
• Please keep in mind that matchup charts are subjective and not all players may agree on them.

Matchup Charts

Charts for the current patch (1.33)

KidDracula top NA player. Very aggresive takes big risk in neutral to get in with MLA, divekick and h-stroke/s-stroke. Relying on good pokes and whiff punishes to get in. Loves to AD BRC mix.

Source: Twitter

Winning

 Johnny

 Asuka

 Bedman

 Testament

 Zato

 Jack-O

Even

 Axl

 Potemkin

 May

 Bridget

 Leo

 Ramlethal

 Giovanna

Losing

 Millia

 Faust

 Happy Chaos

 Chipp

 Nagoriyuki

 Elphelt

 Sin

Retire

 Anji

 Goldlewis

 Sol

 Ky

Ticklememour top NA player. Ticklememour has a very read heavy and aggressive playstyle. Ticklememour sets the pace of a match with unconventional move choice, tricky movement and a knack to coming out on top in scrambles. His style often throws off players expecting more standard I-No play.

Source: I asked them (I'll update this tierlist if they post it on twitter)

6-4

 Zato

 Jack-O

 Bedman

 Testament

5.5-4.5

 Johnny

 Elphelt

 Asuka

5-5

 Potemkin

 Axl

 May

 Ramlethal

 Bridget

 Ky

4.5-5.5

 Millia

 Baiken

 Goldlewis

 Giovanna

 Happy Chaos

4-6

 Faust

 Sin

 Leo

 Nagoriyuki

3.5-6.5

 Sol

 Anji

 Chipp

Anji Mito

 Anji Mito

Although Anji's 236KGuardStartupRecoveryTotal 34~50Advantage- will catch careless STBTs, his ranged options are poor against projectiles. Keep your distance with your projectiles, be aware of when spin's guard point ends and when he's in range to be a legitimate threat with his normals and Fuujin.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Anji's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardAllStartup5Recovery10Advantage-2	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
6PGuardAllStartup10Recovery25Advantage-17	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
5KGuardAllStartup8Recovery9Advantage-2	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery21Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
charged 236HGuardAllStartup16 [32]Recovery21Advantage-8 [-6]		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Defense

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Defending Against Fuujin

Just about all of Anji's blockstrings will end in Fuujin, and likely, one of its follow ups.

• During Fan TossGuardAllStartup30 (43 if early cancelled from Fuujin)RecoveryTotal 43+6 after LandingAdvantage+7, jump and either Air Throw or hit him with j.P. If Fan TossGuardAllStartup30 (43 if early cancelled from Fuujin)RecoveryTotal 43+6 after LandingAdvantage+7 is blocked, do 6P to beat the f.S (loses to lows and SpinGuardStartupRecoveryTotal 34~50Advantage-.
• HopGuardStartupRecovery22+6 after LandingAdvantage- is punishable by Throw. Anji players usually try to Throw after it as well, meaning that a Throw Tech usually happens if you react late.
• The LowGuardLowStartup15 (28 with early cancel)Recovery20Advantage-7 is -7. If he’s close enough, you can punish with 2K. But most of the time you can't punish them so doing j.S takes your turn back.
• The OverheadGuardHighStartup21 (34 with early cancel)Recovery24Advantage-9 is -15. It's pretty easy to punish with 2K. It has 21 frames of start up, so you're going to have to learn to fuzzy block or react to this. Anji is more likely to go for this option with 50 Tension to keep himself safe or Red RC into a big combo.
• FuujinGuardAllStartup16 [32]Recovery21Advantage-8 [-6] with no followup is -8. Punishable with 2K. However if it isn't punish the Anji can take back his turn.

Asuka R

 Asuka R

Asuka can zone very well against I-No but has alot of trouble against HCL. Use HCL to snipe Asuka through the projectiles or to get rid of projectiles to start I-No offense.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Asuka's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

Neutral

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How to get rid of the boxes

• 6P > 214K - 6Ping the boxes to get rid of them and special canceling to HCL to hit Asuka.
• 214K - This goes through the boxes.
• 236P - Depending on the travel distance of note. It can go through around 3 boxes.

