Explaining Kazuya's Killer Hitboxes (Smash Ultimate) 

"His side taunt does A BIT of damage" Bro, it does 21%! That's more than 80% of moves in smash!

"Jab hitboxes are quite underwhelming in this game" - Pre-Kazuya Rekzius

19:07 that looks so fucking silly, he's just *laying down angrily* but he has a hitbox

Looking forward to seeing all this intangibility

Next DLC will just be an intangible box, which just has one move that's a disjointed hitbox.

"You can't shield on the air" I hope Sakurai is setting that up for the final DLC

I like how kazuya’s limbs and sometimes his entire body just twist all over the place in most of his moves

7:37 Kazuya just snapped his spine

The ignore ground shield thing isn't actually redundant. Shields can still be hit by air only attacks, so this flag makes sure grounded opponents won't be hit a frame early if they're holding up their shield.

Getting ready to see a lot of blue hurtboxes

1% of the hitboxes: meh 9% of the hitboxes: ok that’s neat 90% of the hitboxes: WHY

With his down tilt(not crouch jab) you can actually cancel the move with shield button from coming out and hitting so you can abuse the invincibility and forward twirl and grab or just do another move.

This is kind of what I've been saying for Kazuya: it's not the damage or the combos or the tough guy that makes him busted; no, it's the sheer amount of moves with invulnerability. It makes moves that would normally be pretty unsafe to just throw out extremely disjointed.

Kazuya is basically Gannondorf with a projectile, speed, a comeback mechanic, and 4-hit 0-deaths. Very balanced.

8:18 "doesn't combo into kills at 60" Oh it sure does buddy

I'm not surprised Kazuya has the strongest reflector cuz it's the hardest to use. No way you're reflecting anything without a crazy hard read or it's a wicked slow projectile. You have to do the whole input after reacting to a projectile, no way.

Quick correction, his Side B does give you the crumple even if they're in the tripped animation.

A couple other things cause this character just has soooo much to him: - Kazuya's standing down tilt is able to be canceled with shield during startup. - Crouch dash is able to turn into a "crouch walk" by running and immediately hitting down on the c-stick with tilt stick on. - If you use electric wind god fist on someone's shield, they are forcibly pushed out of it, I think this isn't found anywhere else in the game

Kazuya: *releases* Rekzius: Why do I hear boss music?

"The move has three hitboxes, one for grounded [opponents], one for aerial, and one to look cool." I don't know why this sentence is so funny to me.

TILTS 3:12 10 Hit-Combo/Flash Punch Combo (Jab 1) 3:23 10 Hit-Combo/Flash Punch Combo (Jab 2) 3:27 10 Hit-Combo/Flash Punch Combo (Laucher) 4:13 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 3) 4:28 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 4) 4:38 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 5) 4:51 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 6) 5:03 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 7) 5:11 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 8) 5:16 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 9) 5:29 10 Hit-Combo (Jab 10) 6:10 Oni Front Kick (F-Tilt) 7:23 Roundhouse to Triple Spin Kicks (Up F-Tilt) 8:07 Twin Pistons (Up Tilt) 8:46 Jump Side Kick (Up Back Tilt) 9:13 Flash Tornado (Back Tilt) 9:44 Stature Smash (Back Down Tilt) Trips 10:02 Nejiri Uraken (Down Tilt) 10:18 Tsunami Kick (Down F-Tilt) Shield breaks CROUCH ATTACKS 11:22 Crouch Jab (Jab) 12:00 Crouch Spin Kick (Back Tilt) 12:15 Tombstone Crusher (F-Tilt) 12:40 Demon God Fist (Jab while rising) Crumbles 13:17 Leaping Side Kick (Dash Attack) 13:46 Left Splits Kick (Dash Attack v2.0) Reflects GRABS 14:20 Sternum Smash (Grab) 14:43 Gates of Hell (Command Input Grab) COMMAND INPUTS 15:02 Crouch Dash (Command Input) 15:20 Wind God Fist (Command Input) 15:57 Electric Wind God Fist (Command Input) Stuns in place 16:10 Dragon Uppercut (Command Input) 16:37 Spinning Demon to Left Hock (Command Input) AERIALS 17:11 Jumping Knuckle (N-Air) 17:28 Searing Edge (F-Air) 17:40 Jumping Sobat (Back Air) 18:21 Rising Toe Kick (Up Air) 18:46 Demon Scissors (Down Air) SPECIALS 19:20 Devil Wings (Up B) 19:36 Devil Fist (Side B) Crumbles 20:02 Heaven's Door (Down B) 21:01 Devil Blaster (Neutral B) 20:42 Rage Drive (Command Input) SMASH ATTACKS 21:20 Devil Twister (Up Smash) 22:02 Glorious Demon God Fist (F-Smash) 22:32 Lion Slayer (Down Smash) TAUNT 23:21 Demon's Wrath (Side Taunt)

