DBFZ/Nappa

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Normal Moves

5L

Version Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
5L 400 Low 6 3 12 -3
5LL 700 All 11 3 -7
5LLL 1000 All U3+ 15 4 -5

5L
  • One of the longer 5Ls in the game
  • Can be repeated by holding 4.
  • Hits low

If you ever decide to play Nappa, this will quickly become one of your favorite buttons. It's not good for anti-airing thanks to the downward angle, but it's obscenely good in pressure. 4LL > 5M is three lows in a row AND a frametrap if 5M is delayed, but if you're afraid of opponents reflect mashing you can still go into 5LL from 4LL or go straight into 5M, giving you a truestring bridge to the rest of your lows.


5LL
  • 5LL is great for pressure, moves him forward quite a bit.

Mostly useful as a gapless bridge to his medium buttons. It being -7 means you won't want to stagger on it much, but not many opponents will risk mashing Nappa.


5LLL
  • Last hit of his L auto combo.

Really surprisingly huge. Great for post-vanish routes, and sends the opponent a great distance away for corner carry. Gets even better with Saibamen out, as the chain will give you plenty of ways to set up an on-the-fly restand.

5M

5H

5S

Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
450, 800 All 16, 28 0

  • Nappa takes a step forward before he throws a piercing Ki blast, during this time it'll reflect all ki blasts that are S normals
  • A bit slow but an important part of his corner combos.
  • Will pierce through any other projectile S normal, but still lose to 236S type projectiles.
  • Wind-up hitbox vacuums on hit, and can easily confirm the followup ki-blast or allow you to combo into 2H.

Simultaneously awful and amazing. You won't be using this in neutral almost ever, as its slow startup and huge telegraph is too easily punished unless your opponent is already hurtling a barrage of shots at you. But in pressure it's just nonsense, as it's a two hitting stagger point that leads to a ton of easy reflect bait followups should your opponent disrespect it. Better yet, its massive hitstun lets Nappa corner carry even better along with comboing into superdash for restand setups.

This move could probably be used to explain the whole character.

2L

2M

2H

6M

j.L

j.M

j.H

j.S

j.2H

Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
650, 650 All U1+ 19[16] 1-8(1-2)2+

  • Dives and slams the opponent to the ground.
  • Input 2H again to only do the first hit and leave Nappa floating in the air for a second. You can also hold 2H and he will do the cancel ASAP. This cancel is only available early on in the move, falling for too long and Nappa will be stuck in the animation.
  • 1st hit will not have more than 8 active frames, regardless of altitude.
  • 2nd hit has a minimum of 2 active frames with additional frames based on altitude.
  • 2nd hit has 1 extra startup frame if Nappa hits the ground before the hitbox comes out (this only happens when activating the attack extremely close to the ground).

Another terrible move, except it's amazing and integral to Nappa's gameplan. j.2H gives Nappa so much in terms of combos and setups that it rises up as one of Nappa's best, if not one of the best in the game, and may just be worth his inability to get knockdowns midscreen. It has obscene damage, meter build and hitstun while also giving Nappa corner loops and god knows what you could come up with now that your opponent is dragged to the ground. It's even special cancellable on the ground as a cherry on top, just letting you go for even more nonsense. Sky's the limit when this hits, comboing into this is how you start your game.

Don't ever use this in neutral outside of extremely niche situations, it's just not worth it. Whiffing the move causes Nappa to slam the ground and have to bounce back and land, during which he is free to be punished (unless you have meter to Vanish-cancel).

Special Moves

Arm Break

236L/M/H

Version Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
236L 1200 High D1 24~33 3 0
236[L] 1300 High D1 34~54 3 +8
236M 700, 900 High D1 26~33 3(12~21)3 -5
236[M] 700, 1200 High D1 34~54 3(22~51)3 +2
236H 800, 1000 High D1 24 3(12~21)3 -5
236[H] 800, 1300 High D1 24 3(22~51)3 +2

All Versions
  • Can be charged by holding the button down, resulting in a higher bounce with more hitstun that still goes into SKD should you not followup.

