Zentaro
Cost
50,000
Aliases
The Wandering Blade
Likes
Pistachios, Reading, Manga, Drawing
Release Date
April 27, 2023
Voice Actor
Beau Bridgland
Zentaro is a young and nimble swordsman who slashes at foes while eluding their attacks.
Abilities
Slashing Strike MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
Knock the Core in a direction with a LIGHT MELEE hit. Passive: Charge up by hitting enemies. At 16 charges, Slashing Strike will dash you forward and fire a piercing projectile that hits the first enemy struck. Cooldown 0.9s Core Knockback 1230 + 125% Player Knockback 150 + 75% Damage 75 + 37% Ability Details Lingers for ~0.15s. Takes 16 hits (light or normal) to charge, replacing the regular strike.
Slashing Strike MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
DASH Dash
a type of MOVEMENT ABILITY that causes the Striker to dash in a fixed direction and speed
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
PROJECTILE Projectile
a type of Striker ability that launches a ranged object into the game world
Knock the Core in a direction with a LIGHT MELEE hit. Passive: Charge up by hitting enemies. At 16 charges, Slashing Strike will dash you forward and fire a piercing projectile that hits the first enemy struck. Cooldown 0.9s Core Knockback 1260 + 140% Player Knockback 140 + 70% Damage 140 + 70% Hit type Light Ability Details Has a melee hitbox (equivalent to strike) and a piercing projectile.Size strictly increases the melee hitbox and not the projectile arc. A target may only be hit by the ability once, regardless of which parts hit them. The in-game description is somewhat incorrect; the piercing projectile can hit multiple targets.Hitting a target with this ability adds to the next charge. Zentaro dashes approximately half the distance of the base projectile, and the projectile is released from slightly in front of Zen’s strike hitbox on cast. Zentaro can act freely during the dash.Casting special during the dash results in the special skipping all but the first hit and making Zentaro immediately actionable. Ignores damage % from tags.Only affected by Power and generic damage %. Unaffected by Hotshot/Team player (not even the strike hitbox benefits). BUG: Having Adrenaline Rush reduces the CD of the next strike (after Slashing strike is used) to 0.25s.
Evade When not fully charged, spend Energy to briefly become ELUSIVE, avoiding all incoming damage and knockbacks. Casting an ability ends this effect early. Gains additional effects if cast with 100% Energy. Cooldown 3s Ability Details Requires and uses 25 Energy (1 bar). Elusive duration: 1.5s. Using any ability cancels the effect early. Automatically uses Energy Burst instead when used with 75 Energy (3 bars).
Energy Burst Spend all of your Energy to EVADE and unleash an additional burst of power. This knocks back and stuns enemies momentarily, briefly grants you exclusive control of the Core, and dramatically increases the power of your next hit against it. Cooldown 3s Player Knockback 200 + 100% Damage 200 + 100% Ability Details Requires and uses 75 Energy (3 bars). Elusive duration: 1.5s. Using any ability cancels the effect early. Hitting the Core while it is under your exclusive control increases the Core Knockback of the hit by 50%, as well as the Knockback cap. Grants energy on a hit, which is given after the 75 is spent to use the ability. Size does not increase radius. Only affected by Power and generic damage %.
Slice and Dice MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Deal a LIGHT hit in a small arc, followed by a larger slash that hits enemies in the center. Cooldown 7.5s Core Knockback 100 + 10% Player Knockback 6 + 2% Damage 6 + 2% Hit type Light Ability Details The larger slash is released 0.45s after the small arc. Goes on cooldown after the large slash completes.
Slice and Dice MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Deal a LIGHT hit in a small arc, followed by a larger slash that hits enemies in the center. Cooldown 7.5s Core Knockback 100 + 10% Player Knockback 6 + 3% Damage 6 + 3% Hit type Light Ability Details Stalls the Core.Knockbacks radially from the center.
Slice and Dice MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Deal a LIGHT hit in a small arc, followed by a larger slash that hits enemies in the center. Cooldown 7.5s Core Knockback 866.67 + 106.67% Player Knockback 72 + 36% Damage 72 + 36% Hit type Light Ability Details Not counted as a Primary for Awakenings. 45% of Center hit (66% to Core). Doesn’t appear on the range indicator, but has a visual effect showing it’s area. Hits directly forward, rather than radially from the center.
