In the previous installments of his Hit the Ground Running blog series, BROKENTIER’s Jay “Viscant” Snyder went over half of Street Fighter V’s starting cast. Now, he’s ready to cover the remaining members of the cast – Vega, R. Mika, Rashid, Karin, Zangief, Laura, and F.A.N.G.
As with earlier entries, most of what Viscant discusses involves how the characters have evolved over the course of the beta.
With Vega, Viscant notes how Capcom has had a tough time trying to balance out his two stances. Early on, it seemed that players preferred his claw-less stance, with many simply choosing to forego his other stance altogether. As such, he notes how most of Capcom’s changes to the character since the second beta have been to make the claw stance stronger. Even with changes that affect both stances, the claw stance ended up benefiting more.
Speaking of balancing out two different versions of a character, Viscant also talks about how Karin has two different versions in the game – a footsies oriented version and a shenanigans oriented one. This isn’t due to any character-specific mechanic, but rather because of how she can be played in two different styles. That said, he also notes how he feels that people seem to perceive her shenanigans as stronger while actually being the weaker of the two.
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