Shinnosuke Kagami/Move List



Shinnosuke Kagami is an All-Round Character, who excels in both offense and defense, with projectiles, strong offenses, anti-airs and an unblockable attack. He is a punish-heavy character, whose counterattacks can literally slice the life of the opponent in half, and excels in taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes with carefully timed offenses and links.

His prominent strengths comes from blind-siding attacks such as his overhead dive, certain overhead attacks (Shiranui follow-up from Gōen Sō), unblockable super attacks, just like his boss form, and his command grab, which can ruin an enemy's momentum. His strong slash (B) and more prominently, his power slash (Fwd+B), while significantly toned down to regular damage, is a table-turner when done as a counter-attack or right after a repel attack. This is particularly true for the latter, and the former provides more damage when incorporated into combos. His kick attack does not send the opponent crashing to the wall, but instead slides to the ground.

Along with Musashi, he can charge his super meter to gain access to his DMs faster, which is especially helpful in EX mode where his power gain is slower, and the move is not affected by the mode's balance change.

Kagami is far more fearsome in Power in terms of inflicting damage with careful links and surprise counterattacks. On the other hand, this makes him easy to read, and requires utilizing a lot from his arsenal to keep opponents guessing. This predictability pitfall is remedied by EX mode, which sacrifices some endurance and a bit of strength for more unpredictability, or a reactive punishing gameplay style in Power, using unblockable attacks, and of course, his notorious power slash comeback attack.

Trivia

 * In the PS4 port of The Last Blade 2, the input for Hououtenshou incorrectly states you need to use Neo Geo B Button.gif instead of Neo Geo D Button.gif.
 * Seikaryougen is so far the only unblockable projectile attack in The Last Blade 2, and the sole reminder of Kagami being once a boss of the series.