KAZUYA FRAME DATA BREAKDOWN 

For those still confused about the numbers next to the attacks like 6A, in anime fighters they use numbers to describe the joystick motion because those games tend to have a lot of moves with weird inputs like Kazuya. Down Back=1 Down=2 Down Forward=3 Back=4 Neutral=5 Forward=6 Up Back=7 Up=8 Up Forward=9 Those are the meaning of those numbers for reference. A just represents the attack button. Edit: So people are asking why did I start with down back. That is because it’s numpad notation. It looks like this for understanding. That’s just the way the numbers are placed within context of the notation that ESAM used in this video. I hope this helped 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3

Kazuyas hands are rated E for everyone

Nothing like having the day off when a character comes out and not being able to play them because released today means at the end of the day and you have to sleep for work. 🙃

He has not enough moves. His Tekken movelist is way longer than this. So he's gonna be low tier.

Guys... I think Kazuya's in Smash

kazuya is yoshi but more technical A A A A A A A A A A

As a DBFZ player I love hearing ESAM use numpad notation lol

It's crazy how kazuya's probably the first smash character that can be described using numpad inputs

FUN FACT : Kazuya has to break his back for some of his moves as seen in 2:37 !

Such a difficult character to play. You are going to really have to memorize/understand the respective light-armor, heavy-armor, and invincibility windows for his attacks because that’s the only way to properly run a risk/reward analysis before pressing a button. If u don’t take that into account, you’re going to be throwing out a slow move that might not give you the protection that you need in order to avoid getting snuffed out

WE GOT INFINITE AZURE IN SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!! that's all I wanted

Hearing a smash player use numpad notation for a character originating from a game that doesn't use it is wild to me.

Esam pronounced kazuya correctly Awesome

Kazuya? Busted.

is the electric wind god fist faster than frame 9??

As a Tekken player who understands moves using regular direction and not numbpad notation, hearing numb pad is cool but also still weird to me personally

I'm guessing Kazuya's not gonna actually have a whole lot of true combos(Barring the obvious ones, like with his stuns and crumples), but is gonna have hella strings/frametraps/escape punishes on reads, stuff like that. Like I'm guessing that Up B isn't gonna hit very low, so it's not gonna be much of an OoS, but it'll probably be really good for catching people if they try to jump out of something like 8A(1) 3A(1) 4A or similar strings, then you'd do like 8A(1) 2 cr.5A on a neutral airdodge, or 8A(1) FSmash on a directional airdodge. I think that would explain a lot of the design decisions made with him, like the 7 frame jumpsquat, the amount of armor and intangibility(for people who try to swing out of your strings), and the overall kinda slow startup for his buttons. I'll be perfectly honest, I don't know very much about Tekken, but from what I *do* know about it, that sounds more in line with Tekken than some true combo master that just wins if you get too close to him. I think it'd make him a lot more fun to play both as and against, too, since if that's the case, the opponent will have plenty they can do in disadvantage, while still giving Kazuya a monstrous advantage state that can steamroll people if you read them right.

Sometimes videos seem to not advance a frame, almost like there's a dead frame somewhere. Like when I checked Kazuya's Devil Wings I got frame 13 but Esam got 11, I refreshed and the dead frames where gone and got 11 like Esam. at 3:15 there seems to be a couple dead frames which is probably why Esam seemed a little confused at the move being frame 13

Sakurai acknowledged that Mac’s a terrible character on camera. I hope he gets a buff

4:10 We call that a "Rising" or "While Rising" A.

I don’t even play this game but this is spicy content

I feel like he’s super slow but he has super armor and invincibility. You might also have to predict your opponent in order to do a lot. He also depends on spacing.

We're doing FRAME DATA BREAKDOWN!? hold on i gotta turn on my PS Vita.

When he releases, there is one thing you should look at, which is if his command throw "Gates of hell" can be done out of crouch dash. It is an option in tekken, maybe they put it in smash as well. Would be interesting if he has that and when he does if it can be useful.

