Waku Waku 7/Arina

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Arina is a junior high school student who likes sports. Arina learned fighting skills as a compulsory subject at school. She loves sweets and shopping and has big, charming long ears.

The "shoto" of the game, exceds in neutral having good anti airs, a tatsu that can be combo into it, a good projectiles for zoning opponents, combos and links that can easily TOD the opponent. Good to pick up as a beginner.

(Disclaimer: Arina's special moves require an absurd amount of mashing. Please place a glove or protective hand gear to protect your hand... or y'know, don't.)

Strengths

Weaknesses

Really good beginner character
Full Chain series
Completely invincible backdash
Can Zone with her projectiles
236AB inflicts an absurd amount of dizzy meter
Super Mode activation invincible
0F Dokidoki, if the opponent isn't blocking when the flash appears they cannot block
Can use her Unblockable super (HaraHara super) a lot more than other character due to how easy she can dizzy the opponent

Her tatsu is really unsafe, unless all the spins are done
Tends to be hard to complete some of her additional attacks, especially the DP

Arina

Character Data
Forward Run Duration	105F to cross stage
Back Step Duration	33 frames (1~33F: invincible)
Pre-jump Frames	4 frames
Jump Duration	43 frames
Landing Frames	4 frames
Jump Height Apex	113
Forward Jump Distance	114
Backward Jump Distance	112
Back Step Distance	114
Knockdown Recovery	31 frames
Chain Series	Full Series

Move List

Standing Normals

5A

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	10		Mid	5	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	4	5	+6	+1
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	10		Mid	5	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	4	5	+6	+1
Go to attack to whiff for meter build Standard deterrent for approaches This attack can lead into ES Heart which can lead into the TOD/Stun combos

5B

"That description over there? It's not wrong."

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
10+26		Mid	25	y
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
6	7	15	+6	-4
Good for confirms on into 5DD Cancelling into specials is much more difficult on a crouching opponent Will whiff over blocking opponents.

5C

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
12		Mid	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	4	10	+2	-2
Fast anti-air Only lands on standing opponents Can chain into 5B

5D

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	20		Mid	20	n
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	7	6	13	+6	-4
Can cancel into 214D up close but nothing else Good long range poke to strike the opponent from just outside of sweep range
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	20		Mid	20	n
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	7	6	13	WSL	-4
Very safe for a wall splatting move Window for teching right next to the wall is non-existent

Crouching Normals

2A

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	9		Low	5	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	5	4	+6	+1
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	9		Low	5	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	5	4	+3	-1
Another good deterrent for approaches The BnB for the Arina stun combo/TOD combo

2B

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	23		Mid	15	n
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	6	15	+4	-6
Far more committal anti air but still decent
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	11		Mid	15	n
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	6	15	KND	-11
Mostly used to correct an early AA attempt

2C

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
11		Low	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
5	4	5	+8	+1
Good deterrent for approaches Can lead to a quick KND combo into 2D

2D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
28		Low	0	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
10	4	26	KND	-15
Average range Difficult to punish when spaced well

Air Normals

J.A

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	10		high	5	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	7	8	3	-	-
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	10		high	5	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	9	8	4	-	-
Good for building meter while jumping or Air to air'ing Rai on the descend from a super jump

J.B

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	26		high	10	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	9	12	GND	-	-
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	26		high	10	y
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	9	12	GND	-	-
Decent jump in attack. 2nd hit doesn't do much outside of an additional air to air attempt

J.C

x1	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	12+13		high	10	n
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	GND	-	KND	-
x2	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	12		high	10	n
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	3	GND	-	KND	-
The rate and cause for j.C to KNOCKDOWN appears to be somewhat random, and this includes the non-Hehe~n hits. The percentage of a KNOCKDOWN seems to be higher if Hehe~n is not performed. Small and strange hitbox attached to the move, leading to even an inconsistent amount of hits from jump to jump.

J.D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
31		high	10	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
7	8	GND	-	-
Jump in with decent range The standard starter for Arina's stun/TOD combo

Universal Mechanics

Throw

Throw
4/6B

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
36		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	KND	-
Unblockable. Switch sides Can be throw softened within 34F.

Throw

Throw
4/6D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
36		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	KND	-
She's the only character with a second throw Unblockable. Can be throw softened within 24F. Softening/teching this throw can lead to being hit a follow up attack due to dead frames.

Air Throw

Air Throw
J.4/6B

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
36		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	KND	-
Unblockable.

