Hey @mykka , you know how you wanted Effie and I said I couldn’t promise anything anytime soon?

Effie - Sprightly Powerhouse

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Name: Effie

**Nickname: **Sprightly Powerhouse

Sex: Female

Ethnicity: Ukrainian

Height: 5ft 0in (1.52m)

*Weight: ** 214bs (97kg)

B/W/H: 31-20-33 (79cm-51cm-84cm)

Hometown: Mykolaiv, Ukraine
**
Appearance:** Effie very petite woman with a childlike appearance. She is barely 5ft (1.52m) tall. Effie has blonde hair styled into two pony tails that are held in place by two red bows. She wears a red collar around her neck and a low cut short tight red dress. Effies red boots come up to her knees. Her hands are covered by red, fingerless gloves, that have thick bracelets at the wrists. All of Effie’s attire is covered in small red spikes.

Likes: Necro, High Heels, Sunrises, Fresh Air

Dislikes: Secret Society, Urien, Tight Spaces
**
Fighting Style:** Combat Hopak

**Tone: ** Effie is a shy woman of few words. She has a deep appreciation of fresh air and open spaces.

Origins: Effie’s origins are shrouded in secret for the most part. She was abducted from her home in Belarus as child. She was subject to constant experimentation at the hands of the Secret Society’s science teams. Effie would have lost her sanity if it weren’t for Ilyia’s comforting words and songs. The experiments seem to stunted her growth. Ilyia and Effie were confused by their purpose. Over time, Illyia had gained the ability to generate electric shocks and stretch his limbs like rubber. He’d often stretch his hand through the bars to hold Effies hand when she was at her lowest. However, Effie seemed unchanged at first. She began to notice that despite her diminutive size, she was surprisingly heavy. Also her strength had grown considerably. They hadn’t stunted her growth. The Secret Society had greatly increased her strength and bone density. This was the reason for her sprightly size. Slowly they began to pit Illyia and Effie against the other test subjects. The rules were simple. You win or you die. Illyia and Effie were being turned into reluctant gladiators. Eventually only Illyia and Effie remained. The winner would be G-Project’s ultimate weapon. It was then that Illyia and Effie decided to escape. They’ve been running ever since.

His Rival: Urien

Attributes: Health: 5 Power: 5 Range: 1 Mobility: 2 Techniques: 2

1050 Stamina 1050 Stun

Throws:

Siren’s Shriek – LP+LK: Effie hops into the air and slaps her open palms together over her opponent’s ears causing them to crumple to the ground in front of her.

Fairy Toss – B+LP+LK: Effie grabs her foe by the left ankle and effortlessly tosses them behind her.
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Unique Attacks:

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Nisse’s Heel*– F+MK (Overhead): Effie hops forward and kicks downward at a 45° angle with both feet. Slow startup, -2 on block
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Fairy’s Flight* – F+HK: Effie hops forward with double jump front kick
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Dryad’s Root* - B+HK: Effie hits her foe with an open leg front drop kick to both of their knee caps. This causes them to face plant on the ground. Must be blocked low.
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Mermaid’s Tail – F+HK, B+HK: Effie performs a double jump front kick into a low open leg front drop kick to the opponent’s knees.
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V-Reversal:**
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Sprite Wings
– F+PPP: Effie slams both of her fists together, striking her opponent in both kidney’s, and causing them to collapse in front of her.

V-Skill:

Immovable Object – MP+MK: Effie outstretches her left arm as she shrieks. If the animation is completed uninterrupted. Effie gains Frame 1 armor her next special attack.

V-Trigger:
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Unstoppable Force* – HP+HK: Effie gains heightened durability. All of her non EX special moves gain Frame 3 Armor. V-Trigger drains slowly overtime. EX Specials gain new properties.
[list]
[] Pixie Mallet gains armor Frame 1
[
] Fay Hammer gains throw invincibility Frame 1
[] Sylph Slide causes a juggle state
[
] Sprite Dive causes a wall bounce
[/list]
Enhanced special attacks do not drain her V-Trigger gauge. Enhanced EX Specials drain V-Gauge. Two EX Specials will exhaust her V-Trigger 3-bar V-Trigger

Specials:

Pixie Mallet – F,D,F+P (Overhead): Effie hops forward and strikes her opponent with a flying double axe handle punch. Goes over low attacks. Punch button pressed determines the distance of Effie’s hop. LP (Point Blank), MP (¼ Screen), HP (1/3 Screen), EX (Gains Armor on Frame 3, Distance Determined by Buttons Pressed. LP+MP Point Blank, LP+HP ¼ Screen, MP+HP 1/3 Screen)

