Introduction

HELLFIRE,YASS

Zazie is a karateka from Kenya. He is a founder of the African Nature Protection Society and decided to participate in the Great Grapple Tournament to raise some money for his organisation. The question is: does he able to overcome all the opponents and achieve victorious? Well, he has a really big chances for this...

Zazie is one of "The Four Gods" of the game and debatably the top-1 character. He is a great rushdown character with long pokes due to his height. His Vulcan Punch (HHS-type move) allows to deal massive chip damage and at the same time play a keepaway game if necessary. His Ducking move allows to not to fear fireballs (but to fear sweeps). Hellfire uppercut can demolish all types of weak spots. All in all, Zazie is a scary force that should be taken seriously in every fight.

Weak Spot


Frame count	-	2	2	-

Having a weak spot on a head is already a bad thing by default, but Zazie's saving grace is that he's the highest character in the game. Just use stance shift to change your stance to standing one while being comboed. Not many grounded moves can hit your standing weak spot, but still, some characters have high kicks and axe kicks against you. And yeah, watch out for jump-ins and crossups.

Also, as you may see, Zazie got a misplaced weak spot on his second squat animation. This may help/harm you somehow, but not really.

Color Options

Punch	Kick

Moves List

Quick Reference

Special move name	Input	Nickname	Note
Vulkan Hook	Tap		HHS
Chojaku Vulkan Hook	Tap simultaneously		instant HHS
Hellfire	+		anti-air, reversal
Ducking	+		dash through fireballs
Step Back	+		step back → step forward, only first step is invincible
Deshikakato	+	flame kick	hidden move, LK and HK versions are different

Normal Moves

Light Punch

Standing (Close/Far):

Damage	4	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+6
On block	+7
Frame count		2	3	3

Usual jab that whiffs all crouching characters. Due to Zazie's height may be uesd as far anti-air.

Crouching:

Damage	4	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+6
On block	+7
Frame count		2	3	3

Same as st.LP but obviously doesn't whiff crouching characters.

Jumping (Diagonal/Neutral):

Damage	8	Startup
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	no
Frame count		4	∞

Great jump-in and air-to-air tool with solid priority.

Strong Punch

Standing (Close/Far):

Damage	18	Startup			Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-3
On block	-8
Frame count		4	3	3	18

Zazie throws an uppercut with his back arm. Great anti-air alternative to Hellfire. But here's a thing that must be mentioned: actually this attack is listed in dev menu of the game as a command normal and actual HP normals are can be used if you'll hold ←/→ while attacking. Further info about them will be listed in "Special Normals" section.

Crouching:

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-4
On block	-9
Frame count		3	4	21

Crouching uppercut with okay-ish priority. It's still useful but priority is not that great comparing with other cr.HP anti-airs.

Jumping (Diagonal/Neutral):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	no
Frame count		4	6	∞

Bigger vertical hibox than j.LP but shorter horizontally.

Light Kick

Standing (Close):

Damage	8	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+5
On block	+6
Frame count		2	3	4

This one is the real bane to the most of the weak spots.

Standing (Far):

Damage	6	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	0
On block	+1
Frame count		4	3	9

Incredible poke, Zazie use his leg to kick in the medium zone. Quick with outstanding range, you're going to be using this very much.

Crouching:

Damage	4	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	yes
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+6
On block	+7
Frame count		2	3	3

Your best option for doing chain strings, because LPs will trigger your Vulcan Hook instead.

Jumping (Diagonal):

Damage	8	Startup
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	no
Frame count		6	∞

Good option to interrupt stuff like Mars' Lariats and hit head weak spots from afar.

Jumping (Neutral):

Damage	8	Startup
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	no
Frame count		4	∞

Strong Kick

Standing (Close):

Damage	16	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+1
On block	-4
Frame count		11	4	16

Another ridiculous hitbox, but this time it has long startup for a close attack. So, it's pretty good for a meaty.

Standing (Far):

Damage	20	Startup			Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	-3
On block	-8
Frame count		9	3	3	18

An axe kick that hits once. Leg becomes vulnerable after second hitbox on 6 frames.

Crouching:

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	kd
On block	-8
Frame count		4	6	18

A basic sweep that turns out to be nice because of the fact that you can cancel it into stuff. Cancel it into LK Step Back against Mars/Ryoko and into Ducking against everyone else.

Jumping (Diagonal):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	no
Frame count		4	6	∞

Your main crossup.

Jumping (Neutral):

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	no
Frame count		4	5	∞

Useless...

Special Normals

Far / +

Damage	18	Startup		Recovery
Chain cancel	no
Special cancel	yes
On hit	+8
On block	+3
Frame count		4	3	10

The actual f.HP: a fast straight punch. Your best poke due to plus on hit and block. Arm becomes vulnerable after active part on 3 frames.

Close / +

Damage	26 total	Startup				Recovery
Chain cancel	no/no
Special cancel	yes/yes
On hit	-3/0
On block	-8/-5
Frame count		4	2	1	1	20

The actual cl.HP: a 2-hit hook punch. It's very quirky to use because you'll trigger a throw instead. To make it come out, combo it from a jab, throw will not be triggered because opponent will be in hitstun. Hitboxes of both hits are identical, so opponent may fall from second hit. This normal is useful in it's own combos.

Throws

Damage	13
Range (From pushbox)	31

Helldriver: / +

HELLDRIVER!! Zazie performs a suplex, that leaves an opponent near enough to walk in an keep the pressure. One con... low damage, especially comparing with other character's usual throws.

Special Moves

Vulcan Hook: Tap

Really good Honda's HHS but without moving. Spam it wisely for corner pressure or keepaway.

Chojaku Vulcan Hook: Tap simultaneously

It's the instant version for the move of above. Better use this one, 'cause it's instant.

Hellfire: +

Your main anti-air in the game and combo ender for middle and low zone attacks.

Ducking: +

Zazie dashes forward while being invincible. Use it to go through projectiles and easily gain distance.

Tip: Ducking To Hellfire can be done with the motion F,HCF K~P

Step Back: +

Zazie steps back and forward. You're invincible at the first step, the second one is not.

Hidden Move

Deshikakato: +

The Basics

Ducking into Hellfire is a staple. The timing is tricky, but you're unstoppable to most opponents when doing this. You can also do a chain like s.lk → Ducking → Hellfire.

Zazie is a big hitbox character that is a power striker with poking and medium zoning strategies, you have excellent normals for pokes and combos, anyway your main con will be about begin a good crossup punching bag and a riskful due to your high weak point.

Combos

cr.LP x N xx Vulcan Punch
j.LK, cl.HP xx HK flame kick or Hellfire
j.HK, cl.HP xx ABCD
(Corner only, hold →) point-blank st.LP, cl.HP xx HK flame kick

Advanced Strategy

Your main objective about ducking will vary depending on the projectile-or-not and also height and speed, but watch out with their crossups. He is considered of the Top 4 in the game because his matchups can be considered a basic programming flowchart.

Match-ups

Ray

Lee

Zaz

Kar

Jea

Miz

Sam

Yun

Mat

Clo

Fei

Mar

Ryo

Zazie

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Vs. Clown:

A Bad matchup, Clown can stun you with Head Stomp and his projectile even is bad can hit you after a Ducking, try to jumping kick him and corner him with Mash Fists, Hellfire and Flame Kick are the good answer for a Roll

Vs. Jean:

~~Make your bottom and rape him~~ it's one of the easiest matchups for him, it had a lot of answers from his projectile to the rondato, mash fists are the best and also try to stay on the ground.