GGXRD-R/Chipp Zanuff

Chipp Zanuff
Defense Modifier: x1.30 Guts Rating: 4 Weight: Medium Stun Resistance: 50 Jump Startup: 3F Backdash Time 21F / Invul: 1-9F Movement Options Triple Jump, 1 Airdash, Dash Type: Run

Overview

Guilty Gear's dedicated pixie character with great mobility and paper-thin defense. While he's without a doubt the fastest character in Xrd, Chipp's execution might be the hardest in the game, as many of his basic conversion combos require jump installs etc. His tools are fast and generally great, but his poor defense means that only a couple of mistakes will spell his doom.

Strengths

• Easily the fastest character in the game, in both mobility and frame data
• Only character with a triple jump
• Teleport YRCs allow for punishes almost anywhere on screen
• Possible to adapt both runaway and rushdown styles of play if necessary

Weaknesses

• Paper-thin defense, takes the most damage in the game
• Scoring a knockdown usually needs combos with specific conditions (close-range or crouch-hit)
• Ground mixups somewhat lacking, overheads are sub-par
• High execution barrier

Normal Moves

5P

5P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 6 Mid CSJ YRP 3 1 8 1 Chipp's fastest normal Whiffs against crouching opponents, except Potemkin (and possibly Bedman) Mostly used in juggle combos after 2D > 236S Can also be used as an emergency anti-air because of its upwards angle and startup, but is very bad when it trades

5K

5K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 12 Mid CSJ YRP 5 5 8 -3 very fast for its range Chains into 2D, therefore very useful good hitbox, beats many otherwise problematic normals (eg. Zato's 2S)

c.S

c.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 28 Mid SJ YRP 4 2 10 2 extremely fast and offers frame advantage, very useful for frame traps linking another c.S is possible against crouching opponents or on counter hit Chains both into 6P and 2D and is therefore vital for knockdown combos

f.S

f.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 26 Mid SJ YRP 7 2 18 -6 excellent range and speed, very good for zoning and after dash-ins loses or completely whiffs against specific lows, such as Sol's 2D no wait to chain into 2D, so comitting to an f.S usually means forfeiting knockdown

5H

5H

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 30 Mid SJ YRP 10 7 16 -4 Mostly a combo-tool and blockstring ender (canceled into rekka or teleport) Has more startup than in earlier Guilty Gears and is therefore less useful as a poke Can be used as a makeshift anti-air in very specific situations, such as -against Venom's Mad Struggle, since a trade will greatly benefit Chipp can link into 2D on counter hit full air combo possible on air counter hit

2P

2P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 6 Mid CS YRP 4 2 7 1 very fast and offers frame advantage attack level 0 makes this decent for tick throws This is the move to mash when you want to mash into blockstrings, up close somewhat useful to bait bursts: 2P > 2P > c.S...

2K

2K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 8 Low CS YRP 5 4 7 -1 since this is Chipp's fastest low hit, it is a common starter for strings Somewhat hard to use as okizeme because of its range (risk of getting thrown, can't catch backdashes) and short active time, but needed nonetheless.

2S

2S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 28 Mid CS YRP 7 4 11 -1 Can beat specific, problematic normals where f.S otherwise fails (Sol's 2D) Staggers on counter-hit, making it a good option for frame traps or as a dash-in attack

2H

2H

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 34 Mid S YRP 7 9 18 -8 works well as an anti-air because of the high vertical range (hits them early) and the added reliablility in trades (high attack level and good counter hit property), less so because of its actual hit box Floats on normal hit Followup-Combo only possible on counter hit or by cancelling into 22S teleport if it is used at the end of a block-string or stand-alone, it should be cancelled into 22p or 2D to make it safe.

j.P

j.P	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 8 High / Air CS YRP 5 4 4 - very fast normal, mostly used in combos or air-to-air scenarios

j.K

j.K

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16×2 High / Air CSJ YRP 5 6,2 8 - Has two hits. The first hit has a great upwards-angle and is very useful as an anti-air / air-to-air. The second hit pulls the enemy downwards, which is used mostly in specific knockdown combos Be careful - should the first hit of j.K whiff, the second hit will activate regardless, which means that if you fail your air-to-air attempt, you might not be able to act for a while.

j.S

j.S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 28 High / Air CSJ YRP 9 10 18 - slightly bounces Chipp upwards when used, which can be both a blessing and a curse Has a great crossup hitbox, but is hard to use because of the bounce almost exclusively used in many combos and a few blockstrings (such as iad.j.K(1),j.K(1),j.S,J.HS(2), land...)

j.H

j.H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 26×2 High / Air S YRP 8 6,6 29 - Your jump-in of choice Excellent hit box which is hard to anti-air and can also easily cross up has two hits

j.D

j.D DAIJOUBOU!

