DISSIDIA ARCADE UPDATE:
Trueblade Seeker is finally bringing the goods on the woefully underappreciated villain Emperor Mateus... and OH-FRIGGIN'-BOY, will this guy be appreciated when they see the improvements they made to him. Start taking notes, people, Mateus is no longer the pushover he once was and may be one of the most viable characters in the game.
The metagame in the PSP games did him more harm than good, but here in a less defense-oriented, chaotic 3v3 arena, Mateus is second-to-none, the best Shoot-type character in the roster by far. If I had to make a comparison to UMvC3, this guy alone is Morridoom. If you have a decent Heavy type and a Speed type with the right buffs, Mateus can be very annoying.
So what new tools does he have?
- He has a new BRV attack called Blue Soul, which is basically like Flare, but attacks BRV.
- Light Crest is now mobile and homing at the same time. Fires 10 shots, one per second.
- Dark Geyser. A long range AOE BRV attack. Behaves similar to Kefka's Hyperdrive.
- Red Soul is slower and has shorter duration, but two can be activated at the same time. Unlike Blue Soul, however, it can be destroyed by other projectiles or Heavy types with super armor property via dash.
- Improved Dynamite BRV attack. Not only is it faster than in previous versions to be used as a decent projectile, but once it's fired, stays for about 20 seconds, and has absorbing properties.
- Mine is an interesting one. Mateus surrounds himself with 13 sparks and puts them in place for about 10 seconds. However, it's also great against speed type characters like Zidane. Heavy type characters like Cecil, not so much.
- Dreary Cell - an HP attack - now plants at a long range, homing on the opponent for 1 second.
- Kart Flare. Yes, that's what it's called. Kart Flare. And it's an HP attack... that behaves like Flare... and actually fires 7 homing turrets... and lasts 7 seconds... and moves pretty fast. Good luck avoiding all that.
- Evil Tornado. An unremarkable clone of Terra's Tornado, yay!
- Leviathan's Barb. Similar to Firion's Weaponmaster, but easier to land. Also chargeable.
- Starfall is now a unique EX skill, but only attacks BRV points. Takes 7 seconds to land it, and considering the AOE range, it's worth the team synergy to try it. Considering these facts, I can see why it's no longer an HP attack. It would've likely been a gamebreaker that blew up an entire party too easily.