Slice and Dice MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Deal a LIGHT hit in a small arc, followed by a larger slash that hits enemies in the center. Cooldown 7.5s Core Knockback 1300 + 160% Player Knockback 160 + 80% Damage 160 + 80% Hit type Normal Ability Details Not counted as a Primary for Awakenings. Hitbox takes priority over the sides. Hits directly forward, rather than radially from the center.
Iai Rush BLINK Blink
a type of MOVEMENT ABILITY that causes the player to teleport to a predetermined location. BLINKS can have a cast time, but the Striker does not physically travel to their destination
MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Blink in a line after a delay, hitting all enemies along your travel path. Cooldown 16s Core Knockback 1340 + 180% Player Knockback 180 + 90% Damage 180 + 90% Ability Details 0.5s windup. Can’t be stopped or canceled once cast. Does not scale with size, despite being tagged a Melee ability. Zentaro’s Iai Rush may adjust its positioning, moving the entire hitbox, when the end of the Blink would take him outside of the field near either goal. Goes on CD once cast.
Oni's Blade BLINK Blink
a type of MOVEMENT ABILITY that causes the player to teleport to a predetermined location. BLINKS can have a cast time, but the Striker does not physically travel to their destination
MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Blink to a nearby location and become Elusive, repeatedly dealing LIGHT hits to enemies caught in the area. Afterwards, hit all nearby enemies away. Cooldown 35s Core Knockback 20 + 10% Player Knockback 2 + 1% Damage 2 + 1% Hit type Light Ability Details 5 Total hits; 4 Initial Slashes and one Final Sweep. Goes on cooldown once cast.
Oni's Blade BLINK Blink
a type of MOVEMENT ABILITY that causes the player to teleport to a predetermined location. BLINKS can have a cast time, but the Striker does not physically travel to their destination
MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Blink to a nearby location and become Elusive, repeatedly dealing LIGHT hits to enemies caught in the area. Afterwards, hit all nearby enemies away. Cooldown 35s Core Knockback 20 + 10% Player Knockback 2 + 1% Damage 2 + 1% Hit type Light Ability Details Hits 4 times.Hits everything in it’s radius on cast once, then does 3 individual hits (once every 0.2s) before waiting 0.4s for the Final Sweep (1s total cast time). The game attempts to hit each target in it’s radius once sequentially, repeating from the first chosen if there are less than 3. Melee size increases the radius. Stalls the Core.
Oni's Blade MELEE Melee
A type of hit that scales with the striker's size. Strikes, dashes and most short-ranged abilities are considered MELEE hits
IMPACT Impact
A type of hit that is capable of affecting 2 or more targets simultaneously. Commonly referred to as "area of effect" or AOE
Blink to a nearby location and become Elusive, repeatedly dealing LIGHT hits to enemies caught in the area. Afterwards, hit all nearby enemies away. Cooldown 35s Core Knockback 1340 + 179% Player Knockback 180 + 90% Damage 180 + 90% Hit type Normal Ability Details Hits everything in the radius.The radius of this hit is larger than the radius of the smaller slashes (and the indicator). Melee size increases this radius. Does not count as a BLINK and does not benefit from Super surge. Knockbacks radially from the center of where Zentaro casts the ability.
Awakenings The following awakenings are ineffective on Zentaro:
Cast to Last
Monumentalist
Timeless Creator Stats
Level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1100
1127
1155
1183
1211
1239
1266
1294
1322
1350
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lore Despite his small stature, Zentaro is a feared opponent on the Corestrike fields. His mastery of swordcraft is second to none and the blazing speed of his attacks is sure to keep even the most well-composed foes on their toes.
Zentaro comes from an isolated island, tucked away from the urban bustle of Ahten. On this island humans and oni have traditionally been enemies and even to this day are fearful of each other. They built their villages high atop the island's mountains, separated from one another by a deep valley and roaring river. This creates a natural barrier that reinforces their fears--no human enters the oni village and no oni enters the human village. This placed Zentaro , a half-oni, in a precarious position. As a baby, he was left at the banks of the river that cuts through the valley between the human and oni villages.
