Zappa has no one style, it is constantly changing on-the-fly as you change summons. Here’s the most basic outlines of each:
Summonless- neutered
Dog- Trapping and rushdown Eddie style
Sword- XX:getting souls through weak rushdown #R:getting souls and damage through weak rushdown
Ghosts- Most flexible. Trapping, meaty mixups with j.HS (like Millia disc games), keepaway.
Raoh- Ranal apage. Rush them and mix them up to hit them HARD. IF you get in on them, they should die. And no one rushes Raoh and lives with Last Edgy.
So there you go. It’s hard to explain, but he is always changing, don’t look for any on combo to do huge amounts of damage until you get Raoh. You have to keep them pressured and keep them guessing as to what the little freak will do next. Also, know the ins and outs of hit normals, they are as weird as he is http://www.gamecombos.com/games/ggxx/char/zappa/zap-sys.html. Also check out the gamecombos Gameplay LAb for lots of threads on Zappa. Good luck, and remember…
OMG i started practicing with him, and frankly im in between “i know what im doing/im lost” his different summons keeps throwing me off
hes really hard to play with, well one of my questions right now is do you have any advise against rush down characters? like millia?
i keep wondering for a while what those orbs around me though, but after i summon that huge spirit thing. wow that thing hits hard!
but is there no way to switch around what summons you get? ill be really nice if i can switch them off like the 3 hists when far away, the sword when i get close, and the dog once i get them in the corner… then summon the spirit to finish them off. im sure you cant, just wishful thinking on my part.
Base = Slow millia with no specials…Best quality is he is Small and Low.
Sword = “i wish i were Johhny”, I play like a counter Char with sword, but it can also rushdown, mixup, crossover…ect.
Ghost = “i wish i were bridget” Play it alot like bridget. Crossovers, Combo’s, Endless preasure, Zoning…ect.
Dog = “i wish i were Eddie” Plays exactly like Eddie, tho some may disagree to some extent Dog can be used to suplement combos, preasure, threat with unblockables(now most players just avoid till they can poke the dog)…ect
Raou = “i wish i were God, Errr wait…Rawr!” Fast+Long+Big+Safe pokes, High low, BIG BIG damage. Other Players tend to run like the plague when he pops, this can be problematic since you likely have less health then them and Time is always ticing away.
Basicaly learn to play with the WORST possible summon in any given situation and Dealing with a VERY unreliable wakeup. You will be on your way to understanging Zappa.
Yeah man w/sword what I do is 6p then 6hs switch over head the delayed HS witch most charecters can’t get by be cause of the range Johnny is the only one I know but if they get used to it you can switch to 2d 236s RC ,s,dust and since your automaticly under the character do 6236 hs. Thats just a little bit of the sword awsome game keeping in mind that I haven’t played reloaded enough to make any valid argument about reloaded but when i do theres hell to pay to anyone who opposes my Zappa Later I’ll post more Later I’m just a little pressed fot time Later
Zappa Says Moi, Moi, Moi, Yahhhhhhh!!!
Later OH YEAH!!!
Yes, Listen to this man. He knowz what he is talkin about. His Zappa is like the Diablo or somthin. Gives me tha chills, just thinkin about the last time I faced him.:o
