Overview
Broly is both a zoner and a grappler, a combination fitting for the Devil. Broly's neutral and pressure makes him perhaps one of the most terrifying opponents in the game, as he can effectively control any space on the screen with his armor and projectiles. Broly's 5S is an unholy zoning tool, much larger than other ki blast projectiles, beats other ki blasts, and can be aimed upwards to stop people from escaping. But it's when Broly gets close where he's at his scariest. Terrific frame data, an armored tick throw A throw done after attacks, very soon after if not exactly when throw invulnerability expires on the opponent. A Tick Throw take advantage of that the opponent naturally expect a Frame Trap coming, making it very hard to react to or escape from. with 214L and a tiger kneeable air grab, Broly can easily grapple and frametrap opponents. Even on the defense, Broly is far from helpless thanks to his armor and Lariat Express. Broly's major weakness is his damage as his armor normals scale his damage immensely, and he requires a lot of meter or assists. If you like not letting other people play the game or otherwise making them feel bad, Broly is a must-play.
Note: Commonly referred to as ZBroly by the community, to differentiate him from the other Broly.
"My power is rising. It's overflowing!" |
Lore: | The Legendary Super Saiyan born with a power-level of 10,000, Broly was considered too dangerous to live by King Vegeta, and was condemned to be executed alongside his father Paragus. In an act of sheer luck, Broly and his father survived Planet Vegeta's destruction. In order to live in secrecy, Paragus used energy restraining technology and mind control to keep Broly from rampaging. However, Broly is always triggered by the name "Kakarot", no matter how restrained he is. Causing chaos everywhere he went, he would hunt down Kakarot, the Saiyan that cried constantly next to him in the Saiyan nursery and drove him to insanity. He would be defeated on three occasions: first by Goku (AKA Kakarot), then by Goku's sons, and finally, by Goten, Trunks, and their allies when he was resurrected as "Bio-Broly". |
Broly Broly is a massive brute who uses a combination of powerful blows and command grabs imbued with super armor to bully his victims.
- Mobile Grappler: Benefits greatly from system mechanics for his archetype.
- Neutral: Outstanding neutral with high priority ki blasts, counter-zoning tool Powered Shell, wide armored moves, and an anti-air grab in Gigantic Strike.
- Super Armor: Massive super armor on multiple normals and special moves make him a demon in scramble situations.
- Command Grab: Gigantic Claw sets up mindgames with different versions, and can work well with assists to set up traps.
- Unique Level 3: Gigantic Meteor is an extremely flexible level 3 that he can also combo from without it scaling.
- Last Character: The Limit Break mechanic can subside his solo damage weakness quite a bit.
- Solo Damage: Almost all of his moves have harsh scaling, severely limiting his raw damage.
- Resource Reliant: Needs resources to unlock his strongest options and output any meaningful damage.
- Size: Broly is more susceptible to random hits than others, and 5L can whiff on smaller characters from afar.
Almost all of Broly's attacks have Ki Blast guard point and at least one hit of armor, absorbing non-Super strikes and projectiles, but not Vanish. Though there are a few caveats:
- Armor comes with higher initial proration value, reducing his potential damage.
- Normal attacks are only armored if they're the first attack of the string †Bug: Super Dash > normal still has armor, but Super Dash (clash) > normal doesn't.. He cannot utilize the armor property during a blockstring without using specials.
- Air normals' armors lose specifically to 2H, but not other Head invulnerable attacks.