An elderly human couple, never able to have a child of their own, heard the baby's cries in the dead of night and took him into their home. They realized that life on the island would be hard for a half-oni, but resolved to raise the baby as their own and some day help him escape the island's backwards ways. They named him "Zentaro " and would cover his small horns with wrappings whenever they went to market in the human village. Zentaro' s father was a skilled swordsman and happily trained his son in the ways of the blade.
One day, a merchant traveling from the human village passed by the small hamlet where Zentaro and his parents lived and spied Zentaro training with his father. In the comfort of his own home, Zentaro had neglected to wrap his horns and the merchant was left shocked and frightened. He hurriedly returned to the human village and warned them of Zentaro 's true nature. With distrust in their hearts, the villagers shunned Zentaro and his parents disallowed them from entering into the village's borders.
Zentaro viewed himself as the problem, and with a deep love for his parents in his heart, decided to flee the island. He wrote his parents a note, thanking them for all their kindness and hoping that by removing the trouble he caused, the would live happier lives. In the dead of night he left the note by their bed and ran away from home.
His journey was a long one, but he eventually found his way to Ahten. He was mystified by the fact that in this big city humans and oni lived together in harmony. There was no hate, fear, or mistrust between them. Zentaro resolved that he'd find a way to get his elderly parents to Ahten, but first he need to earn enough money to buy a place for them to stay and to fund their long journey. He met Ai.Mi Zentaro to use his talents with his sword playing Corestrike with her, and that the two would earn fame and fortune by doing so.
Zentaro is happy to have found a city that accepts him and a friend who will stand by him. Now he just need to complete his mission and bring his parents to Ahten.
Gallery Skins
Spirit Warden
Spirit Warden Ghost Wood
Spirit Warden Black heart
Neon Soul Zentaro
1300
Concept Art
Quotes See: Zentaro/Quotes
Trivia See: Zentaro/Trivia
Patch History
2025-03-06
Base Stats
Oni’s Blade [SPECIAL]
2024-10-07
Slice and Dice [PRIMARY]
Sour spot Damage & Knockback multiplier:: 33% → 45%
(damage on a sour spot hit 80 → 108 for base 100 power)
(Damage when hitting sweet spot and core Knockback unchanged) 2024-07-04
2024-04-12
Base Stats
Speed :: 450 → 460
Stagger :: 1200 → 1100 2024-03-19
Slashing Strike (STRIKE PASSIVE)
Hits until passive activated: 12 → 16 2024-01-10
2023-09-21
IAI RUSH [SECONDARY]
PvP Damage and Knockback :: 160 (+80% Power) → 180 (+90% Power)
Core Knockback :: 1300 (+160% Power) → 1340 (+180% Power) 2023-08-24
Base Stagger :: 1125 → 1200 2023-08-03
SLASHING STRIKE (STRIKE PASSIVE)
Number of hits required :: 10 → 12
(This won't show up in-game but it's there. Source: just trust me bro)
ONI'S BLADE [SPECIAL]
2023-07-20
IAI RUSH [SECONDARY]
Cooldown :: 16s → 18s
PvP Knockback and Damage :: 180 (+90% Power) → 160 (+80% Power)
Core Knockback :: 1340 (+180% Power) → 1300 (+160% Power) 2023-06-13
Iai Rush [SECONDARY]
Indicator now shows full area he'll hit, instead of location of his dash. This should be much more accurate for enemies now. Note: it'll also seem bigger for Zentaro but his range is unchanged!
Oni's Blade [SPECIAL]
[BUGFIX] If a singular enemy is Staggered within the area during the Special, they will be knockback-locked until the final hit
[BUGFIX] Hopefully no longer falls off the map while in the middle of this Special 2023-05-23
2023-05-09
Iai Rush (SECONDARY)
PvP Damage and Knockback :: 170 (+85% Power) → 180 (+90% Power)
Core Knockback :: 1320 (+170% Power) → 1340 (+180% Power) 2023-04-27
Stagger
Power
Speed
Cooldown
Ai.Mi and the two made an instant, albeit unlikely, friendship. She convinced Zentaro to use his talents with his sword playing Corestrike with her, and that the two would earn fame and fortune by doing so.
Zentaro
Zentaro Splash
Spirit Warden
Spirit Warden Splash
Spirit Warden Ghost Wood
Spirit Warden Black heart
Neon Soul Zentaro
Neon Soul Splash