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Axl Low

 Axl Low

Much easier than in previous games thanks to Axl's normals no longer being air unblockable. Don't rely too much on hoverdash to close distance, use regular jumps, super jumps, short airdashes and 236H (very risky) instead. Once you're in midrange all your usual high/low profile options become threats and when you score a knockdown, as Axl has very weak defense.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Axl's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardLowStartup10Recovery14Advantage-6
5PGuardAllStartup7Recovery19Advantage-11 [-3]
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery22Advantage-13
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery19Advantage-8
2HGuardLowStartup11Recovery26Advantage-18 [-8]
214SGuardAllStartup24Recovery21Advantage+3
214HGuardAllStartup14Recovery29Advantage-24
IADB j.SGuardHighStartup14Recovery18Advantage-

Neutral

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Stick to short dashes and jumps to try and get into HCL range, once a knockdown is secured take advantage of his sub par defense to try to play neutral as little as possible. HCL also goes through 214KGuardAllStartup17RecoveryTotal 52Advantage-4.

Offense

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Similar to I-No Axl's 236236HGuardAllStartup11+1Recovery26Advantage-2 has a gap that you must jump over otherwise he is safe, keep this in mind when you block it.

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Baiken

 Baiken

Baikens fast disjoints and parry can make things awkward for I-No. Try to be patient and whiff punish her slower grounded buttons.

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Round Start

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Baiken has very strong options against I-No round start but counterplay does exist and we have lots of tricks we can use to play this position. Blocking is a very safe option and so is backdash but if you want to challenge doing a delayed 2K will beat out Baiken 2S Go under f.S and be able to hit confirm into s stroke. Microwalk back 2S is great for punishing Baiken 2S round start as well if you’re reading the 2S.

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Baiken's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery19Advantage-10	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery15Advantage-7	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9
2SGuardAllStartup11Recovery19Advantage-8		6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
Walk Back 2HGuardLowStartup17Recovery26Advantage-13
Neutral Jump j.SGuardHighStartup8Recovery19Advantage+1 (IAD)

Neutral

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Baiken's 2S is a very powerful tool against I-No as it beats strokes and allow her to low profile allowing her to ducl under HCL. Baiken's 2S is a very fast button and generally using movement to get around it is better than contesting Baiken's 2S. Whiff punishing Baiken's 2S with 2S is strong in the current patch (battle version 2.0) and on counter hit hit confirming into H stroke is great. Baiken f.S is another great button that can be consistently beaten with STBT. Baiken will generally be playing neutral by jumping around doing j.S and Tatami. Getting around it can be difficult and requires patience.

Tatami will tag strokes on the way down and it will stop the air approach. Picking the right moment in a gap in her wall is very important.

Offense

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Safe jump oki Short for "Okizeme" Attacking an opponent about to wake up after they were knocked down, usually with meaty attacks or mix-ups. and many other meaty setups against Baiken can be a little weird because of her terrifing 1f parry. Use note oki at any opportunity to get a safe mix without worrying about her parry.

Consistent high routes for note oki on Baiken are j.S > c.S > 2D > note or j.S > 2K > 2D. Consistent low route for note oki on Baiken is 2K > 6H > 236H > note. In the corner at full wall health doing 6H > 214K > j.H > 6H, note works great!

If you can't get note oki, meaty air fort is another good option. Be aware that Baiken's parry will beat a hover > 2K after air fort in most cases.

