My 5 Most Wanted Characters for Skullgirls

[KRX8]

With the news of more DLC characters for Skullgirls, I thought I’d share my list of characters I want to see make the roster while giving a imaginative idea of their play styles. Enjoy!

1) BLACK DAHLIA

If Mega Man was a 1930 hit woman, Black Dahlia would sure be it. Her design can be described as beautiful and deadly. As for her play style, her cybernetic abilities and her big 44 Magnum cannon would be a part of it. She would have a projectile shot with bullets that can be switched to different elements like fire for increased damage, ice for slowing opponents and lightning for chip damage. The drawback is that she’ll run out of bullets, but she’ll have a move to reload. Since she has a bionic leg, an anti-air kick attack where her leg turns into something sharp is a good idea. It would also be a great idea for Dahlia to have a command grab where she dashes toward her opponent with a piece of piano wire hidden in her gun and garrotte them. One of her level 1 super moves could involve shooting six bullets before finishing with a kick, similar to Naoto from Persona 4 Arena. Her level 3 super should pay homage to Fulgore’s finish moves from the original Killer Instinct game where she would lift her veil up, revealing her face which could be a tommy gun and shoot up her opponents Sonny Corleone style.


2) JUJU

An incredibly underrated character design in my opinion, I see Juju as Skullgirls’ version of Kliff from the Guilty Gear series: A small character with a giant weapon that has a long range for attacking, the difference being she has a sniper rifle instead of a sword. If Juju gets in, she should have two stances for fighting. One stance could have her pole vaulting over her opponents to avoid her attacks and use her rifle like a bo staff with long range attacks like Donatello from TMNT. The one drawback is that her attacks are a little weak, but she can move fast and jump high. Her other stance should involve zoning or keeping her opponents at bay while wielding her rifle. But while she’s in this stance, she moves slow and can’t jump high. Not sure what type of super moves Juju should have, but here’s one I think would be cool. Basically, Juju fires a shot that stuns her opponent and then she could jump off the screen and then it cuts to a targeting scope view where you could aim her rifle and fire multiple shots for a brief period, dealing some good damage in the process.


3) D. VIOLET

Let’s be real here: Every fighting game needs a sexy fighter or two and D Violet is no exception. She looks like a purple devil in a dominatrix outfit armed with a snake whip and a sassy personality. Violet’s hypothetical play-style almost screams Sofia from the Battle Arena Toshinden series (Seriously, we need a Toshinden revival), where her attacks involve shooting projectiles (in Violet’s case, her snake spitting acid or whatnot), a spinning attack that deals a lot of chip damage, and a rapid whipping attack to keep her foes at bay. One super move should take some cues from Omega Red from X:Men Children of the Atom. She could have her whip bite her opponent, siphoning off either their life bar or super bar and giving it back to her. Her other super move is basically that one Whip from King of Fighters uses where she’s whipping her opponent good, but the background gets all fiery and some little purple devils show up to cheer Violet on as he punishes her opponent.

4) SCYTHANA

Although her costume is an obvious rip-I mean homage to Cody from Street Fighter Alpha 3, Scythana is a character I feel would make a unique choice in the roster. Tall & brute force is what I would use to describe her play style. She would be about as tall as Big Band and her attacks would involve a lot of heavy hits. With her being a half-Gigan according to Parasoul’s story mode, she would have some Gigan abilities such as shaking the ground with her feet. Those handcuffs could make for good special attack like throwing them like a bola, taking one cuff and spinning it to hit opponents or a long reaching grab attack. Now for super moves, that’s a tough one. But one super move I’d imagine Scythana having is where she has two horns on her head, awakening her full Gigan potential for a limited time until her super bar runs out. While in this state, her attacks become stronger and she has super armor.


5) BRAIN DRAIN

Skullgirls is the Bizarro version of Street Fighter where the entire cast got gender swapped, so it would make sense to have some male fighters like the awesome Beowulf in the game. If the developers were to add another male fighter, I think Brain Drain would make an excellent choice based off his design and hypothetical play style that I’m about to describe. He would be based off M. Bison & Doctor Doom where his attacks would be a mix of charge moves and traditional half-circle motion moves. Laser blasts emitting from his fingertips, grabs (both ground and anti-air) similar to Ermac from Mortal Kombat where he would do nothing but move opponents with his mind, a jumping stomp attack, and a tribute to the Psycho Crusher for one of his super moves. And to top it all off, a level 3 super move where Brain Drain attaches his opponents to a table and electrifies them before finishing them off with an energy ball.

I hope you enjoyed reading this post!

[Doggy Davis]

Juju can legally never be added to the game.

[CatCouch]

I would love to see a character like D. Violet. Designs like that are why I was drawn to the game to begin with!

[KRX8]

Originally posted by CatCouch:

I would love to see a character like D. Violet. Designs like that are why I was drawn to the game to begin with!

Darn right. ;)

[Ignus]

My top 5

Mrs. Victoria
D. Violet
Black Dahlia
Panzerfaust
Isaac

Originally posted by CatCouch:

I would love to see a character like D. Violet. Designs like that are why I was drawn to the game to begin with!

Me too. But that was a long time ago. And now Alex is gone.

[KRX8]

Originally posted by Ignus:

Me too. But that was a long time ago. And now Alex is gone.

Doesn't mean adding D. Violet to the roster won't happen.

[Ignus]

Originally posted by KRX8:

Originally posted by Ignus:

Me too. But that was a long time ago. And now Alex is gone.

Doesn't mean adding D. Violet to the roster won't happen.

We'll see.
I think Alex was pushing D. Violet as a playable character right before he was fired.

[Chilled Nomi]

Isaac
Black Dahlia
Molly
Panzerfaust
Scythana

I care more for art, story, and character design than mechanics though. Its why I love Big Band and Peacock a lot and main the former.
Id still love true story mode though if they can get the remaining characters needed for it in and consult Alex Ahad on its plot.

Originally posted by Doggy Davis:

Juju can legally never be added to the game.

The poor sniper was shot dead mere moments after she walked out of Lab Zero with the go ahead by her own creator...
A pity.

[Von_Kalev]

Black Dahlia
Marie
Aeon
Brain Drain
Ottomo

[WayOfThePhoenix]

1. Feng
2. Minette
3. Molly
4. Black Dahlia
5. Brain Drain

That's all I need for as future DLC for Skullgirls. So, I'm good. 😁👍