Zappa
General/Unsummon Pro:
-Best character ever.
-One of the best 6P's in the game.
-Can run under many attacks and projectiles; lowest running stance in the game.
-Small hitbox, in general.
-Gains Tension quickly.
-Second-best backdash in the game, having only one frame of vulnerability and being very fast.
-Very versatile, having five different modes of play: Unsummon, Dog, Sword, Triplet, Raou.
-Excellent poke with f.5S.
-5K's complete lower invincibility is good for avoiding obvious low-hitting attacks, as well as Slide Head.
-Dog, Triplet, and Raou require little Tension and risk for moderate-to-large rewards.
-Great okizeme with Triplet, Raou, and Dog.
-Throw-invincible Overdrive with good priority.
-Can cancel Dust attack into specials.
General/Unsummon Con:
-Limited okizeme, outside of basic pressure with normals and f.5S.
-Awkward combos; doesn't combo well, in general.
-Limited wake-up options, aside from Overdrive and being lucky with 236P.
-Poor at increasing guard gauge.
-No Shoryuken-esque move.
-Decent-to-bad normals that have little priority and can be easily stuffed, aside from 6P.
-Poor anti-air without specific Summons, aside from 6P.
-Reliant on Summons.
-Summons are random and can often be non-beneficial, or even hindering, to the situation.
Dog Pro:
-Bastardized Eddie puppet.
-Unblockable Dog Traps that require no Tension or are practically risk-free.
-Dog is invincible when not attacking, unless asleep.
-Long combo strings, especially in corner, that provide a lot of Tension and cost little to no Tension to use.
-Great against huge targets, like Potemkin.
Dog Con:
-Falls asleep when not used.
-Very dependent on layout of the screen.
-Can be difficult to position.
-Hard to pin down fast and agile opponents, due to lack of maneuverability.
Sword Pro:
-Great at poking, especially with f.5S and 2S.
-2HS is an excellent anti-air.
-Can combo much better than before, thanks for FRC's and data changes.
Sword Con:
-Fairly dependent on FRC's.
-Average damage.
-High lag on whiffed attacks.
Ghost Pro:
-Mamamamamamamama.
-f.5S is a decent poke.
-Allows for projectile "spamming" with five to six different paths for projectiles to travel.
-FRC for each Ghost-throwing attack.
-Exploding Kool-Aid Ghosts [a.HS] make for good okizeme.
-Random pebbles and flower pots can actually be very helpful at interrupting opponents.
Ghost Con:
-Horrible at building guard meter.
-Limited options outside of barfing Ghosts everywhere.
-Poor damage.
-Ghosts can only be used again after "recollecting" them.
Raou Pro:
-Last Edguy.
-a.HS.
-Raou is extremely powerful, typically dealing 50%+ combos for 50% Tension or less.
-Great pokes, such as 2S and low-hitting, sweeping 5HS.
-Darnkess Anthem can go in three directions, absorb projectiles, and launch from knockdown.
-Bastardized Dark Angel-esque Overdrive that can deals nice chip damage.
-Can cancel Dust attack into specials.
-"Raou touches you and you fucking die."
Raou Con:
-Raou requires eight Souls and only lasts 15 seconds.
-Can be predictable.
-Darkness Anthem is slow.
-Raou timer still active while being attacked by long Overdrive animations and combo strings.
