The weapons do seem to be a little different. It may be that the reach on Hsu's weapon is greater than Kano's

kanos ear to ear (b+1,b+2) work most of the time if your doing it on a wall, where as hsu haos works pretty much 70-80% of the time.

to answer your question about how to finish the 1, 1, 2, cs combo this is the most damaging thing i've found to complete it:

1, 1, 2, cs, 4, 3, cs, b-2

the timing on the 4, 3, cs, b-2 part is where you get some variation in the damage that this inflicts. if you do it successfully, it will yield either 28% or 29% damage without powerup. usually the 4 attack after the cs will not connect, but the 3 and then the following ear-to-ear combo with the swords will connect completely. i think the variation either 28 or 29% has to do with how you time the 4, 3 kicks when the person is falling back down, which affects how many of the initial sword blows will hit. the best i've been able to do it is 29%, which is 9 hits, and 28% which is 8 hits. but i'm not a huge kano fan, so someone that likes him better may have found more damaging combos than this.

antanca666 Wrote: to answer your question about how to finish the 1, 1, 2, cs combo this is the most damaging thing i've found to complete it: 1, 1, 2, cs, 4, 3, cs, b-2 the timing on the 4, 3, cs, b-2 part is where you get some variation in the damage that this inflicts. if you do it successfully, it will yield either 28% or 29% damage without powerup. usually the 4 attack after the cs will not connect, but the 3 and then the following ear-to-ear combo with the swords will connect completely. i think the variation either 28 or 29% has to do with how you time the 4, 3 kicks when the person is falling back down, which affects how many of the initial sword blows will hit. the best i've been able to do it is 29%, which is 9 hits, and 28% which is 8 hits. but i'm not a huge kano fan, so someone that likes him better may have found more damaging combos than this.

thanks for that. im finding it hard to do that combo on a regular basis, i keep getting upto the last CS and my opponent drops @ 25% damage. am i meant to take a step forward after the first CS when they bounce?

aurorasaurus Wrote: thanks for that. im finding it hard to do that combo on a regular basis, i keep getting upto the last CS and my opponent drops @ 25% damage. am i meant to take a step forward after the first CS when they bounce?

Actually, do this:

1,1,2,CS...walk forward, 4,4,3,CS,B+2.

Works great against a wall and if you powerup first.

you shouldn't have to take a step. when they bounce, just hit the first 4 attack as soon as it will let you, as there's usually a seconds pause before the controls will respond after you bounce them. as i said, the 4 never really hits, but it is necessary to hit that to initiate the 4, 3, cs, b-2 combo. when i do it, i can pretty consistently get the 28% damage and sometimes 29%. the first hit that will actually get them will be that second kick, which should set them up nicely to get taken out with the two swirls of the ear-to-ear finish. i guess it'd help if i had a video of me doing it, but i think if you play around a bit in practice mode, you'll figure out the timing. even if you don't get all the hits in though, it's still a flashy looking combo, so it's sure to impress some people. it also works perfectly even if the opponent is not up against a wall, which makes it much more useful than most large combos which only work if they're bouncing off of the side of the arena, like the fabled 116% nitara combo. i can't remember exactly, but i think it's 56-57% with powerup. i never use powerups though, because i think they're cheap. same with reversals.

xing yi 1,1,2,5 then power up. then mix up with d+3(25% on powerup) or 4,4,3,5,b+2(57% on powerup)