I love that Bandai Namco just took the vast majority of his animations straight from Tekken 7, meaning that we get to experience the majesty that is his back-breaking Spinning Roundhouse at 7:17. It's so funny to look at in slow motion lol

The one day I decided to check Ultimate's frame data website because this video didn't exist yet, and it releases a couple hours later. By the way, I decided to check because of Kazuya's forward tilt being apparently ridiculously fast in comparison to Ganondorf's, and still so strong. In the end, it's not, hitboxes come out 2 frames slower. However, the animation is very different: Ganondorf has his leg up by frame 2 (hitboxes come out frame 10) while Kazuya winds up his attack almost entirely without lifting his leg: he only lifts it on frame 11, one frame before the hitboxes come out. This is what makes it FEEL ridiculously fast, despite being actually slower. Both moves are too fast for human reaction time, but Kazuya's animated in a way that makes it a lot more stealthy and deadly if you wanted to have any hope of reacting to it. By the way, Ganondorf's is stronger. On Training mode, from the spawn, Mario crosses the battlefield/fd lines at around 130%, while for Kazuya is at 145% But then again, Ganondorf's jab doesn't deal like 50% damage so yeet

Ah yes Kazuya, the living embodiment of intangibility.

Plot twist the last dlc character is from strive and can shield in the air so kazyua has the hard counter

"Sakurai how many effects should we give Kazuya?" "Yes"

8:25 kazuya can actually combo first hit of twin pistons into electric lol, then it really becomes scary

It's amazing how Kazuya's normals are the least normal thing about him

I love how they kept all the model breaking animations that help the Tekken animation looks good in Smash. Goes to show that Sakurai is more of a fighting game fan that the average player.

Rekzius, you make so so so useful content!

Not a lot of people know this but if you end a combo with electric wind god fist, you can continue the combo with electric wind god fist

18:08 if the white hitbox is the sour one and you only get it at the very tip of the move's distance, the game isn't punishing you for "perfect spacing", it's punishing you for poorly spacing the move. Not everyone is Marth, achieving the legendary concept of [perfect spacing] by hitting the extreme ends of their hitboxes.

1:53 this may be a balance attempt but I think this might just be a Tekken thing because in tekken jumps take forever compared to other games

I’ve found previously that using down air while falling through a platform can allow you to spike opponents beneath you and land on the platform somewhat easily. It’s nowhere near as good as the spike on nair but if you miss the timing it’s a somewhat safe option if your opponent is below you.

Ryu, Ken, and Kazuya. All three of these characters have a move that is a karate chop and all three of these characters can break Shields with their karate chop. For Ryu and Ken it is their down throw but for kazuya it is his down smash because kazuya needs to be better than everyone

A few things you missed: -If Electric Wind God Fist (EWGF) hits a shield, it pushes the opponent out of their shield, however it wont deal any damage. It can still break shields though. I think this is the only move in the game that does this? -Down tilt has a lot of hitstun growth but barely any knockback growth, meaning you can follow up with more moves as your opponent's damage builds up. Pretty unique mechanic as well.

His 10-hit combo reminds me of making an unnecessarily complicated redstone machine in Minecraft then realizing there is a simpler way to do it and not removing all of the original parts. Edit: all of his moves.

"the cherry on top of this already cherry filled cake"

I find his reflector to be a bit hard to get out and land in the moment compared to other reflectors so I guess the extra damage is a bit warranted but it’s still insane, lol.

I remember my friend had a fully charged down smash with Marth and if he hit me it would have tippered and killed me at 131% but since I was kazuya I was going a dash attack my legs were intangible so I won. He was at 160%.

Round and round the super armor we go where it stops? Kazuya knows

Jeez, all these animations makes it look like he's breaking all his joints just to fight!

I would love to see a list of the highest shield damage bonus moves

23:12 I like to think that Demon's Taunt was put in as a hard reference to the fact that every character in Tekken has a shit ton of moves yet you'll only be using about 25% of their entire moveset.

Two things: One, when I saw that this was Kazuya I knew we were in for a big one. Two, that "What do you mean his taunts?!?!" was perfect. It cuts off at just the right moment, which only adds to the "Oh come on!" feeling behind it.

19:54 If someone is tripped, you can still hit the Sweet Spot of Side B and stun the opponent with that without them getting launched away. Thats how the Pseudo Infinite works (I mean Side B in Down Back Tilt and repeated as often as the opponent doesnt want to do anything)

There's no way Kazuya's gigantic feet fit into the shoes of his alt costume.

There’s also Kazuya’s Kooky Hitboxes, Kazuya’s Krazy Hitboxes and Kazuya’s Kinky Hitboxes, as potential titles.

His down tilt (df1+2 in tekken) can also be cancelled just like in tekken to create mixups

Does anybody else think it's odd that Kazuya has passive armor when Ridley and Ganondorf, two characters known for being nigh unkillable and impervious to most forms of damage don't?

