Hakumen is a character with large normals which most on hits and counterhits can lead to big damage. Hakumen benefits from Instant Blocking more than any other character, as he gains 1/3 of a magatama per instant block. He can special-cancel his specials, allowing for unique combos and setups. His C moves have projectile autoguard during their active frames and give a magatama per projectile autoguarded. He also has an insane air dash which covers most of the screen.

Hakumen gets zoned pretty easily, even with meter. Lack of combos without meter, relegates him to not doing much at the start of the round. Even with meter, a lot of his combos are still less than many other characters while still having less options. Like Jin, Hakumen is an excellent poker, but comes one change from Hero of Ikaruga to a hero of six people, Jin's future-self has lost his famed pressure and is considered less mobile due to his huge frame, slow moves and lack of gatlings, leaving good close combat skills with Hakumen something to be desired, so he must focus on poking opponents without any magatama available.

Hakumen's Drive, Zanshin, serves as his ability to counter his opponents attack. If performed at the right moment, the opponent's attack will be negated, and Hakumen will retaliate. Does not work against throws. If used against projectiles, the counter will catch the projectile and the retaliatory attack will come out, but unless the opponent is near Hakumen, the opponent will not be damaged.

In Continuum Shift, Zanshin is significantly easier to use with longer active time, and his new Fumajin move takes the place of simply having projectiles disappear in collision with his sword, a barrier pops up instead, giving Hakumen room needed to plan his next set of tactics before the barrier disappears. What's more, the damage of the barrier is proportional to the damage of the projectile stuck by Hakumen's blade, giving him an even more powerful defensive game. Hakumen also somehow has experienced similar changes to Jin, as they both had their j.Cs reconfigured. Some of his new moves even give Hakumen better approach than in the last game.

Continuum Shift II has turned Hakumen into a more offensive character. Almost all of his Zanshin counters can no longer be comboed from, and some of his normals have been reconfigured for pressure and mixup. His pokes and sword attacks were made slightly faster, allowing for quicker reactions and punishes. Yukikaze no longer activates immediately after input; instead the red barrier pops up like a normal Zanshin and only changes to the Distortion screen when the opponent's attack connects. This change makes it easier to trick the opponent into falling prey to Hakumen's unblockable Distortion Drive, but also riskier to pull off during a block string.

In Extend, Hakumen has moved up the tier list along with Ragna. New configurations such as chargeable 4C and wall-bounce Renka further increase his reach as well as damage potential.

Contents 1 Movelist 1.1 Normals 1.2 Drive 1.3 Overdrive 1.4 Special Attacks 1.5 Distortion Drives 1.6 Astral Heat 2 Comments

