Beating Kronika on Very Hard (Noob Saibot)

The following strat was performed using Noob Saibot, but I believe it will work with anyone with a "long range uppercut".. e.g. Jade.

1. Start: Hold block and tap down repeatedly until she comes over
2. Kronika should do either an air-ball or a bubble attack, counter with an uppercut
3. If Kronika teleports over to you quickly go to 1 otherwise do a single jump movement towards her with no attack and then go to 1

Additional notes:
- The reason for tapping down while holding block is it seems to reduce the chance of her specifically doing the pattern of "wait and then Blue splash attack". If she does do it, she should do it quickly which will mean you will easily block it. Taking this pattern out of the equation makes counter uppercutting in step 2 much easier and much more consistent.

- During the 3rd phase of her boss fight she may slip in a "time beam ball" instead of the usual "4 shot air ball". You need to be ready for it. You can tell its one of those if the 4 shots don't come out immediately. When this happens do repeat jump kicks towards her while trying to time them so you're in the air when the beam comes flying through. Alternatively, if you have enough HP to take the damage you can hold crouch and block.

- Also during the 3rd phase she's going to throw rocks instead of doing the ball/bubble very often. You want to time your uppercuts slightly earlier to hit her without taking damage, however if you've done everything right before phase 3 you should have way more health than her which means you can trade hits safely with uppercuts vs rocks (both get hit at the same time). Often she goes into a rock throwing loops and you can progress the fight really quick by trading during these moments provided u entered phase 3 with at least around 50% hp.

- It may be possible to use some sort of combo instead of using uppercut. Unfortunately since a lot of moves have their special properties negated against Kronika, a lot of them don't do much damage. Most often an uppercut is just better. There may be something better out there though, feel free to experiment.

Example (taken from my 20:22 PB):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuAUFE1BqI4

Beating Kronika on Very Hard (Scorpion)

This is an evolution of the Noob Saibot strategy that "should" cater for characters with a shorter range uppercut. It mostly covers the same core strats though:

1. Hold block and tapping down, let Kronika come towards you.
2. Wait for her to move over to you and cast either an Air Ball or a Bubble and uppercut to counter her mid-cast animation.
3. Jump over towards her and jump kick her. She will block you (if she doesn't, great! free damage, but keep doing it until she does). Repeatedly do this until you are roughly jump kicking above her head. This should have closed the distance enough so that a standard short range uppercut should hit. Then go to 1.
4. There may be instances where you get stuck with her casting bubble outside uppercut range. Specifically with scorpion you can do a Demon Dash to hit her, knock her outside the bubble (to prevent her from regaining health), and be in range for 1 and 2 to work. If trying this strat on other characters it may be a good idea to investigate what moves you can use to close the range in those instances. Otherwise jump kicking her out of the bubble should still work as well.

Additional notes (copied from the Noob Saibot page, still relevant):
- The reason for tapping down while holding block is it seems to reduce the chance of her specifically doing the pattern of "wait and then Blue splash attack". If she does do it, she should do it quickly which will mean you will easily block it. Taking this pattern out of the equation makes counter uppercutting in step 2 much easier and much more consistent.

- During the 3rd phase of her boss fight she may slip in a "time beam ball" instead of the usual "4 shot air ball". You need to be ready for it. You can tell its one of those if the 4 shots don't come out immediately. When this happens do repeat jump kicks towards her while trying to time them so you're in the air when the beam comes flying through. Alternatively, if you have enough HP to take the damage you can hold crouch and block.

- Also during the 3rd phase she's going to throw rocks instead of doing the ball/bubble very often. You want to time your uppercuts slightly earlier to hit her without taking damage, however if you've done everything right before phase 3 you should have way more health than her which means you can trade hits safely with uppercuts vs rocks (both get hit at the same time). Often she goes into a rock throwing loops and you can progress the fight really quick by trading during these moments provided u entered phase 3 with at least around 50% hp.

- It may be possible to use some sort of combo instead of using uppercut. Unfortunately since a lot of moves have their special properties negated against Kronika, a lot of them don't do much damage. Most often an uppercut is just better. There may be something better out there though, feel free to experiment.

Example: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ3z2A73yvQ

Button Strats (Story Mode/PS4)

Cassie - Spam Square 3x Low Blow
Kotal Kahn - Spam Forward Triangle Circle X
Liu Kang - Spam Forward X x3 Flying Kick
Scorpion - Spam Overhead Triangle, Square Square Triangle
Jade - Spam Triangle Square, Shadow Kick
Johnny Cage - Spam Forward X Circle and/or Overhead Triangle, Uppercut
Kitana - Spam Back Triangle X Square
Sonya - Spam Overhead Triangle, Square Square Triangle
Jax - Spam Square Triangle Square and/or Overhead Triangle, Uppercut
Raiden - Spam Forward Square Triangle

When opponent is near 30% spam Overhead Trinagle, Uppercut to prevent Fatal Blows.

For Kronika fight, spam Overhead Triangle, Uppercut. (Same with the character illusions as their health's are really weak.)

Square = 1
Triangle = 2
X = 3
Circle = 4

Speedrun Sonya Klassic Tower Very Easy

All you have to do is press 33+BF1 DASH on the mid screen and 33+BF1 in the corner. We amplify the rings to finish off the enemy. After Finish Him, we knock over the enemy with a sweep. We beat Kronika with uppercuts. We beat her charges with the B123-F4-124+BF2amp combo. You can also come up with something of your own flask pf Kronika's wards. Simple, huh? But don't forget to keep an eye on the timings. Have a nice speedrun!)

Namn	Författare
Beating Kronika on Very Hard (Noob Saibot)	Tenka 6 years ago
Beating Kronika on Very Hard (Scorpion)	Tenka 6 years ago
Button Strats (Story Mode/PS4)	Raderad 6 years ago
Speedrun Sonya Klassic Tower Very Easy	K5artaX 4 years ago