16:41 pause frame is great

I’ve been frantically checking this channel weekly waiting for this lmao

Dlc tier is a real phenomenon

Hit confirm, the character. I mean 3 moves that crumple, one that crumples but has not use other than the hit that comes after, and one that stuns. Combined with his ability to break shield, and his sheer amount of intangibility, armored command grab, comeback mechanic. The only things that keep him from being absolutely broken is how slow his moves are and how hard he is to play well.

The one video I was looking forward to and it did not disappoint.

17:46 roy mains: I see no difference!

This is what I'm here for. Enjoying every upload.

Hello, I am here to request Zelda's Zany Hitboxes. Thank you for making all of these videos!

I've been waiting for this!

aside from just loving all the attention to detail with bringing Kazuya's moves to ssb, he feels like what Little Mac should be if Mac wasn't horribly designed for a game like this

I actually want to se the hit boxes for final smashes

He probably has so many moves because he's from Tekken. Characters in that game sometimes get over 100 moves, Kazuya himself has 78.

They wanted the hitbox to match the effect on his limbs Ganondorf : why do you hate me Sakurai Sama?

CORRIN OR ROY HITBOXES PLEEEAASSEEE, and thank you for all the work you do!

Haha, I loved the little code comment arrow spinning towards its destination!

Fun fact: Kazuya collects sneakers

Dare I say this character has THE CRAZIEST hitboxes of ANY character in Ultimate

i wish you brought up that you can shield to cancel his downtilt before the hitbox comes out, so that more people would know its a thing you can do

6:00 into the video... And we've only seen the hotboxes for... One move... Yeah Kazuya is a bit much.

Despite a character literally having to many moves to use smash terminology people will still refuse to call "upper back tilt" 7A

Doesn't it just feel like they did their very best to make a new definitive best character in the game? (like Meta Knight and Bayonetta). Only time will tell how good he is in practice.

As a heavyweight main, Kazuya’s release makes me live in constant fear when I play online.

I'm trying to figure out the exact movements of Kazuya's 10-hit combo. Correct me if I make a mistake. Jab 1: Left punch Jab 2: Another left punch Jab 3: Right punch Jab 4: High backfist Jab 5: Straight left kick Jab 6: Axe kick Jab 7: Low right kick Jab 8: Low left kick? Jab 9: A punch to the gut Jab 10: Spinning uppercut Did I get them right?

Surprised you didn’t mention that Left Splits Kick will instantly kill any Sephiroth that tries to counter it.

I'm pretty sure i'm not the only one that wants sonic to get covered next His hitboxes are so weird And that fsmash holy lord

very useful kazuya video

I love how Kazuya's taunt does more damage than most of Sheik's kit lmao

Admit it: We all waited for this video to be made as soon as Kazuya was released.

Aerial unblockable hitboxes might sound like it makes no sense but it actually makes it so the hitbox goes through air counter moves and air moves with armor.

I would suggest you do a video or Ryu and Ken, but that might be a lengthy video since while they have tons of unique moves that could warrant 2 videos, they have lots of moves that are identical (some have very minor functional differences that don't even need to exist, like how Ken's PTilt causes several more frames of hitstun but has identical frame data and damage otherwise, or how Ken's Jab 3 is bigger for literally no reason), and thus should stay together.

i love how two thirds of this video is just his grounded normals

Btw, up tilt 1 combos into another up tilt 1, i havent been able to do it consistently but it does work(even on the counter)

Could the next character be someone known for "shielding" in mid air.

I think the point of the large amounts of strange intangibility is to emulate dodging in Tekken. Since in Tekken, you can dodge left and right(or clockwise and counter-clockwise). It's still a bit weird Smash wise though.

hyped for the patrick hitbox analysis

8:19 actually, it kinda does combo into his kill move at 60% if you factor in rage drive

You seemed to miss the part where you mention how freaking broken he is.

14:08 Those dudes need to remake the strongest single hit in super smash brothers using this reflector

Bandai Namco: Well, Kazuya has an awful lot of moves. Which ones do you want to incorporate into Smash? Sakurai: ...what do you mean, "which ones?"

I knew this was going to be a tough video for you

Idk why but this is a good video to sleep to

So this is why kazuya CPU’s are so op, they’re intangible all the time

"its borderline....not okay,.". Ya, you could say that.

10:46 it would be cool if this is foreshadowing that the last DLC character can shield in the air, making this property useful.

You should do Kazuya next!

Tekken is very very fun, you definitely should try it soon

Would you make a video on some moves instead of complete characters? Some moves I would love to understand what the hell is going on are Samus' upSmash, Link's Nair, ZSS' flip kick and some other oddities.

I love how it took 4 months for people to realize Kazuya’s down air spikes too

Question, do you think the Hazards off version of the stage “Minecraft world” should be aloud in competitive play? And if you are worry about how it changes, there is a way to pick a pacific version of the stage.

Kazuya is what Little Mac could have been.