Street Fighter V Arcade Edition newest character is coming up soon. Which means we must break down Metro City new mayor. You can see the breakdown thanks to Eventhubs.com. We also have a breakdown video so please check that out.
Normals
Cody’s Standing heavy punch is a great anti-air move that hits two times and is cancellable. His standing light kick will be one of his best pokes though not the fastest. Both that and standing MK are +3 on block. Medium Kick is his jumping cross up attack.
Cody can link three crouching light punches in a combo and cancel into a special. His c.MK is cannot be comboed or cancelled except for counter hits. He has an air target combo with jumping MP and HP that dunks the opponent to the ground along with j.MK to j.LK.
Standing HK and c.HK are his Crush Counter buttons outside of V-Trigger. He has a special recovery option by holding up during his quick rise that will toss sand at the opponent though it can be beaten by well-timed meaties.
Specials
Tornado Fireball is a mix of his Criminal Upper and rock toss from SF4 as a projectile. It doesn’t go full screen unless EX and none of them knockdown and can potentially combo after.
Ruffian kick works similarly to Street Fighter 4 with three different versions. EX will hit low and then launch the opponent for a juggle.
Zonk punch does not go through projectiles any more and EX is not invincible though it does hit twice. Regular and EX are both safe on block. It is +4 on counter hit allowing a link into LP.
V-Skill
His V-Skill spin kick is a good anti-air and hits both sides though it’s not active until frame three and will drain a little bit of Cody’s life as gray health like the Final Fight games. Hitting with it does gain V-Gauge and is also throw invincible.
V-Trigger
Trigger 1 – Sidearm
Cody can get up to four knife throws per activation. He will get to keep his knife once his gauge runs out until he throws it or hits the opponent. It doesn’t cause chip damage on block like SF4, however.
Standing MP into HP with knife is a new combo that can be comboed into after though very unsafe on block unless you throw the knife.
Quarter circle back and punch gives him his knife flurry special that is plus on block and can be comboed into CA. High knife toss can anti-air and set up juggle combo possibilities after.
Trigger 2 – Dirty Coach
Cody’s HP attacks gain a ton of range with the pipe. Standing HP can’t be cannceled beyond other pipe moves though the c.HP remains cancellable. He also gets side and launching pipe swings that can be cancelled from any normal. The pipe swing will also reflect projectiles including EX moves and possibly even projectile CA attacks. Standing HP also gains Crush Counter abilities with V-Trigger 2.
Cody toss up a rock and hit it with the pipe giving him multipe options. Hitting it with a side swing will launch it like a projectile with multiple hits of armor (it was shown breaking Abigail’s rush in his reveal trailer). Hitting it late will cause it to roll along the ground like Birdie’s can.
Hitting the rock with the upward swing will launch the it off the top of the screen making it drop at different distances depending on the buttons hit. If the falling rock misses the opponent, it will bounce along the ground and retain a hit box for even more mix up potential. The rock has a hit box on both the way up and down.
He also gets access to a command throw that tosses the opponent up like the rock and hitting them on the right frame will show a special animation that causes the attack to do a massive 220 damage and 300 stun. His forward throw also changes and does more stun.
Critical Art
Cody’s Criminal Punisher CA features the standard invincibility, anti-airs and has a deceptively long range.
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