Zafina combos (Tekken 7)

Bread n' butter

Bread n' butter combos are juggles that:

• Work on as many different launchers as possible
• Work on all body sizes

Launchers that require unique combos go straight to § Staples.

Launcher Type	Examples	Combo	Purpose	Notes
Easy for everything	d/f+2 d+4,3 d/b+4,2 d/f+1+2 CH f+2 CH 1+2	f+2,3 SCR 3+4 S! b1:1+2	Damage	b1:1+2 may be hard to perform, look [Tight Input Window]
		f+2,3 SCR 3+4 S! ff+3+4	Wall carry	Lots of finishers work at this low hit count
Target	d/f+2 d+4,3 d/b+4,2	u/f+1 d/f+1 f+2,3 SCR 3+4 S! b1:1+2	Damage	Look External Links for every single combo
		u/f+1 d/f+1 f+2,3 SCR 3+4 S! ff+3+4	Wall carry
Instant Screw	f+3b CH ff+2 CH b+2	ff+2, df+1, f+2,3b, b1:1+2	Damage	Can be pretty hard
		ff+2, df+1, f+2,3 SCR 3+4	Wall carry

Mini-combos

Moves	Follow up	Damage	Notes
(d/f+3),4	b+3	50
b+2		40
f+4		31
fc d/f+3		33
CH d+2		38
CH ss1+2		42
CH (d/f+1),(2),1		42	Can follow up with f+1+2 after a short hold f for 43 damage, but it's harder
SCR (3),(3),4		33
SCR 1+2		46	There also is a follow up for SCR 1+2d
CH SCR d/f+4		38	There also is a follow up to floor break
MNT 1+2		39
TRT 1+2		45
u/f+3		38	Near Wall only
CH d/b+2		43	Not guaranteed, but very good
(df+3),4	db+4,2	49	Can wall splat for possibly enourmous damage
b+2		39
f+4		30
fc df+3d	MNT d+4	30
TRT d+1+2		35	There is an option for MNT d+3 for CH baiting
CH MNT d+4		37
TRT 3d		35
(2),(1),3	MNT d+3	26 (35) (43)
uf+3	db+4 or d+3	36
CH d+3	ws2	30
	ws4 or fc df3	28
CH db+2	d+2	33
CH uf+1+2	TRT d1+2	38	Can also combo on the last frame (Styling only)
	TRT 3	35	Floor Breaks
CH SCR df+4	d+2	26	Floor Breaks
SCR 1+2d	TRT d+1+2	44	Forces Mantis
	TRT 1	28	Keeps Tarantula
CH SCR (2),2	d+2	33
TRT 3	TRT d+1+2	32	Forces Mantis
	TRT 1	24	Keeps Tarantula
TRT d+1+2	MNT d+4	35
	MNT d+3	29	Can counter hit for full combo
CH TRT 1	TRT 1+2	33	Leaves stances
	TRT d1+2	33	Forces Mantis
	TRT 1	21	Keeps Tarantula

Staples

Staple combos are juggles that:

• Can be done consistently by a skilled player
• Either work on all body sizes, or the characters it does work on are comprehensively listed
• Are not strictly worse than another combo listed in terms of difficulty, damage, wall carry, and oki

Abbreviations

Used on this page to make the routes more clear, they are not used by the community

θ - f+2,3 route

f+2,3 SCR 3+4 S! dash into ender

f+2,3 route is currently the main route for Zafina with its great carry, adaptability, ease of use, and not being terribly outmatched damage. After screw most of the time used enders are b1:1+2 for damage, d/f+1,4 for carry, f,f+3+4 for more risky carry but with more damage, and b+3 for floor breaks, more on that in a later section

ð - f,f+2 route

f,f+2 S! dash u/f+1, f+2,3b, b1:1+2

f,f+2 S! dash u/f+1, d/f+1, f+2,3,4

f,f+2 route is the best accessible damage, outmatching f+2,3 by 1 point. It also gains much more damage in the beginning of the combo, making it preferable in conversion to wall or break situations. Example, Forgotten Realm stage, default spawn, d/f+2 into f+2,3 route into max damage floor break + wall combo - 75 damage, f,f+2 route - 81 damage.

