Since Guilty Gear Strive's release in June 2021, the Arc System Works title has become one of the most popular games in the fighting game community. It was recently confirmed to be making its second appearance at EVO as one of the nine titles featured in the 2022 edition of the premiere fighting game tournament, and ArcSys has already announced a second season pass will bring even more characters to the twenty-character roster. Now, a new trailer has given players an in-depth look at the newest character set to join, Testament.
The reveal of Testament as the final character to join Guilty Gear Strive's first season pass was met with plenty of excitement from long-time fans of the series. Testament has been a mainstay of the Guilty Gear franchise appearing in most major games since the original Guilty Gear released on the PS1 in 1998. With Testament set to hit the roster in less than a week, announced for a March 28 release date for Season Pass owners and March 31 as a standalone, Arc System Works released a new gameplay video giving players a crash course on Testament's unique mechanics.
Guilty Gear Strive Adding Testament as Final Season 1 Character
The trailer released Monday introduces Testament as a mid-range projectile-based character excelling at putting distance between them and their opponents and using projectiles to set up succubi around the stage for a variety of effects. The core mechanic much of Testament's kit revolves around is the «Stain State» effect, allowing the player to press the attack with follow-up moves after hitting enemies in Stain State. Testament can use the succubus projectiles launched with their «Grave Reaper» attack to teleport around the stage or using them as a homing target for their
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