Capcom has revealed balance changes that will be included in the Street Fighter 5 Champion Edition March 29 update, as well a few smaller new features for long-time fans.
With Street Fighter 6 now announced, it’s possible the updates for the previous game will slow down or stop entirely, and Capcom is calling this one the “definitive update”. These balance changes are significant ones, with the likes of Kage finally having a proper “hadoken” fireball move.
A lot of the changes are things only fans who are heavily into Street Fighter 5 might notice, such as the fact one of Ryu’s target combos now launches the opponent, and can cancel out of it into special moves. A few new EX-moves have been added as well, and Rose can combo are her throw during V-Trigger 2.
It’s not uncommon for such large changes to be made to the meta as a game is coming to the end of it’s lifecycle, but this will require some re-learning for the pros. Outside of the balance changes there are two new filters for offline play: cel-shading filter, and pixel filter, while you can also get new tracksuit colours.
