Kensou Tools/Info KOF14

Kensou notes:

Standing


Far LP: 25 damage. Stumpy, but safe on block.
-Chains into:
--Kobokushu
-Cancels into:
--Choukyuudan (EX)
--Ryuugaku-Sai (All)
--Ryuurenga-Tenryu (Both)
--MAX Cancel

Close LP: 25 damage. It's stumpy but fast and safe.
-Chains into:
--5LK
--2LP
--2LK
--Kobokushu
--Auto-Combo
-Cancels into:
--Choukyuudan (EX)
--Ryuugaku-Sai (All)
--Ryuurenga-Tenryu (Both)
--Senkyuu-Tai (EX)
--MAX Cancel

Far LK: 30 damage. Decent reach and sort of unsafe on block. Okay AA from okay range?
-Chains into:
--Nothing
-Cancels into
--MAX Cancel

Close LK: 30 damage. Good hit, safe and fast.
-Chains into:
--5LP
--2LP
--2LK
--Kobokushu
-Cancels into:
--Choukyuudan (EX)
--Ryuugaku-Sai (All)
--Ryuurenga-Chiryu
--Ryuurenga-Tenryu (Both)
--Senkyuu-Tai (EX)
--Shinryuu Seio Rekkyaku (MAX)
--Zesshou Churinshouha
--MAX Cancel

Far HP: 70 damage. Pulls Kensou forward a bit, pretty quick and safe.
-Chains into:
--Nothing :(
-Cancels into:
--Zesshou Churinshouha
--MAX Cancel

Close HP: 70 damage. Decently fast, reaches far, safe, etc. Good normal.
-Chains into:
--Kobokushu
--Kosentai
-Cancels into:
--Choukyuudan (HP/EX)
--Ryuugaki-Sai (All)
--Ryuurengu-Chiryu
--Ryuurengu-Tenryu (Both)
--Senkyuu-Tai (EX)
--MAX Cancel

Far HK: 80 damage. Same length as B, slower, still safe on block.
-Chains into:
--Nothing
-Cancels into:
--MAX Cancel

Close HK: 80 damage. Decent AA, but fast and safe.
-Chains into:
--Kosentai
-Cancels into:
--Choukyuudan (EX)
--Ryuugaku-Sai (All)
--Ryuurengu-Chiryu
--Ryuurengu-Tenryu (EX)
--Shinryu Seio Rekkyaku (Both*)
--MAX Cancel


Crouching

LP: 25 damage. Stubby but fast, safe on block too.
-Chains into:
--5LP
--5LK
--2LP
--2LK
--Kobokushu
-Cancels into:
--Ryuugaku-Sai (All)
--Ryuurengu-Tenryu (Both)
--Senkyuu-Tai (EX)
--MAX Cancel

LK: 30 damage. Fast and longer than Standing B range.
-Chains into:
--5LP
--5LK
--2LP
--2LK
--Kobokushu
-Cancels into:
--Ryuurengu-Tenryu (Both)
--MAX Cancel
>>>Kensou's crouching lights (along with most characters) seem to favor chaining lights together while buffering inputs for specials. So, while c.LK > EX Choukyuudan is technically not possible, the game will fill the space with c.LK > cl.LP > EX Choukyuudan, making it work. This will affect damage scaling and possibly meter gain to a smaller extent, but if the special works, then you should be fine.

HP: 70 damage. Great anti air, kind of slow.
-Chains into:
--Kobokushu
--Kosentai
-Cancels into:
--Choukyuudan (HP/EX)
--Ryuugaku-Sai (All)
--Ryuurengu-Chiryu
--Ryuurengu-Tenryu (Both)
--Senkyuu-Tai (EX)
--Shinryuu•Choukyuudan (Both)
--Shinryuu Seio Rekkyaku (EX)
--Zesshou Chirinshouha
--MAX Cancel

HK: 80 damage. Sweep, nice range, decently safe.
-Chains into:
--Nothing
-Cancels into:
--MAX Cancel


Jumping

LP: 40 damage. Short, angled down, crazy fast.
>>> This move does 40 damage on hops/superhops, 45 on jumps/superjumps.

LK: 40 damage. Long, fast, angled down.
-Jump-in/Jump-away button to press
>>> Damage on j.LK is same as damage from j.LP

HP: 70 damage. Shorter than j.LP, also angled down.
-Nice damage and hitstun

HK: 70 damage. Hits in vertical wall in front of him.
-Shorthop + this > most jumpins? Shorthop under??? Experiment.


Command normals:

Kobokushu: 50 damage. Kensou slams his fists forward. Unsafe on block.
--Good AA
--Hits overhead
--MAX Cancellable

Kotensai: 40 damage. Kensou does a roundhouse, lifting off the ground a bit. Unsafe on block.
--Cancellable into Ryuusou-Geki


Specials

Choukyuudan: Kensou's fireball.
--LP: 65 damage, moves slowly.
--HP: 65 damage, moves faster.
--EX: 120 damage, knocks opponent down.

Ryuugaku-Sai: Multi-hit DP, goes vertically. Unsafe on block.
--LK: 90 damage, Kensou goes forward a little on startup
--HK: 130 damage, Kensou goes 25%~ screen on startup
--EX: 177 damage, Kensou goes 25%~ screen on startup.

Ryuurenga-Chiryu: 121 damage. 3 hit combo a little off the ground. This move goes straight horizontally, but stops if first hit whiffs.

Ryuurenga-Tenryu: 3 hit combo that goes diagonally forward off the ground. All hits go on block or whiff, but very unsafe.
--GREAT AA
--HP: 121 damage.
--EX: 150 damage.

Ryuusou-Geki: Kensou's divekick. Hits mid, hits with his fist. This move can be chained out of depending on where and when you hit the opponent.
--LP: 50 damage
--HP: 50 damage
--EX: 25 damage per hit, scales.

Senkyuu-Tai: Kensou kicks opponent upwards, giving opportunity to juggle them.
--LK/HK: 78 damage, unsafe on block.
--EX: 97 damage, safeish.
-Juggleable buttons after:
--5LP
--5HP
--5HK
--2LP
--2HP


Supers

Shinryuu•Choukyuudan: Fireball super. Kensou shoots a huge fireball forward.
--Standard: 200 damage, faster than HP version
--MAX: 280 damage, faster than EX

Shinryuu Seio Rekkyaku: Ryuurenga-Chiryu and Ryuugaku-Sai added together. Both versions continue fully on block or whiff. Very unsafe, but travels fullscreen by the end.
--Standard: 193 damage.
--MAX: 350 damage. MAX has Ryuurenga-Tenryu's starting AA properties, and adds a second Ryuugaku-Sai at the end.

Zesshou Chirinshouha: Kensou's Climax. Kensou travels just short of fullscreen with one kick to start a series of attacks. 480 damage.


Kensou is a pretty great character. Very safe normals, fireball, DP, great anti-air options, Kensou has a lot of great tools at his arsenal. Since almost everything can be cancelled into Ryuugaku-Sai, you're able to get a decent amount of damage from most convertable hits.

Since Kensou can convert from most anything into something jugglable, meter spending shouldn't be a big problem for him, but that's not to say he doesn't benefit much from it. Kensou is a quick character with a great tool kit and fantastic damage potential, and can go anywhere on a team.