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 36 High / Air S YRP 6 8 18 / 5 Landing Recovery - Very fast and has a very strong hitbox, which makes this normal especially useful to punish air-throw attempts or sloppy anti-airs Just as useful in combos, since it causes plummet / knockdown midscreen and wall bounce in the corner Floor Slide on Counter Hit - long floor slide on ground counter hit, very short floor slide on air counter hit Since it has some landing recovery, be very careful when using it from too high up in the air - if your opponent instant blocks, you might get thrown when you land.

6P

6P

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 22 Mid SJ YRP 9 3 25 -14 used mostly as an anti-air and against specific attacks where upper body invulnerability is needed (such as Sol's Riot Stamp) Horribly long total duration and recovery make this move extremely risky - be very careful when to use it, especially when attempting an anti-air Chains into 6HS, but only combos into it on Counter Hit

6K

6K

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 20 High / Air - YRP 19 5 5+3 After Landing -1 Overhead, unthrowable as long as Chipp is airborne Chains from c.S comboing off of this only works as a meaty and against crouching opponents, or with a Roman Cancel Should not be used point blank, as opponents can easily ground throw you after the hit airborne state and attack level 1 make this a very risky choice, additionally to the bad risk-reward it offers to begin with - if you eat an airborne counter hit if your opponent mashes, you will eat a lot of damage

6H

6H

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 60 Mid SJ YRP 17 6 15 -2 Causes stagger on ground hit Causes ground bounce on air hit High damage and great in juggles, if you can land it, since it offers a free combo afterwards (run up c.S or 5P, air combo) against Standing opponents, this combos into Alpha Blade, and depending on the range also into an alpha blade very low to the ground (2369P). This can be used as a tech trap in the corner, for example after a combo into 623HS started too far away from the corner > catch their recovery with 6HS cancelled into 22P (to cut down the recovery), and react to a potential hit / counter hit or block.

j.2K

j.2K

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 16×3 All - YRP 8 Until Landing 0 - Multi-hit and attack level 0 make this a decent but risky okizeme tool. For example in the corner, you can use it low enough to have only one hit connect, then immediately link a 2K, which is a hard to block setup, especially when you would usually do a 2-hit j.HS. This setup is risky however because it can easily be backdashed. Also, if you try to land more than one hit of j.2K and your opponent uses faultless defense, you will be pushed back so much that the last hit of j.K might whiff, which means your opponent will recover before you and will throw you. j.2K alters Chipp's flight path, slowing down his horizontal accelleration Mostly used for Chipp's FDC (faultless defense cancel), input: j.1[K]~[S]

2D

2D

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 26 Low S YRP 9 2 17 -7 fast low hit with very high range can evade some other low hits since it is foot-invulnerable extremely important to score knockdowns combos into 236S, which also serves as a very useful block string 2D > 22P > link 2D is a valid frametrap against people expecting 2D > 236S 2D > 236S > 623HS is a very strong combo starter in the corner leading to good damage and knockdown, making 2D as a poking tool even more important

5D

5D	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 22 High - YRP 27 4 9 1 agonizingly slow insanely high range, but might need some creativity to follow up midscreen from far away (airdash during homing jump etc.)

Universal Mechanics

Ground Throw

Ground Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,60 Ground Throw: 63000 - R 1 - - 40 very short range compared to other characters enough time after it for OTG hits, such as 2K Causes a very long knockdown to the opponent, giving you enough time for okizeme such as jump forward, FDC, j.HS(crossup), continue pressure or combo

Air Throw

Air Throw	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,60 Air Throw: 192500 - R 1 - - - Causes very long knockdown, giving you a lot of time for either [invisibility > meaty 2K] or simply FDC okizeme can be Roman Cancelled and followed up with a 6HS > dash 5P > air combo for good damage

Dead Angle Attack

Dead Angle Attack	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 25 All - - 11 8 14 -8 causes wall bounce on counter hit

Blitz Shield Charge Attack

Blitz Attack	Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Uncharged 50 Mid - R (15-48)+13 3 Hit: 11 Whiff: 20 -2 Max Charge 50 Mid - R 50+13 3 Hit: 11 Whiff: 20 -+5 List what the move is used for List interesting properties in bullet points like invul, floating opponents on CH, etc. Follow the Help:Writing_Character_Pages guidelines

Special Moves

Alpha Blade

Alpha Blade 236P (air OK)

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Ground 36 Mid - YRP 17 15 32 -30 Air 32 All - YRP 14 14 18 After Landing -19 Followup Ground Alpha Blade > H 38 Mid - YRP 9 12 18 -13 Both versions launch the opponent, but the ground version cannot be followed up, except on counter hit, by spending Meter or by simply adding an Alpha Plus The ground version counts as airborne (will go over slidehead) and can go under many projectiles, such as Ky's Stun Edge, I-No's Horizontal Chemical Love, and so on Ground Version will only combo out of 6HS or 5HS, and 5HS only if you are relatively close to your opponent or if you hit him whil he is crouching 2D > Ground Alpha Blade works against lightweights, but is used rarely Frame Advantage for Air Alpha Blade is on lowest height Air Version can be cancelled with Wall Cling (46 near the corner), however, if you do not perform any other actions after the wall cling, there will be a special, relatively long landing animation when you land using an Air Alpha Blade very close to the ground will allow for juggles. Example: corner S > S > HS > 2369P (lowest possible height), land, S....