Defense

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Much of Baiken's pressure is focused on resetting with S/H Kabari and cranking your R.I.S.C. Guage for a big TK YouzansenGuardHighStartup9Recovery7 after LandingAdvantage-14 (IAS) combo. There is an important RPS situation against H KarbariGuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3. If the Baiken does Kabari(1)GuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3, the opponent leaves a -3 frame gap which is unpunishable and can always be checked by 2Sing (unless they parryGuard-Startup1Recovery32Advantage-). Thsi forces the Baiken to just block after blocking Kabari(1)GuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3 giving up their turn. However if you mash 2S after Kabari(1)GuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3 the Baiken can always do Kabari(2)GuardAllStartup11 [23]Recovery14 (23 on block)Advantage-7 which beats I-No's 2S. However if Kabari(2)GuardAllStartup11 [23]Recovery14 (23 on block)Advantage-7 is blocked than it is punishable enough for 2K > 2D. By doing Kabari(1)GuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3 > Kabari(2)GuardAllStartup11 [23]Recovery14 (23 on block)Advantage-7 the Baiken can either frame trap, gap close, or RC to restart the pressure. Most Baikens will ALWAYS do this if they just built a bar and when you are low. However there is a gap between Kabari(1)GuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3 > Kabari(2)GuardAllStartup11 [23]Recovery14 (23 on block)Advantage-7. So if the Baiken has shown to like doing that to force their, turn you can mash throw after Kabari(1)GuardAllStartup18Recovery19Advantage-3.

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Notes

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• Note oki beats Baiken’s wakeup parry! spaced FD break 2H can beat her wakeup mash + parry
• Punishing Youzansen can be a little tricky sometimes when blocking Baiken doing it from an airdash. A punish in most cases is 5P/2P > 6H > 236H. You can also do 5P/2P > 6H(1) > 236S > 5K > 214K if you want the corner carry at the cost of a hard knockdown.

• She doesn't have a real IAD safejump after wall break allowing for Fortissimo.

• FDing Baiken's 2K/2D > 236KGuardAllStartup15Recovery5Advantage-3 allows for a CH 2S.

• If Baiken does a block string into teather you can backdash it unless she's in 5P range, in which case they will usually 5P > 6K (IB throw them here).

Bedman

 Bedman

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Bedman's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

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Bridget

 Bridget

Short Summary Goes Here.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Bridget's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

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Chipp Zanuff

 Chipp Zanuff

It can be hard to catch Chipp because of how fast his movment speed is. Don't expect to be the aggressor here, use your pokes wisely, as he can easily whiff punish them. On defense don't be afraid to guess.

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Round Start

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Round start can seem a little daunting at first but it is generally in I-No's best interest to engage with Chipp in order to secure an early knockdown and a life lead. Please see the the round start chart for exact move v. move info but overall its generally unfavorable for Chipp to press an immediate button. He is far more likely to back off and attempt to whiff punish. I-No has strong special moves like 214K to stop air retreats and 236H or MLA for ground based ones. With these options I-No has the ability to call out most things Chipp can do round start but some can be quite risky to start off with so be sure to observe your opponent and above all don't be predictable.

Common Round Start Interaction Table

Chipp's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery25Advantage-16	walk back 5H, 236H	j.S, f.S, 6H
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery20Advantage-8	walk back 5H, 5K, 6P, 6H, 2K, 236H	j.S, 2S, f.S, 2H
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery17Advantage-7	2K, 2H, 5H, 6H,	j.S, 214S, 236H	2S
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery19Advantage-7	2K, 6H, walk back 5H	j.S, 2H, 236H	2S
IAD j.HGuardHighStartup8Recovery17Advantage+4~5 (IAD)	(delayed) 6P, j.S, 214K, 6H	2S, 5H
5HGuardAllStartup11Recovery16Advantage-4	walk back 5H, 2S, 236H	j.S, 2H, 6H

