Zafina

Embark on a journey as Azazel’s chosen vessel, where Zafina’s seemingly intricate playstyle reveals its simplicity. Despite boasting multiple stances, Zafina can be navigated with minimalistic elegance. Her exceptional movement stands unparalleled, featuring a top-tier sidestep (SS) and backdash that enable her to swiftly create distance, prompting whiffs and facilitating escapes from pressure more effortlessly than most characters.

Zafina’s arsenal is adorned with potent tools, including an array of exceptional pokes such as df1, d3, ff4, and SCR df4. Her Stand Crush (SCR) stance, in particular, contributes to a phenomenal okizeme game, complemented by tools like ff3, WS3, SCR 1+2, and a unique attribute—WR3, which is surprisingly + on block. As the temperature rises in the heat of battle, Zafina’s mixups take on a more lethal form, especially in SCR, where she gains a low launcher, amplifying the fear factor of her stance in heat.

Mastering Zafina necessitates a strategic blend of movement and evasion to compensate for her frame deficiencies. While her weaknesses lie in subpar WS punishment, rendering certain moves exploitable, her strengths lie in an overwhelming stance pressure, an outstanding poke game, and the capacity for formidable heat-induced mixups.

Pros:

• Overpowering stance pressure, particularly in SCR
• Outstanding poke game
• Formidable heat-induced mixups

Cons:

• Limited punishment
• Absence of a standing 15f launcher

Recommended for players who appreciate:

• Stance-heavy pressure dynamics
• A formidable and diverse poke game

Difficulty: Advanced