236L
  • Safe but fairly slow standing overhead, gives SKD

Because Nappa has four lows, this will end up catching people a lot more than its speed would leave you to believe. Although you can charge it, there's not much point.


236M
  • Runs forward before slamming the ground twice, causing a sliding hard knockdown state.

Important part of his combos, but not too useful outside of it, as he can be hit while running and has to run a minimum distance. Once again can be charged, but the first hit doesn't have enough hitstun for a proper full charge and everyone's already blocking high in anticipation for the second hit any way. It will, however, enable some good assist routes if you're able to keep them in stun, as Nappa can relaunch after the incredibly long bounce. Nappa's main combo ender used to set up a knockdown for planting Saibamen.


236H
  • Rushes forward with extreme speed and range into the attack.
  • Causes a ground bounce into a sliding knockdown on hit. Can be extended with either an assist call or a vanish during the ground bounce.

Very, very good for combos and even just general mixup should you expect your opponent to not react to the EX Flash, simply because it's a rare instance of an overhead that gives followups on its own. The charge has substantially less time required and the first hit nearly always gives enough hitstun for you to combo into a fully charged followup on its own, giving you a ton of time to plant a Saiba and go for safe oki with backup, or continue the combo.

The range is also nuts, ArcSys heard people complaining about Nappa not having a lariat and chose to make this it. As you could expect from Nappa it's not actually that great for neutral, but if you managed to poke them with 5S or j.S at midrange, this can confirm off of it where 5H can't and can be better than Vanish in a lot of ways - assuming you're able to get a knockdown again after this spends it.

Saibamen

214L/M/H

Version Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
214L Total 44
214M Total 44
214H Total 38~74

All Versions
  • After sprouting, the Saibamen will walk towards the opponent and only perform their attacks at close range. Disappear if they're hit, but not if Nappa is hit.
  • Input can be held to delay the sprout, e.g. if you do 214L, hold L until Nappa stands up for the delayed sprout.
  • Multiple Saibamen can be planted at once, but planting a new one before the last one can sprout will overwrite it, and new Saibamen will only sprout when there's no other Saibamen on screen.
  • If a planting spot is offscreen, Saibamen will sprout at the edge of the current screen instead.

214L
  • Plants a green Saibamen that performs Claw, Slide, Grab.

Combo food and blockstring fodder, as there are no Saibaman moves with Reflect-able blockstun.


214M
  • Plants a blue Saibamen that performs Spit, Slide, Grab.

Use near the end of corner combos for restands. There's a consistent setup that uses one assist into restand 50/50, you almost always want to use this over explosion restand.


214H
  • Plants a yellow Saibamen. Pressing L/M/H/S during the planting will program Saibamen to do the pressed sequence, up to 4 actions before automatically ending with Grab.
  • L does Claw, M does Slide, H does Grab, S does Spit. H will always end the sequence early.
  • Saibamen will perform Spit, Claw, Spit, Slide, Grab by default.

Recovers faster than the L or M Saiba plants, and often lets you get away with overly specific setups or just multiple attempts at restands if you need that.

Saibamen Attacks

Version Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
Saibamen Claw 700 All 8
Saibamen Spit 400 All
Saibamen Slide 600 All 8
Saibamen Grab 0, 1334 All 14

  • Claw launches on hit.

Useful as a combo extender, primarily after Blazing Storm in the corner. Extremely useful if put on EX Saibaman, and a reason to use 214L over 214M when in neutral, since the Saibaman jumps very high to swat opponents out of the air.


  • Spit Ki Blast properties.
  • On hit, puts the opponent in standing hitstun even if they're in the air, and they'll fall down to the ground in this state.

Nappa's main restand tool. From 214M, if the opponent is hit while they're high enough, the slide will whiff allowing Nappa to capitalize on the restand.


  • Slide launches on hit.

Useful as a bridge to a Dragon Rush close to the end of a combo.


  • On hit, the Grab immediately puts the opponent down on the ground in standing hitstun, then explodes.
  • The grab can only land once per combo.

