Today was the first day of the KI World Cup and if you checked out the schedule it was a long one! Below are the highlights we took from the stream for your reading pleasure!
Season 3 Previous Roster Rebalances
- Everything shown today is subject to changed and not a guaranteed adjustment.
- New “flip out” juggle that causes the player you are juggling to land on their feet.
- Unbreakables during combos are gone! Still in projectiles.
- Air Combo Breakers cause a blow out creating distance between the players.
- You can no longer Instinct cancel from a Combo Breaker.
- Sweeps are now breakable.
- Ender damage has been changed through the entire cast.
- Character nerfs and buffs:
- Jago has a new move Endokuken Charge
- Sabrewulf’s new move is the Diving Slash
- Glacius can now dash and also now has multi-hail
- Thunder’s standing light kick now creates a flip out
- Spinal is the first character to be reworked
- Spinal can no longer steal meter. He instead prevents his opponents from gaining meter
- Spinal also has new bouncing skull which can be absorbed
- Maya is the second character to be reworked
- Kan-Ra light punch causes a flip out
- Riptor has a new move where she spits fireballs out in a high arc where the opponent is. Does not follow/home opponent
- Aganos keeps his Peacemaker in more scenarios than before. Will keep Peacemaker if hit but will lose it if dropped to the ground
- Aganos can use his Peacemaker to chunk up. This animation is shorter than the usual chunk up animation
- Hisako can cancel out of Descent into movement and not just an attack
- Hisako has a new shadow move in the air
- Hisako can now cancel into Descent using her Wrath meter
- Cinder has angled Inferno now and you can hold the button down to keep the Inferno going for longer
Season 3
- Rash has a new look, much more detail.
- Big Boot is now run cancelable and leads to juggles.
- Rash’s throw lets you walk around with the opponent above your head.
- Rash has two taunts, each Rash dances and hums tunes from Battletoads.
- Rash’s Ultra music/beat is to the Battletoads pause music.
- Kim Wu premiered!
- Kim Wu is small and wields nunchucks, average jumps and speed.
- Kim Wu can counter projectiles with a Dragon Cannon that projectiles back to the opponent.
- Kim Wu during Instinct auto generates dragons.
- You can also shoot Dragon Cannons without needing an opponent projectile.
- Every stage in the game including past ones will have new lighting that was worked on.
- During an Ultra on Kim Wu’s stage a huge semi truck barrels through the market.
So there are the biggest takeaways from the rebalances and new Season 3 information. Stay tuned to the stream to watch as the top 8 for the finals are decided!
Excellent and awesome highlights from the KI World Cup