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[ZeroSymbolic]

This is just something that I'm attempting for my own purposes, but I thought I might as well post it up in case it benefits anyone else. Please feel free to fill out your character, as a newbie I'm generally going to take more experienced advice over my own. I will also credit the contributer.

WIP Last updated: 4:10pm EST 1-19-19


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Difficulty: How hard the character is to play (subjective) Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, Very Hard
Tournament Frequency: How often this character appeared in high level tournaments, Never, Rare, Sometimes, Common, Always
General: The general playstyle the character was designed to perform: Balanced, Rushdown, Mix-up, Zoning
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Alien
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Bo’ Rai Cho
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Cassie Cage
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General: Mix-up/Rushdown
Hollywood: Adds Nut-punch as a combo ender to create more pressure and force more mix ups.
Brawler: Adds Throws to combos, adds command grab and air grab.
SpecOps:Adds Air Assualt Special for added spacial control and corner pressure.

D’Vorah
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Swarm Queen: Changes Projectile to Wasp grenade, and changes Spawning Pool to Vortex Swarm which can start or extend combos.
Brood Mother: Grants cancellable Bug Blast Projectile and Krawler Projectile.
Venomous: Adds Damage Over time to stinger attacks.

Ermac
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General: Mix-up, Zoning
Mystic: Tele-Hang creates more meterless combo opportunity.
Master of Souls: There is a lot going on here, but the focal point is that Ermac has vortex set ups in this variation.
Spectral: Grants a superman-like fly move and the ability to use basic attacks during hover.

Erron Black
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General: Balanced
Gunslinger: Adds Stand off stances and special projectiles from that variation.
Outlaw: Adds tools that create more damaging combos.
Marksman: Zoning-Oriented Varient with Rifle attacks.

Ferra/Torr
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General: Mix-Up
Vicious: Adds the Boss-Toss straight firing, high damage projectile attack.
Ruthless: Adds Damage Buff, and cancel pressure.
Lackey: Removes Ferra, changing normals and most special moves.

Goro
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Kuatan Warrior: Grants Chest Toss and Quake specials.
Tigrar Fury: Grants Fire oriented projectiles.
Dragon Fangs: Grants a new normal (Shokahn Trip) and a new combo string (Bruiser)

Jacqui Briggs
Difficulty: Medium (Full Auto), Hard (Shotgun), Very Hard (High Tech)
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General: Rushdown
Full Auto: Adds Machine gun and rocket launcher for Zoning options.
Shotgun: Adds Shotgun attacks for maintaining advantage and creating vortexs.
High Tech: Adds damage buffs and cancelable attacks to enhance close up pressure.

Jason Voorhees
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Slasher: Grants machete attacks and normals.
Relentless: Grants Teleport, Damage buff when under 33% life, and the Pursuit special move which disorients the opponent.
Unstoppable: Grants Damage buffs, Resurrection, and the ability to recover health.

Jax
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General: Balanced
Heavy Weapons: Zoning oriented variation granting Machine gun and Rocket Launcher Attacks
Wrestler: Pressures with advantage on blocked projectiles, adds quad toss, and grabs to some chains.
Pumped Up: Super Gotcha Grab, and full screen rather than location specific ground tremor.

Johnny Cage
Difficulty: Easy (Fisticuffs, Stunt Double) Very Hard (A-List)
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General: Rushdown
Fisticuffs: Grants Speedbag combo and damage buff. Focuses on block pressure and chip damage.
Stunt Double: Grants body double special moves, Fireball now fires in a straight line.
A-List: Adds cancels to certain strings and special moves.

Kano
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Kenshi
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Liu Kang
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Quan Chi
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