Killer Instinct (2013)/Eagle

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Introduction

Eagle PLACEHOLDER CHARACTER STORY

Gameplay

Eagle is a hybrid zoner/rushdown character that makes use of his bird companion to cover himself while controlling the screen with arrows. After landing a hit, Eagle can transition into a flurry of terrifying mixups and consistent vortex. Leave your opponent in the dust, but be careful when on the defensive.

Strengths Weaknesses
  • Bird is the Word: With a drop of a hat, Eagle can rewrite his framedata, lock down opponents from up close and afar, and perform asynchronous offense, all by utilizing his bird summons.
  • Was it High? Low? Nobody Knows: With access to several highs that can be set up in advance in the form of Rain Shot and db. HP, Eagle can create tricky, near-unblockable high-low setups that force opponents to take risks or overload their mental stack to block appropriately. Combined with a very good Hard Knockdown Ender which boasts great corner carry and plentiful setup time, you can expect the opponent to be holding several, hard-to-reversal mixups back-to-back, especially in the corner, before looping back to the same vortex.
  • Find the Gap: Combining the use of arrows with bird commands can allow for crazy lockdown sequences that require specific responses to escape.
  • Strong Midrange Presence: Eagle can combine his various arrow shot commands (such as b. HP, df. HP, st HP, j.HP) and the bird to control some specific angles that most characters may not have access to. Controlling these areas in neutral can mean a knockdown to set up Eagle's crazy vortex. Additionally, he has unconventional movement and harassment potential through the use of Bird Fling and Wingspan.
  • Solid Meter Gain: Eagle's Death by a Thousand Cuts approach often means he has meter stocked up, especially after getting the opponent to block a flurry of mixups in the corner. This pairs nicely with Shadow Ankle Breaker, which gives time for his bird companion to recover before using Sonic Screech, and restart block sequences to get that meter back.
  • Notoriously Bad Defense: Eagle's defense is among the poorest in the game, considering the lack of a true reversal, metered or otherwise, and a lackluster backdash. The closest thing to a reversal, the Divebomb, has a flawed activation that can be stuffed by meaties and throws. Additionally, his anti-airs are slow, have deadzones, and are low priority. Prepare to block for your life just as much as you force the opponent to.
  • Wolves Move In Packs: Eagle struggles to function smoothly once the bird has been put on cooldown. He often has to stall to get it back for functional offense, as his framedata and general moveset is quite bad without it. For the ground game, Eagle's normals are stubby and don't control the same amount of space that more traditional KI characters can hold down. He often must rely on the bird or other special moves to control the space, putting himself at risk.
  • The Worst Instinct in the Game: Eagle has hands down the worst Instinct mode in the game. Barring the non-existent comeback potential, the peck attacks are terrible in their tracking and general usage. Even worse, they can even sabotage some of the strong non-instinct setups that Eagle relies on. Total garbage at worst, a screen freeze with a debuff and funny combos at best.
  • Worst Damage in the Game: Eagle's damage is notoriously low. Along with all the enders not yielding much damage, much of Eagle's offense relies on starters with projectiles, which scales damage significantly in KI. Players may need to compensate by aggressively looping Eagle's vortex or incorporating potentially risky resets. This also means having to play the breaker game carefully, as players can be tempted to take the mixup and break quickly, as Eagle isn't particularly hard to break.
  • Projectile Machine Gun: Eagle's offense relies almost entirely on projectiles. While useful in some matchups, it's a detriment against those with direct meterless countermeasures or strong metered reversals (e.g Shadow Windkick) that must be accounted for at all times.
  • Still Has a Quiver: While not a significant weakness, Eagle's limited arrows puts a damper on the craziness of his vortex and midrange control. Additionally, he is left in a tough spot if he can't find the time or meter to retrieve his arrows.


Universal Mechanics

Instinct

Birds of Prey: Eagle's bird does a peck attack after melee normals.

