Stance-Based Combat

Stance-Based Combat
Hazama (BlazBlue) is a master troll who incorporates various stances in his combat style.
Power/Ability to:	Incorporate irregular or unusual stances for combat.

Power to incorporate regular or unusual stances for unpredictable combat.

Also Called

• Stance-Based Combat System
• Stance Shifting/System

Capabilities

The user is a master at using any manner of confusing or irregular stances to gain the upper hand in combat; they may have access to multiple stances via a split personality.

Applications

• Combat Adaptation
• Confusion Inducement
• Split Personality Combat
• Unpredictability

Limitations

• Some enemies might be able to adapt to counter each of your stances.
• Stances might have limited combat options

Known Users

See Also: Stance System.

• Altair (Assassin's Creed I)
• Hazama (BlazBlue)
• Litchi Faye-Ling (BlazBlue)
• Nu-13 (BlazBlue)
• Kagura Mutsuki (BlazBlue)
• Rig (Dead or Alive 5)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• All Characters (Fire Emblem Fates); via the Attack and Guard Stance system
• Han Dae-Wi (The God of High School)
• Zappa (Guilty Gear)
• Nariko (Heavenly Sword)
• Eyedol (Killer Instinct)
• Riptor (Killer Instinct)
• Hotaru Futuba (The King of Fighters)
• May Lee Jinju (The King of Fighters)
• Shion (The King of Fighters)
• Chin Gentsai (The King of Fighters)
• Lightning (Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII)
• Fate Testarossa (Magical Battle Arena)
• Toro Inoue, the Sony Cat (PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale)
• Kai (Mortal Kombat)
• Motaro (Mortal Kombat)
• All characters (Mortal Kombat X)
• Rock Lee (Naruto)
• William Adams (Nioh)
• Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
• Shinobu (No More Heroes 2)
• Aya (Onechanbara)
• Misery (Onechanbara)
• Saki (Onechanbara)
• Reiko (Onechanbara)
• Aigis (Persona 4: Arena)
• Saito Hajime (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Various characters (Sengoku Basara)
• Squigly (Skullgirls)
• Ivy Valentine (Soul Caliber)
• Nightmare (Soul Caliber)
• Siegfried (Soul Caliber)
• Voldo (Soul Caliber)
• Yoshimitsu (Soul Caliber/Tekken)
• Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Web of Shadows)
• Gen (Street Fighter)
• Ryu (Street Fighter II V)
• Kirito (Sword Art Online)
• Cardboard Tube Samurai class (Penny Arcade Adventures)
• Lei (Tekken)
• Hwoarang (Tekken)
• All of the Autobots (Transformers: Devastation)
• Phoenix Wright (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
• Amaterasu (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
• Beatrice (The Weakness of Beatrice the Level Cap Holy Swordswoman)
• The warrior class (World of Warcraft)
• Goro Majima (Yakuza)
• Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)

Gallery

Siegfried (Soul Caliber) made his own fighting style that revolves around using various stances to trick up his opponents.

Dante (Devil May Cry series) has four separate styles for four separate playstyles.