Battle Craze!!/Sherm/S-Side

Overview

Playstyle

Evil Sherm exists
Pros	Cons
Damage: Evil Sherm gets good damage and conversions off of basically any touch. Mixups: Evil Sherm can mix opponents effectively by mixing up his C-tech options, along with crossup or non crossup air tatsu. Projectiles: Evil Sherm's air fireballs and multihit fireballs are extremely powerful screen control tools.	Low Health: Evil Sherm has 125 less health than average, tied for the lowest in the game. Gaps in Pressure: Evil Sherm's mixups have large gaps, requiring him to condition the opponent or else he will get dire countered.

Statistics

Trait	"Messatsu Mortis": After Sherm’s life drops below a certain point, his damage will be increased for the rest of the round.
Health	875
Mobility	Dash

Move Overview

Universal Mechanics

Craze Tech

Messatsu Flip CT	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect N/A N/A 37 - - N/A N/A Dire N/A Evil Sherm's flip stance, basically only used for mix-ups.

Messatsu Flip-Jouken CT~LP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 112 Mid 12 - - - - Dire Stagger Fireball out of flip stance, moves Evil Sherm back a bit. Good against an opponent trying to anti-air you.

Messatsu Garbage Grab CT~SP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 136 N/A 2 - - +18 N/A Dire Ground Bounce Command grab, death on whiff.

Messatsu Footsie CT~LK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 152 Low 6 - - +42 -11 Dire Spinout Sweep, has to land before it comes out making this move super slow and really minus, only use if the opponent is super scared into blocking overhead.

Messatsu Screw CT~LK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 152 Overhead 6 - - +3 -3 Dire Spinout Divekick, beats people trying to jump the command grab/sweep. Floor splats on air hits, allowing a combo.

Throws

That Won't Messatsu! 5GP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 120 Throw Tech 4 - - +13 N/A Evil Sherm's forward throw, knocks the opponent away.

Look! Messatsu! 4GP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 120 Throw Tech 4 - - +13 N/A Evil Sherm's back throw, knocks the opponent far behind him.

I Messatsu My Back! j.5GP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 120 Throw Tech 2 - - +16 N/A Evil Sherm's air throw, if it's hit raw it launches the opponent for a combo.

Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker 5CT while blocking	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 32 Mid 17 - - +1 -23 Evil Sherm's heartbreaker, uses 236P's animation.

Normals

Standing

5LP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 36 Mid 4 - - +1 -1 Poke and combo filler.

5SP (close)	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 96 Mid 4 - - +2 -2 Extremely fast, good for juggles.

5SP (far)	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 96 Mid 9 - - +2 -6 Decent poke.

5LK (close)	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 36 Mid 4 - - +4 -1 Can be linked into after cl.SK in the corner, allows Evil Sherm to do another cl.SK. Also can link into itself.

5LK (far)	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 44 Mid 7 - - +3 -3 Reaches farther than 5LP but has a bit more start up. Low-profiles. Animation used in one of the best winning animations in the game.

5SK (close)	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 56-28 (84) Mid 6 - - +5 -2 Can be linked back to lights, main heavy combo extender on standing opponents.

5SK (far)	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 96 Mid 12 - - +2 -2 Could be used as an anti-air.

Crouching

2LP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 36 Mid 4 - - +1 -1 Crouching version of 5LP.

2SP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 88 Mid 6 - - -1 -5 Good anti-air button. Really good in juggles.

2LK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 36 Low 4 - - +2 -2 Evil Sherm's fastest low. One of the few 4 frame 2LKs in the game

2SK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 120 Low 9 - - +44 -7 Evil Sherm's sweep.

Jumping

j.5LP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 30-10 (40) Overhead 4 - - - - Useful for combos, decent air-to-air.

j.5SP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 96 Overhead 7 - - - - Good for air-to-air conversions, combo filler.

j.5LK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 36 Overhead 5 - - - - Your best jump-in. Very good at cross-ups and has pretty decent range.

j.5SK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block 88 Overhead 6 - - - - Generally really good air normal, helps with jump-ins and air-to-airs.

Command Normals

Can I Get Uuuuuuuuh Messatsu? 6LP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 80 Overhead 21 - - 0 -6 Counter Stagger Basic overhead normal, reaches surprisingly far. Floor splats with the raw/9LP version. Can combo into 41236SK.

Messatsie! 1SK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 80 Low 6 - - 0 -5 Dire N/A THE footsie button, reaches super far and has really low start up for how far it goes.

Specials

Messatsu Habjouken 236P (air OK)

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect Grounded 120 Mid 11 - - - - Dire Stagger A very good fireball. Can be used for some really high damage juggles. LP travels slower and SP travels faster. Air 96 Mid 9 - - - - Dire Stagger Air fireball, incredibly strong tool for Evil Sherm's zoning and approach. Fireballs travel diagonally. SP pushes Evil Sherm back.

Double Messatsu Habjouken 41236P	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect LP 128 Mid 23 - - - - Dire Crumple Stronger fireball with more hitstun and damage. SP 168 Mid 23 - - - - Dire Crumple Multi-hitting fireball with more damage and recovery. Tends to beat other fireballs.

Messatsu Hurricane Senpuukyakuu 214K (air OK)	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect LK 104 Mid 11 - - - -9 Dire Spinout 1 hit Tatsu, very good juggle starter. Pauses Evil Sherm's momentum in the air for a bit. +2 if tiger kneed. SK 158 Mid 11 - - - -3 Dire Spinout 3 hit Tatsu. Good meterless combo ender.

Messatsu Shermyuken 623P

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect LP 120 Mid 4 - - +18 -18 Dire Power Launch Evil Sherm's Dragon Punch, this version specifically is better for combos as Evil Sherm doesn't go as high into the air as the heavy version. This version doesn't have any invuln. SP 136 Mid 7 - - +11 -25 Dire Power Launch An actual reversal, invuln to everything except supers on frame 1.

A-Sherm-Raw Warp 623KK or 421KK	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect Teleport N/A N/A 20 - - N/A N/A Dire N/A Teleport, strike invuln through the entire move. Feint N/A N/A 20 - - N/A N/A Dire N/A Feint teleport, still keeps strike invuln.

Supers

All-Out Attack

Messatsu Hyper-Jouken 236236P	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 208 Mid 16 - - +54 -24 Dire N/A Full screen beam super, super good for full-screen punishes.

Messatsu Go-Shermryu 236236K	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 248 Mid 4 - - +56 -14 Dire N/A Reversal super and highest damage level 1. Combo ender.

All-Out EX

Messatsu Hurricane Gore Fest 236236KK	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 302 Mid 4 - - +24 -14 Dire N/A Combo ender and reversal, incredibly long.

All-Out Destruction

Sherm Goku Satsu LP LP 6 LK SP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 384 N/A 4 - - +12 N/A Dire N/A Raging Demon. Low profile through the entire move. Can be kara canceled out of 6LP for silly mix-ups.

Messatsu To All That Oppose Me Slash 222PP or 214214PP	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv Hit Adv Block Punish State Dire Effect 400 Mid 7 - - +23 -24 Dire N/A KKZ, Combo ender level 3.

Notable Players

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Usual Color	Handles/Links	Region	Status	Notes
	Pimbus	unknown unknown	Active	The Last Crazer. Zoning Evil Sherm, plays several characters. Example Play