Kidou Senshi Gundam: Seed Destiny/GZW(Luna)

Gunner Zaku Warrior (Lunamaria)
Pilot	Lunamaria Hawke
Archetype	Mixup-based Rushdown

Introduction

One of the many variants of the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior achieved through use of the Wizard Packs, the Gunner ZAKU Warrior is specialized for artillery strikes.

Lunamaria's GZW is most definitely one of the faster and most combo-heavy melee-based mobile-suits in the game. If she had a guard break she'd be banned. Featuring unreactable mixups, a mid-screen infinite, grenade pressure, a trap of sorts, a guard cancel with I-frames and TODs from anywhere on the screen, her GZW is a ruthless force to be reckoned with....do not reckon with the force....please.

(She also has no PS Armor, which may be both a blessing and a curse.)

Palettes

P1 and P2 Colors respectively

Movelist

(Cancels will be listed with their automatic inputs to avoid special and motion attack confusion, however, attack/special names will show both versions.)

Short Attacks

5S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 5S - Mid 3 - - - 2S, 6S, 1S, 4S, 5L, 2L, SP, Beserk, Seed Lightning fast melee jab that actually goes pretty far for its speed.

5SS	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 5S5S - Mid - - - - 2S, 6S, 1S, 4S, 5L, 2L, SP, Beserk, Seed A second quick jab with slightly less range.

6S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6S - Mid 7 - - - 3S, 6S, 1S, 4S, 5L, 2L, SP, Beserk, Seed This move goes super far and is plus as hell. The ultimate combo extender. although you mightn't wanna use it in neutral its the key to doing long high damage combos for GZW.

6S > 5S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6S>5S - Mid - - - - 2S, 6S, 1S, 4S, 5L, 2L, SP, Beserk, Seed Another very fast jab similar to 5S>5S

6S > 6S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6S>6S - Mid - - - - 2S, 6S, 1S, 4S, 5L, 2L, SP, Beserk, Seed Another far reaching jab.

6SS > 6S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6SS > 6S - Mid - - - - 2L, 5L, SP, Beserk, Seed Multihit string ender.

6SS > 2S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6SS > 2S - Low - - - - 2L, 5L, SP, Beserk, Seed Slide Kick similar to 1S. Causes knockdown. Air UB.

6SS > 5S First two hits. First two hits. Second Hit. Launcher. Second Hit. Launcher.	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6SS > 5S - Mid - - - - 2L, 5L, SP, Beserk, Seed Multihit uppercut similar to 3S. Last hit Launches. Techable. First two hits are cancellable.

4S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 4S - Overhead - - - - None A half screen overhead roundhouse. Causes wallbounce.

2S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 2S - Low - - - - 2L, 5L, SP, Beserk, Seed Average low kick with good range. Air UB.

1S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 1S - Low - - - - 2L, 5L, SP, Beserk, Seed Sliding Low kick. Causes knockdown. Air UB.

3S First two hits. First two hits. Second Hit. Launcher. Second Hit. Launcher.	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 3S - Mid 7 - - - 2L, 5L, SP, Beserk, Seed Multihit uppercut similar to 3S. Last hit Launches. Techable. First two hits are cancellable. An Anti-air of sorts but its air-blockable.

J5S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J5S - High - - - - J4S, J2S, J2L, J5L, 6SP A super fast far-reaching kick thats very similar to her 1S and 2S. Can crossup in the corner.

J4S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J4S - High - - - - - A wall-bouncing roundhouse.

J2S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J2S - High - - - - - A dive stomp. Goes straight down. Works sorta like Chun-Li's airborne footstool like kicks. Can crossup under the right circumstances.

J2S > 2S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J2S > 2S - - - - - - J2L, J5L, 6SP Followup to the divestomp. She jumps off of the opponent's head and can followup with anything she pleases in the air.

Short Guard Cancel	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6S - Mid - - - - - An extremely good guard cancel. Though it may not be fast, it features I-frames only a few frames after it begins until its active frames which is unlike most guard cancels. It is also a completely new two part attack.

Jumping Short Guard Cancel	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6S - - - - - - - -

Long Attacks

5L	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 5L - Mid - - - - Beserk An almost full screen throw of a grenade. Will not explode instantly when it hits the floor. Guard-cancellable. Costs PS.

2L

Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 2L - Mid - - - - Beserk She places a grenade on the floor. If it makes contact with the opponent as it leaves her hand, it will explode. However, after a few frames the grenade will only detonate when 3 seconds have passed and does not react to enemy presence. This grenade is pretty good for keeping up pressure after a string ends. The grenade itself does not go very far but the explosion covers a rather large area. Guard Cancellable. Costs PS.

J5L	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J5L - Mid - - - - Beserk She throws a grenade almost full-screen (height dependent) similar to 5L. Guard Cancellable. Doesn't cost PS.

J2L	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J2L - Mid - - - - - She does a flip (!!!!) and produces two grenades that don't cover as much space as her neutral longs. Doesn't cost PS.

