#02 · Heavy body
The Boss
A huge brawler who walks through buttons on armor, banks Grit from everything he touches (and everything that touches him), then cashes it on unbreakable grabs, dash-cancelled haymakers, and a super that empties the bar for damage. Pick him if you like armor, command grabs, and managing a second resource.
Startup counts the first active frame. On Block / On Hit are measured by running each move in the real sim against a standing dummy at the closest range it connects from, point blank where possible. Hover any value for details.
Fastest button, +1 on block. Special-cancels on hit only.
Low, even on block. Gatlings into 2U for the rekka.
Universal launcher; jump-cancels on hit. −1 on block. Cancels into 2U on hit or block.
Low sweep, hard knockdown, −5 on block. Closes a combo leg so the land 5L can pick them up.
Knuckle Down: an armored advancing punch. +2 on hit, −4 on block. Banks extra Grit on contact, starts the rekka, and cancels into specials. Its armor loses to lows.
Facebreaker (Low Slam): the rekka's low. −4 on block. Like 5U (and unlike 6U), it cancels into specials, so routes end the rekka on 2U and then take a special.
Haymaker (Overhead): a slow armored overhead. −8 on block. With any Grit it spends some and launches on hit. Cancels into the rekka (on hit or block), a 623 lunge, or a super; it cannot cancel into 236 / 214 / 22.
Fast air button and start of the air chain.
Middle of the air chain.
Air chain ender with a hard knockdown for the OTG pickup. Cancels into j.U on hit or block.
Falling Haymaker: a downward punch that hits below him. Jump-in tool.
Five-frame universal throw, hard knockdown. Hold back for the back throw. Unlike his command grabs, this one can be broken.
Haymaker: an advancing punch that blasts the opponent away on hit. M, H, and EX have armor and wallstick near a wall. Every version is minus on block (−5 to −11). Midscreen it ends the combo unless you dash-cancel it with Grit.
| Version | Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | On Block | On Hit | Invuln |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236L | 450 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -8 | 0 | — |
| 236M | 610 | 12 | 6 | 24 | -10 | -2 | Armor |
| 236H | 735 | 14 | 6 | 28 | -11 | Launch +12 | Armor |
| 236EX | 780 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -5 | Launch +15 | Armor |
No armor, fast, advancing poke. 0 on hit, −8 on block. The cheapest dash-cancel (15 Grit).
Armored, wallsticks, and the autocombo's special. Spends up to 25 Grit for damage; with 50+ Grit it pops the target up. In the corner it links straight into 5L without any Grit.
The big one: armored, launches (+12 on hit), and eats up to 50 Grit. Its 35-Grit dash-cancel on top needs roughly 85 Grit to start. −11 on block.
Fastest armored Haymaker, +15 on hit, −5 on block.
Facebreaker: a low, an anti-air, and the command grab.
| Version | Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | On Block | On Hit | Invuln |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 214L | 375 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -8 | 0 | — |
| 214M | 435 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -11 | -3 | — |
| 214H | 895 | 12 | 3 | 30 | — | KD +30 | — |
| 214EX | 1015 | 10 | 3 | 24 | — | KD +36 | — |
Low hit that blasts them away. −8 on block. Dash-cancelable for 15 Grit.
Anti-air slam: airborne targets bounce with long untech. −11 on block. Dash-cancelable for 25 Grit.
Unbreakable close command grab. Beats blocking; cannot grab an airborne target; slow to recover if it whiffs.
Faster and more damaging version of the command grab.
Show Stopper Lunge: a lunging, unbreakable grab that carries him forward. Not an invincible reversal; it is a grab, so it loses to jumps, the unarmored versions lose to strikes that hit first, and every version has long recovery on whiff. Every version is dash-cancelable, which lets him follow the knockdown with an OTG pickup.
| Version | Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | On Block | On Hit | Invuln |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 623L | 780 | 9 | 4 | 32 | — | KD +28 | — |
| 623M | 935 | 12 | 4 | 36 | — | KD +24 | — |
| 623H | 1130 | 14 | 4 | 38 | — | KD +22 | Armor |
| 623EX | 1055 | 11 | 4 | 30 | — | KD +30 | Armor |
Quickest, shortest lunge, no armor.
Armored lunge that spends up to 30 Grit for damage. The grab of choice for 623H 66 5L 5M 5H routes.
The farthest-reaching armored lunge. The autocombo finisher at 50 Style.
Pit Grit: the Grit install family. Every version is armored and banks Grit on startup.
| Version | Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | On Block | On Hit | Invuln |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22L | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | — | — | Armor |
| 22M | 330 | 11 | 4 | 20 | -10 | -2 | Armor |
| 22H | 500 | 16 | 4 | 26 | +13 | Launch +21 | Armor |
| 22EX | 560 | 10 | 4 | 18 | +15 | Launch +35 | Armor |
Brace: a quick armored flex with no hitbox. Pure Grit bank.
Pit Grit: a stomp that shields him during startup and banks more Grit. Its shock is a mid (not a low). −10 on block. Dash-cancelable for 25 Grit.
The Boss: the biggest Grit bank, a Grit shield for about 3 seconds, and a delayed shockwave that pops the target up. +13 on block point blank.
Big Grit, a shorter shield, and a shockwave that wallsticks anywhere. +15 on block, and its chip can finish a round.
The Show Stopper (100 Style): an armored, unbreakable command-grab super. Empties the Grit bar for bonus damage. Lands off a dash-cancelled string or a 623H OTG leg.
Grit Dump Slam (100 Style): a huge strike that launches, wallsticks, and knocks down (no OTG pickup after it). Empties the Grit bar for its biggest bonus. −29 on block.
Neutral burst: an advancing launch. −23 on block.
Escape burst from hitstun, strike and throw invulnerable on startup.