Hokuto no Ken/Juda

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Juda is a tricky, trap-based character, perhaps most comparable to Testament from the Guilty Gear series. The use of his followers allow him to create advantageous situations without much risk to himself, and he has a full arsenal of mixups and unblockable set-plays at his fingertips, many of which are capable of chaining into 100% combos. Juda also has several good reversals, namely his Stamp uppercut and dam super, as well as a special Dagar Guard Cancel, making his defensive game quite solid.

His reliance on his followers is one of his few weaknesses - without them he isn't capable of doing much. For this reason learning to properly manage your followers is an essential skill for any would-be Juda user. While very hard to pick up, Juda's unique style of play makes him an interesting character with incredibly high potential. That being said, let us start this section off by listing Juda's main strengths and weaknesses.

Pros	Cons
Followers allow for mixups and unblockables with little risk Good matchups against Toki and Juda Best Banishing Strike in the game Awesome FKO, almost on par with Toki's Immune to Chikuseki for the most part Forward dash has partial lower-body invulnerability	Very reliant on followers In the PS2 port, the position his followers appear in when summoned is different from the arcade version (See Combos section)

Juda
Character Data

Before diving right into the combos be sure to familiarize yourself with Juda's special/super moves and important normals.

Standing

Close A

5F Startup, 4F Active, +1 on block

Far A

6F Startup, 4F Active, +1 on block

Close B

6F Startup, 4F Active, +3 on block

Far B

7F Startup, 3F Active, +6 on block

Close C

9F Startup, 4F Active, +0 on block

Far C

8F Startup, 8F Active, -10 on block

Close D

8F Startup, 4F Active, -4 on block

Far D

16F Startup, 2F Active, -5 on block

Crouching

A

5F Startup, 3F Active, -1 on block

B

7F Startup, 3F Active, +3 on block

C

8F Startup, 5F Active, -2 on block

D

11F Startup, 6F Active, -2 on block

Air

A

5F Startup, 4F Active

B

5F Startup, 9F Active

C

9F Startup, 6F Active

D

10F Startup, 6F Active

Other

6A

25F Startup, 4F Active, +0 on block

(Air) 2A

18F Startup, 12F Landing recovery

(Air) 2C

18F Startup, 12F Landing recovery

Throw

4F Startup, 4F Active

Can only be performed while the Komak gauge is full.

BD Throw

23F Startup, 4F Active

Can only be performed while the Dagar gauge is full.

Grave Shoot

15F Startup 4F Active, +3 on block

Heavy Strike

41F Startup, 6F Active

Banishing Strike

18-33F Startup, 14F Active, -5 on block

Special Moves

Juda's Follower Meters

X

Denshou Reppa

236C

9F Startup

A low to the ground fireball move, similar to Iori's from KoF. Doesn't do much damage, and has huge recovery(your opponent gets a guaranteed hit on you even when you connect with it at close range!), so must be used sparingly and with caution. Takes off one star on counter hit.

"Ichido Omoishirasete Ageyou"

236B

6F Startup to call Dagar, 8F For Dagar to appear, minimum of 9F of movement, 10F to attack
6F Active

AKA Dagar Rush. Dagar runs forward and strikes the opponent. Costs 20% Dagar meter, and takes off one star and causes wall bounce on counter hit. Dagar will continue moving even during super freeze, which when combined with the dam super allows for an unblockable setup. When in revenge mode Dagar will attack Juda instead - in this case you are able to kill him off before he hits you with a move like far A, but this will cause his gauge to go to zero and make him unsummonable for a period of time. In some situations simply guarding the attack may be your best bet.

Dagar no Chiryaku

421B

6F Startup to call Dagar, 20F For Dagar to appear, 38F to dig underground, Dagar lasts for 300F, 8F Startup to launch out
16F Active

X

"Ore wo Riyou Shitanoka~!!"

214B

9F Startup, 20F Active, 8F Recovery

X

Stamp the UD

623A

4F Startup to call Komak, 5F For Komak to appear, 6F Startup to uppercut
20F Active

Komak will always come out even if Juda is hit, making this move a great reversal

Komaku no Chiryaku"

421A

7F Startup to call Komak, 21F To plant the mine
61F Active

X

Ichikoro"

236A

4F To call Komak, 5F for Komak to appear, 57F Act
Poison lasts for

X

Chiryaku no Jidai"

(On Wakeup) 41236E

Any attack that cancels the animation will have 16f of invincibility.

X

Dam Kekkai"

236236C (Uses 1 Bar Aura)

4F Startup

X

Nanto Yousou Hazan"

214214C (Uses 1 Bar Aura)

9F Startup, 32F Active, -50 on block

If this attack is used to kill Dagar while he's in Revenge state, Juda's Aura gauge will be maxed out, and Dagar will be unavailable for the rest of the round.

Kesshou Shi"

236CD (Fatal KO)

9F Startup

X