All-Star Battle R/Wamuu

"Placeholder (おれにとって強い戦士こそ真理... 勇者こそ友であり尊敬する者!!)"

Wamuu (ワムウ) was confirmed for during the game's initial announcement trailer. He was also 1 of 15 playable characters during the 2022 Demo in August 5.

Although his moveset remains fundamentally the same as his from, a few tweaks have been made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay changes that All-Star Battle R brought along.

As Wamuu's one and only voice actor, debuting in the Battle Tendency anime adaptation and later voicing Wamuu again in, Akio Otsuka reprises his role in this game as well. As with the majority of the game's roster, voicelines for Wamuu were either added or re-recorded.

Gameplay
Wamuu has 950 health and uses the Mode Battle Style. During a fight, he can use various attacks and abilities of his featured in Battle Tendency.

Special Interactions

 * Besides Heart Heat Attacks and Great Heat Attacks, the only projectiles in the game that can hit Wamuu while his "Vapor Barrier" is active are 's "Bubble Cutter" and "Gliding Bubble Cutter" skills.

Dialogue
Outside of, Wamuu has unique interaction dialog for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

All-Star Battle Mode
All missions in starring Wamuu as either the Player or Enemy, in order of appearance.

Music
Wamuu's theme is A True Warrior (真の格闘者), and can be unlocked in-game by landing the "Cat Stance" skill as  in 's Caesar vs Wamuu Boss Battle.

Its name is taken from the original title of Chapter 57 of Battle Tendency in its Weekly Shonen Jump and tankobon releases, A True Warrior.

1.3.0

 * "Vapor Barrier" special
 * Removed invulnerability for the following skills:
 * 's "You're already in my grasp!" skill
 * 's "DIO Doppelganger" skill
 * 's "I'll never forgive you!" skill
 * 's "I'll drag you if I have to." skill
 * 's "Chumimin!" and "Who'll be the sacrifice?" skills
 * 's "A gift from the other side." skill
 * "Go for the throat and lungs!" throw
 * Sped up the attack.

1.4.0

 * Throw Escape
 * Adjusted to standardize character advantages and disadvantages when being throw escaped.
 * "I, Wamuu, will now consider you to be worthy prey!" skill (grounded and aerial versions)
 * Fixed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed. (unintended bug)

1.4.1

 * "I, Wamuu, will now consider you to be worthy prey!" skill (while "I shall see with the wind." is active)
 * Adjusted pushback on hit to fix issue were the attack would not land all of its hits.

1.6.0

 * "He bent backwards!" skill
 * Increased the size of the follow-up kick's hitbox.
 * "I, Wamuu, will no consider you to be worthy prey!" skill (while "I shall see with the wind." is active)
 * Vacuum effect has been increased on the second hit.