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Here’s one of my dirty little secrets: I love a good troll character in a fighting game While I play plenty of meta-friendly characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, my personal favorite is R.O.B. thanks to his truly annoying move set. Rather than getting up in my foes’ face, I’m just as happy to piss them off by repeatedly shooting my top and eye lasers at them. Sometimes it’s about overwhelming your opponent so much that they open themselves up to a sloppy mistake.

Street Fighter 6 is about to get its own troll thanks to its next downloadable character, Mai. That might sound a little surprising at first when looking at her fairly straightforward moves. But after toying around with her for a good 45 minutes during a preview event, I’ve discovered some potential for aggravation that I’m already excited to inflict on my friends.

Joining the roster on February 5, Mai is guest character who comes from the world of SNK fighters like Fatal Fury. If you didn’t know that connection, though, you’d probably mistake her for a proper Street Fighter veteran. She fits right in with characters like Chun Li as a buff butt-kicker with legs of steel.

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When I started toying around with her, Mai’s move set felt like business as usual. She’s a close-range fighter for the most part, utilizing a string of attacks that can really punish foes who don’t keep their guard up. That includes a string of fiery punches with aerial combo potential and a multi-hit special ability that can knock an opponent across the screen while sticking close to them. She can even hit a few professional wrestling moves, like a head scissors takedown. All of that is fairly straightforward.

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Giovanni Colantonio