Whenever a new character is released for Street Fighter 6, I’m probably not the only one who instantly heads over to Desk’s YouTube channel to see if he’s uploaded a video yet.
With Mai releasing yesterday, Desk was very quick in getting content up for the Fatal Fury guest to showcase what she’s capable of in Street Fighter 6 and while these videos may not showcase the most practical uses all the time, it definitely delivers an impressive showcase of what you can do with Mai if you’re willing to get creative.
One interesting part of the video that isn’t really a combo is where Desk showcases that against Guile’s Sonic Hurricane, Mai is actually capable of reacting after the super flash with her own Level 1 Super Art, since it has only 6 frames of startup.
While this isn’t unique in and of itself, since Luke is also capable of doing this, it’s pretty rare to have such a fast super and when their weakness tends to be that they’re not projectile invulnerable, it’s cool to see that in this specific situation Mai can actually bypass that weakness simply by how fast her Kagerou no Mai is.
It’s also extra valuable to know this because of the added benefit to Mai specifically since this supplies her with Flame Stocks to enhance her other moves.
As for the combos themselves, you’ll get to see everything from air to air conversions dropping the enemy on an already placed Kachousen fan, far-range anti-airs leading to juggles with multiple supers and corner carry sequences from one edge of the screen straight to the other.
But enough reading of me describing what the video has in it — take a look for yourself at what Desk has been cooking up during the first hours of Mai Shiranui’s Street Fighter 6 debut.
Although Desk is an extremely creative combo video maker, it’s still been only about a day since Mai dropped so with this much creative juice showcased already, there’s likely to be much more to find out about her in the coming days, weeks or perhaps even months.
How have you been enjoying Mai so far? Let us know in the comments what you think of this second guest character addition to Street Fighter 6’s roster.
Source: Event Hubs