Neutral

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Neutral can be quite tough for I-No as Chipp can stay out of stroke range very efficiently and stop long hover dashes with little risk and massive reward by using 5P. One of Chipps biggest strengths is the ability to rapidly switch play styles between whiff punishment or rush down. I-No does have solid normals to keep him at bay when approaching but most have long whiff recovery and can be punished relatively easily if baited. Typically I-No wants to avoid these high risk situations with short dashes and low commitment buttons with fast recovery like punches or kicks to cover immediate approaches and slowly work Chipp back towards the corner to limit his options. In the corner I-No can play her stroke or dash mini game much more effectively and score damage by anti-airing escape attempts. Chipp has an extra jump allowing him to gain a lot of vertical space, most commonly he will either go for Air Diagonal Alpha BladeGuardAllStartup28~41Recovery21Advantage-6 or j.2KGuardHighStartup16RecoveryUntil Landing+8Advantage+3 (IAD). As long as you don't get hit by alpha blade he has lots of whiff recovery and is minus enough for a 2K punish on block. j.2K is a move you may see quite a bit, even in neutral and it can be quite tricky to deal with and can even be plus on block. The existence of this move makes traditional 6P anti-airs far more difficult by directly punishing a preemptive press or baiting one by controlling the fall direction. it does have a large hurt box below making it possible to counter hit before it makes it to you. Sometime you will need to block it and depending on the height it can be +1 to +3 but you can stop Chipp from taking direct advantage by engaging in RPS Rock Paper ScissorsA situation wherein an attacker and a defender have options that only beat certain responses from their opponent. For example, on wakeup a defending opponent may use a reversal to stop an attacker from using an attack, but the attacker can also block to defeat the reversal. If the attacker blocks, the defender can use the opportunity to take the offensive. with throw or mash as outlined in the chart below but keep in mind the reward is greatly in Chipps favor so try to anti-air or avoid the situation entirely whenever possible.

Brief j.2K RPS Summary

j.2K ▷ follow up	Chipp beats...	Chipp loses to...
j.2K ▷ 2K	Mash	Throw (4/6D)
j.2K ▷ 5P	Throw (4/6D)	Crouch button
j.2K ▷ Jump	Crouch button / Throw (4/6D)	Mash

This chart doesn't cover all of the options in this situation but they are the most common.

Offense

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Chipp has all the options he needs to make running I-Nos offence a little tricky. He has a triple threat of a 3f 5P, meterless reversal and serviceable back dash, with these options Chipp doesn't need to hold knockdowns all to often. However I-No does have a few Option Select A technique where one command (or series of commands) will perform a different action depending on the circumstances, thereby allowing one action to be able to handle two distinct situations.s to cover a few choices simultaneously, check the Okizeme page for some setups. Chipps 3f 5P is one of his best anti I-No tools, its fast enough to interrupt j.S > j.D double overhead. Off of an air CH 5P Chipp gets very good damage and corner carry so going for double overheads or resetting pressure with hover and 214S can carry more risk then it would in other matchups. However Chipps wealth of options can also be a curse as if any one is properly called out or OSed Chipp is in for a lot of pain, even with just a hit or two of risk build up is not uncommon for I-No to take rounds off 3 combos. Try to limit Chipps choices as best as possible and make openings hurt.

Defense

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Chipp's unique 2S > 2H whiff cancel and 2K > 2D will punish back dash attempts easily and for big damage. Faultless Defense is an important tool to mitigate this risk. When Chipp is at slightly further ranges FD will make 2H staggers from c.S or f.S whiff forcing him to switch to his special moves to continue pressure.

Rekka Pressure

ResshouGuardAllStartup13Recovery16Advantage-4/236S or Rekka 1 is first of three follow up special moves. Its only -4 on block and has a long cancel window before and after the active frames. This gives Chipp access to sneaky overheadsGuardHighStartup20Recovery20Advantage-9 and long reaching lows but are slightly more telegraphed due to early frames of Resshou being added to the startup of the next rekka special. Much of this moves strength is in the very long cancel window on block making taking your turn back or a jump escape risky.

