All-Star Battle R/Rudol von Stroheim

"The might of my armyyy! Taste it yourseeeeeelf! (我が軍のカーッ!その身で味わえイイイーーーーッ!)"

Rudol von Stroheim (ルドル・フォン・シュトロハイム) was officially announced as the second playable DLC character for on January 19, 2023, and was released for all to play on February 3. Like the rest of the paid DLC, he is included inside the game's season pass, and therefore the Digital Deluxe Edition as well; and holders of either gained early access to the character on February 1, 2023.

Unlike, Stroheim's design is the same in both Western and Japanese versions of the game, with any otherwise direct mention of Nazis and explicit Nazi imagery being altered or removed. This includes his Style being Best Science in the World, rather than Nazi Science or even German Science.

Having voiced Stroheim since the Battle Tendency anime adaptation, Atsushi Imaruoka reprises his role in this game as well. Like with the majority of the roster that have returning voice actors from Eyes of Heaven, voicelines for Stroheim were added and re-recorded.

Gameplay
Stroheim has 1000 health and uses the unique Best Science in the World (世界一の科学力) Battle Style, being the only playable character to do so. As he appears in his cyborg form for All-Star Battle R, Stroheim uses various moves of his from Battle Tendency.

Special Interactions

 * For his assist attacks, Stroheim has special dialogue depending on who summons him.
 * "JoJo! Let's go!"
 * "Speeeedwagon!"

Dialogue
Outside of, Rudol von Stroheim has unique interaction dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

Due to the availability of certain voice actors, some of these interactions re-use existing dialogue for Stroheim's opponents. In this case, only and  have new dialogue - Joseph because the voice actor returned for his character's "Your next line is..." interaction; Risotto due to both characters being DLC released close to each other.

Music
Stroheim's Theme is Number Oneeeeeeee! (世界一ィィィ！), and is automatically unlocked when purchasing Stroheim's DLC.

Its name is in reference to Stroheim saying the line "Nazi science is the greatest in the world!" in Chapter 41 of Battle Tendency after ripping off a piece of Kars's hand to show off the superiority of his new cyborg body.

Commemorative Giveaway
In commemoration of the release of Stroheim as the 2nd paid DLC character for ASBR, the Japanese ASBR Twitter account hosted a giveaway of 20 sets of 3 ASBR Battle Tendency badges, although only to be delivered to addresses in Japan. The badges in question contain the ASBR render images of, , and Stroheim respectively.

The campaign started on February 3, 2023, and lasted until February 19 at 11:59pm JST. To enter the giveaway lottery, users only had to:
 * 1) Follow the @jojo_games_jp Twitter account.
 * 2) Retweet the tweet that announced the giveaway in the first place.

However, Twitter accounts set to private were illegible for the giveaway. Unfollowing the ASBR Twitter account before the end of the giveaway also deemed users illegible. Furthermore, attempting to join the giveaway with multiple accounts would have caused all of those accounts to lose their eligiblity to win.

The giveaway was directly implemented by Bandai Namco themselves, with no third party involvement, and the winners of the giveaway were notified via Twitter DMs. Said winners are planned to be announced sometime in early March, 2023.

1.6.0

 * "Farewell, you annoying Englishman!" skill
 * Fixed bug where assists could not be used in the next round if Stroheim was KOed while being sent flying by this skill's explosion.
 * "Reversal Assist"
 * Added application of hit stop on hit to bring it inline with other characters.