MovelistEdit

NormalsEdit

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
5A	400	?
	A standard looking jab. Can cancel into itself or 2A, which can be further canceled into 214A if you want to spend meter. If you hit an aerial opponent with it, you can connect with a j.A to combo as well. It has a 5F startup, which is tied for the fastest in the game. Unfortunately it will not hit most characters if they are crouching, so it is difficult to find a great use for this move. In Continuum Shift, this can link into 3C on counter hit.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
5B	590	73
	Hakumen does an upwards kick. This move suffers the same problem as 5A in that it does not hit most crouching opponents, so you'll find yourself not using this very much. Jump cancelable.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
5C	1110	137
	Hakumen lifts his sword up and slices downward. This move is insanely useful for a number of reasons. It has a 14F startup, so with its speed and reach it is good for stuffing a lot of opponents moves at range. As an opener to a round it is a great choice for those reasons, and will catch jumps too. On an aerial opponent, 5C will knock the opponent down, allowing you to either stop and take the knockdown or follow up with 623A~A or 236A/214A. It is -12 on block, so try not to have it blocked too close to you. Very useful for autoguarding full screen projectiles for a free magatama. Starts up and recovers faster with less range in Continuum Shift.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
2A	350	?
	A hilt low jab. Since this move will hit crouching, it is generally the best go-to quick poke for quick punishes. Great for frame traps after a landing blocking j.c if you do not think you have enough time to do 6A. Does not hit low.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
2B	450	55
	Hakumen sticks his foot out and hits low. Great for frame traps and mixup, especially if you can hitconfirm 2B >214B.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
2C	1050	?
	Hakumen lifts his sword upward while crouching. A great anti air as well as combo tool. Jump cancellable on hit, but not block. -18 on block, so avoid using this for pressure. In Continuum Shift this recovers quicker.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
6A	620	77
	A lunging shoulder attack. If you're doing this to an aerial opponent while they are attacking, you're pretty much guaranteed to counterhit them out of it. On hit to a ground opponent it staggers for 31 frames, allowing you to follow up with pretty much anything. In Continuum Shift, this moves forward a little but you can no longer cancel it into a special. In Continuum Shift Extend, it gained wallbound properties, as well as head-attribute invincibility.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
6B	590x2	73x2
	Hakumen does a stomp to the foe's foot. It knocks down opponents both on the ground and in the air. Useful for mixup, and can be followed up with a combo in many scenarios. On a Counterhit you get a huge bounce, and can follow up with a jump in, falling j.C > land 2C > etc. OR 6B (CH) > 6C > super if you want unburstable lazy big damage. In Calamity Trigger, this hits low, but in Continuum Shift, this now becomes a 2-hit overhead with no special cancels, removes one guard primer. In Continuum Shift Extend, no longer removes a primer.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
6(C) (Hold to delay)	1300 (No Charge), 1600 (Partial Charge), 2000 (Full Charge)	161 (No Charge), 198 (Partial Charge), 248 (Full Charge)
	Hakumen does a huge outward sword swing. Has a large startup (17F) and huge recovery, as well as being -14 on block. Does a massive 1640 damage, but can be held (charged) to do 1940 damage. The big uses of this move are for combos after 236A/214A, and 6C is Hakumens only move that combos into Shippū super without CH. This move is generally only good outside of combos against Tager, as he has a hard time coming in and punishing it. On a Counterhit, you get 6C (CH) > 6C > Shippū. Fully delayed version launches a downed opponent. In Continuum Shift, range is shorter but max delaying produces huge hitstun and removes a guard primer. From Continuum Shift Extend onward, causes slide on CH.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
3C	1200	149
	Hakumen crouches and does a quick sword sweep on the ground that hits low. Has a 9F startup and reaches decently far, making it a great counterpoke as well as a quick low. On hit it knocks down, but you cannot combo off of it. On counterhit, you can follow up with 6B, 5C, or 2C optimally. This move is -16 on block, so if you're too close you run a risk of getting punished for throwing this out. Can link to a 2B or another 3C on normal hit.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
4C	700 (No/Partial Charge), 1600 (Full Charge)	86 (No/Partial Charge), 198 (Full Charge)
	Hakumen performs a swift stab forward at a long range with very quick speed. Main poke with long range, can counter hit link into 6C or another 4C. Only reaches straight forward. Small disavantage on block. In Continuum Shift Extend, it can be charged like his 6C. On full charge, does large damage and chains to Renka.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.A	380	39
	Hakumen sticks his hand out at a slightly downward angle. Can chain into itself and late into j.A. Not terribly useful, but can be used to combo off of 5a on an aerial opponent.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.B	590	73
	Hakumen sticks one leg out pointing downward. Jump cancellable, so it can make for somewhat decent pressure and mixup. Has good potential to cross up as well. For comboing purposes, it is useful to combo with when j.2C would not allow for a follow up.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.C(CS)	900	111
	Hakumen does a wide outward slash aimed horizontally. New move in Continuum Shift, an awesome horizontal air poke with good approach usage. Resembles Jin's new j.C. Only with more range. Causes wall-stick in Chronophantasma.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.C(CT) j.2C(CS)	1000	124
	A big slash in the air all around him angled downward. It is fairly slow with a 14F startup, but has a huge hitbox and usually a good damage payoff on counter hit. Also shares the attributes of the other C moves for autoguarding projectiles. Good for ending air combos and using it in the middle of other combos and to pick off people from the ground. In Continuum Shift, the command is instead j.2C.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.2C(CT) j.2A(CS)	980	121
	Hakumen pushes his sword's edge forward, pushing back the opponent in the air when hit. Near a corner, you can repeat multiple times for pretty big damage. Midscreen, you can do 2C > j.2C > airdash > j.C oftentimes if they are close enough to you. Not really useful to use on opponents on the ground. Although it does not state it in the frame data, this move can also autoguard projectiles in its active frames. In Continuum Shift, the command is changed to j.2A. Can no longer combo into itself in Chronophantasma, even on CH and corner, but can be jump cancelled.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
B+C	--	--
	Hakumen shoots strange discharge into his opponent once he grabs them. Opponent is launched when this connects, can combo into Guren on everyone except Carl, but this is no longer the case in Continuum Shift. Does less damage in Continuum Shift. The damage is also fixed.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
4B+C	--	--
	Hakumen shoves the opponent behind him then afterwards kicks them. Combos off from the wallbounce effect, does less damage in Continuum Shift with loss of comboing. Also does fixed damage in Continuum Shift as well.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.B+C	--	--
	Hakumen grabs his opponent, then does a smashing elbow attack. Knocks opponent straight down. If close to the ground, this can start some deadly magatama combos. Reduced and fixed damage in Continuum Shift.

