Playstyles (SCON4)

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This table is intended for Super CON4; however, links direct to the Vanilla GNT4 character pages.

Picking a Starter Character

Anyone labeled "Easy" is also a good beginner character.

Character	Playstyle	Difficulty	Videos
Naruto	All-around character with good HP and versatile moveset summons a computer-controlled clone to create a 2-on-1 Transformation to zero-tailed Kyuubi (ZTK) exchanges utility and ranged attacks for powerful, close-combat strings and chip damage	Easy	Overview Guide
Sasuke	Close-combat fighter with a strong string, pile-driver combo finisher , and fast guard frame attack Activated Sharingan alters moveset, changes super to Chidori, and unlocks Phoenix Flower jutsu "Sharingan cancel" gives access to notoriously strong 50/50 on block	Easy	Guide Combos
Sakura	Utility character with numerous projectiles, teleports, and defensive options Fast movement but limited close-range strings Double charge to throw homing shuriken	Medium	Guide
Kakashi	High HP, close-combat fighter Activated Sharingan gives access to altered moveset, powerful super, and unique counter Makes extensive use of super-cancel points and Sharingan cancels for block 50/50's and KNJ punishes	Hard	Guide
Neji	Taijutsu rushdown character with feints to mix-up block strings Demoralize opponents with chakra drain Limited options at long range	Medium	Overview Guide
Rock Lee	Taijutsu character with high HP and a fast jab Gate release () levels-up damage and moveset, and also serves as invincible reversal Gate of Life "2G" gives access to the most powerful super in the game and other goodies	Easy	Guide 1 Guide 2
Tenten	Mobile projectile user with lots of chip damage Frustrate opponents with keep-away play and movement options Control space with floor kunai traps ()	Medium	Guide 1 Guide 2
Might Guy	Beefy taijustu character with fast jab Similar moveset to Lee, with a single gate release reversal to increase damage Charge is an auto-guard break	Easy	Guide 1 Guide 2
Shikamaru	Off-beat character with rangy normals and a unique dodge mechanic Wisdom stance leads to several teleport options Unblockable oki jutsu is also a powerful combo starter	Hard	Guide
Choji	Tanky grappler with unblockable command grabs Eating chips () increases the power of ensuing attacks Superarmor on command grabs	Easy
Ino	Acrobatic pressure menace Ring justsu makes Ino unpredictable and gives her intricate sequences Chase down opponents as they try to escape guard pressure and combos	Hard	Guide
Shino	Setup character with chakra drain releases bugs which approach the opponent Snowball character with great oki game	Medium	Overview
Kiba	Team up with Akamaru to cross-up and counterattack the opponent Covers ground quickly with sudden spin attacks High crushes and low profiles make Kiba hard to hit	Hard
Hinata	Taijutsu character with explosive damage output "Hyuuga cancel" feints lead to guard mix-ups Devastating counter super	Medium
Gaara	Defensive character with difficult to escape combos Uses sand for tracking and area-of-effect attacks Fundamentals character with high HP	Easy
Kankuro	Squishy puppet character who keeps the enemy at bay with Karasu Smoke bomb and puppet setups trap the opponent Karasu can be used to counterattack and turn the opponent's opening into your own	Very Hard
Temari	Squishy aerial combatant with glide mechanic Auto-cancel to close space and create guard mix-ups Large area attack and powerful super	Very Hard	Overview
Karasu	Bonus character: Control Karasu directly without Kankuro on the battlefield Continuous super armor and limited moveset Currently no ground throw and not tournament legal	Easy
Haku	Squishy, technical character who summons tracking needles with hold Uses needles to set up tick throws and force the opponent to approach, and can "needle loop" combo indefinitely Teleport super with invulnerable frames	Very Hard
Zabuza	Big man with a big sword Utilizes versatile slash for defense and to create openings High damage including slam throw with	Hard
Iruka	Tank character with high HP, good defensive options, and strong attacks Very fast super activation Rasen-shuriken projectiles	Easy
Mizuki	Similar style to Iruka with differences such as and links to ground combos High damage and projectile reversal	Easy	Guide
Anko	Offensive character with devastating combos and chip damage Access to several command grabs and unique throws Floor stance with grab and teleport options	Easy
Third Hokage	Utility character with varied elemental jutsu controlled with "ring" combos Spry for an old man- quick teleports and crushes make him hard to catch Devastating combo finishers with , , and	Easy	Overview
Jiraiya	Big, beefy, and strong Captures opponents with swamp jutsu Drop THE TOAD, made unavoidable by linking with the swamp jutsu	Medium	Overview
Tsunade	Taijutsu character with multiple grabs and feints Inflicts confusion status effect with charge attacks Recover HP with super	Very Hard
Orochimaru	All-around fighter with snowball, chakra control gameplan super zero's and seals the victim's chakra for 10 seconds Kunai attacks deal lots of chip damage and lead to combos	Medium	Overview
Jirobo	"Grappler" with hyperarmor command grab {{A} Slow but has high HP and damage output super steals all meter from the victim	Medium
Kidomaru	"Ring jutsu" character with command grabs and defensive options Unblockable oki setups with Auto-cancelling packs a wallop	Hard
Sakon and Ukon	Transformation character: Sakon has better strings, Ukon has persistent super-armor Close-range fighter that limits your opponent's options when fighting as Ukon Blot out the sun with massive "Kuchiyose: Rashomon!" jutsu	Easy
Tayuya	Zone out enemies with sound waves and doki-demon summons Area-of-effect, unblockable super Ring-combo options with attacks	Medium
Kimimaro	Bring the pain with damaging buttons and high guard damage Big tail hitboxes and lots of chip damage with multi-hit bone attacks Massive, variable-damage super with unblockable setups	Easy
Kabuto	Fundamentals character with quick jab This medical-nin has a smaller health bar but passively recovers "red" HP Access to grounded loops and painful combo finisher	Medium
Itachi	Projectile character who frustrates the opponent with clone summons (see: ) Tsukuyomi super drains half the victim's chakra Cover your own back with teleports and clones	Medium	Overview
Kisame	Similar moveset to Zabuza but trades movement options for the chakra-sapping sword, Samehada Template:Y-cancel{X}} Only ranged options is water shark jutsu	Hard	Overview
CS2 Sasuke	Rushdown character Has lots of approach options, but no reversal Strong mixups, very tricky	Medium
OTK Naruto	Squishy rushdown character (glass cannon) Easy-to-execute combos High damage output	Easy	Overview
Awakened Hinata	Rushdown character Can make custom combos that drain chakra Has strong defensive options	Hard	Guide