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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Zedd | Lord Zedd is an incredibly versatile character, offering a strong point on round start due to his far reaching normals and scary options to mixup opponents when backed with assists. His reach with staff normals allows him to pressure opponents effectively at midrange, while his light buttons let him pressure extremely effectively with +frames and throws up close. He also allows for a lot of effective uses of Grid's tag system thanks to great tagout options like 5S or 5H. His main drawback tends to lie with his limited movement, so be careful against characters who can exploit him at longer ranges! | ||
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| intro = '''Lord Zedd''' is a medium-long range character with giant buttons, scary tagout options, and a unique teleport dash | |||
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*'''Support Value''' - Zedd's pseudo-DP assist and tag out options give him great support value on any team | |||
*'''Don't Dead Open Inside''' - Zedd has no trouble opening up opponents as the active character due to his teleport dash and kara throw | |||
*'''Damage''' - Zedd has ToDs off of all of his common starter and can set up unblockables | |||
*'''OnE tOuCh GaMe''' - Zedd has incredible incoming mix with his putties and tag outs | |||
*'''Backup Plan''' - In the few cases where Zedd can't kill a character, he has very strong setups off of any flipout reset | |||
*'''Unique Super''' - Zedd is a major threat with two bars due to his command-grab putty super. It can punish full screen zoning and Zord Counter on reaction | |||
*'''Giant Buttons''' - Zedd has great physical range due to his Z-staff normals | |||
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*'''How's the Weather Up There?''' - Zedd is a big boy, so he has trouble dealing with more options than the smaller characters in the game | |||
*'''Movement''' - While Zedd's teleport dash gives him consistent sandwich setups, he is unable to dash block, wavedash, or plinkdash | |||
*'''Brought a Staff to a Gunfight''' - Zedd can easily get zoned out by non-committal zoning options unless he has the meter for Super | |||
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==Normal Moves== | ==Normal Moves== |
Revision as of 11:45, 13 October 2022
Introduction
Health: 1100
Walk Speed: - forward, - back
The self proclaimed "Emperor of Evil", Lord Zedd has conquered and enslaved most of the galaxy. Initially leaving the "insignificant" Earth for Rita Repulsa to conquer, he returns to punish her for her failure and finish what she started.
Overview
Lord Zedd is an incredibly versatile character, offering a strong point on round start due to his far reaching normals and scary options to mixup opponents when backed with assists. His reach with staff normals allows him to pressure opponents effectively at midrange, while his light buttons let him pressure extremely effectively with +frames and throws up close. He also allows for a lot of effective uses of Grid's tag system thanks to great tagout options like 5S or 5H. His main drawback tends to lie with his limited movement, so be careful against characters who can exploit him at longer ranges!
Lord Zedd is a medium-long range character with giant buttons, scary tagout options, and a unique teleport dash | |
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Normal Moves
5L
5L
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5LL
5LL E V I L E V I L
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5M
5M
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5MM
5MM Fisherman's Slam vibes Fisherman's Slam vibes
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5H
5H
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5HH
5HH
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6H
6H Near-full-screen overhead HYPE! Near-full-screen overhead HYPE!
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2L
2L
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2M
2M
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2H
2H
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j.L
j.L
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j.M
j.M
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j.H
j.H
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Special Moves
5S
5S
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4S
4S Captain Corridor! Captain Corridor!
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6S
6S "Prepare the Palace for my return!" "Prepare the Palace for my return!" *garbled underwater noises* *garbled underwater noises*
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j.S
j.S
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EX Attack
5L+S
5S+L
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Throws
Forward Throw
Forward Throw
5M+H/6M+H |
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Back Throw
Back Throw
4M+H |
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Super
Super
Super H+S "DESTROY!" *garbled underwater noises* "DESTROY!" *garbled underwater noises* Delicious combo ahead. Delicious combo ahead.
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Tag Actions
Assist
Assist
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Swap Strike
Swap Strike
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Team Synergy
Characters with a fast dash and OTGs that lead to a combo work very well with Zedd, as they can pick up a combo after he catches an opponent at range. Notable characters would be RJ, Trey, Drakkon, Dai Shi and Quantum. If spaced properly, Trey's assist can pick up a combo after Zedd's 6H from nearly full range.
Characters with a strong advancing assist such as Goldar or RJ can also give Zedd space to setup a 5S, or for him to teleport dash through the opponent for side switching mixups.