Fay Hammer – HCB+P (Command Grab): Effie grabs her foes by the ankles, picks them overhead, and slams them into the ground. All versions have a 5F Start Up. LP(Most Range, Least Damage, Foe Bounces ¾ Screen Away) MP (Less Range, More Damage, Foe Bounces ½ Screen Away) HP (Least Range, Most Damage, Foe Bounces ¼ Screen Away) EX (Gains Throw Invincibility Frame 3, Most Range, Most Damage, Foe Is Planted Right Next to Effie)

Sylph Slide – QCF+K: Effie strikes her foe with a sliding kick that knocks down her opponent. Must be blocked low. Goes under projectiles. Kick button determines the distance traveled. LK (¼ Screen) MK (1/3 Screen), HK (½ Screen), EX (Projectile Invincible Frame 3, LK+MK ¼ Screen, LK+HK 1/3 Screen, MK+HK ½ Screen)

Sprite Dive – QCB+K (In Air): Effie rolls into a ball and hurls herself at her opponent. Must be done at or near the apex of her jump. Kick button determines the angle of her descent. LK (75° Angle, MK (60° Angle), HK (45° Angle). EX (Fully Projectile Invincible, LK+MK 75° Angle, LK+HK 60° Angle, MK+HK 45° Angle)
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Critical Art:**

Nymph’s Might – QCFx2+P: Effie grabs her foes by the ankles and tosses them high into the air with all her might. Her foe ascends into the air at rapid speed until they disappear from view. They quickly reappear descending at incredible speed creating a crater upon impact. 1 hit 400 damage

Reasons to be in SFV:

Effie is tired of running from the Secret Society. The only way she and Illyia will be free is to face them head on. She buries her fears deep down inside. Illyia and her will work together to stop the Secret Society so that they can finally live free and without fear.

**The Secret Society’s experiments have increased Effie’s bone and muscle density. Causing her weight to be much higher than a normal person with her stature.
Most of her attacks are named for sprites and fairies. Powerful mythical beings of diminutive size.[/details]

Street Fighter II All characters’s secrets file
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The super secrets of the 16 warriors, revealed for the first time!
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The young brave fighter who’s mastering his art!
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Japan’s representative
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(a Crab, with a strong sense of justice)
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(a reliable guy)
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Street Fighter II’s protagonist. A man who continues his journey to become a true fighter. Ryu fights to become a better fighter than he is today!
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The headband is a proof of friendship
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When Ryu and Ken were training together, Ken wrapped the headband around Ryu’s injured forehead. For Ryu, it’s a cherished proof of his bond with Ken.
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Potential fighting level 3620!!
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Potential fighting level shows in numbers the true strength of the target. Until now, the strongest fighter was 2000. Is Ryu invincible, if he uses all his potential?!
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This seal means that’s a Capcom official thing. All other declarations are original, even if based on the movie.
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Is Ryu the last master of Ansatsuken?
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Ryu and Ken trained under a master of Ansatsuken, an art thought to kill people. Maybe for this reason, when Ryu fights his eyes become filled with killing intent. Is Ryu an assassin?!
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Karate
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Ansatsuken comprises all martial arts. Judging by its punches and kicks, it seems its core is karate, though.
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From SF1. Breaking roof tiles is a proof Ryu is a karateka?!
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Spiritual training
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Master Gouken tried to teach Ryu and Ken a pure martial art, evolved from an assassination technique. Ryu knew about his master’s feelings, and undoubtedly tries to use his martial art as something useful for the world, instead of a mere mean to kill someone. He continues to travel to train his spirit, searching for the answers.
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jūdō
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Ryu and Ken during their training days. Ryu catches Ken off guard and throws him using a big jūdō move, the tomoe nage. It seems their training included jūdō as well.
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Great research about Ryu’s weak points
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Ryu knows so well all martial arts, he could be deemed invincible. But we have found numerous weak points in him, without him noticing(?)! Maybe you could beat him, if you know them?!
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My weak points, you said?!
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Ryu doesn’t wear underpants?!
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Underpants are a hindrance when it comes to better feel the natural ki flow. Perhaps Ryu doesn’t wear them to better perform the Hadōken?!
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SLIP
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Iyaaan!¹
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Why he hates spiders
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SNORE
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Rumors says that Ryu once slept out in a field, and a spider build a web in his mouth; but is that true?!
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Enquiry about Ryu’s address!!
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Ryu wanders everywhere, constantly moving. It’s extremely difficult to determine his whereabouts. Let’s try to deduce using the only clue we have: the world map in game.
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East Japan?!
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From SSF2. Is his most recent house in East Japan? Let’s search more…
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Ōsaka?!
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According to SSF2T map, he seems to be in Ōsaka? Is his stage Ōsaka castle?
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Certainly in Yamanashi?!
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His original SF2 location. Near Tōkyō?.. Ah! Ryu’s “Fūrinkazan” are Takeda Shingen’s words, and he was from Kai! Is Ryu’s birthplace Yamanashi?!
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A man without a surname?!
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If he studies an assassination art, then everything around him is in danger. Maybe he threw away his surname to protect his parents and friends.
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Great discovery!
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Ryu’s younger days!
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We’ve discovered Ryu as he was in the first SF. Well, he was completely different!
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Hadōken!
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The Hadōken hits! The form is a little different from today. And Ryu wore shoes!
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Ryu’s face. Notice the red hair. Was Ryu a delinquent, in his past?!
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Karate’s board breaking. A bonus stage only present in SF1.

