Hey man, you came to the right place. The resident Kitana player (Nephrite) is on holiday or something I think but I'm sure he will hook you up once he is back.

In the meantime, I have linked some of these guy's vids before. Really well made and awesome learning tools.

Kitana combos

^Thanks! Today is my last day here and then I'm gone until later in the August. Won't be able to watch Evo stream live :(


Anyway, to OP:

If you wanna up your Kitana you should definitely check her combos and other various tricks posted on YouTube by none other than the legendary konqrr! He even has some videos of her 40%+ damage combos that are unbreakable!

As for the fan lift, I suggest not to use that move as a combo starter as it comes out slow and is very punishable. However, that move is a great tool to extending combos, so use it mid combo with no fear.

What I usually go for after her fan lift is:

dash in, b+2 into fan toss, ground fan toss, f+2 into d, f+2


You can also go for:

dash in, jump in kick into fan toss, ground fan toss, f+2, into d, f+2


If you want to finish off your opponent (if he's not rich in health) you would wanna go for unbreakable combos, so you can do:

air fan toss, ground fan toss, enhanced ground fan toss



Her enhanced fan lift can be used as a good combo starter, especially as a wake-up attack.



I see you already have a great meterless combo, here's another one:


jump in punch - f+2, 1 - extra short delay - neutral jumping punch - dash in & short delay - 4 into fan toss - 4 into fan lift - dash in - b+2 into fan toss - ground fan toss - f+2 into d, f+2

This combo uses no meter and does 50% damage, however as you can see with various dash ins and short time delays it's not very easy to do, but after extensive practice it's not that hard. The part in italics (4 into fan lift) is very tricky and a safer thing to do would be 2 into fan lift, as this string connects easier. This version of the above combo will do 47% damage. If the neutral jumping punch is too hard for you to do (it's definitely not easy and you need patience when practicing) you can leave it out and just prolong the delay before the following "4 into fan toss" string. The combo will then do cca. 45% damage if I'm not mistaken.

Btw, button designations (just in case):

1 = FP ; 2 = BP; 3 = FK ; 4= BK


All the advanced Kitana stuff I've learned, including the above combo and little tricks in it, is thanks to konqrr. So again, if you wanna be really really good with Kitana, definitely check out his YouTube channel.

Hope that helps. I probably won't be able to respond because I'm traveling later today and won't have access to the internet for about a month :(

EDIT: Here's konqrr's YouTube channel, check it out! Oh and, Kitana's d+1 poke is extremely good, abuse it lol! (I especially like to use it to escape nasty pressure from opponents)

Awesome post Nephrite!! Very, very complete. I will begin practicing the combo strings you mentioned. I will especially check out konqrrs channel. I did not even know there was such a thing as unbreakable combos. I still have lots to learn.

I kind if figured the fan lift would be poor to use against human opponents, I have only used Kitana against AI. I will use the square boost to deal with jumpers.

Excellent post, thank you for the help.

After fan lift: Jump Kick into fan toss, Land, Square Wave. U can catch them with BP,FP, BP after the jump kick into fan toss but the timing is tricky.