The downsides are that it's not flexible, if you go for f,f+2, you pretty much have to finish the rest of the combo the described way. It's not that easy, it's actually pretty hard from some launchers. And finally the carry while not too bad, it's not comparable to the f+2,3 route.

d/f+2

(d/b+4),2

(ws1),2

u/f+1, d/f+1, θ

ð

(d+4),3

TRT 2

u/f+1, u/f+1, θ

u/f+4

d/f+2, d/f+1, θ

[Very Hard] ð

d/b+1+2

MNT d+3,1, MNT d+1,4 S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

MNT d+3,1, MNT d+1,4 S! dash d/f+4,2

(d/b+1+2), 1+2

df+1, df+1, θ

[Very Hard] iws4, df+1, θ

(1+2),(4),4

d/b+3b, d/f+1, θ

d/f+1+2

RD (f+2+3)

df+1+2, df+1, θ

(d+2),(4),3

TRT (4),3

3b, df+1, θ

Low parry

u/f+1, d/f+1, θ

f+3b S! u/f+1, f+2,3b, b1:1+2

f+3b S! u/f+1, f+2,3,4

ws1,2

u/f+1, θ

ws2

3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash d/f+4,2

d/f+2, d/f+1, θ

[Max damage] tap u or d, 3b, d/f+1, θ

Slide Punish

ws1,2, θ

CH 1+2

iws4, d/f+1, θ

θ S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

df+1, df+1, θ

(1+2),4 df+1, θ

(1+2),4,4 S! f+2,3b, b1:1+2

CH 1,4

TRT 1+2 S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

TRT 1+2 S! dash u/f+1, f+2,3,4

[Near Wall] TRT 4,3

CH f+2

d/f+1+2, d/f+1, θ

θ S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

df+2, df+1, θ

(f+2),3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

(f+2),3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash f+2,3,4

(f+2),3b, df+1, θ

CH (d+1),1

3b, d/f+1, θ

θ S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

df+1, df+1, θ

CH f,f+3

hold b, 3b, d/f+1, θ

SCR 3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash uf+1, b1:1+2

SCR d+3,3b S! dash uf+1, f+2,3,4

CH (d/f+3),4

u/f+1, d/f+1, θ

SCR 4

hold b, 3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

hold b, 3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash d/f+4,2

SCR 3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, f+2,3,4

SCR (d/f+3),3

ws3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

ws3 SCR d+3,3b S! dash d/f+4,2

ws4, d/f+1, θ

hold d MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4 S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

hold d MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4 S! dash d/f+4,2

SCR (3),(3),4

hold d MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4 S! u/f+1, b1:1+2

hold d MNT d+1,4 S! dash u/f+1, f+2,3,4

b+3

CH SCR 1+2

uf+1, uf+1, θ

hold d TRT 2, d/f+1, θ

hold d delay TRT 1+2 S! dash f+2,3b, b1:1+2

hold d delay TRT 1+2 S! dash u/f+1, f+2,3 SCR 3+4

CH SCR 2

SCR d+3,3b S! dash f+2,3b, b1:1+2

SCR d+3,3b S! dash u/f+1, f+2,3,4

MNT (d+3),1

MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4 S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

MNT d+1,4 S! u/f+1, f+2,3,4

MNT df+2

[Hard] ð (use f+4 for easy mode)

d/f+1,4 S! u/f+1, 1, b1:1+2

d/f+1,4 S! u/f+1, f+2,3,4

MNT (4),3

MNT 2,1,4b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

MNT 2,1,4b S! dash f+2,3,4

MNT d/f+2, d/f+1, θ

CH MNT 2

MNT d/f+2, d/f+1, θ

[Inconsistent] MNT 2,1,4b S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

[Inconsistent] MNT 2,1,4b S! dash f+2,3,4

(MNT 2),1,4b S! dash f+2,3b, b1:1+2

(MNT 2),1,4 S! MNT dash MNT 2,1,4

(MNT 2),1,4 S! MNT dash MNT 1, b1:1+2

CH MNT 3

MNT ssl MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4 S! dash u/f+1, b1:1+2

MNT d+1,4 S! ssl f+2,3b, b1:1+2

MNT d+1,4 S! u/f+1, f+2,3,4

CH SCR d/f+4

hold d MNT d/f+2, d/f+1,4 S! f+2,3,4

b+3

CH d+3

hold d MNT d+1,4d S! delay MNT d/f+2, 2,1,3

hold d MNT d+1,4 S! u/f+1, f+2,3,4

hold d MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4 S! d/f+4,1 (or df+4,2)

f+3b

CH ff+2

CH b+2

CH ws3

SCR (d+3),3b

S! ff+2, df+1, f+2,3b, b1:1+2

S! ff+2, df+1, f+2,3 SCR 3+4

CH MNT (d+1),4

S! ff+2, df+1, f+2,3b, b1:1+2

S! ff+2, df+1, f+2,3 SCR 3+4

hold d S! MNT dash MNT 2,1,4

f+3 (No cancel)

CH ws+3 (No cancel)

SCR (d+3),3 (No cancel)

S! SCR step forward SCR d+3,3

Wall

Damage values are with max juggle scaling, without rage, and no breaks.

