Roja
Roja, the beautiful berserker has accidentally wandered into Smack Studio. She’s a heavy-hitting character with great reach due to her large blade (most similar to Ike in Super Smash Bros), and can take more damage than the average fighter; however she’s also on the slower side, in both movement and attacks. Her strongest attacks are slow, and she has trouble closing into faster fighters.
NEUTRAL SPECIAL: POWER SLASH / REAPER DIVE
Slash the ground and create an energy wave projectile. On the air, perform a dive kick which can be jump cancelled when active. Deals the most damage, stun, and knockback at the tip and the earlier it hits.
SIDE SPECIAL: FAST LUNGE / FLIP GRAPPLE / GENOCIDE SLASHER
Roja lunges forward. Hold down the button to charge up the lunge to gain velocity. The lunge can jump cancelled without subtracting from the jump total. Pressing Attack or Special during the lunge will yield different follow ups. The Attack follow up is the Flip Grapple, with Roja hoping forward, grabbing the opponent and spinning him around, then tossing them down. The Special follow up is the Genocide Slasher, a single, wide crescent slash that covers the space above her in a way no other attack can. However, she can be struck out of the attack, unlike Climb Bash, and afterwards she’s put into special fall, unlike her Up Air. Not jumping or doing a follow up will put Roja into special fall.
UP SPECIAL: CLIMB BASH
Ascend while holding the blade right above herself. Very safe to use due to having super armour on startup and on its active frames. Roja’s put into special fall afterwards.
DOWN SPECIAL: BLAZING COUNTER
Frame 4 counterattack that reflects projectiles and launches opponents far as long as she’s struck. However, Roja leaves herself open for an attack if she misses the timing for the counterattack. During Dragon Evoker, a successful counter will add 2.5 seconds to the remaining time of the transformation.
LEDGE SPECIAL: CLEAVE
Exclusive to Roja, she has a fifth special attack for when she’s holding onto the ledge. She stabs forwards and if an opponent is hit, she throws them into the blastzone. While it has good launching power, it’s extremely hard for it to KO an opponent, and it’s mainly for catching bad approaches and securing the stage for herself. It can be cancelled into the regular ledge attack by pressing the normal attack button. If she misses the Cleave, she’ll return to holding onto ledge.
ULTRA: DRAGON EVOKER
Roja powers up. For the next 10 seconds, Roja will gain a third jump, increased speed and aerial momentum, and every single attack can be cancelled into each other. All Strongs gain Super Armour throughout their startup and active frames. Her command grab temporarily changes to the Dragon Raid, dragging the opponent across the battlefield.
LAP Compatible
Z_Roja
OTHER NOTES
She’s a gladiator.
The correct way to say female gladiator is gladiatrix, but that’s a stupid word.