Long Guard Cancel	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6L - Mid - - - - - -

Jumping Long Guard Cancel	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6L - Mid - - - - - -

Special Attacks

5SP/214S - Advancing Beam Tomahawk	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 5SP - Mid - - - - Beserk A 3-hit advancing attack made up of two slashes. The second slash wallbounces.

6SP/236S - Rising Beam Tomahawk Force	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel 6SP - Mid - - - - Beserk A 3-hit rising attack made up of three slashes. The first slash launches and the third one wallbounces. First slash can be Beserk cancelled. Costs PS.

JSP/J236S - Rising Beam Tomahawk Force	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel J6SP - Mid - - - - - A 3-hit rising attack made up of three slashes. The first slash launches and the third slash wallbounces. Can be repeated pretty much forever in the air with the right timing. The third slash has a pretty high hitbox so it may whiff a lot in most cases. Costs PS.

GZW Burst	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel Beserk Mode. - Mid - - - - - Regular Beserk Mode.

[2SP]2SP/[2SP]63214S	Version Damage Guard Startup Duration Hit Adv Block Adv Cancel [2SP]2SP - Mid - - - - - Luna throws a shield of grenades in front of her then shoots the opponent out of the sky. Wether the last attack hits or not is very character/position dependent which can make this super seem a little unreliable. Its damage however is incredible.

Short Attack Chains

Chains	Notes
5S/2S > 5S
5S/2S > 2S	Low
5S/2S > 1S	Knockdown
5S/2S > 4S
5S/2S > 3S	Launcher
6S > 5S	Very very fast Mid
6S > 1S	Knockdown
6S > 3S	Launcher
6S > 4S	Overhead
6S > 6S
6S > 6S/5S > 5S	Launcher
6S > 6S/5S > 2S	Knockdown
6S > 6S/5S > 4S	Overhead
6S > 6S/5S > 6S	Multihit Mid

Combos

Combos	Notes
(6TJ.5S > 2S > 6S)xN	Ground Infinite
6SP/236S (1Hit) xx 2SP > {Crc 8TJ.4S}xN	Ground Infinite
6TJ.5S > 2Sx4 > 6S >> 6S >> 2S > (2L)
[2SP] 6S >> 6S >> 6S(2 hits) xx [2SP]2SP/[2SP]63214S
6TJ.5S > 2Sx4 > 6S >> 6S >> 6S xx 5SP/214S
6TJ.5S > 2Sx4 > 6S >> 6S >> 5S (2hits) xx 5SP/214S
6S > 2S > 6S > 2S > 6S >> 6S >> 5S (2hits) xx 5SP/214S
(6TJ.5S > 2S > 6S)xN 6TJ.5S > 2Sx4 > 6S >> 6S >> 6S xx 5SP/214S xx 2SP > 7TJ.4S > [2SP]2SP/[2SP]63214S

General Strategy

Generally, GZW is going to be using her L buttons a lot in fullscreen neutral. 9J.2L will be used to cover your back while covering some distance as a way to get in. 2L will be applied as a defensive tool, when if the opponent is getting close they must fear the eventual detonation of the grenade or the grenade which forces them to play a lot more carefully. Most of the time the opponent will decide to fly across the stage as a means of avoiding the bomb, 5L does help in this situation. 5L should be used to force the opponent to stay back from a far. Punishing near-ground thruster movement an attempt to move at all due to its almost full-screen range.

At mid-range, GZW will be using her 1S, 2S and J.S quite a bit. 1S is her advancing slide kick and it goes FAR FAR. Both on hit and block, its best to cancel this with a 2L (for oki or for safety). 6TJ.S is the form J.S is going to come in 100% of the time (As an almost instant advancing overhead). Peer this with 6T > 2T2S for an extremely nasty mixup that can go on forever by crouch cancelling your landing lag. There's absolutely no way to react to what comes next in her series of mixups and getting one hit can mean confirming a full combo/infinite. 4S is also an advancing overhead, however its really only good for a quick super confirm. Her makeshift thruster overhead is much faster and less reactable. GZW can also occasionally make use of her J.2S, an extremely annoying crossup-heavy attack. 2S can be inputted again for a jump cancel on hit or block and for GZW, that just means another terrifying crossup.

At close range, GZW makes use of her 3f 5S alongside J.S and 2S for similar reasons as in mid-range.

GZW will usually make use of 6SP as a close-range anti-air thruster punish. Though she may not get much off of it, it costs no thruster, has a pretty fat hitbox, and depending on how many hits make contact, sends the enemy back fullscreen.

GZW doesn't need to fear being unsafe on block either. Most of her normals are safe/cancellable to make safe. This is unless she uses 5SP or 3S on block. Terrible Idea. Don't do that at all.

For GZW, it may be worth using a burst as a roman-cancel alongside being a burst, as it can amount to some HEAVY damage that would be difficult to obtain in Burst alone. Her super tends to whiff a lot on certain characters or in very specific situations and the most consistent ways for it to properly make contact with the opponent is with a Normal > Beserk combo route. Yes, she can do her infinite anyways, but going for it mightn't be the best option all the time, its fairly difficult. So do keep in mind when/where to use Beserk in your combos.