Breakers Revenge/Saizo

Introduction

Saizo Tobikageno is a ninja seeking revenge for the slaughter of his clan.

Overview

Saizo is primarily a zoner but he has the ability to switch rapidly between strong zoning and strong offense. The ability to threaten both amplify the effectiveness of each.

• For zoning, his kunai shut down other projectiles and his bombs, though not fullscreen, recover much faster than any other projectile. Couple this with very good reach on his jumping C attacks as air to airs or his 623P swords to keep opponents out.
  
• For offense, his dash into jump forward C is difficult to deal with and using dashing grounded attacks he can keep a large amount of pressure, even from half screen. Due to his lack of a good overhead, going for a crossup or going back to bomb zoning are likely options.
  

If you do manage to get in on him he has above average defense and is very difficult to stun, making him quite durable. 214A breaker is easily hit confirmable into super and hair super can punish a wide array of moves on block (and sometimes on hit), making Saizo a difficult opponent to break down.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Overall matchup spread is the best, crushes the lower tiers 236A (Kunai) goes through other projectiles and has fast recovery 236C (Bomb) knocks down and has the fastest projectile recovery Above average defense + Highest stun resistance make him very durable Fast dash that is cancellable attacks and jumps Big reach on his sword attacks 236236K punishes extremely well due to half screen reach and very short startup Invincible backdash B knee has great range and low pushback, allowing it to combo into itself many times

214A needs to be cancelled into super to be safe, limiting his breaker game Anti-airs are more situational, requiring more matchup knowledge

Saizo
[[File:BR{{{filename}}}Victory.png|center]]
Defense	128
Stun	3456

Move List

Normals

Standing

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5A

File:BreakersR Saizo 5A.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

5B

File:BreakersR Saizo 5B.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
this move hits really far away for some reason, can be comboed into itself a lot, and can be canceled into hair as a super setup. It can also go to cr.a, cr.d for a knockdown.

5C

File:BreakersR Saizo 5C.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

5D

File:BreakersR Saizo 5D.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching

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2A

File:BreakersR Saizo 2A.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

2B

File:BreakersR Saizo 2B.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

2C

File:BreakersR Saizo 2C.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

2D

File:BreakersR Saizo 2D.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Close

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5C

File:BreakersR Saizo cl5C.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
This move hits low and combos into Sword Move. Can be safe if canceled with bomb.

5D

File:BreakersR Saizo cl5D.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Neutral Jumping

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nj.A

File:BreakersR Saizo njA.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

nj.B

File:BreakersR Saizo njB.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

nj.C

File:BreakersR Saizo njC.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Massive sword attack that hits over a giant area with high priority. It goes parallel to the ground and stays out for a long time. Great zoning tool.

nj.D

File:BreakersR Saizo njD.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Diagonal Jumping

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dj.A

File:BreakersR Saizo djA.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

dj.B

File:BreakersR Saizo djB.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Stays out for an eternity, but use at the last minute to combo afterward. Crosses up.

dj.C

File:BreakersR Saizo djC.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

dj.D

File:BreakersR Saizo djD.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Great jump-in overall, has a large amount of hitstun for easy combos. crosses up.

Command Normals

5BD

File:BreakersR Saizo 5BD.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
must be blocked high, cannot be comboed after, uncancellable

2BD

File:BreakersR Saizo 2BD.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-
a slide that travels far and knocks down. Must be blocked low. If it hits or is blocked early on, it can be canceled with specials but not comboed after.

Throws

4/6C

File:BreakersR Saizo Throw.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Jump, 4/6C/D

File:BreakersR Saizo Airthrow.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-	-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Specials

236P

File:BreakersR Saizo 236A.png

Kunai

File:BreakersR Saizo 236C.png

Bomb

236A	Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
	-		-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
qcf+LP, throws two knives at once. They can cut through fireballs if they are already out on the screen. When most fireballs are starting up they will negate both knives. Incredibly fast and an excellent chipping tool.
236C	Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
	-		-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
throws a bomb that knocks down. Can be comboed after with fire super, but he has better options for comboing into super. The explosion resulting from the bomb when it hits the ground can hit the opponent.

214P

File:BreakersR Saizo 214A.png

File:BreakersR Saizo 214C.png

Hair

214A	Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
	-		-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
214C	Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
	-		-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-

623P

File:BreakersR Saizo 623A.png

File:BreakersR Saizo 623C.png

Sword

623A	Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
	-		-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
Saizo makes a huge circle with his sword that hits multiple times. No invulnerability but good anti-air if done as a prediction due to its massive range. Easy combos to super.
623C	Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
	-		-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
HP version is slower to start up and moves Saizo forward slightly, but launches higher and hits 5 times instead of 4.

