Real Bout Fatal Fury 2/Mai Shiranui

Introduction

Mai is a well rounded character that has lost some of her pressure and combo options from Real Bout Special in exchange of a more defensive oriented playstyle on neutral. Her basic gameplan of zoning with Ka Cho Sen (236A/C) and Night Bird (214C) to anti-air can make her seem like a traditional shoto, but she has more movement and aerial options at the cost of the range in her pokes. She also has a triangle jump and an air throw to make her jumps trickier to stop, and a get-up attack to push opponents away. If played well, Mai can feel unapproachable while still having very decent pressure thanks to her 18f feint.

As said previously however, Mai often needs to put herself at risk if she wants to compete at the mid-range, with a risky Ryu Enbu (214A) or counterpoking. Her damage can be good up close but she struggles to make good reward or her zoning and long range buttons when compared to other characters, making her gameplan inherently risky.

If you like characters with good movement and both fullscreen and close quarters options, Mai may be just for you.

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Pros	Cons
A solid, traditional gameplan with fireballs and anti airs. Good movement options. A threat far away and up close Good damage up close if the player is good with linking after 2A>2C	Unrewarding gameplan from afar, and midrange tools are lacking. Not a weakness of her toolkit perse, but she doesn't push any of her strenghts as heavily, as she isn't the best in the game in any of aspects she specializes. Struggles heavily when having to make a comeback.

Normals

Standing

5A	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 6 - 6 2 11 3 -1 HL Y - -

n.5A (within 57 px of opponent)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 6 - 4 4 12 4 0 HL Y - -

5B	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 8 - 7 1 21 -6 -10 HL Y - -

n.5B (within 73 px of opponent)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 8 - 6 1 17 -2 -6 HL Y - -

5C	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 11,11 - 9 4,13 13 0 -6 HL N - -

n.5C (within 56 px of opponent)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 11,11 - 7 3,3 20 3 -3 HL Y - -

Crouching

2A	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 6 - 5 5 7 4 0 HL Y - -

2B	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 8 - 5 6 9 1 -3 L Y - -

2C	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 21 - 8 3 23 KD -6 L Y - -

Command

Tail Strike 4A	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 19 - 12 7 13 4 0 HL Y - -

Triangle Jump 9 next to a wall	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle - - 7 - - - - - - - -

Double Foot Strike Mash S after knockdown	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 19 - 7 6 20 10 -6 HL Y - -

Jumping

j.A	Version Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle Neutral Hop 6 - 4 till landing 6 +8 +4 H Y - - Diagonal Hop 6 - 4 till landing 6 +8 +4 H Y - - Neutral Jump 6 - 4 6 6 +8 +4 H Y - - Diagonal Jump 6 - 4 6 6 +8 +4 H Y - -

j.B	Version Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle Neutral Hop 8 - 5 till landing 6 +8 +4 H Y - - Diagonal Hop 8 - 5 till landing 6 +8 +4 H Y - - Neutral Jump 8 - 5 7 6 +8 +4 H Y - - Diagonal Jump 8 - 5 7 6 +8 +4 H Y - -

j.C Hop Diagonal Jump Normal Jump	Version Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle Neutral Hop 18 - 7 8 8 +15 +9 H Y - - Diagonal Hop 18 - 7 8 8 +15 +9 H Y - - Neutral Jump 18 - 7 6 8 +15 +9 H Y - - Diagonal Jump 18 - 7 6 8 +15 +9 H Y - -

Oversway Actions

5D (opponent in oversway)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 18 - 7 3,3 20 0 -6 H N - -

2D (opponent in oversway)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 18 - 11 2 13 KD 6 L N - -

A (A from oversway)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 8 - 28 2 12 2 0 H N - -

B (B from oversway)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 8 - 24 4 12 1 -1 L N - -

C (C in oversway)	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 18 - 24 4 10 13 -3 HL N - -

Throws

Fuushakuzushi 4/6C next to opponent	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 26 - - - - - - - - - -

Yumezakura 1/3C Next to someone in the air	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 26 - - - - - - - - - -

Feints

Feint Ka Cho Sen 2AC	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle - - - - 18 - - - - - -

Feint Flower Hurricane 2BC	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle - - - - 19 - - - - - -

Specials

Ka Cho Sen 236A	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 16 - 13 - 54 -5 -7 HL - Y -

Ryu Em Bu 214A	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 8+23(28) - 5 5(3)10 29 2 -12 HL - Y -

Night Bird 214C	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 32 - 8 2 31 KD/-5 -11 HL - N -

Shinobi Bachi 41236C	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 28 - 10 5(9)27 27 KD -9 HL - Y -

Musasabi Mai j.2AB	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 17,17(31) - 11 till landing 24 - - HL - N -

S-Power

Cho Shinobi Hachi 641236BC	Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle 10,10,12,12,45(69) - 12 3,3,3,3,8,14 Total 95 KD -45 HL - N -

P-Power

Flower Hurrican 641236C No hold version Hold version	Version Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle No hold 6 - 1+1 17 19 KD 8 HL - N - Version Damage Stun Startup Active Recovery Hit Advantage Block Advantage Guard Cancel BS Juggle Hold 11+¡,12*7,18(91) - 1+3 51 44 KD - HL - N -