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Street Fighter V’s Ibuki suffers from an apparent glitch that gives her several frames of invincibility upon landing after a missed air grab. A video from @ToolAssisted’s Twitter shows Ibuki’s hurtbox disappearing as she lands from the whiffed air grab, allowing another Ibuki’s V-Skill to pass through her.

SFV IBUKI AIR THROW LAND 6F ALL INV LOLhttps://t.co/CH6NGON8rzhttps://t.co/pP3eS8TChZhttps://t.co/39YAcuBU5U pic.twitter.com/aARiNcvics

— TOOLASSISTED (@TOOLASSlSTED) July 3, 2016

Ibuki can still be hit out the air as normal, but she gains six frames of invincibility when she hits the ground, meaning that attacks that could’ve punished her landing recovery will miss entirely. This occurs when Ibuki is jumping both forward and backwards with air grab.

Glitches like this are not exactly uncommon for downloadable characters, but with Ibuki and Balrog already being given the green light at Evo, this glitch will likely raise some concern among the competitors.

Messing around with the Ibuki grab glitch pic.twitter.com/VpVIlIGhyd

— Kevin Webb (@Forte2K) July 4, 2016

Though the invincibility could be exploitable, this certainly isn’t the first time that such a glitch has existed. In Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Yang was granted several frames of invincibility when standing up from certain knockdowns.

That glitch was discovered in the early days of the game’s console release, and eventually removed in AE v.2012.

With Evo less than two weeks away, it’s unknown whether Capcom will address the invincibility glitch or if the issue is significant enough to affect her legality in the tournament.

Source: ToolAssisted, @Kochinko

Leave the flip-flops and the swim trunks at home; updated rules for Street Fighter V at Evolution 2016 have banned the Kanzuki Beach stage from play, due (of course) to the obscuring effect of the ocean waves on characters’ feet and grounded objects, such as Birdie’s cans and banana peels. Looks like this stage is for casual play only.

Additionally, the diametrically opposite stage The Grid–the basic training stage–is also not a legal selection at this year’s Evo, either. While this will improve the spectator experience, especially considering ESPN2’s upcoming televised coverage of the SFV event, it also removes the clear spacing indicators that many players like to rely on in high-level matches.

The full list of current rules for all of the games at Evo 2016 can be viewed here.

Source: Evo