Mai Shiranui recently join the Street Fighter 6 roster. Players have been spending some time exploring what the character is capable of.
Shortly after she was released, BST|Daigo Umehara considered maining Mai Shiranui due to how powerful she felt right from the get go. However, he would eventually have some doubts upon discovering that Mai’s fans aren’t able to properly collide with fireballs (or any other attacks), unless they get a boost from Mai’s level 1 super art.
In a recent video, Daigo tried Mai Shiranui against actual players during one of his sessions. As Daigo had suspected, Mai appears to perform well against characters without access to fireballs.
“I mean, this is even better than A.K.I.’s projectiles,” declared Daigo. “You get two mix ups in a row.”
Despite being a “trap character,” Daigo noted that Mai’s game plan was a fairly simple yet rewarding one. Every time the opponent is forced to block her fan projectile, they get forced to deal with several mix ups.
“It’s really obvious what her strengths are.” said Daigo towards the end of the video. “It’s like the developers are shouting at us: ‘These are this character’s strengths!'”
Check it all out below:
Source: Event Hubs