Supers

236236P

File:BreakersR Saizo 236236P.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

214214P

File:BreakersR Saizo 214214P.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

236236K

File:BreakersR Saizo 236236K.png

Damage	Guard	Stun	Properties
-		-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
-	-	-	-	-

Combos

• Meterless Combos
  • cr.B x2, cl.st.C xx Sword Move - This is Saizo's bread and butter combo. Great to use after a crossup.
  • cr.B x2, Slide (d + LK + HK) - This combo is good when you are too far away for close st.C to hit. The slide can be canceled early into a bomb for safety. You can mash this combo out very quickly before waiting to verify if the cr.B's hit.
  • cr.B x2, cr.A, cr.D - This is Saizo's bread and butter combo when he is too far away to be able to cancel slide into bomb for safety or when you didn't get a chance to verify if the cr.B's hit or not. It could be useful to stop this combo at cr.A and end your blockstring there if it is blocked.
  • st.B xn, cr.A, cr.D - Knockdown from connected st.B's.
• Combos with meter
  • cr.B/cr.A xn xx Hair (LP version) xx Combo Super - Saizo's basic combo into super.
  • st.B xn xx Hair (LP version), Combo Super - Another basic combo into super.
  • cr.B x2, cl.st.C xx Sword Move, Fire Super - Saizo's most damaging super combo. Learn to land this at every opportunity.
  • Anti-air Sword Move, Flame Super/Birdfrog - Use Flame Super if anti-air the opponent up close, use Birdfrog if you anti-air the opponent at range.
  • Anti-air Sword Move, Birdfrog x3 - Corner combo only, and basically a showoff combo. It isn't really worth the meter unless it will kill. Use LP version of Birdfrog. Very difficult to space on the fly.
  • Anti-air Hair (LP version) xx Flame Super/Birdfrog/Combo Super - Any super will connect after an anti-air LP Hair, but the height and distance you hit the opponent at determines what super will land the best. Flame Super/Birdfrog are the easiest to land for the maximum number of hits and damage, with Birdfrog being easier to hit with but much less damaging than Flame Super. The Combo Super will hit, but since it is hitting versus an aerial opponent it will do much less damage than if you had used it on the ground. Use the Combo Super when you have used the invulnerability from LP Hair to let your opponent land before you have hit them with the Hair.

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Be careful to link all hits as tightly as possible or your combo will be easily breakered.

Advanced Strategy

• Saizo can instantly block by holding back during his dash. Use the dash to pressure.
• Knives can lock opponents down because they can be thrown incredibly fast. Don't be afraid to spam knives from full screen. If you anticipate a jump, use sword move to knock them out of the air and combo into your fire super. If you're spamming knives and want to fake out the opponent you can use a st.A, which can trick the opponent into jumping where you can sword move them on reaction. If you have a blocked vertical jump C, you can follow it up with knives to push them across the screen.
• For zoning, ending blockstrings in bomb is a good idea. Cr.b x2, slide xx bomb is a good pressure string. In general you want to push the opponent away from you so you can zone them until you score a knockdown.
• Saizo has tricky crossups with his j.B and j.D. You can score them off knockdowns by using Saizo's huge dash-jump range to clear over half a screen length. After a knockdown you can also dash repeatedly and cancel the dash with a vertical jump straight up with a j.B at the end of it. The momentum from his dash combined with the forward movement of his vertical jump B will make it a crossup. Dont be afraid to rejump after a blocked crossup against charge characters or characters with bad anti-airs because Saizo's air moves have excellent priority.
• Saizo's best punish combo is close st.C, sword move, flame super. Punish every chance you get. Be careful on punishing with far st.C because it can be punished on hit easily and you will die for using it against a non-airborne. Instead, try cr.C, slide, bomb, or just dry sword move if you have time.
• Saizo's st.B can be repeated a lot and will eventually combo to hair and then super. This move is fast and moves Saizo's hitbox very quickly, so you can breaker with it and get damage!
• Holding onto 1 meter for breakers and punishes is recommended.

Matchups

Matchup Table

Advantage

Great	Maherl, Condor, Alsion III
Good	Pielle, Dao-Long, Rila, Tia
Even
Weak	Sho
Bad

Matchup Info

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Alsion III

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Condor
Be careful comboing Condor because he can breaker you with a 360 or 720 if you are too slow on your links. He can slide under your knives but not under your bomb. Vertical jump C can be beaten by Condor's st.D. Jumping back with j.C is good but mainly throwing bombs is key to winning this. Overall this matchup is very favorable to Saizo, but if you get cornered or caught in the air the match can quickly turn.

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Dao-Long
If he ends a combo with A+C or a fireball, you can breaker it with combo super and hit him. Be careful against his jump ins because your anti-air options are not good. Crossups can lose badly to his upkicks, so be careful. Throw knives at his fireballs. His air moves can go toe-to-toe with you.

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Maherl

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Pielle
Be careful on meaty crossups and jump ins because Thunder Riser will suck you in and do damage to you. Even without meter, Pielle can st.C many of Saizo's jumping attacks. Approaching from the ground is preferable in this match up. Be careful following him if he jumps back, because he can do his air ABC and smack you.

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Rila
Rila can hop over your fireballs and combo you into super. Be careful on when you throw fireballs. Her st.C will beat your crossups and her upkicks can screw your meaties up. Only jump backwards if Rila doesn't have a charge because she can follow you with her dash move that will do a ton of damage.

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Saizo
Rush him down.

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Sho
He had projectile advantages, remember If he throws a fireball, knife it. Don't jump in too much because of flamekicks. Be careful on meaties because of flamekicks.

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Tia
Knife her fireball. She can uppercut super through your knives. If she throws a fireball from close you can breaker and do combo super.