World Heroes Perfect/Hanzou

Introduction

Hanzou is just plain sick, though not the easiest to use to his full potential. The double-jump singlehandedly screws some characters. The DP cannot be air-blocked when it hits "deep" - a number of other anti-air specials can. His teleports can kill slower characters. And to top it off, his ABC is basically a free roman cancel, and it allows for great rushdown & infinites (dashing HK or dashing HP). In terms of matchups, I would compare him to ST Dhalsim: No disadvantages, but a good portion of the cast can hang with him. His ground pokes aren't the best, and his EX move & super are among the worst in the game.

Pros

• Simple to learn and not very hard to play
  
• Amazing pressure, one of the strongest in the game due to his ABC special
  
• Great mobility, with a double jump and a teleport
  
• Good matchups against most of the cast
  

Cons

• Ground pokes aren't the best
  
• EX and Super aren't very good
  

Moves List

Normal Moves

5A

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Standard jab.

5B

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Startup has an auto-guard around Hanzou's front hand.

5AB

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Breaks projectiles. One of Hanzou's primary buttons for pressure, especially when combined with 2D.

5C

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Kick that hits low.

5D

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

5CD

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

Close Normal Moves

cl.5A

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Bit more damage than far 5A.

cl.5B

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Guard break on block.

cl.5AB

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou's hardest hitting normal that special cancels.

cl.5D

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

cl.5CD

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hard knockdown on hit. Not much oki off it, but gives you a bit of corner carry.

Crouching Normal Moves

2A

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

2B

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

2AB

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

2C

World's best crouching light kick

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
The new light kick animation from WH Jet. Mashable and VERY low profile.

2D

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
His old LK from WH 1 and 2. Fast and long reaching. Hanzou isn't really meant for foot games, but this is perfectly serviceable.

2CD

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

cl.6CD

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Your most damaging normal, but no knockdown or cancels.

j.2C

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou stops midair, somersaults and dives straight down with his sword. Bounces forward roughly your normal jump trajectory on contact. Decent damage and splat knockdown on hit. Whiff recovery isn't bad, but you're screwed if they block it (and they probably will). Okay to pull out of a teleport now and then, but don't try to abuse it.

Normal Throws

cl.6AB

Sorry Zangief, Hanzou did it first.

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
More damaging than cl.4AB and good forward corner carry, but leaves you almost a full screen away.

cl.4AB

I wanna take you for a ride!

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Your preferred throw most of the time. Amazing corner carry, leaves them right next to you, and allows option select from blocking.

ABC / Personal Action

ABC/2ABC

Ninja pose in 3, 2..

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou takes a pose and does - nothing. You can act again after 10 frames. Seems pointless, but the catch is, it cancels out of any ground normal, hit or whiff. This allows you to save yourself from certain unsafe situations, set up insane block strings, and it's the prime ingredient for some infinite TOD dash combos.

Special Moves

Rekko Zan
236P

"Hadou... Err, I mean, Rekko Zan!"

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou swings his sword and flings a spectral shuriken. The sword does not hit, only the shuriken. Pretty bog standard projectile. You won't get far basing your game plan around this, but it's still a decent tool to control space and force your opponent to do something.

Double Rekko Zan
236236P

Sorry Akuma, Hanzou did it first.

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou swings both his swords to fire off a pair a spectral shuriken that travel in a sinusoidal motion. Does more damage and beats other single hit projectiles, but interestingly, it's only a single hit itself. Be careful with this. Recovery is about the same as Rekko Zan, but startup is roughly twice as long, and despite appearances it's just as easily countered.

Koh Ryu Ha
623P

Sorry Ken, Hanzou did it first.

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou grabs his sword and twirls into the air surrounded by a spectral dragon. The initial hitbox starts just before he leaves the ground, can't be air blocked, and beats pretty much anything head to head. I've seen talk of moves like Muscle Power's jC beating DPs, but that's not happening here so long as you hit deep. Watch out for cross-ups though. The hitbox doesn't cover Hanzou's back, so it's possible to blow right by them and leave yourself open. This is also Hanzou's EX move, but doesn't really do much for you. You get a lot more hits and an ostensibly longer invincibility, but neither of them make much practical difference.

Ninpo Koh Rin Kazan
214K

Ninja kites are last week's news.

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
The ninja buzz-saw. Hanzou grabs his swords, leaps into the air, then tells gravity to sit and spin. Cool looking move, but unfortunately not very practical other than a gimmick or round finisher. Lower strength buttons fly mostly straight forward and can hit three times for big damage. Heavy version reels backward, then swoops down and up again in a high priority full screen arc, but none of them are safe on hit or block.

Ninja Leg Lariat
236K

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
A basic expansion attack where Hanzou leaps forward with a flying axe kick. Light version deals a single hit, the others have two. All three versions knock down for nice damage and leave you in a good position for follow ups. You're in trouble if they see it coming though, so try not to get too predictable.

Ninja Teleport
258 any

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou teleports to one of six locations on screen depending on your button press. The command is very precise and must pass through neutral - something like Down + Back to Up won't work. This move gives you incredible mobility, endless attack options, and can wreck your opponent's game plan all by itself. There's even a screen shake effect that can mess with their timing.

