The Tasmanian Devil, also known as Taz for short, is a Fighter from the Looney TunesUniverse in MultiVersus. He was revealed on May 16th, 2022, and is part of the game's initial release roster, having been playable since the Closed Alpha.
The Tasmanian Devil is an animated cartoon character from the Looney Tunes franchise created by Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1954. Based on the real life Tasmanian devil, Taz is a ferocious carnivore with a huge appetite, and a very short temper, who possesses the ability to spin himself like a tornado and bite through almost anything. He was also the protagonist of the 1991 animated spin-off TV show Taz-Mania.
Official Biography
(Don't worry. We don't know what he's saying either.)
Website
Like the offspring of a tornado and a particularly angry electric razor, the Tasmanian Devil is a spitting, surly ball of manic energy. If you can get him to calm down, they say he’s as sweet and gentle as a kitten, but that’s a pretty big “if.” Taz has a temper that’s outmatched only by his appetite and, trust us, you don’t want to see this Devil when he’s hangry.[1]
In-Game
A chaotic tornado with a bottomless pit for a stomach, Taz is one dangerous customer. He hits hard, bites harder, and isn't afraid to try and eat whoever gets in his way.
Default Variant
Taz's default look is based on his general design that he's usually depicted in throughout Looney Tunes media.
Official artwork from the Looney Tunes franchise.
Lore
According to Eric Stirpē, the main lead writer for MultiVersus, Taz's portrayal in the game comes from his depiction in Looney Tunes media from the 1990s[2] (most prominently in the first Space Jam movie and the Taz-Mania cartoon show).
If the events depicted in the "You're with Me!" Cinematic Trailer are to be taken as canon, than Taz seems to have been one of the Fighters teleported to Trophy's E.D.G.E. in the "Heroes Convergence" phenomenon. He is shown engaging in a fight againt Garnet and Jake the Dog with Harley Quinn as his ally. Their fight is later accidently interrupted by Bugs Bunny's ACME rocket, which also carried Batman, Shaggy, and Arya Stark, starting a fight cloud between all of them.
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Skills
ATTACKS
GROUND
AIR
SIDE HOLD 🡆 + J
TAZ-BITE Taz runs forward, biting an enemy if he runs into them. This input can be held to run longer.
NEUTRAL J
SOUP'S ON! Taz guzzles a pot of soup while ARMORED, CHARGING a spit PROJECTILE. The spit can be aimed up and down and deals TASTY.
SOUP-ER SPINNER Similar to ground, but Taz spins as he spews, hitting enemies backward.
SIDE 🡆 + J
WELL-SEASONED A COMBO of salt and pepper seasoning that deals TASTY before transitioning into a tornado spin.
FEED THE BEAST Taz CHARGES a forward bite.
UP 🡅 + J
SLAM-WICH Taz CHARGES then slams together a sandwich overhead, hitting twice. The second hit deals TASTY and has a SWEETSPOT with increased KNOCKBACK. Taz can move while CHARGING.
FLYING SLAM-WICH Similar to ground, but without CHARGE.
DOWN 🡇 + J
STOMP STOMP STOMP! Taz CHARGES a stomp that BREAKS ARMOR. The stomp hits further with a longer CHARGE.
SUNDER DOWN UNDER Taz spins his legs into a tornado and drills downward, BREAKING ARMOR.
SPECIALS
GROUND
AIR
NEUTRAL K
CHEW 'EM UP, SPIT 'EM OUT Taz gulps up enemies, DISABLING them. He can also eat PROJECTILES, destroying them, and powering up his Down Special. Hold input to keep Taz's mouth open and gulp incoming PROJECTILES. Repeatedly press down or neutral input to chew enemies, dealing DAMAGE and WEAKENED. Chewing on a COOKED enemy deals a full stack of WEAKENED. Press up, forward, or back input to spit out enemies. Enemies that have been eaten can STRUGGLE.
EATING ON THE FLY Similar to ground, though Taz can spit enemies down but can't chew on them.
