Black Magic 2 | Kurai Beginner Guide [outdated]

If you are not new to the game, please skip to 8:42 A lot of rudimentary concepts are included, which may be helpful for newcomers but not veterans. Some sections have important information on the side. This is fast paced, so you will need to replay certain parts to read everything. 0:00 Introduction 0:10 Choosing Region 0:33 Equipping Kurai 0:55 Checking Ping, Hitboxes 1:57 Combo Basics 3:07 Shield Breaks 4:34 Breakthrough BT 6:18 Frames 7:35 Spacing, Faking, Mix It Up 7:52 Modifying Dash & SP7 8:42 J.AC2 Combo Maximum outdated 9:02 Adding J.AC2s into Combos 9:22 Combo Drill 1 10:07 LC J.AC2 Mod1Dash J.AC2 10:40 Combo Drops 11:18 Combo Drill 2 12:17 Stocks 13:15 SP8 Affects Scaling 14:08 Scaling 14:38 2 Optimal Combos 15:22 Breakout Predict 15:54 Focus Defense FD 16:35 Jump Blocking, shouldn't have to use often 17:12 Shield Pressure outdated 17:48 Aerial SP1 17:54 SP2 NERFED MAY 2025 18:39 Using SP5 in neutral can be risky 18:46 Style 20:25 Credits Kurai is a Purity class heavily reliant on baiting and unpredictable, off-tempo shield pressure. For new players, this guide should make learning combos fairly straightforward. However, if you want to play Kurai well, make sure you play on the lowest ping possible (no more than 75ms). Kurai is extremely ping-sensitive, as both his shield pressure potential and ability to punish short time windows are affected by delay. Kurai specialists must also be able to adapt to their opponent's playstyle - it's easy to punish Assailants and Revenants that use counters frequently, but against better players strategy becomes much more complex. for more resources, see    • Black Magic 2 | Master 1v1s [NA West]   (great Kurai matchup gameplay)    • kurai test   (2 random Kurai combos with notation) music    • Video      • Deemo 2.3 - ginkiha - Nightfall      • TEKKEN 8 | URBAN SQUARE STAGE - The Comple...      • Tekken 7 OST  Jungle Outpost   Round 1 Equ...      • Jungle Outpost - Final Round (Equator Line...      • MuryokuP - Catastrophe      • Higher   NOTE: This may be the last BM2 beginner guide I ever make, depending on whether the developers uphold their promise on giving Diamonds/Masters a legacy skin for the current season. See my latest video for more information.