DriveEdit

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
D	God Slash			斬神, Zanshin			Slaying God			--	--
	Hakumen blocks his opponent's attack, then he reverses it with a various attacks. Depending on what direction use, Hakumen will do a different counter for each one. Gives one magatama for each counter landed successfully. The counter will activate as a missed 'connect with initial blow' type move if Hakumen blocks a non-physical attack unless the is within range of the actual attacking part of the move.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
5D	-- (Catch), 0, 1400 (Attack)	-- (Catch), (0, 322)* (Attack)
	Standard counter, grabs his opponent with a one-armed shoulder throw. Vulnerable at the start, but has the longest active period of all the counters. Catches overheads and mid attacks. If successful, tosses the opponent behind you, dealing 1700 damage and giving you 1 star of meter. Counter starts on frame 7 and lasts for 12 frames, but you cannot combo off of this. Gives the biggest damage payoff but is the hardest to hit most of the time. Mostly only useful for REALLY slow attacks (Jin's 6B, Tager's charge B sledge) But oftentimes can be hard to react to overheads with. Can also be useful against opponent's trying to cross you up with aerial moves. In Chronophantasma, this move can be delayed, but also blockable.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
6D	-- (Catch), 0, 1400 (Attack)	-- (Catch), (0, 322)* (Attack)
	Counters forward and disorients enemy with a swift backfist. Active on the first frame and lasts 7 frames, like 2D. Counters high and mid attacks. Deals 0 damage and building 0 meter, but has a long enough falling animation to jump in and connect with a falling j.C/j.2C into whatever, tensionless or non. This counter is especially useful against those ground overheads that you react to. Instead of simply blocking, try to get in the habit of using 6D and punishing. Activation is delayed in Chronophantasma

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
2D	-- (Catch), 0, 1100 (Attack)	-- (Catch), (0, 253)* (Attack)
	Low counter, lifts then on the foots and swings them over. Active immediately. Catches mid and low attacks. If successful, tosses the opponent behind you, dealing 1020 damage and giving you 1 star of meter. Active on the first frame and lasts 7 frames. Useful on wakeup against force-guard situations (Jin's projectile, Litchi's spinning staff super). Because holding down-back and D allows you to option select guarding and blocking if you do not get the reversal. Also good for frametraps like Tager's 5C > B Sledge.