SIDE 🡆 + K
TAZ-NADO Taz spins forward into a tornado, hitting enemies multiple times. If Taz passes an ally, his tornado's duration is increased. Passing an ally briefly gives them HASTEN and allows their MELEE attacks to REFLECT. On COOLDOWN, the tornado's duration is reduced and Taz receives no benefit for passing allies.
TAZ-NADO Similar to ground with more upward movement.
UP 🡅 + K
DOGPILE! DOGPILE! Taz starts a dogpile PROJECTILE that gradually grows in size. The dogpile hits multiple times after an enemy enters, ending with a powerful finish. On COOLDOWN, Taz will instead jump up and swipe twice.
DOGPILE! DOGPILE! Same as ground.
DOWN 🡇 + K
YOU SPIT WHAT YOU EAT Taz burps a chewed apple PROJECTILE that deals a small amount of TASTY. Taz can burp multiple apples until out of AMMO. If Taz has eaten a PROJECTILE with his Neutral Special, he will instead burp out that PROJECTILE, dealing a large amount of TASTY.
YOU SPIT WHAT YOU EAT Same as ground.
PASSIVE ABILITIESBOTTOMLESS PIT Some of Taz's attacks deal TASTY. TASTY enemies receive STACKS of TASTY whenever they are knocked back. When TASTY reaches max STACKS, the enemy becomes COOKED and can't attack. When a COOKED enemy takes DAMAGE, bits of chicken break off that will heal Taz or his if picked up.
Taz will also lick damaged allies he passes and HEAL them slightly. Licking an ally has a COOLDOWN.
Increased the vacuum strength and reduced the knockback influence on the first hit of Taz’s sandwich attack in order to improve the consistency of its ability to combo into the second hit of the attack
ValentiNeon Hotfix
Fixed an issue with Taz eat whether the eaten enemy couldn't be thrown
Fixed issues with Taz Slam-wich vacuum pause breaking on up attack
This is the start of our tornado changes for Taz. We will be continuing to monitor the tornado with extra scrutiny in case additional changes are needed.
Chicken Debuff -
Fixed a bug where transformed fighters could receive buffs that would not appear visually when they returned to their normal form
- Reduced chicken duration from 10 seconds to 8
+ Increased the size of the chicken
+ Air/Ground Down Special - Adjusted projectile movement direction of Taz spit projectiles to be more forward and less of a lob.
+ When Taz spits a projectile back at a fighter, the projectile will maintain its original speed.
+ Air/Ground Neutral Special - If Taz eats a projectile that can't be spit back out, he will refresh a count of his apple core ability.
Increased size of hit collision for Taz eating projectiles on his neutral special. Also made it possible to eat projectiles a few frames earlier.
Taz deals 1 stack of Weakened debuff everytime he chews an enemy.
Fixed a bug that allowed for ground movement after eating an enemy fighter
- Air/Ground Up Special - Damage reduced from 10 to 9 and base knockback reduced from 1500 to 1350
Fixed a bug where enemy fighters could become invulnerable to the fight cloud after dodging it.
~ Air/Ground Side Special - Now a cooldown move with a 7-second cooldown. While the cooldown is active, side special is a weaker version of the tornado.
Full power tornado has a 1.5 second duration and receives an additional 1 second duration after passing an ally.
On cooldown tornado has a 0.25 second duration and does not gain additional duration by passing an ally.
+ Ground Up Attack - Now a two-hit attack. The early hit combos into the sandwich clap
If you have been following early access, Taz’s Tornado has been dominating his character kit and presenting a non-obvious knowledge check for newer players. By reducing its effectiveness we hope to improve his gameplay health and loop and bring the game to a healthier state for newer players.
A decrease to the tornado's duration and the additional duration gained by passing an ally.
Removing one of the multi-hits of the tornado.
Decreasing the hit pause of all the hits in the tornado.
Reduced knockback from the final hit in the tornado from 1375 to 1275.
