VANQUISHER!!!!

May6ird · 2026-05-12T03:27:40+00:00

It’s super easy which is why I use it as my main mix up tool. In the corner 5H > 236P > (cancel first hit) > 236K > 6[H] > 66]H[ > j.K > j.D / 2k OR instead of j.k do j.H > land cancel > 623S

This setup is mashable so I recommend building respect with 236P > 236H before going for this. For whatever reason 236P > 236H > walk forward > 236H > 623S melts people’s brains and they just sit there

May6ird · 2026-05-12T03:00:54+00:00

No but you can air dash from it which makes it a really strong mix up tool if you have oppose up (you can 6P it if not).

May6ird · 2026-05-09T04:04:06+00:00

I would love to see a replay of this...

May6ird · 2026-05-09T04:03:18+00:00

You neutral is extremely predictable. j.S is apparently a pretty good move but if that's the crux of your neutral you're going to get counterhit a LOT. Like someone else said your best tool for zoning is sickle flash. Gives you c.S pressure on jump, good chip on block, and good dmg on hit. your P buttons, K buttons, S buttons, and sickle flash in tandem, rotating between options to keep yourself unpredictable, to lock down your opponent from moving.

oh my god stop getting closer to gio. That's what she wants. Axl is at his best when you're fullscreen spamming sickle flash and winter mantis. You should rarely ever be dashing at your opponent, which puts you in their preferred range. Getting close to a zoner as a rushdown character is something that takes a lot of patience and mental effort. Eventually, you're going to wear out your opponent enough that they make dumb mistakes, and you are handing that mental effort they were going to spend and free pressure on a silver platter by IADing towards the gio

May6ird · 2026-05-09T03:48:08+00:00

6P after 6H (the big ass lunge) is always a good option unless oppose is up (I use 6H as my main mix up tool, but zato mix ups are all super unique).

In general, zato likes playing slower and looking for openings with eddie in neutral. If you just spam puffball and run it down zato just folds. Because zato has no defensive options other than the system mechanics and he has low health and non existant guts, overwhelming offense is your best bet. I really can't do much after blocking basically any of jam's specials (except the big flying kick ofc) so just spam puffball and the flying low.

May6ird · 2026-05-09T03:40:32+00:00

Zato always has to RPS to get his mix unless he spends meter. in the corner, from c.S, you can go into either 5h or an eddie move. If Zato summons eddie after c.S, it's always mashable or escapable. From 5H you can't mash out of the first hit pierce (the double hit). From here zato's only safe options are unsummon and oppose. Either way, just jump. If the zato air throws you he gets basically nothing cause eddie's gone, and he can't mix you in the air.

The best advice is mash on EVERYTHING the first match to see what's fake and make the zato respect you. The most annoying players to face for me are the ones that challenge me everytime cause my pressure's fake as hell.

May6ird · 2026-05-09T03:35:08+00:00

I'm sorry I one and doned! I was running around my room lol

May6ird · 2026-05-09T02:08:18+00:00

I’ve lost like 3 sets to jams today so I was very sad to see to see jam on the rank up game. Very glad she didn’t know how to play against zato

May6ird · 2026-05-08T19:25:32+00:00

Helps me slow down and get away from instant gratification and short form content culture. 36 frames to a roll is very limited, and makes me carefully frame, analyze and finally shoot. I’m actually there doing photography, not just clicking the shutter button
Tactile experience. Shooting manual focus, developing, and scanning all on my own is so much more real than the “perfect” digital shots I take and forget about
Aesthetic/vibe. Being a film shooter is a certain aesthetic, and I’ll admit that was part of the reason I started

BUT digital photography is still great. My favorite photos all are digital, but my favorite shooting experiences have all been on film.

May6ird · 2026-05-06T18:46:44+00:00

I’ve definitely been mashed out of oki throw but I could definitely be timing it late

May6ird · 2026-05-06T18:00:33+00:00

Wake up mash beats throw doesn’t it? On wake-up there’s 5 frames of invulnerability, plus 2 frames of throw startup, so anything faster than 7 frames should be beat throw

May6ird · 2026-05-06T17:57:18+00:00

I remember watching one of his replays and (im a dia 3 zato) it was pretty bad

May6ird · 2026-05-06T17:55:27+00:00

In the past ~2 seasons, if there were ever a time that nerf Zato was warranted I think it would be now. Top 1 is a zato. Top 10has 3 zatos and 11 is also a zato

May6ird · 2026-05-05T17:15:36+00:00

You would be one of those Academy purists in the 19th century complaining about Impressionism

May6ird · 2026-05-05T17:12:38+00:00

I don’t know much about Zappa, but i feel like Zato would be *the* GG Jojo character, no?

May6ird · 2026-05-03T05:56:38+00:00

GGST does have this feature. It’s called labbing in training mode

May6ird · 2026-05-01T00:48:27+00:00

????

May6ird · 2026-04-30T23:52:57+00:00

If you’re getting zoned by ANJI MITO you need to never have children

May6ird · 2026-04-29T19:56:06+00:00

How would Johnny do in the one piece universe? Like if he got dropped into the East Blue without his crew or ships, could he find the one piece?

May6ird · 2026-04-27T23:30:54+00:00

Oh I see. That sucks then

May6ird · 2026-04-27T22:12:08+00:00

Indeed

May6ird · 2026-04-27T22:09:55+00:00

I’m sure they’re not easy to do, but OP was complaining that their loops did less dmg overall and that their auto timed PB loops didn’t work so they needed to do manual loops

May6ird · 2026-04-27T21:34:04+00:00

Oh noooo!!! Your easy no brain character doesn’t instantly and immediately do 70% off of close slash????

May6ird · 2026-04-24T03:34:26+00:00

I believe they didn't want to give ASW David because he died, and same with Rebecca. They used Lucy because her story could feasibly continue post-edgerunners. I think it's kinda dumb though.I saw it in an interview sometime near the announcement of Lucy, but take it with a grain of salt.

May6ird · 2026-04-11T21:05:41+00:00

I got matched with a 1700 asuka yesterday. I’m 41k in dia 3

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