KIMBERLY Combos & Okizeme

j.HK > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide ↳ Approximately 2000 ↳ Prioritizes corner carry ↳ On reaching the corner, use Shuriken Bomb okizeme.

cr.MP > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide ↳ Approximately 1832 ↳ Corner carry ↳ Set Shuriken Bomb if you reach the corner.

cr.MP is +7 on normal hit, allowing st.MP to combo afterward.

Kimberly's most frequently used basic route.

cr.LP x3 > L Vagabond Edge ↳ 1296 ↳ +3 ↳ Continue close-range pressure.

Prioritizes okizeme

cr.LPx3 > H Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ 1548 ↳ +20

Target combo

Side switch

cr.LPx2 > st.LP > st.MP > cr.HP > cr.HK ↳ 1704 ↳ +16 ↳ Switches sides

First priority

st.MK > Cancel Drive Rush > cr.HP > Sprint > Emergency Stop > cr.MP > cr.MP > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide ↳ 2240 ↳ Drive Gauge: 3 bars ↳ Strong damage, SA Gauge gain, carry, and okizeme ↳ Use Shuriken Bomb okizeme if you reach the corner.

easy route

st.MK > Cancel Drive Rush > cr.HP > Sprint > Arc Step > K follow-up ↳ Easy execution ↳ Drive Rush okizeme after the knockdown

One of Kimberly's highest-priority routes in Year4.

st.HP PC > H Vagabond Edge > j.MP > airborne OD Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ High damage against a whiffed throw tech ↳ Approximately +5 after airborne OD Bushin Senpukyaku

Alternatively:

st.HP PC > H Vagabond Edge > j.MP > Aerial Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ Saves meter

st.HP PC > H Vagabond Edge > j.MP > airborne OD Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ Large-opening punish ↳ High damage ↳ Approximately +5 ↳ Throw or strike

Without spending meter

st.HP PC > H Vagabond Edge > j.MP > Aerial Bushin Senpukyaku

cr.MP PC > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide > M Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ Corner ↳ Shadow Slide followed by Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ Continue corner pressure.

When bombs are available

Shadow Slide ender > Shuriken Bomb Spread ↳ Continue into bomb okizeme.

DI wall splat > cr.HP > M Vagabond Edge > whiff st.MP > Shuriken Bomb Spread

↳ Continue into bomb setplay.

high-damage route

DI wall splat > cr.HP > M Vagabond Edge > follow-up > Bushin Senpukyaku

If Shuriken Bomb is available, prioritize okizeme over immediate damage.

DI PC > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide ↳ Substantial corner carry ↳ Bomb okizeme if you reach the corner

high-damage route

DI PC > st.HP > H Vagabond Edge > j.MP > airborne OD Bushin Senpukyaku

DI PC > st.LP > st.MP > cr.HP > cr.HK

↳ Switches sides ↳ Prioritizes escaping the corner ↳ +16

Alternatively:

DI PC > 6HK > upward follow-up > j.HK

↳ Aim to switch sides. ↳ Situation-dependent

st.HK > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide ↳ 1962 approximately

CH

st.HK CH > st.HP > H Vagabond Edge > airborne follow-up ↳ High damage

4HK > cr.LP > H Bushin Senpukyaku ↳ 1682 ↳ overheadhit +4

Drive Rush overhead

Raw Drive Rush > 4HK > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide ↳ 1755 ↳ Overhead starter ↳ Bomb okizeme if you reach the corner

Bomb-setup version

st.MP > st.HP > OD Sprint > Bushin Hojin Kick > Torso Cleaver > set Shuriken Bomb ↳ 2097 ↳ +11 ↳ Bomb okizeme

st.MP > st.HP > OD Sprint > Bushin Hojin Kick > Hisen Kick > forward jump variation > j.HP ↳ 2304 ↳ +42 ↳ safe jump

An important corner route.

In Year4, Kimberly can hold up to 3 Shuriken Bombs.

High-damage combos using 3 bombs are possible.

They are very difficult, so practice them after the basic 10 routes.

↳ Intended to finish the round ↳ Examples deal approximately 70% damage

Year4

Maximum: 3 stocks.

Start with 2 stocks.

Shuriken Bomb supports:

• Combo damage • Drive Gauge damage • High / low mix-ups • Throws • Safe jumps • Responses to invincible reversals

It strengthens all of these aspects of offense.

