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MARISA

マリーザ

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MARISA

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FIGHTER OVERVIEW

MARISA Guide & Overview

This is the starting point for all published MARISA data on SF6 Lab.

FighterMARISA / マリーザ

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Data updated2026-08-27

AVAILABLE DATA

Published guide sections

✓ Combos & Okizeme

✓ Move List

✓ Matchup Guide

✓ Frame Data

✓ Videos

PLAYING MARISA

Character overview

Marisa makes a confirmed opening count through heavy-hitting conversions. Her next attack depends on which Dimachaerus or Phalanx route produced the knockdown. Start by making one punish reliable and attaching a known follow-up, rather than assuming a large attack will keep working simply because it is threatening.

Strengths

Her damage-oriented routes reward recognizing a large punish opportunity and completing a stable conversion.
Dimachaerus follow-ups give a concrete transition from combo damage to a strike or Enfold decision at close range.

Weaknesses

Committed heavy attacks need an answer to opponents who wait or parry. Their threat alone does not remove the need to vary the next action.
Different Dimachaerus finishes require different movement and timing. A memorized follow-up can fail when used after the wrong version.

Best range / preferred gameplan

Work toward a range where your grounded heavy attack or confirmed medium sequence reaches. Once it connects, pick a finisher with a follow-up you know. Use the resulting strike threat to support the close throw decision; do not treat charge or armor as permission to ignore the opponent’s response.

Key tools to learn first

Gladius

Compare charged and uncharged versions in practice. Learn the actual contact and recovery rather than assigning both versions the same role.

Dimachaerus

Learn one conversion and its continuation first. Keep the light- and medium-version knockdown practice separate.

Enfold

Use the guide’s close-range setup as the starting point for learning the throw. Its purpose is to complement a strike the defender respects.

Beginner practice order

Secure a large punish
Record a punishable reversal and learn the simple heavy-hit conversion from the combo page before extending it with meter.
Label the Dimachaerus finish
Practice one version, its movement afterward and the listed forward-heavy-kick timing. Only then add the alternative version.
Test strike versus throw
From that known setup, record a defender guarding or trying to escape. Practice the strike, Enfold and waiting as distinct choices.

Common mistakes

Using the same dash and attack timing after every Dimachaerus version.
Continuing a charged-attack pattern into an opponent who is already waiting to parry it.

Adapted from SF6 Lab’s Japanese character notes and combo / setplay guides. The practice routes use Classic inputs; consult the linked guides for full conditions and current numerical data.

COMBO PRACTICE NOTES

MARISA: choosing and practising your routes

Marisa’s practice notes distinguish the basic MP sequence into Gladius from Dimachaerus routes that lead into wake-up pressure.

Strength to build around

Damage from a successful conversion is a major strength.

Limitation to plan for

Reactive anti-airing can be difficult; practise jump responses as well as grounded combos.

What to learn first

Learn standing MP–MP into medium Gladius first, then the medium Dimachaerus alternative from that starter. Add crouching MP Drive Rush afterwards.

Turn the route into a match decision

Study charged back HP and Enfold corner pressure separately from standing HK Punish Counter conversions. Keep punish practice distinct from ordinary-hit routes.

Continue with the matching guide

These practice notes follow the published guide and combo material. Check the combo page for route conditions and the frame table for move values.

GUIDE INDEX

MARISA guide index

Choose a section to continue.

Combos & Okizeme

Routes organized by starter, resources, and knockdown.

→02

Move List

Move names, categories, startup, advantage, and damage.

→03

Matchup Guide

Published matchup material and punishable options.

→04

MARISA Frame Data

Startup, active frames, recovery, advantage, cancel, and damage.

→05

Videos

Published Iori match, lesson, combo, and matchup videos.

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MARISA video lessons

Marisa’s move demonstration and starter lesson sit alongside match footage. The stream switches to Ken later, so it is not exclusively Marisa footage.

Original video titles and Japanese commentary are preserved. Balance-update opinions and numerical examples belong to the version recorded; use the linked frame and combo pages for current reference data.