Seth steals moves from Blanka, F.A.N.G, Cody, and Poison in our latest look at Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition's upcoming character
Tanden Engine showcase number five
We're growing closer and closer to Seth's official February 14 release date in Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition and Capcom has released new footage as the robotic character steals and showcases moves from four more roster members.
Blanka, F.A.N.G, Cody, and Poison are today's victims as Seth Matrix downloads the particulars on how to Blanka ball, drop a poisonous Ryobenda, perform a sway punch, and rock a leaping front flip kick.
When facing off with Blanka, Seth is able to steal his foe's most iconic attack and use it against him. There's a good bit of Blanka-esque recovery after Seth performs the ball technique as they do a bit of a chest-beat dance before returning to neutral stance.
Stealing F.A.N.G's Ryobenda is particularly interesting as this serves as something of a trap/manipulation move that can very heavily alter how the neutral is played. It will be interesting to see how gaining this special ability jives with the rest of Seth's move arsenal... we're admittedly kind of worried for F.A.N.G.
The other two attacks seem to be combo extenders that will help the newcomer extend character-specific beatdowns. This aspect of Seth may make them one of the most technical characters in the game, but also might mean some pretty specifically good match-ups given they get special abilities depending on who they're facing.
Seth will release in just a few short weeks on February 14 with the full launch of Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition. you can check out the previous Tanden Engine showcases for Alex, Falke, Kage, Menat, Cammy, Ryu, Vega, Necalli, Sakura, Ed, Gill and Kolin, and Birdie, Karin, Zangief, and Balrog by clicking the highlighted character links.
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