RokusaiGuardLowStartup8Recovery21Advantage-6/236S > 236S or Rekka 2 is a fast frame 8 low Chipp will use as a frame trap from rekka 1. This move is -6 and I-No is one of the lucky characters who can secure a punish with her long reaching 2K, but if the Chipp is spaced very well (sometimes 2K will hit but 2D will whiff) or any part of the rekka was Faultless Defensed Chipp is at the prefect range to whiff punish any mashing or escape attempts. Pay attention to when Chipp cancels into rekka and stop using Faultless Defense, the threat of a 2K punish means Chipp will need to roman cancel or go into Rekka 3GuardHighStartup20Recovery20Advantage-9 for a final overhead. Knowing when to 2K punish is important but shouldn't be overused as it can be baited by delayed Rekka 3, a correctly spaced Rekka 2 or RRC but if Chipp is going for these options you may have other ways to escape like jumping or 5P/6Ping Rekka 3.

SenshuuGuardHighStartup20Recovery20Advantage-9/236S > 236K or Rekka 3 is the final follow up and is simple to deal with, its -9 on block allowing for a c.S/2K punish. Chipp is likely to RRC to keep this move safe and continue with high/low pressure but when delayed after rekka 2 there is a 2P/5P/6Pable gap for a high risk high reward callout.

Alpha and Gamma blade

All of these moves are on the slower side and will leave a gap when canceled out of normals, so be ready with a 5P or throw if the chipp is being predictable or you react. Be cautions with reactions as Chipps command grab Genrou ZanGuardGround ThrowStartup27Recovery15AdvantageN/A has a similar looking start up to Horizontal Alpha BladeGuardAllStartup29Recovery19Advantage-4 and will beat throw and mash, a fuzzy jump forward will cover both alpha blade versions and avoid the command grab. Chipp will need to call this out with a delayed rekka and you'll have other options of escape. Horizontal alpha blade is -4 so you can take your turn and start pressure, Diagonal Alpha BladeGuardAllStartup27Recovery17Advantage-2 is a little different, firstly its not an over head and is just a cross up like horizontal it leaves Chipp -2 in the air you can capitalize by chasing him with rising j.P.

Gamma BladeGuardAllStartup25~50RecoveryTotal 42Advantage+9 is a +9 on block pressure reset that comes out relatively quick but has unique properties making it a little easier to deal with. The projectile itself has a hurtbox that will damage Chipp when hit making to possible to deal double damage by hitting both the clone and Chipp at the same time or adding extra recovery when just hitting the clone. The animation is very distinct and can be reacted to with some practice, 2K will give you the most reward as 2K > 236D will punish Chipp for a full combo,. If you react a little late 214K can snipe Chipp as Gamma blade doesn't hit airborne opponents.

It is vital to watch what moves Chipps is canceling his specials from, most commonly its either 2K > 2D or 2S > 2H. 2D has less block stun and will leave a larger gap before a special so you can pick your escape option much sooner and have more time to challenge with a button. 2H has significantly more block stun so challenging with buttons is far more difficult and risky so it may be better to jump out or just be patent.

Elphelt Valentine

 Elphelt Valentine

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Elphelt's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

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Faust

 Faust

Another historically poor matchup for I-No that Strive broke open. Most of his grounded and aerial zoning options can be stuffed with 214K and his defensive options are some of the worst in the game. Snipe any netural uses of 236PGuardStartup26RecoveryTotal 40Advantage- with 214K. Make liberal use of 214K.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Faust's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardLowStartup7Recovery11Advantage-3	2KGuardLowStartup6Recovery12Advantage-2, 214KGuardAllStartup11Recovery22Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery32Advantage-21	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11, 2KGuardLowStartup6Recovery12Advantage-2
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery8Advantage-2	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery20Advantage-8	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2HGuardLowStartup14Recovery29Advantage-12	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11, 2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5
j.2KGuardAllStartup10Recovery9 after LandingAdvantage-	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Giovanna

