Waku Waku 7/Tesse

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Tesse is the seventh robot built by Dr. Lombrozo, Tesse was made to be that of a maid (cooking and keeping the house clean). She pursues the WakuWaku Balls to not only cure the illness of Dr. Lombrozo, but to also achieve her dream of becoming human. She fights using an assorted array of cleaning utensils, electricity attacks, and a syringe.

Tesse is a zoner, with unique projectiles, her projectiles give a lot of ground and air control, long limbs normals with a good damage output

Strengths	Weaknesses
Great normals, and fast jumping basics that Knockdown Can run backwards Can command grab in the air Able to heal Infinite combo with dashing 5C Cactus cause instant Dizzy One of the best DokiDoki supers in the game	Floaty jump can take some time to get used to her attack timing Late Arekoe poi items rarely able to see usage

Tesse

Character Data
Forward Run Duration	116F to cross stage
Back Run Speed	117F to cross stage
Pre-jump Frames	4 frames
Jump Duration	59 frames
Landing Frames	3 frames
Jump Height Apex	105
Forward Jump Distance	149
Backward Jump Distance	148
Knockdown Recovery	27 frames
Chain Series	Solo Heavy Series

Movelist

Standing Normals

5A

Just use 5C instead of this

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
11		Mid	10	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
6	4 (7) 4	3	+8	+1
Okay poke Can chain into 5C

5B

Bonk

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
27		Mid	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
19	4	14	+7	-3
Slow attack No follow-ups or any reasonable reward for landing this move

5C

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
13		Mid	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	4	3	+10	+1
Tied with 2A as fast Tesse normal Can combo into itself Has a infinite attached (5C > Dash [Repeat]) Can be whiffed for monstrous meter build

5D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
33		Mid	20	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
11	19	11	KND	-15
Go to anti-air attack Active for a very long time Air unblockable in most cases but at specific angles it can be blocked but it's very tricky to do so with intentionality

Crouching Normals

2A

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
10		Low	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	2	7	+2	-2
A decent attack for stuffing approaches Can chain to 2C, allowing for a very easy confirm.

2B

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
25		Low	0	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8	9	17	KND	-11
Your go-to sweep The last attack of Tesse's basic 3-hit combo (2A>2C>2B) Has decent range to punish sweeps and threaten the opponent.

2C

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
12		Low	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	4	3	+10	+1
Really good poke Very useful as a hit confirm

2D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
30		Low	0	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
9	32	9	KND	-26
Moves Tesse forward Causes knockdown but the reward is basically negligible when considering the risk behind it

Air Normals

J.A

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
11		high	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
4	7	GND	-	-
Go to air to air attack You have to wait until the jump animations reaches the higher point to use this move

J.B

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
27		high	15	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	15	GND	KND	-
This move with JC and JD are also tied for faster normals of tesse but the fact that you have to wait until the jump animations reaches the higher point is not technically tied There's a hurtbox around her wrist, suffering from the same issues as all of her command normals except it's less likely to happen due to faster recovery

J.C

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
13		high	5	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	4	GND	-	-
Decent jump in button Upon using this move, Tesse's air momentum is sped up, allowing her to land faster You have to wait until the jump animations reaches the higher point to use this move

J.D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
33		high	25	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
3	13	GND	KND	-
Very active jump-in button Very difficult to contest Upon using this move, Tesse's air momentum is sped up, allowing her to land faster

Command Normals

6.A

6A

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
11		Mid	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
7	18	11	KND	-16
Air unblockable There's a hurtbox around her wrist allowing for characters to strike her from further away and in the case of Politank, get hit by his command grab

6.B

6B

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
29		Mid	10	n
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8	23	15	WSL	-23
Air unblockable Causes wall splat on hit There's a hurtbox around her wrist, allowing for characters to strike her from further away and in the case of Politank, get hit by his command grab

3.C

3A

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
11		Low	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
7	18	11	KND	-14
Air Unblockable Shorter in range in comparison to 3B There's a hurtbox around her wrist allowing for characters to strike her from further away and in the case of Politank, get hit by his command grab

3.D

3B

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
26		Low	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8	23	15	KND	-23
Air unblockable There's a hurtbox around her wrist allowing for characters to strike her from further away and in the case of Politank, get hit by his command grab

Universal Mechanics

Throw

Throw
4/6B

Kocchi Kichaya Desu

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
38		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	WSL	-
Unblockable. Can be throw softened within 21F.

Air Throw

Air Throw
J.4/6B

Kuuchuu Kocchi Kichaya Desu

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
38		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	WSL	-
Unblockable. Can be throw softened within 21F.