KI2013 Eagle CSS.png
Character Data
Forward Walk Speed 59f to cross two large training mode squares
Backwards Walk Speed 76f to cross two large training mode squares
Forward Dash Duration 24f
Backdash Duration 23f
Pre-Jump Frames 5f
Jump Duration 37f
Landing Recovery 4f
Advantage Post Grounded Combo Breaker 0


Normal Moves

Standing Normals

Standing Light Punch
Stand LP/5LP
Eagle SLPhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
10(2%) 14(3%) -- 1.6 2.4 Mid 5 2 9 15f +4 +6 0 Chain

To Do


Standing Medium Punch
Stand MP/5MP
Eagle SMPhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
20(5%) 26(7%) -- 2.4 4 Mid 7 2 18 26f +2 +5 -1 --

To Do


Standing Heavy Punch (No Arrows)
Stand HP/5HP
Eagle S0HPhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
32(8%) 40(10%) -- 4 4.5 Mid 9 2 18 28f +7 +11 +4 --

To Do


Standing Light Kick
Stand LK/5LK
Eagle SLKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
10(2%) 14(3%) -- 1.6 2.4 Mid 6 2 13 20f +3 +8 +2 --

To Do


Far Medium Kick
Stand MK/5MK
Eagle SMKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
20(5%) 26(7%) -- 2.4 4 Mid 8 4 21 35f +3 +6 -2 --

To Do


Standing Heavy Kick
Stand HK/5HK
Eagle SHKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
36(10%) 44(12%) -- 4 4.5 Mid 13 3 19 34f +25 +25 -5 Soft Knockdown

A vicious kick that lifts opponents off their feet.


Close Normals

Close Medium Kick
Stand MK/5MK
Eagle NMKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
20(5%) 26(7%) -- 2.4 4 Mid 7 2 16 24f +4 +7 +1 --

To Do


Close Heavy Kick
Stand HK/5HK
Eagle NHKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
36(10%) 44(12%) -- 4 4.5 Mid 9 2 19 29f +2 +6 -4 --

To Do


Crouching Normals

Crouching Light Punch
Crouch LP/2LP
Eagle CLPhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
10(2%) 14(3%) -- 1.6 2.4 Mid 5 2 9 15f +3 +5 -1 Chain

To Do


Crouching Medium Punch
Crouch MP/2MP
Eagle CMPhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
20(5%) 26(7%) -- 2.4 4 Mid 7 3 16 25f +3 +6 +1 --

To Do


Crouching Heavy Punch (No Arrows)
Crouch HP/2HP
Eagle C0HPhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
30(8%) 38(10%) -- 4 4.5 Mid 9 3 14 25f 0 +3 -4 --

To Do


Crouching Light Kick
Crouch LK/2LK
Eagle CLKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
10(2%) 14(3%) -- 1.6 2.4 Low 5 2 10 16f +4 +6 -2 Chain

To Do


Crouching Medium Kick
Crouch MK/2MK
Eagle CMKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
20(5%) 26(7%) -- 2.4 4 Mid 7 4 16 26f +2 +5 0 --

Not a low


Crouching Heavy Kick
Crouch HK/5HK
Eagle CHKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
30(8%) 38(10%) -- 4 4.5 Low 10 3 20 32f +47 +47 -3 Hard knockdown

Standard sweep.

Throws

Throw
5LPLK/4LPLK
Eagle LPLKhb.png
Test Caption
Damage Counter-Hit Damage Potential Damage Shadow On Hit Shadow On Block Guard Startup Active Recovery Total Duration On Hit On Counter-Hit On Block Special Properties
34.4 (9%) - - - - - 5 2 30 36f - - - Hard Knockdown

Eagle spends an arrow to launch the opponent very far. An important part of his corner vortex.


Instinct

Birds of Prey
HP+HK
Eagle HPHKnv-min.png
Test Caption
Eagle's bird does a peck attack after melee normals, and that's it. No damage power-up, no quiver boost, no frame data chicanery. Just a very simple assist.

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