Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors/Zinsuke

Zinsuke is a samurai who makes use of iaijutsu, the art of quick-drawing katana, to keep his opponents on their toes and off of him.

Coming from a distant oriental country, Zinsuke has been tasked to investigate the mystery of the lost continent by his emperor. To help him with this task, he has been made to team up with the siblings Rokurouta and Nanami. They are working together towards a shared goal and will try their hardest to fulfill their emperor's wishes.

Zinsuke is a character who excels at midrange, with a wide array of moves that excel at poking and defending his position.

Overview Zinsuke is a samurai who excels footsies and reactive play.
Pros	Cons
Disjointed hitboxes across the board Great guard cancel options at all ranges Good combo game, with a j.C cancellable into air launcher Potent ground normals for neutral Large set of tools to beat out aerial approaches Has access to long range knockdowns	Struggles getting through projectiles Linear approach game Poor mixup options Awkward air normals at some angles



Play Style	Midrange
Dash Type	Run
Backdash Type	Grounded
Defense Modifier	0.9375
Air Options	None
Meter Gauge	{{{meter}}}

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Normals

Standing normals

5A

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	M	normals	-	-
fast hit with the Katana's hilt extremely fast

5B

"hey, i've seen this in anime"

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	M	normals	-	-
Zinsuke takes his katana out and sheathes it very quickly, creating a sharp cut first hit can be canceled into normals and specials but the second one can't. first hit's hitbox is much shorter than the second used to combo into his specials

5C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	L	O	-	-
fast and wide flowing cut a laggy but damaging big attack punishable on block

Crouching normals

2A

i feel like i've seen this attack somewhere?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	L	normals	-	-
fast attack with the Katana's hilt

2B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	L	normals	-	-
Filler low normal

2C

How long is this sword???

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	L	O	Knocks down	-
Sweep that covers a sizeable portion of the screen will catch a lot of off guard opponents

Jumping normals

8.A

...

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	special	O	O
Zinsuke pokes the Katana's hilt downward comboes easily into itself but it's harder to combo into othis air normals

7/9.A

Zinsuke, the god of creativity

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	special	O	O
Zinsuke pokes the Katana's hilt forward literally just flipped 8.A comboes easily into itself but it's harder to combo into othis air normals

8B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	special	O	O
fast attack from behind looks very cool but is kind of hard to land if you launch an opponent too close to a wall

7/9B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	special	O	O
fast attack with good range that is cancelable on hit. best used in air combos

8.C

every Zinsuke main wishes this replaced 7/9C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	O	O	O
very wide vertical slash will reliably end your air combo no matter how awkward the angle is

7/9C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	O	O	O
great air normal very fast and amazing range but long recovery has high priority than othis normals

Command normals

3c

oops

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	special	-	-
Fast Slide that knocks down deceptivery long reach

6b

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	H	special	-	-
Fast cut notieably large range and used a lot for pokes

Universal mechanics

Launcher
any 2 buttons

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7	-	-	M	O	Launches	-
on hit, Causes a big wall bounce and puts the opponent on indefinite hitstun until they hit the ground or use meter to tech it can be combo'd universally with A>B>C or A>B>Launcher combos. most characters can add an air special or delay the launcher and do a ground special if you hit an opponent with 3 launchers in the same combo they become completely invincible until waking up from the knockdown state a lot of EX moves (Rose's 214EX), few meterless specials (Taros j.236x) and very rarely normals (Rokurouta's 6C) have last hits with the properties of a launcher. these hits count towards the 3 launcher cap.

Air launcher
any 2 buttons

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	7	-	-	M	O	Launches	-
No difference from the ground version, but some characters have air launchers with slightly less recovery frames

Guard break
22C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	6	-	-	don't	O	Stun	O
This replaces grab, a quick attack that stuns blocking opponents. common followups are combos, launchers, knockdowns and some supers countered by not blocking, jumping or attacking back

Special moves

Moon Shield - ムーンシールド
236A/B/C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	M	O	-	-
Zinsuke creates a circular wall that defends him from opponents will counterhit anything and everything, DO NOT f*** with the wall A version : standard fast attack B version : completely harmeless for a few moments before being active C version : Launches on hit but the recovery is too long to combo from it Button determines active frames and startup EX version dramatically reduces recovery, allowing for combos

Heavenly destination - 天国のようなデスティネーション
623A/B/C

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	M	O	Knocks down	inconsistent
Great DP. Who needs I-frames when your entire body and the surrounding atmosphere is a hitbox? Zinsuke Leaps into the air, more horozontally than vertically, as he is covered by his slicing sword. knocks down EX version is longer and faster

speed-o-Sound knife - スピードオサウンド・ナイフ
214A/B/C

A version

B version

C version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	M	O	O	O
Zinsuke unsheathes his katana and does a (badass) vertical slice, with angle depending on the button used very fast and can be used to end both blockstrings and combos EX version makes him do all 3 versions at once very fast, which will combo into eachother

dangerous pilgrimage - 危険な巡礼
2146A/B/C

A/B/C version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	-	-	-	M	O	O	O
Zinsuke dashes then attacks with his katana button determines the length of the dash still unexplored currently EX version makes the hit a V.launcher, except you can't combo into or out of this, so it's just a waste of meter

Supers

Deciding Blade - 決め手となるブレード
214-214A/B/C

speed-o-Sound knife on steroids

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	63(53+10)	-	-	M	O	HKD	Depends on distance
Zinsuke does a light slash with a faint outline at about 45 degrees upwards, reaching across most of the screen. If it hits, the opponent is frozen in place for a moment, then Zinsuke does a much more powerful slash along the same path. It is possible to hit the opponent with the first and then miss with the second, but it happens extremely rarely.

Boost mode (22+ABC)

Speed mode : Zinsuke moves faster and can jump higher, with some other properties :

speed-o-Sound knife produces two strikes, with H version being a wall bounce

C version of Flashing Slice is wall bounce

Combos

Combos	Dmg	Notes
5A > 5B > 5AB > j.A > j.B > j.AB > j.A > j.B > j.C		Universal combo.
5B > 236AB > j.Ax3 > j.Ax3 > j.B > j.C > j.AB > j.Ax3 > j.Ax3 > j.B > j.C > j.AB	74	Midscreen bnb -> https://streamable.com/dol9uk
5B > 236AB > 5B > 236AB > 5B > 623C	82	Meter burn combo. Video -> https://streamable.com/y6vcpo