JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future/Black Polnareff

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During the story arc in Egypt, Jotaro and Polnareff are attacked by a Stand known as Anubis (アヌビス神 Anubisu-shin), a sword capable of controlling anyone who unsheathes it. After defeating Chaka and Khan, the Anubis sword cracks in half.

Polnareff accidentally unsheathes the sword while struggling with a policeman who's been trying to take it, allowing Anubis to possess his body.

Black Polnareff (or Anubis Polnareff) is a Passive Stand character, controlling both Silver Chariot and the broken Anubis sword at the same time. Black Polnareff is all about precision and rushdown as he has no long-range moves at his disposal. He has several ways to unleash deadly combos on his opponent, however, all of its variations are relatively difficult to pull off properly.

Difficulty: Easy to pick up, hard to do well with

Black Polnareff is an offense-based character all about precision and movement, focusing on threading the needle to score big damage with his signature loop.
Pros	Cons
Great Normals: He has a lot of good normals with strong hitboxes, including 2 jabs with 1f of startup. High Damage: Using his signature loop, Black Polnareff can inflict very strong damage. The Strongest Stand: Black Polnareff is one of three Anubis characters, giving him access to the "I've learned it!" parry special that can score strong punishes with Anubis Guard Cancels. Skinny: Black Polnareff's standing hurtbox is slim enough that some characters, including himself, have to make adjustments when performing combos lest they drop.	Passive Stand: Without the ability to turn Stand ON, Black Polnareff cannot avoid hard knockdowns or chip damage. This also means he doesn't have access to a Tandem or Custom Combo. Mediocre Movement: While his hop angle is good and fast, Black Polnareff's ground speed is less than stellar, giving him an obstacle when fishing for whiff punishes. Poor Safety: Black Polnareff's frame data isn't the best, leading him to receive full punishes for the smallest mistakes, on whiff or block. Linear: Without a knockdown, Black Polnareff's pressure and mixups are incredibly straightforward, so he has to take major risks to open up a patient player. Inconsistent Okizeme: While his mixups during an oki situation are strong, they're highly punishable if guessed right, and inconsistent with faster wakeup speeds. Zoned Out: Being a character focused almost entirely on melee attacks, Black Polnareff deals with zoners and Stand ON laming very badly. Mediocre Supers: Despite his amazing meter build, Black Polnareff's supers aren't the best, with 236AA's poor scaling and hitbox, and 214AA's very slow speed.

Black Polnareff

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Stand: Passive

Defense Value: 87 (9th) (Average)

Roll Speed: 39 (13th) (Average)

Wakeup Speed: 36 (9th) (Average)

Prejump: 5 (13th) (Average)