Beta Blade

Beta Blade 623S (air OK)

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Ground 30,26 Mid - R 5 4,18 16+10 After Landing -30 Air 28,18 All - R 3 2,16 5 After Landing - A solid dragon punch, mostly only used as a reversal or as an ender for air combos If the first hit is Roman Cancelled, Chipp will still stand on the ground, which will either allow him to followup up the hit with a 6HS, or to be safe in case Beta Blade has been blocked

Gamma Blade

Gamma Blade 41236H Traps opponent in place on hit

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 32 All - YRP 19 9 Total 56 5 Can NOT be cancelled into from normals Deletes most projectiles it comes into contact with and travels onwards Slow Startup and very long duration make this a very risky move without YRC available Frame advantage on block and the fact that you can use it without being overly close to your opponent make this a viable okizeme option On Hit, traps the opponent for a while and causes airborne state (meaning all following hits will juggle him) deals full damage as an OTG hit and still causes the trap effect (although all followup hits will suffer from OTG damage reduction)

Tsuyoshishiki Meisei

Tsuyoshishiki Meisei 214K FIND ME!

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. - - - Y - - Total 29 - Can NOT be cancelled into from normals Will make Chipp flash from invisible to visible for approx. 8 seconds Chipp changes visibility about every second Effect will end prematurely if Chipp is hit or has to block particularly good with YRC after the effect is triggered, making it safer and giving you more time to react to whatever situation arises

Tsuyoshishiki Ten'i

Tsuyoshishiki Ten'i 22P/K/S/H

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. In Place 22P - - - Y - - Total 21 - Forwards 22K - - - Y - - Total 30 - Airborne, Front of Opponent 22S - - - Y - - Total 20 - Airborne, Behind Opponent 22H - - - Y - - Total 20 - Various teleports 22P is very good when used either in blockstrings (as a frame trap), for example after HS or 2D, or when used as a bait (to fake out 22K or 22HS teleports and keep your opponent on edge) It is a strong strategy to cancel the recovery of 22K teleport with YRC. The added slowdown should give you enough time to start a combo, apply pressure or go for an air throw 22S/22HS teleports enable combos after 2HS, 22HS is useful when 2HS hits when farther away from the opponent and allows you to do midscreen air combos that wouldn't have connected by using 22S 22HS teleport can be cancelled into wall cling

Genrouzan

Genrouzan 63214S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 0,90 Ground Throw - YRP 27 11 12 54 Slow and very risky unblockable / command throw Cannot be bursted after the hit, since it is a throw causes very long knockdown, giving you enough time for invis > meaty attack leads to very high, meterless damage into knockdown in the corner, since it can be cancelled into wall cling after the hit

Resshou

Resshou 236S

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 18 Mid - YRP 13 5 10 -1 starter of Chipp's rekka series super useful as a blockstring ender since it only leaves you at -1, which is a non-issue if your opponent doesn't instant block - chipp's pokes (such as f.S) will generally be faster than what your opponent has to offer on the distance you are at after using the rekka combos into 5K on counter hit links into 5P or even c.S on airborne hit (for example after 2D)

Rokusai

Rokusai Resshou > 236S	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 22 Low - YRP 8 1 25 -7 Second hit of Chipp's Rekka Series Hits Low Staggers on counter hit very useful if used slightly delayed after the first rekka as a frame trap Good if followed by a Roman Cancel for either combos or further pressure (and to make the move safer, since it's -7)

Senshuu

Senshuu Resshou > 236K Rokusai > 236K	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 30 High - YRP 25 6 10+12 After Landing -11 Possible second or last hit of Chipp's rekka series Overhead launches on hit, can be followed up with a juggle combo very unsafe on block, use sparringly

Shinkirou

Shinkirou 623H	Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 20 All - YRP 16 12 16 -14 Can be used Stand-alone or during Chipp's Rekka series (but not after 236K) Wall Sticks on air-hit does NOT launch on ground hit free air movement after the recovery of the move ends combos after 2D > 236S Knocks back on counter-hit

