Taokaka's triple jump allows her to drive command cancel twice in the air. This paves the way for numerous cross-ups, mix-ups, and surprising gimmicks. She has high pressure mixups. E.g.: 2a -> 5b -> 2a -> 2a -> 5b+c. Like Bang, she can air dash twice in the air. Her average damage output rivals Ragna's and Nu's (3k - 4.5k).

She has the lowest guard libra rating in the game, 80%. This means that it's easy to guard crush Tao. For example, two full pressure strings from Ragna will cause her to guard break. Tao has no good anti-air and reversal options. The only exception is her Hexa Edge, but that requires 50% meter. Tao lacks the necessary tools for zoning. Characters that excel at mid-range to long-range work against her.

Taokaka's Drive: Dancing Edge, involves using the drive button and a direction input to launch Taokaka at her enemy.

Taokaka's Overdrive is Almost Becoming Two!, which temporarily summons a slower doppleganger to help Taokaka (replaces Distortion Drive of the same name).

Move ListsEdit

Normals

Input
5A
	Damage			Heat Gain
	216			68
	Standing paw slap It's not particularly her best normal, but it's the one with the least amount of active and recovery frames. You can special cancel, jump cancel, or follow up with any other standing/crouching normal. 5a will not hit low crouching characters.

Input
5B
	Damage			Heat Gain
	340			140
	Standing Tiger Knee One of Tao's best standing normals in the game. Her 5b has the same execution start up as her 2a, except that her standing knee has 90% proration. This means that any time you land a 5b, you will land an even bigger damaging combo. And since it has a 6 frame execution advantage, most of your opponent's normals will get countered, or, at the very least, exchange hits.

Input
5C
	Damage			Heat Gain
	550			227
	Standing Claw Strike Chargeable 5c is a decent normal that you can use to gatling to a 2c, 3c, 6c, jump cancel, special or a drive attack. It doesn't have fast execution (10 frames) and has lots of frame recovery (31 frames), but if you score a Counter Hit, then be prepared to punish heavily. A fully charged 5c does a 2,400 guard crush against your opponent. Be aware that you are prone to getting throw countered (meaning someone can throw you and you can't tech out of the throw) during the frame recovery and the execution. Charging 5c doesn't increase damage or change proration.

Input
2A
	Damage			Heat Gain
	216			68
	Low Paw Attack. This normal is a very useful poke that forces your opponent to block low. It prorates heavily (meaning you'll score less damage), but you can gatling into any other normal, special, or super. It's a great move that can be used for gimmicks (such as 2a -> grab (b+c) or just trying to force damage on your opponents.

Input
2B
	Damage			Heat Gain
	216			68
	Low Slide 2b is a fast normal that can only be blocked low. It doesn't have the greatest damage or proration, but you can gatling into stronger normals. This move is a great tool to use for throw gimmicks (2b -> b+c), mixup games, and extending your combos.

Input
2C
	Damage			Heat Gain
	575			238
	Claw Swipe Chargeable. Like the rest of her C command attacks, 2c has high damage but slow execution (15 frames) and recovery frames (27 frames). She can gatling into her 3c, 5c, specials or distortion drives. You can charge the attack by holding the button, start up is 11 [frames] after button release, guard crush value is 1600 when you hold it 22~31 (start up 33~42), guard crush value is 2800 when you hold it 32~35 (start up 43~46). Charging 2c doesn't increase damage or proration.

Input
6A
	Damage			Heat Gain
	320X2			132X2
	Standing 2 hits She can cancel into another special move or jump cancel after the first/second hit. This can be very useful to bait bursts or simply initiate another combo. Also, the first hit causes a little vacuum effect that sucks your opponent in. 6a is also Tao's anti-air, but it's nowhere near as good as Ragna's or Noel's 6a. Does NOT hit low crouching characters (Litchi, Carl, Rachel, Jin, Noel, and Taokaka) OR characters who push you far back from perfect guarding. If you miss, then your opponent will have all the time in the world to punish you. 320 damage after two hits

Input
6B
	Damage			Heat Gain
	440			182
	Overhead Somersault Attack A nice useful overhead that can cancel into her Hexa Edge super OR jump mashy claw. If you ever land a CH with this attack, then you're free to punish your opponent with a follow up combo. In CS:EX, it causes Fatal Counter.