Super Moves

Slice The Shimmering Light
641236 AC

Damage		Guard	Cancel	Properties
-		-	-
Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	-
Hanzou leaps to the wall behind him, kicks off, and dives at the opponent. On hit, he teleports all around and slices them to ribbons punctuated with kanji flashes. Ends with opponent corner splat and Hanzou teleporting close. Looks awesome, does a ton of damage, and the dive has nice priority. Sounds great on paper, but good look connecting. The closer Hanzou is to an edge the faster it hits, but no matter what it's brain dead reactable. They WILL see it coming, they WILL block it, and you WILL get punished. Plus, if the screen scrolls, it can sometimes fail outright. The only real use outside of combo exhibitions is catching them dizzy or punishing other extremely laggy moves on reaction (ex. an opponent's super), but this is extremely risky.

Frame Data

Normal Moves

Command	Frames	Standing Block	Crouch Block	Standing Hit	Crouch Hit
Far LP	4	+6	+7	+6	+8
Far MP	8	+8	+9	+8	+9
Far HP	6	-3	-1	+2	+3
Standing LK	5		+7	+6	+5
Far MK	6	+5	+7	+5	+3
Far HK	7	-2	+0	+3	+4
Close LP	4	+5	+6	+5	+7
Close MP	6			+5	+6
Close HP	5	+2	+4	+2	+0
Close MK	4	+5	+7	+5	+3
Close HK	8	-6	-6
Close Forward or Back + HK	8	-6	-8	-5	-4
Crouching LP	4	+5	+6	+5	+4
Crouching MP	7	+2	+3	+5	+3
Crouching HP	7	+0	+2	+5	+6
Crouching LK	4		+7	+6	+5
Crouching MK	4		+3	+5	+3
Crouching HK	6		-1
Jumping LP	5
Neutral Jumping LP	5
Jumping MP	4
Neutral Jumping MP	5
Jumping HP	4
Neutral Jumping Hp	5
Jumping LK	4
Jumping MK	3
Jumping HK	7
Neutral Jumping HK	6
Jumping Down + MP	9	-34	-34
Dashing LP	4	+4	+5	+4	+6
Dashing MP	8	+7	+8	+7	+8
Dashing HP	6	-4	-2	+1	+2
Dashing LK	5		+5	+4	+3
Dashing MK	6	+4	+6	+4	+2
Dashing HK		-3	-1	+2	+3
Dashing Down + LP	4	+3	+4	+3	+2
Dashing Down + MP	7	-1	+0	+2	+0
Dashing Down + HP	7	-1	+1	+4	+5
Dashing Down + LK	4		+5	+4	+3
Dashing Down + MK	4		+2	+4	+2
Dashing Down + HK	6		-2

ABC Moves

Command	Frames	Notes
ABC	10 Before You Can Move	N/A
Down + ABC	10 Before You Can Move	N/A

Special Moves

Command	Frames	Standing Block	Crouch Block	Standing Hit	Crouching Hit
Quarter Circle Forward + LP	12	-14 or better	-13 or better	-14 or better	-13 or better
Quarter Circle Forward + MP	14	-11 or better	-10 or better	-11 or better	-10 or better
Quarter Circle Forward + HP	18	-8 or better	-7 or better	-8 or better	-8 or better
Quarter Circle Forward + LP	12	-14 or better	-13 or better	-14 or better	-13 or better
Double Quarter Circle Forward + LP	32	-11 or better	-10 or better	-11 or better	-10 or better
Double Quarter Circle Forward + MP	30	-9 or better	-8 or better	-9 or better	-8 or better
Double Quarter Circle Forward + HP	35	-6 or better	-5 or better	-6 or better	-5 or better
Forward, Down, Down-Forward + LP	8	-24	-24
Forward, Down, Down-Forward + MP	10	-32	-32
Forward, Down, Down-Forward + HP	10	-47	-47
Quarter Circle Back + LK	19-38 depending on distance	-6	-6	-12	-12
Quarter Circle Back + MK	28 depending on distance	-6	-6	-12	-12
Quarter Circle Back + HK	30-50 dependind on distance	-14	-14	-18	-18
Quarter Circle Forward + LK	14-21 depending on distance	-3 to +0	-3 to +0
Quarter Circle Forward + MK	17-28 depending on distance	-5 to +1	-5 to +1
Quarter Circle Forward + HK	20-32 depending on distance	-25 to -20	-25 to -20
Down, Up + LP	55
Down, Up + MP	55
Down, Up + HP	55
Down, Up + LK	45 before you can attack
Down, Up + MK	45 before you can attack
Down, Up + HK	45 before you can attack
(With Full Meter)Forward, Down, Down-Forward + LP	7	-6	-9
(With Full Meter)Forward, Down, Down-Forward MP	7	-14	-17
(With Full Meter)Forward, Down, Down-Forward + HP	7	-22	-25

Super Move

Command	Frames	Standing Block	Crouch Block
Forward, Half Circle Forward + LP+LK	26-38 depending on distance	-16 to -11	-16 to -11
(With Full Meter)Forward, Half Circle Forward + LP+LK	26-38 depending on distance	-16 to -11	-16 to -11

NOTES: Hanzou's ABC is incredible, as you can cancel any normal into it (even when it whiffs!). It reduces the recovery of his heavy attacks by around 10-16 frames, creating strong pressure & even infinites with his dashing HP and HK.

Match-ups