All Credit to p1553d Kasumi Strat
Kasumi is a better character that she was in 4. i have noticed only one move that gone. that is the U,P . it was a very slow move and only have one or two uses in my game. it was after i caught a mid kick counter, i would do that move afterwards and it would almost always catch them without me needing to eyeball judge the timing of their decent for a combo. it has been replaced by a hopping punch. don't know how i feel about it yet.
back in the day, i raved about hoshimpo. to me, it was her one best tools. you get a high punch, mid kicks or her best throw out of it. great mix up options. the only problem with hoshimpo back then was that you had to use another move to get into it. most commonly P>P>, P+K> or F+K> . the 1st was fast and had good mix up options, but was kinda hampered by the fact that it was a high punch and anyone worth their salt will minimize your use of Kasumi's 9 frame punch by countering it a couple times. also you just did not bring it out against hayabusa. the 2nd was was a mid punch of decent speed and mix ups, but again, mid punches are probably the most countered thing in the game. the third was slow, somewhere in the range of 20 frames if i remember correctly. that means you needed to be at a good advantage or start it far away. if you started it far away, they wouild know and sidestep it.
those days are over. they have given hoshimpo its own move with DF P+K. it is awesome. it covers ground and goes under highs. you options from it are to P,KK, or F+P . can bring it out at any time now with out them seeing it coming. you can also just use it as a spacing move to get in close and not use any of the options, that that is gambling a little bit. anyone not taking advantage of this move is not doing her right.
One thing that i complained about Kasumi was her lack of chain options after a low hit. she only had one in doa4. that was DB PP . that was a low punch to a high punch. that was it. not other option from a low hit. well, it seams as team ninja was listening and they gave her another low chain. it is D KK . that is a low kick to a high kick. yep you read that right, they can be coutered the exact same way. I would have loved to see a low to a mid, but hey, at least it is faster than the punch version and i have something else to substitute on hayabusa.
she gets simple and advanced parries now. UF or DF will place you behind the enemy and allow you to go into what every you wanted. B UF or B DF will go into hoshimpo where you can do the P, KK or F+P. i don't know which is better yet though.
will post more as i realize more. not playing since 08 has hurt my skills.
http://tkplayers.com/forum/index.php?/topic/11302-kasumi/
