J.Noble
Smash Rookie
I
remember when Cloud was introduce and it seemed like the whole fighting game community lit up. If you go back and watch all the reactions, it was a party! The simple fact that no one expected it and that the character in the game represented something bigger; Nintendo can be diplomatic. When ultimate was announced, I immediately thought, who’s a super popular character that no one would see coming? What developer is looking for every avenue to stay on top and be relevant? Answer both those questions and you have the God of War: Kratos.
First let’s get the easy stuff out of the way: Costumes.
Kratos would have 2 variations like cloud and Bayo:
Young Kratos (God of War 1-3 )
Older Kratos (God of War PS4)
Then they can add in other colors with those 2 varis.
Next up: Moveset
Kratos isn’t particularly fast but he can jump HIGH!
His damage and knockback would be off the charts, given the fact that he defeated the entire Greek pantheon using brute strength.
I see his specials going one of 2 ways:
1. Shulk method:
Kratos has a ton of weapon variations.
Maybe using Neutral B to cycle through weapons.
Then using A as the attack for those weapons.
Weapons could be
Blades of Chaos
Lafi’s Axe (GOWPS4)
Sword of Olympus
So basically, he would have 3 of each attack move.
This may seem crazy, but look at Ryu.
His specials would be as follows.
Up B: Wings of Icarus.
Causal launch up-B (Like pit)
Down B: Medusa’s head
Freezes opponent for a second.
Similar to Confusion from Mew2
Side B: Claws of Hades
Something like Marth/Roy’s side B
Dash Attack
A powerful lunge attack with massive kill power.
Grab: Similar to Links chain
Final Smash
Spartan Rage: Beats the piss out of you and releases a giant shock wave.
2. “Traditional Method”
Blades of Chaos is all his A moves and dash attack.
Up B: Wings of Icarus.
Causal launch up-B (Like pit)
Or just an uppercut to begin combos
Down B: Medusa’s head
Freezes opponent for a second.
Similar to Confusion from Mew2
Side B: Claws of Hades
Something like Marth/Roy’s side B
Grab: Similar to Links chain
Final Smash
Spartan Rage: Beats the piss out of you and releases a giant shock wave.
Smash Attacks:
Fsmash: Spins the Blades and Slams them down in an explosion.
2-stage move; Blade spin is fast and light but if you're caught with it, you have less time to react to the slam.
The slam WILL HURT.
Dsmash: Spin Attack or Ground Pound
Up Smash: Sweeping Uppercut to begin Combos
With both of these setups, aerials are would be something combo heavy with some sort of high knock back finisher. I can definitely see a setup of how bayo works with her aerials; Holding the attack button extends it.
Attack wise, he would be broken. So they would probably balance this out by making him on the lightweight side. Think how Mewtwo is in Wii U; A tempered Glass cannon. The thing with Kratos though is as a game character, he was built to be broken. So it would be interesting to see what weaknesses they would build in.
Kratos could represent the speed and intensity of the game; utilizing frame traps and pure combo potential. It's like how people say Bayo doesn't play like smash character. We should embody that again with Kratos. Kratos is owned by sony. Cloud is owned by Square Enix, Snake is owned by Konami. I will agree that this would be the biggest bridge to gap but we're not that far off.
First let’s get the easy stuff out of the way: Costumes.
Kratos would have 2 variations like cloud and Bayo:
Young Kratos (God of War 1-3 )
Older Kratos (God of War PS4)
Then they can add in other colors with those 2 varis.
Next up: Moveset
Kratos isn’t particularly fast but he can jump HIGH!
His damage and knockback would be off the charts, given the fact that he defeated the entire Greek pantheon using brute strength.
I see his specials going one of 2 ways:
1. Shulk method:
Kratos has a ton of weapon variations.
Maybe using Neutral B to cycle through weapons.
Then using A as the attack for those weapons.
Weapons could be
Blades of Chaos
Lafi’s Axe (GOWPS4)
Sword of Olympus
So basically, he would have 3 of each attack move.
This may seem crazy, but look at Ryu.
His specials would be as follows.
Up B: Wings of Icarus.
Causal launch up-B (Like pit)
Down B: Medusa’s head
Freezes opponent for a second.
Similar to Confusion from Mew2
Side B: Claws of Hades
Something like Marth/Roy’s side B
Dash Attack
A powerful lunge attack with massive kill power.
Grab: Similar to Links chain
Final Smash
Spartan Rage: Beats the piss out of you and releases a giant shock wave.
2. “Traditional Method”
Blades of Chaos is all his A moves and dash attack.
Up B: Wings of Icarus.
Causal launch up-B (Like pit)
Or just an uppercut to begin combos
Down B: Medusa’s head
Freezes opponent for a second.
Similar to Confusion from Mew2
Side B: Claws of Hades
Something like Marth/Roy’s side B
Grab: Similar to Links chain
Final Smash
Spartan Rage: Beats the piss out of you and releases a giant shock wave.
Smash Attacks:
Fsmash: Spins the Blades and Slams them down in an explosion.
2-stage move; Blade spin is fast and light but if you're caught with it, you have less time to react to the slam.
The slam WILL HURT.
Dsmash: Spin Attack or Ground Pound
Up Smash: Sweeping Uppercut to begin Combos
With both of these setups, aerials are would be something combo heavy with some sort of high knock back finisher. I can definitely see a setup of how bayo works with her aerials; Holding the attack button extends it.
Attack wise, he would be broken. So they would probably balance this out by making him on the lightweight side. Think how Mewtwo is in Wii U; A tempered Glass cannon. The thing with Kratos though is as a game character, he was built to be broken. So it would be interesting to see what weaknesses they would build in.
Kratos could represent the speed and intensity of the game; utilizing frame traps and pure combo potential. It's like how people say Bayo doesn't play like smash character. We should embody that again with Kratos. Kratos is owned by sony. Cloud is owned by Square Enix, Snake is owned by Konami. I will agree that this would be the biggest bridge to gap but we're not that far off.
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