 Giovanna

Similar to Chipp, Giovanna has amazing very fast movment speed. Therefore she can easily whiff punish pokes. Use 6P and 2H to stuff stepdash approaches, and dives and long hoverdashes to crack open defensive 2DGuardLowStartup17Recovery12Advantage-8 playstyles.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Giovanna's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery15Advantage-9		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
66 5KGuardAllStartup6Recovery12Advantage-2		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery16Advantage-4		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2SGuardLowStartup9Recovery15Advantage-6
5HGuardAllStartup10Recovery19Advantage-5	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9, 236HGuardLowStartup28Recovery16Advantage-2	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Notes

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• 236HGuardLowStartup28Recovery16Advantage-2 goes under 236KGuardAll [All (Guard Crush)]Startup27Recovery13Advantage+4 [+15] (Trovão)
• 236KGuardAll [All (Guard Crush)]Startup27Recovery13Advantage+4 [+15] (Trovão) goes through note
• 214KGuardAllStartup11Recovery22Advantage-9 whiff on standing Gio

Goldlewis Dickinson

 Goldlewis Dickinson

Stay far out and zone him out with 214K, throw note to force him into acting. Behemoth Typhoon can be good at stuffing your approaches and its best to use 236S/H or hoverdash in only when you've forced him into an uncomfortable position. 236H can be useful to completely avoid his weird air approaches but it will lose to j.D or j.H, so beware of that. Watch out for WA as it goes through everything.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Goldlewis's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery27Advantage-19	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
5KGuardLowStartup10Recovery12Advantage-7
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery23Advantage-12
684HGuardAll* (Guard Crush)Startup12Recovery21Advantage-5		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
j.DGuardHighStartup14Recovery14Advantage+13 (IAD)		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Happy Chaos

 Happy Chaos

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Happy Chaos's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery25Advantage-16	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
5KGuardAllStartup6Recovery12Advantage-3	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2KGuardLowStartup7Recovery12Advantage-4	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery21Advantage-14	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery18Advantage-7	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
6SGuardAllStartup12Recovery24Advantage-14	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery19Advantage-8			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
236PGuard-Startup-Recovery29 totalAdvantage-				2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

Neutral

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I-No has one of the hardest times approaching Happy Chaos. Happy Chaos focus shot pushing opponents farther away when they're in the air. Therefore as I-No her only approach tools, hover dash puts her in the air, use FD to fall faster to the ground when hoverdashing to approach Happy Chaos. Try and get into HCL range, while avoiding his gun. When Happy Chaos isn't shooting his gun try to HCL him to secure a knockdown. Once a knockdown is secured, do good mix and pray that you don't have to return back to neutral.

Offense

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Whatever you do, DO NOT BREAK THE WALL WITHOUT SUPER. Breaking the Wall without super returns the game back to neutral which I-No doesn't want to play. Use wallslumps and lower hitting combos to keep him longer in the corner.

Defense

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Defense is HARD and will always be hard. There are a bunch of tricks that can help against the HC mix:

• FD Crossup OS to stop the crossup rolls.
• backdashing 2S or f.S when hc doesn't have curse to get out of a blockstring.
• Reversal super or YRC to get out of blocking.
• Fuzzy mashing/grabing to stop the layer one throws/lows.

But at the end of the day you will have to eventually block this happy chaos. Pray and hope that you can block.

I-No

 I-NoHornier player wins.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

I-No's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
j.236SGuardAllStartup10 [37]RecoveryUntil Landing + 15Advantage-3 ~ -4 [+2 ~ 0]		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
214KGuardAllStartup11Recovery22Advantage-9				2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
66 j.SGuardHighStartup8Recovery20Advantage- / j.HGuardHighStartup12Recovery21Advantage-		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

Neutral

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Release out your inner Axl spirit and zone out your I-No bros with HCL.

Offense

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Don't misplace your own H-stroke, otherwise you are giving the old H-stroke back to the opponent who blocked it.

Defense

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Watch as you slowly realized that you can't block your own character.

