[0:00] She has the capabilities to do it all,
[0:03] which is uh something I haven't said in
[0:05] a long time in fighting games in
[0:07] general. I think I think she might be
[0:08] the one.
[0:12] So, she's an alien warrior. She's this
[0:14] queen of this planet that's basically
[0:16] dying. Uh and she's looking for a large
[0:19] enough energy source so she can save her
[0:21] people. Uh noble ambitions, but by any
[0:24] means necessary. And so you kind of see
[0:26] the events play out in the show where
[0:27] she's basically attacking a facility
[0:29] very similar to the one that you see
[0:31] here in our game uh where she's trying
[0:32] to, you know, get energy for her people.
[0:34] She carries uh like her people's uh
[0:37] staff of leadership. Basically, she uses
[0:40] it to drain energy. So her hook is
[0:43] essentially that energy drain. She can
[0:45] actually steal your meter, your boost
[0:47] gauge by using her forward special. Uh
[0:49] and you see there up at her boost gauge,
[0:51] if she has all three boost bars, it
[0:52] actually has this max indicator. Once
[0:54] you have that max, you can actually
[0:55] amplify her normal boost damage to get
[0:58] extra impact. So, for example, here's
[1:01] her down special, which is sort of like
[1:03] a DP kind of thing. But then if you
[1:05] boost it, single boost, she gets this
[1:08] armored version of that same thing. But
[1:09] then if you hold it, you get the max
[1:11] boosted version, which is only available
[1:12] when she has max boost. So really
[1:14] impactful, but it costs two bars of
[1:16] boost. So, we needed to not only convey
[1:19] in gameplay and on UI, she is draining
[1:22] energy, but we also need to convey once
[1:24] she reaches that boost max state that
[1:26] you have that ability available for you.
[1:29] Let's say you initiate boost max,
[1:31] there's a little burst to indicate it,
[1:33] right? And then once you start to drain
[1:35] boost from the other player and such,
[1:36] you'll you'll get that little indicator
[1:38] of not only are you draining, but you'll
[1:40] see your opponent's boost bar also get a
[1:42] little of their energy being drained as
[1:44] well. So then another way that she can
[1:46] actually manipulate the boost gauge is
[1:48] by using her super too. So she creates
[1:49] this force field around her which is
[1:51] going to absorb projectiles that'll
[1:52] actually give her boost back as well. Uh
[1:54] but the thing is if you're close to the
[1:56] opponent it's actually going to refill
[1:57] her boost gauge as well. She also can
[1:59] fight really well because of the the
[2:01] weapon mid-range. I think she's got a
[2:03] bit of keepaway in her. Like she does
[2:05] throw out projectiles but she actually
[2:07] doesn't have a really good projectile in
[2:09] terms of like going into like a trade
[2:11] war. They're non-traditional. So, as
[2:13] they travel, you really don't get hit by
[2:15] the travel. You get hit when they stop
[2:17] and they kind of have this little pulse.
[2:19] And it's kind of a good keep out tool,
[2:20] right? You'll see the projectile stops
[2:21] and it zips forward. But you can also
[2:23] aim it up or down. So, downward goes
[2:25] down then up. Up goes up then down. The
[2:27] boosted version has this whole path that
[2:29] clears out in front of you.
[2:31] >> Looking at her general kit, I think a
[2:33] lot of players might think of her as
[2:35] possibly a zoner. I like to rush people
[2:38] down. That's just how the West Coast was
[2:39] raised. This character has so many
[2:42] unique ways to force a character like
[2:45] across the screen. Uh like her charge
[2:47] air normal causes a ground skid. This
[2:49] heavy is going to be insane as a whiff
[2:52] punish tool. If she air dashes towards
[2:54] you, she's going to be reaching out
[2:55] pretty damn far. One of the biggest
[2:58] things I really do enjoy with her is her
[3:01] mobility combined with that down heavy,
[3:03] especially in the air. It's just so
[3:05] ambiguous. You're going to have so many
[3:06] opportunities with this character to mix
[3:09] your opponent up in neutral um with
[3:11] their movement alone. She definitely
[3:14] feels like a very significant threat
[3:17] against everybody in this game
[3:21] >> because she doesn't have a projectile
[3:22] assist. It's probably better to team up
[3:24] with characters that do have projectile
[3:25] assist to help her approach. So, I think
[3:27] anyone like a robot or Cecil or any are
[3:30] actually really good choices there. Uh I
[3:32] actually still like Mark for his forward
[3:33] assist. I really think that's a great
[3:35] approach to like cast people off guard,
[3:36] helps you approach, makes an opening for
[3:37] you to get in there. Uh I think her air
[3:40] jump heavy or air jump down heavy I
[3:41] should say is a really great crossup
[3:42] tool too if you are trying to approach.
[3:44] So anyone that can lock them down for a
[3:45] moment and give you this option to jump
[3:46] in and just mix them up on which side
[3:48] you can be with air down heavy I think
[3:49] is going to be really useful. Anybody
[3:51] also with an assist that causes even
[3:54] more of a juggle in your combos, right?
[3:56] I like to pair her up with someone like
[3:59] um Invincible for the back assist
[4:01] uppercut. I like to pair her up with
[4:03] Adam Eve for the back assist projectile
[4:05] to set her up even further for either a
[4:07] corner carry or set you up for boost,
[4:09] drainage, what have you. She has the
[4:12] capabilities to do it all, which is uh
[4:14] something I haven't said in a long time
[4:17] in fighting games in general. I think I
[4:19] think she might be the one.