Eternal Fighter Zero/Kanna
Introduction
Kannabi no Mikoto (神奈備命) is a insanely powerful and quick character, and uses her divine powers to crush her opponents. She acts as the true final boss of Eternal Fighter Zero. Because her playable version is unmodified from her boss version (unlike UNKNOWN), she is completely unbalanced and inherently stronger than every other playable character in the game. Kanna is normally banned from tournament play.
Kanna is a key character in AIR, a visual novel produced by Key in 2000. She lived back in the 10th century, and was one of the last of the winged race in history. Because of the awesome power inherent in all their kind, Kanna was revered as a god, and isolated from the populace out of fear. Despite being moved from temple to temple constantly throughout her life, Kanna was eventually able to became close friends with 2 of her followers, the servant Uraha and the lieutenant Ryuuya. During AIR, Kanna escapes her temple with Uraha and Ryuuya and goes on a long and arduous journey in order to find her mother, with all of Japan searching for her...
Stage: The Infinite Sky (無限の空)
BGM: Vega and Altair (双星) Thin Clothes (蝉衣)
Character-Specific Notes
- Kanna is able to air jump or air dash/backstep a total of 2 times, in any order. Once Kanna has used up her aerial moves, she cannot perform any more until she lands or air recovers.
- Kanna's ground dash is actually a long leap off the ground. Any attacks she does during her ground dash will be considered jumping attacks.
- Whenever Kanna is idle in the air, she will gently float down. Pressing down will drop her to the ground fast.
- Kanna is unable to throw.
Normal Moves
The notation for the movelists can be found under Controls.
The normal move table can be found under Kanna/Move Data.
Standing
5A
5A
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5B
5B
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f5B
f5B
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5C
5C
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Crouching
2A
2A
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2B
2B
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2C
2C
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Jumping
j5A
j5A
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j5B
j5B
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j5C
j5C
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j7/j8/j9
Flight
(飛翔)
j1/j4/j7/j8/j9/j6/j3 |
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j2
Heavenly Escape
(天駆)
j2 |
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Grabs
- Kanna is the only character in EFZ who does not have any kind of Grab
Special Moves
The notation for the movelists can be found under Controls.
The special move table can be found under Kanna/Move Data.
Specials
236*
Kusanagi's Blade of Light
(草薙シ光ノ刃)
236* |
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623*
Sky-Soaring Double Spiral
(空翔ケル二重ノ螺旋)
623* |
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214*
Stone of the Heaven-Revering Moon
(天ヲ仰グ月ノ石)
214* |
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41236*
SCelestial Hawk's Bow
(天津鷹ノ弓)
41236* |
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Eternity Specials
236236A
Raging Heavens of Konohana
(吹キ荒ブ天ノ此花)
236236A |
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236236B
Treasured Sword of Seven Branches
(七ツ枝ノ宝剣)
236236B |
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j236236B
Sword of Unbound Silver
(解キ放ツ白銀ノ剣)
j236236B |
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Final Memory
236236C
Bird's Poem
(鳥ノ詠)
236236C |
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Strategy
Kanna has not been tuned from her boss form, meaning she has extremely overtuned normals and abilities. She is banned in tournaments and will often be looked down upon in casuals. Make sure to confirm with your opponent if they will play against a Kanna.
The metagame beside, Kanna in general gets to play her game whenever she wants. All of her specials are useful and spammable, though 41236 is more useful than the others. She has plenty of time on each hit to confirm into a full combo.
Because she has no throw, she must get her opportunities from her mixup game, which is extremely strong. Her dash puts her airborne immediately and allows you to overhead very quickly and confirm into a ground combo. If that's not fast enough, instant jBC will work on all characters and with IC, you can jBC 5BC etc. to continue your combo. 2B is her best low option, and comes out as fast as her overheads.
Kanna does not have level 1 or 2 specials; each super takes all 3 bars. Feel free to toss in j236236B whenever you need a big chunk of damage in a combo. 236236A is not very useful. It is slow and the opponent can block with plenty of time. You can combo into it with 236C BIC 236236A, but in general it is not worth it. 236236B is good damage from a grounded combo, and a very good reversal. 236236C will get you banned from Twitch and Youtube, probably. Excellent damage for a comeback win.
Kanna also has a bug in her back jump animation (7 on the control stick), where, for one frame, she can cancel into a grounded normal. TAS combos use this liberally to combo 5B into 5B or 5C into 5C. You can attempt to learn this but it's realistically impossible to consistently get in matches.
Besides doing damage, Kanna has extreme mobility with her flight ability. It takes getting used to, but you can be anywhere you want very quickly by stringing together her flight dashes.