Shuriken

Shuriken j.214P

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Slow 1 All - YRP 23 - Until Landing+6 After Landing - Fast 1 All - YRP 8 - Total 16 + 3 Landing Recovery - alternates between a slow and a fast version, with the slow version coming first slow version freezes chipp in place during the throw and has very long recovery an interesting setup for the slow version is to use it after a low altitude j.D combo ender. Cancel the j.D into slow shuriken, land and continue pressure on waking up opponent, who now has to block the shuriken. fast version does NOT alter chipp's momentum, which makes its usage different than in older guilty gears - now you would rather throw a fast shuriken during a jump's ascent to make it go further mostly used for pressure and to cover your approach, especially useful against characters that have a hard time dodging it, such as potemkin

Wall Cling

Wall Cling Near Wall > 64 Ninja. Followups listed. Green for ground throw, Brown for air throw

Version Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. Up and Down Movement Wall Cling > 8 or 2 - - - YRP - - - - Horizontal Movement Wall Cling > 6 or 3 or 9 - - - YRP - - Until Landing - Jump Down Wall Cling > 4 - - - YRP - - Total 6 - Alpha Blade Wall Cling > P 32 All - YRP 17 Until Landing 23 - Kunai Wall Cling > K 10 All - Y 9 - Total 18 - Ground Genrouzan Wall Cling > S 0,90 Ground Throw - YRP 17 Until Landing 18 After Landing - Air Genouzan Wall Cling > H 0,90 Air Throw - YRP 17 19 Until Landing+10 After Landing - The wall cling generally is used for corner Okizeme as well as runaway tactics. many special moves that leave chipp airborne can be cancelled into the wall cling, such as genrouzan (63214S), air alpha blade (j.236P) or 22S teleport. Chipp retains all movement options he had before a wall cling, meaning that you can still airdash, double- or triple jump if you let go of the wall or use one of the wall-dashes (9 or 6/3) The Kunais (K) are a very good keepaway tool while wall clinging, and will force your opponent to either wait or jump at you, which will both give you time to let go off the wall and act in whatever way is necessary. letting go off the wall (4) enables you to corner-crossup your opponent with j.HS a mixup to this is to 3/6dash off the wall and immediately 2D > 236S your opponent for a very quick low hit Chipp cannot use normals or specials during the 9-dash (the far jump off the wall, horizontal angle), but he can cancel it into double / triple jump or airdash. to not get an accidental 6-dash when you want a 9-dash, input the 9-dash as "89".

Overdrives

Zansei Rouga

Zansei Rouga 632146H

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 24×5,150 Mid - YRP 21+0 Until Corner 26 After Landing -91 Frame Advantage is on crouching block Sol Combos off of 6HS particularly good after 6P counter hit > 6HS to kill (since supers cannot be bursted) or after a successful blitz shield, since supers cannot be reverse-blitzed, otherwise it isn't used much can be YRCd before the first hit in case you screwed up / want to pretend you're endou

Ryuu Yanagi

Ryuu Yanagi j.214214K

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 20×12 All - Y 1+2 ― Total 21 ― causes ground bounce and knockdown, depending on how it hits your opponent, which turns it into a good air combo finisher. On the ground, the combo can be followed up with S > HS > 236236K for a high damage, high number of hit 100% tension combo, which is usually a bad choice since it fills up burst and is generally a meter waste, but in case your opponent has low HP, the way guts / damage reduction on low hp works plus the fact that you cannot burst supers will tip the scales, turning this combo into a great way to finish a round. Since it travels slowly and Chipp retains all air options after using it, it looks tempting to use the super as an okizeme option, but keep in mind that all kunais will disappear if chipp is hit, so use it with caution.

Banki Mesai

Banki Mesai 236236K

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. 6×32,38×4 Mid×32, All×4 - YRP 7+0 3(6)3(8)3(3)×3,3(6)6(3)6(3)60 ― -14 Startup depends on distance / Whiff Total 49 The two Beta Blades at the end now will only trigger when the move actually hits, unlike in earlier Guilty Gears Still a very unsafe move on block, since your opponent can block with faultless defense to make most of your hits whiff, giving him even more time to punish The most common way to use this move is to combo into it to kill your opponent if he still has burst and low HP.

Instant Kill

Raisetsudan in IK mode: 236236H

Damage Guard Cancel Roman Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv. DESTROY All - - 9+13[5+9] 5 30 -18 [ ] Indicates during Hell Fire Uses the animation of his Resshou. Chipp's Instant Kill activation has extremely long startup, an instant kill will not be guaranteed even if your opponent is dizzy It can be used however when your Opponent is in Hellfire state during the last possible round. A sample combo to land it would be: corner S > S > HS > 236S > 236S roman cancel > Dust, dash cancel, instant kill activate, instant kill.

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