Input	Damage	Heat Gain
j.D	-- (Catch), 0, 2000 (Attack)	-- (Catch), (0, ?)* (Attack)
	Jumping counter, thrusts upward with a somersault kick. Active immediately. Catches any attack that can hit you while airborn in frames 1-9. If successful, tosses the opponent above and behind Haku-Men, dealing 1610 damage and giving you 1 star of meter. You cannot combo off of it, but it is still useful for baiting opponents' 6A's and Dragon punches. Also good to stall your airdash momentum. In Continuum Shift, this has more untech time.

OverdriveEdit

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
D	???			鬼神, Kishin			Fierce God			--	--
	Increases the Magatama recharge rate and enables D to Special Attack cancelling, but temporarily disables his Crush Trigger.

Special AttacksEdit

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236A/214A	Crimson			紅蓮, Guren			Crimson Lotus			560	69
	Lunges forward and thrusts with the hilt of his sword. (Costs 1 magatama). Wallbounces opponents if they were airborn or knocked down. Does not launch standing opponents. Useful for combos on launched opponents, as you can connect with a 6C and optional super afterwards. on the ground it is an ok combo piece if you were to say, do 2B>236A>623A~A. Alright to cancel your largely frame disadvantaged moves as a frame trap. In Continuum Shift, then command is changed to 214A.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
623A	Demonic Leg			鬼蹴, Kishū			Demonic Kickoff			--	--
	A command dash of sorts. (Costs 1 magatama). Has upper body invulnerability, so can be use to avoid certain attacks off the ground. Covers more distance than his normal dash, and can be cancelled into as a combo extender. Decent for tick throws every once in awhile, but it fairly telegraphed so use it sparingly.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
A (during Kishū)	Hades			閻魔, Enma			Enma/Yama			860	106
	Cancels the command dash into an uppercut. (Costs 1 magatama). Launches opponents on hit, and can be jump cancelled on hit or block. Useful for damage maximizing combos for only a total of 2 stars. Can also be used as a counter hit bait due to its upper body invulnerability. In Continuum Shift, the move comes out much faster for setup time.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
214B/235B (PSP)	Lotus			蓮華, Renka			Lotus Luster			830, 860	103, 106
	Does a standing low sweep kick, then a back turning kick which launches the opponent on either hit. (Costs 2 magatama). The first hit is a low attack, and even reverse prorates (120%). Has a fast startup of 9 frames, so rolling to the other side of your opponent and cancelling into Renka is a decently fast crossup low which can lead to big damage in the corner. Fatal Counters. In Continuum Shift Extend, it gained wallbounce properties.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.214B	Firefly			火蛍, Hotaru			Firefly			1500	186
	Hakumen does a diagonal kick upward, stopping air momentum. (Costs 2 magatama). This move is insanely useful. Has anti air invulnerability (frames 1-14 invincible) but recovers quickly such that it is completely safe, makes for a great move if you really need one more hit to end the match. The move is jump cancellable and resets jump options, making it decent for extending mid screen air combos for more damage (j.B> j.C > j.214B > j.C.) On top of all of that, the move is considered GROUNDED even though it is in the air. This property is generally only given to 6A's and anti airs, and what it means is that it is unblockable in the air unless they IB or barrier. Removes one guard primer and fatal counters in Continuum Shift. In Chronophantasma this move lifts Hakumen a bit diagonally, making it easy to whiff against crouching opponents.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
41236C	Rending Steel			残鉄, Zantetsu			Remnant Iron			2430, 550	301, 68
	Massive overhead slash for the first hit (must be blocked high), followed by a sweeping slash (must be blocked low). (Costs 3 magatama). Safe on block, and does huge damage. can be comboed into from 214B(One hit), throws into the corner, and 5c during ground state. The damage output from this special alone is huge, making the stars always worth it when it is a guaranteed hit. The 'mixup' portion of this move is good at first, but players tend to adapt to watching for this overhead quickly as Hakumen does not really have blockstrings. Removes one guard primer if either strike hits, but only one will be removed. The second hit has pulling effect in Chronophantasma, allowing extended combo.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.214C	Camellia			椿祈, Tsubaki			Camellia			2200	273
	Spinning sword slash angled downward which knocks down opponents on hit. (Costs 3 magatama). Can be used as an air combo ender, to knock down the opponent, or tigerkneed (2147C) as a quick overhead. If done low enough to the ground you can pick up a combo afterwards. Recovers quicker and removes one guard primer in Continuum Shift.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.214A				咢刀, Agito						--	--
	New move in Chronophantasma. Hakumen does a quick aerial sweep kick at an angle similar to Jin's j.2C and causes knock-down. Costs 1 star. Mainly serves as combo-ender.