Input
6C
	Damage			Heat Gain
	700			289
	Hadouken Palm Strike Chargeable. This is her most damaging standing normal. Like all of her C attacks, 6c has lots of execution (23-64 frames) and recovery frames (18 frames), but deals insane amounts of damage. Unlike her other normals, you can only gatling into her drive, specials or supers. All combos initiated by 6c will land a 4k combo, but it's also very easy to punish. Even if you gatling into a drive or special, EVERY character will have a response to it. Wallbounces on hit. Charging 6c doesn't increase damage, but increases the proration scaler.

Input
3C
	Damage			Heat Gain
	390X2,440			161X2,182
	Double Paw Strike with Foot Sweep She can gatling into her drives, specials or supers at any given strike. 3c is also what she uses to initiate her drive loop, which is one of her main bnb combos. 3c can serve as a potential anti-air. It's nowhere near as good as Ragna's 6a or Jin's DP. But since Tao has no good anti-air options anyways, except for her berserker barrage and her super prorating 6a, her 3c is the next best bet. The idea is to use a normal that has similar properties to her crawl. So if a Ragna player air dashes in with a j.c, you can CH that by using a 3c. Landing a 3c gives you 90% proration, which can lead into a hefty 4k combo. But if you miss, misjudge your opponent, or get baited, then you'll take your opponent's most damaging combo. Her foot sweep can only be blocked low.

Input
j.A
	Damage			Heat Gain
	165			68
	Jumping Paw Attack

Input
j.B
	Damage			Heat Gain
	140 X2			57
	Jumping Leg Split Attack Her jumping leg split has a lot of execution and recovery frames (15 ~ 19). It also only has a 3 frame active window to hit your opponent, but the greatest feature about this normal is it's enormous hitbox. It's not her greatest zoning tool, but you can use it to hit confirm into other pressure strings or create some seemingly ambiguous crossups.

Input
j.C
	Damage			Heat Gain
	480			198
	Jumping Claw Attack Chargeable. This is Tao's greatest zoning normal of her arsenal of moves. It comes out within 9 frames, but that is immensely fast for a heavy attack. While she can't gatling into any other normals, apart from her j.b and j.d, the reward for landing a hit, or CH, exceeds the risk. You can chain a drive loop when you hit confirm j.c in the air OR apply ambiguous crossups to force damage on your opponent. So don't feel bad for using it frequently.

Drive

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
5D	Dancing Edge			ダンシングエッジ, Danshingu Ejji						600	248
	Forward Drive. Allows you to drive parallel to the ground. This is the most commonly used gatling command after a 3c.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
2D										650	269
	Diagonal Forward Drive. Allows you to drive diagonally forward. This only applies while you're on the ground.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
4D										750	310
	Leap Backwards and Pounce Drive. This has the most execution frame start up (35 frames). But if timed correctly, then you can leap backwards in order to bait bursts.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.D										550	227
	Jump Forward Drive. Just like the 5d, you drive forward, parallel to the ground. Most drive loops require you to apply the j.d, so be sure to keep an eye out for them in the combo section.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.2D										600	248
	Diagonal Down Drive. While you're in the air, you can drive down diagonally towards your target. Note, if you want to do taunt combos, then get used to doing this input.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.4D										700	289
	Plummet Straight Down and Forward Drive. While you're in the air, you plummet towards the ground and drive straight. Nu cannot hit Tao with her standing drive while you execute j.4d, Tao will fly right over it.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
j.8D										580	240
	This is primarily used as a combo tool and for an occasional cross up if your looking for something faster than 2D, B Cancel. Besides that this move serves no other purpose.

Special Attacks

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236A (repeatable)	Cat Spirit One!			ネコ魂ワン！, Neko Tamashī Wan!						280xN	115
	Quick slash. You cancel the move by rapidly tapping, or mashing, the A button. It's not really damaging or has the best proration, but it is the easiest move to execute.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236B (midair only, repeatable)	Cat Spirit Two!			ネコ魂ツー！, Neko Tamashī Tsū!						380 (Hits 1-4), 800 (5th Hit)	157 (Hits 1-4), 331 (5th Hit)
	Quick slash. Like her Cat Spirit One, you can cancel the move by mashing the B button. Air 236B gives you enough time afterwards to link another hit (236B again, or A/B/C) if you are high enough. However, this also shows there are no easy rejump combos after 236B without RCs. If you do a very high 236BB, wait, then C, you can land but you can't move again or hit any buttons for a small period, so the combo becomes techable.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236C (delayable, repeatable)	Cat Spirit Three!			ネコ魂スリー！, Neko Tamashī Surī!						680[580] (Downswing), 820 (Downswing (max charge)), 580 (Upswing)	273[240] (Downswing), 339 Downswing (max charge)), 240 (Upswing)
	A huge slash. Chargeable. This one of her slowest attack (30 - 64 execution frames) and has a 17 frame recovery. Keep in mind that this also her most damaging AND one of her best prorating moves. High block only. 560, 580 damage