W! Combo	Purpose
uf+1, uf+1, df+1,2<1	Very High Splat combo, maximum damage you can get from a wall ever. Wall/Balcony Breaks if last hit is not delayed.
uf+1, df+1,2<1	Normal Splat Combo, can be used almost every time you get a wall. Wall/Balcony Breaks if last hit is not delayed.
df+1,2<1	Low Splat Combo, will work every time you connect to the wall (except if it's a really low splat, which happens very rarely under specific circumstances). Wall/Balcony Breaks if last hit is not delayed.
f+2,3 SCR 4	Also a Low Splat Combo, deals slightly less damage, but gives a very good oki
b+3	Floor Break on Normal Splat, the best floor break option on wall, you can't Floor Break on Low Splat
SCR
SCR 3,f+3 SCR 4	A little less damage than Normal Splat combo from neutral, but very reliable. SCR 3,f+3 will Wall/Balcony Break.
SCR 3,f+3 SCR 3, SCR 1+2	A little less damage than the route above, but SCR 1+2 is inescapable
SCR 1 SCR 4	Less damage than the one above, but it doesn't break wall or balcony
SCR 1+2	This option floor breaks
SCR 4 W! SCR 3, SCR 3,f+3 SCR 4	Specific combo if you hit SCR 4 near wall
MNT
MNT 3,4,4	Combo if you wall carried with ff+3+4d, also a specific combo if you hit MNT 4,3 near wall.
MNT uf+3	This option floor breaks. MNT 1+2 also does, might be preferrable, but it's less damage.
MNT d+3,1 MNT d+1,4	Specifically if you hit MNT d+3,1 near wall
TRT
TRT 4,3	Last hit will hit guaranteed. Will also Floor Break.
TRT 1+2	Wall breaks
(CH uf+1+2) TRT 3	Floor breaks, TRT 4 doesn't work for this launcher. otherwise TRT d+1+2 is best followup

Wall Bounce Combo	Purpose
ff+2 S! dash ff+2, df+1, f+2,3,4	For angled bounce
uf+1, df+1, f+2,3 SCR 3+4 S! finisher
short ssl df+3,4 S! improvise
uf+1, df+1,2<1	For straight bounce

Breaks

Wall Break

Best move by damage to cause a wall break is u+3, yet it's very hard to land outside of instant wall splat. The best thing to actually do in absolute most cases is to just do the normal wall combo with d/f+1,2,1.

Wall break by itself allows for free f,f+2 hit, which can be useful when no Screw was spent. If the combo was already very long, best follow up is 3+4 SCR 1+2, timed properly to get the wall slump damage

Balcony Break

The break itself allows for f,f+2 or 3+4 SCR 3+4 follow ups. If it was an instant break, u/f+1, u/f+1 will connect, but will not otherwise, S4 nerf. And for max damage after a long combo, d+1+2 TRT 4,3 gives the most damage.

Floor Break

In combos you can always hit b+3 after screw to floor break, but it isn't always the best option. In the open f,f+3 is much easier to land, and still gives the max damage if followed up with f+1+2, but it doesn't convert to wall as well.

1+2 is a decent floor break, but it doesn't allow for the max damage wall combo.

Max damage wall combo is 3b, u/f+1, d/f+1,2<1, and it's only possible after b+3 and d/f+4,1.

d/f+4,1 is a decent option if you are not far from wall, as it is very good damage, but it spends wall hits if it touches wall, which is not ideal.

Important to know, that these moves floor break, or allow much better combos with a floor break:

• (2),(2),1+2
• CH d+2,4
• CH SCR 2,2
• (d/f+3),4, d+2
• CH ss1+2, b+3
• CH u/f+1+2, TRT 3
• CH SCR d/f+4, d+2
• [Very reliable] CH d+3d MNT d+1,4d S! MNT u/f+3 FB! f+2,3,4

Dash 1 Route

A nigh frame perfect route was found that allows for 1 to 3 points more damage in combos. The route by itself is very not flexible, and doesn't carry well, but it exists, example:

d/f+2, u/f+1, f,f+2, u/f+1, dash 1, dash 1, dash 1, dash b1:1+2

It's very hard, one dash 1 is less damage than current routes and it's pretty easy, two dash 1 are 1 point of damage more than the current route, and is already very hard, and three dash 1 is barely possible, and it's 3 damage above the current route.

It's yet to be used in a real match, it's not a staple and will most probably not ever become one.

External Links

• Fullest Extensive Zafina Combo List made and kept updated by Zafina Discord Server
• Zafina Combo Guide (Season 4) by Ryzing Sol