Jack-O

 Jack-O

When Jack-O pulls servants you can close distance, you can STBT to get in or 214K to safely whiff punish a lot of her options when she tries using her air mobility to keep you out. Once you're in her poor defensive options and low health come into play.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Jack-O's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup10Recovery20Advantage-12
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery17Advantage-9
5HGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-6			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-19			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Johnny

 Johnny

Johnny has some of the best midranged pokes but struggles at long ranged distances. Use HCL to zone him out and punish blocked Mist FinerGuardAllStartup7+5Recovery30Advantage-15. Condition Johnny with 6P and 236H (goes under/beats f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery22Advantage-11, 5HGuardAllStartup13Recovery30Advantage-15) to use some of his worse pokes like 2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery21Advantage-10, and then challenge 2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery21Advantage-10 with 2H or 2S.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Johnny's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

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Ky Kiske

 Ky Kiske

A matchup you have to play fairly honestly. Keep fairly close, such that Ky feels uncomfortable to press 6H in fear of getting CH by f.S or 2H, but not so close that his shorter pokes such as 2S and f.S are effective. When in this range use your strong disjoints to catch him swinging.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Ky's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery17Advantage-8
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery16Advantage-5
2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery20Advantage-8
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-10
236KGuardLow, AllStartup7Recovery30Advantage-19 [-14]

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Leo Whitefang

 Leo Whitefang

Short Summary Goes Here.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Leo's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup10Recovery17Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11, 5HGuardAllStartup15Recovery23Advantage-8	5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9, f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5
66 5KGuardAllStartup9Recovery13Advantage-3	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5, 6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9, 2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11, f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13, 5HGuardAllStartup15Recovery23Advantage-8	5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2
2KGuardLowStartup7Recovery11Advantage-5	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5, 5HGuardAllStartup15Recovery23Advantage-8, f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11	5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery21Advantage-13	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9, 5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2	5HGuardAllStartup15Recovery23Advantage-8,2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5, f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13
2SGuardLowStartup10Recovery13Advantage-2	5HGuardAllStartup15Recovery23Advantage-8, f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5,2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11	5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2
2DGuardLowStartup12Recovery19Advantage-8	6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9, 5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2, 2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11,f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13	5HGuardAllStartup15Recovery23Advantage-8

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May

 May

Extremely difficult. May's normals are huge and disjointed, and cover multiple approach options at once.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

May's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-7	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
5KGuardAllStartup8Recovery11Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery18Advantage-7			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
IADB j.HGuardHighStartup12Recovery15Advantage+9 (IAD)
DolphinGuardAllStartup7Recovery20 (24 OH)Advantage-3

Neutral

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May's 5H cover every single get in option for I-No. So try eiter outpoke it with f.S or whiff punish.

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Millia Rage

 Millia Rage

Millia's air mobility can make this matchup feel hopeless, but it's far from impossible. Don't try to chase her down relentlessly, but don't wait for her on the ground to come to you. If she's in the air, try to position yourself so that you can air-to-air with j.P or catch her with a air grab instead of having to guess which of her movement options she'll use. Fortunately her ground game isn't as hard to beat.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Millia's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery16Advantage-11
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery12Advantage-3
f.SGuardAllStartup9Recovery19Advantage-7
2SGuardLowStartup11Recovery18Advantage-6
2DGuardLowStartup12Recovery19Advantage-8

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Nagoriyuki

 Nagoriyuki

Very difficult. I-No has answers to all of Nagoriyuki's options but each carries a much heavier risk than reward. Note is unusable in this matchup until Nago has around two bars of blood filled as he can react to its startup with clone into Fukyo and punish. Play in the midrange and be aggressive unless he's filled enough blood for you to safely note from fullscreen.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Nagoriyuki's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery15Advantage-6	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11, 2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery14Advantage-2	f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13, 6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9, 214KGuardAllStartup11Recovery22Advantage-9			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11, 2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5
2S	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11		2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5
214HGuardLowStartup14Recovery17Advantage-3	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
214KGuardN/AStartup-RecoveryTotal 16AdvantageN/A~6 214HGuardLowStartup14Recovery17Advantage-3		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
623HGuardAllStartup11Recovery21Advantage-7	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5