Rage drive is technically frame 7 since you can just normal grab by the way

7:00 Number notations are definitely the best way to remember the moves. Like 100% better than knowing all the names. Names are extremely confusing, repeat over and over (like 623A and 623A with perfect timing) and makes it very hard for bilingual people to go from one language to another. Number notations are pretty hard to understand/explain but are extremely efficient, and can also simplify the transition into other fighting games

So many moves lol

Alright good. For the most part he’s on the slower side of things. I was so nervous he was actually gonna have good frame data and be absolutely crazy. This character should be hype but I can already see some bad matchups and flaws

thx esam!!

Almost surprised he doesn't have inputs taunts

Love this content

it is fine for a fighter but dlc well that is a different story but frame 4 upair dang

About the only character in the game that isn’t obnoxious 😂

*Frame 20 oos bc kazuya has a bad jumpsquat :)

Why did i read "Kazuya drama data"

Yeah but did you see how much faster Mario can punch!?

I find it super fascinating how Sakurai directly said they buffed Kazuya because they deemed him to weak from the transition from Tekken to Smash. Especially within the context that all Fighter Pass 2 DLC Characters have been extremely good and will drastically changed the meta I always held the view that if certain characters get included in Smash, as long as the devs are remotely loyal to the source game and sereis, the characters will likely be broken and top tier. Examples that come to mind are Zero, Dante, and Sora. All of these, if included, would likely snap Smash in half. If Sora gets in for the last slot, I would be surprised if he wasn’t top tier and broken, especially if they give him KH2FM Drive forms

My guess is that Kazuya is going to a WiFi nightmare, and a solid offline mid-tier. Online I'm guessing top 15 for sure.

He seemed a bit slow

I think you forgot to include the taunt 4-hit combo

Sadly no pewgf

Epic 😎

Someone teach me how frame data matters in ssb. Startup is key but everything not spaced correctly is unsafe on block...right..?

Gday Esam

When is he coming out?

Still think that Kazuya would have the universal 3 frame jump squat. I will check it out when he actually comes out too.

Go bo

DEREGULATE TAPIOCA

Hat kid is next

His frame data is kinda whack. There are some standout great moves - specifically up-air, electric god fist, and crouch to standing A [demon god fist], which all have nutty fast start up for how good their effects are - but, otherwise, Kazuya's frame data looks more like a swordie than a traditional FGC rep. I can see why they gave him Tough Guy Lite, I don't think there's anything he can do against fast attacks otherwise since Up-air is frame 11 including jump squat and his fastest option period is frame 6 jab otherwise. Pikachu, Game & Watch, Fox, the Shotos, Joker, Peach/Daisy, Mario, Diddy Kong, Inkling, Lucina, Mii Brawler, Palutena, Pichu, Squirtle, Roy/Chrom, Shulk, Sonic, Steve, Yoshi, Wii Fit, Young Link, and Zero Suit look like they can all abuse Kazuya with frame data alone.

7 FRAME JUMP SQUAT!? That's stupid slow, everyone else has 3

We all saw this video coming from esam

nice

The only thing I don’t like about him is that the 10 hit combo is so easy to do

Why is his jumpsquat 7 frames?

Still better than Sephiroth

I like how had to use anime fighter notation, but Tekken notation doesn't even use the numpad system. Kaz? Insert old salty Tekken vet comment about how Kazuya's only top tier on paper and he's too hard to play perfectly.

F EU gang where he comes out tomorrow

I still don't get why smash players are using anime notation. Actual Tekken notation is closer to Smash than numpad.

N, go boxing ring

Has the character released yet today? If not, does anyone know what time?

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Oooh

I like it when smashers use numpad notation because then they explain what it is, and then I can feel good about myself for once in my life because I already know what it is. 😊

kazuya broken

I honestly don’t think he will be very strong, too complicated and slow. Still glad they added him, Terry was one of my favourite DLC characters yet and I feel like adding similar characters makes the game more interesting.

Hes so slow

170th

Kazuya honestly might end up being smash 4 bayo all over again

Boxing ring

I don't understand your "A-System", Mew2King did it more understandable.

I still don’t get frame data lol

Why would they give a Shoto Arsene? Like, they're strong enough, so why even stronger?!! 😭

I WAS THE 69TH LIKE

it’s crazy that they nerfed bayo into the ground to the point where she feels like the worst character (way too hard) but they openly showed how unfair and almost unbeatable Kazuya is