Command Grab

Command grab
63214D

WakuWaku Nage

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
46		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	KND	-
Unblockable Overlaps with 214K, use with caution

Universal Overhead

Middle Attack
A/B+C/D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
26+26		High	20	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
26	2 (11) 2	17	+1	-9
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Pursuit

Pursuit
When a opponent is down 8+any move

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
31		Mid	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
50	4	32	KND	-28
In general is not very used due to long start up and that you can mash out of knockdown to get up quicker

Rissing attack

Reversal
When down, [8]

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
26		High	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
13	2	19	KND	-6
Good to use when being down but can be punished if the opponent blocks it

Super mode

Super Mode
Any 3 buttons

Suppa Arina

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
37		Mid	50	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	61	11	KND	-68
1~64F: invincible.

Special Moves

236X

236A/B (Air Ok)

Yellow	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	20		Mid	4~5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	10~13	-	31	-16	-18
PROJECTILE: Yellow (Tier 2); Green (Tier 4); Blue (Tier 5); Pink (Tier 6). A lasts 30F (yellow); 38F (green); 36F (blue); 35F (pink). B lasts 23F (yellow); 32F (green); 32F (blue); 32F (pink). The longer the Arina Beam is charged increases its distance. At full charge, it reaches half-screen. After 57F of charge, the Arina Beam fires automatically. Arina Beam Yellow inflicts more dizzy meter from afar. It takes 5F after releasing the button for Arina to release the blast, and the Arina Beam continues to charge until its first active frame. So if it's charged for 22F, the star rolls over from Green to Blue when it's fired.
Green	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	6~7		Mid	5~21	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	26~37	-	31	-10	-14
1 hit
Blue	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	5~6		Mid	5~42	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	38~57	-	31	KND	-12
3 hits
Pink	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	5~6		Mid	5~42	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	38~57	-	31	-KND	-18
6 hits

236X

236AB (Air Ok)

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
31		Mid	90	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
2!!4	-	44	KND	-41
Projectile (Tier 8). A dizzy inflicted by WP Arina Beam instead causes Hearts to hover around the opponent's head.

214X

Arina Tornado
214C/D 214CD (Mash it)

214C	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	5+5+5		Mid	15	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	11	1 (6) 1 (6) 2	32	-17	-21
Last hit is a wall slam when mashed out fully
214D	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	5+5+5+5		Mid	15	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	11	1 (6) 1 (6) 1 (6) 2	30	-15	-19
Last hit is a wall slam when mashed out fully
214CD	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	63		Mid	0	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	2!!4	1 (6) 1 (5) 1 (6) 1 (5) 1 (6) 1 (5) 1 (2) 10	33	WSL	-22
Last hit is a wall slam when mashed out fully

623X

Arina Crash
623A/B 623AB (Mash it)

623A	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	10+10		Mid	0	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	1 (2) 8	31	KND	-26
5F: Air Unblockable 1~5F: invincible.
623B	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	11+11		Mid	0	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	5	1 (2) 8	33	KND	-28
5F: Air Unblockable 1~5F: invincible.
623AB	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	71		Mid	0	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	2!!0	1 (2) 10 (6) 2 (4) 3 (5) 3 (10) 4	35	KND	-30
Hits on 18/20F of superflash. 20F: Air Unblockable. 16~20F: invincible.

DokiDoki

Arina Carnival
641236CD

"Did you tech the throw? Yes? Well, say bye bye to your eyes"

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
89		Mid	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8‼0	36	1	KND	-22
Hits on 37/46F of superflash. Air Unblockable, but full super will not catch and causes 0 damage. If guarded, Arina still performs the first 10 ground hits before stopping.The Advantage on Guard shows Arina's disadvantage after that point.

HaraHara

22+AB/CD (Air OK)

"It's a bird. It's a plane. NO, it's a "CHANCE" stun!"

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
37+38x3		-	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
125	24	2	KND	-
Unblockable. Can be aimed to fly in any direction, making the Arina Special hit up to 4x.If the joystick is left neutral, Arina detonates once in place. Aimed in any downward direction from a grounded state Arina has only one active frame (at least the animation is of her normal active state), but the hitbox doesn't strike the opponent even at point-blank range.

Notable Players

Name	Location	Contact	Status	Notes	Example Play
Paul Knives	Argentina	None	active	The Arina player and mostly considered strongest player in Fightcade.	Link
AlexAlchemy	Puerto Rico	Twitter	active	Tournament organiser, usual commentator in the Waku tournaments.	Link
Afroshouji	U.S	Twitter	active	Creator of the Waku GameFAQ that is from most of this wiki info comes from and also a really good Arina player that has seen some decent success in recent tournaments.	Link