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Cooler

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Combo Notation Guide

Character Name Abbreviations

7	8	9
4	5	6
1	2	3

Numbers represent direction on a keyboard numpad. For example,

+

becomes 236L.

> = Proceed from the previous move to the following move.

▷/land = Indicate that the player must land at that point in the sequence.

, = the previous move into the following move.

->/~ = the previous special into a follow-up special.

dl./delay = Delay the following move.

whiff/(whiff) = The move must whiff (not hit).

c. = Close

f. = Far

j. = Jumping/Aerial

hj./sj. = High Jump/Super Jump

jc = Jump Cancel

hjc/sjc = High Jump Cancel/Super Jump Cancel

dc/adc = Dash Cancel/Air Dash Cancel

CH = Counter Hit

AA = Anti-Air

IAS = Instant Air Special

[X] = Hold input.

]X[ = Release input.

(move) = Move is optional.

[X] or [Y] = Perform sequence X or Y.

[sequence] xN = Repeat sequence N amount of times.

(N) = Hit N of a move or move must deal N amount of hits.

DR = Dragon Rush

SD = Super Dash

A16 = Android 16

A17 = Android 17

A18 = Android 18

A21 = Android 21

L21 = Android 21 (Lab Coat)

AGH = Gohan (Adult)

BDK = Bardock

BGK = Goku (SSGSS)

BLK = Goku Black

BRO = Broly

BRS = Beerus

BVG = Vegeta (SSGSS)

CEL = Cell

CLR = Cooler

FRZ = Frieza

GKN = Goku

GKU = Goku (Super Saiyan)

GNY = Captain Ginyu

GT4 = Gogeta (SS4)

GTA = Gogeta (SSGSS)

GTG = Goku (GT)

GTK = Gotenks

GUI = Goku (Ultra Instinct)

HIT = Hit

JNB = Janemba

JRN = Jiren

KBU = Kid Buu

KEF = Kefla

KRL = Krillin

L21 = Android 21 (Lab Coat)

MBU = Majin Buu

NAP = Nappa

PIC = Piccolo

RSH = Master Roshi

SB2 = Super Baby 2

SBR = Broly (DBS)

TEN = Tien

TNK = Trunks

VDL = Videl

VGN = Vegeta

VGT = Vegeta (Super Saiyan)

VTO = Vegito (SSGSS)

YAM = Yamcha

YGH = Gohan (Teen)

ZAM = Zamasu (Fused)

Midscreen

Combo	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
2M > 5M > jc > j.MLL2H > SD > j.ML > jc.LLS > j214M~M	4102	1	All	Very Easy	Cooler's version of the Saiyan BnB.
2M > 5M > jc.MLL2H > SD > j.LLS > j.236L	3825	1	All	Very Easy	Alternate version of Cooler's BnB, preserving your action gives you a super easy safejump off of 236L into IAD.
5M > 2M > 6H > 5S > 5H > SD > j.MLL > jc.LLS > j.214M~M	4367	1	All	Very Easy	Corner carry combo that takes advantage of Cooler's extensive ground normals.
... 2M > 5M > 6H > 5S > 2H > SD > j.MLL > jc.LLH	4130	0.95	All	Very Easy	Combo that leads into better knockdown compared to DP.
... Vanish > 665L (whiff) > 5LL > 5LLL > SD > j.ML > jc.LLS > j.214M~M	2457	-1	All	Easy	Basic vanish extension. Cooler gets slide knockdowns off of 214X, so it's not all that bad to go for this.
236S/214S > 236L+M	3070/2936	-1	All		While you can do this, it's both pretty hard and not all that damaging unless you go into a DHC sequence.

Notes

Can end with "214M~L" to switch sides.

Corner

Combo	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Notes
2M > 3H > SD > j.2H ▷ 2M > 6H > 5S > 5H > SD > j.ML > jc > j.LL2HS > j.214M~M	?	?	All	This is your corner BnB. It's harder to extend than most because of how much Cooler suffers from Hitstun Decay.
2M > 3H > SD > j.2H ▷ 6H > 5H > 5S > SD > j.ML > jc > j.LL2HS > j.214M~M	4702	1,3	All	Corner Bnb #2
5M > 2M > 6H > 5S > SD > j.2H ▷ 6H > 5H > 5S > SD > j.ML > jc > j.LL2HS > j.214M~M	4817	1,5	All	Corner Bnb #3
2M > SD > j.2H > DR	2672	0,5	All	Solo snap. Not good anymore, but cool to have regardless.
... j.214M~L > Vanish > j.[DR]	?	-1	All	Takes advantage of the L follow up's sideswap for a little extra damage while keeping the corner.
... j.214M~M > j.236L+M	?	-1	All	Cooler's only non-sideswitch super option, comes at the cost of some damage.
... j.214M~L ▷ 236L+M/214L+M	?	-1/-3	All	Takes the opponent pretty far out of the corner, but it still returns them to the closer corner.
... j.214M~H ▷ 214L+M	?	-3.5	All	Super easy combo into level 3 at the cost of some extra bar.

Notes

Using ... j.214M~M ▷ 236L+M can be good if you're DHC-ing into a character who sideswaps for their super, like SSJ Goku's Level 3.

Sparking

Combo	Position	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
... 5S > [jc.S > airdash j.M ▷ 5S]*n ...	Anywhere	?	?	All		Cooler's got them loops too.

Notes

Assist

Combo	Position	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
... j.214M~M > Assist > (j.214M~M > Assist) > DR > 214S > Super	Corner	?	?	All		Basic assist extension into super. You'll only really use the double assist version when it's going to kill (or in a ToD, but that fulfills the first condition).

Notes

Combo Theory

Cooler doesn't get slide knockdowns from j.2H, so always try to end your combos in 214M or 236L. They each have their own advantages, but 236L won't work if the combo is too long. In exchange, it gives you a safejump in the corner if you airdash after Cooler lands and pushes them away.

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