Characters who can put the opponent into blockstun are also excellent, such as Sentry/Trini/Jen as it allows Zedd to freely crossup the opponent with his teleport dash.
Characters with a strong zoning assist like Sentry/Lauren are great at helping Zedd get in against zoning teams.
Setups
Reset Routes
Zedd essentially has 3 places where he wants to reset you, either via a jab reset, a jM reset after using 2 jM resets, and a flipout reset with jL after juggle limit has been maxed out.
Jab Reset
Due to not being able to plink cancel his 5L into a dash, Zedd's reset options are somewhat limited. For the best mix possible, it's best to do his resets while in the corner, with 5S set up. That way, the projectiles from 5S can hit the opponent on wake-up, and you're free to dash through to keep them guessing as to which side to block. You can also bait out EXes safely during a reset, since you have the projectile to back you up. Outisde of that, corner resets give you the standard option of Throw/Left/Right/High/Low
Here's a basic setup into the reset, feel free to adjust depending on where you are on screen 2M 5HH(1) 6S Dash (Putty Hits) 5M 2H jL jM 5M 2H 6S 2L 5S 5L
jM Reset
Zedd's full jM uses up a spin state, so when you use 3, it flips the opponent out of the combo. This leads to one of the easier unblockable resets in the game, and some dirty sideswitches midscreen.
Flipout Reset
Once a character goes past the juggle limit, any air normal will flip them out. Since Zedd's jH stops his momentum in the air, it's easy to meaty with a long lasting overhead on reset, giving you plenty of time to tag in a character and go low for an unblockable. You can get this off Zedd's 2H at the end of a combo instead of going for his hard combo enders
Combos
Solo
*all combos tested as of version 2.5
Note: "c.4S" denotes the charged version of 4S.
Corner Routes
2MH 6S 2M 5S 2M 4S 2M 5HH c.4S 2M 5HH 5S EX 2L 5HH 5S 6H 2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S EX
You can substitute some of the 2Ms for 2Ls if they're giving you trouble, 2M is a finnicky link, just make sure you keep one 2L available for the EX pickup
2M 5HH(1) 5S 2M 4S 2M 5HH c.4S 2M 5HH 5S EX 2LM 5HH 5S 6H (2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S)x2 5H EX
5LL 2MH 6S 2M 5S 4S 2M 5HH c.4S 2M 5HH 5S EX 2LM 5HH 5S 6H 2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S EX
Midscreen Routes
5HH(1) (6S dash forward, then take a small step back, putty hits) 5HH 6S 4S (putty hits) 5HH c.4S 2L 2L 2LM 5HH 5S 6H 2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S EX
ToD that works from roundstart 5H. It can generally work midscreen, but the first 4S is very position dependant.
5HH(1) (6S dash forward, then take a small step back, putty hits) 5HH 6S 2L (putty hits) 5MM 2L 5MM 2M 5HH 5S 6H (2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S)x2 5H EX
Doesn't require the weird spacing of 4S, but forces you to do the hard ender since it's less damage. Both routes can kill with a 2M start.
Facing away from Corner
2LM 5HH(1) 6S Dash (Putty hits) 5M 2L 5MM 2L 5M 2L 5HH 5S EX 5HH 5S 6H (2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S)x2 5H EX
ToD out of the corner that works from a 0 bar start, you can omit some of the later 2L links if you already have the meter for it. Video Example
Throw Routes
Corner only Throw 6S 2M 5S 2M 4S 2M 5HH c.4S 5HH 5S 2LM 5HH 5S 6H (2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S)x2 5H EX
Throw route that leads into your standard corner loops
Out of corner Throw 6S Dash jLS 2L 5M (H-M) 2L 5MM 2L 5M (H-M) 2M 5HH 5S EX 5HH 5S 6H (2H 6S 4S 5H c.4S)x2 5H EX
A highly impractical route due to the difficulty of a lot of the links and the amount of Kara Grab cancels required, but a fun route to learn in order to practice some of Zedd's harder tech. Video Example
Realistically, if you land a throw outside of the corner, you're better off looking for a reset/unblockable reset out of it.
Zord
Dinozord
EX A1+A2 5H 4S (5H c.4S [H during c.4S recovery] 4S) x2 5H c.4S 5H 4S (996 Damage) Video Example
Videos
Lord Zedd combo video by Star 55 (2020, out of date, but there are some useful things to learn from)
Colors
External Links
- Twitter hashtag: #BFTG_ZED
- Lord Zedd Character Primer by Technically Footsies