Over the previous 35 years, the Road Fighter sequence has had its share of weirdos: a feral, green-skinned Brazilian man, a stretchy yogi who breathes hearth, milky white semi-solid shapeshifters, Dan, and lots of extra. Quickly, the Road Fighter franchise will get a brand new first-class weirdo, AKI, a poison aficionado who slithers like a snake and, like Juri, is the sort of lethal sociopath you immediately kind a crush on.
AKI will be a part of the likes of Necro, Oro, Q, Twelve, Hakan, FANG, Abigail, Dhalsim, and others as an authorized oddball when she joins the Road Fighter 6 lineup on Sept. 27. She’s the preventing sport’s second DLC fighter (after Rashid) and the twentieth world warrior on the SF6 roster. She’s additionally comfortably throughout the high 10 Road Fighter weirdos of all time.
Like her grasp FANG who debuted in Road Fighter 5, she’s all about poison — the poisonous substance, not the Ultimate Battle character. However AKI distinguishes herself with a extra serpentine moveset. She poisons and constricts her foes, stabbing at them with snake kung fu strikes, speedy kicks, and lengthening claws. She even slithers on the bottom, utilizing her Sinister Slide transfer. Please get pleasure from the next GIF of it in motion.
Picture: Capcom by way of Polygon
Right here’s her moveset breakdown, courtesy of Capcom:
Serpent Lash – From a distance, A.Okay.I. sends her nails flying ahead like a sequence, poisoning enemies she hits. When she strikes an opponent who’s already poisoned, a Poisonous Blossom will set off an explosion and open enemies as much as follow-up assaults.
Nightshade Pulse – A.Okay.I. sends a bubble ahead that additionally poisons enemies it hits. She will be able to strike the bubble with Nightshade Chaser to pop it upfront, rising its space of impact.
Orchid Spring – A.Okay.I. locations a puddle of poison in entrance of her which is able to have an effect on opponents who step inside it.
Sinister Slide – Slither throughout the display screen to keep away from threats whereas stalking ahead and carry out follow-up strikes like Venomous Fang, Heel Strike, or Entrapment.
Claws of Ya Zi – A.Okay.I.’s Stage 3 Tremendous Artwork pierces numerous stress factors on an opponent’s physique and injects a poison that dangerously detonates from inside.
Two extra DLC fighters are confirmed for Road Fighter 6’s premium 12 months 1 Character Cross. After Rashid and AKI, gamers can anticipate Ed and Akuma to reach as a part of the $29.99 add-on.
Road Fighter 6 is on the market now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X.