Poison (Final Fight)/DivineWolf's version

''Despite being one of Divinewolf's earliest works, this version of Poison still plays in his signature pots-esque style, with parries, rolls, and power charges. Her tools of the trade include a pair of energy handcuffs, a whip, and acrobatic skills.''

Gameplay


Poison has the standard six buttons, three punches, three kicks, ranging from light to medium to heavy. She cannot chain combo, aside from her Stiletto Edge Rush, but she does have the ability to link her normals into her specials, and specials into hypers. She has the benefit of not only two throws, done by pressing + and +, the former allowing the player to increase the damage by mashing buttons, but two air throws as well.

Being a character inspired by PotS's trademark style, she has several different mechanics inspired by several games, including parrying from Street Fighter 3 (pressing just as the foe is about to attack her to reduce hitstun and avoid damage), Rolling from The King Of Fighters '98 (Pressing ++ or ++ in conjunction with each other allows her to evade any attack except for throws while moving), and a Power Charge from the older KOF games (Pressing + has her leave herself open, but allows her to gain power steadily over time). However, where the typical PotS character has a Custom Combo move, where a character gains incredible comboability for a short period of time or until they are hit, Poison has a Max mode borrowed from The King Of Fighters 98, which increases her strength and defense for a short period of time in exchange for 1000 Power.

The Handcuff Toss, the LP version especially, is a great pressure tool, as it moves very slowly and has a rather quick startup and recovery. She can utilize the slow speed of the projectile in order to get in on the opponent, or she could use it to keep her opponent away from her so she can hit her opponent with the Whiplash Special, which is long ranged enough to allow her to keep her distancec and it can chain from the light version, to the medium version, to the heavy version. When it comes to projectile wars, she could get past them with the EX version of the High Heel Pounce, a Knee Press Nightmare variant that is anti projectile. The first and third hits are overheads, so it makes for handy mix up potential. Her Poison Kiss, while it has an incredibly long startup, can't be comboed into, and does less damage than an average level 1, is unblockable and instantly stuns the foe, giving Poison ample time to charge up Power or get in some more damage. The Crescent Stiletto Strike, a dead ringer for Guile's Somersault Strike, is her only Hyper that can be adjusted in strength; pressing one kick button grants her the level 1 version, while pressing two results in the level 2 version. The move comes with the benefit of startup immunity and being super cancellable, giving it the versatility of being able to counter foes on the attack and being good for combos.

Poison has no custom A.I., so she uses the default one supplied by the engine. It will often use moves at random with no rhyme or reason, and will Power Charge every chance it gets.

General
"I'm not just hotter than you. I also just kicked your ass!"

"Stop worrying so much and learn to live for the moment!"

"Fighting guys like you is really a one-night-only kind of deal."

"This is no place for kids to be playing around. Go on, scamper on home."

"Your face just pisses me off. Show it to me again and I'll stomp it in!"

"You're too delicate, sweetheart. Marks like you make for the perfect sucker."

"Now we know who the cool and beautiful one is around here!"

"How’d you like the taste of my whip? I’ve got more where that came from…"

"That was pathetic! It'll take more than that if you wanna sweep me off my feet!"

"I need fighters who are made of stronger stuff. My wrestling league has no openings for you."

"I'm stronger and more beautiful than you. We didn't need to fight to figure that out though."

"Yeah...now that's how you put on a show! Can you feel the excitement in the air?"

"You're not half bad. Too bad there weren't more people watching that great fight."

"Learn to put your money where your mouth is!"

"I thought you were gonna be tougher than that! Color me disappointed."

"You got guts, I'll give you that. That's all you got though."

"Not bad for a sideshow. As a fighter, you're completely terrible though."

"I'm not gonna be able to put on a show with that!"

"You gotta get more into this!"