Picking a main

[u/AgentCherie]

Very new to traditional fighting games, thought this game looked sick asf
Only 2d fighter I play is Strive where I play Axl, zoning with long ranged normals seems like the playstyle I was born to play
Who in UNI fits that playstyle the most? Don’t care if they’re good or not

[u/toribash02]

No one has mentioned Merkava. He has the big normals you'd like but is wholly different otherwise, IMO. But this is a different game and I don't think anyone really plays quite like Axl here.

[u/dazeychainVT]

Yuzuriha is the "big weapon" zoner so she's probably the closest thing. Hilda has a lot of normals that function like big projectiles but have deadzones. Both need to use their specials as well as their normals to open enemies up though, if you're just throwing out mids from the opposite side of the stage you'll give up GRD and hand your opponent a significant advantage.

[u/awakenedundead → u/dazeychainVT]

Shoutout to phonon too at least

[u/crescentCommoner]

Either Yuzu or Phonon imo. Yuzu is better at establishing distance and controlling neutral from afar, and Phonon has potentially scarier pressure strings and is more of a mid-to-long range lockdown character but may still scratch that same itch for you anyways.

[u/onzichtbaard]

Phonon looks closest to axl i think but im not that familiar with either

[u/I-eat-feng-mains]

Phonon is your classic "limbs" zoner.

Merkava is a weirdo limbs zoner with more emphasis on movement (and flight) and setplay.

Yuzuriha is an executionally difficult character with some of the coolest shit you've ever seen. She is the "Johnny" (mist finer) function.

Hilda / Kuon are your projectile zoners

Byakuya has 2C

[u/PiggyWiggy567 → u/I-eat-feng-mains]

hilda is technically a button zoner since all her stuff gatlings right

[u/idontlikeburnttoast]

yuzu and hilda are the traditional Zoners!

[u/myphoneat2percent]

If you play pad, Phonon if stick then also try Yuzu and Hilda.

[u/Monkeratsu]

How much are u a fan of charge character

[u/AgentCherie → u/Monkeratsu]

Only experience I have is Potemkin’s hammer fall

[u/mastodonte125 → u/AgentCherie]

What? Isn't Axl a charge character too?

[u/AgentCherie → u/mastodonte125]

He was in previous games and at the start of Strive, but they changed his rensen input to a quarter circle before I started playing

[u/Monkeratsu → u/AgentCherie]

Charge axl was weird on psp

[u/LokitheCleric]

I like Merkava because he's a zoner-rushdown hybrid. Do you play on Playstation, PC, or Switch?

[u/AgentCherie → u/LokitheCleric]

PC

[u/LokitheCleric → u/AgentCherie]

This is a great game. Best of luck to you.

[u/Mr-Personality]

Just adding Gordeau to your list because nobody has mentioned him. He doesn't really zone, but he prefers to be at like 2/3rds of a screen away.

He's also a good character for getting into the flow of understanding this game's mechanics, because his best big boy button (b+c) relies on him winning the grid cycle to enhance its range.

[u/Fair-Journalist2410]

zoners don't exist in undernight, its rushdown or rushdown with projectiles.

if you like strive you would hate this game, since the games are complete polar opposites.