Garou: Mark of the Wolves/Kain

Overview

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

Misc.

Introduction

Kain R. Heinlein is the final boss in Garou. He is uncle to Rock Howard, and runs the family business after Geese's death.

Gameplay

TBD

Strengths	Weaknesses
One of the best break moves in the game (invincible and very advantageous on block) Best setplay/okizeme in the game which can lead to guaranteed guard crush setups Good meter build Seele bug can force the opponent from just defend to block, leading to checkmate scenarios Higher guard crush gauge than average	Lacks faster damaging punishes Must charge in order to guard cancel with a special move

Character Colors

Move List

Frame Data Source : https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/32.html and https://w.atwiki.jp/garoumow/pages/70.html

Data Help
Disclaimer: This is meant to teach basic terminology used when describing moves.
HitBox:	A predefined area (usually a group of rectangles or circles) that tell the game how any given attack can come in contact with a character. Hitboxes are invisible to the player when normally playing.
HurtBox:	A predefined area (usually a group of rectangles or circles) that tell the game how your character is allowed to get hit by any incoming attack. Specifically, you'll get hit by (or block) an attack if that attack's hitbox ever overlaps your hurtbox.
Throw Box/Range:	Active throw frames and range. Your opponent will be thrown in this field if not in block or hit stun.
Projectile Box:	Hit box on a projectile attack.
Guard/Counter Box:	The Guard Box or Counter Box. This appears when blocking or using a counter move.
Push Box:	Has no bearing on hurt/hit boxes. Just allows characters to not pass through each other. (Also known as "Collision Box".)
Command	the input for the attack.
Start Up	The number of frames that initiate at the beginning of an attack after the input. And when the first hitbox is present. The first active frame is after the last startup frame.
Guard	The way this move must be blocked. High or H or Overhead (especially when from the ground) -- must be blocked standing. High-Low or HL or Mid -- can be blocked either standing or crouching. Low or L -- must be blocked crouching.
Damage	"basic" damage -- unmodified damage values "correct" damage -- damage values modified for damage scaling, TOP multiplier, and defense rate
Guard Crush Value	Decrease your guard durability gauge/meter by that value/s
+	signifies how many advantage frames the attacker has.
-	signifies how many disadvantage frames the attacker has.
KD	means the attack will knock the opponent down.
◯	circle means cancelable on both hit/block.
∞	infinity means chain cancelable with the same button (renda cancel).
※	means cancelable on the first hit/part only.
《 》OR « » OR << >> OR ( )	The numbers in the brackets are the startup frames until the next stage (the gap until the next hit's first active frame).
△	up triangle means only cancelable on block.
▽	down triangle means only cancelable on hit.
× OR X	means not cancelable.

Close Standing Normals

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
4	Mid	4	4	5	13
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	Yes	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4
Standing jab.

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	5	4	11	20
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+0	+0	Yes	Yes	Yes	4

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	8	3	24	35
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-6	-6	Yes	Yes	Yes	5

Cl.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5×3	Mid	9	1, 1, 3	30	44
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-12	-12	No	No	No	3, 3, 3

Far Standing Normals

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
5	Mid	4	4	5	13
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+6	+6	Yes	Yes/chainable	Yes/chainable	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7	Mid	5	4	11	20
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+0	+0	Yes	Yes	Yes	4

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
8, 8	Mid	12	2, 1	23	38
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-3	-3	Yes (1st hit)	Yes (1st hit)	Yes (1st hit)	3, 3

Far

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6×3	HL	9	1, 1, 3	30	44
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-12	-12	No	No	No	3, 3, 3

Crouching Normals

Cr.

Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4	Mid	3	5	6	14
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+4	+4	No	No/chainable	No/chainable	4
Cr. > Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4, 5	Mid, Low	4	4	7	15
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+4	+4	No	No	No	4, 4
Target combo from 2A.
Cr. > Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	4, 8	Mid, Mid	7	3	19	29
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-1	-1	No	No	No	4,5
Target combo from 2A.

Cr.

Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	6	Low	4	4	7	15
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	+4	+4	No	No/chainable	No/chainable	4
Cr. > Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	6, 8	Low, Mid	7	3	19	29
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-1	-1	No	No	No	4, 5
Target combo from 2B.

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Mid	7	3	19	29
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-1	-1	No	No	No	5

Cr.

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	Low	11	5	21	37
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-5	No	No	No	5

Jumping Normals

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	5	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6	High	6	8	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	No	No	4

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	High	9	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	No	No	5

Jump

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
10	High	8	6	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	No	No	5
Small jump D can beat out upper-body evasion attacks.

Universal Moves

St.
Lower-body evasion attack

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
6, 6	Overhead	23	3, 8	12	46
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-1	+5	No	No	No	3, 3
Overhead.

Cr.
Upper-body evasion attack

Cr.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10	Mid	8	4	27	39
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-12	-6	Yes (on hit)	Yes	No	6
1～6F upper-body invincibility
Cr. > St.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	10, 10	Mid	6	1	36	37
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-16	Yes	Yes	Yes	6, 3
Target combo from 2AB (on both hit and block). Make 2AB safe on block by feint canceling the C follow-up. (Kain is the only character that can do this.)

Schwarze Stoß (T.O.P. Attack)

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
23 (with 1.25x damage modifier)	Mid	18	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
KD	-13	-	-	-	25
Kain's top move travels forward, covering a fair amount of distance and is good for one hit that knocks down your opponent. Besides doing a super, this is one of the most damaging moves you can finish a combo with.

Throws

Schwarze Mond
Close / +

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
7×3	-	1	-	-	-
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
+78	-	-	-	-	-
Kain's normal throw.

Feints

+
Forward Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	10
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Schwarz Panzer D and its break.

+
Down Feint

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
-	-	-	-	-	10
Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
-	-	-	-	-	-
Mimics the start of Himmlisch Atem.

Special Moves

Schwarze Flamme
Charge ~ + /

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	12	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-5	-5	-	-	-	8
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	15	Mid	12	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-14	-14	-	-	-	8, 5

Schwarze Panzer
Charge ~ + /

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	18	Mid	13	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	-	7
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 9, 9	Mid	22	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-7	-	-	-	2×3, 3
~ + Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	9, 9	Mid	22	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	-2	-2	-	-	-	2×3

Schwarze Lanze
Charge ~ + /

All versions are impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar.

~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7, 6	Mid, Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-4	-	-	-	7, 5, 7
1～6F full-body invincibility
~ + Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	7	Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+11	-	-	-	7
1～6F full-body invincibility
~ +	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5, 3, 3, 8, 6	Mid, Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	-8	-	-	-	8, 5×2, 7
1～5F full-body invincibility
~ + Break	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5	Mid	6	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+9	-	-	-	8
1～5F full-body invincibility

Super Moves

Himmlische Seele
+ /

Both versions are:
Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar
Have 1～4F full-body invincibility
And GUARANTEED to go through their entire startup and come out

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5×7	Mid	13	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+34	-	-	-	2×7
Especially useful as a strong pressure option during okizeme
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	5×10	-	9	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+46	-	-	-	2×10
Way less useful than just sending out kain's pair of blue balls. Has a few niche ways it's better but less damage, less guard crush value and less block stun overall.

Himmlische Atem
+ /

Both versions are:
Impossible to just defend at 0-pixel health bar
Have 1～6F full-body invincibility
And GUARANTEED to go through their entire startup and come out

+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	28	-	1	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+8	-	-	-	15
Few hit confirms outside of counter hits, the opponent can also move during the black screen. Ignore this outside of scenarios you'll know it'll land.
+	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total
	28, 16, 16	-	2	-	-	-
	Hit Adv	Block Adv	Feint Cancel	Cancel on Hit	Cancel on Block	Guard Crush Value
	KD	+34	-	-	-	15, 8×2
The damage is HUGE but you'll have to be in a place to land all 3 shots. Two confirms are Lanze break counter hit > lanze break > C Atem 2AB5C > C Atem