Waku Waku 7/Rai

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Rai is a junior high school student who loves adventures & the outdoor life. He is very active and uses electrical shocks to attack.

Rai is a well-rounded character being a pseudo-shoto, have many good normals. Just as Arina is a really easy character to pick up, recomended for beginners, is not hard to get a good amount of damages in combos. Rai main projectile 236A/B is fast but can be destroyed by almost any other projectile in the game, having a somehow short range.

Pros	Cons
Amazing Beginner character Has a lot of attacks that cause a Wall slam effect Can juggle off a J.2D 2 DokiDoki 0F DokiDoki	Huge recovery in many attacks what makes him very punishable Rai main projectiles is really weak compared to almost any other projectile in the game.

Move List

Normal Moves

5A

Standing Normals

5A

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
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Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Special Moves

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Inazuma Cannon 236 + A/B

Fireball that travels along the ground.

A version is slower and shorter

B version is faster and travels further

• A version will be "destroyed" by:
  • B Inazuma Cannon
  • late A Inazuma Cannon
  • late A Kou Shuu Tan from Bonus Kun
  • most of Tesse's Arekore Poi objects
  • the empowered versions of Arina's Arina Beam (goes underneath the weaker versions)
  • Bonus Kun's B Kou Shuu Tan;
• A version will mutually "destroy"
  • A Inazuma Cannon released at the same time
  • A Kou Shuu Tan from Bonus Kun released at the same time
• B version will be "destroyed" by
  • late A/B Inazuma Cannon
  • late A/B Kou Shuu Tan from Bonus Kun
  • most of Tesse's Arekore Poi objects
  • charged versions of Arina's Arina Beam (goes underneath the weaker versions)
• B version is mutually "destroyed" by
  • B Inazuma Cannon released at the same time
  • B Kou Shuu Tan from Bonus Kun released at the same time
• Note that this projectile can also be completely "destroyed" by a well timed normal/special move/etc.

Air Cannon 236 + A/B in air

Fireball that travels to the ground at a 45 degree angle.

A =slow, B =fast

• A version will be "destroyed" by just about every projectile in the game
• B version will mutually "destroy" Arina's Arina Beam;
• Note that this projectile can also be completely "destroyed" by a well timed normal/special move/etc.

Inazuma Upper 623 + A/B

Standard DP that can be turned into its own combo by mashing A/B up to 4 times after launching.

• Grounds opponents
• 6 + A/B or 2 +A /B on 4th hit will knock to the wall or the ground, respectively.

Inazuma Crash 214 + A/B

Rai slides along the ground with uhh energy or whatever in his hand

A version is slower and shorter

B version is faster and travels further

• will pass through opponent on block if they're close enough
• down opponent on hit

Air Inazuma Crash

Done in the air wile in super mode. Same properties as regular Crash

Super Special Moves

ES Moves

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ES Inazuma Cannon 236 + AB

Big fireball that travels straight across the screen

• absorbs projectiles
• grounds opponents

ES Air Cannon

It's the same as the regular air cannon, but bigger

• absorbs projectiles
• grounds opponent

ES Inazuma Upper 623 + AB

Super DP that can be extended just like it's regular counterpart.

• grounds opponent
• looks cool

EX Inazuma Crash 214 + AB

• Moves further and faster than either regular version
• can "destroy" more projectiles reliably then the regular version (ie. Tesse's Arekore Poi robot dog)
• grounds opponent

ES Air Inazuma Crash

It's in the air now

WakuWaku

Dai Kaiten Touge 63214 + D close

Universal command grab.

• Throws opponent against the wall
  • however the opponent cannot rebound or wall catch

DokiDoki

Supers

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Gourai Tempest 463214 + CD

Rai punches the ground, making pillars of energy emerge and move around the screen.

• Absorbs projectiles
• Grounds opponent

Gourai Dengeki Ken 641236 + CD

Dashes in and just smacks the shit out of em. Move is divided into three parts:

• Initial Dash
  • If opponent is too far away, the whole super will fail
• First 4 hits
  • If the 4th strike of the initial volley is blocked, the super will cancel
    • Interestingly, if the opponent blocks the first 3 hits, but not the 4th, the move continues
• Final Volley
  • Launches into the air and continues to just beat the crap out of em

HaraHara

Hara Hara

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Bakurai Hurricane 22 + AB/CD,

Rai goes Crash Bandicoot and spins around covered in electricity

• Unblockable
• After start, you can drift in any direction
• Eats projectiles