The basic choices are:

Midscreen ↳ Do not force bomb use.

corner ↳ Shadow Slide ↳ OD Bushin Hojin Kick ↳ Torso Cleaver

Use these enders to set a bomb.

This creates greater frame advantage.

throw

strike

shimmy

Compared with ordinary bomb okizeme, it is easier to shimmy even an early throw tech.

However, the meaty throw requires manual timing.

cr.MP meaty

st.MP meaty

Bomb-assisted true blockstring

Emergency Stop > cr.MP

walk back > st.HP

Neutral jump

Shimmy while a bomb is active

delayed st.HP

Emergency Stop > shimmy

Vary the bomb's explosion timing

cr.HP anti-air

Bushin Senpukyaku

Drive Rush cr.HP

cr.MP

Shadow Slide

Bomb

Wait and watch while a bomb is active.

Emergency Stop > block

Forward-jump safe jump

Use these options.

Go straight for a throw

Emergency Stop > throw

Vary bomb timing

Safe jump > throw after landing

+47

st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide

↳ Reach the corner ↳ Bomb okizeme

+44

st.MP > st.HP > OD Sprint > Neck Hunter

↳ Strong okizeme

+42

OD Bushin Hojin Kick > Hisen Kick > forward jump variation > j.HP

↳ safe jump

+41

Sprint > Torso Cleaver

↳ Knockdown

+39

Sprint > Shadow Slide

Value for the standalone move. ↳ After a combo, the result varies by route.

+38

cr.HK

↳ Dash forward to apply pressure.

+35

Corner OD Bushin Hojin Kick > Torso Cleaver > L Vagabond Edge

+31

Sprint > Arc Step > Bushin Izuna Otoshi

+30

Sprint > Arc Step > Bushin Hojin Kick

+26

LP > MP > HP > HK target combo

+20

H Bushin Senpukyaku

+16

LP > MP > cr.HP > cr.HK ↳ Switches sides

+3

L Vagabond Edge

Sprint > Arc Step

OD Sprint > Arc Step

↳ Continue close-range pressure.

+2

st.HK block

↳ Kimberly has frame advantage.

+1

cr.MK block

↳ Kimberly has frame advantage.

STEP 1

cr.LPx3 > L Vagabond Edge

STEP 2

cr.MP > st.MP > st.HP > Sprint > Shadow Slide

STEP 3

After Shadow Slide

forward dash strike throw shimmy

STEP 4

st.MK > Cancel Drive Rush > cr.HP > Emergency Stop > cr.MP x2 > MP-HP target combo > Shadow Slide

STEP 5

Sprint

Neck Hunter Shadow Slide Emergency Stop

STEP 6

After blocking an invincible reversal

st.HP PC > H Vagabond Edge > j.MP > Aerial Bushin Senpukyaku

STEP 7

Corner

MP-HP target combo > Shadow Slide > M Bushin Senpukyaku

STEP 8

Shuriken Bomb Okizeme

STEP 9

OD Bushin Hojin Kick > L Shuriken Bomb > safe jump / F-shiki

STEP 10

+42 safe jump

STEP 11

SA1／SA2／SA3

STEP 12

3-bomb combos Round-ending routes Chip pressure against Burnout

Maximum stocks 2 > 3

Starts with 2 stocks

Placing bombs and replenishing stocks now use separate inputs.

As a result, the following route is available:

• Bomb combos • Multi-bomb setplay • Drive Gauge damage • Round-ending damage

These have all been strengthened significantly.

2026-08 balance update

The hurtbox around the feet is removed from frame 7F onward.

This makes it easier to use as a poke.

• CAPCOM balance update, 2026-08-03

• Ultimate Frame Data: Kimberly, August 2026 version

• Matsu / Jigimo: Classic Kimberly combos learned and used on the way to Master, 2026-08-12

• Chahan: Kimberly combo notes 3, 2026-08-16

• matsu56 Matsugoro: Kimberly bomb combo and setplay videos

• Kimberly matchup notes S4, updated for 2026-08-03

• Sprint follow-up hit situations vary with distance.

• Shadow Slide's okizeme value changes significantly depending on whether it reaches the corner.

• Shuriken Bomb setup position and explosion timing change the sequence's frame advantage.

• F-shiki overhead conditions depend on the opponent's character and posture.

• Year3 or earlier bomb setups predate Shuriken Bomb's Year4 changes. Do not use them unchanged.

Street Fighter 6 Kimberly For Classic controls As of 2026-08-31