Zafina overview & gameplay guide

Character specification

Zafina icon
Zafina DLC Character Confirmed

Evasiveness

Combo Damage

Mobility

Wall Carry

Throw game

Difficulty

MEDIUM

Overview

Zafina may seem quite complicated at first with her multiple stances, but in reality she can actually be played very minimalistic. She has the best movement in the game with a top tier SS and backdash, meaning she could create space very fast and force whiffs/escape pressure easier than most characters. Zafina has extremely good pokes with her df1, d3, ff4, SCR df4. Great oki with SCR (one of her stances), + frames pressure tools with moves such as ff3, WS3, SCR 1+2, and she is unique in that her WR3 is actually + on block. You can play Zafina quite similar to Kazumi with some janky stance pressure thrown on. Her strong pokes combined with her movement and the range on her df2 whiff punish means you can play a very safe and dry style with Zafina. She does however suffer a bit from poor frames as some basics like her 1,2 is less + on hit and more - on block, as well as her df1 being more - on block albeit having 2 hit followups and ws4 being only +2 on hit and -9 on block. Be prepared to use movement and crushing a lot to cover for Zafina’s frames. She has really poor punishment as well so punish optimally when you can.

Recommended if you like

  • Stance characters
  • Strong movement
  • Poke heavy style

Pros

  • The best movement in the game
  • Fat hitboxes on her pokes
  • Strong low pokes

Cons

  • Worst WS punishment in the game
  • Poor carry
  • Bad CH buttons
  • Struggles to make comebacks

Moveset

Zafina special moves

Icons Legend Description
Down / ForwardRP + RK

d/f 3+4

Rage Art
ForwardRP + LK

f 2+3

Rage Drive
TRT

TRT

Tarantula Stance
MNT

MNT

Mantis Stance
SCR

SCR

Scarecrow Stance

Latest combos

All Combos for Zafina

Guide video