Another restand tool: at high hitstun decay, the combo will drop in between the grab and the explosion. If they block the explosion, Nappa gets either a mixup or airtight pressure. If they get hit, he can easily confirm into a full combo. This is stronger than spit restand pressure wise, but the mixup is weaker. The fear of this and Spit will also generally make your opponent not want to tech, which can bail you out of some situations or even be abused.

In a normal combo, the explosion gives Nappa enough advantage to plant another Saibaman.

Blazing Storm

236S (Air OK)

Version Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
236S 1100 All 18 10 -2
j.236S 1100 All 18 10

  • Nappa swipes his arm forward and makes a moderately sized explosion.

The explosion itself has fairly weak range, however the S button can be held down to extend the range the move strikes at, going slightly under fullscreen if held. This applies to both the ground and air versions of the move. Unfortunately, this move is one of the few S specials that doesn't clash with other 236S type moves; it will simply eat 1 hit, leaving the beam with 4 remaining hits. Single hit 236S moves will simply pierce it. This means your opponent will have an easier time wiping out Saibamen planted in neutral if they have a beam!

Too Bad

214S

Version Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.
Normal 600, 800 All U1+ 12[25] 2[3] (24[32]) 5 -5 5-24[38] Strike Guard Point
Counter 1000 All U1+

  • [] = hold down S.
  • Nappa swipes forward and then brings his elbow down for a vicious strike.
  • Both parts of the move can be held.
  • Guard point from frames 5 to 24 (frame 38 if S is held down).
  • Blocks all physical strikes. Loses to any projectiles, throws, and supers.
  • If successfully blocks incoming attacks, Nappa responds with a more devastating elbow that ground bounces.

Useful after a blocked 6M or 5H. Normally, Nappa has a 7 frame 5L so he wouldn't be able to contest vs characters with 6 frame 5Ls after their 6Ms. Additionally, since the first part of this move is a strike, most point blank command grabs/Dragon Rushes are slow enough that the aggressor will be hit by 214S(1).

Can follow up after the second hit easily with either a super dash or by jumping forward with air buttons to get a full combo or an air 2h to get sliding knockdown outside of the corner. However, the second hit uses up your smash and prorates the follow-up combo heavily.

Z Assists

Assist A

Blazing Storm

Assist B

Too bad

Assist C

Deluxe Bomber

Super Moves

Giant Storm

236L+M or 236H+S

Break Cannon

214L+M or 214H+S

No results
Damage GuardHow this attack can be guarded. SmashWhich type of cinematic this attack can trigger. StartupShows how many frame that the corresponding move needs to go through in order to reach its active frames. ActiveShows how many frames where there is an attackbox, AKA the hitbox where if the opponent touches it, they will take damage. Occurs after Startup. RecoveryShows how many frames that the character must go through after its active frames to automatically go back to a neutral stance. Frame Adv.The difference between the attacker's recovery and the period that the opponent is in blockstun. This Frame Advantage value is based off the fact that the very first active frame touches the opponent. Throws list the amount of Frame Advantage upon successfully throwing the opponent. Invul.

  • Values in [] are for the gut punch only.
  • Minimum damage: 1778 [608]
  • Gut punch only has hitstun if Smash! hasn't been used.
  • Advantage on hit: +44, enough for a safejump. L/M Saiba plant is 0, H Saiba is +5.

Nappa winds up for a big gut punch that, if it lands, sets him up to fire a huge laser out of his mouth. Has less utility than other level 3's due to the fact that he has to land the first punch for the followup. Invincible on startup like all level 3's. As of the Season 3 patch, the button can be held for Nappa to do just the punch and not the beam follow-up. The punch also becomes special cancelable, allowing Nappa to convert into saibaman combos and setups without any assists. Results in very high damage potential when used mid combo, and can turn reversal level 3 into a full setup rather than simple midscreen oki. Very resource intensive, but worth it in the right situation. A basic example of that kind of setup is 214[L+M] > microdash 5LLL, as if you're cornered you will corner them and be ready for a restand setup. Yeah, it's messed up, but it's all he has.

External References

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