Distortion DrivesEdit

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
632146C (Hold to delay)	CT: Judgment: Squall CS: Empty Sky Form: Summer's Advance			虚空陣: 疾風, Kokūjin: Shippū			Empty Air Array: Hurricane			4000[5500] (Sword), 2500 (Wave)	(920[1265]) (Sword), (575) (Wave)
	Huge downward sword slash which releases a projectile wave. (Costs 4 magatama). You can charge this move and it becomes unblockable—however, you aren't invincible while charging, and the opponent can just jump over it. If you predict their jump, you could try releasing it at the exact moment their jump startup occurs, but that's a guess that is not in your favor. This move can still be canceled into other specials, as long as it hits/is blocked. The projectile wave deals significantly less damage than the initial hit of the super, but luckily the sword slash has great range so typically it is the part that connects. Good for comboing off of 6C if you have the meter to spare. In Continuum Shift, the move is somewhat slower and removes two guard primer points.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236236D	CT: Judgment: Snowstorm CS: Empty Sky Form: Winter's Reposte			虚空陣: 雪風, Kokūjin: Yukikaze			Empty Air Array: Snowy Wind			-- (Catch), 3800 (Attack)	-- (Catch), (874) (Attack)
	Counter super. Hakumen counters with a double handed battoujutsu attack in one stroke. (Costs 4 magatama). Active on the first frame and counters mid and high atttacks. If it counters successfully, Hakumen does a long charge up and moves forward quickly with a big sword slash. If you counter physical attacks, you freeze the opponent (even if they Rapid their attack) making it a guaranteed hit. Countering projectiles causes the counter to work, but the opponent can move out of the way. The slash is unblockable, so generally they have to superjump out of the way to get it. There is a faster version of this attack that activates when you hit with it in the first active frame of countering and when you reversal it. In Continuum Shift, this can also now counter low attacks. This move is also passed onto Jin. In unlimited form this attack does not need a Counter-Hit of the opponent to work. In Overdrive, following Hakumen's first slash is several other slashes. This move does massive damage in Overdrive.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
214214B	CT: Retribution: Infinity CS: Empty Sky True Form: Light of Judgment			虚空陣奥義: 夢幻, Kokūjin Ōgi: Mugen			Empty Air Array Secret Technique: Fantasy			--	--
	Costs 8 magatama, and Hakumen goes into a long super animation. From there his meter starts draining quickly, but while you still have meter you get infinite specials and supers. You cannot rapid cancel in this mode. This is the mode where the infamous 100% combos originated, but it is fairly unpractical. It is confirmed that 6D > Mugen > Combo works. Slower startup in Continuum Shift.

Astral HeatEdit

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
'BBCT: 720°D BBCS: Hold 2, then 8D	CT: Retribution: Perish Evil CS: Judgment of the Sword			虚空陣奥義 悪滅, Kokūjin Ōgi: Akumetsu			Empty Air Array Secret Technique: Destruction of Evil			Death	0
	Hakumen counters the opponents attack with a swing of his sword while paint brush strokes turn the screen black, instantly killing the enemy. (Costs all magatama.). Counters highs, lows and throws. Does not counter projectiles. Can counter all astrals except Carl's, another Hakumen's and depending on the time left for Arakune's astral to end it can counter him also.

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