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
214A/B/C (chargeable for C)	Kitty Litter Special!			必殺ネコ魔球！, Hissatsu Neko Makyū!						-- (Ver. A, B, and C), 150 (Apple), 150*2 (Bomb), 216 (Chibikaka), 150*2 (Pillow), 200 (Hammer, Baseball, and Fish), 300 (Bowling Ball)	-- (Ver. A, B, and C), 62 (Apple), 62*2 (Bomb) 447 (Chibikaka), 62*2 (Pillow) 82 (Hammer, Baseball, and Fish), 124 (Bowling Ball)
	Projectile based attack that throws out random items depending on the input. 214a = Diagonal Projectile (31 execution frames)Apple, Pillow (2 hits), or Bomb (2 hits). 214b = Forward Projectile (39 execution frames)Puppet, Fish Bone, or Baseball (can fly from one side of the screen to the other as long as you don't get hit) 214c = Tao throws a Bowling Ball that travels across the floor (49 execution frames). 216 damage, Bowling ball does 288 damage and breaks one guard primer on block.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
214D	Cat Jump!			ねこっとび！, Nekottobi!						--	--
	Tao leaps toward her opponent in one pounce. It can allow you to do some mix up maneuvers, but be aware that you're prone to getting Counter Hit while you're doing the leap.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
214D (midair, at the end of the screen, delayable)	Sticky Kitty			タオぴったん, Tao Pittan						--	--
	At the end of the screen, Tao sticks to the wall and stays there as long as you hold the 'D' button. If you press 6, then she'll leap off the wall with some spiderman maneuvers.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
Hold 2, then 8C (press 4 or 2 for extra moves)	Trick Edge!			だましんぐエッジ！, Damashingu Ejji!						600 (Normal), 600, (Down), 700 (Back)	248 (Normal), 248 (Down), 289 (Back)
	Allows Tao to glide backwards, diagonally up, then drive straight forward. Press 2 or 4 for an extra move.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
22C (delayable)	Slashy-Slashy!			ギッザギザ！, Gizzagiza!						80x60	33x6
	Tao ducks down and shoots nails out of her paw causing multiple hits. 80 damage per hit

Distortion Drives

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236236D	Cat Person's Secret Art: Hexa-Edge			猫の人直伝・ヘキサエッジ, Neko no Hito Jikiden: Hekisa Ejji						450*4, 1900	0
	Berserker Barrage style super. 1,900 damage after four hits Tao can gatling any of her standing normals into a super. Distortion Drives are her only reversal. In CS:EX, its wallbounce properties were removed. In "Chronophantasma" there is an aerial version that, when performed, will have Taokaka slash all around the screen, finishing with her performing a dive kick with Torakaka's assistance.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
214214C	I'mma Beat the Crap Outta You!			メッタメタのギッタギタ！, Mettameta no Gittagita!						0, 3300	0
	She pounces towards her opponent and pummels them before kicking them into the air. Unblockable since it is a grab. You can swipe your opponent out of the air and/or gatling your combos into it. Pouncing super will not hit crouching opponents. In Overdrive, this move does about 100 hits, similar to the Unlimited version from past games.

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
236236B	Almost Becoming Two!			ほぼ二匹になる！, Hobo Nihiki Ni Naru!						--	--
	Tao gains a doppelganger for 425 frames. Damage is cut by half when this super is activated and has a fixed proration at 90%. The doppelganger can be blocked by ALL, but Tao's standing normals still apply. For example, "236236b -> 6b (1st hit block high only, 2nd hit block ALL). The doppelganger is 17 frames slower than Taokaka.

Astral Heat

Input	English Name			Japanese Name			Literal Translation			Damage	Heat Gain
Hold 4, 128D	Attack Meow Pow!			あたっくにゃんばーわん, Attaku Nyan Bāwan						Death	0
	Tao jumps back and glides to the opponent, then barrages them with multiple attacks. Jubei delivers the final blow.