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Potemkin

 Potemkin

Potemkin languishes under the heel of Chemical Love. Play from far range until you score a knockdown and make liberal use of 214K, but be aware of his options to call it out.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Pot's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardAllStartup8Recovery9Advantage-1
6PGuardAllStartup11Recovery25Advantage-15
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-8
2DGuardLowStartup13Recovery18Advantage-8

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Ramlethal Valentine

 Ramlethal Valentine

Ramlethal's best pokes are extremely vulnerable to low profile and she'll be especially wary of this against I-No. It's likely she'll lean more towards options like 2S to cover both STBT and hoverdash, or play a simple coin flip by alternating between run up 2K and f.S, since if she goes into the air and tries to box you out with j.S or j.214S you can STBT to get in fairly easily. Observe what your opponent likes to do and use f.S/2H to beat 2S/2H, or 2H/2S to CH run up 2K.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Ramlethal's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery18Advantage-9	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
5KGuardAllStartup7Recovery11Advantage-2	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2KGuardLowStartup6Recovery9Advantage-2	f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13		2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup11Recovery21Advantage-10 [-13]	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2SGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-5 [-8]	f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-13	2HGuardAllStartup11Recovery14Advantage-5	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
IADB j.SGuardHighStartup12Recovery24Advantage+5 (IAD)				2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Sin Kiske

 Sin KiskeOne-Liner

I-No does well in neutral against Sin. Make sure to stop Sin's get in options 236KGuardLowStartup21Recovery15Advantage-8 and his 2S poke with I-No's 2H. Watch out for Sin's DP and make sure to punish it in the air.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Sin's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs

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Sol Badguy

 Sol Badguy

I-No can quite effectively play at any range she wants to against Sol, but she prefers to be slightly further out. In midrange neutral, I-No has answers to all his buttons. However his damage and offense don't make things easy for her. Sol's damage is incredible high, as he only needs only 1 to 2 clean hits to kill I-No. Sol has some of the best defense against I-No with his 3f 5K and meterless DP. Sol only needs only needs one hit to quickly go from losing to winning.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Sol's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup9Recovery20Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery13Advantage+2
2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery15Advantage-7
6HGuardAllStartup9Recovery43Advantage-27
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-4
Dash 623HGuardAllStartup13Recovery19+10 LandingAdvantage-26

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Testament

 Testament

Short Summary Goes Here.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Testament's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
6PGuardAllStartup11Recovery15Advantage-7	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup12Recovery18Advantage-7	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2SGuardLowStartup10Recovery18Advantage-7			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
236SGuardAllStartup16~22Recovery27Advantage-4	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
j.236HGuardAllStartup13~19Recovery21Advantage+2
Walk Back				2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11

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Zato-1

 Zato-1

I-No can control neutral well at any range, as her pokes beat Zato's one to one at midrange, and she can preemptively punish Eddie summon at any range with Chemical Love. However, the strength of 214K against Eddie means she prefers to be farther out. As Zato's defensive options are much poorer than average, once she's on top of him there's not really much he can do to disrespect her mixups. However, his offense is just as scary as hers, and his damage is better too, especially midscreen.

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Round Start

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Common Round Start Interaction Table

Zato's Button	Loses To	Beats	Trades	Whiffs
2PGuardAllStartup6Recovery9Advantage-3 [-1]
6PGuardAllStartup12Recovery12Advantage-6	2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
f.SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-12
2SGuardAllStartup11Recovery20Advantage-10	2KGuardLowStartup6Recovery12Advantage-2, 2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
2DGuardLowStartup10Recovery17Advantage-9			2SGuardAllStartup10Recovery23Advantage-11
Walk Back 5HGuardAllStartup13Recovery19Advantage-9

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