noun, verb
Gaming Slang
Kara cancel
· noun, verb · gaming
Cancelling a move's start-up into another move to steal extra range.
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Definitions
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You start a move that scoots your character forward a touch, then cancel its first few frames into a second move before the first one fires. The second move now reaches from that further-forward spot. Free extra range.
“His kara throw cancel grabs you from a quarter-screen away, it's ridiculous.”
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As a verb: to kara cancel is to buffer that empty start-up into the real move you actually want.
“Kara cancel the dash into the special and you'll catch him from outside his range.”
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Kara cancel In A Sentence
His kara throw cancel grabs you from a quarter-screen away, it's ridiculous.
Kara cancel the dash into the special and you'll catch him from outside his range.
Origin & Usage
From Japanese 空 (kara), 'empty' — you cancel the move before it ever comes out. Made famous by the kara throw in Street Fighter III.
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