BBCPE/Hazama

Hazama
Health: 11,000 Combo Rate: 70% Jump Startup: 4 Backdash Time: 25 Backdash Invincibility: 1-6 Movement Options Chain Movement, Double Jump, 1 Airdash, Dash type: Step Play-style Balanced (with a higher focus on defense), Footsies, Situational (Meter-Dependent) Full Frame Data Hazama_Frame_Data_(BBCPE)

Overview

Hazama is a captain of the Novus Orbis Librarium's Intelligence Department and the main antagonist of the series. In reality, he is Yuuki Terumi, a former member of the Six Heroes and the creator of the Azure Grimoire and by extension the Black Beast.
Hazama maintains a calm and quiet demeanor around most people, pretending to be harmless as a member of the Intelligence Department. He claims to hate fighting and prefers to avoid conflict. This, however, is simply a guise to his true nature. When people see through it, he shows his true colors as selfish and manipulative; destroying other people's lives and twisting their beliefs for his own gain. He has no qualms with killing those who get in his way, and does not seem to show any kind of remorse for his actions.

Drive: Ouroboros

Named after a snake that eats its own tail, Hazama's Drive is manifested as a stretching chain in the shape of a snake. He can cover many different angles and distances by shooting a drive move. What's more is that, at any point during the chain's travel, Hazama can follow up by either retracting the chain (~A) or using the snake head as an anchor point to perform unique maneuvers (~B, ~C, or ~D). Most of the time, if the snake head hits the opponent, you can follow up by zipping in with ~D and linking an air normal to convert into a combo. However, there are certain distances, and it differs for each drive move, where the chain will cause minimal hit or block stun, so you must be careful not to try and hit your opponent with chains up close or in the particular chain's "dead zone."

Overdrive: Jörmungandr

When Hazama enters overdrive, the limiter on his chains is released, eliminating the aforementioned "dead zone" and also gives his chains double damage. He also gains a life-stealing ring that encompasses a large radius around him, meaning that anybody close to you will have their health slowly leeched away. The life-steal ring does not persist while you are in hitstun (i.e., being combo'd).

Pros/Strengths

• Fast projectile that covers many angles
• Multiple movement options allowing for varied approaches
• Solid mix-up tools: command grabs, standing overheads and lows, safe-on-block normals
• Good, stable damage conversion that can be attained from most any hit
  

Cons/Weaknesses

• Not much in the way of mid-range pokes outside of 2B or 3C
• No meterless reversal
  

External References

• Japanese Name: ハザマ
• Japanese Wiki
• Japanese BBS
• Arcade Profile Dan Rankings:
• Character Video Thread

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