Sett

Sett is the roster's grappler, and the biggest body in it. He moves slowly, but his buttons have armor, his grabs cannot be broken, and his Grit bar turns every exchange, won or lost, into fuel. His signature is the U rekka (5U, 6U, 2U chained into each other), which is both a hard-hitting confirm and a high/low blockstring.

The catch is that his strike specials knock the opponent far away. Midscreen, a Haymaker or Facebreaker ends the combo unless Sett pays Grit to dash-cancel it and run them down. Learning when to spend Grit on damage and when to spend it on movement is the character.

Grit (the GRIT gauge, 0-100) is a personal bar, separate from Style. It resets every round.

Building Grit

• Any landed hit gives Grit; 5U and the 236 Haymakers give extra.
• Any blocked hit gives a little (more if they Instant Blocked it).
• Getting hit gives Grit, more for bigger hits. Instant Blocking gives Grit too.
• The 22 family banks on startup, before anything connects: 22L a little, 22M more, 22H/22EX the most.

Spending Grit on damage. 6U (up to 20), 236M (25), 236EX (25), 623H (30), and 236H (50) spend Grit when they hit for bonus damage (the more spent, the bigger the bonus). The supers empty the whole bar for up to +40%. Grit also changes what some moves do:

• A funded 6U launches instead of just hitting.
• 236M with 50 or more Grit pops the target up instead of a plain wallstick.

Grit dash-cancel. After 236 (any), 623 (any), 214L, 214M, or 22M connects (hit or block), press a dash (66) from the active frames on to cancel it. It costs 15 Grit for L versions, 25 for M, 35 for H/EX (or whatever you have, if you have at least 15). Every point paid is +1% damage and +1% Style gain on the rest of that combo, stacking to +50%. On block the Grit is still paid but the bonus is lost with the combo. Once per move.

Grit shield. 22M shields him during its own startup and active frames, 22H for about 3 seconds, 22EX for about 2. It soaks one incoming strike completely (throws ignore it) and converts it into Grit. The gauge lamp lights while it is up.

Health regen. While he has any Grit, Sett slowly regains health.

The rekka. 5U, 6U, 2U link into each other on hit or block, up to three per chain, with extra hitstun so the links connect. It spends none of the once-per-combo resources. If 5U's armor absorbs a hit, his next rekka hit pops the opponent up.

• Autocombo: mashing 5L (or 5M) walks 5L 5M 5H 236M; the next tap spends Skybound at 100 Style or 623EX at 50.
• No Grit: 5L 5M 5U 2U 6U is the rekka confirm. 5L 5M 5U 6U 2U 236M ends on a special because 2U keeps the special cancel. In the corner, 236M links into 5L 5M 5H.
• Grit dash-cancel: land a special, 66, and run a second string that hits harder by the Grit you paid. 5L 5M 5H 236M 66 5L 5M 5U 2U 6U is the core route; 236L, 214L, 214M, and 22M are cheaper or situational entries.
• Grabs into combos: 623H 66 5L 5M 5H dash-cancels the grab's recovery into an OTG leg; end on Skybound or Awakening with a full bar.
• Stack the bonus: two dash-cancels in one combo (623H 66 ... 236M 66 ...) reach the +50% cap; that into Awakening is his highest-damage route.
• Rekka + grab: run the rekka at 0 Grit into 214H; a funded 6U would launch them out of grab range.
• Style Dash: 5L 5M 5U 6U 2U SDC8 j.H 5L 5M 5H 236M chases the rekka pop into the air without Grit.
• Repeating 5L 5M 5H in one combo costs damage each time; the rekka's U hits don't pay that tax, so reach for them in the second string.