KI World Cup 2016 – Live Stream Highlights Day One

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!

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  • 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!

 

About Amir Abdollahi

Co-founder/Writer For Killer Instinct Central