Command Grab

Command grab
63214D

WakuWaku Nage

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

Air Command Grab

Air Command Grab
J.63214D

Air WakuWaku Nage

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
49		Thw	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
1	1	-	KND	-
She's the only character with an Air command grab

Universal Overhead

Middle Attack
A/B+C/D

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
27		High	5	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
21	6	26	KND	-17
Air unblockable

Pursuit

Pursuit
When a opponent is down 8+any move

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
16		Mid	0	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
48	2 (18) 2	40	KND	-47
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
27		High	10	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
8	20	9	KND	-14
Good to use when being down but can be punished if the opponent blocks it most of the time

Super mode

Super Mode
Any 3 buttons

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
55		Mid	50	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
17	52	31	KND	-69
1~77F: invincible. Spins twice then slows down once it's ending

Special Moves

236P

236A/B (Air Ok)
236A/B

Cup	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	7		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	2~22	-	39	-22	-36
While [A] is held, Tesse cycles through 8 different items within a thought bubble. ]A[ to use that item. [B] makes the thought bubble invisible, but Tesse's voice is still heard and all the items cycle at the same frame rate as they do with [A]. Hearing her voice becomes quite important because she cycles through the items with each syllable she speaks, making it easier to determine which one she's on. Each item has various properties and guard levels, and move across the screen in different ways. Cup travels in a low arc being slow Voice Line: E~
Saucer	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	7		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	23~44	-	39	-22	-36
Low Arc, Travels fast Voice Line: to~
Book	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	22		High	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	45~66	-	40	-22	-36
Mid Arc, Travel fast Voice line: N~
Radio Dog	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	22		low	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	67~88	-	39	-22	-36
Ground, Travels slow Voice Line: to~
Radio Bird	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	22		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	89~110	-	40	-24	-36
Air, Travels slow Voice line: Doko
Cactus	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	33		Mid	0	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	111~132	-	39	DZY	-36
High Arc, Travels slow Voice Line: Dakke
Bomb	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	44		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	133~154	-	39	-14	-36
Ground, travels Fast Voice Line: Are~
Shell	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	66		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	155~198	-	39	KND	-36
Air, Travels Fast Voice line: Yada~

236AB

236AB (Air Ok)

Cup	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	22		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
While [AB] is held, Tesse cycles through the items invisibly, so only the sound of her voice hints at what she is going to throw. The ES-version has her throw 3 items in the same succession as the normal version. All items behave the same except most do increased damage, the Book and Radio Dog can be guarded MID, and the Cactus's arc is half as high. For the damage and On Hit properties Each item has various properties and guard levels, and move across the screen in different ways. Cup travels in a low arc being slow Voice Line: E~
Saucer	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	22		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	--	-
Low Arc, Travels fast Voice Line: to~
Book	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	33		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
Mid Arc, Travel fast Voice line: N~
Radio Dog	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	33		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
Ground, Travels slow Voice Line: to~
Radio Bird	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	33		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	KND	-
Air, Travels slow Voice line: Doko
Cactus	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	33		Mid	0	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	DZY	-
half as High Arc, Travels slow Voice Line: Dakke
Bomb	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	66		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
Ground, travels Fast Voice Line: Are~
Shell	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	66		Mid	5	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	-	-	-	KND	-
Air, Travels Fast Voice line: Yada~

236K

Denshi Kousen
236C/D/CD

236C	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	22		Mid	20	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	19	8	23	KND	-15
Air unblockable when caught within it's hitbox Will pull the opponent down on block
236D	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	33		Mid	25	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	18	8	26	KND	-18
Air unblockable when caught within it's hitbox Will pull the opponent down on block
236CD ES: "Denshi Kousen"	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	71		Mid	40	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	6!!12	32	31	-22	-33
Air unblockable when caught within it's hitbox Will pull the opponent down on block 6-8 Hits

623P

Chikuchiku Attack
623A/B/AB

623A	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	44		Mid	32	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	13	32	19	KND	-18
Air Unblockable An airborne hit will allow the opponent to block but unlike B/AB, the follow-up hit is inconsistent in terms of landing/whiffing
623B	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	86		Mid	56	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	18	32	19	KND	-18
Air Unblockable An airborne hit will allow the opponent to block the following hit, interrupting the attack
623AB ES: "Chikuchiku Attack"	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	73		Mid	58	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	6!!0	48	19	KND	-18
Air unblockable Can be combo'd into with crouch cancel 5C An airborne hit will allow the opponent to block the following hit, interrupting the attack

421P

Chu~chu~ Attack
421A/B/AB

421A	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	9		Mid	32	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	15	32	24	KND	-10
AIR UNBLOCKABLE. LP restores 15 (6%) life Airborne hit will pull the opponent towards Tesse, putting them within throw range
421B	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	9		Mid	64	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	19	32	24	KND	-10
Air Unblockable HP restores 35 (14%) life. Airborne hit will pull the opponent towards Tesse, putting them within throw range
421AB ES: "Chu~chu~ Attack "	Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
	8		Mid	80	-
	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
	9!!5	48	24	KND	-10
Restores 35 (14%) life. Airborne hit will pull the opponent towards Tesse, putting them within throw range Unlike 623AB, it cannot be combo into

DokiDoki

Chou Denshi Kaikousen
632146CD

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
113~220		Mid	3/n	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
10‼0	70	24	-27	-7
Hits on 38/46F of superflash. AIR UNBLOCKABLE.

HaraHara

Chou Denshi Eraser
22+AB/CD

Damage		Guard	Dizzy	Cancel
163		-	5/n	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard
234	55	127	KND	-
Unblockable. 182~368F: invincible. TRACKS the opponent's location. Counts as a KNOCKDOWN to Tesse, allowing her to roll recovery or rising attack afterward. Able to run backward.

Palette options

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Color 2

Color 3

Color 4

Color 5

Notable Players

Name	Color	Location	Contact	Status	Notes	Example Play
LDAHRAX		U.S	None	active	Very strong Tesse player, also the creator of the Waku server	Link
water1		Brazil	None	active	One of the Better Brazilian Players on the game. Usually plays like a grappler	Link