Combos
Notation Help | |
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Disclaimer: Combos are written by various contributors, some combo notations may deviate slightly from the notation listed below. For more information, see Controls | |
IC | Input Instant Charge (22C) when you have the right amount of RF Meter. |
FIC | Input Flicker Instant Charge (22C) when you have the right amount of RF Meter. |
{X/Y/Z} | Move X or Y or Z can be used. |
#* | Indicates that any of A, B and C may be used with #. Example: 214*. |
[<- X] [-> X] | Side switch notation. All inputs grouped by the square brackets are performed facing the arrow's direction. They are still written as if they were done facing right, however. |
[X]xN | Loop the inputs in the square brackets as many times as N. |
c5B | Proximity normal only usable while close. |
f5B | Proximity normal only usable outside of c5B range or when cancelled from another normal. Known as far 5B. |
jX | Button X is input during your first jump. |
djX | Button X is input during your double jump. |
X(whiff) | Indicates that X is intended to whiff. |
X(tech trap) | Indicates a combo ender intended to catch the opponent's air tech. The most common kind of tech trap is j6C, which will air throw early techs and jC later techs. Executionally identical to X(whiff) but different in purpose. |
~ | Indicates a followup for moves which have them. Example: 236A~236A. |
.. | Indicates a short delay. |
IAD | Indicates an Instant Air Dash. |
IABD | Indicates an Instant Air Back Dash. |
(X) | X move is omittable from the combo. |
tk.X | Indicates the motion "X" is input immediately after leaving the ground. Stands for tiger knee. |
Replays for these combos can be found here.
No IC
2AB 5C 41236A 66 jB 6 jB 6 jAB land 5B jAAAAB djABC
- Basic anywhere combo, will carry from corner to corner. (4349 DAMAGE) [replay 1-1]
Corner: 2B 5C 41236A 2B 41236A jB 6 jB 6 jAB land 5B jAAAB djABC
- Corner combo off 2B starter. (5080 DAMAGE) [replay 1-1]
Corner: 2B 5C 236A 5AB jB 6 jAB land jB jAAAAAB djAB~B
- Corner only combo with 236A pickup. Shows her alternative tech trap combo. Last jB will catch techs. (4291 DAMAGE) [replay 1-1]
Red IC
... 236C jB 6 jB 6 jAB land 5B jAAAAB djABC
- From anywhere on screen, can punish full screen. (4200 DAMAGE) [replay 1-2]
9jBC IC jBC 2B 5C 41236A jB 6 jAB land 5B jABC
- Basic instant overhead combo. (4835 DAMAGE) [replay 1-2]
Blue IC
2AB 5C 41236A 66 jB 6 jB land 5B jB 6 jAB land 5BC 623A BIC jB 6 jB land 5B jB 6 jAB land 5B jAAB djABC
- Corner to corner combo. (7282 DAMAGE) [replay 1-3]
Corner: 2B 5C 41236A 2B 41236A 5C BIC 2B 41236A 2B 41236A jB 6 jB 6 jAB land 5B jAAAAB djABC j236236B
- Full meter dump on a low. (8877 DAMAGE) [replay 1-4]
Corner: 9 jBC BIC jBC 2B 5C 41236A 2B 41236A jB 6 jAB land 5B jB djAABC j236236B
- Full meter dump on a high. (7888 DAMAGE) [replay 1-5]
Win Quotes
Japanese | English |
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消えよ |
Disappear, |
もう良いのだ |
I give up. |
もうよい |
Enough of you. |
その程度では |
My curse |
世界創生より |
This is the power of the winged ones, |
(To Misuzu) |
(To Misuzu) |
(To Akiko) |
(To Akiko) |
Colors
In-game References
Game References
- The sword that Kanna uses in many of her attacks is based on Kouryu's sword, from The Last Blade 2.
- Kanna's "Kusanagi's Blade of Light" move is based on Justice's "Michael Sword" move, specifically from the original Guilty Gear.
- Kanna's "Stone of the Heaven-Revering Moon" move is based on Dizzy's "This was used for fishing" move, from the Guilty Gear series.
- Kanna's "Celestial Hawk's Bow" move is based on Kouryu's "Red-Coated Arrow which Pierces the Sky" move, from The Last Blade 2.
- Kanna's "Treasured Sword of Seven Branches" move is based on Geese Howard's/Rock Howard's "Raging Storm" move, from the Fatal Fury series.
- Kanna's "Sword of Unbound Silver" move is based on the Silvergun's "Radiant Sword" move, from the shooter Radiant Silvergun.
AIR References
- The name of Kanna's "Bird's Poem" move is a reference to the theme song of AIR, "Bird's Poem".
- The part in Kanna's "Bird's Poem" move where she undresses and soars high into the sky is based on an actual event that takes place in the game.