¹ A very girlish shriek, haha.

Edit: Nevermind.

So, I have a question. I always thought Ryu’s newly-found powers in SF3 were a result of the events of SF4 and SF5. I considered Denjin Hadoken to be the end result of no SnH. I thought it was the so called Mu no Ken, but the idea of Ryu having a second V-Trigger that looks more in line with his light blueish new power made me realize that his current V-Trigger, Denjin Renki, (and all his electric based attacks?) are actually a natural result of his training that’s not aimed at subduing the SnH but at bettering his current moveset.

Are we safe to assume that Mu no Ken and Denjin Renki are two different paths maybe in the Ansatsuken teaching? If we put the SnH into the equation with the two, can we say that the Mu no Ken is the “good”, the Satsui no Hado is the “bad” and the Denjin Renki is the equilibrium, the bridge between the two (kind of like what they did in the UDON comics)? We already know that Gouken can tap into the power of both the MnK and Denjin Renki at the same time. So, I’m guessing Gouken’s teaching had the purpose of improving Ryu’s current moveset (Denjin Renki) and sealing the SnH for a limited amount of time to give Ryu an idea of what the MnK is, removing an obstacle on his path, giving him some motivation and time to work on his inner demons.

What do you guys think?

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@“Darc Requiem” that’s great, thanks! I wouldnt be surprised if Capcom made her playable in the future

I’m still working on invisible Effie but not as good like Darc does, I can’t seems to fix my schedule for busy on learning stuff and some personal problems lately. Darc’s design on Effie is really good from moves and had brilliant detail in character.

@“Darc Requiem” I really dug this one. The simple power and density route works nicely with the sprite iconography. She sounds adorable.

Denjin Hadoken is made possible by using the SnH but not being overcome by it according to the SF3 fanbook which the Japanese wiki claims as the source (this is the same fanbook which revealed that Sean had a family)

https://i.imgur.com/iLduuTq.jpg

We know that Ryu claims that SnH is not the way to Akuma in SF3, but how could this be if he is using the SnH in one of his attacks? The simplest answer to this being that SnH is being used as a catalyst during the attack, but Denjin in of itself is not an attack of SnH. Denjin would not be possible without an understanding of SnH. Gouken would understand SnH being that he learned it from his master, yet he is like Ryu and rejects its concepts but he is also able to use Denjin.

Anyone knows if this is canon?

Those of you who DC-d my previous post: your inferiority has been noted.

Just biding time until AE here, tbh.

I may have given you a thumbs up if you had taken just five more minutes on that post :whistle:

THIS GAME IS OVER

@mykka @Shakunetsu @Shockdingo I tweaked Effie slightly. I felt I went too conservative on her V-Trigger buffs and EX special move properties. I added V-Trigger buffs for her EX specials. Added a heavy V-Gauge penalty for using EX moves while in V-Trigger. Changed the V-Trigger from a 2 bar to a 3 bar. Finally I added a special property to each of her EX specials outside of V-Trigger. Going to play some ranked now. Wish me luck.

Great work as always, Darc.

Meanwhile, in Arika land:

Kinda woried with Cjack, Pollum and Nanase not getting in because of 2 Shirose

In Arika’s defense, Hokuto is only Shirase once a month

I think you guys might be interested in the purchase

I gotta say…on a pure graphics level, Fighting Layer looks FAR better than SFV on a presentation level. Love the art style and quality. Good fighter proportions too. Great job, Arika.

The animations are rigid and the models lack the fluidity of SFV.